ChrisC
Fish Fanatic
Hi guys,
I don't frequent this forum too often, I suppose I need to start coming here more often! I'm setting up a new tank which will be my aquascaping experiment. I've been influence alot by the japenese style of aquascaping, studying the works of such people as Takashi Amano and following as many set up threads as possible.
I suppose a little introduction is necessary - I'm Chris Cummins, I'm 15, I live in Derbyshire in England and I've fish keeping for a while now, and expanding my horizons scientifically with my new nano reef and now imaginatively with this fw project.
The area of the room this tank is near my bed and generally it's a quite place. Aesthetically, I want to acheive the minimalist look which I have seen and loved in so many Japenese works. To counter the golden ratio and create a more powerful dynamic setup I hope to put a centre island of wood, with a low lying carpet of plants on either side. As the stand is a dark colour, I hope to keep the tank very bright, experimenting with a white background.
Lighting will be provided through a DIY luminaire, with 3x 30W Daylight spectrum (6500k) tubes providing 4.5 wpg, with DIY Co2 injection and an external Eheim Class Canister filter. I'll be ordering equipment on tuesday.
Substrate is a bottom layer of cactus compost with a 1-2" layer of play sand on top. Heres pictures of setup so far:
Comments and feedback apreciated!
Thanks,
Chris
I don't frequent this forum too often, I suppose I need to start coming here more often! I'm setting up a new tank which will be my aquascaping experiment. I've been influence alot by the japenese style of aquascaping, studying the works of such people as Takashi Amano and following as many set up threads as possible.
I suppose a little introduction is necessary - I'm Chris Cummins, I'm 15, I live in Derbyshire in England and I've fish keeping for a while now, and expanding my horizons scientifically with my new nano reef and now imaginatively with this fw project.
The area of the room this tank is near my bed and generally it's a quite place. Aesthetically, I want to acheive the minimalist look which I have seen and loved in so many Japenese works. To counter the golden ratio and create a more powerful dynamic setup I hope to put a centre island of wood, with a low lying carpet of plants on either side. As the stand is a dark colour, I hope to keep the tank very bright, experimenting with a white background.
Lighting will be provided through a DIY luminaire, with 3x 30W Daylight spectrum (6500k) tubes providing 4.5 wpg, with DIY Co2 injection and an external Eheim Class Canister filter. I'll be ordering equipment on tuesday.
Substrate is a bottom layer of cactus compost with a 1-2" layer of play sand on top. Heres pictures of setup so far:
Comments and feedback apreciated!
Thanks,
Chris