Neonraccoon's tank progression

[NeonRaccoon]

I just wanted to share my tanks progression so far it's changed a lot since I have had it so here it is

Day 1
March 4th got some neon tetras ended up dying due to ich
March 21st added some guppies a red wag platy and a Dalmatian Molly and some 3D printed decorations and a fake plant
March 22nd got a bunch of fake plants in the mail
March 23rd got a led bubble wall
day
March 25th I got some java moss in the mail
Now today I got some wood and Anubis

And a piece of driftwood and some dwarf hair grass

 

[NeonRaccoon]

Pictures wouldn't post
Night

Today
I'm open to any suggestions on what to do next on my tank

 

[Niccobacci11]

For sure black background
And are you at least dosing excel or some type of liquid carbon for the hairgrass?

 

[NeonRaccoon]

I just put it in today and was thinking about getting some CO2 booster would that work?

 

[Niccobacci11]

That should work fine.

 

[NeonRaccoon]

I added the black background and got the CO2 booster and added some more gravel and got these white stones

 

[Niccobacci11]

The background makes it look 10x better

 

[Sk3lly]

If you want DHG to carpet pull it all back out of your tank and separate it more. It will take ages to carpet how you have it. Oh and DHG needs high light levels. If you have a standard lighting hood then i think you may struggle to grow it

 

[NeonRaccoon]

I have a daylight/blue light 6" 10watt fluorescent bulb is that good enough ? And it is so hard to separate the grass do have to really rip it apart with a lot of force?

 

[Sk3lly]

I have a daylight/blue light 6" 10watt fluorescent bulb is that good enough ? And it is so hard to separate the grass do have to really rip it apart with a lot of force?

Im not an expert on lighting but im 95% sure that light is nowhere near good enough for your hairgrass. Stranger things have happened though

Scissors might help you separate it but if your not confident then probably best leave it how it is

 

[NeonRaccoon]

We'll I am getting a light in the mail it is Zoo Med UL-CF1 Mini Daylight Ultra Sun Compact Fluorescent

 

[Sk3lly]

Hope its a good light, but dont know anything about that one

 

[NeonRaccoon]

We'll I got a 29g tank now so I'm moving my Molly and platy there and I can't wait to get some driftwood and new plants

 

[NeonRaccoon]

Added a piece of driftwood and an Anubis plant

 

[NeonRaccoon]

Haven't posted in awhile my plants are growing great in my 5 gallon but in the 29g there is little to no growth here's about a twenty day before and after pic of my 5g tank

 

[Sk3lly]

Remember anubias' are very slow growers

 

[NeonRaccoon]

Added a bunch more plants Anubis, Java fern, Java moss, water sprite and others