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Rank: #1 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 6.93

Number of Votes: 84

Photo Caption: My Planted Tank

Quote: Nil

About Yourself: Nil

Advice: None

Fish Kept: Cardinal tetras, guppies, rummy nose, yamatos, red cherry shrimps, etc.

Plants Kept: Java moss, Anubias barteri, Microsorum pteropus, etc.

Tank Size: 18

Description: 2.5ft tank, 2x18W 6500K lights, hang-on filter & CO2 pressurized tank (3-8 hrs per day).

Rank: #2 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 6.93

Number of Votes: 83

Photo Caption: This is my current tank, It is a lower delta tropical pond setting and the plants are all matured for about 3 years now.

About Yourself: I am a electrical engineer by trade, but i have been into freshwater tanks for 12 years now. i started out with just small fish tanks for cool fish i liked and then i got a 4ft tank with chiclids and parrotfish that really started me into the hobby.. not venturesd into marine tanks yet, but i guess i am not really a fan. always preferree freshwater. My current tank has been around for about 3 years now, and is mainly a planted tank where the emphasis is on creating a tropical pond enviroment with the types of plants and fishes that you find there.. i am still learning everyday but i have to say the satisfaction of seeing a tank that is doing well is very difficult to match.

Advice: make sure you are systematic and do things at proper intervals, it is very tempting to dump everything into a new tank on the first day, i used to do that years ago and i lost many fish and many plants. make sure you properly mature the tank water and biological system of your tank over a minimum two week period before introducing your expensive fish and sensitive plants into the system.. and compatibility is very important.. not everything that looks good is actually going to survive in your tank. if you are using fish and plants from the tropics, do not add in a temperate species to look good.. they will not adapt well and whether fish or plant they will die quickly..

Fish Kept: Angelfish, golden otos, baby puffers, many types of tetras..

Plants Kept: mainly hardy tropical ferns

Tank Size: 80

Description: My tank is 120cm by 50cm by 50cm and is basically a planted freshwater tank with bogwood and a base of fertilizer covered with coral sand and topped off with big grain sand particles. I use 3 120 cm long daylight brightness flourescent lamps which i made myself and two ehiem external filters, one a nechanicaal filter and the other is a wet and dry biological filter. For the plants i use a carbon dioxide tank releasing carbon dioxide at about 1 bubble every second since my plants are tropical plants. I also use a reactor that is attached to my mechanical filter and my tank to mix the CO2 into my tank water. Another thing i have additionally are two fans on top of my tank to cool the water and keep it at about 27degrees celsius, since in singapore the temperaures can get too hot..

Rank: #3 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 6.69

Number of Votes: 100

Photo Caption: This a quick snapshot of my first tropical fish tank setup - 75L. Fish includes Neon Tetras, Bristlenose Catfish, Clown loaches, Rasbora Scissor Tails, Yellow Snakeskin Guppies and Red Cherry Shrimp

Advice: take your time, and do plenty of research.

Fish Kept: Neon Tetras, Bristlenose Catfish, Clown loaches, Rasbora Scissor Tails, Yellow Snakeskin Guppies and Red Cherry Shrimp

Plants Kept: Hairgrass, Vallisneria, Contortionis, Fontinalis

Tank Size: 30

Description: 75L (30Gallon) - Aqua One 520 Dimensions Cabinet: 51W x 34D x 66H cm Lighting: 2x11w PL Filtration: Wet and Dry Trickle Heater : 100W Gravel - Quartz Diamond Black

Rank: #4 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 6.47

Number of Votes: 51

Photo Caption: overview

Quote: It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all outta gum

About Yourself: Amateur from Oslo

Advice: Choose plants who dont grow too much.

Fish Kept: Three spot gourami,Dwarf gourami, black, yellow and diamond molly, cardinal tetra, neon tetra, Ancistrus L???, Siamese fighting fish. Apple snail, sand snail and a snail killer snail named Helena

Plants Kept: Self picked lava stone from iceland

Tank Size: 35

Description: t5 light, jewel 12 filter system.

Rank: #5 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 6.32

Number of Votes: 88

Photo Caption: fresh setup

Quote: A HAPPY TANK WILL MAKE A HAPPY HOME !

About Yourself: I have 7 tanks set up all around the house. 135gal, 55gal, two 29gal, 20gal, and two 10gal. I use the smaller tanks for breeding. I myself would rather set and watch my fish than watch tv.

Advice: It is best to know everything there is to know about the fish before you buy it. Eating habit and its natural environment. Also water condition.

Fish Kept: All afican cichlids. livinstonii, rostratus, venustus, (electric yellow,blue), lombardoi, powder blues, (cobalt, pearl, Red,ice blue redtop zebras) orange blossom peacocks and many many more.

Plants Kept: Can't keep live plants with these guys do to the fact that live plants are in half of their diets. They will eat them. So I have been forced to use plastic plants.

Tank Size: 135

Description: What you are looking at it 135gal Oceanic reef tank 72x18x25. Custom hood with lighting. Six 6 foot bulbs 3 white and 3 blue. Icecape timers for the lights to simulate day and night. Oceanic sump system, mag drive pump pushing 1600gal an hour with an additional 11" canister filter which holds extra media.

Rank: #6 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 5.61

Number of Votes: 28

Photo Caption: Central American stream aquarium

Quote: "All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time" - Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC

About Yourself: Former U.S. Marine Combat photojournalist. I'm now a wedding photographer. I had fish tanks growing up, but never paid much attention to them. This is my first planted tank and I love paying attention to the details, checking water, etc. I have a smaller tank for the kids, with Sponge Bob's house in it, among other decorations. But this tank is daddy's!

