11 gal, eco complete, 36 watt pc 65k , diy Co2, diy ferts, 25% wc every 3 days. HC was started immersed.

Hi all, just got into planted tanks recently with a friends old marineland 5 gallon hex tank. After an initial round of bad guppies we've hit a nice balanced, vibrant tank that lives atop our desks at grad school. It's been about of month with the current fish and plants and everyone seems...

Here is my 5 gallon Fluval Chi. This is my first post and I have been browsing for about a month but I just registered. I'm really having fun and I can't wait to get my Finnex Fugeray Planted+ clip light and a different filter. The stock lighting is abysmal and a third of the LEDs work half the...

Been looking around this and many other forums. I have a planted 6.6 Fluval Chi with the following plants: Afzelli, Windelov, Dwarf Hairgrass, Wisteria, Amazon Frogbit (doing poorly) and I am wondering how to carpet dwarf and make the plants grow. I would also like red plants as well but I am...

Hi everyone! After lurking intensely for the last month, I felt it was time to register and post. Using the knowledge I found here, I am now in the process of putting together my first planted tank, for my desk at work. I come from the saltwater world and initially was going to set up a reef at...

I got this tank for Christmas for my desk at my office. It's my second tank. My daughter has a Betta in a 2.5 gallon tank at home. I enjoyed it so much I got my own. I've been lurking on this site for months learning the ins and outs of planted tanks. Then I decided to take the plunge...

Closed for just to be safe

So I went to a big-box pet store today. Mistake #1. And I looked at the fish aisle. Mistake #2. I also happened to spot a betta I have seen there before. This betta is a color I honestly have never seen before or since. He is a soft orange color (like a melon) with a hint of blue...

This is my second aquascape in the tank and i hope you like what you will see over the next couple months.. the tank is a 8gallon ada 30-C. i have ada white c02 system with ruby check and ada bubble counter. the filter is a zoo med 501. Plants: Glossostigma elatinoides,Hemianthus...

Hey Planted Users! So I have finally gotten the chance to build my own planted tank after years of oogling at pictures of tanks. I have done extensive research and always find myself getting the best information from here so why not share the love and start my first nano journal! I built a kit...

Hi everybody! I am quiet the novice in this field (long time reader, first time asker :hihi:), so any help/experiences would be great. Sorry if this is put in the wrong area or if I do something wrong! Here's my situation: I have a pet turtle and want to grow some aquatic plants for him to...

this is my planted 2 gallon cookie jar that I got from walmart. I am growing some water wisteria, red ludwigia, mondo grass, and some christmas moss. The christmas moss is tied to some driftwood i got from my LFS and also tied to some rocks I got from my backyard. I have a two layer substrate...

Hello all, this is my first post on The Planted Tank. Long time lurker, first time poster. :hihi: I have a currently unoccupied 2.5 gallon that I plan on making into a rimless iwagumi/heavily planted shrimp tank. I'd like advice on EVERYTHING: -Nano filter -Lighting -CO2(DIY?) -Substrate -And...

I've had a bit of an explosion in the population of my RCS in my planted bowl(thread titled "Yet Another Planted Bowl") so I decided to use a 10g I had to create a new home for many of the shrimp. It was set-up on 8.29.11. Specs: 10 gallon standard(purchased used) Stock Hood w/2x13W CFL...

A little while back I posted just a couple of pictures of my Newman inspired shrimp bowl within another thread, but I've had access to a VERY nice camera, and I've also had a good bit of growth, including the genesis of many young shrimp, so I thought I'd throw up some photos and start my own...

Hey guys, I was looking into upgrading my nano planted tank. I currently have a basic setup...2.5 gallon with a tetra submergible heater, a red sea nano filter and florescent hood. I have a celestial pearl danio, a couple of mosquito rasboras and 4 shrimp. I've attached an image below. This...