Top 1151 - 1160 Planted Tanks All Time
Rated #1151: 16 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: dave
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#1151 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
dave on
Ratings:
4.91
Number of votes:
158
Fish Kept:
apistogramma cacatouides
apistogramma berellis
harliquin tetras
Corals/Plants:
lots!
Tank Size:
16 gallons
Advice:
get stuck in!
Description:
my favourite tank!!! ive put alot of time, effort and money in to this one!!!!!!! hope you like it!!!!!!!
Rated #1152: 72 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Craig
Country: United States
Rank:
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Submitted By:
Craig on
Ratings:
4.91
Number of votes:
168
Quote:
anything worth doing is worth doing right
Fish Kept:
mainly tetras. 2 angels, 2 loaches, freshwater feather shrimp, 5-6 guppies.
Corals/Plants:
coming !!
Tank Size:
72 gallons
Advice:
Nothing is hard once you get used to it. Your tank is a hobby....not a job.....enjoy it, love it, and it will give you happiness in return
Description:
I have to leave one side of the tank heavily planted as my guppies keep having babies. The babies hide in the thick plants for about 2 weeks before they venture off into the rest of the tank.
Rated #1153: 55 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: chris
Country: United States
Rank:
#1153 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
chris on
Ratings:
4.91
Number of votes:
177
Quote:
what?
About Yourself:
Just started planted tanks in February 2007
Fish Kept:
20g: kuhlis, corydoras, otos, marbled hatchetfish, amano shrimp, cherry shrimp
55g: sidthimunkis, SAE, cardinal tetras, zebra danios, otos, amano shrimp
Corals/Plants:
20g: brown wendt, cardinal, bacopa, dwarf hairgrass, sag, anacharis, hornwort
55g: stargrass, giant hygro, glosso, hornwort, anacharis, swords, pennywort, creeping jenny, ludwigia repens, needle ludwigia
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Don't skimp on the plants
Description:
55 gallon
Rated #1154: 55 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: nathan
Country: United States
Rank:
#1154 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
nathan on
Ratings:
4.91
Number of votes:
177
About Yourself:
my dad got me into the hobby when i was about 9 years old. i started off with a 10 gallon which i don't have anymore. i upgraded the 10 gallon to a 55 gallon aquarium..
Fish Kept:
6 corydoras
7 minor tetra
1 pictus catfish
1 angelfish
Corals/Plants:
10 cryptocoryne wenditti
3 slender leafed amazon sword
1 Dwarf lotus
2 crinum calamistratum
4 rotala indica
5 ludwigia palustris
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
start small and dont plant something you dont know about.
Description:
Planted aquarium that is 1 year in the making.
Rated #1155: 50 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Denise
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#1155 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Denise on
Ratings:
4.91
Number of votes:
119
About Yourself:
trying to get a better rated tank than my husband.
Fish Kept:
Various angels,Tiger Barbs,Neons.Bristlenose Plec. Cherry Shrimp and Amano Shrimp
Corals/Plants:
Various plants all real
Tank Size:
50 gallons
Advice:
Ask a lots of questions.
Description:
Homemade real slate background. java moss on bamboo.
Rated #1156: 38 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Nicholas Davis
Country: United States
Rank:
#1156 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Nicholas Davis on
Ratings:
4.91
Number of votes:
172
Quote:
Always take the local fish stores advice with a grain of salt. They will tell you anyting to sell you anything.
About Yourself:
Gave up on saltwater fish keeping way too much time, and money consumption. Went back to what I know better freshwater.
Fish Kept:
1 Koi Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)
1 Marbel Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)
2 Orinoco Angelfish (Pterophyllum altum)
8 Black Neon Tetras (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)
2 Pearl Gourami (Trichogaster leeri)
1 Schwartz's Cory Catfish (Corycloras schwartzi)
1 Clown Pleco L-104 (Panaque maccus)
2 Spotted Hillstream Catfish (Gastromyzan ctenocephalus)
5 Otocinclus Catfish (Otocinclus cocama)
2 Pangio Kuhlii Loaches
Corals/Plants:
Wendtii, Bronze (Cryptocoryne wendtii )
Red Melon Sword ( Echinodorus barthii )
Brahmi ( Bacopa monnieri )
Micro Sword (Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae)
Kyoto Grass (Ophiopogon japonica )
Banana Plant (Nymphoides aquatica)
Anubias Nana ( Barteri v. nana )
Tiger Lotus, Red (Nymphaea zenkeri)
Amazon Sword (Echinodorus bleheri)
Ozelot Sword (Echinodorus ozelot)
Waterlily (Nymphaea Lotus Green)
Onion (Crinum Thaianum)
Aponogeton (Aponogeton Ulvaceus)
Wisteria ( HYGROPHILA DIFFORMIS )
Dwarf Baby Tears (Hemianthus Callitrichoides)
Aponogeton boivinianus
Raised on SeaChem Flourish Excel, Seachem Flourish Tabs, SeaChem Trace, Dual 2 Lt. DIY Co2 systems.
