My tank got a bad haircut.

squall_japan

squall_japan

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Oct 24, 2005
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My tank got a bad haircut but now battling BBA.

After 9 weeks my tank became so crowded there are no rooms for my fish to swim. I found my Gourammi stuck in my hagen ladder. He/She made it out safe without help. She managed to get in so i assumed he/she can creep out.
The floor is not getting enough light causing my glosso to crawl vertically.

Before
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After
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Any advice on how i should it trim it next time? Should i trim it so i have triangles on both sides? Sorry i don't have any creative bone in my body.
 
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I'm by far no expert, but here are my thoughts on your 'scape.

You'll have a hard time keeping the glosso and the tenellus (or is that dwarf Sag?) together because the tenellus will be forever crowding over and shading out the glosso. With some dedication you could probably get the tenellus to stay to one side, but I think that the tank would look much better with only one of the two. Given the look of the rest of the tank, I'd say that the tenellus is a better fit.

Move the lotus to the back. In the front, it makes the tank look crowded.

Finally, keep your water level at or above the black trim, waterlines take away from the scene.
 
alternatively you could cut all the but one of leaves off of the lotus and the leaves that grow in will be much smaller. ive done that repeatedly w/ my waterlily and now have tons of leaves no bigger than the Dia. of a Silverdollar.

you could effectively do this to all your plants to make much more dense plants therefore giving you more open space for you fish, but just as much if not more foliage.

on stem plants w/ a meristem you can try cutting %70 of the meristem off leaving just a small amount. instead of growing just 2 shoots from the lower node, you will get 4 shoots, 2 from the meristem and 2 from the lower node.
 
Thanks for both your advice. I just decided on trimming the red tiger lotus and continue to do so until it doesnt shoot out big leaves. I removed my glosso too to make more space for my tenellus. I filled it with water to the brim(almost). It now look not so crowded(i think), thanks again. If there's anything else i can do to improve don't hesitate to tell me.

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i honestly think the tank is going to look beautiful no matter how you prune your plants :p:
 
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