Have I Overdone The Planting?

[Lizzie71]

I bought a job lot of plants from an ebay seller, 11 bunches for £10, and added them all to the tank today. I wanted to increase the plant cover but I think I may have gone too far.

I'm concerned that I've created too many hiding places, and I'll never see my fish! Also does it look a bit too crowded now?

Not a great pic but hopefully you can see what I mean. Tank is 60 x 30 x 35, fish are as per my sig below.

 

[hollyp0p]

I bought a job lot of plants from an ebay seller, 11 bunches for £10, and added them all to the tank today. I wanted to increase the plant cover but I think I may have gone too far.

I'm concerned that I've created too many hiding places, and I'll never see my fish! Also does it look a bit too crowded now?

Not a great pic but hopefully you can see what I mean. Tank is 60 x 30 x 35, fish are as per my sig below.

i like it

 

[Netty]

I think it looks great

 

[STD]

looks good to me

 

[Million]

looks good to me

I wouldn't worry about giving them too many places to hide - if they want to hide, they should be able to! I'd say that any caring fishkeeper would give their fish the habitat in which they can behave naturally, so well done

 

[Sofia]

I like it too!!!!

 

[darknirvana217]

I like it, but I would remove the red plant in the right hand corner, its kind of distracting from everything else.

 

[Lizzie71]

Thanks for the comments everyone

I'm experimenting with photographing my fish, so here are a few more to share.

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[aaronnorth]

It looks good, the plant on the right, the red rotola macranda needs high light (2WPG+) and co2 so unless you have a high tec set up then remove it otherwise it will rot, also the plant with the white edges is none aquatic, it looks like a draceana species which is a house plant, it is often sold in the aquatic business.

 

[Lizzie71]

Thanks for the advice

I thought the one with the white edges looked like a house plant. What would happen if I leave it in?

Shame about the red one. But I don't have CO2 and I only have on 15 watt lighting tube, so it might not work out.

I think I need to post in the planted tank forum, because I think I need to know a bit more about keeping these new plants healthy.

 

[DarkEntity]

Thanks for the advice

I thought the one with the white edges looked like a house plant. What would happen if I leave it in?

Shame about the red one. But I don't have CO2 and I only have on 15 watt lighting tube, so it might not work out.

I think I need to post in the planted tank forum, because I think I need to know a bit more about keeping these new plants healthy.

The Draceana will rot eventually, so remove it now before it does

 

[Thomas 2507]

Love it. I think it looks so much better when tanks are 'crowded' with plants.

 

[corey01]

the borneo fern in the centre is also non-aquatic may i add. looks good other than that

 

[paul_219]

No i think its better to be well planted.