what else can i make my tank look better!!

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what can i do to make it look better and all.
thx

thx will do wat i can. it will hav more fish in it but im im worried somethin else is goin to happen, and i will prob get more fish once my male balloon molly is better. once hes better it will be stock more and much nicer. i will do a dift wood in it too, where should i put the drift wood? i was thinking in the middle since it has nothin there. im goin to move the big colloseum back further and put a whole bunch of plants in front and leave an entrance to it, so it will be like a hage cage.

well i didnt buy the roman decor, my boyfriend did he wanted to get them and i said yes.

I agree with the more natural look. Also, a solid color background. I personally like a black background. I've found that it brings the colors out in the fish. Another thing I would do is get some more plants. Fish seem to really like live plants, no matter what they are. And last, I would DEFINITELY get some driftwood. The nicest stuff I've found is mopani driftwood at PetSmart or PetCo like you would use in a terrarium. It is cheap and it always has some neat shapes. Just soak it in hot water for a week in a large bin. I took an old heater and put it in the water and turned it up all the way and all you have to do is 100% water change every day for a week and you've leached all the tannin out of the wood and it'll be safe!

P.s.
I hope that Jack Daniels in the corner isn't involved in the tank at all... lol

lmao naw its for looks, i dont want to get my fish drunk

lol I think your fish want to get you drunk...

i am drunk lol havin a hard time typing

Nice...kinda. I don't drink so I wouldn't know what that's like.

im allergic so one makes me drunk

Not good.

its not to bad it just hits me harder and work harder to get rid of the alcohol but i get to relax

lol Well have fun. I'm out for the night. Don't give the fishies any!

oh i wont n i think im out to which i mean pass out

I made a library entry on how to make your own drift wood.

http://www.usafishbox.org/how-to-guides-f56/make-your-own-drift-wood-t3009.htm#39496

thx its really good info to make my own, at petco its like 40 to get a medium size.

Ya, its amazing what they charge for wood, this way you can find that really cool branchy piece. I always look for cool bends and twists and branches sticking off at odd angles. But I have a whole dead orange tree to pick and chose from...

ah ya i might go wher i board my horse and go out in pasture and find some dead wood there. but i want to get the live ones to so i can steam it and bend them in diff ways. u can do it wen their still alive and either steam it or boil it and bend them, let say in a loop, after u bend it to a loop then u tie it to hold let it dry and there u go a loop.

lol really?
sounds koo!
u have any pix of that?

ya if its thin enough to do, i dont hav those big steamers like the boat builders do.

She's right. And it is much easier to find live wood. Only problem is, it takes a long time to leach.