20 long planted tank - first try at planted

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BellycrawlerJaws

Jack Dempsey
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Just wanted to get some opinions of what people thought of my 20 gallon long planted tank. Suggestions? Thoughts? I'm open to anything you think would help!

Lighting - Aquaticlife T5 HO 30" fixture (48 watts)
Ferts - 1 dose of Nutrafin Plant Gro every 2 weeks
Stock - 1 HRP, 9 Pristella tetras


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speechless. Nice. Nice. I'm trying a pico right now.


Just wondering if youre pruning already?
 
Okay so here is an updated shot, added an anubias 'nana', and some brazilian microswords (down front), and an amazon sword in the back (small), had to prune the melon sword on the left because it was dying. I want to make it denser in terms of plants, what can I add??

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Thanks - I want to add more of the cabomba on the other side because I like how thick it grows (not that hornwort doesn't grow thick, but I think it looks better)
 
Looking good! I think you should try and plant more Anabius into clusters...make it look more "bushy" I would move the Anabius that's hiding the rock and move to the other side with the other Anabius or plant around the rock. I always feel that whatever is in your tank should be visible. So a small foreground plant would look good in front of the rock, but taller plants would hide it. Something like Dwarf Hair Grass or Micro Swords might be good there.
 
benzjamin13 said:
Looking good! I think you should try and plant more Anabius into clusters...make it look more "bushy" I would move the Anabius that's hiding the rock and move to the other side with the other Anabius or plant around the rock. I always feel that whatever is in your tank should be visible. So a small foreground plant would look good in front of the rock, but taller plants would hide it. Something like Dwarf Hair Grass or Micro Swords might be good there.
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Thank you! I do have the micro swords in the tank, I have bunched them together now, but I like that idea of moving them to the other side. I just worry sometimes about if the anubias is getting enough light with having the hornwort and cabomba above it. Keep the ideas coming, any outside opinions are greatly appreciated.
 
Looks good.

since you are using sand you might want to look into root tabs for some of the plants. Also word of advise, I would move the Banana plant to the back, behind the wood.
 
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