125 Gallon tank converted for community/loaches

[JWhipple]

Just looking for feedback on the layout!

The driftwood is about 75% real, the rest artificial.

Thanks!

[starsplitter7]

Wow! That is amazing! Gorgeous.

[Keith Wolcott]

First, it is a very nice looking tank. You have done a good job of arranging it. If you are really looking for feedback, there are only a couple of small things that I would consider changing. The large wood piece in the center might look better if it was not quite centered. That is, if moved to one side or the other a bit (maybe a foot) the asymmetry could be more pleasing to the eye. Second, the two pieces of wood on the left look just slightly unnatural since they are both standing up (in nature, most things fall over). It fills the space nicely by standing up, but maybe have one of them standing and one laying down or leaning over. This would make it look more like it could possibly occur in nature and also they will not both look so similar which could be more pleasing to the eye. Another possibility is to put one of them on one end of the tank and the other near the other end (again avoiding symmetry). Similar shapes and colors spread around draw the eye around the work of art. These are just some things to think about and can be done in many many ways. I am sure others will have ideas too.

[Ravenmoon]

Very pretty! Wish I had room for an aquarium like that.

[palaeodave]

That's very nice. I long for a tank that size to play with.

If I were you, I'd look to replace the fake wood at some point. Those pieces look fantastic in a shop (I wish I could find real wood in the same shapes) but if you put them next to real wood they look obviously fake. That's not so bad in itself but what happens next is that the paint wears off and eventually you are just left with a big chunk of dirty-white resin in your tank!