tam
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This is my parent's catfish tank, it's been around in various iterations since before I was (30+ years).
It currently houses four Syndontis (angelicus, decorus, eupterus?, and something stripy) and a adopted clown loach we need to find a new home for with some clown loach friends. It looks rather empty during catfish nap time so I've promised to help my mum with a complete makeover and some plants!
These guys love rooting around in the substrate, so the plan is nothing gets planted in it and instead wood covered in anubias, javafern and moss.
My mum's picked some wood:
The fish like to have their own hiding spots so the plan is to stand the wood up to create arches using egg crate and cable ties to keep it stable - any tips? Haven't tried using it before.
I think we'll keep the existing gravel as it's nice and rounded and don't mind the colour.
Going to need a background though, to hide the wallpaper - not sure if black would work with dark brown fish?
Can't find too many planted tanks with catfish, so hoping this plan will work and the plants will survive. Any ideas/tips/advice very much appreciated!
It currently houses four Syndontis (angelicus, decorus, eupterus?, and something stripy) and a adopted clown loach we need to find a new home for with some clown loach friends. It looks rather empty during catfish nap time so I've promised to help my mum with a complete makeover and some plants!
These guys love rooting around in the substrate, so the plan is nothing gets planted in it and instead wood covered in anubias, javafern and moss.
My mum's picked some wood:
The fish like to have their own hiding spots so the plan is to stand the wood up to create arches using egg crate and cable ties to keep it stable - any tips? Haven't tried using it before.
I think we'll keep the existing gravel as it's nice and rounded and don't mind the colour.
Going to need a background though, to hide the wallpaper - not sure if black would work with dark brown fish?
Can't find too many planted tanks with catfish, so hoping this plan will work and the plants will survive. Any ideas/tips/advice very much appreciated!