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LiLangeL181

LiLangeL181

some people do drugs, I do guppys!
Nov 4, 2005
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YAY! the holidays came early and my friend got me a 12gal nanocube for the holidays! *happy dance :dance:* I have guppies snails and algae eaters and they will be moving in to their new home in about 2 weeks. (after I get back to school)

Im going to go for a nicely planted tank, and right now I have java ferns on driftwood. Im looking for a good substrate to replace my old, gross, and tacky blue gravel though. should I go 'natural' looking? decorative? rock? gravel? wood? other? any reccomendations on what to use thats inexpensive?

thank you! thank you!
Laura
 
Congrats on the new tank, those look really cool.

My thoughts (2 cents worth) I would go with the natural gravel look. The main reason is that you are wanting to have live plants in there and it will look the most natural. My lfs has really inexpensive gravel that is natural looking. I get the smallest gravel that they have so the plants are able to root better and the catfish can scavage for food without hurting themselves.

I am sure no matter what you put in there it will look great. Good Luck.

AQUA_OBSESSION
 
I would also add some driftwood in there as well. You can tie the Java Fern to it with fishing line and eventually it will grow into it, it makes the tank look even more natural.

AQUA_OBSESSION
 
I love the natural look. I used play sand for my substrate, about $2 for 50 lbs. You of course would not use it all, but if you are like me you can save it for the next tank! This thread had some good info if you want to read on: sand substrate questions You can also search the plant section and might find some suggestions.

I think whatever you choose if you go natural with your pants and driftwood it will look great! Have Fun!!! :dance:
 
guppies and plants dont go well together..IMO
plants likes low ph and guppies are better with ph7+
from my experience, everytime i put guppies with plants usualy the plants doesnt live or it just rots.
 
misopeenut said:
guppies and plants dont go well together..IMO
plants likes low ph and guppies are better with ph7+
from my experience, everytime i put guppies with plants usualy the plants doesnt live or it just rots.
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Man, I'd like some of what you're smoking.

My plants are in 7.4-.78 pH and they grow quite well, thank you very much. Guppies, like most fish, can also adapt to just about any pH. Your plant problems are probably not due to the pH or the guppies. I'd look elsewhere for the cause, like not enough light. Plants need light.

Laura,
If you decide on gravel, make sure you go *small* gravel so that the plants will have something to root into

Roan
 
well i dont really know why but for me plants and guppies are not good together..
maybe ill give another try someday but that was just me speaking from my past experience..
sorry about that
 
Yeah, guppies tolerate and do well in all sorts of water conditions. Just keep them stable. Also pH doesn't mean too much, KH and GH are more important.
 
Ive had my guppies for ages, and Im assuming that they are doing well since they keep breeding (hence the need for the bigger tank). right now I am working on attaching some java fern to driftwood and it has been doing pretty well. my ph is usually 7.2-7.5 so its not too far off neutral.

for the gravel, how small do yall mean when you say 'small'?
 
LiLangeL181 said:
for the gravel, how small do yall mean when you say 'small'?
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Oh, got it!

Estes makes some nice gravels and they have a PDF cataloge on line here:

http://www.estesco.com/pdf/aqua.pdf

Page 3 "Nature Blends" -- see the smallest gravel? That's a great size for plants if you want to do gravel.

Glad I found the site cause I really did not know what "size" to tell you :)

Roan
 
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