Still cycling. Excited to add fish. Thinking of celestial pearl danios.
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I love this.
Excited for you. That piece of wood is such a centerpiece. And them danios are going to be gorgeous!
Thank you! I spent a lot of time gluing 4 different pieces to get that piece
Nice wood. That is a beautiful aquascape.
Elsewhere you mentioned having neon tetras in another tank and wanting siamese algae eaters.
We have a siamese algae eater in our 75g with congo tetras, neon tetras and other fish in a similar setup to that. And by similar I mean it started similar and then chose its own path.
How is the maidenhair “planted”? Is it in a HOB filter?
It’s a kokedama I made a while ago and just plopped onto the sponge in the HOB filter lol
I like that idea haha maidenhairs are one of my favorite plants and i was trying to figure out how to incorporate it into an aquascape
It’s one of my favorites too. I had the kokedama in a jar for a while but also really wanted a maidenhair fern incorporated into an aquascape. I’m hoping it’ll grow nice and large to make some amount of shade. It has roots that grew beyond the kokedama ball already and just floats in the tank helping absorb nutrients now.
That’s a gorgeous tank! What did you use for the wood? Did you treat it or prep it in any way? I’m going to set up an 80 gal tank soon and its primary focus will be aquascaping. I’m still going to have fish but, I’m concerned about just throwing in some drift wood or whatever and having it affect the ecosystem negatively.
Edit: thank you!
I don’t know the species of wood, and did not treat it. If you have the pots for it, I would recommend boiling the wood just to get tannins out…but I haven’t personally had any bad experiences with wood that I get from aquascaping shops. I would be cautious about picking up wood from the ground if you’re planning to do that.
Ah yeah, that’s more my concern. I’m in an area where driftwood and the like of naturally washed up. It might be worth just getting something from a shop to avoid any issues. Thank you for your insight!
Ooooh so pretty!!
CPDs so far for me have been very entertaining twitchy little guys. Some smaller tetras might be good choices too - you’d see them more often.
I’ve got about 10 green neon tetras in a 10 gallon tank, they are very fun to watch indeed.
I was also considering some siamese algae eaters in this tank since I’ve always wanted them but never had the space for them previously.
