Mattatbest

well i was finnaly able to take some pics of my tank. this is my first try and a planted tank and ive had alot of help with alot of people on this forum so thank you!
specs:
30g long
t-5 lighting nova extreme
eco complete substrate
co2 pressurized paintball style regulater from GLA
fluval 205 canister filter (bought half price from ebay store!)

live stock:
6 black phantom tetras
4 otos
7 gold barbs
4 rosey red minnows. bought them from the feeder fish section at petstore and used them to cycle the tank the plan was to feed them to my g/f turtle after but after seeing them in my tank i grew a heart for them
i'm still in the works in finding 2 german blue rams and a couple more cory cats then i will be done with my fish collection.

anyways enjoy what pics i have and i'll be sure to post more in the future! any comments welcomed








and thanks to customdrum for my assortment of plants!

davemonkey

Good start. The stems plants look thick and healthy, is that some new growth since you've had them or did they come that long? It's just about time for a trim already!

Mattatbest

that is actually new growth i was really surprised to see how fast these plants can grow. i would really like to trim down some plants but dont know how to. do i just cut anywhere on the stem?

davemonkey

Pretty much. There is a sticky in the General Aquarium Plants Discussion forum about trimming ("Pruning Timeline" ) that will shed some light on the subject. You can trim and replant the tops to increase your plants. Where you trim you should get a couple new shoots. The next time you trim, do it above that point (keep getting more and more shoots and bushier groupings).