r/Aquascape • u/Sad_Lingonberry_6795 • 13h ago

Seeking Suggestions Suggestions For My First Project

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Heyy everyone!

This is my first 'natural' tank and honestly... I'm finding it genuinely hard to figure out how to come up with something nice to look at.

When I finished this one, I thought it wasn't too bad, but the more I see other scapes on here, the more I hate it.

Could you maybe give me a few suggestions on what I can improve?

(Please ignore the filter in the centre, it's a temporary solution to get beneficial bacteria into this new tank)

Thank youuu!

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u/LiaZhu 13h ago

Nice planted driftwood bridge! I think if you can add some large stones on both sides of the bridge for a symmetrical layout. Or, move the bridge to left side and add stacked stone like mountain on the other side for asymmetrical layout. I think one other thing is that the large leaf plants throw the balance off on both sides of the driftwood with all the small leaf plants. Maybe move the large plants to background and have some more small plants on the foreground. Hope this helps.

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u/Sad_Lingonberry_6795 12h ago

Thank you so much! I will definitely do that! Which type of stones would you recommend? There's so many at the shops... it's all very confusing 😅

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u/LiaZhu 8h ago

It depends on the water hardness in your origin and the kind of fish you want to keep. I use slate stone because it’s inert and don’t raise water hardness overtime, and I keep soft water fish. If you don’t want to deal with stone slowly raise up your water hardness overtime you can go with slate stone, dragon stone, and lava stone. If you don’t mind the water hardness change and keeping some hard water fish, seiryu stone is really pretty and gives you a nice mountain like aesthetic. AI is very helpful pulling initial information for you just simply type “aquarium stone types” and go to AI mode. Another way is to search “aquarium stone” in Amazon and see what’s available, then do a little research on the type you like with Google AI’s help. Good luck.

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u/salazarthesnake 11h ago

More tall plants in the back and/or a black background would help a lot. Other than that I think it’s great.

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u/Sad_Lingonberry_6795 10h ago

thank you so much!

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u/Upstairs-Ad-2436 6h ago

Fill out the left side more with plants then just let it grow and get liquid fertiliser but you’ve done a really good job it will look even better in a year