Thank you for looking at them, I wish they were nicer, but, they are nicer than tanks I set up before, so at least it’s progress.
The pots were originally buried in such a way so that the bottom of the pot was angled up, BUT, I have not mastered slow enough water changes and displace a lot when I change water.
I’ve had aquariums now for 15 years or so, but, embarrassingly enough have only had planted aquariums for a few months now. You’ll note a couple displaced Java Fern as well. How do those of you with planted aquariums add water back into the tank without disrupting everything? Isn’t it funny, there are plenty of guides for how much light and what kind of substrate but nothing on how to do a water change without turning your tank into a bowl of ‘plant and substrate’ stew. Even pouring water very slowly it all gets stirred up. There’s probably something obvious I’m missing.