r/Aquascape

Just added these lil guys to my South American tank. This is the 4th species of Tetra in the tank.

I bought this 100L (26 gallon) mass reactor flask a few years ago and now have the space to work on it! I'm planning on keeping two young oranda goldfish & 2 banjo catfish in here for now, but I'm looking for ideas/inspiration on how to scape the thing.

Likely tan/dark brown substrate, and I'm imagining longer/ mildly twisty branches that spread from the center with Java ferns & out of the 3 smaller necks, leaving the larger 4th opening for inlet/outlet for the filter & feeding.

Unrelated, anyone know where I can find corks/caps that're at least 4" in diameter? 😅

EDIT: Looking at the advice in the thread, I'll probably find a pond liner and make a patio pond for my Orandas & start plans for either a nano community or small coral tank.

Fluval Spec 16g

Hey I’m looking for some advice. I haven’t really made an aqua scape before. I’ve been messing around with this hard scape for an hour. I have some other large rocks and small drift wood I could add. More spidery kind of roots. (Added in the last pictures) But I think this looks decent.

I’m going for a sort of nature / river type look. Probably could have capped the aqua soil with sand and done the scatter rock thing but I will likely move in 2 years and would put that effort in for a longer term tank.

I’m going to add in some of the small rocks scattered around once I lock the big pieces in.

Plan is to add low tech plants. I like the “immediate impact” of a heavily planted tank. But I also have a small 5gal to keep any used plants if it’s too full.

-Java fern tucked into the driftwood
-Anubias and buce tucked in closer to the substrate
-Stems like rotala, Ludwigia and hygrophila poly in the back
-Crypts in the mid ground
-And then some dwarf grass up front

Should I add more hardscape? Less? Rearrange the rocks at all to look more natural?

Scaped my first tank yesterday! Went pretty safe and basic but overall love how it turned out. Hoping to learn from this to hopefully set up more complex tanks in the future. Excited to let it cycle and get some inhabitants in there!

Ik it’s not the best, but I’m proud of it. The top half is going to be taken up by a bunch of hornwort and elodea

Rate my small office betta setup? Not satisfied with this scape thoo, should've went something bigger and taller AND FLAT (this one has rounder corners on the front)

Got extra question for betta owners too, this is a new tank and idk why my betta sometimes wall surfing, stays near the filter intake (i already set it at slowest flow), and mostly swims near foliage in the back (forgot to buy anubias for the front). Disclaimer: i dont have heater also so idk if that would be it, im in Malaysia and the office is mostly cold during the day(tropical cold, not like winter).

Pic was taken when it was wall surfing the front glass

Hey y'all....this is my river style aquascape with spider wood for a Malawi cichlid tank....can you guys rate my scape and suggest some changes to make my tank more visually appealing along with which type of rock to match the aesthetics of this tank....also should I go for a planted setup with aquasoil or use sand along with ferns, anubias and moss🤔

Hello! First Aquascape. I changed the stones on the front right a bit, but otherwise it looks like on the first two photos. Third photo is what I have so far. Not mentioned are some Anubias and/or buce and christmas moss.

I'm looking for additional planting ideas, mainly for the mid-back and middle area. There will be CO2 injection, light is a Chihiros AII 401. Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions? It's a 35L / 9.2g tank for a betta and shrimp.

We’ve had this 29 gallon tank for about a year. The plants are healthy and growing, all fish are healthy and thriving, but I can’t figure out how to stop algae grow on my plants and rocks. Will welcome all suggestions. Please help!

It’s a 11ga/43l tank, it’s cycling and I want suggestions of what should I put in there 🥹
I love betta, but I want more than one fish, so I thought of maybe adding female bettas but I guess it’s a small tank (?) So I was thinking about neon tetras, galaxy rasbora, guppy or lamp eye fishes with shrimp and one or two snails? What do you guys think could work better in this tank? I really want it to be low tech.