A new scape from Day 1. Suggestions welcomed

Sangeeth Ramanunni

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Thanks all.
One question. The Rotalla wallichi on the right was a replacement for Ludwigia Arcuata as I found the latter a bit disproportionate to the scape. I wanted something other than green. I am hoping that wallichi can be trimmed and kept as small bushes without the hard-scape being hidden much. What do you guys think? Will this be ok. If not, what will be a better plant to go there?
 

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I recommend 6-8 hours of light of lower intensity than short hours of high intensity.
I believe that helps plants to grow which helps battle algae better.
 

Sangeeth Ramanunni

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Day 56 July 28th Friday.

Gave a trim

Forgive me, I confess I have made color corrections in the pic, just to see whether the camera pic can be turned into what I really see with my naked eyes.But I couldn't and editing gave this results. I know if I need to get proper instructions the pics must be presented as original as they are. Please forgive for this time. No intention of cheating.
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Day 56 July 28th Friday.

Gave a trim

Forgive me, I confess I have made color corrections in the pic, just to see whether the camera pic can be turned into what I really see with my naked eyes.But I couldn't and editing gave this results. I know if I need to get proper instructions the pics must be presented as original as they are. Please forgive for this time. No intention of cheating.View attachment 6497


Your scape looks amazing! Don't worry about a bit of colour touch ups, you have to do it sometimes to make it look realistic ;)
 
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AGA is Color-correction, brightness only; no "photoshopping"

AGA Photograph Rules.

Photographs

The short version:

1-5 Photos
Highest Resolution Possible
Color-correction, brightness only; no "photoshopping"
No identifying "burn-ins"
No borders or frames, please

Entrants are requested to provide 1 ~ 5 images of their aquascape, ideally showing both overall views and close-ups of details they wish to highlight.

While the focus of this event is on the aquascape shown in the images, entrants are encouraged to try and provide the clearest, sharpest images possible. The better the images that are provided, the better they will reproduce and display.

Please send the highest resolution and quality possible. We can handle most formats, even camera raw.

You may alter an aquascape's image only for color correction, brightness, shadow/highlight, contrast and/or sharpness. While the organizers realize that in an event of this type it is entirely possible for an unethical person to manufacture a digital image of a non-existent tank, it is our hope that entrants will honor the spirit of sharing and friendly competition upon which this event is based. We are counting on the honesty and integrity of our participants to submit only images that are truly representative of their work as aquascape artists!

Many entrants feel the need to add large "frame" borders around their photographs; this detracts from the image, by making it scale smaller than other entries. In all likelihood, we will just remove the border. Please save us the work, and submit your images borderless.

Images submitted should not have the photographer's name or Copyright Notice superimposed over the image. Judging should be anonymous, and this information could affect the impartial evaluation of aquascapes. We will add a copyright 'burn-in' in the final website.

When creating a planting plan, keep in mind that a blocky diagram works much better than something with thin lines, and high-resolution graphic is just as important as in the photographs. A simple sketch with a Sharpie pen on a piece of paper will look better on the final site than a tiny 320x240 pixel graphic done with a Paint program. Also make sure to list the plants in the caption rather than in the graphic itself. This will save us an incredible amount of retyping and graphic retouching time!

All entrants must agree to a Photo Release before their entries and photographs will be accepted into the contest.

http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/guidelines.html
 

Sangeeth Ramanunni

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AGA is Color-correction, brightness only; no "photoshopping"

What do they mean by photoshopping then? If brightness and color correction is allowed, we can do it without using photoshop?
Or do they mean than we can use photoshop only for brightness and color correction but nothing els?
 

Sangeeth Ramanunni

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The continuous attack of chladophora, hair algae and bba is making me tired.
CO2: I raised KH by K2CO3 and increased my CO2. its runni 4-5 bps now. I reaches a point where my fishes start to struggle and then reduced it. Now it runs from 3: 30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Lights are on from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Yeah, that's right . only 4 hrs. EI dosing according to rotalabutterfly calculator.
Last week I got rid of Cyano bacteria with erythromycin. Now diatoms are all over again.
My lights are 60w LED. But they are really close to water surface. I also found that these algae are more at the back of the tank where the substrate level is the highest (i.e, where its nearest to the lights).

I think that I should raise my lights (distance from the water surface). How tall should they go?
Also please feel free to provide any suggestions you have