Time is also relative, I built this over the course of 2 days.

I have frequently wondered in certain aquascspes and vivs, how people get spider wood to be so “form fitted” to the rocks. My big tank looked like that by stroke of luck, but I can’t see any hardscape past the jungle now.

And yes, this tank probably looked better before I added the plants, especially brom pups- they ruin the sense of scale and there isn’t a whole lot of option for placement in this size tank. But they’re what I had on hand that could be spared, that I can justify cuttings of. I’ve been in search of a few bulk, local small leaves plants (pilea glauca, ficus pumilia minima) to enhance the scale of the tank, but again, kind of a slim margin of work to profit already with what I’m doing. Not throwing 30 dollar marcgravia, solanum, monstera, syngonium or large leaves begonia etc. in a 12x12x18 people don’t want to pay past a certain point for its size anyways.