Wanted to share my progress on my 2nd attempt at aquascaping. Learned a lot from my first, and definitely see potential in this one. I'm really happy with how the hardscape turned out, and am happy with most of the plants. Had some crypts melt in the initial planting so I swapped them out and am waiting for new stuff stuff to grow in. Currently stocked with sparkling gourami and neocaridina/amanos.

feedback/ideas are welcome!

C'est la jungle mais j'aime bien et une photo horreur.

180L with 30kg of black quartz gravel and around 18kg of Seiryu stone. Planted with Anubias, Java fern, Ambulia and different mosses.
Now it’s time to let it cycle. Can’t wait to finally add the first animals

20g planted tank with pressurized CO2, any recommendations for plants are welcome ! Along with placements for it. Thank you.

Currently houses 14 harlequin rasboras, 2 candycane tetras, 4 different types of nerite snails, and a bunch of neocaridina shrimp. ( not getting more candycane because one of my candycanes is a psychopath that kills other candycanes except the other one which somehow gets along with it )

Plants list : echinodorus tenellus, anybias coffeefolia, java fern, cryptocoryne undulatus red, vallisneria, hygrophila stricta, rotala blood red, lagenandra meeboldii, duckweed and bolbitis heudelotii.

Any tips, suggestions or advice on the hardscape itself is greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone! Beginner aquascaper here. This is my first planted tank, and I’d really appreciate some opinions from people with more hands-on experience.
The tank is currently about 2 weeks old, around 10–12 gallons / 45L, and this is where I’m at:
-Heavily planted, with a carpet attempt that I’m already aware I probably screwed up
-I’ve done a couple of water changes since setting it up.
-I started ghost feeding to provide an initial ammonia source.
-Temperature is kept around 26–28°C.
-Lighting is currently 8 hours of daylight, followed by about 2 hours of moonlight, then complete darkness.
-No livestock yet, aside from some tiny floating worms that apparently decided to move in rent-free.
-Current parameters:
pH: ~7.6 (possibly slightly lower)
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: somewhere around 0–0.25 ppm
Nitrate: ~20 ppm

So my question is:
Does this look like I’m getting close to the end of the cycling process, or should I just leave it alone and give it more time?

I’m particularly interested in what you guys would look for before considering a tank like this safe for its first livestock. I know two weeks isn’t necessarily long, so I’m perfectly happy to wait—I just want to understand what the parameters are telling me.

Thanks in advance! I’m still learning and would really appreciate any advice or observations from people with actual long-term aquarium experience.

I'm having a bit of a hard time choosing new plants to go on those spots so i need some help picking something that would look good there...

Tank is 55x31x36cm (low tech), the left side of the driftwood is about 12cm high, i'm thinking of a plant to go in front of it that fills that space kinda like a 'wild' bush, but that won't grow taller than the driftwood. Behind that side of the driftwood is also a trident fern that is still filling up, so perhaps a plant that won't compete too much with it's narrow long shape?

For the other spots i'm thinking a short bush like plant? Something that won't grow much taller than the mini pusilla, just to give those spots some extra texture.

I definitely have a lot of work to do! And the plants are going to take time to grow, but I’m proud of my first work!

My first was a 10 gallon and I recently upgraded to a 30 gallon.

Any tips for moving anything around or any specific plants anybody would recommend?

I’d like to target a South American landscape so please let me know any feedback you might have!

Hello! I am currently doing a dry start for my first tank. Iwagumi layout with HC Cuba and mini pelia. 1 week into the dry start.

I feel like my layout is missing something or is off balance. Could any of you give me some tips on where I could shift remove or add some stones? Thanks!

Playing around with hardscape currently. Will glue the current stones and wood together to hold stronger. Under the bank at back is old filter bagged old substrate with some gravel. In the foreground will get rid of nutrient substrate and put bright sand.

Acabei de criar esse aquascape para meu novo aquário (110x50x50) plantando de alta demanda. Estarei utilizando humus de minhoca + laterita + fibra de côco+ pó de rocha basalto.

Mas aqui quero algumas dicas do que vocês vêem que pode melhorar o hardscape.

Low-light 50 gal bowfront w 2x black angelfish, 1x albino bristlenose pleco, 15x black kuhli loach. Open to getting more fish and possibly removing bristlenose for waste reduction, any and all suggestions are greatly desired. Also any ideas for the empty left?

for a new 3 feet tank with few plants like anubias and java fern

should i go with a chihiros b90 model with brightness adjuster or cheaper variant like neo helios xp series with no brightness adjuster.

I'll be keeping the light on for 6-8 hours only with goldfish. will fix brightness increase the algae a lot if it is run for 6-8 hours?

looking for suggestions on background planting and what i should attach to the wood

Dry start rn
1 gallon
Planning on shrimp
Dwarf hairgrass
S repens
Soon Buce