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Very beginner at this. 20gal. Please ignore rocks on top I thought I had waterlogged the driftwood but they still want to float.

I was going for a forest path vibes, which proven that paths are kinda hard to do. I have no clue how people do the tiny little paths. I do plan on adding more plants and eventually some monte carlo carpets and stealing some heteranthera zosterifolia cuttings from our main 75gal tank. Let me know what other plants you guys would suggest.

Current plants in the tank:
Anubias barteri - behind driftwood on the left
Anubias nana - in the front near driftwood
Anubias congensis - in between the rocks in front
Cardinalis (Alternanthera reineckii) - back corners, clumps of 3
Malaysian red plant - one near the back close to the sand
Lobelia cardinalis - foreground

I’m honestly not sure about the anubias on this build. Afraid they’re going to get too big and just overwhelm everything.

No fish yet but will add some corys, otos, and amanos and eventually a betta. I’m experimenting with Dr Tim’s fishless method for cycling. Substrate is Fluval Stratum and some bio sand. I did add a pump of ThriveS as I plan to add Amanos and will add some Fluval Excel for light CO2 supplement. Lighting is actually at 35-40%. Just turned it up for pics. Not sure if it’s worth it to do CO2 for 20 gal. Please advise.

We’re renting so we have to mow but if it was up to me, I want more clovers and wildflowers

My man just got new Danner boots. New one looks sexy.