Top 1001 - 1010 Planted Tanks All Time

Rated #1001: 60 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1001: 60 Gallons Planted Tank - my 4ft tank, planted to my liking
Username: NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIK
Country: Australia
Rank: #1001 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIK on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 106
Quote: "hey mate, do you know you have a steering wheel up your pants." "yeh i know, its drivin me nuts."
Fish Kept: in the tank at the moment - 15 black widows, 8 rosie barbs, ranbow shark, 4 bristlenose, 8 neon tetras, 2 clown loaches
Corals/Plants: lace fern and something else that i dont know the name of, java moss and a blue something, i never know the names of my plants
Tank Size: 60 gallons
Advice: start small
Description: my 4ft tank, planted to my liking

Rated #1002: 60 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1002: 60 Gallons Planted Tank - Underwater Island
Username: Christie G
Country: United States
Rank: #1002 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Christie G on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 39
Fish Kept: Blood Parrot
Corals/Plants: Various
Tank Size: 60 gallons
Advice: Have patience when cycling. Quarantine new fish. You will have algae of some form, it`s inevitable.
Description: Underwater Island

Rated #1003: 45 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1003: 45 Gallons Planted Tank - 45gl planted tank.
Username: Francis
Country: Puerto Rico
Rank: #1003 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Francis on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 137
Fish Kept: Rams, discus, cordoras, congo tetras, cardinals,runy noses, ottos, angels and ghost shrimp.
Corals/Plants: Plants are cabobas (red, green and purple), sagitarias, anubains, java ferns, cryps...
Tank Size: 45 gallons
Advice: Set up the plants and the fish tank before introducing fish.
Description: 45gl planted tank.

Rated #1004: 55 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1004: 55 Gallons Planted Tank - My freshwater native tank (2 Months Old)
Username: Michael Jones
Country: Australia
Rank: #1004 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Michael Jones on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 128
About Yourself: Pretty much started keeping fish when i started fishing about 8 or 9 years ago, and ever since then have been fanatical about fish. Not a big fan of all the fancy tropical fish. A dead set waste of time if you ask me haha. I prefer fish that are fun to keep (Archers for example).
Fish Kept: Monos, Australian Bass, Archer Fish, Eel tailed Catfish, Jungle Perch
Corals/Plants: Thin Val, Crypts, Lilaeopsis, Banana Lillies
Tank Size: 55 gallons
Advice: Be very patient and always take notice of your fishes behaviour
Description: My freshwater native tank (2 Months Old)

Rated #1005: 23 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1005: 23 Gallons Planted Tank - Fluval Roma 90
Username: Mike
Country: United Kingdom
Rank: #1005 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Mike on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 178
Corals/Plants: -
Tank Size: 23 gallons
Advice: -
Description: Fluval Roma 90

Rated #1006: 75 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1006: 75 Gallons Planted Tank - 75gl all plants are real
Username: Todd
Country: United States
Rank: #1006 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Todd on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 171
Quote: what
About Yourself: i like fish tanks
Fish Kept: 4 Angle fish, 9 neon tetras, 4 red eye tetras, 2 algea eaters,1 Pelco, 4 banded tetras
Corals/Plants: Amazon sward, Java Furn, and others
Tank Size: 75 gallons
Advice: Don't give up
Description: 75gl all plants are real

