planted aquarium

Hey there, I have noticed in V-Tale's tank some strange little friends. They have been more present now that I've got a better sense of what I'm looking at and knowing now it's not plant material from the Camboba. Also with feeding and not over feeding. It is a planted aquarium, plants came...

Looking for recommendations on online merchants everyone has bought plants from. What are some of your favorite varieties you've gotten? Who was super helpful and friendly? I'm based out of California so most of the water plants I've found for sale here are very much intended for outdoor ponds.

Hi all, So I've recently purchased a beautiful halfmoon from Aquabids that will be coming sometime in the next week or so.. although I've ran into an issue (very likely my own doing). Seeing that I have only owned one nerite snail for the past year and some, I had gotten very lazy with my...

This is my first tank! I read so much about the nitrogen cycle that my head could spin, so I decided to just move forward with what I learned and stop rereading everything so much. Now I’m looking for a little reassurance and guidance. I didn’t have a lot of confidence in any of the processes I...

I am new to planted tanks, but not to bettas. I am having problems with no Nitrate in my tank, even though it is fully cycled and about 2 months old. So I have a 20gal planted tank. I have Dwarf Hair Grass, Anubius, Java Moss, and Christmas Moss, all of which are attached to wood in the tank...

I finally jumped into it again. This time, it's with a little boy named Jonah who is a HM with Dumbo fins, and we've treated him for Popeye with luck in swelling going down, but no luck in his eye being less foggy. We've come to the conclusion that it might be a cataract due to neglect of the...

Thought I'd post an introduction! I've kept tropical fish and goldfish now and then in my life but have not kept an aquarium in over a decade. However, I started getting interested in terrariums, and in doing research on those I eventually stumbled across Walstad system tanks. Since discovering...

I am needing some help with my betta, don't know what's going on :( He has developed a white bulge on his stomach area. I first noticed it yesterday. I haven't noticed any changes in behavior, but thought he may be bloated or constipated since it's bulging a little so I haven't feed him for 3...

I just wanted to share Goblin and his habitat, with the Bettafish.com community. I have had Goblin for nearly 1 year, and he is doing great! The bowl is something else - I saw it at Ross Dress for less. It is 16" in diameter, and I keep it about 60% full, which is approx. 4 gallons. There...

Hello, I've often used this site for information but this is my first post so I hope I don't do anything that goes against the rules. I have a 10 gallon heated and planted tank. My little guy Phin McCools just past away this week. Now I am 95% sure he passed away from constipation (I left...

Hi everyone I need some help! I set up a planted tank about month ago and my plants don't seem to be doing too good. Unfortunately I picked them out from my local petsmart but I have long trashed the packaging and don't know what kind I have. They are planted I. Gravel 1 (pound per gallon) I...

What are your favorite timers? Need to get something today: setting up my first planted tank tomorrow. Also, I'd prefer something I can set different stretches of time for (i.e. 3-4 hours on, couple of hours off, 3-4 hours on daily) so I can maximize the lights on time while I'm actually to...

Ok so in my 10 gallon aquarium, after about a month, it gets infested with algae and I have to do a complete clean of the entire tank because of it using bleach and soaps and boiling water (yes I know you are not supposed to use chemicals or soap but my betta has never gotten sick or showed...

Hello again! I have a question about sororities. I am about to get a 30 gallon aquarium. I intend to cycle it, plant it, and THEN get ten or so female betta splendens from a reputable shop. The fish are imported from Thailand and are fed exclusively a diet of readily available live foods. I...

This is my 10 gallon aquarium I have for my halfmoon Sal. It contains a Marimo moss ball and this leafy plant. Does anyone know what the leafy plant is? Also it contains white sand substrate and a whisper filter

I've been thinking about starting a planted aquarium recently, and I want to make sure I know everything about planted aquariums.:-D So, are planted aquariums hard to maintain? Are they harder to maintain than unplanted tanks? How often would I need to do a water change? And how often would I...

Long story short, I got my betta, Blushi, about 4 months ago and I kept him in a bowl. It seemed like he was unhappy so I moved him into a 10g filtered tank. I had no knowledge of the nitrogen cycle then before it was too late and I saw he had developed fin rot presumably from ammonia toxicity...

hello! I recently wanted to get a carpet plant and overall improve my plants. So if you guys could give me some recommendations for LOW LIGHT plants that carpet/foreground plants that would be great :) I really like the "grass" look but I like others too. Any other low light plants you think...

Oh hey!!! There is a journal area!!! Haha! I knew that 60 pictures would end too quickly, so I opened this thread to post some of my favorite moments of my Betta Nereu and maybe monthly pictures of my aquarium plants progress. I'll start with my favorite picture of Nereu until now. It's his...

When I initially adopted my first betta, I was completely new to them and so we bought a 1.5g. A little bit after that, I upgraded to a 3g. (These were both the built-in filter/light kind, before I realized how much easier/cheaper/rewarding it is to build your own.) Now she's happily living in a...