10 Gallon Tank Update

[Guppylover]

Yay!
Well today when I went to my friends house I helped him set up his new tank! After his father drove us to the lfs, I was planning to get some more fish and plants for my 10 Gallon for ages so I took my chance today. I bought 2 Peppered Corydoras and 1 Green Cambomba. I did want to get another female guppy but they didn't have any real pretty ones in with any good colour, I gonna wait till they stock in some good ones.

Well my 2 Peppered corydoras are doing very well with my original on, funnily enough I can tell the difference between them all (mabye because they are all differnt in sizes ) Well my original corydoras is the darkest from them all and is the middle sized one! I had a larger and smaller corydoras now as well. It very cute the way they where playing around with each... the new fish had no stress at all!

I planted my Green Cambomba bahind my bog wood and I hope it will start groing big and bushy (last time I had this plant it died on me...). If anyone knows any hints on keeping this plant please tell!

Thanks for listening to my stuff

 

[sinistral]

Congrats on your new fish and plant

What's the wattage of the bulb in your tank canopy? Cabomba needs a lot of light to do well; typically you need to have about 3-4 watts of light per gallon or higher. It will also benefit from the addition of CO2 and a good substrate, like fluorite or laterite.

 

[Guppylover]

...oh
No wonder it died on me. The thing is... I don't really have a proper aquarium light on my 10 Gallon ) . All I've got is a small lamp that sits on top of my glass cover. My parents say that getting a light is too expensive and I already have one for my 20gal and 35gal, but the good new is that my dad is looking for a light now. He says if it isen't too expensive he will buy it for me...if.
What should I do with the plant now?
I have fine gravel in that tank so I guess you could call that good substrate, all my other plants are thriving so that's another good thing.