75 Gallon Tank How Much Decor Should A Tank Have

We are in the middle of a fishless cycle on our new 75 gallon tank. We moved from a 46 gallon tank and kept some of those decorations, but it seems a little "light" in the bigger tank.

We have fake plants and gravel. I have two larger fake plants in the back corner of the tank trying to hide the filters, heaters and air lines.

We have a back bubble wall 36" long.

We have 2 smaller plants (2-3" high)across the middle of the tank, 1/2 of a sunken ship (8" long, 6" high) and 2 moon rock things my kids picked out. Is that enough?

We plan on keeping an Angelfish, Rainbow shark, a school of liverbearers (guppies?) and something else (German blue ram?) will the fish need/want more stuff to play with

 

There's really no hard and fast rule. You can add/remove as much decor from the tank as you want, but I tend to like things to be pretty dense, or at least have it so around a 1/4 to a 1/3 of the tank, decor reaches the surface or close to to ensure adequate hiding spots.


You know if you don't have enough decor when the fish are always stressed and flighty- its a sign they need more cover.

 

if you want to do lots of decor do live plants. they look the nicest and actually benefit the aquarium

and depending on what you want to put in the tank may even comfort the fish more as it offers a lot of cover if you get a plant with lots of leaves

 

Here is what it looks like currently does it need more?

 

I'd say your ram would be more outgoing with some more hiding places.

 

It all depends on 3 things.
1. Fish security (Do they need to feel safe by hiding?)
2. Size of fish
3. Your personal taste

 

Some of us go nuts with decorations. Lol.