Top 881 - 890 Planted Tanks All Time
Rated #881: 57 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: nigel brown
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#881 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Ratings:
5.26
Number of votes:
99
Quote:
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Sir Albert Einstein.
About Yourself:
I started off by Buying a biorb 60, and I found it to be inadequate to keep even a few small tropical fish inefficient and a pain to clean. The filter and everything else was poor. I went to a large aquarium store and dove into buying a 260litre tank by Fluval. Doing extensive research on the web and practical experimentation I am now the proud keeper of 35+ various barb fish in a planted tank..and very happy with it. Learning as I go on.
Fish Kept:
Barbus Tetrazona, Green Barbus Tetrazona, Puntius conchonius, Puntius nigrofasciatus, Puntius semifasciolatus, Puntius sachsii, Puntius ticto, Puntius titteya, Puntius oligolepis.
Corals/Plants:
Twisted vallis, Water wisteria, Straight vallis, Java fern, Cryptocoryne, Elodea densa, Java moss, Amazon swords.
Tank Size:
57 gallons
Advice:
Ensure your tank is cycled before introducing too many fish. Best to have a good test set for this purpose and use a Bacteria booster to get things going quicker.
Description:
Fluval 260 litre Vicenza planted aquarium
Rated #882: 20 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: chris main
Country: United States
Rank:
#882 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Ratings:
5.26
Number of votes:
111
About Yourself:
I am 23 with a daughter whos almost two. I have always loved aquariums and fish and ahve kept many species but only recently started plaanted tanks. For so long i was put out with the idea of spending so much to grow plants but now i know you dont need to. And with a little time,trial and error and basically no income, i have a great tank!I am working on a planted 29 gallon now.
Fish Kept:
6 white cloud mt. minnows,1 rhinohorn goby, 3-4 pond minnows including sticklebacks a baby creek chub and a white sucker fry that will be moved to a larger tank as they grow.various snails,ghost shrimp, and 2 ottocinclus.
Corals/Plants:
Hygrofila difformis, red lotus,native hair grass, mystery native dwarf sword type plants,crypt undulatta,cardinal plant, native large leaf pondweed. native Riccia fluitans, native ludwigia repens.lemna minor, small bits of chara or native muskgrass.
Tank Size:
20 gallons
Advice:
You will sometimes find conflicting advice on keeping planted tanks(particularly lighting) but i have found that trial and error works well and you dont have to spend a lot to have lush plants. eg. my shop light!
Description:
20 gallon planted tank. My first planted tank. Having a limited income, many of the plants are native to michigan where i live. It has a 4 ft shop light over it and a ten gallon beside it.The light has two 32 watt white bulbs.(6500k) I dose with flourish excell evey other day. The substrate is a mix with iron made at a local mom and pop fish shop.No heating.(my home stays pretty warm) A cheap wal mart hang on filter for circulation and biological management though the plants do most of the filtering.
Rated #883: Planted Tank
Username: Chris Lim
Country: Singapore
Rank:
#883 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Ratings:
5.26
Number of votes:
314
Description:
4ft x1.5ftx1.5ft
Planted tank
Rated #884: 55 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: wells923
Country: Saudi Arabia
Rank:
#884 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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wells923 on
Ratings:
5.26
Number of votes:
226
About Yourself:
I keep fish and plants as well as corals.
Fish Kept:
Yellow Marlboro Discus, Neon Tetra Jumbo
Corals/Plants:
Crypts, Valliseria, Amazon swords, ludwigia, java fern, java moss, random plants that get brought back from India and Sri Lanka
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Patience.
Description:
55 Gallons
About 7 months old.
5 miscellaneous discus
12 penguin tetras
4 cardinal tetras
1 Angel fish (I relocated other angelfish to another tank, but this one always evades my attempts to net him)
This tank is not against a wall. Instead it's centrally located. On ones side is a couch where I like to lounge. On the other side (rear) of the tank is where my family and I eat breakfast.
Next to this tank is a small Aqueon Evolve 8. We use this for fish quarantine and to develop plants.
Rated #885: 20 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Amauri Velasquez
Country: United States
Rank:
#885 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
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Ratings:
5.26
Number of votes:
237
Quote:
Keepin' It Fresh Like a Produce Stand
Fish Kept:
Cardinal Tetra, Purple Emperor Tetra, German Blue Ram, Pygmy Cory Cat, True Rummynose Tetra, Mickey Mouse Platy, Otocinclus Catfish (
Corals/Plants:
Water Sprite, Narrow Leaf Java Fern, Pygmy Chain Sword, Dwarf Saggittaria, Ludwigia Repens, crypt wendtii green, Anubias nana petite, bacopa caroliniana
Tank Size:
20 gallons
Advice:
Buy plants that grow quickly to reduce the amount of ammonia and nitrates so that the build up of them does not kill your fish.
Description:
20 Gallon Planted tank. Low Tech tank. Scape # 2
Rated #886: 44 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Joanne guy
Country: Canada
Rank:
#886 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Joanne guy on
Ratings:
5.26
Number of votes:
218
About Yourself:
When i was 12 have got my first aquarium a 1 gallon , at 17 have got a 25 gallons. And now i am 54 i have a 44 gallons a 27 , 2 10 gallons , a 5 one and one les tien 1gallon
Fish Kept:
Blood Parrot, Jewel Cichlid, Assorted Veil Angel, Black Convict Cichlid, Electric Yellow Cichlid
Corals/Plants:
Anubias
Tank Size:
44 gallons
Advice:
Take your Time and find lot of info so that way you will have more pleasure and save a lot of money
Description:
44 gallons
Rated #887: 45 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Sophie
Country: New Zealand
Rank:
#887 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Sophie on
Ratings:
5.25
Number of votes:
225
Fish Kept:
harlequin rasbora, platys and bristlenose
Corals/Plants:
vallisneria, hygro corymbosa, hygro polysperma, anubias, crypts, ambulia, amazon sword, cardamine, ludwigia
Tank Size:
45 gallons
Advice:
Research!
