Beautiful and practical - perfect for my age and lifestyle

[Art]

For my next intentional aquascape, I will be doing something like this. I find it beautiful while balancing my current lifestyle. Maintenance should be easier and the slower growing plants means less trimming while still looking great. I'd love to find a way to add some emersed Pogo because I love its purple flowers.

What do you think? Your cup of tea or too artsy?

 

[TRyan]

I like it. I would have one or two spots where the wood touches the substrate with a few plants scattered around those areas. It looks a little bare at substrate level. Very cool though! I saw a terrarium build like this on YouTube.

 

[Sb1415]

I think this is based out of a green aqua discus tank build or maybe it is the other way around -

 

[gnatster]

I think this is based out of a green aqua discus tank build or maybe it is the other way around -

One in the same, it's the Green Aqua tank grown out.

 

[techman81]

I think in a recent video where Tommy was rating their tanks, that one was in need of significant maintenence.

 

[JacksonL]

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For my next intentional aquascape, I will be doing something like this. I find it beautiful while balancing my current lifestyle. Maintenance should be easier and the slower growing plants means less trimming while still looking great. I'd love to find a way to add some emersed Pogo because I love its purple flowers.

What do you think? Your cup of tea or too artsy?

I personally love it. It is definitely a scape that would benefit from its placement in the household. I feel it would suit best to be in a room with matching minimalist styling. It may get lost in a busy room.

I did not know that pogo flowered when emersed either! That is on my list to add to my out of water plant selection in one of my tanks!

 

[*Ci*]

For my next intentional aquascape, I will be doing something like this.

Would you do it as a discus tank, then?

 

[TRyan]

Would you do it as a discus tank, then?

That would be nice setup with discus!

 

[Art]

I’ve never had luck with discus and long ago vowed to not kill another discus if I could help it. So, it would likely not be discus although they look absolutely stunning in such an aquascape.

 

[Count Krunk]

maybe easy to maintain, but looks like a BUNCH of work to start! haha

 

[Koan]

Would you do it as a discus tank, then?

That's my plan for discus!
this summer, if I can get it together On a smaller scale.. and way less ambitious with the plants


Decor will go up on egg crate feet, to keep the bottom clear

A guy on Etsy did up a pair of covers for the two sides, to keep discus in and evaporation down



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Bare bottom plus plants for discus, what's not to love

 

[Phish Tank]

I’ve never had luck with discus and long ago vowed to not kill another discus if I could help it. So, it would likely not be discus although they look absolutely stunning in such an aquascape.

Maybe angelfish would fit that setup. I do love the low maintenance approach. That would be fun to tuck all those plants in the expanse of wood.