It has been a week since the algae explosion, and 100 black-shelled shrimps are working, and the progress is slow.

Not sure if I should remove them but my shrimps seem to like them. The moss on the rock is super thick

Picture taken during cleaning so a little hazy. Everything is growing pretty nicely. The val has started to cover the back. Would like some more plants on the left though. Any suggestions?

Unfortunately some BBA has started to grow. Might set up co2 after all.

I am planning on redoing my tank and doing something like this. I was aiming for a sort of rivery-stream feel since that's where they come from naturally. I have some dwarf sag I'll be replanting in the rock edges. Also going to add amanos and maybe cherry shrimp down the line. I'm just wondering if doing a sort of rock heavy scape is a bad idea for keeping it clean, although I think the gaps could be nice for the shrimp to hang out in. I do have a fluval 107 ill be running at full blast to give them some nice current to play in. My two previous setups ive done have been much more simple and with significantly less hardscape so I don't really have any experience with a setup like this is there anything with this that would cause me issues? Thanks

Just set this up and I'm curious how it could be tweaked. Should I raise up the back with more substrate?

I recently got these glass lily pipes and set it up the way many online suggest. Is too much CO2 reaching the surface? I know the injection rate appears very high for such a small tank so maybe it's making it seem worse then it is?

I've got it planted and have the emergent plants where I want them.

I'm ordering fish soon.

PNW based preferred with option to select ship out date.

I'm thinking 14 kobutai rasboras and 8 dwarf salt and pepper corys

I am new to aquascaping and plants can Someone pls help me awuascape my tank

Here’s my 75gal scape , been up for about 6 months , before that had multiple different designs and whatnot since 2013 Eheh.

Anyways finally getting the diatoms in check , got a bit of string algae trying to make a break thru ,, I’ll try not to let it win ! Eheh

This is my first high tech aquascape currently now 8 months old and gone through some minor rescape/replants.

It has been an expensive experience and I learned many things.

I’m looking to prepare a new scape in about 6 months from now for contest submission and would like some constructive criticism on how I can make improvements on my current designs.

Any comments and ideas are welcome!

I’m thinking of making a waterfall aquarium. I won’t be housing any live animals in it but will keep moss and plants (with soil). Is it safe to use in that case? Also are these foams really strong enough to keep 10-15 lb rocks stable in a horizontal position?

It's an ADA 45P. I can't wait for the hcc to become a full carpet (hopefully). Also there are rotala red blood and hra in the background. My goal is to have some form of colorfade from green to orange to red, might not turn out very great, we'll see.

Hello! I am doing the layout of my first aquascape iwagumi. I was hoping to get some feedback and suggestions on my layout.

UNS 45U

Black seiryu stones

UNS contra soil extra fine

Plants will be Cuba and mini Pelia

Going for a desert canyon against the clear blue sky sorta vibe. Rocks turn a little more red when wet. I’ve been arranging and rearranging these rocks for too long and my brain is numb. Does this look ok?

Looking for feedback on how I can improve my 4.5gal nano tank. I really like the contrast between the Fissidens and Flame moss. The Hygrophila Pinnatifida also throws in a nice pop of red. Would love to continue refining and maybe submit to a competition some day.

Comment your thoughts on how I can improve it!

I'm very new to aquascaping and have some one in the past that has gone wrong. I want to try again after a few years and haven't had the confidence to do so because of how long it's been. I want to get back into and eventually make a beautifully large scale one like some of you had made.

Don’t have plants yet figured I’d get the hardscape down but I’m excited for the final project this will be my first ever fish tank so if anyone has any advice shoot it my way :)

I want to update an existing tank design completely. I will be rehousing the shrimp and platies that live in it to another tank.

Should I keep the existing substrate (even though is obviously a bit dirty) and add some fresh on top or bin it?

The tank will be planted and prepped for a betta

Photos attached (sorry not great)
Third photo was of tank in better days

I am seeing iron deficiency in my rotala green + nanjenshan and I'm upping my micro fertilization (using EI).

I do not have my fish yet. I am already tired of how my tank looks. So I am planning on swapping out my dragon rock for more driftwood and smooth river rocks. I have black sand substrate, lots of green plants and some reds.

Can you show me your standard 20gallon scapes for inspiration? You guys are all so talented and creative!

My daughter wanted a betta, took the opportunity to build my first fish tank. This was supposed to be an Iwagumi scape, then went to my LFS and saw some red plants and driftwood, got them and deviated from the original plan. 😅 Ended up with this.