South American tank ideas

[LBathory]

I did lots of waterlogged grapewood (looks like roots in a flooded forest) some swords and low lying plants, a few well placed rocks, and sand bottom. btw, comenting on your stock list, clown loaches are not SA. here is a pic of an awesome amazon tank (not my own) but close to what mine looks like.

 

[EVP]

silver dollars will eat the plants

 

[David R]

btw, comenting on your stock list, clown loaches are not SA.

Neither are jags or convicts.

 

[wjones1970]

You can use pool filter sand for substrate. It's a lite tan color, easy to clean and cheap (about $10 for 50lbs of prewashed sand). You clean it the same way that you clean gravel. Only very small particles get sucked out leaving the good stuff.

 

[octofasciatus]

Use a mix of sand and pea gravel then add a few smaller rounded rocks to create an interesting substrate.

 

[---XR---]

How are you supposed to make a Sa tank if your stocking Ca species aswell?

 

[franchise513]

my bad i meant CA/SA affect and i like the that looks anthony, i like it alot. that big root just makes it perfect

 

[oscarfish1395]

feed live foods every once in awhile like worms

 

[TrikkyMakk]

Green Terrors aren't hot on plants. Leave some open rock area for him.

 

[franchise513]

Ya im going to mix in the plants here and there hopefully going to get some great driftwood that looks good in a SA/CA tank so hopefully i can find something like this