Top 21 - 30 Planted Tanks 2012
Rated #21: 29 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Dave
Country: Ireland
Rank:
#21 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted By:
Dave on
Ratings:
5.6
Number of votes:
124
Quote:
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About Yourself:
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Fish Kept:
Harlequins, Neon Rainbows, Glowlight and Neon Tetras, Otos, Corys and pair of Blue Rams.
Corals/Plants:
Amazon Swords, Alternanthera, Ludwigia, Hygrophila, various crypts, Ambulia, Rotala, Hydrocotyle.
Tank Size:
29 gallons
Advice:
Think things through. This is my first planted tank and is a bit of a mess as I rushed into it. Gradually getting there though. Also, if you intend to grow live plants some form of CO2 or carbon additive is a must. Don't even attempt to grow demanding plants without one or both of them as you won't get very far. If you can stretch your budget to pressurised CO2 then do so - although my plants grew well with DIY CO2 I had terrible staghorn algae problems as my lighting was too high for the lower CO2 content that DIY CO2 tends to provide. Switching to the more controlable pressurised CO2 diffusion completely solved this. It is well worth the investment and I would NEVER go back.
Description:
29G
Rated #22: 55 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Jess
Country: United States
Rank:
#22 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted By:
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Ratings:
5.59
Number of votes:
127
Quote:
Live, Love & Enjoy
About Yourself:
I enjoy nature in the whole. I currently own 3 tanks. 55gals freshwater (mix fish and plants) a 20 gal (fancy guppies only) set up like a terranium and a 15gal. nano tank (reef tank w/ 3 fish) I work in conservation law.
I've always love any type of aquarium from a little girl and i still do. Feel free to ask me anything. I live in the US Virgin Islands. (caribbean)
Fish Kept:
platies/swordtails/angels/rainbows/
tetras/cleaners/snails/barbs
Corals/Plants:
Swords/java moss/ and a few more I can't remember thier names
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Read as much as you can, it helps. You will make mistakes but learn make your adjustment- continue with your hobbie and enjoy it.
Description:
Assorted plants(sword/java moss,etc.)
Assorted Fish(platies/swordtails/angels/rainbows/
tetras/cleaners/snails/barbs)
Rated #23: 15 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: leaa
Country: Australia
Rank:
#23 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted By:
leaa on
Ratings:
5.58
Number of votes:
158
About Yourself:
Biology nerd - love studying the interaction of ecology, and this is amplified in an aquarium, particularly a planted or reef aquarium. I also love the art of aquatic gardening.
Fish Kept:
Too many to list, fresh to marine.
In this tank, honey gourami, 5 x cherry barb, 2 albino cory, 4 trilineatus cory, 2 panda cory, red cherry shrimp, crystal red shrimp.
Corals/Plants:
Amazon sword, hornwort, cardamine lyrata, java fern, crypt sp., hemianthus micranthemoides, java fern, enchinodorus tenellus, anubias sp., bolbitus, green hygro sp., red ludwigia.
Tank Size:
15 gallons
Advice:
Research everything, and join good forums.
Description:
A dense garden forest garden, with brushes of fish colour.
Rated #24: 55 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Bill
Country: United States
Rank:
#24 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Ratings:
5.56
Number of votes:
124
Fish Kept:
Swords, Tetras, Cory's, Frogs, Algae eaters.
Corals/Plants:
Hydrothrix gardneri, Blyxa alternifolia, Syngonanthus sp Belem, Nechamandra alternifolia, Rotala manini, Staurogyne sp Porto Velho, Ludwigia palustris, Myriophyllum mattogrossense, Bacopa sp Salzmannii, Rotala indica, Limnophila sp Guinea fine leaf, Hygrophila sp Tiger and Bold, Pogostemon sp Blume, Many more.....
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
You can never have too much filtration.
Description:
Standard 55 gallon glass tank. Started as a community tank with no live plants and has been morphing into the fully planted tank you see.
Rated #25: 40 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Cassie
Country: United States
Rank:
#25 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted By:
Cassie on
Ratings:
5.55
Number of votes:
116
About Yourself:
I have loved fish for as long as I can rember. I think that my tanks are wonderful and are like the one thing I do really good lol. When I was little I wanted to be a marine biologist but that didnt work lol. I plan on owning a aquriam shop in the furture.
Fish Kept:
11 Discus: 2 Fire Dragon, 2 Brillant Blue Diamonds, 2 Baby Blue Pandas, 2 Aqua green Scribbles, 1 Red Snakeskin, and 2 Red Turquoise
Red Dawrf Honey Gourami, Bummble Bee Goby, Apistogroma, Black Knife Fish, Pearl Gourami, Dwarf Neon Rainbows, Galaxy Rasbora, I have at least 6 different shrimp, and black yellow and blue mystery snails. Black loach and a Kuli loach and a dojo loach.
Corals/Plants:
A bunch of different Rotellas, Anubis, Penny wort, Hornwort, at least 3 different grasses, sword plant, lilly plant, purple hippo,and a lot that I dunno the name of.
