Quote Originally Posted by Scottyhorse View Post
So how tall should the false bottom be? Maybe 4 inches, so I can have three inches of water? Or 3 inches, with 2 inches of water? If I had a deeper tank (I am SO getting a big tank for a palu someday lol) I would do more water.... And do I need substrate in the water? Since the water will be so shallow, the only plant I will have in there is duckweed, floating. Then maybe something along the lines of Anubias (but an actual 'tropical plant') type thing growing out of the water. Habitrail tubes... Hmmm. I will need to search for that. Neat idea..! Yeah, I know That's why I said 'seem familiar?' lolI just want a simple background that has a few pots in it for plants. I'm going to have the water for the stream coming out of the substrate (outflow hidden by plants) so I don't need to worry about tubing and such.
sorry, i completely forgot to respond, got busy....lol water depth is up to you. but yes, you will need some sort of substrate in the water. so factor that into the equation, at least an inch. my mantella tank has an inch of soil and an inch of substrate on each aquatic level. but you can most certainly go with just an inch of substrate.