u/Bucephala-albeola

I am not sure if I should add more fish or snails, or if I should leave it as-is.

I've had this 20 gallon long tank going since April. Substrate is EB Stone organic indoor potting soil capped with pool filter sand. I have a 8" sponge filter in the left back corner with a weak air pump (piezoelectric).

Stem plants are mostly Limnophila sessiflora, Pogostemon stellatus 'Octopus', and Rotala sp. Floating plants are 2 kinds of duckweed, Salvinia minima, and Pistia stratiotes.

All I have in there for livestock is my betta who seems super happy, one big ramshorn snail, a bunch of bladder snails, and about 12 neocaridina shrimps.

And also I know I don't have a lid, so I keep the water about 3 inches down from the top and have a pretty solid cover of floaters to prevent jump accidents (the 3rd photo is right after thinning out the duckweed).

I have a few seedlings for sale, I need to make some room for other plants.

Album here with pricing.

Edited to add: I will update the album to reflect what has been purchased.

Shipping priority flat rate for $20 as long as they all fit in one medium size box. Paypal goods/services or venmo is fine. DM me if you are interested in purchasing one. If you are located in the Bay Area I may be able meet you somewhere to save on shipping.

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For scale, the green pots are 3.25" square. All plants are grown from seed by me, they are 2-5 years old. No signs of aloe mites ever, they are kept outside and there are springtails in the substrate.

Here is my honest sales pitch:

The first 2 sets are from seeds I purchased from u/haworthiahouse a few years back.

• Green flame x pygmaea var. argento maculosa: these ones get nicer every time I look at them, and the leaf markings continue to get more complex. They all have white margins around the green window markings. I would keep them if I didn't have a million other plants.
• Obtusa 'icy tree' x picta 'okubo': these are not my favorites. They are small, grow slowly (for me at least), and tend to stack leaves. The largest one I have is starting to show speckling like a picta but I think they need to grow out a few more years before becoming truly interesting. They are cute though. If someone wants to buy all 17 I will cut them a deal.

Next I have some from seeds from Shane Wood, these are Bayeri x Comptoniana, with the Bayeri as the seed parent. Very nice plants, I just have too many. These turned out very Bayeri in appearance.

And then some Jim Smith hybrid x (Emelyae major x Chocolate), seeds from Sandy Nicholls. Lovely color, they turn a deep bronze with sun. Interesting texture too. These take after the Emelyae major x Chocolate parent. Another case where I have too many.

And then some La Mosa hybrids, seeds from Renny Wong. Really nice pale green color that turns tan/brown in the sun, with clear windows that don't seem prone to developing those white lump things inside.

Lastly there are some mystery hybrids from Renny Wong's seeds. I suspect that "T" and "U" have "mirror ball" parentage. Pretty healthy/robust little dudes.

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When I get the time I will post a bunch of nice picta seedlings for sale next.