Was pointed to this forum today (thanks gil_ong) so I figured I'd start off with a few pics of what I'm currently trying to do. Monday the tank had african cichlids that had lived there for around 4 years. Gave them all way to a friend Monday evening so I could attempt to build a planted tank. Tank on Monday with a few of the remaining cichlids (yeah...it's dirty):
Tuesday:
Thursday:
The plan is to figure out which plants my catfish won't eat....then fill the tank up with plenty of green stuff. So far, the amazon swords have survived so I'll add more. Going to try a few more types of plant this weekend.
Tank currently has 12 Penguin Tetras and 6 neons. I have 25 more neons arriving on Tuesday. The long term resident of the tank is "Hoover" the catfish. He's been there almost 5 years. Lived with an oscar for a while, then the cichlids.....now he gets to live in a nice peaceful tank.
I'm sure I'll be posting up some question soon as I try to figure this planted thing out...