Description:
45 gallon planted community
Rated #888: 24 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Josh
Country: United States
Rank:
#888 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Josh on
Ratings:
5.25
Number of votes:
174
Quote:
I find television very educational: every time someone turns it on I go into the other room and read a book.
Fish Kept:
10 neon tetras, 2 black angels, 1 golden killifish, 1 SAE, 1 ottocat, 4 blue-eyes, 1 ghost cat, and lots of little snails.
Corals/Plants:
Madagascar Laceleaf, Ruffled Amazon Sword, windelov’s fern, Narrow Leaf Ludwigia, Western Milfoil, java fern, java moss, and riccia
Tank Size:
24 gallons
Advice:
plan ahead!
Description:
This is my first planted tank, that i've been slowly working on for just over 6 months. The windelov's fern grows so fast and so big i'm just letting it float until i decide what to do with it. The first few months everything grew so slow i was disappointed but in the past few months everything grows so fast i'm overwhelmed. i've redesigned the tank half a dozen times trying to keep up with the plant growth as it continues to exceed my expecations.
Rated #889: 16 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: FISH FRY
Country: United States
Rank:
#889 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
FISH FRY on
Ratings:
5.25
Number of votes:
119
Fish Kept:
Neon Tetra - 6
Panda Cory - 4
Harlequin Rasbora - 6
Otocinclus vittatus - 3
Red Cherry Shrimp - Started with 4 and now who knows.
Ramshorn and Bladder Snails snuck in with the Hornwort.
Corals/Plants:
Anubias nana Plant - 2
Amazon Sword Plant - 1
Tropica Fern - 2
Wisteria Plant - 1
Java Moss - 1
Tropical Hornwort - 1
Duckweed - 1
Red Ludwigia - 1
Tank Size:
16 gallons
Advice:
Educate yourself.
Read from different sources and correlate information since there's lots of conflicting information on web sites and by people posting on different forums.
Plan ahead.
Where are you going to put the tank? How big of a tank can you realistically place in that location? Will that area support the weight of the aquarium? Estimate ~10 lbs. per gallon which includes substrate and other objects. Are you willing to do 20% water changes of 20 gallons on a 100 gallon tank or would you rather do 20% water changes of 6 gallons on a 20 gallon tank?
How many fish do you expect to see while viewing the aquarium? Size accordingly. Use tool and bounce ideas around with forums members. What type of fish do you want? Are they going to get along together? Do they eat the same food? Can they coexist at the same water temperature and water environment.
Are you going to want live plants? Are you going to pick species that will be able to thrive in the environment that the fish will live in? Are you willing to trim and care for plants as well as the fish?
More questions than answers.
These are some of the questions you should research and have answers to before you buy your equipment. You then need to do your research on the different type of equipment to house your new world.
Enjoy!
Description:
16 Gallon @ 6 Months
Rated #890: 30 Gallons Planted Tank
![Rated #890: 30 Gallons Planted Tank - rotala sp. vietnam
limnophila aromatica
cryptocoryne wendtii "tropica".
Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne Balansae
Taxiphyllum alternans
Barclaya longifolia
Aponogeton Crispus
Microsorum pteropus (java fern)
Microsorum pteropus windelov
Microsorum pteropus "trident"
Microsorum pteropus "needle"
Microsorum pteropus "mini"
Microsorum pteropus philippines
Microsorum pteropus narrow](https://images1.ratemyfishtank.com/photo/40000/40523/19488-1-4tszsprr8yecgkc0koscggkwg-860.jpg "Rated #890: 30 Gallons Planted Tank - rotala sp. vietnam
limnophila aromatica
cryptocoryne wendtii \")
Username: Michael Cole
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#890 out of 2370 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Ratings:
5.25
Number of votes:
259
Quote:
“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein
About Yourself:
i like cycle touring im a student and i love planted tanks i got into the hobbie by winning a gold fish off a fair... and it expanded from there
Fish Kept:
now:
Neon Tetra Jumbo
Blue pearl shrimp
assassin snails
backbar guppys
goldfish
cherry shrimp
past:
guppies
betta
Corals/Plants:
rotala sp. vietnam
limnophila aromatica
cryptocoryne wendtii "tropica".
Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne Balansae
Taxiphyllum alternans
Barclaya longifolia
Aponogeton Crispus
Microsorum pteropus (java fern)
Microsorum pteropus windelov
Microsorum pteropus "trident"
Microsorum pteropus "needle"
Microsorum pteropus "mini"
Microsorum pteropus philippines
Microsorum pteropus narrow
and more in other tanks / past tanks
Tank Size:
30 gallons
Advice:
experiment, not everything needs to be done by the rule book there's often cheaper options
Description:
rotala sp. vietnam
limnophila aromatica
cryptocoryne wendtii "tropica".
Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne Balansae
Taxiphyllum alternans
Barclaya longifolia
Aponogeton Crispus
Microsorum pteropus (java fern)
Microsorum pteropus windelov
Microsorum pteropus "trident"
Microsorum pteropus "needle"
Microsorum pteropus "mini"
Microsorum pteropus philippines
Microsorum pteropus narrow