Tank Size:
40 gallons
Advice:
GREAT LIGHT AND CO2!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Make sure you change water at least once a week or every other week.
Description:
Hope it works this time
Rated #26: 147 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: jason
Country: Great Britain
Rank:
#26 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted By:
jason on
Ratings:
5.52
Number of votes:
136
Fish Kept:
Angels, guppies, platys, houduran red points, keyhole cichlids, pleco, bristlenose, neon tetras, pearl gourami's, tiger barbs, rosey barbs, shrimp, fighter fish, lemon tetras, and have kept kept lots of other type before
Corals/Plants:
swords, java moss, java fern,
Tank Size:
147 gallons
Advice:
research research research
Description:
5ftx2ftx2.5ft tank. Mixed community
5 x Tiger Barbs
4 x Ruby Barbs
3 x Golden Marble Angelfish
1 x Black Marble Angelfish
3 x Neon tetras
9 x Lemon tetras
4 x Mickey Mouse Platys
1 x Neon sunset Platy
4 x White Mickey Mouse Platys
4 x Blue Platys
1 x Red Bottom Blue sapphire Platy
12 x assorted Guppies
Pair of Keyhole Cichlids
Pair of Pearl Gourami
1 x Female Dwarf Gourami
1 x Male Long Finned Bolivian Ram
Cichlid
1 x Salfin Pleco
1 x Bristlenose
2 x Sterbas cory
1 x Banjo cat
1 x Assassin snail
1 x African clawed albino frog
Dwarf Anubias
Jungle Vallis
Straight Vallisneria
Wendt's Cryptocoryne
Java Fern
moss
Rated #27: 42 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Sumit Nandi
Country: India
Rank:
#27 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted By:
Sumit Nandi on
Ratings:
5.51
Number of votes:
136
Quote:
Try Try again Try till you SUCCEED
About Yourself:
An Aquarist from Chinsurah, a small town near Kolkata (India)
Ph: +91 9681026043
email: enjoysumit@yahoo.co.in
Fish Kept:
Cardinal tetra,
Neon Tetra,
Harlequin Rasbora,
Rummynose Tetra,
Oto,
SAE and
Some Red Molly
Corals/Plants:
Glosso,
HM,
Hair Grass,
Rotala
Tank Size:
42 gallons
Advice:
Pleaseeeeeeee..........."Never Give-up"
Description:
BEAUTY IN SIMPLICITY
Rated #28: 90 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: steph
Country: United States
Rank:
#28 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted By:
steph on
Ratings:
5.47
Number of votes:
132
Fish Kept:
fantail, pleco, blind cave fish
Corals/Plants:
amazon swords, anubias barteri
Tank Size:
90 gallons
Advice:
Research, research, research.
Rated #29: 180 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Asad Ahmad
Country: Australia
Rank:
#29 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted By:
Asad Ahmad on
Ratings:
5.45
Number of votes:
177
Quote:
To be or not to be.
About Yourself:
Have been an aquarist for 3.5 years. Now venturing in to aquascaping.
Fish Kept:
Bronze Cory Cat, True Rummynose Tetra, Cardinal Tetra, Cherry Barbs, Assassin Snails, Guppy, Otocinclus, Red Cherry Shrimps.
Corals/Plants:
Plants - Java Moss,Flame Moss,
Willow Moss, Java Ferns,
Windelov Fern, Anubius Nana “Petite”, Anubius Nana,Rotala Rotundifolia,
Crypto Pontederifolia,Elodea Crispa,Hair Grass (Dwarf),
Hair Grass (Tall),Blyxa Japonica,Glossostigma,
Hydrocotyle Verticillata,
Bacopa Caroliniana,Hygrophila Polysperma ('Rosanervig'),
Aponogeton Crispus,Aponogeton Rigidifolius,Crypto Wendtii Green,Crypto Wendtii Brown,
Hemianthus Cuba,Cryptocoryne Balansae,Bolbitis Fern,Rotala Macrandra,Staurogyne Repens,
Cryptocoryne Parva
Tank Size:
180 gallons
Advice:
“Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.”
― Criss Jami
Description:
2 Months old today. Still filling it up :)
Rated #30: 150 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: chris
Country: United States
Rank:
#30 out of 128 Planted Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted By:
chris on
Ratings:
5.44
Number of votes:
135
Fish Kept:
Neon tetras 30,black skirts 4,Blue & yellow rams 6, rosline sharks6,bristle nose plecos 5,albino cat fish 2,yo yo loaches 2 &zebra botia loaches 3,nerite snails 20,siamese algea eaters 4,gouarmi 2
Corals/Plants:
Anubias spp,Java fern,java moss,Cryptocoryne,Amazon sword,Red tiger lotus,Parva,Bacopa Caroliniana,Cabomba furcata,wisteria,Red Ludwigia,Water Sprite
Tank Size:
150 gallons
Advice:
do your research
Description:
150 Gallon planted