prabhjot asked:
I have a 10 gal with a baby fantail. The back of the aquarium has plain blue craft paper. I have to small plants and 2 inches of fake strong grass. I have neon gravel mixed with blue gravel. I tank looks ugly and empty. Please help me set it up well. I dont want hte stupid artificial background. I will remove the blue one too, so please help me make it look naturallly pretty. Give me some suggestions, tips and etc!
Lance
I have a 10 gal with a baby fantail. The back of the aquarium has plain blue craft paper. I have to small plants and 2 inches of fake strong grass. I have neon gravel mixed with blue gravel. I tank looks ugly and empty. Please help me set it up well. I dont want hte stupid artificial background. I will remove the blue one too, so please help me make it look naturallly pretty. Give me some suggestions, tips and etc!
Lance
Tags : Craft Paper, Goldfish Aquarium, Neon
Categories : Fish
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klausfish
October 20th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Christopher
why don’t you paint or draw a nice background that you think your fish may like, and then put it behind the tank. i have a couple different ones made-a rainbow and sky, and one with an underwater scene. the fish seem to swim towards them more when they like how it looks. you can also try putting some small rocks in the tank to make a little cave. i made one out of three rocks (two next to each other and one across the top) and it looks nice and gives the fish something to swim through and enjoy. good luck!
Jeff
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:47 am
Katherine
Live plants are what I usually recommend. I like the “natural” look a lot better. This site has some good recommendations for live plants. - - Hornwort works well in goldfish tanks because it is lush and it can survive their grazing. If you want something to provide a good backdrop for your tank, Hornwort is a good start. It is cheap and easy to find. Chain stores sell it.
As a backdrop, you could also use rock in place of (or in addition to) the paper you used on the back. If you use your own rock make sure you know what it is before you put it in the tank. This webpage has information on what type of rocks are safe for your goldfish tank - - Local pet stores (not chain stores) will often sell rocks for this purpose.
fishable12
October 24th, 2009 at 4:03 am
Alan
natural is always the best look!
honestly go to petsmart and get a black and blue reversable background. A bag of natural or black gravel. and a couple live plants!
nonommy
October 26th, 2009 at 12:51 am
Alvin
I don’t have a background in my tank but the wall behind my tank is tongue and groove cedar. I have natural gravel, a good size log the fish can swim thru and lots of green. All the plants are fake. The grass plants are very fine, I got them at PetSmart. I have a leafy plant that is autumn colors and a fern looking plant behind the log. None of my plants are that hard plastic, they’re all cloth-like.
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