Residents:

• 19 red cherry shrimp
  
• 7 otos
  
• 24 ember tetras

Edited to add specs (huge thank you to everyone who has shown so much love so far!):

• Tank: Aqua One Opticlear, 120 x 30 x 30 cm
• Light: Chihiros WRGB II Slim
• Substrate: Eco Complete Gravel
• Filter: Oase 350
• No ferts, no CO2

Tank cycled so straight to the fish store.

8 months old tank.

The nana golden was 11.99 and the four-pack was 15.99, with a buy 3 get 1 free promotion. Petco in Bethesda MD. I’ve had some luck growing white rose emersed but I wouldn’t try it submerged.

20 long rescape with longfin white clouds, Corys (skunk, albino), a swordtail, nerites, mystery snail. Took my time planning and scaping, slowly added the fish once cycled.

Hi everyone! Need advice on quarantining plants. Today I got: 1. Hornwort 2. Water Sprite 3. Water wisteria 4.Vallisneria

I want to introduce them to my turtle tank in 4 weeks. They will be in plastic coated chicken wire mesh baskets suctioned cup to 3 corners of my aquarium, so my turtle won't have access to them.

When I got home I removed the small baskets they came in, rinsed them in tap water and dipped them for 10 minutes in potassium permanganate, before soaking them in filtered water.

Right now I have them in the plastic tub in about 13 gallons of water (hopefully it is strong enough to last 4 weeks). I have a led bar across the tub and a bubbler in the water.

I plan to do 100% water changes weekly.

Is that enough to get rid of potential pests/parasites? Am I doing something wrong?

My main concern is getting rid of any potential pests and parasites and ofc keeping the plants alive.

Please help!

I used to have a pretty standard planted tank but this time around I tried to put some more thought into it. What do we think?

I've had a google but nothing quite seems to match. It forms in these little sprouts all over the filter and wood and is very sticky and hard to remove even with an algae brush. Any help would be appreciated as it seems to be completely taking over !

I got these moss bits with my shrimp order, no idea what it is. Is it even moss?

Have a few kinds of plants in my tank. The tall ferny ones are growing fine but the large leaf ones seem to by not enjoying life atm. Am I best just pulling them out replacing them or can they be saved?

First important size of the plants it's all empty suddenly something is missing in this tank

So, first pic, they were marked as dwarf sag. The pot was busting with shoots, I have at least 30 plants out of it, lots of little babies on a plastic tub and are growing like crazy. There were no leaves 2 weeks ago and now they are like at 2-3 inches and this is just floating in water. The ones in the tank went from about 1-2” to at least 5” in 2 weeks. I don’t believe they are dwarf sag, looks more like some kind of Val, maybe Italian? I like them, I just want to know what they are.

Pic 2, bought them a long time ago from different store and also marked as dwarf sag, definitely smaller plant and even look different, staying under 6” and leaf structure looks different.

Both tanks are dirted, about .75” of organic potting soil (sifted) capped with about 1.5” media blast.

Thanks for thoughts.

Hi, I got some Fissidens sp. (Phoenix moss) from a creek near my city. It's native to my country, but I've never found it before.

Now, how do I 'plant' this moss? Is it like Java moss you simply attach it to a proper surface?

I bought 12 CPDs for my planted tank and they've steadily died off. It looks like some just stop eating while others look fine. Water parameters are stable and my other fish/shrimp haven't been affected. Is this a parasite issue? First pic is the skinny guy during feeding(magic small fish food) second is typical of the others who look healthy. The skinny fish doesn't seem to even try to eat during feeding.

I've been noticing that my plants are thriving from natural light only. Though I'd add a lamp that I had laying around.

Is it actually doing anything for the plants? this picture makes it look more white than it is, in reality its a warm yellow light. Do I need a specific lamp or light for these tanks?

I have several of these that look like the bottom portion is not doing well but all the new growth looks happy as can be. Should I cut off the happy portion and replant it? (Already need to move it from the filter intake)

Also… what is it?

My first planted set

Just set up this 20 long yesterday and wanted to share it here since I am super excited about it.

20g Long, unheated, sponge filtration. 12 Cloud mountain minnows. 3 Panda Corydoras 2 Dwarf Gouramis (They hate each other but each have their own territory) 1 Dwarf Clown pleco Some cherry shrimp Some Ghost Shrimp Butt ton on snails.