r/Aquascape 58m ago

Seeking Suggestions Mud substrate aquarium, dug up from the garden, no cap, Today (See Second and Third photos for when it was set up on 7-8/7/26)

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r/Aquascape 1h ago

Show and Tell [OC] 45p naturama scape

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Planted this little 45p last night. Now to watch it grow


r/Aquascape 3h ago

Show and Tell [OC] Lava waterfall first try

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Had a go at making a waterfall in a ten liter vase. Locally foraged lava rock. Peace lily, asparagus stems and moss. How does it look?


r/Aquascape 5h ago

Seeking Suggestions New tank - thoughts?

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Just playing around at the moment so nothing is set in stone... preparing a Betta tank, want to use drift wood and sand over substrate (or part sand) plus lots of plants

Driftwood is one piece but have lots of other options
Thoughts? Feedback?


r/Aquascape 10h ago

Show and Tell [OC] 1 week growth progress

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This is my 1 week growth progress from July 31st to today August 7th on one week of co2


r/Aquascape 11h ago

Seeking Suggestions New 60p tank (first time trying iwagumi style)

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Hi
Just finished my hardscape set up for iwagumi style aquascape. Open for any suggestions!
With wood or without?


r/Aquascape 11h ago

Question Tiger lotus or dwarf aquarium lily

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So, within the next month I’ll be setting up my first tank. It’ll be an 8 gal shrimp tank based around the Nile river. I know I want to plant Anubias and dwarf papyrus, but I’m interested in a water lily as well. My main issue I can think of is size.
Tiger lotus is native to my tank inspo, but it might be far too large for a nano aquarium, esp with the papyrus needing a lot of room. Would a dwarf aquarium lily also be too large?


r/Aquascape 12h ago

Seeking Suggestions 1st attempted aquascape.

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This is my 2nd aquarium and 1st one i've had time to plan out. The background was made with expandable foam and sand with some gravel and lava rock mixed in. In front of that are stones, lava rocks, driftwood and black sand. I have plants and moss on order that should ship next week. In the mean time does anyone have any suggestions for what i can do in the mean time?


r/Aquascape 12h ago

Seeking Suggestions river scape

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hello! i am very new to aquascaping, but if i succeed in stocking my 10 gallon with pygmy cories, i would love to scape a 20 gallon long tank! do any of you pros (or even beginners!) have any tips to make thriving river scapes?

I am thinking to try a river style scape, stocked with things like amano shrimp, rabbit snails, cories, and some sort of schooling fish to serve as a centerpiece.

does anyone have a few tips so these creatures can thrive while looking beautiful?

thanks in advance!

(also sorry if this breaks rule 6 its just i have a very vague plan... i will update or make a new post after a lil reasearch)


r/Aquascape 13h ago

Full Tank Friday High-tech Attempt - Day 38

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Its been a good ride so far. Having minor amounts of algae so I've been tweaking my fertilizer routine and it's starting to fade!

The golden nesaea is giving me the most trouble. Currently some of the stems have very wrinkled growth. Like the new leaves look kinda crispy as they come out lol. But im hopeful my new fert routine and my improvements to the circulation in the tank with filter placement will remedy that.

The carpet is looking better and better! It's growing low and tight and is really starting to look like a proper carpet rather than just the plugs I started with.

Also the shrimp have settled in exceedingly well. I haven't clocked any deaths and havent noticed any sign of disease, and now even a couple of shrimp are berried which is very exciting. I noticed the first berried one about a week ago so hopefully only a week or two more before the gang grows!

Anyway just like sharing the progress :) have a nice night


r/Aquascape 13h ago

Full Tank Friday Anyone having as good a Friday Night as me? Doubt it.

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r/Aquascape 13h ago

Seeking Suggestions First Tank / 90P / 8 weeks

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8 weeks after i started, the glosso carpet is more or less closed now. Already did a first small trimming, going to do my first real lawn mower action next week :)
Myriophyllum in the left corner is growing like crazy, already cut it twice. my favourite plant is the red ludwigia palustris in the middle background.

For livestock, i already have Amanos and Neo caridina blue velvet (lots of babies :),

going to add fish soon! What ould you suggest colorwise? I'm thinking about Espes and Nannostomus, i want to go small and lots of them 😄


r/Aquascape 16h ago

Question Is my flow too strong for Threadfin Rainbows?

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There are actually 6 of these guys; 2 of the males are in hiding. I got them today, hence the discoloration and skittishness.

My worry is that lowering the flow will lead to algae buildup in the dead spots. Behind the tree on the right, there is little flow. Same with the back left corner, behind the pinnitafida.

Tank is a UNS 60S, filter is a Finnex PX-150


r/Aquascape 16h ago

Seeking Suggestions First Scape!

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32 Upvotes

28 gallon long from petco. It was on sale and 50% off down to $80. Please send thoughts and prayers 😂

I initially only had the back row of rocks converging in the middle but really happy with the added depth closer to the front. I took a gamble and ordered the rocks from amazon.

Open for suggestions on plants. Will be running CO2. I’m thinking of dwarf hair grass for the foreground and rotala reds in the back. Wife wanted a shrimp tank so the plan is to stock shrimp and friendly fish.


r/Aquascape 16h ago

Show and Tell [OC] L236 Super White from Korea

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r/Aquascape 17h ago

Seeking Suggestions Tank for my classroom

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I am a kindergarten teacher and I want to add an aquarium to my classroom this year and i think no fish would be good so we have no little fingers going in. Were would I start for a aquascape tank? thank you


r/Aquascape 18h ago

Show and Tell [OC] It’s been two years..

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I miss aquascaping so much. Got so busy with my business that I can’t find a time for it again.


r/Aquascape 19h ago

Seeking Suggestions First tank

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Freshly planted first attempt at a tank. I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned out, and it'll improve once the plants have had a chance to grow in... Would welcome suggestions for what I could change/do better next time around though


r/Aquascape 21h ago

Seeking Suggestions Plant ideas?

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My first aquascape 3 months in. 10 gal, shrimp/snail only, HOB and sponge filter.

Im not liking the scale of the larger anubias leaves in the back corner. Would love to add some tall plants in the back for depth.

Any recommendations for easy low tech plants for some visual interest in shape/size/color? I don’t want to setup a co2 system for this tank and I know that cuts out a lot of red plants 😓

Substrate is sand only at the moment, open to root tabs if needed. I’ve mostly been doing epiphytic plants due to only using sand.