One of the first things that come into mind when setup your new tropical tank is decoration. This is important to add the authentic touch to your creativity so that your fish tank beautify along with the room it is placed.
Decorating your aquarium takes time. Fish naturally need hiding place and they live well with territory of their own. Decoration will also help to create natural environment and your fish will not be so stress. For this, it is important for community fish tank with different species of aquarium fish. Creating a place to hide will help to control aggression by a particular species towards the other. Big and larger size fish will always have the instinct to attack, so it is good to have hiding place for the small fish. This will ensure that all the tank dwellers live in peace and happy.
Certain inhabitants are cave dwellers and thus, aquarium decoration to provide place for your tropical fish to hide is important. It can be a form of crevices or holes made from dried coconut shell and as long as it can protect them from outside environment, this is good enough. Aquatic plants can also play important role. Plants will shield your shy fish especially when they are ready to mate.
Having live plants in your tank not only good as decoration but with plants it will help improve water quality. As the plants thrive and grow, so does your fish. Load of organic waste present in your water will be removed and absorb as fertilizer. This will make it suitable for any fish to live in the water.
Another type of aquarium decoration is using driftwood, rock and coral. When arranged, these items will make spectacular sight while at the same time, create the natural look. If you have intention to simulate the natural habitat of a particular species living in the wild, you can also grab a good book and read about it. In fact, you can also venture out to ponds and rivers and have a natural feel how it would be like. Your creativity one that will make all the difference.
Certain fish enthusiast go the extra mile by adding mermaid, shipwrecks, buried treasures, so all these are bound to liven up your tropical fish tank. Good luck.