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i was just wondering if anyone could tell me what kind of things would make my tank .look heaps better, but saying that, anything on a small budget is awesome!! so plz could ppl just check it out and give me some feedback

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any comments are welcome.!

KRIS

Hi, the tank looks good.

want some suggestion?

This is what I would do. The tanks definitely looks better with some rock in it. I would however add some more just to one side. Not too much, but just enough to build a small network of caves and passages(my african cichlid side of me talking). And make the other side the planted side. Kinda of just blend it in. Maybe a small piece of driftwood. A really thin piece with a fork design in it that sticks up. I would add one or two center piece fish. May be someone else would suggest one, a gourami(don't know though). Maybe some of those tetras schools could be filled to at least six though.
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I think you should add a good-sized rock on the left side of the tank. That would take up a lot of the empty space over there, as well as give your fish more places to hide. I'd place the rock a little forward of the back glass, and put a tall plant behind it to frame it. I think that would look really nice.

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I say move the java fern (I think-the pics are a bit grainy) to the rightmost side of the tank, and bunch the foreground plants up together. I'd also place all the flat river stones you currently have along the base of the fern. Finally, I'd add a large piece of driftwood/stone structure in the middle of the tank, and add some more background plants.

which plant do you think is jave fern??? because i only have three types of plants in there, and im ashamed to say it but the only one that i know the name of is the amazon sword (the massive one on the right) im working on getting a peice of driftwood, but lets just say maccas isnt the greatest place to work if you need money. i was thinking that i need to get a background for the tank, and i thought i could attach some moss and a plant or two to a peice of driftwood. but yeah i think i need some more plants atleast. Openwater, when you say about building the cave system would that require gluing some rocks together? because getting the rocks is easy, i live near a beach that has a massive cliff face (crack neck if any one lives round me in aus) and the beach and rock area is filled with smooth pebbley rocks such as the ones in the tank. there are also some nice textured sandstone and other type of rocks that are grooved by weather and stuff. can you drill out cave in larger rocks??

hi

I second the background idea, I personnally don't like not having a background(wait was that a double negative?, oh well).

Second no you don't have to glue rock togethers. I personally like the rougher edge rock with tiny holes and not symectrical shapes. In all my tanks I just pile the rock on top of each other. Carefully and make sure you don't have a rock slide. I have twenty or so mexican bowl rock piled up into three different cave network piles. I like not glue the rock together. 1) easier to remove 2) and you can rearranges as you like.

You can drill some rocks out without to much effort, such as tuffa, lava rock, etc. . Some harder rocks would spealized bits(usually not cheap and definitely some time and effort. Pieces like slate and some smaller rock can be easly broken with a good hammer.

Last edited by openwater at 09-Nov-2004 20:43

Hi,

I think some of the really cool backgrounds that are around now would really give some dimension to the tank.

My LFS has backgrounds you insert into the tank that look like rock walls (like the artficial pond poly resin things) and also this black polystyrene that you insert that looks like black lava rock as a backdrop.

Fan fan

Is the same tank as you posteed this previous question?
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Looking at the photo it mainly Neons am I correct.

You also want to keep the cost down is tht corect.

You could paint the back with a flat black water based paint.

This can be purchased as a sample pot by some pain suppliers.


If you have the clowns they will require places to call their own caves etc.

A good sized piece of drift wood and a cave built up with rocks could help, if placed on the LH side of the tank.

You could soften the efects of the drift wood and the cave with a few tall plants behind and a few smaller ones in front.

Just a few ideas

Keith

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Sorry fan, I mitook the sword for the java fern.

purchased two peices of driftwood today. they are currently soaking in boiling water, to get rid of the tannins and stuff. when they are ready and in the tank, ill post some new pictures on the site, but does anyone knnow what kind of plants atach well to driftwood? im swinging toware anubais nana, i think and im looking to put something smaller and grassy like on the wood, would java moss do? i heard you can just tie stuff on with black thread (cotton of course) and it rots away as the roots attach to the log. is that right?? thx in advance
Kris

Java moss and java fern will both attach themselves to the wood. Not sure I'd really consider moss as "rooting" itself, but it will attach ... it's not really very grasslike though IMO.

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what else would do as a grassy like thing?? i wasnt suggesting the javamoss as a grassy like thing though, i thought it would look good though. thx