relocating tank...to plant or not to plant?

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I'm moving and paying a company to relocate my 125g for me.

Current tenants:
3 cichla monoculus 4"
1 silver arowana 7"
1 stingray 6" diameter

I have sand as the substrate right now.

I really think some live plants would look nice on one side of the tank. I could easily add the necessary sand when the tank is moved.

Wondering if anyone had opinions on this? I've heard people saying thick sand isn't good. But my other tank has a good 3 inches and has never had an issue.

I just really think heavily planting the one side of the tank would look amazing!
 
I have my plants in sand (amazon swords), so I agree that it works well. Swords can get rootbound if they're not planted in a deep enough substrate, but I'm not sure on other plants. However, I have a feeling that your ray would end up tearing up the plants... not eating them, but laying on top of them, moving around and pulling them out of the substrate, etc. Probably wouldn't work. How about some java fern or something like that attached to driftwood? You're going to need to move most of these fish anyway, soon, so that would be okay for now, and then, if you stock the tank again, you can keep it in mind that you'd like to have plants, and stock accordingly. Until then, some of the driftwood-attached plants (anubias, java fern, java moss) would look nice, and add some green.
 
not to plant .. imo cichla and planted tanks don't mix
 
big fish that need alot of open water and blast lighting fast through a tank are not made for planted tanks
 
I was thinking of putting two large potted swords at the back of the 300 to cover the overflows, I guess that wouldn't make it a planted tank but a tank with a few plants.
 
Oolichan;3321672; said:
I was thinking of putting two large potted swords at the back of the 300 to cover the overflows, I guess that wouldn't make it a planted tank but a tank with a few plants.
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Good idea! I could even cover up the pots with driftwood. I think I might try this out as well ;)
 
I just have floating java moss and leave the bottom with driftwood and substrate... My Pbass love sitting underneath the plants and waiting for their next meal. I had a planted tank before and it was uprooted after a couple weeks.
 
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