Yeah I am glad I went canister instead of HOB. It’s an Oase Thermo 100. The pipes I got are a poppy pipe for outflow, though if you don’t want a waterfall I would go Spin Pipe instead maybe. The intake has a skimmer on top, which is key for preventing surface buildup.
All plants can benefit from CO2. I have some stems that greatly appreciate it. And the light isn’t too crazy, it’s potentially powerful but I’ve got it turned down to roughly 33-40%. The floaters like the light and keep things more shady for the Anubias and crypts below, while all get the CO2 they like.
And thank you. Yeah I wanted to keep it simple and stick to lower light plants, since I know Bettas enjoy that better
It’s a UNS 45U, with an Oase 100 thermo and a Chihiros WRGB Slim. CO2, and aquasoil in a mound under the rocks. There’s an open area behind and under the stacked rock, making a nice little hide.
So far I am liking the poppy pipe style, it’s my first time using it. And slowly I’m getting diatoms and snails, usual early tank stuff.
Lemme know your thoughts :)
Yes haha. The pearling, especially when I have the filter off so it’s more noticeable, is insane.
Just to show how it looked earlier on, about 1 month after setup
Thank you :)
Thank you :)
Thank you :)
I have 3 Gold Honey Gourami gals (Sheila, Dierdre, and Kimberly), along with 6 Pygmy Corys (I want to get 6 more but my LFS is out), and a colony of red cherry shrimp.
60p is the tank name from ADA. 60 being the cm wide measurement, and p being the shape. In this case it’s a bit taller than deep.
I moved July2025 and rescaped. My original plans for the tank are pretty different compared to how it ended up now (unsure how to post multiple images, will do in comments or check my past posts). (Equipment and tank stats at the bottom)
My creeping jenny field on the left died mysteriously after I trimmed and replanted them. So that area I’ve let the Monte Carlo and Hydrocotyle Tripartita run a bit wild.
The central “rock face” got slowly covered by Monte Carlo, and after an aggressive trimming of that, I discovered it wasn’t even attached and was almost entirely free floating. So that rock eventually got buried.
The high slope I once had in the back has slowly fallen.
And I’ve added (and lost) many different varieties of plants. Mostly just experimenting and trying things out!
Despite all these slow and sometimes unfortunate changes, I still love looking at it and tending to it.
At some point this year I plan to rescape, with a more focused design and more intentional planning of plants.
Tank Stats Filter: Oase Biomaster 250, set to like 40% flow Light: Chihiros WRGB II (cannot check light level at the moment, I believe it is 70R 60G 45B) Tank: ADA 60p, 60x36x30cm Substrate: Pea gravel bags for height, UNS Contrasoil on top of a mix of old UNS Contrasoil & Eco Complete (lava rock gravel) Water: TDS 120ish after water change. No clue on pH, GH, or KH. CO2: yes. Lime green drop checker.
Plants Carpet: Monte Carlo with Hydrocotyle Tripartita in the front left.
Left: Some Bacopa Carolinia Green, Creeping Jenny, and Java Moss on the rock
Right: Ludwigia Diamond and some other smaller Ludwigia in front, then various Crypt & Anubias. Nothing special. There’s also a buce hiding in there somewhere.
Top: “Red” Root Floaters (I have lost hope of them getting red, and I am still a bit too intimidated by messing up fertilizer to try to limit my nitrates)
Center: Cardamine Lyrata bush, some more Bacopa Carolinia green, one or two surviving stems of Rotala Macandra, some sort of grassy thing (no clue), some Mermaid Weed barely hanging on, and a whole mess of Rotala Indica.
Flora (back left to front right…) = Cardamine Lyrata, Rotala Indica, Ludwigia Diamond, Ludwigia (no clue), Hydrocotyle Tripartita, (no clue on the two types on left), Monte Carlo, various crypt & Anubias.
Fauna = some Pygmy Cory catfish and a colony of red shrimp. Not shown here is my new Gold Honey Gourami :)
And sounds good, nothing wrong with taking a break for a while
Moved about a month ago, but only two weeks ago did I finally move my tank. Decided it was a good chance for a rescape! Loving my new layout, and the plants are already growing. I bet in two more weeks the carpet will be almost complete
Thank you :) originally I had Caridina Pure Red Line shrimp, but unfortunately they suffered because I couldn’t keep parameters nice for them (I believe the bags of pea gravel are leeching minerals) so there are only 2 or so left. So I got some Neocaridina Red Cherry shrimp and they are thriving, there’s like 30 now. I also have 12 Pygmy Cory’s
Thank you :) glad to inspire
The original post is the day after setup, once the dust had settled, July 13th 2024.
The next photo, first one on this comment, is mid November 2024.
The final, colorful one is taken today :)
(Unsure if I’m doing it wrong, but I seem to only be able to upload one image. See below for more).
I’m less than one week away from my anniversary with this tank. One whole year, and a whole lot of changes.
Sometimes I miss how fresh and clean it looked in the early-mid stages, especially when the Limnophilia Aromatica was bushy. But I love how it looks now, so colorful and a bit messy.
For any first starting their tank and getting buyers-remorse if it looks odd or ugly to start, just remember that it’s gonna grow and change!
I’m going to agree with others that this isn’t very specific to DnD, so shouldn’t be posted here.
Now if you were asking about toxic masculinity experienced at the DnD table, then it would be more appropriate.
A small, sillier one is two of my players constantly feel the need to one-up each other when it comes to height or muscles in-game. We started a new campaign and one person mentioned their character was 6ft. One of these two goes “well my character is 6’4”” and then the other (not the first) goes “well my character is 7ft”.
Like guys do we really need to do this, in DnD?