What do you guys think of my 2.5 planted setup?

[RoboFish808]

9 different types of plant, and tomorrow 5 multicolored breeding pairs of neocardinia arrive. There’s also two assassin snails and 3 tiny fancy guppy fry.

 

[charliebankston]

Awesome! I'm jealous!

 

[Goldfishexxpert]

It’s so beautiful!

 

[GuppyMaster]

Nice can you list the foreground plant names and also what brand of fertilizer do you use? I am looking to set up a 10 gal planted tank

 

[RoboFish808]

Nice can you list the foreground plant names and also what brand of fertilizer do you use? I am looking to set up a 10 gal planted tank

I haven’t had the need for any additional ferts I use low maintenance plants mostly

The foreground features some Dwarf Hairgrass, Needle Spikesedge, some small java fern sproutlings, some Java Moss in the center and also some Sagittaria.

 

[RoboFish808]

Nice can you list the foreground plant names and also what brand of fertilizer do you use? I am looking to set up a 10 gal planted tank

I also use 24/7 lighting from my 15 watt bulb it’s away from a window it stops algae growth and keeps my plants healthy and happy. I regularly prune and trim and make sure every plant is getting relatively equal light

 

[GuppyMaster]

Ok thanks

 

[Tbox]

Looking good!
I've always been cautious of having assassin snails with shrimp. However, If you have a source of Malaysian trumpet snails or another snail variety, it would be a good idea to put them in the tank too. It will give the assassins a consistent food source so they dont prey on the shrimp.
https://youtu.be/6qIOVafryig

 

[RoboFish808]

Looking good!
I've always been cautious of having assassin snails with shrimp. However, If you have a source of Malaysian trumpet snails or another snail variety, it would be a good idea to put them in the tank too. It will give the assassins a consistent food source so they dont prey on the shrimp.
https://youtu.be/6qIOVafryig

Wow, how would they even go about doing that? Crazy

 

[Tbox]

With their harpoon. They are assassins after all.
Shrimp will pick the biofilm off the assassins shell unaware they're playing a game of russian roulette.

 

[charliebankston]

With their harpoon. They are assassins after all.
Shrimp will pick the biofilm off the assassins shell unaware they're playing a game of russian roulette.

Haha! That's too cool. Never had shrimp or snails. But that's great info

 

[Tbox]

It's time for you to get some snails. Nerite, Malaysian trumpet, mystery, etc...they're all beneficial with their population kept in check. I'm sure you keep some fish that will gladly eat a snail or 2.

 

[charliebankston]

Haha! Yeah, I should get some. I do have a few monsters that'll eat anything, lol

 

[GuppyMaster]

I have a 10 gal with about 20 blue ramshorn snails.
if I got an assassin snail would it eat all the ramshorn snails or would they be able to repopulate?

 

[Tbox]

I'd recommend putting the assassins in another tank. You could sell or trade the blue rams horns to keep the population in check.

 

[RoboFish808]

It's time for you to get some snails. Nerite, Malaysian trumpet, mystery, etc...they're all beneficial with their population kept in check. I'm sure you keep some fish that will gladly eat a snail or 2.

I actually have 3 assassins in here they are burrowed, put a nerite in there yesterday too.

My 5.5 planted has 4-5 assassins buried in the snail and a nerite. Makes the brackish estuary theme I went for really work