It's one of my favorites too. I had the kokedama in a jar for a while but also really wanted a maidenhair fern incorporated into an aquascape. I'm hoping it'll grow nice and large to make some amount of shade. It has roots that grew beyond the kokedama ball already and just floats in the tank helping absorb nutrients now.

I like that idea haha maidenhairs are one of my favorite plants and i was trying to figure out how to incorporate it into an aquascape

Thank you! I spent a lot of time gluing 4 different pieces to get that piece

It's a kokedama I made a while ago and just plopped onto the sponge in the HOB filter lol

Ooooh so pretty!!

Beautiful! I'm setting up my first tank right now :)

Excited for you. That piece of wood is such a centerpiece. And them danios are going to be gorgeous!

Nice wood. That is a beautiful aquascape.

Elsewhere you mentioned having neon tetras in another tank and wanting siamese algae eaters.

We have a siamese algae eater in our 75g with congo tetras, neon tetras and other fish in a similar setup to that. And by similar I mean it started similar and then chose its own path.

How is the maidenhair “planted”? Is it in a HOB filter?

It's always sunny in Fishadelphia.

This is actually a little old and I can't seem to find a good recent shot of the whole tank.

We started with angels, dojo loaches, plecos, and panda corys. We've added synodontis, congo tetras, some neon tetras/platies/mollys from a repurposed 20g. The cooler fish we have are the spotted congo puffer who loves the trumpet snail infestation, and dojo loaches.

The loaches are my favorites. They add a lot of motion to the tank and are super playful; they swim up to your hand in the tank the way a cat would your leg and give kisses with their sucker mouths.

Oh, and they can breathe through their intestines which sometimes leads to them looking dead when they do lay about. The intestinal breathing and gulping air at the surface when foraging or feeding are likely why they're known for farting, which is pretty funny.

They're also known as weather loaches because they're sensitive to barometric pressure and will be frantic and/or stand on end before a storm.

Wow. That went on a bit. Thanks for coming along this far and have a good day.

Ah yeah, that’s more my concern. I’m in an area where driftwood and the like of naturally washed up. It might be worth just getting something from a shop to avoid any issues. Thank you for your insight!

Edit: thank you!

I don't know the species of wood, and did not treat it. If you have the pots for it, I would recommend boiling the wood just to get tannins out...but I haven't personally had any bad experiences with wood that I get from aquascaping shops. I would be cautious about picking up wood from the ground if you're planning to do that.

让鱼儿长寿的秘诀是什么呢🤔 我爸喜欢养鱼 但他们通常活不了一个月😭 （你养的鱼🐟非常好看！而且造景也令人赏心悦目）

That’s a gorgeous tank! What did you use for the wood? Did you treat it or prep it in any way? I’m going to set up an 80 gal tank soon and its primary focus will be aquascaping. I’m still going to have fish but, I’m concerned about just throwing in some drift wood or whatever and having it affect the ecosystem negatively.

I've got about 10 green neon tetras in a 10 gallon tank, they are very fun to watch indeed.

I was also considering some siamese algae eaters in this tank since I've always wanted them but never had the space for them previously.

CPDs so far for me have been very entertaining twitchy little guys. Some smaller tetras might be good choices too - you'd see them more often.

does an outdoor pond stocked with fish I never see count?

@cybervseas yes — the Corys and guppies are fun to watch.

Wow 125L that's quite sizeable. Sounds like you have a bunch of small fish that enjoy swimming together. It must be a delight to see in motion!

I have a few of the same hobbies! Plus live food culturing, microalgae, microscopy, and aquarium cad (openscad) :-)

My betta tank needs a thorough clean before I post anything

@daniel @aquarium @aquariums I'm not an aquarist but I'll look at yours

Oh wow, I didn't know arrowheads could grow in water. I'm constantly watering mine because it completely takes over any pot I put it in

Yep, spider plants, pothos, arrrowhead and even some sweet potato snaps.

Are those spider plants in the back there? I moved some of mine to water and just....forgot. 2ft roots and it's thriving