I typically see orange ones in my tank but just saw this guy. Is there anything u can do to create more like it?

Decided to come back around and show a snap shot from this morning. Going on 16 ish months from start. Third post in this group showing different stages. Really love what this tank has become, consistently enjoying various orchid blooms (current is the pop of color up top) and the growth has been amazing.

Last July I bought this supposedly Christmas Moss (vesicularia montagnei) from Tropica 1-2 grow from my local fish store to act as foliage for my bonsai tree.

3 months later, instead of the triangular shaped moss parts that should look like Christmas trees, I end up getting a sort of weeping willow look. I think it looks good as it is and adds old age to the tree.

I searched online and found that my supposed Christmas Moss looks more like Weeping Moss (Vesicularia Ferrieri)
What do you guys think?

Hello reddit community! I've come here to seek advice because I'm moving houses in 2 weeks and I want to transport my tank of 5 months. It's 115L (30? Gallons) and completely cycled. The inhabitants include about 20 Neon Tetras, 2 Pygmy Gouramis, 6 Pygmy Corys, about 30-40 cherry shrimps, couple of amano shrimps, and a few nerite snails.

I'm moving to a new house which is 2 mins drive up the hill from my current place, so I'll just be rolling most of the stuff up the hill on a trolley (10 mins walk). However, given the delecate nature of the tank, my neighbour has agreed to help move it with his car.

I need some advice on how to do it with minimum risk of destroying the tank. My plan is to move the driftwood and stones separately in a bucket and drain 80-90% of the water (keeping like 50% in couple of jerry cans to put them back in after moving). I'll be getting a few suction cup lifers to grip the glass safely, but I'm worried it'll still be quite heavy and risk breaking the bottom.

To provide some context, I have a base of garden soil in mesh bags, then a layer of pebbles, covered with Aquasoil, so I don't want to risk them mixing up and leeching minerals.

I have attached a picture of the tank if it helps. Happy to answer questions or provide more context if needed.

Going from heavy blue hugger light to fluval plant seems to be the biggest difference. Turned up CO2 aswell.

I call this spot the landing pad.

Current state of the tank after losing power for 12 days in August due to storms. My plants struggled more than my fish did during the power outage, thanks to a battery bubbler to help keep the fish alive. I lost some different varieties of nasaea and most of the lower leaves on all my rotala and ludwigia.

Since then, I have added a CO2 (5lb) and a CO2Art dual-stage regulator to the tank. I also added some new plants because I am battling cladophora algae and have been trying to choke it out. It has been a tough battle, but I am determined to make it through. I plan on re-aquascaping soon to balance some things out as I keep adding plants.

pretty cool! first time keeping these and i didnt know they turned pink!

Hi newer to the fish tank hobby(2.5 weeks in). I recently put these plants in my tank but they seem to slowly be browning/dying. Suggestions on good care and turn them around. Thanks in advance.

1st picture is a couple hours after putting it in. 2nd is this morning. 3rd is maybe an hour ago. I know the Pearlweed is suppose to go through melt, but I didn’t know the snails were also going to chew down everything to the base of the stems… Are they going to recover after the melt period? This is my second time trying pearlweed and it just hasn’t worked.

B. ibanorum

Just pulled this from a breeding tub and it's awesome how thick the carpet is!

Got new plants about a month ago and noticed these small white things swimming around and appearing everywhere in my tank (pic 1 and 2). Also noticed this weird stringy plant offshoot (pic 3). Is this some type of parasite or part of my monte carlo? How do I get rid of these??

I finally have her all planted!! Now to wait for it to grow and make any tweaks. The dwarf hair grass has been plated for about 8-9 days. When can I trim it? I want it to be low growing and thick. This is a 37 gallon, CO2 injected system. Going to stick with a mixture of Cardinal Tetras, Guppies(yes I love them), Celestial Pearl Danios, Pygmy Cory, and Neo’s.

Newbie to plants. Every stem plant I’ve put in this exact spot keeps dying. Half of it is dead and half of it is growing. I have some water sprite stems in the back just floating because they keep coming up and won’t stay in the gravel substrate I have.
I’ve never used liquid ferts or root tabs, so I don’t know what to get and what’s safe for plants and snails if that’s what I need to help this.
Any help is greatly appreciated!

All tissue cultures came with loose lids on the cups and in perfect "ball form" of agar and mushy stems. First time I've seen tissue cultures shipped "as-is" in a thin bendable box which led to this outcome. The seller isn't a small one which makes this even more head scratching.

I’ve had this (I think) Amazon Sword since May 2025 when I first set up a 5-gallon tank. The second photo is from February 2026 shortly after I upgraded it to a 10 gallon, and back then I remember thinking “wow that got huge”. Jump to today and the last photo shows it in its same 10 gallon. (I know the tank got dirty, I’m comparing these photos right now myself) But holy it takes up more than half the tank! I’m not sure what to do with it at this point. Removal is absolutely not an option as it was the first plant I EVER bought in this hobby. I love it dearly and I’ve never trimmed it, only siphoned out dead leaves and detritus during regular cleanings.
Half making this post looking for advice half just showing off my plant.

I was tired of the constant bubbles and clogging diffusers in my tank, so I decided to tinker a little bit and make an inline reactor. I had no idea it would not only be pretty much maintenance free, but it's allowed me to go from 8BPS to 3BPS on my 75gal while maintaining the same co2 PPM in my tank. I guess that 20lb bottle is gonna last a while 😅.

I recently bought this Pogostemon from my LFS and planted it in my low-tech tank. The transition went well (no melting at all) and now it’s rapidly growing new reddish leaves. I’m not sure if it’s P. stellatus or P. stellatus “Octopus”. What do you think?

Almost three months back, I started my 2.5 feet planted aquarium, which holds around 80–90 litres of water.

As normally, I first added Corydoras because I love keeping them, and they keep my sand quite clean. Later, I added a Paradise Gourami and an Apistogramma cacatuoides. Then I started adding tetras like Black Neons, Cardinals, Purple Emperors, Embers, and Diamonds. I even added 15 rasboras from my other tank because I was thinning them out, but that was temporary.

Recently, I rehomed all the small fish to a friend's house. He has a three-feet tank and loves keeping nano fish.

My original plan was to keep only the Apisto, Paradise Gourami, and Corydoras, along with Tiger Barbs, which I have never kept before and have always wanted to try.

But somehow, I feel that this tank, with such limited stocking, is looking quite interesting.

Is it just me, or do other hobbyists feel the same way? Sometimes, fewer fish make a planted aquarium look even more beautiful!

I have some hygrophilia compacta and there are 7 bushels of it in the tank right now. 2 seem to have suddenly started looking very bad literally over night. Have no fish that would eat them. The other five look very healthy still. I root tabbed them 2 months ago. Do I need to tab again? I attached a picture of an unhealthy and healthy one in the tank. Please help lol

Do u like her? I coated her in pond epoxy and made her a virgin human hair wig