I wanted to show the charm of aquatic plants that possess beauty, like flowers. I like this kind of aquatic plant.
Glass catfish, Trigonostigma hengeli
Microcarpaea minima, Micranthemum sp 'Monte Carlo',bacopa serpylifolia,Lysimachia mummularia,Rotala pusilla, Rotala macrandra red 'small-leaf',Rotala macrandra 'green' ,Rotala sp russila,Rotala rotundifolia 'calicut',Lysimachia nummularia var. 'Aurea', Crepidomanes minutum,Cuphea anagalloidea,Hydrocotyle yabei Makino,Rotala sp. 'Sunset',Hemianthus unbrosum,Cuphea anagalloidea,Ludwigia ovalis
Replace 40% of the water once a week Fertilizer insert once a week
Jeju-si, Jeju-do, South Korea
This layout presents a vibrant, beautiful, and visually clean display. The foreground, featuring healthy and bright green carpeting plants such as Microcarpaea minima and Monte Carlo, shows excellent health and condition. The selection and blending of various colorful stem plants in the midground and background are also well-executed. For further refinement, the maintenance of the stem plants is worth considering; while the trimming is already quite good, allowing them to undergo one or two more rounds of trimming would encourage denser bush formation. Additionally, if the height of the background bushes is kept slightly lower, rather than allowing them to grow too close to the water surface, it would create an elegant reflection on the water, adding more depth and visual interest to the overall presentation.
As someone that enjoys growing exotic species, seeing rarer plant species used in the aquascape warms my heart. However, it is important to remember the competition scoring does not directly award points just for the presence of rare or difficult plants. What carries more weight is the overall composition and aesthetic balance of the aquascape as a whole, and whether the plants used integrate well with the hardscape and each other. The shorter plants at the substrate zone has integrated well with the hardscape work, but I find that the block of Rotala macrandra 'green' on the left is awkward. Good effort overall.
A nice layout, a little too much red plants.
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