Considering Removing All Decorations - Just Looking For Opinions
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I can't say I didn't like the way it was either, because I did, I just grew tired of the driftwood constantly falling over, the plants having that brown on them, and all that stuff. I like the openness it has now. Tank looks a lot bigger. Also really easy to clean the substrate.
Never heard of silver flying fox. Neat looking fish. My thoughts are exactly as spiritofthesoul mentioned though. If it really maxes out at 6" and is long and spender like it looks in the pictures I'm seeing no way it would last a day. Rocky would devour one of those. He's already single handedly:
1. downed a few Giant Danios, making me move them all to another tank
2. ate some Clown Loach, making me also have to move them to another tank
3. tried to terrorize my Clown Knife, so he's growing out in another tank for the time being,
4. downed some SD that I had to grow out in another tank and then reintroduce when they were too big for Rocky to eat
5. and attempted to eat my Firemouth, which I did successfully save when Rocky had him face first half way down his mouth and that same FM was reintroduced to the tank once bigger and was fine and now is in one of my gf's tanks. (though the right side of his mouth is kind of scarred up and deformed a little from his near death experience)
I can almost 100% say they wouldn't last in my tank.
Never heard of silver flying fox. Neat looking fish. My thoughts are exactly as spiritofthesoul mentioned though. If it really maxes out at 6" and is long and spender like it looks in the pictures I'm seeing no way it would last a day. Rocky would devour one of those. He's already single handedly:
1. downed a few Giant Danios, making me move them all to another tank
2. ate some Clown Loach, making me also have to move them to another tank
3. tried to terrorize my Clown Knife, so he's growing out in another tank for the time being,
4. downed some SD that I had to grow out in another tank and then reintroduce when they were too big for Rocky to eat
5. and attempted to eat my Firemouth, which I did successfully save when Rocky had him face first half way down his mouth and that same FM was reintroduced to the tank once bigger and was fine and now is in one of my gf's tanks. (though the right side of his mouth is kind of scarred up and deformed a little from his near death experience)
I can almost 100% say they wouldn't last in my tank.
Yes, I missed an "I" in my post. 
I've found increasing aeration to help with brown algae. I get it a lot in my 125, I added a powerhead and a bubble wand behind the background and it's cut down considerably.
I've found increasing aeration to help with brown algae. I get it a lot in my 125, I added a powerhead and a bubble wand behind the background and it's cut down considerably.
Yes, I missed an "I" in my post.
I've found increasing aeration to help with brown algae. I get it a lot in my 125, I added a powerhead and a bubble wand behind the background and it's cut down considerably.
Interesting. See the way I was looking at it was brown algae on the driftwood, no driftwood, no brown algae.
I wouldn't mind having one of those disc bubblers in that tank but I don't like having the airline tubing showing. (I even have two extra whisper aerators not being used at all) I'm trying to make the tank look completely free of equipment. So far, so good. As you can see the only equipment I have inside the tank atm is a heater behind the overflow and I've been considering suctioning it to the bottom of my sump lately. Are the heaters just as effective running in the sumps as they are in the tank?
looking at your last pic...
I'd probably move the two large rocks to one side (I'm feeling left) and pile the others on and around them leaving the right side open. you could wedge in the driftwood in such a way as to hide the cord for the pump behind that. or airline if you preferred.
I wasn't talking of an air pump in my last post, I've never been a big fan of air bubble deco in my tanks. I'm talking a small water pump or powerhead, water movement without bubbles. it would need to be pulled out occasionally for cleaning though.
I'd be surprised if you need more aeration with an overflow and sump but you could put that in the sump with the heater too. a heater in the sump would be fine, you just lose some temp in the tubing, but no more than you'd lose with the heater in the tank.
what's going on in the right back side of the tank? is there something under the sand there? seems like an unnaturally sharp edge towards the back of the tank.
I'd probably move the two large rocks to one side (I'm feeling left) and pile the others on and around them leaving the right side open. you could wedge in the driftwood in such a way as to hide the cord for the pump behind that. or airline if you preferred.
I wasn't talking of an air pump in my last post, I've never been a big fan of air bubble deco in my tanks. I'm talking a small water pump or powerhead, water movement without bubbles. it would need to be pulled out occasionally for cleaning though.
I'd be surprised if you need more aeration with an overflow and sump but you could put that in the sump with the heater too. a heater in the sump would be fine, you just lose some temp in the tubing, but no more than you'd lose with the heater in the tank.
what's going on in the right back side of the tank? is there something under the sand there? seems like an unnaturally sharp edge towards the back of the tank.
You could look into a Varigated Shark.. they will clean algae, and they can be bullies.. I have 2 and they have survived with every fish I have put them with.. Even my FH that kills anything and everything.
Oh, I see. Yeah, I'm not sure what sharp slope you are talking about. Nothing under the sand...?
Right on. Yeah, I'm not interested in any new fish at all for my stock. Thanks for the suggestions though.
