Tank convert to Planted. Need idea's and help.

[JRH]

I have 2 years experience now, first was a 1.2 and now a 1.5(way bigger), lost all my fish when it cracked... now looking for some ideas, would like an planted tank but not sure if a 1.5 would be to big. If you have any idea's please say, as i have not yet tried planted, currently i have 2 Jack Dempsey, 2 Texas cichlid in with a Asian sun catfish, they still way small. Tank has a sump filer, and a 5000liter/hour vibration pump for circulation. got this light system (Odyssea Dual Pro T5 Fluorescent Light 54w x 2 (10000k tube & Actinic tube)).

Ideas please, and I'm not sure of the type of fish i want to keep got these fish as they look amazing.:bigsmile:.

What you guys think ?

[JRH]

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This is what my tank looks like at the moment, all plants are plastic. :)

[azurekoi]

Big cichlids and planted tanks usualy end up with a fustrated owner constantly replanting and fishing little shreds of plants out constantly with a net... Maybe if you go for Java Fern and some of the bigger type of Anubias,you can get this going... But trying to make "Fyn tuin" with stems wont work...

[f-fish]

Yeap - I agree with azurekoi .. you might be able to get some vallis going if you plants them in separate terracotta pots in the back, but even that might be a challenge. I fear you might be stuck with plastic plants amongst some java fern.

Later Ferdie