Trying to get my stem plants growing a bit better.

I created it in about 3 months of pruning

Plants are probably the most expensive thing though, my success rate it pretty low. Although my Amazon sword is having babies.

First time posting on this sub!

Just wanted to share my pride and joy

I think i did well with the individual pieces of this scape but as a whole I think its missing something or something is too much. The floating Java moss is going away, going to become part of the betta basket that I know im going to get dogged on for lol. The bad lighting was a one-day experiment, I just ordered a light that is the proper length for the tank. It should be in this evening. The wisteria and crypts feel a bit awkward to me right now. I just got new plants for the background because the vallis just isn't right for my tank. It has melted 4 times so im swapping it out for something different. Im going to mix 3 plants: pogostemon stellatus, bacopa monnieri, and limnophila heterophyla. But I think they will clash with the wisteria. If the background stems grow tall, I am happy with the shorter stems mkre towards the left side. I think im going to move the tsll stem in the middle to make some room for the bacopa or something in the center.

Raised from a propagule. Home to a little bristle nose pleco.

Currently I have water sprite in left. I am trying to do a pearlweed carpet. And some cardinal plants in the back right. Should I cut some of the watersprite? I have no co2 and this is a 5.5 gal low tech shrimp tank.

I'd love to get thoughts about your first time upgrading tanks. 😊

We currently have a 6G for our betta and shrimps.

The shrimps aren't becoming snacks as Sushi is mostly chill (lucky us) and the tank is heavily planted. The shrimps have also started having shrimplets. 🙌

We are saving and planning to get him a 10G as it feels like 6G is small for him to swim around.

What should we be looking out for and anything we should consider trying for another low tech tank?

Also just want to say that this sub has been lovely IME. TY for everyone!

Bonus photo of a scrimp having an underwater Mulan moment. lol.

TYIA!~

I was a bit concerned w/the pic of things on their page. But their pic is legit. It’s one damn plant.

Buce was out of UNS cultures. But Iv gotten other erios before and you’ll get around 5 or so per cup. This whatever other brand blows.

The thing about singles, is sometimes one of em doesn’t make it. And w/the heat you also gotta 2 day or overnight.

There’s some peeps about that got from tanks going but that stuff doesnt always travel well and when your also risking rando algae etc that can only come from contamination you’d rather pure going when dealing with/more sensitive things you generally wouldn’t just chem treat so casually.

So just a what’s up w/their stuff being stingy w/the samples. Tissues can be multiplied etc if they got the gear going already.

Jokes aside, running a pH of about 6.8 and only plants and pest snails in the tank rn, think the plants would benefit from a water change? I'm using a no filter setup and have tons of fast growers that just got set up, just want to see what the consensus is on water changes for plants only tanks

I have octopus grass, pointy swords, hygrophila salicifolia, and hornwart paired with river rocks from and driftwood. I'm very pleased with the results and can't wait to add fish!

It's very potassium hungry! But slowly turning around.

Can’t seem to figure out what it is.. talking about the red one of course

It may not be as clean as many of yours but I love the messy natural look.

Hello!

A few days ago I set up this 10 gallon planted tank. This will be my first planted aquarium. As a kid I kept freshwater fish for years (this tank is actually an old one I dug out of storage), but never with any live plants.

This past year I was running a saltwater reef tank that was actually doing quite well, but I had to move unexpectedly, and logistically it would have been to hard to move the tank as well, so I took down the tank and found new homes for all the livestock.

All that to say, I’m new-ish to the hobby. I wanted to share my tank here and see what people have to comment on. Constructive criticism is appreciated! I’d also like some stocking ideas. Right now I’m leaning towards a betta community tank, so any tips or thoughts on that would be helpful. The plants in there currently are Echinodorus, Eleocharis, Hygrophila, and Schismatiglottis, which were all recommended to me by my LFS for being relatively easy.

Cheers!

I received this salvinia as a free plant from a purchase I made. I was looking for a floating plant and this will do. But apparently there's a ton of duckweed also. I have zero interest in duck weed. Should I toss this and find a cleaner sample? Or is it possible to get rid of the duckweed before putting the salvinia in my tank?

This is my first plant tank five weeks old and some of the plants are yellow and translucent .Is it because of my sand cap being too deep or do I need some liquid fertilizers?

What does one do with an excessive amount of floating plants? I hate just throwing them away, but that’s what I’ve been having to do so that my ground plants don’t die. Ive tried drying out the duckweed and salvinia and making fish food, but my creatures have 0 interest in the food. Can anyone share a good recipe?
Pictures of the tops of all 4 of my tanks for reference 😅

Making the bubble volcano more of a show piece has highlighted how damn SILLY my fish are playing it in! Every few minutes it lets out a big bubble and I swear thats exactly what they're playing chicken with 😂

Showcasing my new farm tank, not a traditional Dutch.

I used to not like posing online but feel like this tank is starting to look gorgeous so want to put it out.

The setup is:
ADA 60P
Chihiro WRGB II 60
Daily dose APT 3
Lights from 9:00AM to 6:00PM
CO2 turn on 3 hours before light and off 1 hour before lights out.

This tank is a little bit past 3 weeks which feel in really quickly. Half pallet I got from trimmings half were emsered grow and I replant the top

I have been trying to grow moss in my tank for a while. This Christmas moss has been there for roughly 3 weeks.
The tips are getting yellow I would like some advice, thanks !

Light is LED 5W 420 lumen (~30 lumen/liter) on for 6h a day.
Water parameters are ok, only pH is at 7.6