I think Java moss won't be a problem, but the main problem - how would you attach it. In case you plan to use some kind of net around driftwood - I can't see how that can be torn apart. Also, maybe you can attach some photos or a plan how an attached piece should look like.
Decisions, Decisions. Polys in a planted tank
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All of the upper jaw species excepting the big three (ornate, teugelsi, weeksii) would work for you:
- Senegal / albino
- Delhezi - cool looking, esp. WC in my opinion, but some CB have nice patterning.
- Polli - agreed that they are really active and personable
- Palmas
- Mokelembembe
- Buettekoferi (tend to hide)
- Retropinnis (tend to hide)
I also love rope fish and they love a scaped tank. I'd do a group of 3-5 of them along with whatever other polys. Be sure to secure every teeny tiny little gap if you go the rope route - duct tape works well for that.
What else were you thinking outside of polys?
- Senegal / albino
- Delhezi - cool looking, esp. WC in my opinion, but some CB have nice patterning.
- Polli - agreed that they are really active and personable
- Palmas
- Mokelembembe
- Buettekoferi (tend to hide)
- Retropinnis (tend to hide)
I also love rope fish and they love a scaped tank. I'd do a group of 3-5 of them along with whatever other polys. Be sure to secure every teeny tiny little gap if you go the rope route - duct tape works well for that.
What else were you thinking outside of polys?
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Polli, moke, sens, butt, Palmas, all good choices. Del will pull out "planted" plants but still an awesome choice. Palmas and butt will hide my moke hides a lot also. Ropes agree with
magpie
3 to infinity is good. I have 7 and honestly id like 3 to 5 more and get the other bigger polys out.....not that i'd ever do it I like them to much. But a large rope tank with a large school of Congo tetras would be really cool.
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magpie
3 to infinity is good. I have 7 and honestly id like 3 to 5 more and get the other bigger polys out.....not that i'd ever do it I like them to much. But a large rope tank with a large school of Congo tetras would be really cool.Welcome back!
As for the plants, I am planning on using fishing line, but I like the idea of using net for the moss! And in addition to polys, I was thinking about a school of congo tetras! I plan on doing weekly water changes of 20%, so after a group of say 6 ropes, how many polys would y'all suggest. I've kept one of the palmas varieties (LFS was unsure about what kind and I never really bothered to find out), dels, and sens and I loved them all. I would definitely be up for keeping all of those again. I have 2 penn plax cascade 1500's on order, so I think my tank will be adequately filtered for a large group. Each filter is rated at 350 gph with media iirc.
Lets see......if it was me, 5 ropes, 1 del, albino sen, sen, polli and 8 to 10 Congo tetras. If you want the congos to be 97% safe the entire time maybe drop the del. Ive got a group of 10 growing out now but I worry that I'm just fattening them up for my dels and teugs. Hope not but chances are good that I am.
I'd definitely hate for the polys to make a snack of the congos, but perhaps if I get the congos first and then introduce the polys? Not a foolproof method by any means, but if they grow up together, it might lessen the chances of them getting swallowed up?
I tried that with giant danios. I dont have giant danios anymore......
Oh! Almost forgot tried it with blackskirts in this tank before I mobed them over 1 blackskirt out of 6 left.
Looks like both of us might be taking our chances lol. I won't have a second tank as a grow out so it looks like I may have to find some large ones for sale.
And just in case you were wondering mobed is moved. You know how hard it was to retype mobed? Almost impossible. My phone kept saying this... How about this.... No it cant be that....
