substance

I am new to aquariums (other than what my family had growing up), and I am currently cycling a 20 gallon long that is planted with a focus on low light, low temp, plants because it is to be a future axolotl tank. I use sand substrate and the rocks you see are seiryu stones glued together using...

Hello! I was going to make a nice planted tank in 2g tank with no other fish in it, but then my fish got into fights in my 55g and so I had to take out my betta (whom I love to pieces). I now need a nice aquascape without all the high tech stuff! Here are some pictures of the tank currently...

i am starting my planted tank, and i want to work from bottom up. my forst thing i want to work on is the substance. i have read that people have different layers of substance in their tanks. i am low on money so i am using half a cm of the gravel i have now(because it is full of the bacteria i...