CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What to prepare for the ornamental fish tank

1. What should be prepared in the ornamental fish tank?

Waterweed mud, landscaping stones and wood, waterweed seeds for the foreground, waterweed in the background, heating rods, and ropes for tying waterweed.

Then the filtration method you choose is generally trickle filtration, submersible pump trickle box filter material

Then it depends on what kind of grass you grow, negative grass or positive grass

Generally, aquatic plants are easy to keep alive, but to grow them to good condition, they need aquatic plant lights (plants all need light), as well as carbon dioxide. You can usually buy carbon dioxide tablets online and put them in.

Generally, you should arrange it first, then add water, and after a few days, you can add some small fish and shrimps. It will be a complete landscape in about a month.

ADA mud, carbon dioxide cylinders, and other refinements... there are quite a lot of things.

2. Is it okay to raise larger ornamental fish in a grass tank?

Be very careful when buying tropical fish raised in aquatic plant tanks. If you put in some tropical fish that harm the aquatic plants, your carefully arranged aquatic plant world will be completely destroyed within a few days. Generally, you should pay attention to the following aspects when buying tropical fish raised in aquatic plant tanks.

Large fish (over 15 cm) and ferocious fish should not be chosen.

Fish that have the habit of eating and pulling out aquatic plants should not be purchased: such as glass fish, nine-striped fish, kissing fish, green puffer fish, pipit, sapphire, etc.

The water layers where the tropical fish are raised should be located in the upper, middle and lower layers, with a relatively even spatial distribution.

Personal recommendations: Guppy, Black Mary, Red Sword, Chinese Fighting Fish (White Rabbit Blue Fork Round Fighting Fish/Fighting Fish is best raised alone), Three Star Manlong, Lily Fish, Pearl Vest, Zebrafish, Golden Thread Fish, Four-striped Fish (Do not raise with slow-swimming fish), Angelfish, etc.

3. What kind of fish is suitable for raising in a grass tank? Ornamental fish area Aquarium area Water grass landscape fish tank

The main purpose of the grass tank is to create a landscape with aquatic plants, and the fish are only used as embellishments or tools. For embellishments, tetras are usually used more often. Tool fish include elves, dolls, etc., depending on the specific needs.

Lampfish, small tool fish

Lantern fish

4. Why do some people say that “goldfish cannot be raised in a planted tank”?

It is not a strict statement that goldfish cannot be raised in a planted tank. A more accurate statement is that a planted tank is not suitable for raising goldfish.

In fact, not only goldfish, but also larger ornamental fish are not suitable for being kept in a grass tank.

The beautiful planted tanks we usually see in fish stores usually contain small tropical fish, shrimps, and snails.

The reason why a grass tank is not suitable for raising goldfish is determined by the characteristics of the goldfish themselves.

Goldfish look gentle and docile, but they can also be very naughty.

Its mouth is usually restless, always looking for something to eat.

There are a lot of aquatic plants and bottom sand in the grass tank, which gives the goldfish something to do.

After a few days, the water plants will be bitten into pieces, and the leaves will be torn off and float in the water. What's worse is the bottom sand, which the goldfish will keep eating and spitting out, having a lot of fun, and the water will become turbid.

Just like that, a perfectly good planted tank was messed up by the goldfish.

Raising goldfish in a grass tank sounds really good. I have seen a video shot by some authors on Toutiao before. There were only two goldfish in the grass tank. In the video, the goldfish were moving leisurely, which was really nice and beautiful. In fact, this was just for shooting a video. The goldfish were in the grass tank for only a few minutes. After the video was shot, the goldfish were taken out of the grass tank.

The goldfish was just a temporary actor. The author made money by making videos. I have been raising goldfish for nearly 30 years. I have never seen anyone raising goldfish in a grass tank. I have also put water plants in the fish tank before. After a day or two, the water plants were eaten up by goldfish. Goldfish are omnivorous fish. They eat both meat and vegetables. It's really ugly to see them eating.

Sometimes the remnants of water plants float all over the fish tank, rolling up and down, which is very uncomfortable to watch. Therefore, goldfish are kept in a bare tank, and with a filter, the water quality is easy to deal with. Later, I improved the variety of water plants in the fish tank. Generally, in summer, I planted a few water figs in the fish tank to embellish the fish tank. Since the leaves of water figs are relatively hard, goldfish cannot chew the water plants. Water plants can survive a summer in the fish tank, but in winter, the water figs will freeze to death. Because water figs are tropical water plants, native to Africa, and as tropical water plants, they require a certain temperature

Not only goldfish, but also larger fish are not suitable for being raised in a grass tank. Goldfish are docile and naughty by nature, but they can't control their mouths and eat whatever is available. There are too many aquatic plants in the grass tank, and they will tear the leaves and make the water turbid.

Goldfish always want to find something to eat. They will chew up the water plants in the tank. Turbid water will produce a lot of bacteria, causing the death of fish.

Due to the nature of goldfish, they can't keep their mouths idle, so they will keep eating and spitting out water plants, which can easily make them dirty.

Because if you raise one, it will die, that's why people say you shouldn't raise goldfish.