There are two primary reasons I have my breeders in a bare tank.
1. Snails....easier to avoid them in a bare tank.
2. Capturing the breeders. There's nothing that makes me go crazy than
chasing rainbows through thickets of plants....very annoying
Out of interest Rhonda, I have been tracking your progress on your website
for some time now (I spotted a reference to you having Peter Unmack's tanks)
but I didn't put 2+2 together to work out that rhonda at naturalaquariums = the
natural aquariums website :-)
You have a nice setup, keep up the website and if you could share your
technology (pumps, filters, DYI etc.) on your website, I (for one) would be
an avid reader.
caio
Graeme
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rhonda Wilson" <rhonda at naturalaquariums.com>
To: <r_m_l at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: Bare vs Planted tanks (was Re: [RML] The End: P signifer male
paling & losing appetite
> Sorry I'm late chiming in here, but I have to say I much prefer planted
> tanks too. I wouldn't want to live in a tank without plants and maybe
> the fish don't care, who knows? Maybe I'm anthropomorphising here but I
> think many would like a planted tank better. I don't think they have
> enough brain power to be debating it in their head but I think they are
> more comfortable in general, at least the fish I deal with. I also think
> a planted tank is much nicer to look at.
>
> Some of us may have the tanks in the back fishroom planted too. I put up
> a few shots of my fish room a couple weeks ago.
> http://naturalaquariums.com/aquariums/froom.html
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> Rhonda
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> Andrew Boyd wrote:
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> > Hi Tom,
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> > sorry to hear about you losing the signifer. It can be hard to lose a
> > fish that you've grown to like a lot then put a lot of time into saving
> > when it gets ill. If this happens often enough, you may decide that it
> > is not worth keeping fish in tanks any more, as others have done
> > before you.
> >
> > As to the bare vs planted thing - there are ethical arguments either
> > way. If fish get bored and/or feel trapped, they are more likely to be
> > relaxed in a planted tank, and stress reduction is disease reduction. On
> > the other hand, if there are preventable medical conditions that can be
> > eased by keeping them in a bare tank, it may be better to keep them in a
> > bare tank. It is a hard call and one that each individual fish keeper
> > must decide for themselves. A lot of guys (and gals!) that I have met
> > have a display tank or two inside the house that is fully decked out
> > with a variety of coordinated landscaped plant/substrate packages. Out
> > the back they have a fishroom with a bunch of bare tanks for the fish,
> > and similar special conditions for plants they are breeding. The bare
> > tanks are easier to clean, and therefore water quality is easier to
> > guarantee, and therefore the fish stay healthier longer. Aesthetically,
> > I am pretty sure that most people would prefer to see their finny
> > friends in planted tanks with natural looking backgrounds and the whole
> > box and dice.
> >
> > Best regards, Andrew
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