2 months of growth on my planted aquarium

[rayoddballfish]

Hey guys!
Hope everyone is staying safe and enjoying this hobby. A few months back I posted a pic of the beginning of my planted aquarium journey and here are some updates to show the growth of plants! Inside this tank I have a polypterus lapradei and 10 angelfish. I know the stocking is def too much, but I plan on rehoming a few of the angels and upgrading to a larger setup. All the fish are happy as I have 2 angelfish pairs that have spawned for me plenty of times now (although the fry doesn’t make it alive since I don’t have a brine shrimp hatchery and don’t plan on getting one) and the polypterus is way more active and eating like a pig! lol

 

[kno4te]

Nice plants there. Dosing any fertz?

 

[rayoddballfish]

Nice plants there. Dosing any fertz?

Thanks! I dose flourish excel every other day and flourish comprehensive every 2 weeks.

 

[rayoddballfish]

Here are some photos from this morning (some of the pics I had were a few weeks back)

 

[rayoddballfish]

Here are some photos from this morning (some of the pics I had were a few weeks back)

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I’m really hoping the jungle Val will start to fill in the left side but I just have to be patient. The middle is a bit bare so I might get some driftwood. Any ideas are appreciated!

 

[rayoddballfish]

Update! Did a water change and changed the layout a bit! Also just ordered a datnoid so I think it’ll be a nice temporary addition before I need to upgrade and rehome some angels. If you see the diff between the new pic and the first pic of this thread, you can see how much the angelfish colored up and became reddish orange!

 

[rayoddballfish]

Here’s another update! Plants growing in pretty nice lol gotta find a way to dispose of some of them since they are over growing the tank. Also had to show off my new datnoid (datnoid forum saw it first ?)