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So..... here's what I have going so far.
10 g red cherry shrimp tank
75 g community tank
and last but not least, a 10 g fry tank with about 25 jack dempseys, of which I'd like to keep about 10-12. I know from experience that as these guys get older they enjoy digging like crazy, which is okay with me, not so okay for the plants. My first aquatic love was the jack dempseys -- crazy colors and awesome personality, and planted tanks are definetely my choice now, so I want to combine the two. I was planning on having a lot of floating plants and ferns in a rockscape with plenty of large rocks and large hiding placing, but I'd also like to have a few stems. Any suggestions on tank size, plants, rocks to use, etc.? Any known ways to protect plants from fish that like to dig?? I was thinking of using a pot the roots can grow out of, planted in the substrate, then surrounding the base of the potted plant with a bunch of larger rocks the dempseys wouldn't try to move. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated and pictures will be forthcoming once I have the tank purchased and ready to go.
Thanks!!
Nate
10 g red cherry shrimp tank
75 g community tank
and last but not least, a 10 g fry tank with about 25 jack dempseys, of which I'd like to keep about 10-12. I know from experience that as these guys get older they enjoy digging like crazy, which is okay with me, not so okay for the plants. My first aquatic love was the jack dempseys -- crazy colors and awesome personality, and planted tanks are definetely my choice now, so I want to combine the two. I was planning on having a lot of floating plants and ferns in a rockscape with plenty of large rocks and large hiding placing, but I'd also like to have a few stems. Any suggestions on tank size, plants, rocks to use, etc.? Any known ways to protect plants from fish that like to dig?? I was thinking of using a pot the roots can grow out of, planted in the substrate, then surrounding the base of the potted plant with a bunch of larger rocks the dempseys wouldn't try to move. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated and pictures will be forthcoming once I have the tank purchased and ready to go.
Thanks!!
Nate