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.

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.

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!~

Trying to get my stem plants growing a bit better.

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!

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

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.

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

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?

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 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

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 tank, just over 4 months old. Tisha re happy, plants are sad.

Many of plants have been dying after adding them. (Amazon sword, dwarf grass, and a bunch of others)Some last a few months and others lasting a few weeks. Over half have died. Turning brown, then translucent, and then melting/ dying off.

What I’ve been doing:
-liquid fertilizer
-liquid trace elements containing potassium,phosphate, magnesium, & calcium
-full spectrum light on for 6 hours a day
- root tabs( recently added within a week)

Any tips or advice would be great

I feel like this question gets asked often, and some suggestions are to give them away, sell them or trade at your LFS.

I do all of those things but with 11 tanks I still generate a ton of excess floaters and sometimes they also look gnarly and aren’t suitable for those purposes.

So I keep European Nightcrawlers in a very simple setup inside my apartment. It’s a small 3 bin 15 gallon tote setup and It does not smell at all. 90% of their diet is used coffee grounds and floating plants.

I get amazing castings that I use for my indoor plants (pic 2) and make teas from (pic 4) and in collecting this small amount (9.5 ounces) I also get a ton of baby earthworms (pic 3) which are perfect food for a few of my fish.

It’s an excellent way to generate 0 waste, get some wonderful soil amendments, make a beneficial bacterial soup for inoculating charcoal to make biochar and feed live.

AMA if you’re interested in setting up your own bin!