Betta Fish: 10g betta tank. Too planted or just messy? 😅

Hey everyone,

Looking for some honest feedback on my tank.

First off.. yeah, I did a fish-in cycle 😅 It’s been running for almost a month now. I’ve been doing regular water changes and monitoring things closely. Current stock is just a betta and a nerite snail.

This is my 9 gallon planted tank. I added plants gradually as they arrived so I didn’t really plan the layout from the start and now I’m not sure if it looks good or just messy.

Plants in here:

• Jungle val
• Ambulia
• Pearlweed
• Dwarf sag
• 2x Anubias nana petite
• 1x Anubias nana golden
• Amazon sword
• Pennywort
• Floaters: red root floaters, Amazon frogbit, and guppy grass (just floating for now since it came in rough shape)

Also yeah… I realize I might have overdone equipment 😅

• 2 sponge filters (only one running)
• Digital thermometer + glass thermometer

My wife says it looks ugly already because there’s too much going on 😂

Personally I feel like it’s not the number of plants but the layout just looks meh.

Questions:

• Does it actually look overcrowded or just unorganized?
• Should I remove some plants or just let everything grow in first?
• Any suggestions on improving the layout (without tearing everything down)?

Appreciate any feedback, still learning 🙏