How to Aquascape a Fluval 240 Roma Nature Aquarium Planted Tank 

I'm just not happy until I see the red colander

Hi George. Anne here. Just wanted to say again thank you so much for creating such an amazing scape for us yesterday. We are both thrilled with it. It's so beautiful.

I was pretty dismissive of the blue chain pet store background at first and surprised to see it on one your tanks but once the tank was filled It really grew on me too! The contrast between the grey, blue, and green is really attractive. Maybe theres a bit on unexplored space in background choice to experiment in! Thanks so much for today's inspiration!

One sweet looking Roma 240!

Came out great. The background like you said its his tank and he likes it and thats all that really matters.

Yes on the blue background. Another beautiful scape George. Thanks for sharing to both you and Roy.

The driftwood pieces are wonderful! The hardscape came out great. The scape with plants is just stunning! Love it! Now, I'm off to order some Trident Java Fern!

Love the hardscape and plants! And surprisingly, loving the blue background as well!

I really like double island/U-shaped aquascapes. Lovely scape, nice mix of greens and super natural looking

I love the low maintenance plants. You make the "easier" type of plants look great, which is what inspires so many of us to try them. Keep up the great work!

I like the blue background. The whole tank looks great. And the water is crystal clear. A job well done 👍

Simple but so calm to look at. Great job

Amazing!! You always make it look so easy George good job 👍

Great work George. Amazing

Amazing work, thanks George for the video

I keep white clouds too and they're so interesting to watch! highly underrated fish imo. beautiful scape! 🌿👌

Love the wood, and the milk crate idea. I've usually drilled and lag bolted a piece of slate to the bottom of large pieces.

George you inspire us and lead us into greatness I salute you

Keep ole Blu! It really compliments the scape. Awesome work!

The background looks suprisingly good. Good job he kept it. It's probably one of the best aquascaped floval roma 240 in their history;) good job

Great scape as always George. I wasn't keen on the background initially but once the scape was complete and water added I think it looks really effective. Great contrast

Very, very pretty!!! Colors are so good together especially the blue background...nice one George!!! Nice fish too!!!

That blue background actually works.. I didn't think it would but like you said as soon as water was added it made sense.

Stunning scape George! With my favorite fish and plants, I like the background, it’s very unique, well done!

Hey George lovely Scape. Funnily enough I rescaped my fluval Roma 125 this morning once I received some bits from aquarium gardens. Pretty happy with it, getting ready to inject co2 - I wish I could post a photo in these comments!

Everything about that tank is beautiful IMO, including the blue background. Wish it was in my living room... Great job George !

love this type of content from you gives me a much better idea of what i could do with an ordinary aquarium thank you

Nice Background and gravel , it give deppt and highlights the Plants and fishes. Like it !!!

Congrats George 😀 Great job .

The blue background is surprisingly very nice. thought for sure it might not look great but now i might want one for my tank!

Absolutely. Go with what you like and what works for you or the clients

Great job George. I love it. I would love to spend a day building a scape with you

Your low maintenance layouts are super inspiring for me and my FUTURE planted discus tank, ha. Great video

Blue background looks good, nice scape!

You kill it every time mate! Your work is such an inspiration! Keep on scaping :)

I like the background, and the scape is superb...

I like the back ground...also love the music choices you use during the scaping scenes!

Love the blue !

One of your best videos George. I was also questioning the blue background but it really suits the scape and fish. I think it looks better than the new ADA back light ones to be honest!

Hey George, great tank! About the blue background, I didn't like it at the beginning of the video, but it sure grew on me! I think it looks very good in there, especially with the color choice of gravel and hardscape. Very nice!

Hello George! Nice work, nice tank, nice aquascape! My respect for you!)))

Initially a bit unsure about the background, but I think it adds a sense of infinity to the scape, a sense that there is more beyond rather than just ending at the back wall of the tank. The blue makes the greens of the plants and the colours in the fish zing too! Loving what you do!

Dito on the background, it works really well. Not kept fish for 20 year's, but actually looking to buy this very same aquarium, so this has definitely inspired me. Great video, keep up the good work :)

Really enjoyable and informative video again George, I always learn something from each of them! I had no idea that hard water won't be affected by adding rock to the layout, I've been worrying about rock selection for our new tank as our water is 324ppm so thank you!!!! Your hardscape is superb and the plants from Aquarium Gardens (loved that part of the video) are outstanding! As for the background, at first I must admit I really thought it was incongruous to a fresh water layout but once it was submersed....it works, particularly with the stone and rock colouration (but then thats what a great designer does for his client). Would love to see an update in a few months when the plants have grown in!

Yes finally using tropica plant growth substrate!!! I use this all the time Hi btw George wonderful as always

Nice job George. No two tanks are alike. Do what ever makes you happy. I think it looks ok.

I love the background. I've just ordered the 240 and am painting the background a royal blue.

Really impressed with the egg crate, structure wood and HK gravel, suits the seiryu rock well!

Another excellent video!

Blue background looks good I think. Adding some platinum angels in the tank will look really nice because they will look like clouds in the sky. :D

Stunning George absolutely stunning, you cannot go wrong with that plant choice for a low tech tank. Would nice to see a update if Roy is happy with that. Blue background don’t love it but don’t hate it. Thanks to you just got my 5th aquarium and she who is to be obeyed said that’s it, fair comment.

M 25 U.K. Biggest carpark ! Love it 😆 Beautiful job as always, quality plants, quality work ! ❤️👍

Looks great 😊

Beautiful, I'm your fan from Puerto Rico.

