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[Redevilz]

Hey all,

Well I thought I'd start an AquaScaping thread for my new tank that I received on Wednesday (thanks Seaview). Started doing some Scaping yesterday, with some River stones from soils ain't soils and a nice big piece of driftwood.

The tank: 90x45x45cm on an Aqua Design Amano Cabinet



Hardscaping material:

Boyup Brook River stones



Driftwood (thanks Aquotix)



Substrate:

River sand, it's so much better than play sand for aesthetics but Farout, takes FOREVERR to clean lol.





I also used aqua soil substrate.

Scaping plan:





Putting in the substrate (I used cardboard supported by river stones so I could get a nice borderline between the gravel and sand.







I'll work on it some more tomorrow, still have to put the river stones in And add some more sand. But it's getting there, for plants I am thinking rotala and ambulia behind the wood, with anubias and java fern on the wood, then some alternanthera and cryptocoryne wendtii in the mid ground and either HC or baby tears in the foreground, I might have some java fern attached to the river stones too.

Thanks for looking!

[Jarrod90]

Looks sweet man can't wait to see the end result! What fish are you looking at putting in there?

[Redevilz]

Thanks Jarrod, going to put either discus and tetras or Apistogramma and tetras, I am thinking of maybe breeding some apistos in there.

[Michael the fish fanatic]

I love that tank, yu could if you wanted do a glossostigma or hairgrass carpet, I prefer glossostigma as it grows faster and covers better it also is easier th grow

[Redevilz]

Thanks Michael, that's a really good idea, didn't even think of glossostigma! I might attach some riccia to the river stones as well.

[malawiman85]

Cool thread! Looking forward to the end result.

[Redevilz]

Thanks Malawiman Going to start planting and fill the tank next weekend.

Does anyone know where I could purchase some Rotala?

[DavidK]

Can't wait to see it all finished! Looks great, that's an awesome piece of wood haha
How much was the bag of river stones if you don't mind me asking, I've been looking for some, but bunnings don't have much


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[Jules]

From memory I saw them for 30 bucks a 20kg bag?

however if your nice enough and chat to the young lady at the counter in CV Soils aint Soils, she'll let ya grab 10 or so rocks for like $5

[Redevilz]

Thanks David!

I got the stones from Soils Ain't Soils in Canning Vale, there's at least 40 or 50 stones there, it cost me $30.

[DavidK]

Thanks guys


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[malawiman85]

From memory I saw them for 30 bucks a 20kg bag?
however if your nice enough and chat to the young lady at the counter in CV Soils aint Soils, she'll let ya grab 10 or so rocks for like $5

Jules, you manwhore!

[Redevilz]

Guys what shop (or person) had the best range of plants for sale?

[Jarrod90]

^ Would also like to know this. I have put off my planted tank for now but before when I was chasing a few specific plants like anubis and java fern in decent amounts, I didn't know where to begin, none of the places nearby seemed to stock anything like what I was after

[Redevilz]

Last time I went to Aquotix they had a heap of Java fern and anubias although a lot of the anubias was not for sale.

[Jarrod90]

I haven't checked Aquotix out yet hey, will have to do a trip soon and have a look but I'm NOR so it's a fair drive haha

[Redevilz]

Haha yeah I am NOR too, long drive but worth it, fantastic shop!

[aajvcad]

+1 for Aquotix

[Jules]

The bloke who sells aquarium plants from his house in Langford, $50 and you can literally fill up a 4x2, has some nice plants, and sells a huge variety.

can fins him in gumtree.

Otherwise support your LFS, in which aquotix is prob the best!

 

see everybody, all the good stuff is SOR. And im not a man whore MM85, I like to think im more of a ladies man at times, lol

Edited by Jules, 10 June 2014 - 02:18 PM.

[dicky7]

http://aquaticplantsdirect.webs.com/ try here he is in WA