It's not really aquascaped, I just kind of planted stuff where it seemed to fit. One thing I've learned about aquascaping (not that I've been able to apply it, mind you) is that you need to be able to visualize what a fully grown version of a plant is going to look like before you plant it. Well, I've never kept most of the plants in this tank, so I had to guess based on descriptions online. I already know I'll need to move some things around; for example, the lagenandra meeboldi is sitting behind a flame sword that completely hides it. Doh! And I might remove the macrandra and ludwigias, since I was really going for a low-maintenance tank (swords and crypts), and given all the reds I'm getting from the swords I got at Aquafest, I really won't need red stem plants! I put them in there in part to see how they would do, and in part to try to out-compete the algae (which is only partially successful at the moment, as you'll see below).
Oh, and just in case anyone was wondering - high tech kicks butt! I am totally loving watching oxygen bubbles drift up from plants. Having tried high tech, I'm not sure I'll be able to to back to low tech. Every single plant looks great and is growing quickly, and I'm finally realizing why all the crypts in my low tech tanks are green, while other people get interesting browns and almost reds from theirs.
Well, enough of my gabbing, on to the pics! (I apologize in advance for their quality, I'm still learning how to get my stupid point-n-shoot to do what I want)
First, the full-front shot:
The left side:
The center:
The right side:
The apistogramma cacatuoides "orange flash" male checking out the little love shack I put in there for him and his girl (that is the suspected C. ciliata right in front of the shack, and the C. nevillii just to the right):
He seems to like it!
The male ramirezi:
The echinodorus horemanii 'red' and one of the rams. The almost black-leaved plant in the back left is the E. 'aflame':
The female ramirezi:
The apistogramma cactuoides male:
The female ram and some of the sterbai cories:
Here's the complete list of flora and fauna:
Three discus (who have been skittish and were hiding during this photo shoot)
Six sterbai cories
Two german blue rams
Two apistogramma cacatuoides 'orange flash'
I'll be picking up two long-finned bristlenose plecos from Rachel O'Leary at the CCA meeting, and sometime soon, we hope to add four or five more Discus from Hans.
Moving from left to right and front to back in the full tank shot, the plants are:
Cryptocoryne spiralis
C. usteriana x walkeri (Thanks, Ghazanfar! Cool plant)
Crinum calamistratum
Staurogyne sp. 'Bihar'
Echinodorus horemanii 'red' (This thing looks just awesome!)
E. 'aflame' (The leaves are so red, they're almost black)
Rotala macrandra (I got this for a dollar at the carniverous plants meeting, and nearly killed it in my low-tech 20 high)
E. 'Rose'
E. 'Red flame'
Lagenandra meeboldi sp. 'Pink' (Thanks, Kris! I was able to get it to root, and it has since thrown up three new leaves - and they really are Pink!)
E. 'Ozelot' (rescued from my 20 high low-tech)
E. Uruguayensis
Ludwigia arcuata and Ludwigia repens x arcuata (I've been surprised these don't look that much better in the high-tech than they do in the low-tech)
C. ciliata (I think - that's what I paid for, anyway; I'm not sure that's what I got, LOL)
C. nevillii (I think - that's what I paid for, but it might be C. x willissi)
E. 'Tricolor'
E. palaefolius (I'm really hoping these will emerge from the tank and flower)
Another E. 'Red flame'
C. moehlmannii (this time, I did not put C. pontederiifolia in the tank as well, so I *know* it's actually moehlmannii!
Limnophila aromatica (cool plant! Purpleish undersides and reddish tops)
Cyperus helferi
E. amazonicus (two)
Eleocharis vivipara was planted across the back of the tank;hopefully it will form a "grass wall", but we'll see.
C. wendtii is planted in various places throughout the tank as well.
And interspersed throughout the tank (much to my chagrin), najas grass.
Oh, and of course no tank in our house is complete without duckweed. 
) there is no wood nor rocks in there! 
are you planning on adding any? and yes!, i agree on the bubbles, i enjoy seeing that by the time i get back from work, sooo kool... 