Love it, as you say great to see a ‘normal’ setup which will be easy to maintain. Roy - please send George some footage in a few weeks once it’s grown in so we can see the results.

Either no background or plain black... I have the Roma 240 & dont use a background the fish are the colour then against the scape .. awesome George 👏💯

Interesting and very nice aquarium.

Ooo man nice tank👌👌

Nicely done George! While I wouldn't pick the background for my own tank, I think it fits the situation nicely. The clients are happy, you got paid and I enjoyed watching it all. Cheers. :)

Great video George.. Loved the shopping trip beforehand. What i would do to have a shop like that near me! The background had me worried at first as well but it turned out well. Keep inspiring brother, it's why we all tune in👍👍👍

Love the scape. I really like the look that the ferns and crypts give to the aquarium. I personally use solid black backgrounds on my aquariums to hide the wires and hoses. Never thought about using a different color. The sheets of aluminum are already anodized black. To each his own I guess. Wonderful job once again George

Great! Such a nice Scape - love it! Top Job from George, as always! Greetings from Germany

Awesome as usual. Would love to see you do some large peninsula scapes to see you meet the challenge of so much more of the tank being visible.

Love the background.

Those are the sweetest looking plants ever, i don't know what to think of the background, it's 'ok'. But all and all the tank is perfect. :)

Hi George,very nice scape

Dude you are amazing !!!

Tank came out looking excellent, also agree didnt like background at first bit looks good. sure will thrive, i have always tried and failed using plants buy next attempt i am going to try all these plants and hope i eventually succeed, great vid george

Very good video to watch and learn plus scape is brilliant

Really like the wood in this I’m 50-50 on the background. It does look better with the water in it though. I really can’t believe how into I’m getting with aquascaping. I enjoy your videos and should be starting the hardscape on mine this weekend.

Wow! Look at all of those Vitopods!!

Perfect job

I like the background. I feel it adds depth

The tank has come up nicely George. I wasn't liking the blue background when you started but it does actually blend in nicely with the set up you have made in the end! I prefer to frost mine though with film. Keep it up George, love it.

Love it!!!

I thought the same as you about the background, but the difference between how it looks with and without water is quite remarkable. 😊 I thought about putting a background on mine but I have a low boredom threshold and I'd want to change it too often! 😋

Another great scape. Wasn’t too keen on the background to start with but it works well 👍

Lovely scape. I like the background, especially with the water ripples near the outlet, it makes it shimmer. I'm getting a 3D background for mine shortly. I have the exact same tank and it's turned in to a dirty jungle so needs a big overhaul and a massive clean. Personally I think Fluval made a bit of a bugger-up by putting the inlet and outlet at one end. The other end is so still and there's barely any flow over there. Circulation would have been so much better with the inlet and outlet at either ends. But it's still a great tank. I look at it now and think "Damn.... I need a six-footer" XD

Hi George, Thanks for explaining some of your thoughts process in setting up the scape. It helps as newbie. Nice scape, not sure of the background.

The blue background is surprisingly beautiful, a different taste from the usual black or white.

Hi George... was thinking the background should go, but once done and filled it actually looks great

love the background, at first i didn't, but now i want it

Just ordered the Rio LED 240 today. My old Juwel Panaroma have lasted for 18 years, it was time to buy a new one. Thanks for inspiration!

The blue background looks great! Only thing I would change about it is have it be lighter blue at the top grading to a dark blue near the bottom of the tank. Scape looks great! I hope you are allowed to revisit it in 3, 6, 9 and 12 months time for progress/growth updates.

Beautiful tank💕💞💖💗💝

Just setup my first ever nature style and only 3rd aquascape ever. It's on my channel if anyone cares to look, and george this is one of your best imo. I agree about the background after you flooded the tank it looked way better.

Nice scape George. Before you even mentioned the background I though "ewww" but with water in the tank it looks actually real nice.

I've just got a fluval 240 Roma. Hopefully i can scape mine as well as this one 😁

I always enjoy watching you create new scapes for your clients. Another great one, but a black background would be an even greater contrast. But hey "the customer is always right."

That blue background would look PERFECT in an african cichlid tank. By the way I noticed that the tank is quite near the TV....... won't be surprised if he ends up spending more time looking at his beautiful tank than watching TV. lol

Tus videos son de excelente nivel, saludos desde ciudad de Piura, país Perù.

First thought of the background was the same as you had. But atleast here in the video on my Phone it looks OK. I would love to see this aquascape on a all black background though. Think both The fish and scape would pop even more and make more of an impact! 👌Awesome job mate

Alot of them plants I used in my 4 week old roma 200 :P well trident, wendtii, and balansae, growing great with only lc and all in one ferts.

Like the blue background and the framed tank. I, personally prefer a tank with a frame. It looks like a live picture

The tank and scape looks great, not sure about the background yet, still studying it.

That red colander is becoming iconic

The blue background works well in the end, makes a nice change from black :)

Great video George, own a Roma 240 myself so this was really inspiring. Would have gone with a black background to be honest but the blue doesn’t look bad at all!

Love this scape, and also like that you used gravel instead of just soil. The wall behind looks very white so I think keeping the blue background was a good idea. Only thing I would have liked is that you should have filmed the tank for more then a minute when it was done! Love your aquarium videos, so I really missed that!

Nice scape. I hope to use proper substrate for the plants and local rocks and wood (apple) but with a Colorado sand forefront and South American plants and fish only. Will be getting Mr. Farmer's book when it comes out. Have preordered.