New 10G hardscape

[FergusDaFish]

I'm setting up a 10 gallon and am undecided about my hardscape options. I have some driftwood, some spider wood and some seiryu rock.

First option was my initial thought, to create a little hardscape with a little canyon between the pieces


Then I determined that this was the more interesting piece of wood, so should I just use this one?


Then I remembered that I had spider wood from a previous, failed scape that I broke up and created my own little vignette that I'll have to glue together.


The tank will be stocked with a betta and possibly a little school of chilI rasboras. I've got a bunch of indian water sprite, dwarf sag, kleiner bar swords, narrow leaf java fern, anubias (coffeefolia, frazeri, and petite nana), althernanthera reckiI fullsized and mini, a few s.repens, a little clump of dwarf hairgrass, some riccia fluitans, and some fissidens nobilis being shipped now so it'll be good and planted, though not all of these will go in this tank.

 

[JaksAquatics]

I would go with one

 

[ProudPapa]

Are you asking for opinions, or just showing us what you're up to?

 

[FergusDaFish]

Are you asking for opinions, or just showing us what you're up to?

I'd like opinions.

 

[ProudPapa]

I'd like opinions.

I like both of the first two. The one with the sticks poking out of the pile of rocks, not so much.

 

[MissNoodle]

Why not combine them?
The stick one on the left and then the option 2 log on the right? I like both, what would they look like together?

 

[FergusDaFish]

Why not combine them?
The stick one on the left and then the option 2 log on the right? I like both, what would they look like together?

I've still got the sticks set up so I'll put the other driftwood piece in and see if I like it.

With the sticks and rocks one I was going for something like you see if you google "spider wood aquascape"
(Mods, can I provide a link to those photos? If not, please edit it out)


I was thinking that since I have a pretty healthy amount of plants on standby that that scape would allow the plants the most room to grow in.

The first scape, with the two pieces of wood, would be a lot more dense-appearing right off the bat because all of my tall plants would have to go behind and along the left side of the wood. I'm not mad at that, I'm just considering my options since I am still in the planning phase.

 

[aquafrogg]

I personally enjoy the spiderwood option best. I don’t really like chunky wood. That’s just me though whatever you choose will be lovely