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I have a few aquascaping liks I thought I would share (suggested by Babelfish too). I thought it would be cool to make a thread collection with some good aquascaping links people have.

Here's the first one, it's talking about catfish aquariums but there are some good ideas that could easily be applied to any tank, especially backgrounds:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/s_c_288.php

The second is an article you may have seen elsewhere that gives a good explanation of some basic aquacaping principles:

http://www.aquabotanic.com/aquascapingprincipals.html

This one isn't really an aquascaping link but it is a good introduction to artistic composition in photography. Knowing a bit of composition will really help you to plan your aquascapes better.

http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_introduction.html




Last edited by trystianity at 31-Jul-2005 23:47

Great links, but the first two are the same . I liked all the different background ideas, and may try a couple.

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Thanks for the post Tryst .
I'm announcing this so it'll always be easy to find and point to for when we're helping others out.
If other people have good links that they've got bookmarked feel free to share .

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Sorry Matty, I forgot to double check the links. Edited and fixed now.

Thanks babel. I was thinking a link collection like this would help a lot of people when they're looking for aquascaping info. Newbies and even really advanced people.

I also have a few more:

Arranging and Grouping Plants

[link=http://www.aquabotanic.com/arrangegroupplants.htm]http://www.aquabotanic.com/arrangegroupplants.htm" style="COLOR: #36af30[/link]

Open Aquariums

[link=http://192.38.244.204/go.asp?article=259]http://192.38.244.204/go.asp?article=259" style="COLOR: #36af30[/link]

Water Bowls

[link=http://192.38.244.204/go.asp?article=259]http://192.38.244.204/go.asp?article=259" style="COLOR: #36af30[/link]

Dutch Aquascaping

[link=http://www.aquabotanic.com/dutchsecrets.htm]http://www.aquabotanic.com/dutchsecrets.htm" style="COLOR: #36af30[/link]

Setting up a Glosso Tank

[link=http://www.aquabotanic.com/glossostigmaarticle.htm]http://www.aquabotanic.com/glossostigmaarticle.htm" style="COLOR: #36af30[/link]

2005 AGA Contest: I really like browsing the galleries of past entries to get ideas and inspiration, they are also cool to look at any time because some of them are REALLY amazing tanks.

[link=http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2005.cgi]http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2005.cgi" style="COLOR: #36af30[/link]

Learning to Photograph the Landscape Part 1

In a sense, aquascaping is like creating your own little landscape (aquascape ) in a glass box. By studying landscape photography you can learn to showcase your little aquascape in a more attractive way. I like to think of my tank as a painting or photograph, so a lot of the aesthetic guidelines you would normally apply to other media are just as valid here.

[link=http://photoinf.com/General/Guy_Tal/Learning_to_Photograph_the_Landscape_Part_I.html]http://photoinf.com/General/Guy_Tal/Learning_to_Photograph_the_Landscape_Part_I.html" style="COLOR: #36af30[/link]

Part 2:

[link=http://photoinf.com/General/Guy_Tal/Learning_to_Photograph_the_Landscape_Part_II.html]http://photoinf.com/General/Guy_Tal/Learning_to_Photograph_the_Landscape_Part_II.html" style="COLOR: #36af30[/link]

An important part of aquascaping is also photography, especially if you're sharing your work online. An amazing tank will not look so amazing in a bad photo. IMO this is one reason why Takashi Amano's books are so popular. He is one of the few that actually spends a lot of time and effort on photography to capture his work in the most pleasing way. I, personally, am not good at photographing tanks at all! I like the other articles on that site a lot.

I also like to look at landscape paintings and photos, other art, anything that looks good to me, analyze them to see why they work, then use the same ideas in aquascaping.

"Zen Aquascaping"

[link=http://www.aquabotanic.com/zenaquascape.html]http://www.aquabotanic.com/zenaquascape.html" style="COLOR: #36af30[/link]

NICE links tryst

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One from Robby1619

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Appreciated the link to the articles at aqua-botanic...read it and printed it for future reference! Thanks!

this is a link for changing your substrate,
not sure if it exactly belongs here, but I couldn't find any where else to put it

http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/qa/l/blqa2008.htm

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I figured I'd add my favorite aquarium pics. I found this site while looking for some ideas on aquascaping. It's in Czech, but the pics are amazing. Takashi Amano is awesome... http://planta.aquariana.cz/lit-Amano_foto.htm

just checked that last link out.....
oh my God...i wonder if i could ever be able to have a tank like those
great link though

It's damn cool

This one is a great guide for indiviual plant requirments etc.

plantgeek.net

400L (4x2x2) 3 silver sharks, 3 clown loaches, 2 blue gouramis, 2 siamese flying fox, 1 sucking cat, small schools of golden danios, white clouds, golden widow tetras, R&B columbians and a sucking catfish

and another one, for those of you who speak German ...
http://www.einrichtungsbeispiele.de/

(Literally: "decoration examples" )