Suggestions on my Set up

[kachang90]

Does this setup have enought plants? At the back i have planted to small plants which the uncle assured me would grow alot. Do i still need to plant alot more if i wanna achieve a dense aquarium? Or will these plants grow and occupy alot of the tank?

Feedback and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[Zenislev]

I suggest you get somemore branchy driftwood to cover both corners of the tank. get more mid-ground plants to fill up around the woods, buy some foreground plants to have some carpet effect. More types of background plants to have the lush look.

[kachang90]

thanks for your feedback man.. i have two huge pieces of driftwood which are still drifting in my friends pond. Once sunken, they will be in mytank and ill tie moss around them.. As for background, what are some plants i should look at eh

[joydiv]

The fern like plant in the right center is probably non aquatic. You need more plants. Get some fast growers at the initial stage it will help to keep algae at bay.

[newtank]

Does this setup have enought plants? At the back i have planted to small plants which the uncle assured me would grow alot. Do i still need to plant alot more if i wanna achieve a dense aquarium? Or will these plants grow and occupy alot of the tank?

Feedback and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

this might sounds a lot to you but try to fill up 70-80% of the substrate with plants.

[Mizu World]

It's a common beginning hobbyist misconception, thinking that fast growing plants will grow fast enough to fill out a bare aquarium on its own. Usually your plants won't grow faster than any algae that will attack the aquarium during this time.

To avoid most early algae issues, plant densely, covering at least 70-80% of your aquarium in the beginning.

From the current look, you need at least 3-4x more plant mass inside that tank.

Providing more details about your setup (high-tech/low-tech, substrate used, etc) will help more forummers give you tips and suggestions.

[kachang90]

Tank Size: 4 x 2 x 2
Substrate : Gex
Filter : Jebo (flowrate 1550)
Light: 4T5HO
CO2: 1 bps

Ive just added some flame moss and spiky moss. Also bought a few more plants.

Fish: 6 Angelfish, 6 Congo Tetras, 2 blue gouramis, 2 pearl gouramis, 2 dward gouramis, 2 honey gouramis, 6 swordtails, 3 otos, 3 panda corys, 1 albino cory, 3 kuhli loaches, 4 minnows

Snails: 3 horned snails, 4 dotted track snails, 1 ramshorn

Shrimp: 4 yamatos, about 20 sakuras.

[kachang90]

Tank Size: 4 x 2 x 2
Substrate : Gex
Filter : Jebo (flowrate 1550)
Light: 4T5HO
CO2: 1 bps

What do you mean by high tech or low tech?

Ive just added some flame moss and spiky moss. Also bought a few more plants.

Fish: 6 Angelfish, 6 Congo Tetras, 2 blue gouramis, 2 pearl gouramis, 2 dward gouramis, 2 honey gouramis, 6 swordtails, 3 otos, 3 panda corys, 1 albino cory, 3 kuhli loaches, 4 minnows

Snails: 3 horned snails, 4 dotted track snails, 1 ramshorn

Shrimp: 4 yamatos, about 20 sakuras.

[Mizu World]

High-tech refers to CO2 supplied aquariums while how-tech means no artificial CO2 is supplied.

1bps will not allow you to hit the 30ppm required for most planted tanks.

Do read up more about starting a planted tank as most problems can be avoided when things are done well at the beginning stage of setting up a new tank.

[torque6]

It's a common beginning hobbyist misconception, thinking that fast growing plants will grow fast enough to fill out a bare aquarium on its own. Usually your plants won't grow faster than any algae that will attack the aquarium during this time.

To avoid most early algae issues, plant densely, covering at least 70-80% of your aquarium in the beginning.

From the current look, you need at least 3-4x more plant mass inside that tank.

Providing more details about your setup (high-tech/low-tech, substrate used, etc) will help more forummers give you tips and suggestions.

experts advise from Ben. Plus cheap plants if you are thinking of ordering them from Mizuworld. Very worth it.

[newtank]

Tank Size: 4 x 2 x 2
Substrate : Gex
Filter : Jebo (flowrate 1550)
Light: 4T5HO
CO2: 1 bps

Ive just added some flame moss and spiky moss. Also bought a few more plants.

Fish: 6 Angelfish, 6 Congo Tetras, 2 blue gouramis, 2 pearl gouramis, 2 dward gouramis, 2 honey gouramis, 6 swordtails, 3 otos, 3 panda corys, 1 albino cory, 3 kuhli loaches, 4 minnows

Snails: 3 horned snails, 4 dotted track snails, 1 ramshorn

Shrimp: 4 yamatos, about 20 sakuras.

I believe GEX is very rich in nutrient, so mosses do no treally count here, got to go for broke with stem plant , preferably fast growing plant...plant , plant , plant