Let your imagination run wild: What would you do?

[wademan]

So..... if you were given a 75 gallon tank with pressurized CO2, 3.2 wpg, and all of the rest of the goodies but HAD to have a freshwater planted tank with fish..... WHAT WOULD YOU DO, AND WHY? Let your imagination run wild and paint a picture for all to imagine with you....


The reason I am asking is I am very indecisive at the moment with what I want to do with my tank project, all I know is i have always wanted a big planted tank.... and the rest of the details change hourly! )

 

[WaterPond]

I would fill the tank with dwarf hairgrass, vals, and glosso, lol. And for fish i would have 6 discus and some zebra loaches.

 

[JDogg]

Discus, Dwarf Cichlids, Cardinal Tetra, Cory Cats, ...

Vals, Swords, Fanwort, Stargrass, ...

 

[Purrbox]

I'd suggest browsing the AGA Aquascaping Contest for ideas on plants and layout.

For fish I'd go with lots of small fish like some small Rasboras (Boraras Brigittae, Boraras Merah, etc.), small Rainbows (Neon Blue Dwarf, Threadfin, Gertrudae, etc.), dwarf Cories (Corydoras Pygmaeus, Corydoras Habrosus, and Corydoras Hastatus), and a bunch of shrimp (Cherry Red Shrimp, Amanos, etc). I might even get some Applesnails (Brigs).

 

[wademan]

Good site thanks for the link.

 

[fish_4_all]

5 BN pleco, 3 male 2 female. 20 Glowlight tetras mixed 50/50 regular/albino. 5 Skunk Botia loaches, 6 otos and whatever bright color small fish I could fit.

elatines triandra, Christmas moss, Marble redicans, Crypt lucens in as large a mass as I could find in the back left corner. Huge mother plant of Anubias barterii nana dead center. Ludwigia repens, Rotala rotundifolia, Hemianthus micranthemoides, Alternanthera reineckii, Lobelia cardinalis, Limnophila aromatica, Hemianthus micranthemoides, that's good for starters.

Oh and 5 caves large enough for the BN, 1 powerhead for circulation, 2 ,50 gallon rated HOB or 1 cansiter filter.

 

[czcz]

Hard species and mess with aquascaping, for the challenge and coolness. Rainbows and loaches, because I find most other fish boring. Basically Zezmo's tank with slightly different tastes: http://aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=79178