Scaperoot Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 I recently re-scaped a 5 gallon prior to adding a new Betta (Jin Sakai). He's in here with a small group of Otos and some Ramshorn snails. I'm wondering if this setup can sustain these stem plants. They look great, but I'm wondering if the small bio-load will prevent them from thriving. There are root tabs in the sand. Should I dose EG? I'm trying to avoid an algae explosion. The tank is in a room that gets indirect sunlight for most of the day (South Florida). I only turn on the light for about 2-3 hours in the evening. I'm ok with switching them out for Crypts or even plastic plants, but I love the look of the tank right now. When I checked parameters two days ago, there were no nitrites or ammonia, and Nitrates were less than 10 ppm. PH was about 7-7.2. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovius Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 It is probably fine. I’ve got more plants on 3 zebrafish and a dwarf gourami and I never used root tabs. I’d just watch the plants and see how they do. You could always plan to not fertilize, but change your mind later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Personal opinion, but I would keep the tank of a halfmoon betta simple. They are basically bad at swimming. Many of those plants will be obstacles to swim through all the time, and taking a lot of swimming space from a small tank like a 5g. I would still do a plantsd tank but with only a few plants and provide no place for it to force itself to swim through or will feel like obstacles or limiting the already limited swimming space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaperoot Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 On 7/24/2024 at 2:01 AM, Lennie said: Personal opinion, but I would keep the tank of a halfmoon betta simple. They are basically bad at swimming. Many of those plants will be obstacles to swim through all the time, and taking a lot of swimming space from a small tank like a 5g. I would still do a plantsd tank but with only a few plants and provide no place for it to force itself to swim through or will feel like obstacles or limiting the already limited swimming space This is a bad photo, but the stems are in two of the corners only. I do agree that there shouldn't be too many obstacles for him. I'll keep an eye on it to make sure they don't impede him. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonyPlantedTanks Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 I have a 10g betta tank so thr bioload is basically nothing in there lol. I do have to keep on top of root tabs and fertilizers but it works out. Stem plants generally don’t need a ton of root tabs, just good water column fertilizer (Easy Green). I think you could totally make it work! Plus, more healthy plants = less algae Dosing a little easy green won’t cause an algae breakout. As long as you don’t go to town on overdosing it like crazy you shouldn’t see any algae 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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