I figure I'll post a journal here so I can keep everything together and hopefully get some insight to what I need to do better.
I acquired this tank from a friend and it came with everything so the decorations are mostly what I was given. I hate it and think it looks tacky so I want to go with something that has a bit more natural feel. So here we go.
This is pretty much how it came to me, I added the tree on the left to get rid of some crazy castle thing that was in it. Don't judge the dirty tanks these were mostly taken after cleanup and WC's!
A night shot - At this time I took out the fake plant in the front and got this from PetCo. Yea this was an impulse buy before I started researching so I honestly don't know kind of plant it is but I do know that somehow it's still alive.
And then we come to today - I'm starting in on getting this planted with a light upgrade. These are the simple GE daylight 10w 6500k lights from walmart
I can't believe the difference a simple light can make!
A couple better pics of the plant that's currently in there and some of my inhabitants!
If anyone knows what the plant is please let me know.
I'm starting this project off with a new filter and lights. I should be getting the filter in a couple days. After I get the filter up to par I'm going to start with the planting. As far as plant selection I think I'm going to go with, Anacharis for a good background plant, Java moss for a bit of a carpet, and Dwarf Sagittaria to scatter through out the decorations to give a little bit of variance.
I'll keep this for reference too, this was my original inspiration for the look. I want to keep one side of this a bit more open for my Corys to have some sand to dig into and play and the other side more planted for the Gold barbs to run around and hide in.
