Opinions Encouraged!!!

[Tyler LaZerte]

No idea why my photos post upside down 🤣 I am trying to get a feel for which way I should place this wood in the aquarium. I like both ways and could see them working but I encourage you to persuade me one way or the other 😉

[Isaac M]

I like the first one, the shadows and highlights look better in my opinion. The 2nd picture (bottom picture) looks very dark.

[Patrick_G]

The first one looks good to me. I like the light. Is that a Lomine? 

[lefty o]

either looks okay to me. whatever suits your eye is the way to go.

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

I like them both in fact I was leaning towards the first one- however the 2nd placement has the bulk of the stem to the back so you'll have less hiding behind it, fish, plants or whatever. (or a sponge filter which you might want to hide, hence placement 1)

Edited May 4, 2021 by xXInkedPhoenixX
1 more thing.

[Tyler LaZerte]

13 hours ago, Isaac M said:

I like the first one, the shadows and highlights look better in my opinion. The 2nd picture (bottom picture) looks very dark.

Okay. Thank you for your opinion! 😁

Edited May 4, 2021 by Tyler LaZerte

[Tyler LaZerte]

5 hours ago, Patrick_G said:

The first one looks good to me. I like the light. Is that a Lomine? 

@Patrick_G Yes! It's the Lominie Asta 20 Freshwater. This is at 100% brightness. I probably won't have it this bright. I may start at 50%  

[Tyler LaZerte]

3 hours ago, xXInkedPhoenixX said:

I like them both in fact I was leaning towards the first one- however the 2nd placement has the bulk of the stem to the back so you'll have less hiding behind it, fish, plants or whatever. (or a sponge filter which you might want to hide, hence placement 1)

Thank you! The sponge filter is actually in both pictures! 😉 I hid it behind the "stem" on both of the ways. I am leaning towards the rye first because my bed is on that side so I can get a great view of the tank from the side while I am laying down. 

[anewbie]

Photos are likely upside down because you are holding the phone upside down - you can use any image editor to rotate the image before uploading. Not sure what windows default editor is - i use linux.

[Tyler LaZerte]

@anewbie No my phone was held the right way. I am not sure why it's like that haha 

[MAC]

Edit the photo so it is upside down in your phones gallery. See if it then uploads right side up in the forum 🤷‍♂️

I like the first pic

[Tyler LaZerte]

Just now, MAC said:

Edit the photo so it is upside down in your phones gallery. See if it then uploads right side up in the forum 🤷‍♂️

I like the first pic

Thank you! I will try to do that. Everyone seems to like the first one, and so do I, so that will be the one 😁

[H.K.Luterman]

I agree on the first pic being my preference. Also, that is a really neat piece of wood!

[Tyler LaZerte]

@H.K.Luterman Thank you very much! I found it at a LFS and it was like it was illuminated by light lol. It was just 4 inches too long so I chopped a bit off of the end and it figure I'll either leave it like it is or put moss over the cut part 

[Tanked]

Tough call!  I like the additional texture in the second picture, but I agree with the others, the well lit aged appearance of the first picture has the better look.

You can age the fresh cut end with a piece of sandpaper, file, stone or piece of cement.

[Tyler LaZerte]

@Tanked Thank you for your opinion 😁 I was thinking about sanding it as well 

[JakeMicallef05]

I like the first one too.

[Tyler LaZerte]

@JakeMicallef05 Okay great! First way it is 😁

[JakeMicallef05]

11 minutes ago, Tyler LaZerte said:

@JakeMicallef05 Okay great! First way it is 😁

That is a tight piece of wood, that tank is gonna be awesome.

[Tyler LaZerte]

@JakeMicallef05 Thank you! I wish I had more time and didn't have to work this week so I could set it all up 🤣🤣🤣

[JakeMicallef05]

1 minute ago, Tyler LaZerte said:

@JakeMicallef05 Thank you! I wish I had more time and didn't have to work this week so I could set it all up 🤣🤣🤣

Some anubias would look awesome nestled in that bit were the two branches come out!

[Tyler LaZerte]

@JakeMicallef05 Yes! I was thinking one large Java Fern in there or a really colorful Bucephalandra 

[Patrick_G]

7 hours ago, Tyler LaZerte said:

@Patrick_G Yes! It's the Lominie Asta 20 Freshwater. This is at 100% brightness. I probably won't have it this bright. I may start at 50%  

I really need to get one to play with. They seem to have a great price to performance ratio. 

[Tyler LaZerte]

@Patrick_G So far, I'm loving it. No need to go all the ways up to 100% brightness on it. 50% is more than enough and gives it a cool look. The aquarium it is used on is going to bed a bit of a blackwater tank so the Lominie is going to make it look eerie and I love it!