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| State: Oklahoma |
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#352 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.48 |
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My newly set up 55 gallon tank. |
| About Yourself: |
This is my 2nd tank here in the US. Started with a 20 gallon and have now progressed to a 55 gallon |
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read books, check the internet before you go ahead with anything. Aquariums aren't a hobby to be rushed! |
| Fish Kept: |
6 Platies, 2 cory cats, 2 german gold rams, 1 german blue ram, 3 von rio tetras, 3 fruity tetras, 1 yoyo loach, 1 plec, 1 skunk botia, 3 white clouds, 3 gold barbs, chinese butterly loach, 3 ghost catfish, 7 cardinal tetras, 1 dojo loach, 2 ranchovii killifish, 2 guentheri killifish & a red dwarf gourami! |
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Amazon Sword, Melon Sword, Water Wisteria, Bleheri, Cambomba, Ludwigia Inclinata and a bunch of others I don't know the names of but look lovely! |
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55 |
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This is my newly set up 55 gallon freshwater planted tank. The plants still need to grow some! I have a fluval 4 in tank filter and a hydor 4 in tank aerator. Like everything to be tucked away neatly! Lights & heater are standard that came with the tank. |
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| State: Missouri |
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#353 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.47 |
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updated 75 gallon |
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75 gallon |
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Canada |
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#355 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.47 |
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250 |
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My fish tank as of Aug 19, 2008 |
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Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless |
| About Yourself: |
Started when a friend gave me the aquarium as Christmas present. |
| Advice: |
Ask for advice from aquarium shops and experienced hobbyist before starting the hobby. |
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Mixed of Albino, Gold and Red Gouramis, 2 Black shark, 3 chinese algae eater |
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Christmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), Dwarf Anubias, Green Wendtii Crypt, Baby Tears, Windelov's Fern, Elodea |
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90 |
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Standard 90g tank with pretty basic lighting, and ( I'll describe my filter and lighting later). |
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#356 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.47 |
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FISH:Assorted catfish, Tiger Barbs, Platys, Neons
PLANTS:Assorted Hygrophila (Polysperma, Difformis, Rosanervig), Valisneria spiralis, assorted Java Fern, assorted Anubias, Ludwigia, Anacharis, Lace Fern, Watersprite, Bacopa Caroliniana & Monnieri. |
| About Yourself: |
Once upon a time (2002) I received a single goldfish in a tiny plastic carry container for Christmas. The rest is history... |
| Advice: |
Don't overstock. Just because your house might fit 100 people, doesn't mean you'd be comfortable living with them... Same goes for fish. |
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Assorted catfish, Tiger Barbs, Platys, Neons |
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Assorted Hygrophila (Polysperma, Difformis, Rosanervig), Valisneria spiralis, assorted Java Fern, assorted Anubias, Ludwigia, Anacharis, Lace Fern, Watersprite, Bacopa Caroliniana & Monnieri. |
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66 |
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Community planted tank. Mid-level lighting (2wpg), Flourish Excel daily, Flourish twice a week, Eheim 2215, weekly 30% water change. |
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| State: California |
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#354 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.47 |
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255 |
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You can't see it that well....but I have a planted canopy on the right side of my tank which is the effort of careful pruning and gives the tank a rain forest look...
You can see my rainbow praecox, gourami, and siamensis swimming.
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Visit natural freshwater systems for inspiration. |
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Rainbow praecox. Gourami. Siamensis; Clown plecostemus. Amano shrimp. Ottocinclus. Etc.
