Dutch aquarium. Composition.

First, find enough time to find out how you would like to arrange walls, floor and terrace. What plants do you like on how big they grow up, make a comparison with each other and so on. You should select plants that provide good contrast against the large leaves of young leaves, ovate leaves against lanceolate, red against the green and so on. Remember, the highest plants should be placed in the back of a small plant in front of them, or are planted on terraces in the middle layer. What is the Dutch style, without one or more rows of plants? Rows of plants really always give a positive visual effect. Number, which goes from the right rear to left front corner - my favorite. Good plants for a private landing - blood-red Lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis), Limnophila sessiflora and aquaticum, most varieties Ludwig Mikrantemum (Michrantemum michrantemoides and Umbrosum). Java moss and java fern can also be a good choice if they - are growing terraces. Plants growing in the foreground should never become higher than the plant behind him. Always avoid symmetry nepomeschyte large plant composition in a dead point, your eyes will always focus on that. The asymmetric arrangement should give the impression of variable depth, the terraces must be unequal height and size. Dutch style is known that uses a lot of slow-growing plants. This is important if you avoid using a lot of fast-growing types of plants, thus should reduce the frequency vmeshatelstv for pruning, it just breaks design. Of course you should not avoid using them in the early stage of the installation. |

All plants in this picture have different colors and shapes, light green mikrantemammichrantemum gives a very good contrast of light-red Rotana vollichy (Rotala wallichii). The darker green Javanese moss gives a good contrast with light-green glossostigma and red / green Ludwig. I especially like the contrast Limnofila (Limnophila) and intensive red Peristolistnik (Myriophyllum).

A great way to decorate the aquarium is to use cork koruv as a decorative background back and side. The bark is usually pokupaetsya in local stores aquarium. Remember that it must be cleaned before use. The first step is that we must cut the bark on the height of the aquarium. If you have an aquarium in a metal casing, the crust should just go under the top edge. If just a glass aquarium, you need to use silicone to make the bark to the wall. The second step consists in attaching the plant to the cortex. To do this, you can use thin fishing line or thin thread. It does not matter if the thread is visible, your plants will block it soon enough.

Tip: It is necessary to make the plant to the cortex before attaching it to the wall. Do it in advance will be easier to install. An alternative to fixing may serve a needle or similar things. You can also use twine and wind it around the plants and the two sides cork, because of the flooded tube, it becomes soft and allows the fishing line is deeply immersed inside. Plants that are perfect to grow on the tube, it is Anubis, Bolbitis, Java fern, Java moss and even a variety Ricci.