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First Attempt at Aquascaping

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This is my new 5gal crescent tank for my betta. I thought I had a clear idea when I was starting this but it's just looking so bare! Any suggestions as to what I should do with the java moss? In the first picture it was just floating up front, and in the second I tucked in behind on the right. I really love the wood piece... I was thinking about maybe attaching the java moss to that.

I'm also having a really hard time getting the roots to my water sprite in the back left to stay down. They have super, super long roots so I just had to sort of ball them up to try to get them down. Could I prune the roots without hurting the plant?

Let me know how it looks upon first glance, and if you think any of the placement is a little off. I've been reading a lot about this but it's a lot harder then I thought!
 
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Looks really nice!

It is hard to scape it isn't it? Stuff doesn't just stay as you want or look the way you intended. I think I spent an hour on my little 2.65g and stepped back and thought "wow, it looks so empty".

I like the structure of your tank, but I might attach a chunk of the fern to the main trunk of your branch, and swap the red plant with the plant in front of that cool rock. The red leaves will show nicely against the white background.
 
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