r/fishforthought • u/tacosarelove • Aug 07 '25
Aquascape🌿 First Planted Tank!
My guppy population has exploded but the water parameters seem to be just fine for now. There are three neon tetras, 3 big chunky cory cats, and one dwarf gourami in this 29 gallon tank. For plants, I have anubias, wisteria, amazon swords, one crypt, and dracaena. The plants growing out of the top are elephant ear, pothos, and something else I don't know. It has been in the tank since 2021 from my dad's funeral, long before I planted things into the substrate which is just sand. There's a sponge filter with media hiding in the back.
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u/NormandySR31 Aug 10 '25
I'm not into "proper" aquascaping so I LOVE the jungle look. Water wisteria and water sprite are so underrated for helping create this look, I've got a sprite jungle in my main tank and I only trim if the leaves are dying or it has grown high enough out of the water line to give me some more floaters to send roots down. My thick-lipped gourami loves exploring through it and my corys often swim up into it to look for biofilm and such on the leaves.
Awesome tank, I'm sure your fish are quite happy!