Artesia's 60 Gallon Goldfish Tank Redecoration Journal

[Goldfish loach boy]

True, those pieces don't really look like ships
But you might buy a skull, or treasure chest and decorate it with this

 

[ArtesiaWells]

Oh, cool is that the same substrate I have that is see there?

I believe so...

If it's the "Top Fin" natural polished pebble kind...

 

[ArtesiaWells]

True, those pieces don't really look like ships
But you might buy a skull, or treasure chest and decorate it with this

Whew, wow! That's really....ummmm...."mossy"!

You know the ship pieces I'm talking about, right? It's THESE:

I would think the moss would make these look even more....well...vague and "buried" without really "knowing" they were ships...

See what I mean? Or do you disagree?

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Yea, true with those pieces, the moss would just make it look more distorted
You know, it might be a good idea to buy, I don't know, a log or root thing like mine and grow moss in it

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

I don't know how they got the moss to grow like that on the glass, but that looks awesome!

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

I believe so...

If it's the "Top Fin" natural polished pebble kind...

Yup, tats it, awesome huh!

 

[ArtesiaWells]

Yea, true with those pieces, the moss would just make it look more distorted
You know, it might be a good idea to buy, I don't know, a log or root thing like mine and grow moss in it

Well, I have the Top Fin tree root like yours, but not the exact one -- it looks like this:

And I was thinking of maybe getting a two-piece shipwreck set of some kind and placing, say, the root in the center of the tank with the two ship pieces on either side of it like a root "grew" between the wreck...can you envision that?

 

[ArtesiaWells]

Yup, tats it, awesome huh!

I'm not 100 percent sure I like it; sometimes I look at my tank and it looks just...well...kind of "boring"...

Sometimes I wish I had gone with perhaps a black gravel with maybe bits of red in it, or maybe black or dark sand...

But I never got confirmation from anyone on whether or not sand as a substrate was okay to use with goldfish...

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Well, I have the Top Fin tree root like yours, but not the exact one -- it looks like this:

And I was thinking of maybe getting a two-piece shipwreck set of some kind and placing, say, the root in the center of the tank with the two ship pieces on either side of it like a root "grew" between the wreck...can you envision that?

Oh yea, I envision that would look cool with just patches of moss here, and some there

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

I'm not 100 percent sure I like it; sometimes I look at my tank and it looks just...well...kind of "boring"...

Sometimes I wish I had gone with perhaps a black gravel with maybe bits of red in it, or maybe black or dark sand...

But I never got confirmation from anyone on whether or not sand as a substrate was okay to use with goldfish...

Hah, I have to be honest, me neither:/
I wanted black gravel with bits of neon green and blue I saw. But that was the cheapest one, and at that time I didn't have a job so, huh :sigh:

 

[ArtesiaWells]

Oh yea, I envision that would look cool with just patches of moss here, and some there

STOP WITH THE MOSS!!!!!!!!

 

[ArtesiaWells]

Hah, I have to be honest, me neither:/
I wanted black gravel with bits of neon green and blue I saw. But that was the cheapest one, and at that time I didn't have a job so, huh :sigh:

I hear ya, 100 percent...

Then sometimes I think well, black or funky-colored gravel isn't really what you'd see at the bottom of a lake, river or ocean, you know?

But it SURE does make a fish's colors pop...

 

[jmay33]

Thanks...

But I actually don't have sand as a substrate, I have this "polished pebble" kind of gravel:

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Do you think the blue decorative stones will work well OVER this, coming from beneath THIS bridge?

Whoops. Sorry! I think it would look great!

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Hah, yea, I hope I can change my gravel someday

 

[ArtesiaWells]

Whoops. Sorry! I think it would look great!

No worries; you still think the blue stones would look alright over the natural colored pebble?

 

[jmay33]

No worries; you still think the blue stones would look alright over the natural colored pebble?

Yes I do. I think they would show up well.

 

[Florio]

I've seen what your getting at done before, IMO you really need a carpet to bring it together.

 

[ArtesiaWells]

Yes I do. I think they would show up well.

 

[ArtesiaWells]

I've seen what your getting at done before, IMO you really need a carpet to bring it together.

What?

 

[jmay33]

What?

I think they mean a carpeting plant on the bottom.