Curious as to the communities experience with invasive grass taking over their aquariums! How concerned should I be, any advice welcome

Going 'minimal' this time.

Scape: seiryu stone, JBL white sand, salvinia, rotala hra and an unknown moss I found outside

Inhabitants: 1 honey gourami, 3 sparkling gourami, 1 stiphodon goby, many cherry shrimp, 2 clithon, 1 nerite, limpets & mini ramshorn

Equipment: fluval canister filter,

I’m trying to see what this plant is to make sure it’s not toxic to cats. Can’t figure it out through google lens.

All plants have the same tones. Which plant would you complement to make it more exciting.

I have the following plants in my aquarium:

- Hydrocotyle tripartita

- Cryptocoryne parva

- Hygrophila angustifolia Rubra

- Cryptocoryne balansae

- Bucephalandra sp.

- Nymphoides hydrophylla 'Talwan

- VESICULARIA MONTAGNEI

Found this little guy eating diatoms on my plant in a 5 day old tank. Second picture is around 24 hours after with almost all diatoms cleaned. I have always wondered how to get rid of diatoms before the cycle is complete so I can put otos in. Maybe limpets are the answer? Too bad no one sells them. I think I'll keep this guy for now.

Still missing something. Growth at the back will help cover the intake and heater but it’s hard getting light back there so those planes are slow going. I don’t think the plants are balanced yet. Anything I should move or add sooner than later?

My tank survived the first month 😁🙏🏻

Is it fine to use cheap aquarium lights for my plants as long as they have full spectrum on them. I know that there are planted tank lights but I don’t know if they are worth the hype. What do you guys think?

Looking for some more ideas on plants I can grow above my tanks. Just the roots dangled in. But also open to letting plants grow up and out of the water. I have different sized tanks so all ideas welcome. I’m going to grow one of my swords up and out bc the huge swords look awesome when u do that. This guys on YouTube does it and it looks amazing. Looking for suggestions other than pothos and peace lily. Thanks!

I recently noticed this in my 20 gallon tank how do I get rid of it

1st pic: current photo of my tank
2nd pic: other tank i have no issues with
3rd: middle point between current and my old tank
4th pic: when i set the tank up

sorry for the confusing layout.. wasn’t sure how to put it

anyways, i’ve been actually so upset with my tank. it’s a 10 gal currently in some type of bacteria bloom(water parameters have been tested and are normal) but over the past year i guess that i’ve had this tank set up, plants would die, i’d take them out.. put more in. i woke up this morning after putting an algae tablet in for my other snail/kuhlis and it bloomed weirdly with white stuff on the ground..(mostly guessing i had a buildup of duckweed that stilled the current of the sponge filter).. but honestly i have no clue what is going on. i’ve used root tabs, flourish, the only plant that has never fully died is the duckweed, even my water lettuce and red root floaters died. my betta will eat shrimp so i can’t add those. i have no issues with my other tank, the plants grow amazing and look vibrant and i use the exact same things for each tank. i don’t have a co2 system if that matters.

i guess im just wondering what the next steps can be.. just very disappointing for not making this work i want to have this tank thriving fr. however i dont want to keep on funneling money into things that wont work. any advice is appreciated!!

My tank survived the first month 😁🙏🏻

Hallo Freunde,

in meinem Aquarium leben nur Garnelen und 7 Ohrgitter-Harnischwelse, die vor ca. 4 Wochen mit 3 neuen Pflanzen eingezogen sind.

Eben habe ich einen Fisch in meinem Becken entdeckt, weiß jemand was für eine Art das sein könnte? Er kann ja nur über die neuen Pflanzen mit ins Becken gekommen sein.

I know a 20 long is the ideal, but I was able to score a really good deal on a brand new 20 high, so I want to make the most of what I have. I’m going to fill it up with swords and vals, but I’m a fan of interesting hardscape as well and I’d like an idea for something that can reach up to the top levels without being too heavy or precarious. I like spider wood and dragonstone, but most of the pieces I find are long instead of tall. Anyone have suggestions? I’m planning on stocking some shrimp and little fish, ember tetras and pygmy cories probably. (Plus 2 giant snails I got when they were much smaller and have outgrown their 10 gallon, oops.) Thank you!

