I've done it. As long as you don't use such large rocks that crush the roots, you should be fine. I use river stones about the size of my palm.
Aquascaping help puhlease!
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You can also put the plant in a container and then bury the container in your substrate/pile rocks around it- lots of people do this in their goldfish tanks. Another idea is to take a section of egg crate (the kind that they use with lighting, basically a big plastic grid), place the plant roots through a hole and bury the grid. Also, you could use java fern or anubias and fasten them to driftwood or rocks instead of planting in the substrate.
Can you tell I have spent time looking into this?
Can you tell I have spent time looking into this?
Maybe you should try some anubias and java fern. They are both pretty hardy plants that fish don't normally bother.
Here's my 75 g with an Oscar and an Eartheater. I like a lot of color and plants (mine are fake) that take up the extra space but don't get in the way of the fish being able to move around.
i vote for some moss or other live plants on the decor to make it look more natural. this way they cant dig them up... or wait a MOSS WALL! that would look great too!
mellowvision
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yeah, if you fill the top of your wood pile with moss, it will eventually form a cloud that let's the bottom act more like caves. I'd also be considering a larger wood. Manzanita and malaysian driftwood shouldn't leech as much as you're complaining about... but a good boil and a month of carbon filtration would help a lot too... thing is, the tannins can be a benefit to your system, it's too bad the color bothers you so much. You might notice it less with more green in the water. But really, I don't see much staining in your photo.
With a tank that large as a mostly empty slate, I would focus on filling in the back corners first, while looking for a nice, tall, branchy centerpiece, that gives some dimension to the upper middle of the tank. I'd also try to terrace the floor up towards the back corners, supporting it with the smaller bits of wood and stone, and planting those areas with plants that appreciate the deeper rooting space, like willow hygro maybe.
With a tank that large as a mostly empty slate, I would focus on filling in the back corners first, while looking for a nice, tall, branchy centerpiece, that gives some dimension to the upper middle of the tank. I'd also try to terrace the floor up towards the back corners, supporting it with the smaller bits of wood and stone, and planting those areas with plants that appreciate the deeper rooting space, like willow hygro maybe.
Something that I think would help a lot is to just get some mixed size in your gravel--a lake bottom or riverbed will have sand-sized granules up to large stones and all the little variations in between. Maybe you could get a scoop of river rocks or something?
well, I have a plethora of new stuff in the works. I have gotten different substrate, about 15 plants, and a nice big piece of driftwood coming from DS Drifter. Can't wait, I will post pictures as I'm working on it!
