Added tree roots
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Here’s what my tank looks like tonight.
We ALL know what’s it’s like....ALWAYS playing with the scape!!
LOL
We ALL know what’s it’s like....ALWAYS playing with the scape!!
LOL
Hmmmm......double post eh?
I should know better than to post with my phone after a couple of tequilas.
And apologies to the OP for the highjack but your picture gave me a couple of ideas.
I feel a re-scape coming on!!!
I should know better than to post with my phone after a couple of tequilas.
And apologies to the OP for the highjack but your picture gave me a couple of ideas.
I feel a re-scape coming on!!!
I love tree roots. I have one I got from the back of a gas station and another from my parent's back yard.. Boiled, scrubbed and cooked those suckers in a giant restaurant pot. Couldn't get them to sink for squat. One's a table centerpiece and the other in the fishroom closet.
Will take a pic of the pot and the roots I have.
Yours look nice. I think big roots look very dramatic in big tanks, especially long ones.
Will take a pic of the pot and the roots I have.
Yours look nice. I think big roots look very dramatic in big tanks, especially long ones.
The wood in my aquarium is trying to float up. I cut them so they wedge in there under the glass cross brace in the middle. I had a tape measure with me when I collected them so I could make sure it was big enough to trim to fit and wedge in place. It is in two halves so I could get them in the tank. One piece covers the middle and right side. The other is just a few long roots I placed so they look like they are part of the other one. It actually came out looking better that I thought it would when I collected the roots. I could not find roots that looked like what I had envisioned.
I need to take another picture. I added colorful plastic plants to brighten it up to please the wife. ?
I need to take another picture. I added colorful plastic plants to brighten it up to please the wife. ?
Well, I think there was something in the roots that was toxic to my fish. I did lose a couple. I removed the roots and did a 90% water change.
That did not fix it, so I did another 90% water change. They look healthy and are swimming around and eating again.
Live and learn. Some here warned me that could happen.
I put a few bright colored plants in my tank to make my wife happy.
I liked the roots, but this is better than nothing I guess. ?
I also removed 2/3 of the gravel, so they can't pile it up 7" tall, but they have not started nesting again since the toxic water problem...
I lost my three biggest fish, but I have over 200 fry in other tanks.
That did not fix it, so I did another 90% water change. They look healthy and are swimming around and eating again.
Live and learn. Some here warned me that could happen.
I put a few bright colored plants in my tank to make my wife happy.
I liked the roots, but this is better than nothing I guess. ?
I also removed 2/3 of the gravel, so they can't pile it up 7" tall, but they have not started nesting again since the toxic water problem...
I lost my three biggest fish, but I have over 200 fry in other tanks.
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Sorry to hear that you lost some, I must say I much preferred the roots to the plastic plants. Tank still looks good though. Hobby is a learning process always, now you know to only use very dead wood. I usually only use smaller branches and things but would love to have a tank similar to Randy's with some big root structures. Great look.
