This is my 36G freshwater tank. I have a single koi in there and a small oto. My goal for the year is to build a new pond for him, and then I'll probably use the tank as a quarantine for new koi or goldfish for the ponds. But, ya know... money... so that might turn in to a 2022 goal.
So for now, I took out all of my old decoration with fake plants (they had all turned green and wouldn't scrub clean), and replaced it with this piece of faux driftwood that I used to have in my (long gone) 55G tank. I tied creeping jenny to rocks and tucked them in to the holes, so the koi can't pull them out. He'll chomp on the leaves, of course, but so far it grows back as fast as he can eat it so it's OK
The driftwood is really bigger than I would like, but it's something that I had and it's heavy enough that he can't knock it over. I wish it were about 25% smaller, but so far I haven't found such a monster.
The question is, can you guys and gals suggest anything else I might do for color?
I don't really like the blue piece on the left, but it's all that I had on hand that has color. I would much rather have short and colorful plants, but finding something that the koi doesn't eat / destroy has been a challenge.
Aaaaand, I need for it to look like it would be natural to a North Carolina river... no fake reefs or anything, because it wouldn't match the look. And I'm really not a fan of the kitschy stuff, like sunken boats and treasure chests, I try to give everything a natural-but-maybe-planned look.
So for now, I took out all of my old decoration with fake plants (they had all turned green and wouldn't scrub clean), and replaced it with this piece of faux driftwood that I used to have in my (long gone) 55G tank. I tied creeping jenny to rocks and tucked them in to the holes, so the koi can't pull them out. He'll chomp on the leaves, of course, but so far it grows back as fast as he can eat it so it's OK
The driftwood is really bigger than I would like, but it's something that I had and it's heavy enough that he can't knock it over. I wish it were about 25% smaller, but so far I haven't found such a monster.
The question is, can you guys and gals suggest anything else I might do for color?
I don't really like the blue piece on the left, but it's all that I had on hand that has color. I would much rather have short and colorful plants, but finding something that the koi doesn't eat / destroy has been a challenge.
Aaaaand, I need for it to look like it would be natural to a North Carolina river... no fake reefs or anything, because it wouldn't match the look. And I'm really not a fan of the kitschy stuff, like sunken boats and treasure chests, I try to give everything a natural-but-maybe-planned look.