Guys and girls, I'm really struggling with aquascaping my monster tank.
My tank is 108" x 27" x 28".
I've got quite a few big catfish (walking, giraffe, leopard plec), a big shoal of silver dollars, silver sharks and tinfoil barbs, a few severums and a Silver Arowana.
I'm finding it hard to achieve a balance between the tank looking attractive, meeting the needs of the fish (hiding places, retreats), and quite simply - the larger fish moving stuff around.
I have two massive pieces of bogwood either end of the tank at the moment, I don't like that at all. But, I know the fish like it as they can separate from each other and hide. I also have some large pipes, which again are great, but look awful. Some plastic plants as the silver dollars destroy everything else. And finally, I've got some reasonably large river cobbles. Which I did pile up a little...but the large giraffe catfish pushes them about with ease. The bubble curtain is constantly turned up as well by the fish. My substrate is play sand.
I need some inspiration and advice. Perhaps some photos of similar setups. Coming from a heavily scaped Malawi tank, it's a very different experience owning monsters!
My tank is 108" x 27" x 28".
I've got quite a few big catfish (walking, giraffe, leopard plec), a big shoal of silver dollars, silver sharks and tinfoil barbs, a few severums and a Silver Arowana.
I'm finding it hard to achieve a balance between the tank looking attractive, meeting the needs of the fish (hiding places, retreats), and quite simply - the larger fish moving stuff around.
I have two massive pieces of bogwood either end of the tank at the moment, I don't like that at all. But, I know the fish like it as they can separate from each other and hide. I also have some large pipes, which again are great, but look awful. Some plastic plants as the silver dollars destroy everything else. And finally, I've got some reasonably large river cobbles. Which I did pile up a little...but the large giraffe catfish pushes them about with ease. The bubble curtain is constantly turned up as well by the fish. My substrate is play sand.
I need some inspiration and advice. Perhaps some photos of similar setups. Coming from a heavily scaped Malawi tank, it's a very different experience owning monsters!