An Accidental Jungle

[BigTom]

I had no intention of buying a second tank, and then accidentaly came home with one. So I thought, I'll try out a minimalist hairgrass scape.

Then I saw some Lileaopsis which just looked so green and lovely I had to buy it. So, a minimal hairgrass and lileaopsis scape.

Then I found some really nice old heather twigs, which I couldn't quite resist.

Then I thought it needed a focal point, so added some trident java fern. Which looked a bit silly on its own, so I added some narrow leaved java fern as a background. Which was nice, but clashed a bit with the trident. So I seperated them out with some bolbitis.

There's some moss in there now too. Why not!

And now my minimal lawn is a jungle. But I quite like it, so what the hell.

Specs:

12" P@H cube (27l)
11W lighting and internal filter, as supplied with tank.
3 litres ADA Amazonia II (was actually the cheapest black substrate I could buy in town!)
Will be dosing 2ml TNC complete ferts weekly. No CO2.

Flora:

Lileaopsis brasiliensis
Eleocharis acicularis
Microsorum pteropus 'trident' and 'narrow'
Bolbitis heudelotii
'Hong Kong waterfall moss'

Fauna:

None yet, some shrimp soon

A photo (billion percent contrast boost to mask the fact the water still needs to clear):

 

[ian]

nice Tom, looks like something out of a Sci-fi film!

 

[StandbySetting]

I like this, it has a real sense of depth.

 

[BigTom]

Wow, SBS really likes it

 

[StandbySetting]

Sorry, blame my poor internet connection

 

[bae1994]

Wow very nice

 

[L_Plates]

Very Very Nice Bigtom.

 

[lljdma06]

Another very nice, scape, BigTom.

I personally like jungle scapes a lot. There is a state of motion present in a jungle scape that is very arresting.

 

[ZoddyZod]

Beautiful! Cracking photograph as well.

 

[BigTom]

Cheers all. WIll update once the water has cleared properly.

 

[ChilliPepper]

Beautiful! Very clear and crisp.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

I like, saw this in the planted section the other day and thought it was awesome.

 

[SuperColey1]

Scape looks great mate but tell me........Are you using a torch as a light

Andy

 

[Hunterprey]

Nice tank! Well done, I suggest you enter it in the TOTM comp, would like to see some more pics

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Scape looks great mate but tell me........Are you using a torch as a light

Andy

Good point, does look like it now you said that, I used one for a pico once lol, didnt work