GlassWalker
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I've been thinking about my biggest freshwater tank and I'm not finding it as satisfying as the one it replaced. Took me a while to put my finger on it, but it is the plants! The old one had hardly any, but not none, giving the fish more room to show themselves off.
I don't think rearranging or changing plants alone is going to do it for me. So now I've decided to do a rescape. The only question is what to?
I'm thinking I'd like to try my old formula again, which is to keep a fair amount of space empty for the fish. I think I'd like to try using rocks as the feature. Before it was bogwood and I find it difficult to get pieces the right shape. I could well have a similar problem with rocks...
Tank is a Fluval Vicenza 260L. Roughly 4ft long, almost 2ft tall bowfront. Fish stock is mostly tiger barbs, odessa barbs and glass catfish. I can't rehouse them so this will be a fish-in rescape. Existing substrate is fine black sand.
I've not decided on a final plan by any means so would welcome ideas. I'm just starting to search for interesting shape/size/texture rocks but any pointers to suppliers of such would be welcome. I've seen some nice mountain scapes, if they're a bit common now. Maybe an underwater cave theme of some sort? With columns and mini-caves. That'll make lighting an interesting challenge!
The replanting might be interesting... but that could only be decided once I've decided on the rocks. I do hope to go for a low maintenance tank this time. Pet rocks are low maintenance right?
Additional: I want to keep soft water so carbonate based rocks are out.
I don't think rearranging or changing plants alone is going to do it for me. So now I've decided to do a rescape. The only question is what to?
I'm thinking I'd like to try my old formula again, which is to keep a fair amount of space empty for the fish. I think I'd like to try using rocks as the feature. Before it was bogwood and I find it difficult to get pieces the right shape. I could well have a similar problem with rocks...
Tank is a Fluval Vicenza 260L. Roughly 4ft long, almost 2ft tall bowfront. Fish stock is mostly tiger barbs, odessa barbs and glass catfish. I can't rehouse them so this will be a fish-in rescape. Existing substrate is fine black sand.
I've not decided on a final plan by any means so would welcome ideas. I'm just starting to search for interesting shape/size/texture rocks but any pointers to suppliers of such would be welcome. I've seen some nice mountain scapes, if they're a bit common now. Maybe an underwater cave theme of some sort? With columns and mini-caves. That'll make lighting an interesting challenge!
The replanting might be interesting... but that could only be decided once I've decided on the rocks. I do hope to go for a low maintenance tank this time. Pet rocks are low maintenance right?
Additional: I want to keep soft water so carbonate based rocks are out.