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Rank: #41 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.86

Number of Votes: 22

Photo Caption: Lake Malawi Tank

Advice: Create/Build as much as you can. DIY is the way to go. More fun and waaay cheaper.

Fish Kept: 2 Yellow Labs (Labidochromis Caeruleus) 3 Zebra Haps (Obliquiden Zebra) 6 Rustys (Iodotropheus Sprengerae) 1 Jewel Cichlid (Hemichromis Bimaculatus) 2 Blue Peacocks (Aulonocara Hansbaenschi) 5 Marbled/Mixed

Plants Kept: Fake

Tank Size: 55

Description: 15 W lights, powerhead, 2 HOB filters, 200 W heater.

Rank: #42 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.83

Number of Votes: 100

Photo Caption: My new Rio 400, 5 feet, 400ltr thats soon to house Lake malawi's (Mbuna) Need to rehome the fish i inherited with the tank ( 1 Tilapia buttikoferi 9") 2 Blood parrots, 1 plec, and some ugly looking catfish (tank buster apparently when fully grown) all going on 25th feb 2010, 1st Mbuna's going in same day. Coral Gravel, Ocean rock (more needed so i can get the ship out) a couple of pieces of slate and 2 plastic plants to break up the colour Filtered by juwel internal powerhead at 1000lph Fluval 405 at 1300lph and another 405 to be added in the next few days Total volume will be filtered at 9 times an hour due to Mbuna's been messy and the need to overstock to spread aggression. More pic's to follow in the next few days when i pick up the Malawis

About Yourself: just ya lil old regular tropical fishkeeper, keep checking my pic's for updated tank shots

Advice: read, read, read then read some more, you'll never stop learning. Patience, good things take time to develop.

Tank Size: 90

Rank: #43 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.82

Number of Votes: 87

Photo Caption: 45 gallon tank Any suggestion, anyone??

Quote: thats what she said

Advice: Read, read, read, and just keep trying until you get it right.

Fish Kept: neon tetras,1 sword tail,3 plattys,2 red tail sharks, 2 gouramis, 1 pleco, 2 snails, 1 glass house catfish, 1 pictus catfish

Plants Kept: 1 fake plant the rest are real. big piece of drift wood

Tank Size: 45

Description: 45 gallon tank under gravel filter hanging filter

Rank: #44 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.79

Number of Votes: 19

Photo Caption: Brackish Water Fish Aquarium

Quote: It ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. Rocky

About Yourself: I have been an aquarium lover since a young child. I have had many aquariums over the past 30 years. This one is one of my favorites. I am a teacher. I have passed on my love of the environment to my students.

Advice: I suggest to research and to love your fish : )

Fish Kept: I have 4 Mono Argentus, 4 Silver Scats, 2 Figure 8 Puffers, 1 Archer Fish, and some Mollies. My puffers are very docile and have never tried to eat any of my fish.

Plants Kept: I have found it difficult to keep live plants in this tank. My Scats are very hungry.

Tank Size: 46

Description: This is a brackish water tank. I keep the salinity toward the higher end....more like a light marine condition. My fish seem to be happier with a higher salinity level, even the mollies.

Rank: #45 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.75

Number of Votes: 100

Photo Caption: 180l Community Tank

Advice: Read the forums for advice and ask if not sure

Fish Kept: New community set up, had to rebuild following decorating - only 6 Zebra Danios at the moment

Plants Kept: Artificial plants

Tank Size: 39

Description: Fluval Vicenza 180 External Fluval 205 filter 2x 24w lights 5 x 4 led blue lights for moonlight effect

Rank: #46 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.71

Number of Votes: 100

Photo Caption: parrot fish tank

Advice: take your time. its the hardest thing to stick to but nothing good happens quickly in marines. use a quarintine tank for best results.

Fish Kept: red spot goby royal gramma regal tang two common clownfish inverts: red feathered star sandsifting starfish 3 cleaner shrimp one blood shrimp various hermits

Plants Kept: pussey coral torch coral duncans coral red sea whip orange bush yellow bush red mushroom brown mushroom blue mushroom green bush algea neptunes shaving brush leather plume rock tree polyps green grass xenia star polyps yellow disc various other frags

Tank Size: 400

Description: new reef tank. just starting out in this hobby. stocked with about twenty corals and im using a deep sandbed. various hermit crabs.

Rank: #47 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.67

Number of Votes: 64

Photo Caption: oscar and parrots...

Quote: paitence

About Yourself: got my first tank from a friend who was having a baby and couldnt look after it. fish addiction soon followed. lol

Advice: be paitent, take it slow and reserch fish compatability. although sometimes trial and error is the best way to learn, because even the experts dont always give you info that works in your tank.

Fish Kept: i have three tanks with all sorts. my best fish are blue acara, oscar, parrot cichlid, convict, jewel cichlid, red fin albino shark, spotted pimelodella, love my breeding platy`s and sailfin mollys.

Plants Kept: vallisneria, echinodous ( amozon sword plant )

Tank Size: 55

Description: length. 36 inch, height. 24 inches, depth 16 inches. sizes are to the inside of the tank. using under gravel filter and a fluvel u4 internal filter.

Rank: #48 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.67

Number of Votes: 100

Photo Caption: Black Convict Cichlid Tank

About Yourself: Bought a beginner tank and hope to upgrade soon!

Advice: Read,Read,Read, Double Your Filtration

Fish Kept: Juvenile Black Convict Cichlids"Archocentrus Nigrofasciatus" 4 Females 4 Males, Black Kuhli Loach

Plants Kept: Plastic

Tank Size: 10

Description: Lace Rock,Black Gravel,Black Background,Plant,80 Degrees, Freshwater,Air Pump,Aqua Clear Filter,and 50watt Heater, Two 10 watt Bulbs

Rank: #49 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.62

Number of Votes: 16

Photo Caption: My baby jack dempsey fish. They are about 1" to 2 1/2". I have atleast 50 or 60 strong in here and I love to feed them cuz they make alot of noise when they eat.

Quote: Oh my GAWSH NEMO'S Sthwimming OuT tO SeA!

About Yourself: friend gave me a fish ....my biggest silverdollar fish and I just been into it since.

Advice: do what works. learn from what doesn't?

Fish Kept: Three silver dollars, one rainbow shark, two jack dempsey, five kenyas, one red zebra, one bala shark, one asian algae eater, and a young tiger oscar.

Plants Kept: plants are fake.......silverdollars eat my real ones.

Tank Size: 55

Description: tank is 4' L x 21" tall & 12" wide running magnum 350 and Ehiem ecco canister filters. My lighting is either made up of 5 Submergable LED lights 2 green, 2 blue, and one red in the volcano. Or two 20" double bulbed plant/aquarium light w/ or w/o already mentioned submerged LEDs.

Rank: #50 out of 74 freshwater tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 4.55

Number of Votes: 100

Photo Caption: 9 gallon biube. Comment please?

About Yourself: Just a fish enthusiast

Advice: None.

Fish Kept: 8 pink danios, 4 neon tetras, 1 african dwarf frog, 4 bumblebee goby, 8 ghost shrimp, 2 cherry shrimp, 3 armano shrimp. Live elodea.

Plants Kept: Plastic.

Tank Size: 70

Description: 9 gallon biube. Dimensions: 33.5cm/13 ¼ in. wide x 45.5cm/18in tall. Halogen light.