This thread will be for my first planted tank. I already got all the stuff to get this done except co2. Equipment: 29g tank with hood, t8 light, big bag of Eco complete, root tabs, dwarf hair grass, bacopa, aquatop cf400-Uv canister filter, 29g wood stand. Tomorrow I'm going to get the stand built and by the night it should be ready to plant. I been reading for months about this stuff now it's time for hands on. I welcome any tips to help me have a nice planted tank. Maybe a nice piece of drift wood in the middle with some moss growing off it like a tree. I'm going for that carpet look maybe some tall grass toward the back.
I could not get the driftwood to sink or look good in my tank so I'm not going to use it. Moved plants and stuff around also wife picked me up this magazine looks like a good read.
That is a big piece of driftwood so I'd soak it for another couple weeks. Or you could anchor it down somehow ( attach a rock on teh bottom or something). Try to get the scape look more natural is my 2 cents
IMO, I would remove the figurine thing you have going, and add the piece of wood. Sporadically lay out the small stone pieces, not in a fashion that looks like layed cobble stone. - It will help with gettinng your scene a little more natural.
Also, get a few more plants, like a fair few more, as I didnt really notice much difference in the over all scheme of things. A few more chnages and I think you will be wqell underway!
I kind of moved some stuff around but not too much. I'm still not happy with it yet. That magazine is pretty good it has tons of info if your just starting out with this hobby. uploading a small video of my tank now.
My temp dropped down 10* in my tank because the house heater was not working last night and helping with the temp in the tank. It went from 80* to 70* my betta looks a little sick I'm trying to bring it back up to temp.
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