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Many types of freshwater plants. |
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50 |
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50 gallon breeder tank (36x18x18); Current 2 x 96watt lights; Rena Filstar xP2 filter;
Umm...that's it for now. |
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| State: Nebraska |
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#348 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.47 |
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26g |
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experiment |
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Angelfish, Rummynose Tetra |
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Vals, crypts, swords |
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26 |
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26g, recently started co2 with a paintball tank |
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| State: Indiana |
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#357 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.47 |
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55 gallon with lots of fish, live plants, and some fake ones to give it some color and provide better hiding places for the gouramis. |
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It is better to be lucky than to be good! |
| About Yourself: |
Pharmacuetical chemist. Freshwater aquarist for about 20 years. |
| Advice: |
Weekly 20% water changes to maximize number of fish that can be kept. Research your fish selections before purchasing to make sure are compatible with your aquarium size and other fish in your aquarium. |
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2 Panda Cory Cats, 1 Julii Cory Cat, 4 Yoyo Loaches, 1 Burmese Border Loach, 1 Common Pleco, 1 Rubber-lipped Pleco, 1 Redtail Shark, 2 Boesemani Rainbows, 3 MacColloch's Rainbows, 4 Dwarf Neon Rainbows, 3 Torquoise Rainbows, 3 Common Angels, 3 Bolivian Rams, 2 Swordtails, 1 Dwarf Gourami, 1 Opaline Gourami, 1 Golden Wonder Killifish |
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Driftwood, slate, and inert rounded rocks. Plants: Lutea, Anubias Coffeefolia, Anubias Minima, Rubin Sword, Kleiner Bar Sword, Spiralis, Dwarf Vallisneria, Water Wisteria, Java Fern, Mondo Grass, Banana Plant |
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55 |
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Standard All-Glass aquarium with Current USA fixture with two T5 HO bulbs (6700 K, 652 nm). Filtration by Whisper 60 external filter with Purigen bag. Substrate is CaribSea Instant Aquarium (Crystal River and Torpedo Beach). |
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| State: Rhode Island |
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#358 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.47 |
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120 |
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Planted Tropical 55gal. What do you think? |
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Relax!!!!!!!! |
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newly wed, hard worker, first time home owner. |
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Google search any questions you may have for the type of fish or plants you may want to collect. This will give you an idea of what kind of work and money you will be putting into your aquarium. |
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male and female blue rams, 5 long fin golden barbs, 10 neon tetras, 5 red fin tetras, small freckled catfish, 3 pond snails, and my wife has 2 gold fish.
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2 Anubis, 2 Red Wendtii, 1 Amazon Sword,1 Dwarf Onion, 6 Bamboo, Dwarf hairgrass, Babytears, Moss ball, Java Moss, Water Lettuce, JUMBO Blue Shell Water Hyacinth, Purple Crincle, Rotala Magenta, Anacharis, and 3 banana plants. I add about 4 plants per week. |
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I have male and female blue rams, long fin golden barbs, neon tetras, red fin tetras, small freckled catfish, 3 pond snails, and my wife has 2 gold fish "Lusy and Ethal". I also have all live plants, 6 Bamboo, 2 Anubis, 2 Bronze Wendtii, 1 Amazon Sword, Moss ball, Java moss,purple crinkle, Dwarf hair grass, Baby tears,Water Lettuce, JUMBO Blue Shell Water Hyacinth, Dwarf onion, and lots more. I have 2 T12 fixtrues w/ 4X40w plant-gro bulbs in a Custom hood. For filters i have a 10g sump filter W/ Co2 infused in a Rio 2100 pump, and a marineland 400 with bio-wheels. once every week i do a water change only(no gravel cleaning) and add liquid fertalizer for the plants. 1" gravel, 2" substrate, 2" gravel. |
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| State: Georgia |
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#359 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.46 |
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171 |
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bloom |
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riccia |
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cardinal tetra
cherry shrimp
snails |
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Glosso, hairgrass, stemmed plants, dwarf baby tears, java fern, lace fern, four leaf clover. algae |
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30 |
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L91cm H30cm W45cm
400watts approx. T5 and metal halide
ADA brightsand, amazonian soil
driftwood, rock |
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| State: New York |
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#360 out of 1577 planted tanks worldwide |
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5.46 |
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170 |
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I am NYC stagehand. |
| Advice: |
pay attention and try to have fun... |
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1 preacox rainbow, 2 green tiger barbs, 2 ruby dannios, 1 red fox, 3 flying foxes, 1 unknown loach(very small), 1 blue ram, 2 neon blue tetras, 4 threadfin rainbows, 2 clown loaches and more snails than I care to think about at the moment. |
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There's 13 to 15 different plants......................... Lace java fern...
Java fern...
Crinum calamistratum...Banana plant...Java moss...Algae balls and a few others that I honestly can not name...sorry. |
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OK...let's see. It's a 37 gallon tall glass tank because it was the largest tank that I could buy to go on top of this really cool cabnet that I picked up at an antique shop in Cold Springs...Anyway, umm?
Lighting-Coralife...
Filter-Eheim...
heater...Flourish Iron for water changes.
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