I know it's harder to keep clean but I think you get a more natural and comfortable population 
why i like aquascaping
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Very good setup! /thump up
*I do like aquascape to make my tank look more nature and fishes will look more calm and easy going out to do their own thing rather than hide in some corner of the tank
*If you have a good healthy planted tank with a right live stock for the tank then you pretty much don't have much maintain going down the road except refill and dose weekly mineral into your tank. Yes, I meant you don't even need to do water change if you do it right.
Very good setup! /thump up
*I do like aquascape to make my tank look more nature and fishes will look more calm and easy going out to do their own thing rather than hide in some corner of the tank
*If you have a good healthy planted tank with a right live stock for the tank then you pretty much don't have much maintain going down the road except refill and dose weekly mineral into your tank. Yes, I meant you don't even need to do water change if you do it right.
my sump is packed with plants and my substrate is crawling with MTS. i don't think i have seen a pleco turd in over a year. i do still keep up with weekly water changes though (50-75% usually)
I have stumps and giant flower pots, areas of cover with driftwood limbs, etc. My fish don't go under the stump, very rarely go in the flower pots, and almost never go in the dark corners made with driftwood. I guess it depends on the fish.
yes it does, i dig catfish and have 20 or so in my tank. what types of bottom fish do you have in your tank? i remember mostly cichlids in there.
All vieja, 1 Amph. No pleco's because the tank's acrylic. I've seen some BIG catfish I like, but my tank's not big enough for a Tiger Shovel Nose, or a Tigrinus. So, no catfish. I had a Jag for a little while that liked to be under driftwood, but he had to go.
Veija don't use cover in my tank. I have some Trimac's in a 125, they don't use cover much, either.
Veija don't use cover in my tank. I have some Trimac's in a 125, they don't use cover much, either.
Your tank is very nice, do any of your cichlids ever congregate around the stump at all?