Anybody Know How To Do An Iwagumi Or Any Amano Style Scape?

[DerpPH]

Hey guys! Im back! Planning to rehome my cardinals and do an iwagumi! My current plants are dwarf sag and valisneria. So im planning to do an amano style scape. I dont know which to chooses from! Im gonna order some pellia and some hygro sunset online! So my substrate is fine coral sand. My ferts are dosed weekly with 50ppm. And my tank size is about 15 gallons!

 

[Livewire88]

The best advice I can give you is just to look at a lot of different iwagumi scapes on the internet and gain ideals from that. 
 
Then once you have all your hardscape ready try lots of different arrangements intill you find one that you like. It can take some time to get the placement right and you could always post pictures of your attempts on here, we can then help you decide which layout you want to go with, or what tweeks you should make.  
 
Then once you have your hardscape sorted you can think about where your plants should go. 

 

[mike455555]

have a read of this http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/328059-basics-in-aquascaping/, you want to be useing a odd number of rocks, and bank the substrate to a side and the back