#cryptocoryne

[water-based]

Thinking about her....

[fire-bug1]

An attempt at aquascaping.

My fish are much happier with the setup, it has much more room and hiding spaces. I’m wanting to add more plants but I don’t know which. Any suggestions?

Plant species under cut

Left- anubias Nana pt.

Middle- najas guadalupensis (guppy grass)

Right- lutea (cryptocoryne)

[aquariumfacile]

Cryptocoryne parva, plante d'aquarium à posséder dès maintenant

Imaginez un tapis verdoyant, dense et luxuriant, sur le devant de votre aquarium. Ce dernier transforme votre espace aquatique en un paysage sous-marin séduisant. La Cryptocoryne parva en aquarium est un choix de prédilection pour les aquariophiles d’eau douce. Originaire du Sri Lanka, cette plante est robuste et esthétique. Elle est idéale pour les débutants qui souhaitent se lancer un petit…

[sibellaa]

Absolutely adore Cryptocorynes and their dramatically large root systems

[waterskies]

Little update on Mikhail's tank~

The dwarf sagittaria that was pretty much brown shoots had bounced back after root tabs were placed under them. Hopefully, there will be a carpet again soon! The cryptocoryne wendtii went through a bit of a melt and lost the majority of its old leaves, but new ones are growing, so that's good!

The vallisneria asiatica is doing fine. It's sending out new leaves that are spreading across the surface, and we have one new runner~

The anubias has a new leaf, but without snails in the tank, they're suffering from detritus and algae. I rub them off periodically, but it just comes back.

The Java fern just up and melted right back, which is a shame because it was bright and healthy when I put it in here, and it takes so long for them to get to that size. At least for me. So I think I'm going to put it back in the tank I got it from and put something else there. I'm not really sure what though tbh.

Anyways I thought I would also show Mikhail's reaction to me taking photos of the tank. I bet some of you can already guess what he thought lol

Once he got over trying to fight the camera, I did get this nice one of him.

Pretty boy~

I wanted to get a shot of the floating plants in here, so I opened the food hatch and instead was met with this.

"Feed me, mom."

[gasterofficial]

apparently when i get high i order aquarium plants and stare longingly at plecos i cant afford for several hours

[bucket-of-soda]

We have spent a lot of time training at the river!

Thalassia is a good counter to the Leader's pokémon creatures, but last time it struggled to keep balance on the floats. We have been busy fixing that!

Cryptocoryne is much better at water skirmishes, but will have to make do with melee attacks to deal more damage.

I believe our new strategy can work for a rematch tomorrow!

[savageboar]

actually why buy a new hide when i can just rearrange my oyster shells to make one

[semprvivum]

update!

setting up a new tank!

[coochiekrab]

can we get a aquarium tour?? :3<

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My 10 gallon in my bedroom

-9 ember tetras

-2 amanos

-a Lot of pink and blue ramshorn snails

-many handfuls of sunkist neocaridina

-3 anubias (idk the variety)

-amazon swords

-a red plant that’s either limnophila or rotala idk

-what i thought was Christmas moss but is looking more like java moss

-Chinese water moss + duckweed

-dwarf hairgrass

-one crypt idk

-some pothos on top

-seiryu stone

My 20 long in my living room, Gently Tannined

-7 neon tetras

-many handfuls of cherry shrimp

-many handfuls of pink and blue ramshorns

-2 amanos

-1 one nerite (her name is Squishy)

-Amazon swords

-2 varieties of cryptocoryne (idk)

-java moss probably

-dwarf hairgrass

-limophila or rotala or even both??

-a very sad lily bulb :(

-anacharis

-java fern windolev

-duckweed mostly

-moneywort i think?

[painted-bees]

preliminary aquarium plant haul..! Trying to get all-red/orange/yellow foliage for my green alien betta + kubotai rasbora tank! Might pick up more on round two, depending on how things look. I have my eyeballs peeled for some red cryptocoryne albida...at worst, I can order that locally online. It's a native plant to these areas, so it's not super difficult to obtain. [I am also dying for some red tiger lotus and red root floaters, but I have literally never seen them here...so I don't know if they exist in the local hobby at all]. I have to wait for the tank stand to arrive in a day or two before I can do anything with the 20g anyway.

