Do you have any alternatives? It is a little too messy for me. Maybe I could try it out in the planted section of my 170L or something. Would be nice for the shrimp possibly.
Most carpeting plants need high powered lights and some even require Co2.
Hm... I'll try it out if I can get my hands on any. Thanks!
does monte carlo or japonica need high light or no
Not sure about “japonica”, never heard of that one.
oh that's good, i have seachem flourish
The rocks look to spaced in a row. I like things natural looking. Clump them up a bit. It will give you more planting room and hollows for the fish to swim through. The black sand is a great choice for a planted tank. Green or red plants will stand out well from the black. Much depends on your fish you have and may still get. But a very cool looking and feathery type plant, is the Cabomba, green or red or purple. Look it up if you don't know it. It's easy to grow, (honest) and looks a bit like plants from the movie, Avatar! Also, the Manzanita wood is great. I'm lucky it grows all over the hills where I live. You can stand it up or poke it down to look like roots in a pond. It's a highly sought after wood in the aquarium hobby and quite expensive in stores. Cut out some of the floating plants if your going full on planted tank. They need a lot of light. I also have DIY CO2.... Yeast and sugar. Costs me about 60 cents a week. So my plants grow massive fast. And deep red if that's what you want. Also, if your adding wood, you may want to think of a moss creeping on the wood. Java moss grows quick. But I prefer the Christmas moss. Be sure to add up date photos so we can see the growth. Good luck!
Not messy......... it's a junglescape!
I've got the same light as you, I'm pretty sure. Nicrew Classic LED. Might have been someone else, I've got really bad memory hahaha. I keep it on from about 12PM to 9PM every day on the white setting.
It used to be in a big pile, but I moved the rocks when I was cleaning the sand a few days back. I'll put them back in after I'm done adding a few bits and pieces.
I'll definitely have a look into different plants. I've always thought the plants with some red looked quite exciting.
I've seen some stuff about Christmas moss lately. Would you say it's any good?
Thanks! I do have a journal but it's pretty outdated and completely deviates from what I'm doing now... You can have a look at the original plans in the 54L guppy tank journal in my signature. It's not that thrilling of a read though lol. Maybe I'll revamp it or something.
Christmas Moss is similar to Java Moss, except CM almost grows in ‘sheets’:
I’m sure the LED classic would work for Monet Carlo. ?
Ooh I like how that looks. Definitely going to look into that one then.
I like xmas moss. Yes it's good, but not as fast growing as java. But once established, it takes off. I use the super glue GEL to attch it to rocks and plants. Also, if your going planted, you NEED snails. I always hated snails. But I've learned that they are part of an Eco-friendly tank and necessary.
Some pest snails will eat plants, so I would be wary of that.
What about rabbit snails? I love those. Been looking out for nerites too.
Rabbit snails would be ok. They don’t reproduce that fast and they eat decaying plant matter.
