real or artificial driftwood? fake or live plants?
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wow i will sell my fake stuff instantly then. so could i collect my own? like i saw someone say oak branches in another thread, so what are the best types of wood? can i use pine? i know its toxic to reptiles, but is it the same with fish? thnx, sorry ive done real plants, $&#@ pacu ate them all, but he's going bye bye.
I prefer real plants but since you are doing central americans, i would do fake plants considering they will more than likely eat them or shread them. plus you have to have proper lighting and what not. I would still do real driftwood though.
ya i have the lights anyway, my last tank had real plants. and cant firemouths, sajicas, and swordtails be ok with live plants? i know they have to be hardy cause of the jds, my one jd is gonna be a slight issue. i am thinking some grass plants, and swordplatnts, along with java moss and fern growing on the wood.
Experiment397;4446548; said:
you could maybe do swords or something big rooted, but they will more than likely eat it or rip it up to make it their home.
Definitely go with fake plants (kind of a waste of money to put real plants in a tank with CA cichlids). For the driftwood, it depends on its purpose and how it looks. If the DW is just in there for decoration, I'd go with real driftwood, but if it's for shelter, then it would depend on whether you could find a good piece of real driftwood for it, if not then it would be better to go with fake DW, imo.
Put a few medium sized CA cichlids in there and see how long that lasts...aclockworkorange;4445793; said:
Plastic plants and DW can't do THAT!!!
go with real driftwood and fake plants with ca's(silk plants look real if you get the right ones)this is real wood fake plants.
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