schismy007 wrote:I had two of those plastic breeding grasses and because I didn't have any plants to put immediately in my Red-Line puffers tank, I took those and put them up against rocks, so they are standing up instead of laying flat, to give my puffers some cover. I think I'm going to leave them in because they don't look half bad, especially as I'm going to go to brackish with them anyway.
Improvising is a good thing in the fish-keeping hobby. I also printed off my own background pictures for that aquarium as well. I didn't want to wait to buy one, and the fish don't really care what's back there, so I did some looking on the internet, and found a background photo that I liked and printed it off. Then I cut the edges off the pages (I had to print out 4 pages for the size of the tank, some will need more) and taped them together, and then put it on the back of the tank. Looks just as good, and like I said, the fish don't mind.
I onced drew puffer fish as my background and my puffer started attacking the black dots. ( i'm guessing he thought it were snails)
LilGreenPuffer wrote:I've made a spawning mop for cover for adult fish before, instead of getting more plants for the temporary setup. I don't have a bucket, so at times I have dechlorinated water in a plastic drawer. I quarantine in Tupperwares. I used control-top pantyhose as a baffle. I once put a CD rack in my hermit crab aquarium as a jungle gym. Ah, the things you can do...
