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Forest Scape

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Started this setup recently.
Please give your feedback and suggestion.
Looking for a good FG Plant,that will nicely blend with the scape.My choice is Drawf Hair grass.
Other's can give there suggestion.


Tank size-118*43*37 cm
Light-T5
Substrate-ADA
Wood-Licchi woods & Tulsi twigs in the BG.
Rocks-collected locally from Asansol(W.B)
CO2-Pressurised.
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You have developed a nice hardscape. Depth is good but missing a strong focal point.

Different colored rocks are also not looking natural.
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SCORPIO wrote:You have developed a nice hardscape. Depth is good but missing a strong focal point.

Different colored rocks are also not looking natural.
Let me work on those lines.
Rocks are of same colour.Perhaps the colour is different, I will think over it.Let other's also
give there opinion.
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I think a curvy pebble made dry hilly stream can be created at the centre, the big stone may be placed at the extreme left, otherwise its fine to me .... the thing is.. in jungle every thing is junglee... and we the intellect want to find Einstein formula in them... :)
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Kaushik wrote:I think a curvy pebble made dry hilly stream can be created at the centre, the big stone may be placed at the extreme left, otherwise its fine to me .... the thing is.. in jungle every thing is junglee... and we the intellect want to find Einstein formula in them... :)
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Re: New setup.

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Plants plants plants.

1) Japnese Hair Grass
2) Micro Tnnelus
3) Xmass Moss
4) Flame moss
5) MU Monte Carlo
6) Eleocharis acicularis(BG)


Some more plants cant recall now
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Some more easily maintainable plants ...... HYGROPHYLA PINNATIFIDA, GLOSSOSTIGMA E, STAUROGYNE SP, CABOMBA and ECHINODORUS TENELLUS
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Thanks for the suggestion.
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Try following plants:
Background: Ambulia, Rotala rotundofolia
Mid: Hairgrass, flame moss
Foreground: Monte carlo, Glosso, etc.

Cover tree with Christmass moss and weeping moss.
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Re: New setup.

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eriocaulon, cabomba are also work
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