Top 281 - 290 Freshwater Tanks 2009
Rated #281: 66 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Kadri
Country: Australia
Rank:
#281 out of 520 Freshwater Tanks submitted 2009
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Kadri on
Ratings:
3.84
Number of votes:
127
Fish Kept:
Electric Yellows, Dragon Bloods, Red Jewels to name a few. All from lake malawi.
Corals/Plants:
None, Just natuaral limestone
Tank Size:
66 gallons
Advice:
None. Im new myself.
Description:
My cichlid tank.
Rated #282: 46 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Kristen
Country: United States
Rank:
#282 out of 520 Freshwater Tanks submitted 2009
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Kristen on
Ratings:
3.84
Number of votes:
114
Fish Kept:
Angel, Blood Parrot, African sucker, tiger pleco
Corals/Plants:
fake
Tank Size:
46 gallons
Advice:
Don't rush... let your tank filter for a week before adding a couple fish and only a couple fish at a time or they can get ich.
Description:
46 Gal bowfront
Rated #283: 80 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Adam
Country: United States
Rank:
#283 out of 520 Freshwater Tanks submitted 2009
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Adam on
Ratings:
3.84
Number of votes:
113
About Yourself:
I'm a student at Merritt college in Oakland, Ca.
Fish Kept:
Albino rainbow shark, red-tailed shark, 2 sunset coral platies, 1 rainbow platy, 1 sail-fin platy, 2 other miscellaneous platies, 1 medium silver dollar, 1 Leopard Ctenopoma, 1 pictus catfish, 1 crown-tailed beta, 1 gourami, 1 twig catfish.
Corals/Plants:
Just using fake plants.
Tank Size:
80 gallons
Advice:
Don't really have any advice, besides maybe listening to those who have been in the hobby for a long time.
Description:
I mainly used sand for the substrate though there is a small bit of decorative rocks off to the side. I also used fake plants, large rocks and some barrels.
Rated #284: 55 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Paul
Country: United States
Rank:
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Paul on
Ratings:
3.83
Number of votes:
109
Quote:
Fair enough!
About Yourself:
Getting back into the hobby hard with my new Amazon biotope tank.... I started out around 1995 and have generally had a tank most of the time since, with some breaks every now and then.
Fish Kept:
8 Serpae Tetras, 2 Cory cats, 1 pleco.
More to follow as tank ages...
Corals/Plants:
Fake plastic for now. Will add Amazon swords, moss and some low grasses eventually.
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Go slow, read read, read. But go as big as you can (tank size) afford. Add fish slowly, and feed fish less than you think.
Description:
55 gal Amazon biotope, less than one month old.
Sand substrate, real driftwood.
Marineland Penguin 350 Bio Wheel filter with granulated peat media added to soften and color the water.
Black background.
Stealth 250W heater.
Stealth black air tubing.
Lighting is: 48" Satellite 2x65W SunPaq w/Lunar Light
8 Serpae Tetras, 2 Cory cats, 1 pleco.
More to follow as tank ages...
Rated #285: 72 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: allison
Country: United States
Rank:
#285 out of 520 Freshwater Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
allison on
Ratings:
3.83
Number of votes:
113
Fish Kept:
(1) orange oranda
(1) white oranda
(2) calico lemon-headed orandas
(1) redcap oranda
(2) black moor
(2) lionheads
Corals/Plants:
none.
Tank Size:
72 gallons
Advice:
none
Description:
72gallon bowfront goldfish tank
Rated #286: 5 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Ashley Tortelli
Country: United States
Rank:
#286 out of 520 Freshwater Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
Ashley Tortelli on
Ratings:
3.83
Number of votes:
87
Quote:
With great power, comes great responsibility.
About Yourself:
I started really getting into betta fish when I first had one as a pet. I found them beautiful, colorful, graceful, entertaining and love how they each have their own individual personalities.
Fish Kept:
1 Male CT (Crown Tail) Betta Fish whom I named Calypso.
Corals/Plants:
Fake plants, no coral.
Tank Size:
5 gallons
Advice:
Make sure you have a place to put your fish tank. Keep away from direct sunlight and do not put fish tank in front of windows. Be sure that you know what type of fish you plan on getting before you set up your fish tank. New tanks take 4-6 weeks before they are fully established. Make sure you have water testing kits that test for PH, Nitrate, Nitrite and Ammonia levels in the water. Keep this in mind, you need 1 gal. for every 1in. of the length of fish. So if a fish is 6 inches, you would need at least 6 or 7 gal. for that one particular fish.
