UPDATE: Have given this bowl away to a lovely schoolteacher for her "class pet." Lucky snails... I didn't have the heart to kill the bladder snails that hitchhiked in on my new plants, so I set up a small planted bowl and tossed them in as I found them. The snail situation in my main tank is...

Hello everyone. This is my first Tank Journal! I am aiming for an iwagumi layout using glosso carpet and a dash of anubias on the rocks with a background of crypts. I will try to keep this journal updated every two weeks with pictures of progress. Tank: 2.5g Bowl Light: Deep Blue Solarflare...

Hiya guys. I just joined today and I have LOADS of questions. First let me explain my situation: I have a 2 gallon glass cube for my betta (he's kinda smaller than most bettas). Five marimo balls. Heater. No filter. I've had him for about five months and he seems healthy (beautiful color...

It will be 6 weeks before I have an Aquastyle 9 up and running, and in the meantime I decided our betta needed a bigger home. I wasn't comfortable seeing him in 1 gallon for several more weeks, even if it was a big upgrade from the cup he was in at the pet store. So yesterday I found a giant...

Hi all, I'm a newbie in the aquarium hobby, which I discovered after recieving two bettas, boy and girl, as a housewarming gift (in the same bowl!). After figuring out that I should separate them, I bought them a 2.5 galleon each. Then came plants and lighting. I had them for about 3 monts, in...

I don't know where I should post this questions but I figured here was a good place (let me know if it should be moved). Okiday. I set up a 3 gallon, planted bowl. I used sand,...some other form of enriched aquasoil (I'd have to find the bag to be sure of the name), and topsoil as the...

Full Bowl Setups - LOCAL PICKUP Plants only - SHIPPING AVAILABLE I am giving you guys one more day before I just sell all the plants and rip the bowls apart. if there are no takers by tomorrow, then look for my plants being for sale in this thread. $25.00 Bowl $10.00 Bowl if there is no...

So after seeing the planted shrimp bowls on here, I decided I had to try my hand at one. I'll put up some pics once I get home, but so far its got some hair grass, anubias nana, a couple experimental stalks of anacharis, and some plant called teleflora or teliflora. Not able to find any info on...