Karen B. Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Greetings My first planted tank. Some of the plants were added today, so a lot of growing left to do. Comments and suggestions welcomes! My main concern - is there enough ground space for my 8 false julii coridoras to rummage around? I sometimes think they are bored - they spend most of their time glass surfing. Temps - 76 Ph - 7.4 0/0/20 Gh - 8 Kh - 4 I added the cories 3 weeks ago. Started co2 two weeks ago. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 looks good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Very nicely done! Looks like you used quite a few different varieties of plants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Looking good! Don't worry about the cories glass surfing, they just seem to enjoy doing it. Mine often would do breeding behavior against the glass and then lay eggs on the surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon- fishandfloral Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 It looks really good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Looks really good. And yes, there looks to be enough space for your corys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Great looking tank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorydorasEthan Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Looks really good! I wouldn't worry about the cories. Looks like that tank has plenty of room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT_ Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) That looks fantastic. I just started a planted tank too and it looks like garbage next to yours ;) What's that little plant on the bottom far right Edited January 17, 2021 by CT_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platosdog Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Looks very nice! Good looking tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishyJames Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Love it! 🌱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBStevens Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 What a lovely job!! Almost any fish would love to live here. :) I think the cories have plenty of room. And they are weird little boogers, I think they like to glass surf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 @Karen B. Wow looks amazing. Had a few questions. What size tank? What plants did you put on the spider wood in the center? What substrate do you have? Thanks in advance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B. Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 18 hours ago, OceanTruth said: Very nicely done! Looks like you used quite a few different varieties of plants. I did wonder if I used too many varieties. It goes against the rules of aquascaping and such 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Rules? 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, Karen B. said: I did wonder if I used too many varieties. It goes against the rules of aquascaping and such 🤔 rules are meant to be broken! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B. Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 14 hours ago, CT_ said: That looks fantastic. I just started a planted tank too and it looks like garbage next to yours 😉 What's that little plant on the bottom far right The stem plant in front of the rock? Bacopa « monnieri » compact And it took me 3 weeks of scaping, rescaping, re re re scaping before I was remotely satisfied so don’t give up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B. Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Garren B said: @Karen B. Wow looks amazing. Had a few questions. What size tank? What plants did you put on the spider wood in the center? What substrate do you have? Thanks in advance. My aquarium is a 20 gallons high I glued anubias barteri var nana petite on the wood. If I would do it again, and if I could find as many, I would go with bucephalandra (you can see one on the rock, to the left) My substrate is the Flourite black sand. ☺️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Karen B. said: I did wonder if I used too many varieties. It goes against the rules of aquascaping and such 🤔 Good thing I don't know the rules of aquascaping, because I think it looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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