I was using cat litter topped with sand, and jobe's sticks interspersed throughout. Apparently I used too many sticks for the plant load, causing an unkillable greenwater bloom. I broke it down and swapped substrate, and decided it was time to go with some sort of aquascaping theme. I present, the Red Rock Garden:
My Java Moss "river" bordering between the garden and the forest to the right.
And a closeup of my nymphaea stellata that I just picked up.
I went back to strictly inert gravel as substrate (with a smidge of my leftover cat litter, barely 1/8" that I couldn't scoop out). I have some dwarf haigrass that hopefully will fill in as a lawn. The rotala rotundifolia is going to eventually be coming out in favor of some red ludwigia perhaps in one of the spots, and some sunset hygro in another.
My Java Moss "river" bordering between the garden and the forest to the right.
And a closeup of my nymphaea stellata that I just picked up.
I went back to strictly inert gravel as substrate (with a smidge of my leftover cat litter, barely 1/8" that I couldn't scoop out). I have some dwarf haigrass that hopefully will fill in as a lawn. The rotala rotundifolia is going to eventually be coming out in favor of some red ludwigia perhaps in one of the spots, and some sunset hygro in another.
