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fish setup? Anonymous
hay /an/
a few years ago, we had our fishtank set up, but then our last fish (an angelfish) died, since all these fish topics have been starting, I'm starting to want to get it up again, so i want to know: what is a pretty much self-supporting fish tank setup with lots of colorful fish in it, and looks cool, im not sure how big it is but id say it was a fairly good sized tank
almost self supporting, because im a shitty fish owner

it would be great to have fish eating plants and/or schooling

pic sorta related
>> Anonymous
>>164981
I should add, you can make self-supporting ponds with goldfish and lots and lots of anacharis, but I just don't see it happening in a tank.
>> Anonymous
I would say that if you set things up properly you could get away without needing to do water changes. However, you still have to top up water lost to evaporation, test your water, and keep up with your filters and other maintenance. You also need the right ratio of creatures in the tank, including microorganisms and your "clean up crew" (snails & various scavengers).

In the end doing water changes is probably easier than trying to keep things perfect without them.
>> Anonymous
>>164988
Yeah, I said it's impossible only because this guy is probably a noob. I've seen "nature" tanks which have shittons of plants in them to replace filtration and water changes, but the monitoring and tinkering necessary to keep these tanks balanced isn't worth it.
>> Anonymous
Not to forget that plants will grow too.
You need to care for them, cut them and arrange them.
And they create waste too, when leaves are rotting.
>> Anonymous
>>164997
And you have to make sure the chemicals are balanced just right for the plants to grow but not algae, because without plants this kind of set-up is impossible, but it's ridiculously hard to balance chemicals without manually changing out the water... etc etc.

tl;dr, there is no maintenance free aquarium.