myriam
Aquarium Advice FINatic
As you all probably know by now I am obsessed about my livebearers and their (hopefully) future fry
So I keep hearing about how a "heavily planted tank" will help the fry hide. Can anybody explain or post a pic of a heavily planted tank, so I can see what I should be aiming for? I have a 20 GAL and I'm using plastic plants for now, and I have several in there along with a rock/cave thing.
I haven't been that successful at creating a heavily planted area, mostly because those plastic cups(?) at the bottom of the plants are hard to shove into the gravel close together. How exactly would the fry hide in these areas if the other fish are constantly swimming around the plant roots anyways?
Somebody here also mentioned they used marbles to create fry-hiding areas. How is that done, just by creating a pile of marbles in the corner, or around the plant roots?
As you can see, I need some help :?
So I keep hearing about how a "heavily planted tank" will help the fry hide. Can anybody explain or post a pic of a heavily planted tank, so I can see what I should be aiming for? I have a 20 GAL and I'm using plastic plants for now, and I have several in there along with a rock/cave thing.
I haven't been that successful at creating a heavily planted area, mostly because those plastic cups(?) at the bottom of the plants are hard to shove into the gravel close together. How exactly would the fry hide in these areas if the other fish are constantly swimming around the plant roots anyways?
Somebody here also mentioned they used marbles to create fry-hiding areas. How is that done, just by creating a pile of marbles in the corner, or around the plant roots?
As you can see, I need some help :?