trennamw
Aquarium Advice Addict
Anyone out there, who is picky about aesthetics, have any "visual" principles you follow when choosing your assortment of fish? Other than the levels at which they swim?
I just moved from a 29 to a 56 and am stumped, in narrowing down the fish I could add. I've never been pleased with my initial stock (they all look too similar) but have found it hard to predict what's nicest to watch or look at.
For instance ...
Would you suggest a maximum/minimum on the different varieties of fish? What about as the tank gets bigger?
How much do you consider different shapes, sizes, behaviors, colors ... ?
Tanks with lots of different bright colored fish look disjointed to me, but my 6 varieties of small fish in coppery tones with black markings looks weird too because they don't stand out from each other.
Seems like adding other varieties would add interest. But then again small groups of 10 different types of tiny fish could look really cluttered.
(Ever wish you didn't care so much about the details?)
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I just moved from a 29 to a 56 and am stumped, in narrowing down the fish I could add. I've never been pleased with my initial stock (they all look too similar) but have found it hard to predict what's nicest to watch or look at.
For instance ...
Would you suggest a maximum/minimum on the different varieties of fish? What about as the tank gets bigger?
How much do you consider different shapes, sizes, behaviors, colors ... ?
Tanks with lots of different bright colored fish look disjointed to me, but my 6 varieties of small fish in coppery tones with black markings looks weird too because they don't stand out from each other.
Seems like adding other varieties would add interest. But then again small groups of 10 different types of tiny fish could look really cluttered.
(Ever wish you didn't care so much about the details?)
Sent from my iPhone with three hands tied behind my back.