Decided to setup some tanks again about a month ago and only had Topfin retreats on hand.
Plants:
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Rotala hra
Rotala macrandra
Rotala wallichii
Microcarpaea Minima Merrill
S repens
Ludwigia narrow
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Subwassertang
Proserpinaca Palustris (melted and I have two small survivors that I’m trying to grow)
Myrio green
AR mini
AR rosanervig
Taiwan moss
Fissidens
Blyxa novoguineensis
RRF
Salvinia Minima
Some random red stem plant that Toru says is a temple plant
Hardscape:
Spider wood DW and ohko stone
Livestock:
Tank 1
Yellow honey gourami
Clown killi
Ember tetra
A lonely male scarlet badis
Tank 2
Wild type honey gourami
Gold white clouds
A trio of gold heterandria Formosa
Also has a lonely male scarlet badis
Lighting:
23w 6500k cfl bulb during the beginning but switched to ONF flat nano+
Filtration:
Sponge filter during the beginning but switch to an azoo HOB
Substrate:
Used Amazonia with some root tabs
No co2 and ferts besides the root tabs
This was about a week into the setup. I removed the filter compartment and replaced it with a sponge filter for more space
Added another piece of driftwood. Not too happy with it tho but I’m getting some growth in the plants.
Took another pic after a few days
I bought too much fish again and had to setup another jar/tank.
Couldn’t bear to see the fish in a jar so I setup another Topfin retreat. Filter compartment removed as well.
FTS. Taken a few days ago. Plants still need some growing to do but I like my new light better. They’re responding very well to it.
Very happy with the plants but I feel like the fishes are cramped. I already bought two 20g longs and the stand will be built soon. Will keep updating this thread with progress.
Those black “rims” are just some plastic that I cut to prevent them from jumping. I have some clear plastic netting coming in soon and I’ll replace them with the netting.
Also, when I upgrade the fish to the 20g long I’ll be converting these into shrimp tanks.
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