What should I do to make my 30 gal tank more attracting and more healthy if possible for my fish? I have no real plants in it currently. There are real rocks, an artificial one, pebbles on the bottom, and thats all the stuff in it. Should I get a real plant? Will it be good for the fish? Can the plant actually become a source for a snack? I dont know what to do. What type of plant I should get?
thanks
~Caroline~ ;)

i thought it was a 20 gallon? live plants are a snack source but biten up live plants just dont look good. I would get an airetor, thats good to have.

Actually I just figured out it was a 30 gallon I thought it was a 20. (srry bout that) lol. Thanks for the tips
~Caroline~ :D

i would go with plastic plants. they dont get eaten, dont need special care, and dont need to be replaced!

Hmm plastic plants great idea. Okay doke thanks.
~Caroline~ :D

there are also silk plants, they look cool too.

oh yeah I've seen silk plants before, yeah that would be nice. thanks again
~Caroline~ B)

ive seen silk in aquariums, they look OK but i prefer plastic. ;)

I guess plastic is better I thought about it...sometimes the silk plants have little tendrils haning off the sides.
~Caroline~ ;)

yah, thats why i like plastic better, the color seems better too.

well, yeah the color usually is more light and happy-lookin to me. I like light green plant colors.
~Caroline~ ;)

i have a mix of colored plants, all look natural, my tank has fake stuff but looks natural. il have to get a pic up one day.

Cool! I'll have to take a good look at tha picture. Its hard for me to get good shots of my tank, I dont have any special camera. The glass makes it hard to get good pics too.
~Caroline~ :P

yes, but its mostly lighting that affects pics, and of course the camara.

Yeah okay I used a digital camera, I only got to get four shots in today.
~Caroline~ :unsure:

thats okay, you only really need 1 good shot.

I have philodendrons & silk plants in my tank for my baby paradise fish to hide in. Robyn has pics of these posted on her Paradise FIsh Page. I also have a "tiki" head & a double cave for them to hide in. I have 2 blue paradise fish & a pleco in the tank (10 gal) & have put in gravel & marbles that aceentuate the fishs' colors. Plastic plants are nice as they do brighten up the tank but I wanted something that would flow with the water & not be so stiff looking. Everyone has their preference. Good luck w/whatever you decide to so there. All my pics have been taken w/my digital & they've come out really nice. The glare from the flash is annoying but that's a small price to pay. I've even taken video on it of the mating process & turned it into a DVD. Very educational...my best friend calls it fishy-porn. What a spaz.

I guess thats an advantage for silk over plastic, i never thought of that(or seen it!)

Hmm thanks! I'll think about it. I'm not adding anything to my tank right away. Soon maybe. Thanks for the tips I have lots to consider.
~Caroline~ :)

it took me a while to find aquascaping i liked. i drew everything out until i found the perfect one. you should try it.

okay...umm whats "aquascping"? did you spell soemthing wrong, what do you mean?
~Caroline~

aquascaping is how you design your tank, with things like plants, driftwood, rocks, ornaments and more.

OH thanks I get it! Good plan. I'll try it over the weekend. Might sound silly but, ss there any thing that looks good and is healthy for the fish or something?
~Caroline~ :P
thanks

what do you mean? you can go to your lfs, they should have a nice selection on plants and ornaments.

Ummm something environmental friendly? Thats everything they sell I guess nevermind I didnt think about it.
~Caroline~

ask before you buy becuase some rocks may raise ph or something.

Yeah okay thanks. Thats what I meant. Great!!
~Caroline~ :P

i noticed that community fish love to have alot of plants in the tank to hide, breed, and play in. You bichir should have a cave.

if you mean rock caves, I have those.

thats good. are they slate? my cave is slate, the fish love it!

No, they are ordinary rocks. Should i get a bit of slate to put in there for my fish?
~caroline~ :D

slates good, i use it for my rainbow shark. i dont know about bichirs though, your dojo may like a slate cave.

Cool okay. i've never had a rainbow shark. Ive had one bala though and it was good-tempered usually. Yeah my dojo seems to like threading in and out of caves and stuff. He really likes this plastic grass I have in there. He made a little ditch under it.
~Caroline~ B)

my old dojo liked to stay in the grass too. i read somewhere thats what they like to do alot!

hehe thats good. My dojo is very active.
~Caroline~

i loved my dojo, i miss him. he was the first fish to go in my bros 15 gallon and he was soo cool! unfortunately we bought him from petco! and of course he died. :( the only fish that we had survive petco were 3 blackskirts that i like alot, they are like little peadeful pirahhanas.

i like the gold dojos. they are neat. i like albino and gold stuff though, i know a lot of people dont.

Albinos are definetly sooo cool! Golds sound awesome too.
~Caroline~ :lol:

i havent seen an albino but i have seen the asian one, the european one, and the gold one. the gold ones had some black on them.

oh Ive never seen an albino dojo, Im just saying that I like mostly all albino fish. I dont know if I've seen a golden dojo before. I've ownbed two Asian dojos 5 years ago. I heardly even knew anything about fish then!
~Caroline~ :P