whad do you think of my first attempt

[nuttyfishgirl]

honest opinions most appreciated

 

[BettaMomma]

VERY nice setup.
What's going in it?

I LOVE the natural look in tanks.

 

[wrs]

id add in alot more live plants. I read if you have alot of live plants you wont have to cycle the tank because they use ammonia and other things.

 

[nuttyfishgirl]

not a clue yet lol

i like zebradanios and gourami , tetras , cichlids catfish , guppys ... but dont know what are compatable ... id like some schoaling fish for my little girl

 

[nuttyfishgirl]

id add in alot more live plants. I read if you have alot of live plants you wont have to cycle the tank because they use ammonia and other things.

but the plants in ther are gonna grow

 

[redtailblackshark]

I love the setup so far, you should add more plants, lots more plants, that would make it look awesome. neon tetras always look good in a planted tank *hint hint*

 

[Metermaid]

Looks nice, I like the undulating gravel effect ! - how about some bubbles and maybe more plants to cover up the heater?

Good luck

Rita

 

[nuttyfishgirl]

yeah think i will get more plants i got plenty room for them

 

[yvez9]

id add in alot more live plants. I read if you have alot of live plants you wont have to cycle the tank because they use ammonia and other things.

although some plants do absorb ammonia, they mostly abosrb nitrates, which is the end product of biological filtration produced by your filter.

plants will help but they won't cut down cycling. In fact, they will do very little for it....



Your tank looks nice. I would just try to fill up the background with a few more plants like vallis or something similar

 

[aberdeen aquarist]

id add in alot more live plants. I read if you have alot of live plants you wont have to cycle the tank because they use ammonia and other things.

they do use nitrate, but not ammonia.
and adding plants is no excuse to not cycle a tank, what are you trying to do, tell nuttyfishgirl a surefire way to kill her fish?

 

[nuttyfishgirl]

dont worry im cycling away here lol

pedal power

 

[wrs]

id add in alot more live plants. I read if you have alot of live plants you wont have to cycle the tank because they use ammonia and other things.

they do use nitrate, but not ammonia.
and adding plants is no excuse to not cycle a tank, what are you trying to do, tell nuttyfishgirl a surefire way to kill her fish?

ya dont have to so rude! I told her what I reda. If it was wrong oh well. There are other people on this forum who could have said that it was false. If you have an issue with it you can go and tell the peopl ethat wrote the artical!

 

[redtailblackshark]

I didn't mean make plants to help cycle it, I meant to make it look better, if it helps cycle, good for it I guess.

 

[aberdeen aquarist]

id add in alot more live plants. I read if you have alot of live plants you wont have to cycle the tank because they use ammonia and other things.

they do use nitrate, but not ammonia.
and adding plants is no excuse to not cycle a tank, what are you trying to do, tell nuttyfishgirl a surefire way to kill her fish?

ya dont have to so rude! I told her what I reda. If it was wrong oh well. There are other people on this forum who could have said that it was false. If you have an issue with it you can go and tell the peopl ethat wrote the artical!

i wasn't being rude, i was just trying to point out that what you said was wrong, don't take it personally, i'm sure we have all read bad information at one time or another. sheesh.

 

[wrs]

how you said it was rude.

"what are you trying to do, tell nuttyfishgirl a surefire way to kill her fish?"

that is rude.