Aquascaping Basic

Step By Step with BorneoWild
Select driftwood and rocks suitable for your tank size according to your design.		Prepare the necessary substrate additives (BORNEOWILD BALANCE, BOOST P, BACTER CRYSTAL, BACTER ENERGY) and the layout tools.
Select a porous media as the base layer of your substrate system in which the substrate ecology takes place.		Lay a thin layer of it over the entire bottom of the aquarium.
Sprinkle a layer of BALANCE (Mineral) and enough BOOST P (Fertiliser) as the main source of nutrients for the plants.		Next, sprinkle a layer BACTER CRYSTAL (Bacterial) and BACTER ENERGY (Bacterial food)
A completed full foundation base of substrate additive.		Use BORNEOWILD SAND FLATTENER to push the media back, away from the front, and sides of glass where it is visible.
All three sides which are visible cleared from the edge.		Use a small tub to cover & fill the cleared area with  BORNEOWILD PLANTED SOIL.
Cover the sides. Covering the sides and fronts ensures that none of the different colored porous media can be seen.		Now, cover & fill the top with BORNEOWILD PLANTED SOIL too.
Create a slope with 1-2" at the front and 4-6" at the back. This gives your aquascaping depth of field and appears 3 dimensional.		BORNEOWILD PLANTED SOIL  poured, scaped and flattened. We are now ready to do some aquascaping!
Place your first main 'focal point' piece securely into the tank.		Place the rest of the BORNEOWILD  MALAYAN DRIFTWOOD accordingly.
Adjust the driftwoods to the positions desired.		Using the rocks selected, push it against the slope of soil at areas where soil granules are most likely to slide down.
Pour more BORNEOWILD PLANTED SOIL at the corners to create a more interested background line.		Shape up the lines with the BORNEOWILD SAND FLATTENER.
Do all necessary touch up and scaping. Now we are ready for plants.		Using a BORNEOWILD PINSETTES, we start planting with the plants in front. Add some water to soften and compact the soil for ease of planting. You can slowly raise the water level as you plant up from front to back.
For plants that came with long roots, shorten it with a BORNEOWILD SHORT CUTTER encourages new roots to grow faster.		Shorter plants can be planted in the middle ground.
For bigger plants, hold on to the leaves and bury it gently into the soil with the BORNEOWILD PRO PINSETTES.		When necessary, cut away extra or big leaves which obstruct planting, using BORNEOWILD BEAK CUTTER.
The background plants are usually the tallest of all, with stems and are planted last.		Planting completed. We are ready to add water slowly by placing a plastic sheet over the scape, then pour water treated with BORNEOWILD CLEANSE (To clean and removes chlorine, chloramine, ammonia & nitrite - Neutralizes heavy metals) & start cycling the tank!
Now all you need to do is start up the filters and set the lights to come on for 6-8 hours a day. We will cover the maintenance tips in another articles.