My first truely planted tank

[Paxdaddy]

The beginning of my first planted 10 gallon.

 

[BlaseMrNiceguy]

Looks good what do you got in there.

 

[Paxdaddy]

Substrate- ecocomplete , plants anubias, windelov java fern, dwarf hair grass, water wisteria. So far.

6 cardinal tetras and a few baby pink ramshorn snails.

Fluval c2 hob filter. DIY co2 40watts 6500k Cfl lighting

 

[Rivercats]

Looks good but if you are trying to get the DHG to carpet you need to split those 3 clumps into smaller pieces and plant them in a checkerboard pattern. You'll find they will fill in faster. I like the DW and the way the Windelov is planted.

 

[Paxdaddy]

Looks good but if you are trying to get the DHG to carpet you need to split those 3 clumps into smaller pieces and plant them in a checkerboard pattern. You'll find they will fill in faster. I like the DW and the way the Windelov is planted.

Thanks for the info and the compliment and for the info. I'm learning as I go. I a addicted to this hobby now and I don't know what I would do without all the members of this forum.

 

[Rivercats]

Thanks for the info and the compliment and for the info. I'm learning as I go. I a addicted to this hobby now and I don't know what I would do without all the members of this forum.

You want to know when your REALLY addicted?!? When you finally go get yourself an 220g and plant it! That's what I did and lovin every minute of it.

 

[Paxdaddy]

You want to know when your REALLY addicted?!? When you finally go get yourself an 220g and plant it! That's what I did and lovin every minute of it.

Believe me! If I could do that I would. My wife would kill me. She even hates me talking about fish!

 

[Paxdaddy]

So I broke up the 3 pieces of DHG into 7. Is that good or do I want to. Real them up really small? I also added some stones. What do you guys think?

 

[Rivercats]

I think it looks better and your carpet should fill in faster. You can break them down further is you want but I think your pretty good right now.

 

[Scottyhorse]

This looks great!!

 

[bettaowner]

Beautiful setup.

 

[Paxdaddy]

Thanks everyone. I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[Paxdaddy]

Few new pics of my tank

 

[aquaria mania]

that looks awesome, job well done

 

[Paxdaddy]

that looks awesome, job well done

Thanks!

 

[pjb_1986]

Very nice indeed!

I need to get a few more plants in mine, keep slowly adding but wish I had just got the lot to start with!

 

[Rivercats]

You can tell everything is growing good. I can see how much the dwarf hair grass is starting to fill in since you split it up. You'll have a carpet in no time.

 

[Paxdaddy]

Very nice indeed!

I need to get a few more plants in mine, keep slowly adding but wish I had just got the lot to start with!

Thank I didn't get everything all at once either. Just got one here and there. I found my first problem with having a 10 gallon though. I just want more and more plant and there's nowhere to put them.

 

[Paxdaddy]

You can tell everything is growing good. I can see how much the dwarf hair grass is starting to fill in since you split it up. You'll have a carpet in no time.

I've been really happy with the growth in such a short time. I trimmed the DHG down because someone told me it will fill in quicker. Hope that was true

 

[Rivercats]

I've been really happy with the growth in such a short time. I trimmed the DHG down because someone told me it will fill in quicker. Hope that was true

I've heard that too. Never did DHG, I like foreground plants that don't need trimming. Plus in the 220g high light tank I couldn't reach the bottom to trim. It's 30" tall and sitting on the stand I have to use a 3 step stool and 24" long aquarium tools to work in it. I love all I can do with such a big tank but that is a big disadvantage conpared to smaller tanks.