10g Planted Betta Tank(my first tank)

[CuriousFins]

Also, I haven't had the heart to kill any snails, so I've just been putting them in a little plastic container with some dwarf sag leaves that died and an extra water sprite plant. It's fun to watch them when they aren't in your tank.

 

[CuriousFins]

*hyperventilation*

 

[OliveFish05]

*hyperventilation*
View attachment 155277View attachment 155278
View attachment 155279

AHHHHHHHHHHH GORGEOUS

 

[CuriousFins]

AHHHHHHHHHHH GORGEOUS

IKR!!!!

And also

 

[OliveFish05]

A

IKR!!!!

And also
View attachment 155282

Awwwwwwwww lil shrimps! Your tank is so gorgeous, your betta is going to love it!

 

[CuriousFins]

I don't have any other experience to compare him to, but he seems very active to me. He's always moving around, and only stays still for a few seconds at a time. He has eaten one pellet, but so far his favorite food is the sinking algae wafer that I put in for the shrimp. What is it with animals never doing what you want them to?

 

[Tacocat]

I don't have any other experience to compare him to, but he seems very active to me. He's always moving around, and only stays still for a few seconds at a time. He has eaten one pellet, but so far his favorite food is the sinking algae wafer that I put in for the shrimp. What is it with animals never doing what you want them to?
View attachment 155333
View attachment 155334
View attachment 155335

You know, if you can find snail eggs, you can feed them to the betta. I used to do that with ramshorn eggs until the assassins I introduced ate them all.

 

[Rocky998]

Beautiful tank man!

 

[CuriousFins]

The betta is doing great. He now VERY eagerly awaits food. I am pretty sure he killed a few ghost shrimp, but I don't mind.

 

[CuriousFins]

So, I got a piece of mopani wood just because, and it grew this weird stuff. And I went on vacation for 10 days so the tank wasn't taken care of as carefully as I do. This is what it looks like now.

Definitely a work in progress, but most of the plants are thriving. Only the ambulia isn't. The snail invasion has also flared up. As soon as I have time I'll do a WC, and prune some of the water sprite to let more light in, and remove as many snails as I can.

 

[hansgruber7]

Beautiful tank and beautiful fish. It was a pleasure reading through your thread. I'm in Virginia too! I hope you can get it back to how it was. If the snail invasion continues to be a problem, an assassin snail will solve the problem for you.

 

[CuriousFins]

Picture from today:

Picture of the duckweed from March 31st:

 

[Tacocat]

Ahh, the duckweed. This is why I warn people