Planted tank becomes a salad.

[Zagz]

Due to some aggressive spawning on one side of the 55 . A few plants have been uprooted and redesignated as floating plants. It is extremely difficult to keep plants on the one side of this tank!

The breeding, although I'm not sure if it was the angels or the geophagus. The geo's are guarding the eggs but they usually lay the eggs in the sand in the castle. The eggs got eaten and didn't appear to be fertilized.

 

[marchmaxima]

How'd you get your substrate to settle at such angles?

 

[MrMalta]

Also, whats the black stuff underneith the sand?

Sharp looking tank. Even if they did uproot.

 

[JustOneMore20]

Aww....they don't appreciate the plants, do they! They look guilty in that first pic....kind of like "we didn't do it!".

I'm gonna guess that the Geos did some construction on the sand.

The black under the sand is probably shadows?

 

[Zagz]

You nailed it, I don't get the substrate to stay at those angles, the geo's do. And that is indeed shadows. Every day I replant the plants they dig up. Sigh, I wonder why I do it.

 

[An t-iasg]

Wow! That is some serious substrate-moving. The picture of the fish with the eggs is a great one.

 

[marchmaxima]

I can't believe the fish did that! Well, I do, cos you tell me, but I still don't believe it!

I've got some retaining walls that need building in front of my house.... care to let me rent your geos for the job?

 

[pitt420dude]

Looks like you have some pesky fish there Zags, that kind of stinks but at least you know they aren't bored. I've never had a problem with any of my fish re-arranging their aquariums, but my one Texas Cichlid does like to rearrange the substrate to his liking.

 

[happygirl65]

My angels do that all of my stems....

 

[Zagz]

LOL yes I have never seen a fish move the substrate the way the geo's do. Every day the tank has to be re-planted.