So before you pass judgement the fish in this tank will only be here temporarily during a period of fish in cycling. I have here a 1gallon aqeon minibow. I have fine gravel as substrate. A few smooth stones as hard scape .this will be for only shrimp after it’s cycled I had it running that way for a few day then decided to add the little Minnows from my other tank in here. I first did only one “since it’s so small” but he freaked out alone and I decided to have his battle buddy tag along with him. They were fine after 5 minutes. They even ate like normal. So last night I decided to find some land moss to try and carpet this little 1 gallon. And this is the result