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Looks Good. And once its grown in it should look really good. What's the plant list?

Just my opinion but I think you should move the wood to the right side. Just me I like everything else just not the wood placement.

I like it! The only thing I would do differently would be to let the dwarf sag or whatever that is take over the front right and get rid of the ball.

I like it too. You just need to be patient and give it time to mature. A few trims will improve the density of plants. My only concern is the sword in the front right. Unless it is a miniature sword, it will eventually be too big for that area and I think you will lose the effect of tall stems on the left and smaller plants on the right.

Agreed. You should definately let it grow in for a few weeks before deciding if you like it or not. IME it never looks like you expected after a couple weeks of growth. Sometimes you're pleasantly surprized.

Nue said:

Looks Good. And once its grown in it should look really good. What's the plant list?

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left to right front to back: Bacopa Monieri, Red Nesaea, Ludwigia repens, Water wisteria, crypt wendtii, red rubin sword, dwarf sag, anubias, dwarf sword, HC, and pygmy chain swords.

problemman said:

Just my opinion but I think you should move the wood to the right side. Just me I like everything else just not the wood placement.

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I was thinking about java fern, moss or anubias on it but do you think i should just ditch it? The anubias is on one piece and I wanted a couple pieces so it didn't look like "I went to the LFS and they had anubias on a stick so that's what i got" Just let me know what you think i should do.

cah925 said:

I like it too. You just need to be patient and give it time to mature. A few trims will improve the density of plants. My only concern is the sword in the front right. Unless it is a miniature sword, it will eventually be too big for that area and I think you will lose the effect of tall stems on the left and smaller plants on the right.

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Yeah it is a dwarf but if it gets overpowering I will move it appreciate it.

jarickc said:

I was thinking about java fern, moss or anubias on it but do you think i should just ditch it? The anubias is on one piece and I wanted a couple pieces so it didn't look like "I went to the LFS and they had anubias on a stick so that's what i got" Just let me know what you think i should do.

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Personally I would keep it is a nice piece and yes I can see what you mean bout the anubias stick.just add some more and it would look good.

I like it, is looking very good. 6 times in a month .... you have good nerves.

I don't know much about how to plant things in the tank yet, but the red plant looks kinda odd to me concentrated in the corner in an almost rectangle shape. Like I said I don't know much, maybe your suppose to cluster types of plants like that though?

littlefish said:

I like it, is looking very good. 6 times in a month .... you have good nerves.

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Not just good nerves I just don't feel like having to do it all with full grown plants. I had a bug running through the tank that killed 1/2 of my cardinals. anyway i cleaned the whole tank a bunch as i was using erythromycin to treat the fish and doing daily water changes. Unfortunately all that commotion has my tank cycling again so i am being obsessive about monitoring water parameters so i don't loose anymore fish.

kamikazi said:

I don't know much about how to plant things in the tank yet, but the red plant looks kinda odd to me concentrated in the corner in an almost rectangle shape. Like I said I don't know much, maybe your suppose to cluster types of plants like that though?

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Yeah I don't know about it either. I am just starting out, and when I went to my LFS I just kind of got like 20 stems of anything I liked. But now i dont know what to do with them. I think once it grows in I will see what would look better pulled out and what not. Maybe put some contrast right in the middle. Part of it is also I have big fingers and I couldn't put them closer together without having the surrounding ones kick up. I am not an artistic person; I am a procedure person. If someone told my buy X, Y, and Z plants and plant them in locations 1, 2, and 3 I would just do that. So any and all advice is welcome. though i will not be rearranging for at least a month of 2 to give the plants a chance to actually root and thicken up and such.

Sharkfood said:

Agreed. You should definately let it grow in for a few weeks before deciding if you like it or not. IME it never looks like you expected after a couple weeks of growth. Sometimes you're pleasantly surprized.

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That's the best thing about a planted tank! "Planted tanks are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll get.":thumbsup:

I think it looks cool, I would stop messing with it.