Who said you can't have a planted tank with Large aggressive fish?!
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Looks very good, I have a 150g oscar tank I wanted to add plants. I was told don't waste my time because Oscar's tear plants up.
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Great tank, you did a great job with the aquascaping. Do you use a substrate? What kind of lights? I tried a planted tank with cichlids, and they got eaten up in about 2 days so I am even more impressed
Ya sorry about that, I get some powder algae from the high level of lighting. I could lower my light cycle an hour or two but I'm trying to grow in the tank more first. I scrap the algae off once a week in the mean time.
I use a quad 48inch T5 and a 2foot dual T5 set up. For substrate: I started with just play sand from home depot then I topped it with black inert gravel. This was my first planted tank so I've learned quite a bit since starting. Once the fish out grow the tank, hopefully not for a year or so, I plan on ripping this down and starting a 300 gallon. All black sand and gravel in the next one.
The Pbass used to show more green when the tank was just sand. Once I topped it with the black gravel he went darker. I'm hoping once the tank fills in completely with the foreground carpet that he/she will revert to the bright green color we all know and love. Not sure about everyone else out there but my Pbass changes colors often, from green to golden to black, depending on the surroundings and mood.
I use a quad 48inch T5 and a 2foot dual T5 set up. For substrate: I started with just play sand from home depot then I topped it with black inert gravel. This was my first planted tank so I've learned quite a bit since starting. Once the fish out grow the tank, hopefully not for a year or so, I plan on ripping this down and starting a 300 gallon. All black sand and gravel in the next one.
The Pbass used to show more green when the tank was just sand. Once I topped it with the black gravel he went darker. I'm hoping once the tank fills in completely with the foreground carpet that he/she will revert to the bright green color we all know and love. Not sure about everyone else out there but my Pbass changes colors often, from green to golden to black, depending on the surroundings and mood.
