Wood or rocks

[Corypower]

I am going to rescale my tank so should I use drift wood or rocks as my primary hardscape?

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Why not both?

 

[Corypower]

I just want some consistency

 

[Guyb93]

I would determine off your stock and what there naturally occurring environment looks like , South American tends to be more densely wooded as to where lake Malawi would have denser areas of rock , if it’s pure visual just play around with what you have see what you think looks best , certain woods and rocks can also change the ph Gh of your water over time something else to have a think about

 

[Corypower]

I m not really looking to do a biotobe

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

I just want some consistency

"Consistency" sounds artificial.
What's your substrate? Any intended theme?
I've only seen the African Lake cichlids in stone-only tanks.

EDIT: For spelling error.

 

[Guyb93]

I m not really looking to do a biotobe

I would just go with what you find visually pleasing then

 

[Corypower]

Thing is I like heavily planted tanks which is not what a biotobe is

 

[Corypower]

Consistency as in like not rocks here and wood there looks messy

 

[Corypower]

Going with fine gravel and I will add plants so not like a cichlid tank

 

[Guyb93]

Thing is I like heavily planted tanks which is not what a biotobe is

Depending on what biotope you aim for you could have a very densely planted tank large parts of most water systems are heavily planted , do you have a current photo of your tank and what you don’t like about it ? Or what you want to change

 

[Corypower]

This is it now

 

[Corypower]

Plan to use rocks/ wood to hide the filter and stuff

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Thing is I like heavily planted tanks which is not what a biotobe is

It can be...depends on the biotope.

 

[Corypower]

What would a tiger barb environment look like ,they seem to like the java fern always sleeping within it