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Slightly planted tank
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I have this idea of doing a tank that is so lightly planted that I only plant carpet plants, then an occasional anubias. Driftwood are used to scape the tank. Any comments? Vincent |
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Slightly planted tank
I have this idea of doing a tank that is so lightly planted that I
only plant carpet plants, then an occasional anubias. Driftwood are used to scape the tank. Any comments? Amano has done tanks like this. Inspired by the African Serengeti plains. They are stunning: just a huge field of Lilaeopsis, with a small arrangement of rocks or driftwood in the center. These tanks look amazing, but I have to say, the fish in them never look very happy. You need fairly bright light to maintain a lawn like that, and with bright light and no real cover, the fish always seem a bit nervous. In Amano's photos, the neon tetras and other fish are always huddled close to the lawn, leaving an awful lot of empty space in the tank, since both plants and fish are only at the bottom. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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Slightly planted tank
Hi,
Thanks. Yeah I understand the fishn will stay very clustered, but are there ant other fishes that will look good clustered, or are there any other fishes that will be good to fill in those empty spaces? Vincent "LeighMo" wrote in message ... I have this idea of doing a tank that is so lightly planted that I only plant carpet plants, then an occasional anubias. Driftwood are used to scape the tank. Any comments? Amano has done tanks like this. Inspired by the African Serengeti plains. They are stunning: just a huge field of Lilaeopsis, with a small arrangement of rocks or driftwood in the center. These tanks look amazing, but I have to say, the fish in them never look very happy. You need fairly bright light to maintain a lawn like that, and with bright light and no real cover, the fish always seem a bit nervous. In Amano's photos, the neon tetras and other fish are always huddled close to the lawn, leaving an awful lot of empty space in the tank, since both plants and fish are only at the bottom. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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Slightly planted tank
Yeah I understand the fishn will stay very clustered, but are there ant
other fishes that will look good clustered, or are there any other fishes that will be good to fill in those empty spaces? Neon tetras look good. They just look kind of nervous. :-) Here, I scanned in details from Amano's pics: http://members.aol.com/leighmo/scan2.jpg http://members.aol.com/leighmo/scan.jpg Very striking, but probably not ideal from the fishes' POV. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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Slightly planted tank
very pretty...but looks barren
nothing like only utilizing the bottom 20% of your tank.... "LeighMo" wrote in message ... Yeah I understand the fishn will stay very clustered, but are there ant other fishes that will look good clustered, or are there any other fishes that will be good to fill in those empty spaces? Neon tetras look good. They just look kind of nervous. :-) Here, I scanned in details from Amano's pics: http://members.aol.com/leighmo/scan2.jpg http://members.aol.com/leighmo/scan.jpg Very striking, but probably not ideal from the fishes' POV. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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Slightly planted tank
Hi,
Actually, the 4 feet tank is primarily used as a partition between the main living area and the rest area of the house. I thought of using creepers only tank is becuase of the see-through effect between the 2 areas. However, I don't want to have stressed fishes just because it look nice in the house. cheers Vincent "Christopher" wrote in message arthlink.net... very pretty...but looks barren nothing like only utilizing the bottom 20% of your tank.... "LeighMo" wrote in message ... Yeah I understand the fishn will stay very clustered, but are there ant other fishes that will look good clustered, or are there any other fishes that will be good to fill in those empty spaces? Neon tetras look good. They just look kind of nervous. :-) Here, I scanned in details from Amano's pics: http://members.aol.com/leighmo/scan2.jpg http://members.aol.com/leighmo/scan.jpg Very striking, but probably not ideal from the fishes' POV. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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