Plants???

Would you prefer a planted or a non-planted aqaurium for your Bristlenose plec???

i vote no plants because with my bns i have the tanks with only gravel, wood n caves.

Plants cos they look awesome, and the BN like them

that siad only my display tank has plants in it cos when breeding they become a pain. but if they were easy to remove and keep then i would have plants in all my tanks

Planted!! Works like an additional filter and looks great too

I do like the look of plants but they can be a pain to look after especialy with BN

No plants, had java fern amazon sword a bunch of different ones and they ate them all.

My BNs have never eaten my plants and I have in fact witnessed them eating algae off the leave of my plants!

i like plants gives fry and cherry shrimp somewhere to hide and looks good too

Definitely plants as they are part of the natural environment we try try to recreate.
Plus there are so many other definite benefits such as hiding places for fish, oxygen production and being a important part of the nitrogen cycle.
Marty

definitely planted, my breeding pair of green dragons spawn every month and a half or so and they seemed to love it and it looks cool. As far as trying to catch the babies,when they are a little over an inch i put a net with algae wafers in it and wait till a bunch go in and I start to clear the bigger ones to make room for smaller ones and now I have to many

Chad.C wrote:

definitely planted, my breeding pair of green dragons spawn every month and a half or so and they seemed to love it and it looks cool. As far as trying to catch the babies,when they are a little over an inch i put a net with algae wafers in it and wait till a bunch go in and I start to clear the bigger ones to make room for smaller ones and now I have to many :afraid:

I am now letting nature take its course with my fry. Only one or two survive per brood. But that is enough. I intervene as little as possible. After all you don't want your house turn into one big fish house.
Marty

marty14 wrote:

I am now letting nature take its course with my fry. Only one or two survive per brood. But that is enough. I intervene as little as possible. After all you don't want your house turn into one big fish house.
Marty

why not?

Doug wrote:

marty14 wrote:

I am now letting nature take its course with my fry. Only one or two survive per brood. But that is enough. I intervene as little as possible. After all you don't want your house turn into one big fish house.
Marty

why not?

A true believer !!!!!
Marty

my first spawn I intervene and I lost all of them so now i dont do anything and I just let them be. And currently my male green dragon is sitting on another batch of eggs,with two seperate spawns from same parents growing out.

Chad.C wrote:

my first spawn I intervene and I lost all of them so now i dont do anything and I just let them be. And currently my male green dragon is sitting on another batch of eggs,with two seperate spawns from same parents growing out.

Good move. I also find that the ones that survive are the healthier, strongest and smartest of the lot.
I guess nature can be cruel sometimes but it has a purpose.
Marty

Amen Brother

Anubias nana, Java fern, hornwort - bare-bottomer , anything that floats or clings to driftwood is welcome, med.to low light , sun worshippers need not apply.

I have mostly fern a lot of fern attached to the wood and caves and stones, some just sits on the bottom, I also have floating plants, wisteria and such, but I have little or no substrate some samll areas with a bit of gravel and on area with a small amount of oceanic sand, I use to have gravel/subsrtae but found it is much easier to maintain clean with fry and their abundance of poop!!

I also let nature take its course- so the ones that do survive which is usually quite a lot are definitly healthier and hardy and yes are also smarter!!!So funny someone else has noticed the same thing!

Carolan wrote:

I have mostly fern a lot of fern attached to the wood and caves and stones, some just sits on the bottom, I also have floating plants, wisteria and such, but I have little or no substrate some samll areas with a bit of gravel and on area with a small amount of oceanic sand, I use to have gravel/subsrtae but found it is much easier to maintain clean with fry and their abundance of poop!!

I also let nature take its course- so the ones that do survive which is usually quite a lot are definitly healthier and hardy and yes are also smarter!!!So funny someone else has noticed the same thing!

Sounds like a nice collection of plants and a good setup.
Do you have any pictures ???
Marty