Advice: Make sure you complete the cycle before adding your first fish! It will solidify your chances of having a healthy tank going forward. I do 50% water changes weekly. This keeps the water fresh. (Hence the name "freshwater fish") :)

Fish Kept: (2) Bolivian Rams (6) White tip tetras (11) Neon Tetras (1) Bristlenose Pleco (2) Otto Cats (3) Cory Cats (1) Mystery snail

Plants Kept: Onion plants. Java fern. Spiralis. Anubias Nana. Driftwood

Tank Size: 37

Description: 37 Gal. Marineland Eclipse 3 tank. 30"x24"x12". Eclipse built-in filtration system with bio wheel. (2) 20-watt bulbs.

Rank: #7 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 5.43

Number of Votes: 61

Photo Caption: 48 Gallon tank, Juwel Rio 180 (101 x 41 x 50) with bioflow filter and 200w heater. Rocks, Bogwood and live plants. This is my tank in progress after a 10 year break from fish keeping and only just getting back into it.

Quote: Patience is a virtue ...

Advice: Take your time

Fish Kept: Boeseman's Rainbowfish x2, Moonlight Gourami, Cory, Ticto Barb x2, Rosy Barb x2, Scat x2, Pictus Catfish x2, Dwarf Gourami (Male).

Plants Kept: Mixed live plants, Rocks, Bogwood on a sand base

Tank Size: 48

Description: Juwel Rio 180 with 2xT5 lights and Bioflow filter

Rank: #8 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 5.31

Number of Votes: 36

Photo Caption: A new pic of my tank, changed the layout a bit.

Quote: My wife is the best. :)

About Yourself: I grew up in the Caribbean lived on a sail boat for a while. Traveled all over there visting many islands. snorkel surf scurf scuba spear fish and cliff jumping, So I like fish.

Advice: No multi colored fruity pebble looking substrate.

Fish Kept: Buenos ares tetra x 8 Black skirt tetra x 2 Lamp eye tetra x 5 rasorba tetra x 5 black neon tetra x 5 Red serpea tetra x 2 longfined red serpea tetra x 8 Zebra danios x 5 Longfined zebra danios x 10 Neon tetras x 40 Cardinal tetras x 2 Blood fin tetras x 4 scissor tail rasorba x 3 longfin black skirt tetras x 5 large angel fish x1 bumble bee goby x7 brown kukhli loach x 10 golden dojo x 1 golden algae eater x 2 algae eater x 3 horse face loach x 12 emerald cory catfish x 1( 10 years) Black white botia x 2 white black botia x 1 panda cory catfish x 1 spotted african high fin catfish x 1 spotted high fin pleco x 1 ghost shrimp x 30-40 depending on how many shrimp the angel fish ate!!! total 147 wonderful fat,colorful,happy fishies...

Plants Kept: african swords, grass, some fern, sea sprite, pennywort, lily pads(soon)

Tank Size: 150

Description: 150 gallon,lots of plants,sand rock and fish. digital temp guage 2 heaters 3 whisper double bag filters 2 ehiem canister filters, reactor 1000 for co2 sytem, powerhead 2 air pumps, lighting have 3 bulbs each half total 6. range from plant floral to white light to actinic blues for complete range of colors.Feed several times a day with multiple varieties food right down to live shrimp.

Rank: #9 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 5.13

Number of Votes: 31

Photo Caption: My 36"L X 17"H X 12.25"W 40 gallon planted tank. It's about 1.25 years old. Comments welcome thanks.

Quote: Always take you're 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.

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.

Fish Kept: 1 Marbel Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) 2 Orinoco Angelfish (Pterophyllum altum) 8 Black Neon Tetras (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi) 1 Pearl Gourami (Trichogaster leeri) 1 Schwartz's Cory Catfish (Corycloras schwartzi) 1 Clown Pleco L-104 (Panaque maccus) 2 Borneo Suckers (Gastromyzan ctenocephalus) 5 Otocinclus Catfish (Otocinclus cocama) 2 Pangio Kuhlii Loaches

Plants Kept: Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis) Wendtii, Bronze (Cryptocoryne wendtii ) Echinodorus barthii "Red Melon Sword" New Plants: Brahmi ( Bacopa monnieri ) Micro Sword ( Lilaeopsis brasiliensis ) Kyoto Grass ( Ophiopogon japonica ) Raised on nothing but fish poo and Excel Flourish daily

Tank Size: 40

Description: 40 gallon planted tank. Dual Hagen T5's, 2 T8 24" ZooMed Flora Sun Plant Growth lights for main lights. 4 Current White LED moonlights for the evening.. 2 Marineland H.O.T. Magnum canister filter cycling 250 G.P.H. Bog Logs and Eco-Complete subsrate

Rank: #10 out of 29 planted tanks worldwide
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Ratings: 5.00

Number of Votes: 95

Photo Caption: My planted tank.

About Yourself: Very new to planted tanks. Still working out the kinks and learning as I go. I know I should get rid of the fake decorations, but I happen to really love the Roman Empire era. :)

Advice: Read lots of literature and just when you think you have read enough, read some more.

Fish Kept: 1 dragon gobi, 3 silver dollars, 3 clown loaches, 2 fiddler crabs, 2 silver sharks, 3 black mollies, 6 red eye tetras, 2 red tail tinfoil barbs, and 1 zebra danio.

Plants Kept: Amazon swords, Elodea, Water Lettuce, Giant Hairgrass, Corkscrew Grass, Sagittaria subulata, some other miscellaneous stuff.

Tank Size: 135

Description: 72" W 20" D 18" L Fluval FX5 Canister Filter, Odyssea T5 HO lighting, DIY CO2, gravel.