[The green ferns and anubias plants are for the other tank, which will primarily host corydoras, khuli loaches, and (hopefully) threadfin rainbows]

oouhhh it's nice to feel so excited about this hobby again!!

[wetmek]

Happy New Year! I'm so happy with how my nature aquarium is coming along. The Cryptocoryne retrospiralis and Eleocharis vivipara are providing a grassy backdrop which is punctuated by the Myriophyllum tuberculatum and other stems plants that are growing intermixed. The Bucephalandras have been flowering non-stop since they were added. The white cloud minnows are also doing great, they are very active and colorful, and they have been spawning regularly. I love watching them swim around the tank and explore the different areas. They are such peaceful and hardy fish, perfect for an unheated setup.

[databent]

moved fishietank ^_^👍

to Go To Sleepies ... or to Play Videos Game ..... or to Move Fishtank. that's is the questions

[iraprince]

speaking of fishtanks actually. if u have ever found yourself interested in keeping aquatic pets, but have held back bc ur unsure about a pet that u can't touch/interact with -- basically, about having a pet that will not be able to feel or express affection for you -- i really recommend u return to ur research and think about it just a little more.

it was a reservation i also had at first -- i'm used to mammals! things that snuggle with u and choose to spend time with u. but what i have discovered thru aquarium keeping is that there is a distinct but equally valuable feeling of love and peace and accomplishment from putting together a safe, beautiful environment for a group of creatures, for no reason other than to watch them enjoy it.

like, there are also aquatic pets that CAN and will socialize or behave in ways that can be understood as affectionate -- bettas will come to recognize you and usually greet their owners, a lot of more intelligent fish like cichlids etc have strong personalities, etc. you can find overlap between the experiences you'll have w aquatic + non-aquatic pets. but that's not rly what i'm talking abt in this case!

like, i have really really enjoyed having shrimp, who frankly do not give a shit about me at all. they don't know i exist (beyond, like, 'Sometimes There Is A Large Shape Out There.') they don't even come up to the front glass in anticipation of food the way fish do -- they really do not interact with me in any capacity ever, aside from curiously checking out my tools when i'm doing maintenance on the tank.

but they're happy and healthy. they enjoy the shade under leaves the big cryptocoryne i planted in the back corner. they spend all day plucking algae off the three glass walls that i purposefully leave unscraped to make sure they'll have enough. they go fucking apeshit when i grudgingly give them a little crumb of crappy pleco wafer, Junk Food Of The Sea. basically, they have a peaceful home that i made for them, and it seems like they like it quite a bit. it's really really nice to be the silent custodian of a little ecosystem like that.

[mudcrabmassacre]

A little progression as I planted! I don't have much to say here except how thrilling it was to put this together. Arguably this has been my BEST aquascape to date, and I surprised myself by how good it turned out for my third ever tank build.

The appearance of an old, root choked crumbling rock was what I was going for, like a tree stump or tropical mangrove that grew out of an old volcanic floe. The dramatic red of the spider roots really pops well against all the green I think.

Plants used under the cut:

-Cryptocoryne wenditii green

-Dwarf baby tears

-anubias Nana petit

-java fern phillipine mini

-java fern windelov

-bolbitis difformis

-bolbitis difformis mini

-bucephalandras sp. Godzilla, catherinae green, velvet 3-color, brownie phoenix

[waterskies]

Well, I rescaped the tank. I'm not sure if I like it or not. I wish I had more rocks to choose from or some better driftwood, but they're all being used in my other tanks lol

I put in 5 roots tabs under various dwarf sag and a couple more under the cryptocoryne wendtii I put in here. Decided to take out the limnophila sessiliflora and switch it with some vallisneria asiatica. Also, I grabbed some Java fern on wood that was in my 40long and put it in here, too. I hope the dwarf sag bounces back.

Thinking about christmas moss on the rock, not sure...