My water parameters are 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrite, 5.0ppm nitrate GH is 12 and KH is 1. Temperature is 31.6 degrees throughout the day. I’ve been dosing seachem potassium and seachem advanced to see if it helps. I know the temperature is far from ideal and I can’t help it as it’s way too expensive to buy a chiller($1000+), but I did grow them last time in the same temperatures so I’m not sure why the leaves just die like that. Also I have some trident fern in there and I have seen practically no growth at all and some of the tips were darkish brown. I googled it and it said it might be due to strong lighting? The trident ferns are directly below my lights but I’m thinking it’s also due to the temperature? Basically I just wanna know if it’s the temperature causing this issues like browning leafs tip on the Cyperus helfrei and if it’s meant to grow that slow and for the hydrophilic pinnatifida(pic 4 and 5) why its leaves keep melting even though in pic 5 you can see it propagating to the side(trimmed off the melting leaves and new ones appear within a week). Picture 6 and 7 are bucephalandra and again I’m not sure why they are yellowing even though I have other types of bucephalandra(kedagang) not yellowing at the moment and they were introduced the same time. Sorry for the long post, let me know if any additional info is needed.

Got this new 13.3 gallon going, not sure what to put in it yet but excited about the plants

After dosing the chemiclean Red Cyanobacteria solution twice, I can finally say it's all gone. I considered doing a water change to get sludge out, but there is no left over dead material at all. I think my snails got it take care of.

Also I can't do a water change yet anyway cause it would spike my phosphates and GH/KH.

This might be a tank where I only have to do a water change every few months, so far the high plant count and filter have it taken care of. Stocking will be generally low bioload too since it's all low bioload animals.

So far I've got Least Killifish (Heterandia Fermosa), Blue Dream Shrimp, and a lot of pest snails that I added on purpose like Trumpet, Bladder, and Ramshorns.

I'm planning to add Zipper Kuhli Loaches (Dwarf species), and Pygmy Corydoras. This will be a 3 species community tank for my 20 gallon.

it has been 17 days since i set up my tank. there are 5-6 fry of this type. they just started popping up after 1 week.

yesterday i put some dried baby brine shrimp but none of them eat it.

this is the biggest fry so far. i dont even know what they eat to get this big ...

Just gonna keep it short, some of my plants see-through or just... rough, can I boost them in anyway? They are growing new leafs and I trim them gently when they become see-through.

Sorry about my betta, he is a attention slut XD

First time setting up a tank with drift wood. The largest was pre-soaked and I didn't think about the three small pieces before putting them in.

It's so murky that if you hold a light against the other side it turns yellow XD.

I'm in the middle cycling and have a couple plants in the back still rooting and sprouting so everything looks so brown but the nitrite is spiked now and I am abstaining from water changes until it's through cycling so I'm just letting it be brown for however long it needs lol. I know I can get purigen but idk. I don't mind a little tannin, it's just VERY rich rn.

I don't really have a question. I just think it's neat and wanted to share. :)

First time dealing with pressurized co2, I got the regulator on wayyy too tight, when attempting to loosen it, this part turned, will it need resealing?

Tank has been going strong for about 2 months now, but suddenly these ones are starting to croak! (Not sure what they are, as I got them in a random mix)

I’d assume it’s whatever nutrients are in the Fluval stratum running out maybe?

Are these even salvageable? If so, would shrimp-safe root tabs or aquarium plant fertilizer work better for this type of plant if anyone can identify it? :) or maybe a different approach entirely, or start over!! It’s my first planted tank so I’m really not sure lol

this is the tank I just planted is my monte calro planted deep enough I just did it yesterday is there anything I should be doing today? how long till I have the lushest carpet in the league? I also got some glue marks during some trial and error will those go away?