How to achieve thriving plants in a goldfish aquarium?
Are you an experienced goldfish keeper, with a keen interest in creating a natural environment within your aquarium? If you are, I would love for you to share some knowledge! I will give you all a bit of a description of my current set up and what I would like to achieve: I have a 200L goldfish tank. I only have one goldfish in the tank, due to the fact that I have discovered that in the context of goldfish, less is definitely more. I also have some cold water minnows in the tank. I don’t have a problem with the fish over eating the plants, and I have two grow tube bulbs in the tank for lighting. I have a bubble tube which extends across the width of the back of the tank for aeration. I also have a great external canister filter, and the water quality is optimal. If anyone experienced with growing plants in a cold water tank could let me in on a few tips on their favourite plant varieties (my java ferns and pond weeds look the healthiest, the least healthy being the amazon swords), fer