First 10 Gallon Planted

[Fishybitty]

Your tank looks beautiful, and your betta is too! Grats.

c) That does look like bacopa, mine looks the same only way tiny! haha

[asu1776]

@Fishybitty Did you keep your bacopa bunched or did you plant the individual stems? I planted them bunched and I notice the bottom leaves dying off a little. Makes sense since it's such close quarters in a bunch.

[aokashi]

plants often lose their bottom leaves because there isnt enough light :)

[asu1776]

@aokashi. For your stem plants did you plant separately? Should I just leave the system alone and let it just growth and do it's thing? Kind of a semi-neat freak. :/

[Fishybitty]

Originally Posted by asu1776

@Fishybitty Did you keep your bacopa bunched or did you plant the individual stems? I planted them bunched and I notice the bottom leaves dying off a little. Makes sense since it's such close quarters in a bunch.

I left mine bunched, I bought them in a little package at Petsmart bunched. I figured why not!

[aokashi]

Originally Posted by asu1776

@aokashi. For your stem plants did you plant separately? Should I just leave the system alone and let it just growth and do it's thing? Kind of a semi-neat freak. :/

haha! the. guppy grass is definitely not your thing!
unfortunately bacopa isn't the hardiest plant in the world :O
I recommend planting some dwarf sags in the foreground...these usually grow just tall enough to hide the uglies in the background :3

[Aurie]

The plant C that you mentioned.. if it isn't a bacopa might be creeping jenny. I have some in my 29 but I found this picture on the internet from another forum and it's faster than if I took a picture of mine

[Crowntails]

Beautiful tank! Wow your betta is stunning

[asu1776]

Betta came in today and CO2 diffusor the day before. Finally have the tank set up like how I want it to be. It's amazing how quickly these plants grow with Seachem Excel. I had to move my wisteria to the back/side since it was as if it was growing on steroids! Anyway, pictures to share! Thanks for the support/feedback everyone! Looking forward to see what goes on.

Quick question though, my betta seems out competed for food by the tetras which move very fast. Anyone keep a community tank and have any suggestions? Thanks beforehand!

[asu1776]

Hey everyone. Finally got my diffuser and new lighting and most of the plants have taken off! Excited to see what happens in a few months.

Quick question, would anyone happen to know what the plant in the front left is? It's the reddish green plant. For some reason, I don't think it's fairing too well since the leaves have started to droop and curl in at the edges. Would it happened to be a red rubin sword (should have asked the LFS beforehand) and what could be a good remedy?

Thanks in advance! Will post pictures soon.