I have this beautiful fountain now for 4 weeks use. The look is great for me but it's just a subjective opinion and that must also decide for themselves. I have placed this well on a color-coordinated round granite slab. For the cable I drilled a 12mm hole in the plate. (Diamantbohrer also from Amazon) around the plate is coarse marble gravel (24-40 mm white) and to a large sword fern opens straight. It must be noted, often even add water, because from a certain level no longer supports the pump. Personally, I can only recommend buying model Athena.