Top 2021 - 2030 Planted Tanks All Time
Rated #2021: 10 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Jonathan Hernandez
Country: United States
Rank:
#2021 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Jonathan Hernandez on
Ratings:
3.35
Number of votes:
106
Quote:
A successful person can build a strong foundation out of the bricks that other people throw at him.
About Yourself:
I have been keeping fish for about three years. It's a very rewarding hobby, especially when you wake up in the morning with twenty guppy fry swimming about in the leaves of the plants!!!
Fish Kept:
For a 10 gallon tank, it's overcrowded, but friends and neighboors give me their fish when they get tired of feeding them, and I can't let the poor things get flushed!!! I have one Zebra Danio, three gold barbs, six guppies, one platy, one freshwater eel, one siamese algea eater, and one fiddler crab.
Corals/Plants:
Not sure of all their names!!! One flowering plant that has long stems with the leaves at the top, it also has flowers that are white and V-shaped. One "onion" plant. One large Amazon Sword.
Tank Size:
10 gallons
Advice:
Don't be afraid to give your fish a little variety in their food. Fish like flakes, but some frozen bloodworms and some live brine shrimp is essential for a healthy diet. This variety in food will also bring out the color in your underwater buddies.
Description:
A picture of my planted 10 gallon aquarium.
Rated #2022: 10 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Kristen
Country: United States
Rank:
#2022 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Kristen on
Ratings:
3.34
Number of votes:
272
Quote:
uh!
Fish Kept:
2 blue gouramis, 1 opaline gourami, 4 Tiger Danios, 1 snail.
Corals/Plants:
Moneywort, Banana Plant, Rotala Indica, Moss Balls/Marimo Balls/Tribbles (Cladophora aegagropila), Telanthera Rosefolia (Alternanthera reineckii), Crinum Calimistratum (very rare), Ammannia Senegalensis, micro sword, and two thers that I can't remember.
Tank Size:
10 gallons
Advice:
Fish and Plants like a little neglect.
Description:
Fish: 2 blue gouramis, 1 opaline gourami, 4 Tiger Danios, 1 snail.
Plants: Moneywort, Banana Plant, Rotala Indica, Moss Balls/Marimo Balls/Tribbles (Cladophora aegagropila), Telanthera Rosefolia (Alternanthera reineckii), Crinum Calimistratum (very rare), Ammannia Senegalensis, micro sword, and two thers that I can't remember.
Rated #2023: 66 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Tonya
Country: United States
Rank:
#2023 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Tonya on
Ratings:
3.33
Number of votes:
130
Quote:
"That's cool!"
About Yourself:
Every since I was little girl I've had a fish tank (minus 5 yrs). I recall going to the fish store with my dad to pick out fish.... We would spend nearly every weekend going to some kind of fish store just to check things out. Plus my dad used to raise hard to find cichlids. - My home isn't complete without a fish tank!! I have earned both a BSc and MSc in Biology and I find the relationships of the flora and fauna of the environment very interesting.
Fish Kept:
2 Discus (~4" tall), 4 Angelfish (each size of a quarter), 5 rummy nose tetras, 1 ghost knife (5" long), 1 ablino and 1 bronze cory catfish, 4 black skirted tetras, 5 serpa tetras, 10 cardinal tetras, 5 more assorted painted or skirt tetras not mentioned, 3 assorted fancy goldfish, 1 Chinese high-fin banded loach, 1 lonely rasbora and 1 Chinese algae eater. (Yeah probably a few too many, but if asked to thin out the 'school' I wouldn't know who to give up. So I just make sure water 30% changes and canister filter (ehiem) cleaning are maintained.)
Corals/Plants:
Seven assorted amazon sword plants, java moss, various sizes. I don't mind if the fish eat them - They are good for the water and the fish!
Tank Size:
66 gallons
Advice:
My advice to a new hobbyist would be to recognize that every tropical fish hobbyist will have a different set of ideas on how to set-up and take care of your fish and tank. Consider the sources. Start out small 15 gallon. For example I have had fish tanks nearly my whole life and I got my partner into the hobby. I'm of the mind that a tank will generally work itself out and the more you mess with it the more frustrated you will get. He prefers to be more involved with his tank than I do mine. I do not recommend making more than one change at a time. It is the only way to determine if what you have done will have positive results. Keep an eye on your pH. Do not purchase scaleless fish (loaches, plecos, black/blue sharks, ghost knives, eels, elephants and so on) until your pH is balanced for the fish you want to keep. Don't buy expensive fish right off the bat. Don't let people worry you about starter or 'sacrifice' fish (Cory catfish, guppies, tetras). Your fish can go for a few days without food, so its better to underfeed everyday than to overfeed everyday. - Go with the "KISS Method" -- Keep it super simple. Good luck! - OH one more thing!! The colors displayed on the fish are a good indicator that they are stressed - and always ask when the fish you're looking at was shipped in. Purchasing an all ready stressed fish is not good - the likelihood they'd perish increases substantially.
