Has anyone noticed that there are no fish in these tanks?
There is a difference between a tank for plants and a tank for fish with plants. I'm not saying some fish wouldn't work in these, but clearly the emphasis is on creating an artistic aquascape with wood, rock and plants plus substrate. And there is nothing wrong with that. But an aquascape for a fish tank must be designed primarily for the fish to be maintained in the aquarium.
This is my main objection to Amano's aquascapes. They are brilliant works of art, comparable to a great painting, but the fish are secondary.
You wanted some feedback, let's see where this takes us.;-)
I agree regarding Amano style tanks, it seems like the fish are just thrown in the tanks as an afterthought, they often look very stressed in these type set-ups
Over the years I have evolved some. I used to be about the fish. Then I was about the scape. Now I find myself taking a great deal of pride in creating environments, the fish and the habitat. I dont see the point (not that I knock those that do) in an aquarium with plastic toys. Im even trying to talk the wife into letting me replace the 110g with something shorter so we can plant that too :lol:
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