Planted tank n fish

[Tyler777]

In heavy planted tanks can fish really have room to swim around ?

 

[Uberhoust]

I actually removed some plants from my tank to allow the Angels a bit more swimming room. For fish like small tetras the planting density doesn't seem to matter as much. Only my observations.

 

[10 Tanks]

Hello. Some of my tanks are overly planted and I just keep long narrow fish in those tanks. Just those species that can swim through roots systems that are close together. Rasboras and some of the Danios for instance. The shorter, thicker species, like Platys and some of the larger Tetras, get a little less heavily planted tank that allows them plenty of room to swim. There are times I do need to thin the plants, because the fish can get a bit crowded.

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[jaylach]

Right now all that is in my tank is a rope fish and some small dwarf cichlids so being pretty heavily planted is no real issue. However, if I can ever manage to re-home my cichlids, I would go back to Panda Garras and would do some thinning of plants to give the beasties more room as they are extremely active.

Really, as indicated above, it depends on the fish and how active they are. For instance my rope fish loves a lot of plants as he is pretty sedate and likes to casually swim around the stems. With Panda Garra it is different as they are very fast and really only want two things in their way; other Pandas to play tag with and air bubbles to play with. If I can ever get my Pandas I will rearrange plants to keep a 'forest' for the rope in the back of the tank leaving the front half pretty bare except for some low plants.

 

[Tyler777]

I actually removed some plants from my tank to allow the Angels a bit more swimming room. For fish like small tetras the planting density doesn't seem to matter as much. Only my observations.

Thanks for your advice

Hello. Some of my tanks are overly planted and I just keep long narrow fish in those tanks. Just those species that can swim through roots systems that are close together. Rasboras and some of the Danios for instance. The shorter, thicker species, like Platys and some of the larger Tetras, get a little less heavily planted tank that allows them plenty of room to swim. There are times I do need to thin the plants, because the fish can get a bit crowded.

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Thank you my friend for your advice

Right now all that is in my tank is a rope fish and some small dwarf cichlids so being pretty heavily planted is no real issue. However, if I can ever manage to re-home my cichlids, I would go back to Panda Garras and would do some thinning of plants to give the beasties more room as they are extremely active.

Really, as indicated above, it depends on the fish and how active they are. For instance my rope fish loves a lot of plants as he is pretty sedate and likes to casually swim around the stems. With Panda Garra it is different as they are very fast and really only want two things in their way; other Pandas to play tag with and air bubbles to play with. If I can ever get my Pandas I will rearrange plants to keep a 'forest' for the rope in the back of the tank leaving the front half pretty bare except for some low plants.

Thank you