Rescaping my 240. Not happy yet. PICS

[lujor]

Decided to move things around in my tank.

Before:

During:

After:

Still not pleased. I removed 80% of my pagoda stone and added one more fake plant and some driftwood. (The stress caused a platty to give birth). It just doesn't look right to me. I'm aware of the perfect ratio, & basic design principles (which I did not really employ). My goal was to give enough cover on sides & with floating plants that my fish would feel comfortable swimming in the open spaces. I may just need to give them time to settle down. I will continue to tinker. More pics later.

 

[deeda]

I love the type of driftwood you have in the tank but it just doesn't look arranged quite right. You said you are aware of the perfect ratio recommendation so just take my comment with a grain of salt. I would put that group of wood on the right side of the last picture where the Golden Ratio recommends. I think it would help to draw your eyes upward and make the flow of your tank look less jumbled.

A solid color background would also help to draw your eyes INTO the aquarium. I personally prefer black on my tanks that do not have DIY rock backgrounds.

Is there any chance you would consider live plants rather than plastic? I recently got lots of Giant Hygrophila from my local fish club auction for a steal. I recently planted a new 72" 125G tank with it and it looks great. The plants move nicely in the flow from the filter outputs. But they do grow like weeds so that is something to keep in mind. I'm also using a couple pieces of driftwood as centerpieces and I spent a good week deciding how to place them properly. Once I used the Golden Ratio Rule, it became so much easier to get it correct.

 

[jcardona1]

the driftwood and rocks dont work for me. the driftwood varies in color too much. the rocks just seem out of place

 

[deeda]

Here are some pics of my 125G for reference. They definitely do not give you the true look of the tank though.

This is the left side of the tank, you can see the output nozzle of the FX5 on the top left.



This is a full tank shot of the DIY Feather Rock background



Full tank shot with plants, rocks, driftwood and water.

I'm using Colorquartz S grade for substrate-black, brown & white. My lights are two 36" Marineland LED Double Bright fixtures and one 48" strip light with a 40W Aquasun bulb (temporary). I don't care for the pinkish light but didn't feel the LED's were bright enough for the plants.

 

[juice604]

i like the 3rd pic ! looks cool ..

 

[deeboi]

i would agree with both that said to add a solid background, and imo do away with the rocks. btw what is that floating plant, is it one piece? the main one in the during pic..

 

[fishbum]

Here are some pics of my 125G for reference. They definitely do not give you the true look of the tank though.

This is the left side of the tank, you can see the output nozzle of the FX5 on the top left.

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This is a full tank shot of the DIY Feather Rock background

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Full tank shot with plants, rocks, driftwood and water.

I'm using Colorquartz S grade for substrate-black, brown & white. My lights are two 36" Marineland LED Double Bright fixtures and one 48" strip light with a 40W Aquasun bulb (temporary). I don't care for the pinkish light but didn't feel the LED's were bright enough for the plants.

 

[burntrubber]

You might want to try using the same type of driftwood. The branchy piece in the corner sticks out like a sore thumb.

 

[Diskboy12]

I think the layout looks good as is.

 

[deeda]

Fishbum, I realize I got carried away with my pic explanation but I was trying to give the OP an example of what I was talking about in Post #2.

I apologize for the derail.