Description:
5 Gal. Fish tank I bought from PetSmart. Perfect. Tank sits on my bed side dresser. I do not have a stand for it. Has small mini heater designed for smaller tanks and a Tetra Whisper filter which takes medium sized filter pads. The same filter replacements used for 10 gal. tank filters. Also contains a bubble maker that goes beneath the gravel. I do not know the dimensions of my fish tank. I have not measured it.
Rated #287: 26 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Dane
Country: United States
Rank:
#287 out of 520 Freshwater Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
Dane on
Ratings:
3.83
Number of votes:
110
Fish Kept:
Angelfish
Corals/Plants:
Artificial.... live plants coming soon.
Tank Size:
26 gallons
Advice:
Try and try again!
Description:
newest pic
Rated #288: 40 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Laura
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#288 out of 520 Freshwater Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
Laura on
Ratings:
3.83
Number of votes:
109
Fish Kept:
Community Fish.
SIlver Sharks
Rainbow Shark
Tetras - Neon, Glo-light & Phantom
Danios - Pearl & Zebra
Platies - Hi-fin & Regular
Rams - Bolivian, German Blue & Golden
Gibbicep
Hi-fin Rosy Barbs
Corals/Plants:
Plastic/Artificial
Tank Size:
40 gallons
Advice:
Just Do It!
Description:
Juwel 180L Community Tank
Rated #289: 30 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: ryan sulis
Country: Canada
Rank:
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Submitted By:
ryan sulis on
Ratings:
3.83
Number of votes:
120
About Yourself:
this is my first tank since i was a kid i dug the tank out of my parrents basement took it home and set it up.
Fish Kept:
1- parrot fish, 1-ange lfish, 1- tigerbarb and 1- pleco.
Corals/Plants:
none,
Tank Size:
30 gallons
Advice:
read, read, read, and then read some more
Description:
30 gal freshwater tank with a few plants. Just added the plants three days ago.......... Just added more plants and new a lighting system will update pic soon
Rated #290: 75 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Tasha
Country: United States
Rank:
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Submitted By:
Tasha on
Ratings:
3.82
Number of votes:
101
Quote:
Live every day as if it were your last, because tomorrow it might be! :-)
About Yourself:
My husband actually got me into the hobby, he kept fish in college "back in the day" haha. He kept talking about it till it sparked my interest. Now I'm hooked, and I know more about it than he does! :-) Fish keeping/aquariums are relaxing, enjoyable and challenging, and I have found that fish really do have personalities. :-) I'm a stay at home mom and caretaker for my mother-in-law, so I really look forward to some quiet time with my fish. :-) Not to mention, a well maintained aquarium makes a house look twice as nice!
Fish Kept:
angelfish, harlequin rasboras, gouramis, tetras, hatchetfish, pleco, otocinclus cats, peppered corys, etc.
Corals/Plants:
several different types of live plants, not sure of all the names.
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
Make sure you know which fish are compatible with each other. Don't just go with what looks good.
Don't use fish to cycle your tank, no matter if they are "hardy" or not. Ammonia and nitrite, even at low levels, are very toxic to fish. It may not kill them immediately, but it does irreversible damage to their gills and membranes, and I'm sure it can't be very comfortable. Would you like to swim around in a swimming pool full of battery acid, even if it was just a "little bit"? Didn't think so! :-) Sure, cycling takes some time, but it's worth it to have healthy, happy fish in the long run. Patience is a virtue!! haha
Test your water fairly often, just to make sure everything is okay.
Make a maintenance schedule and keep up with it! Ammonia is one of the first things to look for when you start losing fish. Don't just blame the pet store for selling you sick fish! A good maintenance schedule will make your life (and your fish's) a lot easier in the long run.
If you're not going to be 100% into this hobby, then don't even get started. It takes time, patience, a lot of work and some money to keep fish/aquariums successfully. If you barely have time for everyday things, you probably don't have time for fish, which isn't fair to them. You're responsible for the environment they live in, so if you neglect the tank, they suffer. It's not just as easy as adding fish to water and hoping everything works out.
Description:
75 gall. freshwater