Southeastern Asian River Tank
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Looks very nice. I especially like the pebbles, it looks so natural. If it was my tank, I'd put a lot of plants in. How many gallons is that?
I would do plants to cover my filter and powerheads but its suposed to be like if u cut a cube of the river out and put it in my room 
. in the center of a fast flowing river theres just rocks,driftwood, and some moss. they really seem to like it like this with high flow and feeding off the moss. its a 29 and i dont plan on doing plants. Plus I think the flow is 2 high for plants.
. in the center of a fast flowing river theres just rocks,driftwood, and some moss. they really seem to like it like this with high flow and feeding off the moss. its a 29 and i dont plan on doing plants. Plus I think the flow is 2 high for plants.
I realized it was a high flow tank with all the power heads, I meant plants for that kind of situation. But then, I put plants in all my tanks 
My two great loves are animals and plants so I figure, why not combine them?
My two great loves are animals and plants so I figure, why not combine them?
Belltrain, your bamboo shrimp looks great! He must be loving that fast current, since he can just sit there in the middle of the buffet, lol.
I really like the sparse aquascape, but have a couple of recommendations, if you don't mind. First, I'd replace the black rocks on the right with some that are brown, etc. to work better with the pebbles. And I'd replace the rough gray rock on the right with two or three large, smooth stones, also closer in color to the gravel. (I think rocks of mixed but similar colors tend to look more natural together.) Letting the driftwood be the only sharpish thing in the river would make sense: River rocks are always so smooth from eons of wear, but the tree could have died only a few months ago, you know. The placement of the wood is great, btw, as it looks like pieces have just been worn/torn away by the current. Very nice effect.
If you do decide to add more plants, maybe something long and grassy that will stream around the wood and rocks.
I really like the sparse aquascape, but have a couple of recommendations, if you don't mind. First, I'd replace the black rocks on the right with some that are brown, etc. to work better with the pebbles. And I'd replace the rough gray rock on the right with two or three large, smooth stones, also closer in color to the gravel. (I think rocks of mixed but similar colors tend to look more natural together.) Letting the driftwood be the only sharpish thing in the river would make sense: River rocks are always so smooth from eons of wear, but the tree could have died only a few months ago, you know.
The placement of the wood is great, btw, as it looks like pieces have just been worn/torn away by the current. Very nice effect.If you do decide to add more plants, maybe something long and grassy that will stream around the wood and rocks.
Belltrain, your bamboo shrimp looks great! He must be loving that fast current, since he can just sit there in the middle of the buffet, lol.
I really like the sparse aquascape, but have a couple of recommendations, if you don't mind. First, I'd replace the black rocks on the right with some that are brown, etc. to work better with the pebbles. And I'd replace the rough gray rock on the right with two or three large, smooth stones, also closer in color to the gravel. (I think rocks of mixed but similar colors tend to look more natural together.) Letting the driftwood be the only sharpish thing in the river would make sense: River rocks are always so smooth from eons of wear, but the tree could have died only a few months ago, you know.
If you do decide to add more plants, maybe something long and grassy that will stream around the wood and rocks.
Thanks for the advice, every day he looks better so cant wait till hes completely settled in. As for the rocks I completely agree with you. Im on the hunt for peachish or tanish larger smooth rocks
. Also I was thinking of adding on more piece of driftwood ontop! like lay it ontop just for more cover and to fill in some space. The barbs/rasbora would love to swim through the circle and im shure the bamboo shrimp would like to try more places. He moves around quite a bit on that tall piece of driftwood but never leaves it, its "his" lol.
Its a 29g,
Socking List
1xbrilliant rasbora(looking for more buddies)
4xGoldbarbs
1xBambooshrimp
1xred stiphydon(spelling?)
1xfalse siamese algae eater/false flying fox
Any other river southestearn asian fish that u can think of that stays relatively small?
White cloud mountain minnows always look great in river tanks, and depending on the flow (or if there is a less high flow area)...paradise fish do well, too (they're found all over the place in SE Asia including rivers).
Another high flow SE fish are the hillstream loaches...they love high flow tanks.
Eric
Another high flow SE fish are the hillstream loaches...they love high flow tanks.
Eric