- Messages
- 1,777
Creating effective aquascapes in standard rectangular tanks can be a very challenging endeavor for many aquarists, but designing tanks with a smaller footprint is a much more challenging task. You have to factor in height in your aquascape much more, as a design too short will not look nice visually in a taller tank. For this reason, I have taken on the challenge to scape such a tank myself. I chose the Aqueon 15 gallon column tank kit to complete this task. It is a very slim and tall tank at 15 US gallons. However, it is only (13.6x13.8x24.8) in inches which means it is very difficult to do any sort of community tank setup. That is why I will mainly focus on the "environment" and possibly add a single Betta with some of my cull shrimp in here.
The equipment is much too weak for what I intend to do with the tank. I will be replacing the filter, heater, and light system currently sold with the tank. In fact, I already have the new light ready to go which I will show shortly.
This is the old light with the tank. It is much too weak to grow the plants I want to grow in here.
This is the new light. It is much brighter and emits all the light spectrum for healthy plant growth.
For the substrate, I will be using mostly aqua soil with a small sandbed in the front right corner of the tank. I have the soil and sand already.
For the hardscape, I will be using Seiryu Stones and Spiderwood. I have found many long "branch like" pieces to use which will be great in this design. Here are some of them here;
These range from 10-15 inches long each.
Using the program Scape It, I have created a rough hardscape design for the new tank with the current dimensions involved, here it is;
(I do not own this image as it belongs to Scape It. Link can be found here)
Here is my full render using the hardscape image as a base. All the plants I currently own and will trim from the current 29 gallon and 10 gallon aquariums.
Plants used will be as follows;
Spiky Moss
Hydrocotyle Japan
Pearlweed
Rotala
Pogostemen Octopus
Limnophila Heterophylla
Possibly others
The tank should be developed very soon, I just have to wait for the wood to sink and the sealant to dry in the tank. I am very excited to share my most challenging endeavor with you all, so stay tuned for the real challenge to begin!
The equipment is much too weak for what I intend to do with the tank. I will be replacing the filter, heater, and light system currently sold with the tank. In fact, I already have the new light ready to go which I will show shortly.
This is the old light with the tank. It is much too weak to grow the plants I want to grow in here.
This is the new light. It is much brighter and emits all the light spectrum for healthy plant growth.
For the substrate, I will be using mostly aqua soil with a small sandbed in the front right corner of the tank. I have the soil and sand already.
For the hardscape, I will be using Seiryu Stones and Spiderwood. I have found many long "branch like" pieces to use which will be great in this design. Here are some of them here;
These range from 10-15 inches long each.
Using the program Scape It, I have created a rough hardscape design for the new tank with the current dimensions involved, here it is;
(I do not own this image as it belongs to Scape It. Link can be found here)
Here is my full render using the hardscape image as a base. All the plants I currently own and will trim from the current 29 gallon and 10 gallon aquariums.
Plants used will be as follows;
Spiky Moss
Hydrocotyle Japan
Pearlweed
Rotala
Pogostemen Octopus
Limnophila Heterophylla
Possibly others
The tank should be developed very soon, I just have to wait for the wood to sink and the sealant to dry in the tank. I am very excited to share my most challenging endeavor with you all, so stay tuned for the real challenge to begin!
