Laura wrote:

I'll go with the eclipse and the low light plants for now and see where
that takes me. There's room for another tank if I really get into it
grin. I think I see an empty space in the living room...

That's the attitude - No tank is ever wasted! In fact, I find myself
wishing I had a spare five or ten gallon right now, for my apple
snails. My wife caught me plotting, and so I was forced to put them
into a one gallon container. For the time being. I'll have to work on
persuading her some more.

Thank you Leigh for the extra tips on the plants! There is still much to
learn. I will definitely check out the wendtii.

Leigh is an expert with plants. Read all of Leighs posts, and you'll
learn loads of good stuff.

And thank you Eric for clearing up my concerns on the betta community,

My pleasure. Just went through it all myself, so I understand your
concerns.

The Eco Complete sounds intriguing, but I think I'll be boring and stay
with the flourite. Black would be kinda neat tho.

The only problem I saw with the Eco Complete, or whatever it's
actually called, is the price. I found it in a LFS for $35 a bag.
Youch. Nice looking, though.

You won't be disappointed with the Flourite, I think. It's a nice
looking gravel too.

I figured I'd take some of the water, or the bit of gravel and the
plastic plant out of the betta bowl and throw it in the eclipse to
see if that would help any.

It will help. Especially if you transplant a lot of gravel from the
established tank.

I can't wait to get started! (The tank has been sitting in the
box for about a week!)

Welcome aboard!

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