South American tank ideas

[killerfish]

For now the plants are fine for now but once the jag and GT start growing they may rip them up

Ohh and ditch the Flower pots and ceramic castle and get more drift wood and it will look more like SA

 

[franchise513]

Alright will do, and slate rock. Like the way that looks, is that SA/CA looking, and what other rocks could i use?

 

[BrandonJ]

I have a sand substrate, i used silica sand. I put nylone on the intaks for all my filters to prevent sand from entering them. Since silica sand is more dense than the fish waste you can clean by passing the vacuum about 3/4 of an inch over the sand to clean it without sucking up the sand. I found that plants take well to it also. The density of the sand causes the waste to sit on top of the substrate unlike gravel where if fall between the rocks. I just started this 75G and am still stocking it.

 

[BrandonJ]

hope this give you an idea of how sand will look...

 

[BrandonJ]

Also the SD's don't do well with plants