Fish Care

[Miss Vikki Australia / Mystery Girl]

Hi folks just set up my tanks has 2 black more and 2 fantail using an
under gravel filter with air stone device

Have all my water treatments and my water test kit just wondering about
plants should I or perhaps not for just 4 fish Vikki

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[Geezer From The Freezer]

Vik,
All personal preference if you have them or not. I tend to keep
live plants, but have to replace quite often.

[Miss Vikki Australia / Mystery Girl]

Ok but wondered if live plants also bring more life to the tank and help
amuse and interest my fishes

Do you know I asked the woman who served me about a tank cover she said oh
do you have a cat
I busted if she only knew our cat she would know the lazy thing is no threat
to my fish

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"Geezer From The Freezer" > wrote in message
...
> Vik,
> All personal preference if you have them or not. I tend to keep
> live plants, but have to replace quite often.

[Geezer From The Freezer]

Miss Vikki Australia / Mystery Girl wrote:
>
> Ok but wondered if live plants also bring more life to the tank and help
> amuse and interest my fishes
>
> Do you know I asked the woman who served me about a tank cover she said oh
> do you have a cat
> I busted if she only knew our cat she would know the lazy thing is no threat
> to my fish

Vik,

I think the fish find it entertaining pulling on the plants. They can
also use the plants to hide behind when they are edgy.

[T]

I would be hesitant about planting a tank with with a UGF (Under ground
filter). From what I understand, most plants do not do well with a UGF...

Timmer...

Canadians in Californi'Eh...


"Geezer From The Freezer" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Miss Vikki Australia / Mystery Girl wrote:
> >
> > Ok but wondered if live plants also bring more life to the tank and help
> > amuse and interest my fishes
> >
> > Do you know I asked the woman who served me about a tank cover she said
oh
> > do you have a cat
> > I busted if she only knew our cat she would know the lazy thing is no
threat
> > to my fish
>
> Vik,
>
> I think the fish find it entertaining pulling on the plants. They can
> also use the plants to hide behind when they are edgy.

[Tom La Bron]

Timmer,

Many plants do not do well with UGF's because people do not put enough
gravel on top of the filter plates. And UGF should have 1 1/2 inch to 2
inches of gravel on top of the plates, and RUGF need about 3 inches. Most
people do not want to put that much gravel in their tanks.

HTH

Tom L.L.
"T" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> I would be hesitant about planting a tank with with a UGF (Under ground
> filter). From what I understand, most plants do not do well with a UGF...
>
> Timmer...
>
> Canadians in Californi'Eh...
>
>
> "Geezer From The Freezer" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >
> > Miss Vikki Australia / Mystery Girl wrote:
> > >
> > > Ok but wondered if live plants also bring more life to the tank and
help
> > > amuse and interest my fishes
> > >
> > > Do you know I asked the woman who served me about a tank cover she
said
> oh
> > > do you have a cat
> > > I busted if she only knew our cat she would know the lazy thing is no
> threat
> > > to my fish
> >
> > Vik,
> >
> > I think the fish find it entertaining pulling on the plants. They can
> > also use the plants to hide behind when they are edgy.
>
>

[George Thompson]

"Tom La Bron" > wrote in message >...
> Timmer,
>
> Many plants do not do well with UGF's because people do not put enough
> gravel on top of the filter plates. And UGF should have 1 1/2 inch to 2
> inches of gravel on top of the plates, and RUGF need about 3 inches. Most
> people do not want to put that much gravel in their tanks.
>
> HTH

1 1/2 inch? When I first started fish keeping about 1 1/2 years ago,
I had a UGF. I had about 3" of gravel. Needless to say, it got very
smelly.

Then, under advice, I removed 2's of gravel, and it worked better.

Then under ingrid's advice, I removed the UGF, Binned the tank, bought
a 10g & filter. Things work very nicely.

I'm a filter convert. UGF's just don't seem to cut it in my tanks,
and I'm sure it was responsible for the death of my black moor.