Top 1041 - 1050 Planted Tanks All Time

Rated #1041: 20 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1041: 20 Gallons Planted Tank - I have been working on this tank step by step for several weeks now, and it is finally starting to take shape. It is a 20 gallon tall, with a homemade 3D cement background. I am using Eco-Complete for my bottom substrate (1.5 inches), topped with Quikrete Medium Commercial Grade sand (1.5 inches). After all the decorations, substrate, and background, the tank fills at 13-14 gallons. I'm running an Aquaclear 50 HOB filter, with peat-moss added in the filtration system to bring down my pH. I've equipped an ViaAqua 100-Watt Quartz Glass heater, set to about 78 F. I've decorated with Malaysian drift wood as my centerpiece, with a second piece of smaller driftwood from my LFS. I built my own CO2 injector, powered by Yeast and a sugar water mixture for food. I anticipate the mixture to supply about 2 weeks of CO2 per batch.  I am ultimately designing this tank for German Blue Rams, living along side of Neon and Glowlight Tetras, and Nerite Snails, but I am taking it step by step slowly, as GBR's are very sensitive to water parameters and I want the tank to be perfect for them.
Username: Brian Petry
Country: United States
Rank: #1041 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Brian Petry on
Ratings: 5.05
Number of votes: 259
Fish Kept: 2x Glowlight Tetra, 9x Neon Tetra, 2x German Blue Ram, 2x Sunburst Platy, 2x Nerite Snail
Corals/Plants: 1x Anubias barteri [Anubias] 1x Cryptocoryne undulata [Crypt Undulata] 3x Echinodorus amazonicus [Amazon Sword] (2x tissue cultured) 3x Hygrophila 1x “tub” Eleocharis parvula [Dwarf Hairgrass] (tissue cultured)
Tank Size: 20 gallons
Advice: Take it slow, plan it out.
Description: I have been working on this tank step by step for several weeks now, and it is finally starting to take shape. It is a 20 gallon tall, with a homemade 3D cement background. I am using Eco-Complete for my bottom substrate (1.5 inches), topped with Quikrete Medium Commercial Grade sand (1.5 inches). After all the decorations, substrate, and background, the tank fills at 13-14 gallons. I'm running an Aquaclear 50 HOB filter, with peat-moss added in the filtration system to bring down my pH. I've equipped an ViaAqua 100-Watt Quartz Glass heater, set to about 78 F. I've decorated with Malaysian drift wood as my centerpiece, with a second piece of smaller driftwood from my LFS. I built my own CO2 injector, powered by Yeast and a sugar water mixture for food. I anticipate the mixture to supply about 2 weeks of CO2 per batch. I am ultimately designing this tank for German Blue Rams, living along side of Neon and Glowlight Tetras, and Nerite Snails, but I am taking it step by step slowly, as GBR's are very sensitive to water parameters and I want the tank to be perfect for them.

Rated #1042: 65 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1042: 65 Gallons Planted Tank - 65 Gallon Planted Freshwater Community Tank
Username: Driftwood Aquatics
Country: United States
Rank: #1042 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Driftwood Aquatics on
Ratings: 5.04
Number of votes: 157
Fish Kept: Rummy Nose, Cardinals, Blue Blushing Angels, Pearl Gouramis, Green Swords, Pygmy Cory, Haborosa Cory, Arcuatus Cory, Otto Cats
Corals/Plants: Aponogeton, Banana Plant, Sage, Water sprite, Java Fern, Crypts, and others
Tank Size: 65 gallons
Advice: Stay away from your chain stores a LPS (Local Pet Shop) is the key to a successful aquarium.
Description: 65 Gallon Planted Freshwater Community Tank

Rated #1043: 75 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1043: 75 Gallons Planted Tank - 55 Gallon Semi Aggressive
Username: Vinny & Christine Mitchell
Country: United States
Rank: #1043 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Vinny & Christine Mitchell on
Ratings: 5.04
Number of votes: 112
Corals/Plants: hammer coral, Frogspawn, kenya tree, Mushrooms, torch coral, green star polyp, zenya
Tank Size: 75 gallons
Advice: Learning curve "S*** Happens"
Description: 55 Gallon Semi Aggressive

Rated #1044: 45 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1044: 45 Gallons Planted Tank - 55 litre planted aquarium
Username: Dave Craig
Country: United Kingdom
Rank: #1044 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Dave Craig on
Ratings: 5.04
Number of votes: 119
Quote: alright treacle!!
About Yourself: work in the aquatic trade, i enjoy keeping a number of tanks, and also have a 5000 litre koi pond.
Fish Kept: mixed mbunas and haps, few aulonacaras
Corals/Plants: valis anubias
Tank Size: 45 gallons
Advice: listen to sound advice in good aquatic shops, feed quality foods, carry out small water changes regularly. little and often maintenance is the key.
Description: 55 litre planted aquarium

