Rocco Moretti
October 13th 05, 08:25 PM
Elane T wrote:
> The two champion guppy breeders in town use our moderately hard
> (170 ppm) tapwater with no salt. They keep cories in their tanks
> to scavenge extra food. The other thing they do is to run barebottomed
> tanks with old-fashioned box filters. The bare tanks are easy to
> clean and the box filters aerate the water well without any risk of
> sucking fry into an impeller.
I've been wondering what people's thoughts are on bare bottom tanks. I'm
trying a bare bottom tank now, and although it's easer to pick up the
fish waste, I'm a little concerned that the lack of substrate might be
stressing the fish somewhat, especially bottom dwellers like cories.
As an additional aside, how much cover for the fish (e.g.
rocks/wood/plants/epoxy castles :) ) should you have in the tank? Would
keeping fish in a completely barren tank stress them long term? Are
substrate/decoration purely an aesthetic issue for the humans involved?
> The two champion guppy breeders in town use our moderately hard
> (170 ppm) tapwater with no salt. They keep cories in their tanks
> to scavenge extra food. The other thing they do is to run barebottomed
> tanks with old-fashioned box filters. The bare tanks are easy to
> clean and the box filters aerate the water well without any risk of
> sucking fry into an impeller.
I've been wondering what people's thoughts are on bare bottom tanks. I'm
trying a bare bottom tank now, and although it's easer to pick up the
fish waste, I'm a little concerned that the lack of substrate might be
stressing the fish somewhat, especially bottom dwellers like cories.
As an additional aside, how much cover for the fish (e.g.
rocks/wood/plants/epoxy castles :) ) should you have in the tank? Would
keeping fish in a completely barren tank stress them long term? Are
substrate/decoration purely an aesthetic issue for the humans involved?