Hello,
I have a 30-30-30cm nano tank (aquael shrimp set) with an eheim 2211 filter, glassware, heater, 18watt superfish light and an eheim automatic feeder.
It has planted substrate (caribsea) and currently has bogwood, anubias, dwarf hairgrass and cryptocryne. (I WILL TRY TO POST PHOTOS SOON!)
I have 5 rhummynose tetras (3 months and they look healthy, good fins and red noses!), a siamese fighter (finding the current slightly strong but doing well), 2 otos and 2 corys. All the inhabitants seem happy due to many natural hiding spaces and strong flow with regular water changes.
NOW…
Over the summer holidays I would like to change the set up of my tank as I am changing school and will be away from home a lot so I would like an easy set up without too much trouble that my parents can take care of (they do waterchanges and check fish and feed, along side autofeeder).
so my question is…AQUARIUM WITH OR WITHOUT PLANTS?
I would not use fake plants because I personally find them slightly irritating, but rocks and wood and maybe a few natural plants (I absolutely love my microsorum and cryptocryne but the hairgrass is proving high maintenance!)
BUT THE KEY IS TO KEEP IT SIMPLE!
IDEAS PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
GREG
I have a 30-30-30cm nano tank (aquael shrimp set) with an eheim 2211 filter, glassware, heater, 18watt superfish light and an eheim automatic feeder.
It has planted substrate (caribsea) and currently has bogwood, anubias, dwarf hairgrass and cryptocryne. (I WILL TRY TO POST PHOTOS SOON!)
I have 5 rhummynose tetras (3 months and they look healthy, good fins and red noses!), a siamese fighter (finding the current slightly strong but doing well), 2 otos and 2 corys. All the inhabitants seem happy due to many natural hiding spaces and strong flow with regular water changes.
NOW…
Over the summer holidays I would like to change the set up of my tank as I am changing school and will be away from home a lot so I would like an easy set up without too much trouble that my parents can take care of (they do waterchanges and check fish and feed, along side autofeeder).
so my question is…AQUARIUM WITH OR WITHOUT PLANTS?
I would not use fake plants because I personally find them slightly irritating, but rocks and wood and maybe a few natural plants (I absolutely love my microsorum and cryptocryne but the hairgrass is proving high maintenance!)
BUT THE KEY IS TO KEEP IT SIMPLE!
IDEAS PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
GREG