Rated #1045: 180 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1045: 180 Gallons Planted Tank - 180 gallon tank will all live plants and 240+ fish in a vehicle showroom.
Username: Randy
Country: Canada
Rank: #1045 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Randy on
Ratings: 5.04
Number of votes: 253
About Yourself: I'm new in the aquarium hobby, but this is the largest tank I'v done.
Fish Kept: Zebra Danio, Red Eye Tetra, Gold Nugget Pleco (L-18), Bristle-nose Catfish, Albino Aeneus Cory Cat, Gold Dojo Loach, Turquoise Rainbow, Congo Tetra, Assorted Veil Angel, Odessa Barb, Denison Barb, Harlequin Rasbora
Corals/Plants: Total of eleven different plants now and it is bound to change. Total of 240 fish.
Tank Size: 180 gallons
Advice: Start with a twenty gallon tanks, read lots of books, and don't be afraid to make changes to your tank.
Description: 180 gallon tank will all live plants and 240+ fish in a vehicle showroom.

Rated #1046: 125 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1046: 125 Gallons Planted Tank - 75 Gallon with Angels, Dwarf Gourami's, Danios, Blue Rams, and Guppies
Username: Stephen
Country: United States
Rank: #1046 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Stephen on
Ratings: 5.04
Number of votes: 127
Fish Kept: Cichlids, community fish
Corals/Plants: Lots
Tank Size: 125 gallons
Advice: Do tons of research!!
Description: 75 Gallon with Angels, Dwarf Gourami's, Danios, Blue Rams, and Guppies

Rated #1047: 62 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1047: 62 Gallons Planted Tank - my 285 litre aquarium
Username: karl
Country: Australia
Rank: #1047 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: karl on
Ratings: 5.04
Number of votes: 140
Quote: 80% of all questions that begin with the word 'why' have the same answer - 'because people are stupid'
About Yourself: kept fish years ago when a teen, discovered beer etc. then had a break, back into it all again...
Fish Kept: clown loaches, bristlenoses, corys, neon tetras, rummy nose tetras, rtb shark, pictus cat, khuli loach, knife fish
Corals/Plants: not sure? red ludwigia? ferns? more....
Tank Size: 62 gallons
Advice: do some research & ask for advice! enjoy it all, even the mistakes...
Description: my 285 litre aquarium

Rated #1048: Planted Tank

Rated #1048: Planted Tank - My discus tank - 6 Discus (4 turqs, 1 blue diamond, 1 snow white/millenium gold cross), cory duplicareas, cardinals, black phantom tetras, bristlenose and 2 rams.  90w lighting, CO2,  Eheim 2222 and 2226 externals.  Although this is a planted tank, it is NOT a tank for plants
Username: kingborris
Country: United Kingdom
Rank: #1048 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: kingborris on
Ratings: 5.04
Number of votes: 311
Description: My discus tank - 6 Discus (4 turqs, 1 blue diamond, 1 snow white/millenium gold cross), cory duplicareas, cardinals, black phantom tetras, bristlenose and 2 rams. 90w lighting, CO2, Eheim 2222 and 2226 externals. Although this is a planted tank, it is NOT a tank for plants

Rated #1049: 26 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1049: 26 Gallons Planted Tank - The newest layout
Low maintenance tank
Username: Pavel
Country: Lithuania
Rank: #1049 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Pavel on
Ratings: 5.03
Number of votes: 121
Quote: patience, patience, and again, patience
About Yourself: I have always admired beautiful aquariums, thus I have decided to have one
Fish Kept: 6 pterophilum scalare 1 microgeophagus altispinosa 2 ancistrus 2 singapore shrimps 2 Yamatu Numa Ebi
Corals/Plants: anubias sp anubias barteri var. nana cryptocoryne wendtii brown cryptocoryne wendtii var. weinberg cryptocoryne wendtii green cryptocoryne aponogetifolia cryptocoryne x willisii lucens cladaphora aegagrophila ceratophilum demersum microsorum pteropus sp microsorum pteropus windelov vesicularia dubyana salvinia natans potamogeton gayi hemianthus micranthemoides lobelia cardinalis bolbitis heudelotii marsilea hirsuita
Tank Size: 26 gallons
Advice: I am a beginner so no advise so far...
Description: The newest layout Low maintenance tank

Rated #1050: 196 Gallons Planted Tank

Rated #1050: 196 Gallons Planted Tank - .A piece of undiscovered Amazon...4mths old,
Username: Undiscovered Amazon
Country: United Kingdom
Rank: #1050 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By: Undiscovered Amazon on
Ratings: 5.03
Number of votes: 246
Fish Kept: 50xneon tetras 15xsilver tip tetras 10xgolden loach 10xsae's 10xpenguin tetra's 3xsunset platy's 10xglowlight tetra's 25xharlequins 8xjuliie corydora's 1xrummynosed tetra,lost 9 others in one go???
Corals/Plants: tiger valis straight valis microsorium pteropus microsorium undulata microsorium narrow echinodorus tenellus red lotus zenkeri fontinalis antipyretica java moss echinodorus uruguayensis echinodorus rubin bacopa monnieri
Tank Size: 196 gallons
Advice: This hobby is an addiction......
Description: .A piece of undiscovered Amazon...4mths old,

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