Looking for inspiration

[HybridHerp]

I can't find the picture right now, but I saw someone once take some driftwood that looked like a tree in fall, and grow moss on the end of the branches to make it look like an underwater bonsai tree.

I've also seen someone twist 3 nylon ropes together, stand it up vertically in the fishtank, and have a moss column growing on it. Of course, there are also moss walls and moss carpets but those are pretty standard.

Is this tank going to be an open top by any chance?

 

[Fat Homer]

Not an open top... Although i think i know what your thinking and yea, i wish i could have the driftwood sticking out above the top of the tank


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[Gar88]

Hey bro check out Filipe Olivera scapings... He is ace


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[Fat Homer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCMe-bu4-tk
Not sure how to post a video or whatnot, but I guess a link alone works just as well.
It might not be your style (its iwugami or however you spell it) but I think even for a more chaotic and big plant tank it is good to know of some other styles. Personally, I love the plant he uses as a carpet, I've tried dwarf hairgrass and dwarf baby tears but I find them both to have small roots and both to be a pain to attempt to plant if you already filled up with water, but it seems like s. repens has large thick roots.

I'm half way through that video, and i have to say, for any one whos just venturing into the iwagami(sp) style of aquascape should definitely check it out... very helpful info in there...

Hey bro check out Filipe Olivera scapings... He is ace


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Cool, will check him out later on today...

 

[Fat Homer]

Here are some photos of tanks that have inspired me so far... although the one that i like the most i have bookmarked on my desktop at home...

This tank is actually owned by an LFS that i know really well and has won a few ADA comps with:
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And some random scapes i've found online...

 

[Fat Homer]

I like Filipe's work... i've seen a few of his tanks before, just never knew who designed them...

This these 2 i thought is quite interesting:

 

[Gar88]

Yea his scapes are mesmerising... This topic is from the other forum where he talks about the cliff rock scape... http://www.kolkata-aquarium.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=841&p=12362&hilit=Faao#p12362 dont know if u can view it


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[Fat Homer]

^ Thanks for the link... i didn't realize the rock work was fake, and that he had actually put the bonzai tree inside... very clever trick indeed...

Its the little ideas like that, that really get me thinking...

 

[Gar88]

Yea in that forum we had a chat with him.... His chat interview was interesting too... Also better to get first hand tips.... Not that I am very into planted... But hopefully someday I can


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[Fat Homer]

^ Yeah, i'm kinda lucky coz i know a few LFS' here that specialize in planted tanks, and one of the guys has won a heap of ADA competitions, including 1st place in the Large tank category who is extremely helpful with any questions i have, infact i should be seeing him tomorrow to hopefully grab some stuff for the tank and maybe bounce a few ideas off him...