Here are pics of my 5 gal tank. It has been up for about a week or so. I plan to do some adjusting and will add a small piece of mopani wood with java moss later this week. It is home to a Betta named Sapphire and 5 ghost shrimp.
My first planted tank - 5 gal
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jessicafish
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I like your tank was!! was it easy to plant?
Scottyhorse
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Looks pretty good so far!
Thank you! Yes, it was easier than I thought it would be. It took about an hour to adjust the substrate and plant everything. For the rock wall, I got shale rocks from the beach and broke them with a hammer.
Thanks!
bettaowner
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That is amazing. You should enter it in a planted tank competition as the plants grow.
absolutangel04
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Looks great! Thanks for sharing. And that is a totally gorgeous betta. 
Wow, thank you! I'll shoot for that down the road. I really want to get some sort of carpet in there first.
Looks great! Thanks for sharing. And that is a totally gorgeous betta.
Thank you, and yes he is gorgeous! The pic does him no justice at all, he has the slightest red details and he shimmers under the moonlights. I'm just using a cell phone, I hope to borrow a better camera to get some quality pics of him.
bettaowner
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The rocks look cool.
thursyanna
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I love your tank! It's inspired me to redo my 5 gal betta tank. I have a couple of live plants and some shale rock but nothing as beautiful as yours!!
Thanks. I added the wood and will do some rescaping. More pics coming soon
That looks great! I like the sand!
Thank you, but definitely prefer yours....v jealous of you different levels! Looks v considered and tasteful
looking forward to more pics when u get the chance.Thank you, but definitely prefer yours....v jealous of you different levels! Looks v considered and tasteful
I did some addtions and rearranging yesterday, so the water is still a bit cloudy. I hope to get some more up in a couple if days.
Tank Girl
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I really like it - very pretty! Well done!
Thank you! I'm finally gonna get around to posting more pics when I get home later. So far, my wisteria, anubias, and crypto are doing great. Java fern looked kinda iffy when I got it from the lfs and it hasn't changed much. Maybe I tied it to the rock to tightly, ill keep watching it. The sword is looking so-so. I'm going to add more root tabs and see if it improves. I know it'll eventually get way too big for the tank, so I'll replace it down the road. The spiralis lost most of its leaves, but I hope it comes back. The banana plant is on its last legs however. I hope I just bought a bad one. I like the look of it, I may try another. I haven't really been dosing that much. The lfs sold me a bottle of fert for $1, but then I found it expired 5 yrs ago so I didn't really use it lol. Just picked up some Leaf Zone today. I don't really want to do mods on the tank, so I'm just seeing what works and what doesn't. I read in another thread that someone was growing four leaf clovers successfully in this tank, I'd love to give those a try next. Oh yeah, diatoms are in full effect!!
I forgot to mention my tiger lilly. It is also doing quite well, it's my fave plant in the tank. I added a small piece of wood with java moss tied to it. I also added some slate rocks covered in moss with hopes that it will carpet eventually.
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Tank Girl
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Part of me really, really wants to try a planted tank because they look so nice. But (at least on land) I have black thumbs and I'm afraid I'd just spend a lot of time and money and just end up with a bunch of dead plants! Wish I was like my Grandma, she could make anything, and I mean anything, grow.
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