This is one of the topics we really want to share with you who are playing aquascaping in a professional style. The article is based on the guidance of some famous Aquascapers around the world that we have researched.
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A passion strong enough makes you always dissatisfied with yourself. Creating more beautiful tanks, depicting a more specific theme is not only the desire of professional aquascapers but also the wish of amateur hobbyists.
Thinking patterns!
What hinders us from success is our own thinking and mindset. We have met many people in the aquascaping community, talked to aquascapers around the world, and noticed that they are always confident and eager to create a beautiful and professional aquarium, unlike us who often feel insecure about our abilities and when investing in an aquarium, we lack the experience that distorts the original idea. This leads to the theme we want to convey being lost.
Current situation!
We have also encountered many people who arrange very wonderful rough layouts, but after planting, they use colors that do not match, combined with the use of plants that are not reasonable. Where large plants should be placed, you put small plants. Where small plants should be placed, you put large plants. This leads to a loss of harmony between the rough layout and the completed layout, resulting in an inability to convey the theme you want to share with viewers in the aquarium.
Examples from high-award aquariums in the IAPLC 2016 competition:
From rough layout to completion. We can see that the rough layout is very detailed down to every nook and cranny. The author uses aquatic plants and stones just enough to express the layout. The density of the plants is very harmonious. And besides that, to express their theme, the author did not place too many plants.
Some people when setting up an aquarium in the Aquascaping style always try to cram all the types of plants they have into the tank. This leads to some fast-growing plants overshadowing the slow-growing ones. Caring for many types of plants is even more complicated. But the most limiting factor is the excessive desire to place plants, leading us to gradually lose the theme we convey through our aquarium.
Our advice:
For an aquarium, there is no standard measure; it is simply your own perception. If you are playing aquascaping with a jungle layout, you must harmoniously place large and small plants to be both detailed and create depth of vision for the tank. Don’t let too many plants make your tank become a nursery instead of a desired theme. If you are playing in the Iwagumi style, you need to limit the number of plants, consider the color contrast between stones and plants, to highlight the stones and show the greenery of the plants. Avoid the case of planting too many plants, gradually planting any that look beautiful, as we will lose the theme and the beauty of the tank.
Hope the shares above will help you have a perfect aquarium. Wishing you success!
Aqua Plants Hub Editorial
