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I'll try that out when I'm home. I'm planning on redoing the substrate too, since something about it doesn't look right. I'll do a layer of flourite red capped with black sand.

Added the wood and some gravel on top of the sand. Thoughts?

Thanks!

After the passing of my previous betta and at least a year of planning, I've finally started on my Thai betta biotope. Wood is soaking separately to waterlog. All I need now is water conditioner and some floaters to get things actually going. FYI for those who care: the sand substrate is a...

Im pretty sure most plants will grow from a pot. Vallisneria could work. Have you considered floaters?

3 cories I think. I don't need anymore snails in there since there's plenty of pest snails.

The gourami in my 20 gallon tall just passed and since that frees up space in the tank I was thinking of getting different replacement fish (mostly because I'm tired of dwarf gourami dying on me after not even a full year). It already has some albino cories and amano shrimp. The bottom of the...

The substrate is actually going to be around 3" deep, so it should be almost perfect.

Good to know. Back to the pots, are there any specific short and wide ones you could recommend? I've done some searching and the shortest ones I could find were about 5 inches, but I aim for it to be nearly or completely hidden by substrate. If not I'll try hitting up my local stores to see what...

For the aquarium lily, is it possible that a late introduction could work? As in, once other plants have gotten a stronghold and grown well, creating more competition and helping lessen it some? Or does it simply not matter in the end?

My goal is really just to have a few lily pads growing emersed for the betta. None of the other plants would be rooted besides the rotala and technically java fern, everything else is floating. The pot sounds like a good idea, but I want it to be hidden under substrate. I have considered the...

Thinking of getting a dwarf aquarium lily for my 20 gal but I've heard mixed things, especially nutrient hogging that hurts other plants in the tank. Should I get it?

Not sure of your stance on floating plants, but I love duckweed. It gets everywhere but it's a great low-maintenancr water cleaner that is especially good with bubble nesters. Just don't put it in a high-flow aquarium. Amazon swords and dwarf rotala are also pretty great plants. I've had good...

Finally getting the start on my tank renovation towards a betta biotope. Finally got the light ordered.

Nice. Do you figure the extra space I plan on having in the tank itself could make up for my houses likely lower humidity than yours? And is it still possible to grow the hairgrass with open roots like I would the helferi?

Well, emersed is my plan so that's checked. I'm getting a hygger day/night cycle light which I don't know how strong it is but it should be sufficient. Plus, the 24 hour cycle probably makes it grow better. Could I go open top with it or would it need the extra humidity?

I also just found some giant hairgrass at my LFS. Planning on using it as a substitute possibly.

I'll try doing something similar, just with putting it on the high point of some submerged wood instead.

Also,do you have any advice on getting C. Helferi to go from aquatic to emersed growth?

Just a betta, trumpet snails, and amano shrimp, maybe some lambchop rasboras if it's possible. The 5 inches of space is for giving the emergents enough space to grow out, one of which will be java fern which needs humid air and therefore a lid which limits space. Even if it wasn't lidded, the...