1st Scape with California Rock

Last night, I had the opportunity to attempt my first aquascape with the new “mossy porous rock” from California. I found out something new about this rock that I hadn’t realized previously; the rock has so much character, and so many seams, that it’s easy to combine multiple rocks next to one and another, without exposing hard seam lines between them. So, I tried to take advantage of this fact by doing the vastly overdone “two mounds of either side with a path down the middle” scape that you see below:

Of course, this is the first time I’ve attempted such a scape, so I’m still learning what works and what doesn’t. I didn’t have all of the fine leaved stems plants that I wanted to use on hand, so for now, hygrophila polysperma, rotala indica ‘red,’ and heteranthera zosterifolia will have to suffice as background plants. In the front, I have marsilia quadrifolia, and ranalisma rostrata.

It’s still a little bit cloudy from moving around the Soilmaster Select that was in here. The only fauna in this tank right now are 4 apistogramma borelli.They seem to love the cover that the rocks give them, perhaps a little bit too much. For that reason, I think I need to add a few dither fish, but I don’t want anything that will pick off borelli fry. Suggestions? It’s still a little bit cloudy from moving around the Soilmaster Select that was in here. The only fauna in this tank right now are 4 They seem to love the cover that the rocks give them, perhaps a little bit too much. For that reason, I think I need to add a few dither fish, but I don’t want anything that will pick off borelli fry. Suggestions?

It’s still a little bit cloudy from moving around the Soilmaster Select that was in here. The only fauna in this tank right now are 4 They seem to love the cover that the rocks give them, perhaps a little bit too much. For that reason, I think I need to add a few dither fish, but I don’t want anything that will pick off borelli fry. Suggestions?