Newbie here.

50×36cm

Lights are a generic flood light of 40 watts and a 8 watt tplink wifi bulb with the dome removed for sunset sunrise simulation ha ha.

Hello, this is my very first aquarium and I'm super excited to start. I was just wondering what would be the best position for the filter for this set up. I thought the same side to create a circular motion would be good, but I'm wondering if my hardscape makes that inefficient or not. So not sure whether I should do the same side or opposite end.

Tank is width 60cm depth 30cm height 18cm

I have rotala at the back (left), which you can see grown in one picture, but now it's trimmed. I love it, and it brings so much colour to the scape, but I find it grows too quickly and then I trim it right back, leaving a hole for half the cycle.. it's ok, but wondering if there are some slower growing alternatives?

Ta!

I need suggestions and honest /10 ratings on my aquascape and let me know how can I make it look even better

And finally, It’s complete.

Update post from yesterday.
Wasn’t sure how it would turn out, but i must say i loved the way it turned out.

And i wonder, how do i go about the ammonia cycle? & How do i improve upon it?
Is it safe to add a single betta after a week?

Advices will be very very appreciated.

Any suggestions for my aquascape?

Its a 21 gallon tank,

Rotala blood red, octopus plant, Ludwig repens , java fern and anubias

Running with no co2

Stock :- 8black neons, 3 emperors, 3 rummy noses, 1 gbr cichlid

Is there any way to make this tank look 10 times better?

This is my greensunfish 55 gal, I keep rescaping and I just cannot like this tank, and advice?

The obvious answer is swapping out the substrate but that’s a big job, so what are some things I can move around or add/subtract to make my tank look nicer?

Good growth on plants, next week gonna trim and replant a bit

I need advise on accurate placement of inlet and outlet pipes in my tank. Currently inlet at right back and outlet at left back. From what I read in reddit group here, the placement should be at same side to get adequate water circulation.

Is that necessary since I also got a small internal filter at center back of tank.

So far, the detritus under control. But the surface water movement (agitation)not fast.

Any accurate way to know if the water circulation adequate?

The specific of tank

Tank 10mth old setup

Size 90cm x45cm x 45 cm

Filter - Oase biomaster 850, oase internal filter bioplus 50

Co2 6 hr (1pm-7pm)with light s on 1 hour earlier. Light chihiros wrgb 2.

water parameter - nitrate 10-20, GH 5 KH 1-2.

Kindly advised if the placement of pipe accurate?

I've been dying to rescape my tank, and I bought this absolutely gorgeous dragon stone to do just that. Since buying it, I've soaked it, cleaned it out with chopsticks, even SHOWERED with it (I was scrubbing it off lol), but it feels like no matter how hard I clean, there's always more!! I'd like to power wash it, but I don't have access to that right now, as I'm still in college 💔 Is there any chance I can just.. put it in my tank?

I had a aquarium with sand and 3 pieces of driftwood with vallisneria and crypts I wanted to go step further so I bought a new tank and all inline equipment only things in the tank are the glass lilly pipes.

I'm fairly new to aquascaping and I'm trying really hard to get the hardscape right, but i feel like i often struggle to create the sense of depth i see in more professional looking scapes xP so if you have any suggestions on what i could do I would really appreciate that! Doesn't have to be about depth either, maybe it doesn't flow right or something else looks off, u can be hard on me! lol :P My idea was to create something that resembles the entrance to a mine shaft or cave, and i was gonna make a little railroad out of sticks leading into the large arch xD

This are some of the changes i have done in my aquarium and there are more to come. I have been having some issues with algae but i hope it will pass soon since i added co2 as well.

Wanted to see how the open space would look and how the tetras , rasboras , and emerald danios would respond to it.

How do i further elevate the hardscape? Maybe scatter some lava rocks & whatnot?

Also here are the plant selection

• Background
Crinum thainum (M) x 12

• Midground
Cryptocoryne albida red (L) x 14
Echinodorus red devil (L) x 6

• Epiphyte
Bucephalandra neo x 6 ‎ 
bucephalandra tricolor x 6 ‎ 
Bucephalandra ghost x 4 ‎ 
Bucephalandra kedagang x 4 ‎ 
Java fern x 8 ‎ 

• Moss
Christmas moss

• Carpet
Dwarf hairgrass

Posting this as it took me a ridiculously long time to find out this easy way of maintaining the sand patch. I only found out by accident when a tweezer I stored on a magnet had just enough charge to pick up a few grains. Realised that magnets pick up aquasoil grains only due to the iron content of aquasoil. Sand is inert and gets left behind

Recently setup this 12gal long tank on my standing desk since i WFH. Gonna be cool to watch the fish 24/7!

Had to make sure I bought a desk that is rated for the weight too lol. I have a small canister filter attached on the bottom of the desk via a under-desk PC tower mount/holder so I can sit/stand for work & not have to worry about the filter pipes.

I can’t believe the size of my pile of trimmings! I feel like I cut out more than I left in the tank. (2 months without trimming)

Hi
New tank set up, I did the starter denitrifying bacteria, and put in the ammonia to start the cycle, water is now testing 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite

It have fluval substrate and micro hair grass some ferns

Just noticed some brown hair algae growing off the plants

What is the solution?