Live plants??

[TOMatt]

Your aquarium design looks pretty similar to mine (but your driftwood is cooler).
I stocked with Amazon Sword and Wisteria for the background and coming forward in the middle, and 5 or 6 cryptocoryne (sp?) scattered around the front.

Other fish fans who've seen it really like this combo.


PS. these are growing well with the generic TopFin lights that came with the aquarium, and monthly fertilizer tabs.

 

[RyanBenson]

Your aquarium design looks pretty similar to mine (but your driftwood is cooler).
I stocked with Amazon Sword and Wisteria for the background and coming forward in the middle, and 5 or 6 cryptocoryne (sp?) scattered around the front.

Other fish fans who've seen it really like this combo.

Haha thanks! I got it at petsmart! And ill check those out also!! Thanks!

 

[TOMatt]

is it real wood or fake?

 

[RyanBenson]

is it real wood or fake?

Fake :/

 

[TOMatt]

It looked too good to be real.
I think plecos need real wood to rasp on, might be worth looking into that as well...

(imho)

 

[RyanBenson]

It looked too good to be real.
I think plecos need real wood to rasp on, might be worth looking into that as well...

(imho)

Yeah, and ill post a thread about it so I can make a decision. That price was around $20 so I don't want it to go to waste if I don't have to! And are you talking about the one on the left or right??

 

[RyanBenson]

They are both fake anyways.

 

[Darkseid76]

If you can find it, water sprite is super easy to grow. I started my tank with it. No ferts or CO2 and standard bulbs. Also as far as your stock plans I wouldn't mix angels with tiger barbs.

 

[RyanBenson]

If you can find it, water sprite is super easy to grow. I started my tank with it. No ferts or CO2 and standard bulbs. Also as far as your stock plans I wouldn't mix angels with tiger barbs.

Ah I see. Do you have a recommended fish to replace the angels then?

 

[Darkseid76]

Depending on your tank ph and water hardness, you should keep fish with similar water reqs.

I found this on the web:
http://www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/freshwater-articles/water-hardness-ph-freshwater-aquarium-73276/

Also research aggressiveness. Tiger barbs can be aggressive and fin nippers.