cableguy69846

Ok. So I just transferred everything from my fry tank to a new 10 gallon tank with substrate in it. Here are the specs.

Fry Tank
Tetra internal filter, and a Penn Plax air powered sponge filter
50watt heater
2 10watt full spectrum mini CFL bulbs.
No substrate

There were 2 chunks of mopani wood in the tank with Java Fern and some Anubius on them. A lot of guppies, mostly fry, one clam, one ghost shrimp, and 3 bulldog plecos.

Here is how it looked


I have changed things up now. I have transferred everything to another ten gallon tank.

New ten gallon
AquaClear 20
50watt heater
2 10watt full spectrum mini CFL lights
Eco Complete substrate.

I transferred all the flora and fauna over and this is what I have at the moment.


I am thinking I want to get rid of the guppies and get some Tetras of some sort. And I still am not sure what plants I am going to use for a carpet and some stem plants in the back. Any advice would be great.

Tex Gal

How cute. I imagine your fry might like a little more dense planting. Have you thought of a few more plants? I like it with the substrate.

cableguy69846

I am sure they would. I am just not sure what to use for some stem plants in the back and a carpet plant. I don't want to use HC, because I have that in my nano and I don't want my tanks to become repetitive.

Tex Gal

There are many foreground plants, Elatine triandra, Glossotigma, mosses, Crypt etc. Check out the plant finder and see what you like.

cableguy69846

I will do that. Thanks.

ramis

Dwarf sagittaria is a good choice too, easy to grow.

cableguy69846

Ok, I think I know the plants I am going to use in this one. I am thinking some Marsilea minuta for the carpet plant and some Rotala rotundifolia for the background plant. Let me know what you think.

dabrybry

There is some marselia minuta up on the fs/ft forum right now actually. I think that is a great choice for your tank

cableguy69846

It was all gone by the time I found it the other day. Oh well, Off to the LFS next week.

cableguy69846

Ok, first I want to say, thanks to Bahugo for hookin me up the other day. He gave me tons of plants for a good deal. That being said, here is what I got yesterday.


$25 worth of plants from Golden Aquarium.


$40 worth of plants from Bahugo.

Does anyone see the problem here, lol.

I got some HC, moneywort, 2 types of crypts, and some red stem plant I already forgot the name of. That was all from Golden Aquarium.

I got Java Moss, Flame Moss, Guppy Grass, Glosso, and a bunch of stem plants from Bahugo.

Now that my goodie list is up. On to the good stuff.