Tank Size:
38 gallons
Advice:
Start out by saving money to buy the right equipment the first time. Don't buy anything the LFS guy tries to push on you. Do some digging on the internet before buying anything. Ask veteran aquarists questions on the forums they might have usefull information for you.
Description:
My 38 gallon all-glass planted tank. It's about 2 years old. I added a Co2 system three months ago. Plants are going crazy.
Rated #1157: 52 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: UnderWaterKitten
Country: Australia
Rank:
#1157 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
UnderWaterKitten on
Ratings:
4.91
Number of votes:
127
About Yourself:
i have been interested in aquarium fish for many years, getting my first goldfish at 14 and i have wanted to expand my interest and experience in underwater life. i have worked in an aquarium retail outlet and learnt a lot, now i have a 4ft tank and working on making it natural with sands, rocks and driftwood.
Fish Kept:
silver shark, glass catfish, glass bloodfin tetra, rosy barb, white cloud, 3 zebra danio's, pleco, siamese flying fox, golden sucking car fish, sucking cat fish, golden fantail, yellow commet, uncoloured commet.
Corals/Plants:
Large anubias, banana lily, assorted
Tank Size:
52 gallons
Advice:
try not to clean out your aquarium too often because caring to much is one of the biggest fish killers. buy the biggest tank you can afford, once you get into aquariums you will want to buy lots of fish, the bigger the tank the more fish you can buy.
Description:
my planted aquarium, no fakes only living plants and fish
Rated #1158: 5 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Bella
Country: United States
Rank:
#1158 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Bella on
Ratings:
4.9
Number of votes:
147
Fish Kept:
10 blood fin tetras, 10 ghost shrimps, 3 female fancy guppies, 1 male lyretail guppy, 2 ottos
Corals/Plants:
Red tiger lotus, green cambodia,hairgrass, minifoil, chain sword, ruffle leaf crinnium
Tank Size:
5 gallons
Advice:
Pratice makes perfect, keep your hands outta the tanks. lol
Description:
5-5 gallon planted, red tiger lotus, duckweed, cambodia, dwarf hairgrass, chainsword, green minifoil, ruffle leaf crinium
Rated #1159: 46 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Nicolas
Country: Colombia
Rank:
#1159 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Nicolas on
Ratings:
4.9
Number of votes:
125
Quote:
None
About Yourself:
None
Fish Kept:
11xCardinal Tetras, 3xPlaty, 3xCorys, 2xNeon Serpae Tetra, 3xPenguin Tetra, 3x Black Widow Tetra, 2xCelebes Rainbow, 1xThreadfin Rainbow, 2x Madagascan Rainbow, 1xCheckered Barb, 1xCopella Metae, 5xBrown Pencilfish, 4xThreestripe Pencilfish, 4xKennedy Tetra, 6xGhost Shrimp
Corals/Plants:
Cryptocoryne, Cabomba, Java Moss, Java Fern and others.
Tank Size:
46 gallons
Advice:
Never give up
Description:
My fish Tank
Rated #1160: 29 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: John Ostrander
Country: United States
Rank:
#1160 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
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Ratings:
4.9
Number of votes:
133
Fish Kept:
Rainbow Shark, Dwarf Gourami, Red Wag Swordtail, Three Diamond Tetras, Two African Dwarf Frogs, Cherry Shrimp, Amano Shrimp, Assassin Snails, Malaysian Snails, Mystery Snail
Corals/Plants:
Uruguay Sword, Anubias nana, Banana Plant, Water Hyssop, Narrow Leak Chain Sword, Dwarf Hair Grass, Java Fern, Water Primose, Italian Val, Onion Plant, Blyxa aubertii, Spiralis
Tank Size:
29 gallons
Advice:
Research Everything
Description:
29 G. Freshwater Planted Tank. 3
Months Old.