On a positive note!! The book The Dummies Guide to Aquariums is a pretty good read...simple terms - buy it used on the web...
Description:
Just one the sword plants I have in the tank. I only have one artificial plant. Pretty pleased that I've been able to keep my plants alive and growing!! I think its the T-5 corallife light.
Rated #2024: 29 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Kyle
Country: United States
Rank:
#2024 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Kyle on
Ratings:
3.33
Number of votes:
215
About Yourself:
My Friends got me introduced to this hobby, also i quit smoking and i needed somthing to put left over money into.
Fish Kept:
This tank houses 13 Paracheirodon Innesi / Neon Tetras, 3 Colisa Lalia (Males) / Powder Blue Gouramis, 1 Hypostomus Punctatus / Common Plecos, 1 Corydoras Leucomelas / Blackfin Cory,
1 Corydoras Panda / Panda Cory.
Tank Size:
29 gallons
Advice:
Start with as big of a tank as you can afford
Description:
5 Gallon Betta Tank with 2 cryptos
Rated #2025: 29 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Mark
Country: United States
Rank:
#2025 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Mark on
Ratings:
3.33
Number of votes:
248
Quote:
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About Yourself:
Our family grew up raising fish in 55 gallons. I'm in an apartment now with a smaller aquarium, but I love the hobby of keeping fish. I continue to watch my tank in just the same way as when I was a kid.
Fish Kept:
2 Electric Yellows
4 Electric Blues
2 Zebra Peacocks
2 Albino Socolofis
2 Yellow fined acis
Corals/Plants:
2 Swords
1 Valisneria
1 Java fern
Tank Size:
29 gallons
Advice:
My tank really maintains itself.
Description:
29 gallon African Cichlid tank with 4 swords, 1 valisneria, 1 java fern, and 12 fish (2 electric yellows, 4 electric blues, 2 albino socolofis, 2 yellow fined aceis, 2 zebra peacocks)
Rated #2026: 75 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Chris
Country: United States
Rank:
#2026 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Chris on
Ratings:
3.33
Number of votes:
172
Fish Kept:
Albino Oscar, Pacu, Jack Dempsey, Common Pleco
Corals/Plants:
Variety
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
Read before you buy
Description:
My tank will the window hurt things
Rated #2027: 3 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Coyote
Country: United States
Rank:
#2027 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Coyote on
Ratings:
3.32
Number of votes:
31
Quote:
Never today what you can put off till tomorrow
Tank Size:
3 gallons
Advice:
Don't get discouraged
Description:
Novice
Rated #2028: 29 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: feathers
Country: United States
Rank:
#2028 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
feathers on
Ratings:
3.32
Number of votes:
121
About Yourself:
Started out with a metal framed 10 gal that I got with Blue Chip Stamps (makes me feel old). Always had a tank of some sort, whether jus goldfish or tropicals. recently got back into the hobby when my husband had surgery...now I don't know why I ever stopped!
Fish Kept:
5 African cichlids and a pleco
Corals/Plants:
Whole bunch of sword plants...the only things that seem to grow with so little light and the cichlids chasing each other around
Tank Size:
29 gallons
Advice:
read as much sa as you can and don't forget weekly water changes!
Description:
29 gal freshwater with African Cichlids and liveplants
Rated #2029: 30 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Patrick
Country: United States
Rank:
#2029 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Patrick on
Ratings:
3.32
Number of votes:
131
Quote:
If a fish has a mouth pointing forward and big enough to fit another fish in, it probably will (stolen - auther unknown).
Fish Kept:
2 neons, 1 tiger loach, 1 cory cat, 3 (brightly colored fish in orange, green, and red), 2 (blood or glowlight), not sure), and 2 guppies (one female).
Corals/Plants:
Live plants plants.
Tank Size:
30 gallons
Advice:
Do your research, and make it a fun hobby.
Description:
Another view of my new plants
Rated #2030: 120 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: bogdan
Country: Romania
Rank:
#2030 out of 2343 Planted Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
bogdan on
Ratings:
3.32
Number of votes:
181
Quote:
6
About Yourself:
Not a beginer
Fish Kept:
2 Blue Diamond Discus fish,(pair),2 Yellow Lemon Diamond,1Blue Cobalt,and 6Yellow Apricot Rainbow,a few tetra's,and 1 pair of ancistrus.
Corals/Plants:
A few Plastic ,and a lot of natural plants,and a piece of drift wood.
Tank Size:
120 gallons
Advice:
If you want a cool fish tank,you need a lots of $$$.
But step by step...
Description:
Blue Diamond Pair