I know they like a lot of hides and cool stuff to check out, so I thought I'd get it pretty well filled up with complex driftwood pieces, and I found a really nice fake plant with really long branches that float and cover a lot of the top. I also have some live plants. Now I just want to make sure it's not TOO full. Does it seem like there's enough swimming room? There are two large driftwood pieces in there right now, I could remove one and replace it with the smaller one in the second picture, or remove it altogether. I could also add the smaller piece back how it was in the second picture, I had removed it because I thought it looked too crowded that way. I could add a little bit more plants, but I don't have a ton of low light plants to work with and for now I'm out of spending money for new ones.
Anyway, I've included the second picture because after that point I was experimenting with different bulbs and one of the sockets broke. I'm getting a different (working!) hood from a friend later, but hopefully you can see the setup in there well enough from these.
Also, does the lighting seem okay? I know it shouldn't be too bright. I could use dimmer bulbs than these but all I have is a pretty big step down and it's very dim and yellow in there, and I thought with all the shade it seemed alright, but I want to make sure. But of course my phone camera tried to brighten up the picture for me so it looks a little brighter than it is. It's a pair of 10 watt 6500K fluorescent bulbs. The lighting can only be kind of observed as intended in the second picture, since again, after that picture the left socket was shot.
1. Front view as is
2. Front view with smaller driftwood piece and full lighting
3. Top view
4. View from right side
5. View from left side
Thank you for any help and advice!
