Tank Decororation

[zippa]

Im after Ideas for decorating a new tank im thinking of getting and was hoping to borrow some ideas from you guys and gals.

 

[Arkacy]

Well I dont have a betta yet but my preparations are maybe to get some live plants. And maybe some smooth caves.

 

[lilfishie]

well heres mine today but goning to change them either tomorow or friday when i move the rest of my guppies to the community then saturday is my birthday so will be spending some of the money on more stuff for my babies

sorry it doesn't show the whole tanks but its shows most

 

[1ncubu5]

here's my 28 litre tank

 

[zippa]

well heres mine today but goning to change them either tomorow or friday when i move the rest of my guppies to the community then saturday is my birthday so will be spending some of the money on more stuff for my babies

sorry it doesn't show the whole tanks but its shows most

youll have to show us what it looks like when its done. maybe you could get some ideas from here too

thats a great tank incubus. is that slate that you have used? and are those plants real?

 

[lilfishie]

yep i suppose i can, Royal is having the black and white gravel out my fry tank then will get them a few plants and a cave or something each

 

[dthoffsett]

Mine's nothing fancy, but the boys like it. I'd love to take out the stupid skull but they like to sleep in them, and search the tank when they are gone. Silly bettas.

 

[SoCalMom]

Nothing fancy

I had a cave thing in there with the short plant, but he never slept in the cave. The cave made the water stink like sulfur, so I took it out and added the tall plant. He loves to sleep in the tall plant now

 

[zippa]

we looking at real or fake plants here?
.... they look real to me. and all very nice tanks

 

[SoCalMom]

we looking at real or fake plants here?
.... they look real to me. and all very nice tanks

Mine are fake. Got them from Petco. Fake are easier to deal with lol

 

[zippa]

very good fakes then cos they look real. he ok with them?

 

[SoCalMom]

very good fakes then cos they look real. he ok with them?

Yea, he sleeps in the tall pointy one. He likes to hide behind the fatter leaves of the short one

 

[K.J.]

Sandy, fake plant tank.

Gravel, real plants, java fern.

 

[zippa]

i like the sand much better than gravel. know bettas coudnt care a less bout it but i want it to look nice.
real plants ok with sand?
is that a frog in the corner?

 

[K.J.]

Yes that is a frog. IMO they do a lot better in sand, as mine likes to dig. You can keep one if with your betta, though they do have a tendency to get a little snappish and he might have to be hand fed... no worries... they don't bite. Plants don't mind sand, it doesn't really differ from gravel, though most plants will want to have root tabs or a nutritional substrate, unless of course you want something like java ferns or anubias or java moss, which attach to rocks/wood/ornaments. Or some low need plants, like crypts or vallisneria. I really reccomend cryptocoryne because I have a stub that I found, it was just a root with a little stemp sticking out, and I put a little fingerful on substrate and some sand in my 10g breeding tank and it is doing wonderful, plus you can get anything from grassy to bushy.

EDIT: Also, sand is quite a bit easier to clean. All the poop just goes on the top (don't worry, it doesn't usually show) so all you need is a quick gravel vac, plus you can tell when it needs to be cleaned.