Just Renee

Thank you! Yes, it is two tanks. The one with the obnoxious heater and the betta is the Fluval Edge 6 gallon and it has a glass top with only a small hole, so I'm super limited on where I can put the heater. The pain of dealing with everything via that tiny little hole is one of the main reasons I wanted to get the 20 gallon I just started. Thanks for the info re: not throwing dead stuff down the toilet. Good to know! One of these days I may start playing with Co2, but for now I'm trying to stick with plants that will do well for beginners. Luckily, it seems there are a lot that say they are good for beginners, and that's mainly what I used to fill the 20 gallon. Once it's finished cycling (I'm at the 0 ammonia, high nitrite phase right now), I plan on getting pygmy corys and guppies. Super looking forward to it!

Oh that is great to know! Thanks, Solidus. I will keep an eye on it because I really hope it turns out to be viable. I have a red tiger lotus bulb that is already growing leaves and I love it!

I would like to add that I super duper love how the heater is the main attraction of the fluval. By that, I mean, I really hate it. LOL

I am very new to this hobby. Mid April, I dusted off my husbands old Fluval Edge 6 gallon tank and started learning about how to set up a planted tank. I've seen so many pictures and videos online of these beautifully scaped tanks with tons and tons of plants... I want that! I'm a native Tucsonan, so part of it is that we natives just love anything even remotely green. I've made several mistakes so far, didn't understand how to cycle the tank first but successfully cycled it with my betta, lone cory and 3 nerite snails and so far, everyone looks like they made it through OK. Once I got the Fluval going, I realized I really wanted an open top tank so I could grow floating plants and I love the look of plants growing up and out of the water. So I bought a 20 gallon high tank while it was on sale at Petco and now I am impatiently waiting for it to finish it's fishless cycle. I discovered Aquarium Co-op through youtube, as I've been obsessively learning more and more about planted tanks. Most of my plants are from Aquarium Co-op too! So far, my only losses have been some stem plants but in my new tank, my red root floaters I bought online are looking.... rough. And I posted about my lily bulb that I think may be rotten but time will tell. Here are pictures of my two tanks so far. Not anywhere near where I want them to be but it's a start! I'm really looking forward to learning more and having some success at growing these plants and keeping the fishies happy and healthy.

I have it in a bowl with dechlorinated water in it, is that good enough to get it to sprout? I just don't want to mess up my aaaalllmost cycled tank if it turns out to be rotton inside. Thanks for the help!

I just received this 2 days ago and immediately rinsed it off, then popped it into my newly cycling aquarium. Let it rest on the substrate, just pushed it in a tiny bit. I am still rearranging all the plants in this new tank and noticed just now that the bulb is squishy and when I gently pressed it, a lot of cloudy stuff came out. I took it out and now have it in a bowl. It came with a small, roughly 1cm long root or stem coming out. Is it for sure a dud or does it get sort of squishy while sprouting?