I was trying to go natural, I didn’t really have a plan just stuck in what I thought looked nice. Not as nice as most of yours but I love it. I was having a hard time getting a good picture though since there is light coming in from the windows.

Low tech and perfectly balanced. I have 10 rummies, a handful of male guppies that will be moved to my new tank when I set it up, an unknown number of pygmy cories, and a juvenile bristle-nose pleco.

    • Ducks@ducks.devOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      4 months or so. I had to experiment with plants, some melted off entirely (damn ludwigia) but others thrived. My java fern turned into like 30 java ferns which I spread throughout the left side of the tank. I tried some hairgrass but I think I didn’t put enough nutrients in the foreground so that all died off, even with root tabs.

      • minnix@lemux.minnix.devMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        If you are looking for an easy carpeting plant, pearl weed is great. I never had luck with hairgrass in sand either btw.

        • Ducks@ducks.devOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Pearl weed may be my next try… I can’t just keep buying fish because obviously that would overstock the tank, but I can keep buying plants even if they don’t “go together.” I’m definitely willing to keep trying new plants to see what takes on.

          • minnix@lemux.minnix.devMEnglish
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            1 year ago

            If you don’t find any nearby let me know, I can ship you some if you’re in the US. I’m always trimming mine back.

            • Ducks@ducks.devOPEnglish
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              1 year ago

              How do you ship? I have tons of red root floaters that I have been thinking about giving away but I don’t know how I should properly ship them

              • minnix@lemux.minnix.devMEnglish
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                1 year ago

                Last time I shipped peal weed I put it in a plastic sandwich bag with wet paper towels, then put hard cardboard around it and put it in a small padded envelope. The guy I sent it to said it made it fine. Pearl weed is pretty tough. I have red floaters too but never shipped them. I imagine you could do something similar though.