Planted betta tank with riparian plants - Day 2

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5 gallons
10w, full spectrum light, 900lumen, 20 PAR
just finished setting up yesterday

Plants:

-Pothos x6
-Syngonium x1 smol
-Swiss Cheese plant x1
-Small monstera x1
-Fern x1 (attatched to a hollow driftwood, held by dead java moss I pulled from an old tub, and aquasoil at the bottom, has a drain but unfortunately it's facing at the front glass of the tank.)

-Corymbosa compact x2
-cryptocoryne wendtii green x5
-Hygrophila Polysperma x8 (waiting for it to breach the surface)
- hornwort x9
- Salvinia Minima x15
- Water Wisteria x3
- duckweed (I ain't counting all that)

I think my mistake here is that I added plants that will definitely grow massive, both underwater and in the above section. So I'll probably have to trim more if they ever get too big. Not sure if that will turn into a big problem in the long run though, or it might just be more maintenance I guess? I won't really mind that.
 
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That's a great looking tank. All those fast growing plants competing for nutrients could be an issue.
 
That's a great looking tank. All those fast growing plants competing for nutrients could be an issue.
That's also one of the problems I probably caused on purpose 😅, other than adding too many plants that grow huge. I'm keeping an eye on them currently, got macro, micro, and other fertz just incase deficiencies start showing up. I've already dosed a small bit just to give them a helping hand. Also dropped a few fish pellets for ammonia, and kick-starting the cycle,
 

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