Thanks adam. Yes, that palm is rooted under water. I have soil under my gravel substrate to help the root feeders that are submerged. Most of the plants i chose to plant in the aquatic section will emerge from the water. It will block the view some, but i wanted the tank to look like you were in a boat, looking at the shoreline. And since plants would block your view in the wild, i'm planning on the same effect to occur. I also added some fish after i took the pics. There was already a bristlenose pleco in there, but i added a couple zebra danios, a black neon tetra and a pair of harlequin rasboras. They came from one of my son's planted tanks. They needed a new home because we are swapping tanks. He gets my 20L paludarium with my rubber banded frog and i get his 30L tank which is going to be a planted shrimp tank. They are not permanent residents in the 125, endler's live bearers will be, when i can get them.