My 100 Gallon Needs Some Serious Aquascaping Advice

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I'm really not satisfied with the way this tank looks at all.

Here is a large photo of it.

This was taken right before I trimmed the Hygro on the left side and a few other things. I'd like to get rid of it altogether. The Echinodorus on the right has grown too big, but I'm kind of attached to it. I wonder if I could grow it partially submerged in an open container to get it out of this tank.

I'd like to have a lot better ground cover, part of which you can see on the bottom right. It's a little thicker than it looks in the pic, but not much. It's mostly dwarf hairgrass.

Here are some specs:

100 gallon
2 Rena XP3 canisters
220W light in back
120W +/- light in front, but it only goes halfway across the tank (it was originally purchased for a smaller tank)
Substrate is gravel on one side, sand on the other
I would like to do pressurized CO2

Ask me anything else you need to know. This is the first planted tank I ever set up, and I'm not sure where to go with it. The left side is the most displeasing to me...any suggestions? The only things I'm really attatched to are the driftwood and the bichirs.

Thanks in advance!
 
I think the substrate and driftwood look fantastic. The left side of the tank just looks a little messy as far as plants go.
 
fix the left side of the tank so that the plants let a bit more light in, then add more plants!!! :D :D heheheh. It looks fantastic, maybe you're just bored of looking at the same old thing, try moving stuff around, maybe add a few large rocks and some more driftwood possible seeded with some java ferns or something cooler.
 
I think the hardscape is fine (but the addition of more bogwood could be pretty cool!) I think, as everyone else does, that the left side is your problem... I would take all hte plants from the left-hand side out and start that side again (to make it look more balanced, maybe you should take out the background plants on the right-hand side as well... I would recommend Rotala Sp. (fast growth and the plants themselves look great, IMO!) I would also recommend Heteranthera zosterifolia for the background... for the foreground/midground, you could try Bacopa australis and Eleocharis "parvula" or something similar...

Hoped that gave you a few Ideas...

Cheers...
 
nice tank but maby try moving the drift wood foward to create more of a focal point.

just an idea but what ever you like:D
 
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