plantedbox.com » Savannah dreaming

Savannah dreaming

Filed under Journals // Make a comment »

title_image_flat-copy1

This Journal will follow my latest 60cm scape, which uses the wonderful Manzanita wood which has been provided by one of the hobbies great Aquascapers Mr Tom Barr.
In addition to this great wood i’ve used the commonly used Mini Landscape rock, which in my opinion compliments the wood beautifully.

In my previous attempts at dry scaping, this combination of wood, sand and stone lead me to believe that the finished article should always contain these elements for a foreground which is striking and yet natural looking.

The following image was a dry attempt in a 90cm tank.
manzi-wood-demo-b

I needed to decide whether I wanted a ‘mound’, ‘triangular’ or ‘u’ shaped layout and many variants came about when I first started to reproduce my initial ideas.

wood1-b

I even fell into my usual trap of initially setting up a ‘wood’ scape and then ending up doing an iwagumi style scape. I soon put a stop to that.

After about 12 different layouts, I started to come close to a layout I was pleased with. I’ve added gravels to the foreground, but any changes to the wood can still be made quit easily without affecting the stone or sand arrangement.

trial-11

Plant list and updates shortly.

mark

viktorlantos says:

September 13, 2009 at 11:05

Hi Mark!
This is awesome! The last layout with the added gravel looks so natural. And your photo skill just add another level to the concept
Was intresting to see the other layouts too, but i agree with you the last one is the best so far.

Will be amazing when you will have plants. Can not wait to see the final scape
Cheers, Viktor

mark says:

September 14, 2009 at 20:04

hi viktor,

many thanks for the comment. I am waiting for the plant order to come through.

Aquafleur are currently out of stock of e tenellus and this will be an important part of the scape. maybe 2 weeks until planted.

Jfravn says:

February 13, 2010 at 20:28

Hi,

Any updates on this journal - hardscape looks great!

Best, Jorgen (Denmark)

sleepy.fish says:

March 18, 2010 at 07:53

this website is totally awesome,,,
it is still updating the info like, where do you can get a beautiful rock like that???

James says:

March 18, 2010 at 11:09

Hi guys,

This 60cm tank turned out to be more a play with hardscape materials, although Mark is currently working on an updated layout of the same theme in his 120cm optiwhite.

Members of ukaps.org can see the start of the journal here.

All hardscape is available from us via our Shop.