Rated #1007: 55 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1007: 55 Gallons Planted Tank - Final set-up of my 30 gallon Planted Community tank. Tank gets co2 and liquid fertilizer, no special substrate, just play sand and no special lighting.  The main fish are my paired Bolivian Rams.  Tank has 2 pieces of driftwood, a large piece and a small piece of Mopani wood.  There are small river rocks for the Rams to spawn on and all plants are real.   Tied to the big driftwood is Java ferns, Java Moss and Christmas Moss.  Floating in the top corner is a clump of Hornwort which my Gourami and Dwarf Frogs like to hang out in. I have a Philodendron house vine rooting in the tank next to the filter output. You can see the roots coming down into the tank; it is even growing leaves inside the water now.   It has taken me 2 years of fussing and tweaking to get this tank the way I have always wanted. All natural, nothing fake in it.
Username: sharon
Country: United States
Rank: #1007 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: sharon on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 111
Quote: **Living in the past is the only prison that will prevent you from soaring into an abundant future**
About Yourself: My son gave me a 20 gallon tank 2 years ago and that grew into a 55 gallon Lake Malawi Mbuna set-up, and a 30 gallon planted community set-up and 2 fry tanks. I really enjoy watching the interactions and parenting behaviors of my fish.
Fish Kept: 30 Community Tank: 2 Bolivian Rams, 2 African Dwarf Frogs, 2 Oto Cats, 4 Cory's, groups of Zebra Danios, Neon Tetras, Rummy Nose Tetras, and a Mystery Snail. 55 Gallon African Mbuna Tank. * 2m/2F Labidochromis caeruleus (Electric Yellow Labs) * 1m/4F Metriaclima estherae (Red Zebra) * 1M/4F Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei" * 1M/3F Lab. Permutts * 1M Labidochromis sp. "Hongi" (SRT) **10 & 20 gallon tanks: Assorted fry from Bolivian Rams and African Mbunas.
Corals/Plants: Amazon Swords, Melon Swords, Java Firms and Java Moss. Christmas Moss, Hornwort, Wisteria, Onion plant, and many others I cannot remember the names.
Tank Size: 55 gallons
Advice: Read all you can about a type of fish you are thinking about. Do your research first!! Don't just buy on impulse, you may very well regret it. ALWAYS remember, those small fish you bring home will grow up someday, so take that into account. Use adult size when filling a tank, not the size they are right from the store. No, you cannot keep community fish with African cichlids! They may all get along now, but when the cichlids reach maturity they WILL kill off the community fish!
Description: Final set-up of my 30 gallon Planted Community tank. Tank gets co2 and liquid fertilizer, no special substrate, just play sand and no special lighting. The main fish are my paired Bolivian Rams. Tank has 2 pieces of driftwood, a large piece and a small piece of Mopani wood. There are small river rocks for the Rams to spawn on and all plants are real. Tied to the big driftwood is Java ferns, Java Moss and Christmas Moss. Floating in the top corner is a clump of Hornwort which my Gourami and Dwarf Frogs like to hang out in. I have a Philodendron house vine rooting in the tank next to the filter output. You can see the roots coming down into the tank; it is even growing leaves inside the water now. It has taken me 2 years of fussing and tweaking to get this tank the way I have always wanted. All natural, nothing fake in it.

Rated #1008: 54 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1008: 54 Gallons Planted Tank - My tank
Username: Frank Fairechio
Country: United States
Rank: #1008 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Frank Fairechio on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 111
Fish Kept: Kissing Gourami
Corals/Plants: Alot
Tank Size: 54 gallons
Advice: If you got a ? Ask also keep your shelves wet!
Description: My tank

Rated #1009: 50 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1009: 50 Gallons Planted Tank - smaller planted tank the wife made
lots of tetras, some feeder shimp, a pleco, a spotted catfish (?), some orange ones i can't remember the name of, and a crown tail betta
the grass has recently exploded, the java moss is expanding, java ferns are not so great
Username: Noah
Country: United States
Rank: #1009 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Noah on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 114
About Yourself: it all started with a tiny black ghost in a little 10 gallon tank
Fish Kept: 9 1/2" black ghost knife fish; tiger/green/orange/platinum barbs; 3 glass catfish; pleco; black/koi angelfish; spotted catfish; 2 (1 m/1 f) electric yellow chiclids; electric blue chiclid; gold/blue gouramis; 4 loaches; 2 random sucker fish (can't remember the names); 2 random blue fish (can't remember now..); 1 random catfish (can't remember either); and 1 badass yellow guppy
Corals/Plants: fake everything
Tank Size: 50 gallons
Advice: don't be afraid to spend your paycheck!
Description: smaller planted tank the wife made lots of tetras, some feeder shimp, a pleco, a spotted catfish (?), some orange ones i can't remember the name of, and a crown tail betta the grass has recently exploded, the java moss is expanding, java ferns are not so great

Rated #1010: 130 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1010: 130 Gallons Planted Tank - Old Tank
Username: Paul
Country: United Kingdom
Rank: #1010 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Paul on
Ratings: 5.1
Number of votes: 240
About Yourself: My dad keeps marine, my brother kept tropical. And so my first tank was past down. I'm a engineer so quite stressful so often get home and fall asleep in front of the tank.
Fish Kept: Blue Diamond Discus, Snakeskin Discus, Black Ghost Knifefish
Corals/Plants: All sorts
Tank Size: 130 gallons
Advice: The internet is good place for contradiction, best to use common sense and learn to read you're fish.
Description: Old Tank

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