Any unique ideas for decorating a large fish aquarium?

Question

I am looking for a unique and interesting idea for my 55 gallon fish aquarium...any good ideas to offer? I don't want a background so it is visible from both sides. Any help with themes, lighting, anything is appreciated!

Answer 1

Instead of stones, put tons of marbles at the bottom. They are more expensive, but it pays off.

Answer 2

I don't know how about black gravel or sand as a substrate. Some driftwood and some plastic plants. You can also pile some rocks so it could serve as a cave if you have some smaller pleco.

It depends if you want your tank to look natural or if you don't mind some resins decorations such as a lighthouse and a crashed car, If you don't mind it not looking natural. Egypt themed tank seems to be the hot thing right now.

Answer 3

if you want to invest in a good light, i would say plants as a first choice. you can get a wide variety of shapes/colors/sizes, add in some natural rocks &/or driftwood and even some manmade objects like bricks (make sure they are aquarium safe!) can make an attractive tank.

here is a good site for plants:
http://www.aquabotanic.com/gallery.htm

i also have all of my tanks set up for multiple side viewing. it is great, even when the stands don't really encourage it.

someday i'd love to have a 300 gallon square tank.

Answer 4

i made a lake reef in my tank, it looks awsome. i went to the creek and got a lot of rocks then i cleaned them with bleach and scrubbed them really good. after that i washed them and let them dry in the sun so the bleach would evaporate. then i started to glue them together with aquarium silicone inside the the empty tank. this takes time because you need to let the silicone dry after youve glued a few together so they dont slide around and they stay together. i made caves by gluing them to flower pots and a peice of pvc tubing. it took alittle time and i was scared that it would be too much weight and crack my tank but it is fine and looks beautiful ive had it for over a year.

after i finished i found out about these floating rocks that are made from volcanic ash and that you can boil them in water to make them sink. if you use these you dont have to worry about causeing any stress fractures to your tank. also you can find many nice tank set ups on this cichlid forum i go on where they have posted pics. www.cichlidforums.com just click on cichlid gallery in the top right hand corner. there are some really cool setups.
good luck and have fun. by the way i dont know what kind of fish your looking into but south and central american cichlids are beautiful and very fun.

Answer 5

You can do a green black white theme with African glass cats and black ghosts or black neons and glass shrimp with anubias and Java fern
Substrate: black gravel and loads of white stone chippings and cory arcuatus or panda
Light can be very bright to give a clearwater image. Get some large grey stones too.


You could try an african tank with Bichirs, african glass cats, large synos and butterflyfish. Lots of rox and anubias

Or a mangrove aquarium with archers, mollies, monos and fiddler crabs. Mollies do well in brackish water.

Or an exotic catfish tank with L number plecos, royal whiptail, large Pim Pictus and wadevr large and/or fancy cat fish you can find.

Answer 6

It all depends on the fish in the tank. Lots of fish like plants that they can hide in or swim through. Goldfish love caves and guppies like to hide(the ones i've had anyway lol)

Answer 7

i have a sushi goldfish tank with sushi plates, sake bottles, chopsticks. all my tanks are asian themed -- mostly bettas.

you could do african or aztec or just about anything. don't limit yourself to what they sell in the store for decorations. most ceramics and glass are fine decorations. use some sense and you can do just about anything.