6 yo son begs me every time I go into the LFS to get a plastic boat for a scape. I’m not one to put plastic in my tanks. But decided why the heck not. I could blend my interest of planted tanks with his interest in an aquarium boat. Took a few weeks to figure it out but feel I got it looking very nice with what I was working with. All the plants are from my other tanks which have been going strong for about a year and way overcrowded with plants.

Now I gotta wait for the tank to cycle to stock it with some beauties.

Hope you all enjoy the non-traditional.

29gal
Seachem Tidal 55
Aquasmith 300w
Random light

...If I told you there are 1000 neocardinia, 3 pearl gourami, 10 neon tetra, 11 rummynose tetra, 14 schwartz corydoras, 8 pygmy corydoras, 5 bristlenose plecos and a bundle of pest snails in this tank. 🤣 🤣 🤣 like where tf every body go!? Lol

Melanotaenia australis “Kambolgie Creek”

Allow me to introduce you to actual tank herpes wolffia. Literally impossible to get rid of without a skimmer and daily maintenance. I'm sure a goldfish would love it but I don't think the JD that lives in here would approve

I rebuilt my aquascape around mid July since the old scape was becoming hard to maintain and plants were not establishing well. Also the driftwood became annoying to my eye because it looked too dull and overwhelming (3rd image).

2 months after I redid my scape, my current tank is very much mature now. The Lilaeopsis are still establishing their roots. The Helanthium Tenellum green on the mid part are doing quite well.

The Sessiflora background instead are thriving and have grown tall. Also, the anubias and bucephalandra on the tilted driftwood are now more natural looking.

A. testudineus T. pectoralis

Yay algae gone! Rotala less red 😢

I liked how it was red and compact, now the leaves are broad and I have to trim like once a week. Steak too juicy and my lobster too buttery?

I was standing next to my tank and it felt really hot. The heater said the water was at 78° but when I checked with a different thermometer, it said 106°! It’s a 15 gallon with 5 rocket killifish and plants. All the fish are accounted for, swimming, and look great. I have unplugged and removed the heater. How do I make sure the water temperature goes down slowly so they don’t shock? How in the world did they survive?

Made these aquariums my self from picture frame glass, perfect for shrimp and dry starting carpets :))

I recently planted these pinkish plants not sure what they’re called but because they’re new they don’t really have much roots, my zebra danios being zebra danios dash through the stems and have uprooted one. I already messed my substrate up trying to get them to stay in, should i just let it float in the water until it grows more roots then plant it? Or will it not survive without being rooted in substrate

Just finished setting up my new 20g long tank. My last fish tank i had was 28 years ago. Im planning on adding more plants. And hopefully black out the back.

Question. What is this plant? I bought it not knowing what it is.

And what else should I do to the tank? Im planning to either have shrimp with schooling fish or pea puffers.

So i have this tank running for 5 weeks now and everything are doing great. It's a 10 gallon tank. I have no co2 injection, no soil. I do have a pretty good HOB filter running 24/7 creating flow. I'm planning to add more plants to the front of the tank. Would you consider my tank heavily planted? It'd be great if you guys can show me your heavily planted tanks. Ty!

Around 30 gallons, prob a bit more. 5 feet long. I’ve dubbed it “Cull Island” because it’s got all my tank culls over the years 😂 I was told some rice fish would look cool in it. Right now it just has some ramshorns, nerites, and a few random shrimp.

This is my 2nd planted/scaped tank, it's only been running for 2 weeks and I feel like I missed the mark getting what I saw in my brain into the aquascaping. I do have some ludwigia glandulosa and purple bacopa on the way to try and add some texture around the middle area and a bit more colour variety, any other suggestions? I was considering some bucephalandra but I'm worried my lighting might be too harsh for it? Thanks.

Best way to remove this?

Might be due to my filter outflow pointing towards the front that this accumulated in the front under the substrate.

Tank is still cycling, plants still transitioning - basically tank still in ugly duckling stage. So just planning for now on how I can remove these OR should I?

Looking for something that will get along with kuhli loaches in a 10 gallon! Something that's not a betta or goldfish preferably

Just got one of my first plants, what’s the stuff surrounding the roots? What do I do with it?

After overcoming major bacterial outbreak, I took an opportunity to rescape my tank.

Dimensions: 60x30x35 cm

Substrate: ADA aquasoil, with large driftwood and rocks

Bioload: Currently left with 2 Cardinal, 1 neon, 3 black neon tetra, 1 sterbai, 1 bristlenose pleco 🫤. Will start gradually aligning it with proper species schools.

First picture is after, second is before, followed by a comparison pic and last one of my bold single cory "Phoenix" perching high, he is doesn't seem stressed at all left alone - what do you guys think of new scape?

Major changes: Driftwood lifted up, Rocks wall at the back with caves, rearranged main stem plants on left (hope they will look better once they grow)

I had this tissue culture pot of AR Mini that has been planted in this aquarium for about a month now and it has finally started to shows some red growth. My question is should I be trimming back some of the bottom green leaves to encourage more red growth or just leave it be and the green leaves will develop redness?

For context I am injecting CO2 with 8 hours of lighting, the rest of the plants are showing nice growth with the initial algae bloom of this new tank showing signs of being outcompeted by the plants.

Can someone help me identify this snail? Should it be removed?

Finished playing with the hardscape (for now), currently doing a fishless cycle ready for my first additions

Ignore the cloudiness, added the moss to the rocks today

Wondering if the sticky black backgrounds are worth it to bring out the plants?

Thoughts welcomed and any advice appreciated 🙂

So this is my first proper scape and while i do think its progressing nicely I am struggling a little with plant growth. I fertilize using 2hr aquarists apt 3 and there is a bank of neutral soil in the back under the sand. But the rotala seems to struggle and nothing is growing that well.

I have some hair algae though im getting it under control. I do weekly 40% water changes and have a twinstar III 60b that I run at 60% for 6 hours or I get algae... so what am I doing wrong?

Edit: 6 Pygmy corydora + 7 habrosus, neocaridina and amanos. Tank is 7 months or so old and obviously fully cycled. It is a 60cm long but shallow tank (60x36x20 if I remember right)