Hello planty people. I am in the process of setting up a new scape and honestly I feel like there’s something lurking in the future of my tank. Call me anxious but I’m inexperienced and I want to know if there’s going to be a train wreck later. I’d love to get some advice on what to look out for, or problems you could see me having down the road.
A little about my tank. It’s 9.6 gallons, and will house one betta and a handful of shrimp. They are all currently living happily in my 10 gal starter. I wanted something prettier and I had a diatom bloom that’s sucking my soul out so I thought I’d just tear that one down. I was planning on using the same heater and filter (cleaned of the diatoms but hopefully not the bacteria) so I should have a quick cycle.
I am currently dry starting a carpet from seeds (risky, I know). There was a comment on amazon claiming the seeds were for hygrophilia polysperma. So I have that in the area to the left and then the foreground on the right. I have java moss for the spiderwood and some Anubis nana petit to fill in some gaps there and down the middle. The area between the rocks will be a sand river. For the back right, I have one sword and hygrophilia corymbosa. Also a random clump of pearl weed I might put in the back left.
I have floaters, but since the diatoms are covering their roots I just can’t see myself using them until it clears up. For those concerned, I do have some phosguard going in the filter now that should take care of it. Also, I do use excel for fert and algae control.
Thoughts? Opinions? Advice? Premonitions of disaster? I’m up for anything.
A little about my tank. It’s 9.6 gallons, and will house one betta and a handful of shrimp. They are all currently living happily in my 10 gal starter. I wanted something prettier and I had a diatom bloom that’s sucking my soul out so I thought I’d just tear that one down. I was planning on using the same heater and filter (cleaned of the diatoms but hopefully not the bacteria) so I should have a quick cycle.
I am currently dry starting a carpet from seeds (risky, I know). There was a comment on amazon claiming the seeds were for hygrophilia polysperma. So I have that in the area to the left and then the foreground on the right. I have java moss for the spiderwood and some Anubis nana petit to fill in some gaps there and down the middle. The area between the rocks will be a sand river. For the back right, I have one sword and hygrophilia corymbosa. Also a random clump of pearl weed I might put in the back left.
I have floaters, but since the diatoms are covering their roots I just can’t see myself using them until it clears up. For those concerned, I do have some phosguard going in the filter now that should take care of it. Also, I do use excel for fert and algae control.
Thoughts? Opinions? Advice? Premonitions of disaster? I’m up for anything.
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