Top 81 - 90 Freshwater Tanks All Time
Rated #81: Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Nebs
Country: United States
Rank:
#81 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Nebs on
Ratings:
5.99
Number of votes:
88
About Yourself:
It made me lol after i seen my old tanks. I forgot about them.
Fish Kept:
Corals/Plants:
Advice:
Save the rivers and reefs... Buy captive raised fish when possible!
Description:
60 gallon mixed fish w/driftwood and fake plants
Rated #82: 150 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Mark
Country: United States
Rank:
#82 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Mark on
Ratings:
5.99
Number of votes:
208
Quote:
This is the last tank I'll ever have. Until the next one.
Fish Kept:
Frontosa Cichlid, Various peacocks, Electric Yellow Mbuna Cichlid, Yellow Lab Cichlid, Blue Johanni, Albino Socolofii, Acei Cichlid, Bumblebee Cichlid, Blue Dolphin Cichlid, Auratus Cichlid, Texas Cichlid, Green Terror, Kenyi Cichlid, Pseudotropheus Elongatus Cichlid, Compressiceps Cichlid, Red Zebra Cichlid, Venastus Cichlid, Julidochromis Regani Cichlid
Corals/Plants:
Crushed coral substrate. Artificial plants.
Tank Size:
150 gallons
Advice:
After 20 years of doing this, I've learned that if you ask 100 people what the best way of doing something is (filtration, lighting, water chemistry, ect) you'll get 100 different answers...and they might all be correct
Plan your project before you start, have a vision for your tank and be patient. The final product might take months to achieve. Mistakes can be expensive, but don't give up. Read, read, and read about the fish you want to keep and their natural biotope. Cichlid tanks can, and probably should, be "over-populated" to dilute their natural aggression. Everyone gets chased equally.
IMHO, frequent water changes, particularly in a large aquarium, are overrated once a clean tank is established. I only add water to top off the tank, and rarely do significant water changes. My water chemistry stays stable with no detectable nitrates and my fish are breeding.
Filtration is the key, but whether you use biologic, chemical, mechanical, or whatever combination thereof does not matter as long as you have enough flow to maintain a stable system.
Algae in an aquarium is an inevitability. Algae control is the name of the game. Get it to grow where you want, ie out of site, and not where you don't. Nerite snails are the best (even if you have a live planted tank--they don't eat anything but algae). In my tank, I allow a constant algae bloom in my refugium. My LED up top is excellent for fish viewing, but not so much that it fuels algae growth in my deeper tank.
Description:
Mixed African cichlid tank
Rated #83: 75 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: jjjnr
Country: United States
Rank:
#83 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
jjjnr on
Ratings:
5.98
Number of votes:
97
Fish Kept:
Cichlids
Corals/Plants:
Artificial - Some plants from craft store to add variety and color
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
Filter! Filter! Filter!
Description:
55 Gallon
Assorted Cichlids
Rated #84: 90 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Peter Barnes
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#84 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Peter Barnes on
Ratings:
5.97
Number of votes:
104
Quote:
Don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow.(Only joking, of course)
About Yourself:
Have kept a tropical tank for around 30 years and it's that long ago I can't remember what got me into it, probably the beauty of the fish in particular the Siamese Fighting Fish which I managed to breed a few years back. Sat up until around 2.30 am watching them fertilize the eggs and put them into the bubble nest. In general I just love keeping fish and find it rewarding once the tank is all set up and planted out well, the latter being the hardest to do for me.
Pete.
Fish Kept:
Main Tank
Panda catfish -20 ish
Bronze catfish -6
Peppered catfish - 8
Albino catfish - 8
Neon Tetra -20
Glowlight Tetra - 2
Black Emperor Tetra - 6
Silver Dollar - 2
Clown loach - 4
Zebra Danio - 8
Black Widows-2
Harlequins - 10
Rummy nose Tetra - 6
Humbug catfish- 1
Koi Angels - 2
Golden loach - 2
Khuli loaches - 8
Bottom tank
3 bronze cory's
3 albino catfish
1 female siamese (mum and dad have passed now)
1 sucking loach
20 neon tetras.
Corals/Plants:
loads of assorted
Tank Size:
90 gallons
Advice:
Spend plenty of time observing your fish and don't forget to do regular water changes of around 15 to 20% once or twice a week, I do it twice a week. I now use RO water because I have tested my tap water and found that it is high in nitrate.
I have my own RO filtration unit and also use the water for making cups of tea, which I must tell you tastes far better than tap water.
Another thing to remember is always wash your filters in a bucket of water that you have just drained from your tank and NOT under the tap, if you have more than one filter as I do then you can clean one and leave the other for a month, this way you will always have good bacteria in one of them.
There is plenty of good info on the net now, so just read up and filter the info to suit your particular needs.
Description:
A different angle shot of the main tank.
Rated #85: 55 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Christopher McCoy
Country: United States
Rank:
#85 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Christopher McCoy on
Ratings:
5.97
Number of votes:
102
Fish Kept:
Red Zebra Cichlid, Electric Yellow Cichlid, Ice Blue Red Top Zebra, Maingano Cichlid, Bumblebee Cichlid, Kenyi Cichlid, Snow White Socolofi, Featherfin Catfish, Common Pleco, Bushy Nose Pleco L-144
Corals/Plants:
no plants
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
do frequent water changes
Description:
African Cichlid (mbuna tank)
Rated #86: 45 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Steve
Country: United States
Rank:
#86 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Steve on
Ratings:
5.96
Number of votes:
140
Fish Kept:
Koi Angel, Platinum Angelfish, Redtail Shark, Red Minor Serpae Tetra, Gold Severum, Green Severum, Assorted Apistogramma, Dalmatian Molly, Black Molly, Green Cobra Guppy, Red Fire Guppy, Clown Loach, Panda Cory Cat, False Julii Cory Cat, Bolivian Ram, Gold Ram, Black Ghost Knifefish, Glowlight Tetra, Tiger Barb, Rainbow Shark, Dwarf Rainbow Fish, Bloodfin Tetra, Odessa Barb, Red Wag Platy, Cherry Barb
Corals/Plants:
Plastic
Tank Size:
45 gallons
Advice:
DONT BE LAZY!! DO YOUR WATER CHANGES!!!!
Description:
Ship Wreck
Rated #87: 27 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: CiraEcchi
Country: Yugoslavia
Rank:
#87 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
CiraEcchi on
Ratings:
5.96
Number of votes:
80
Tank Size:
27 gallons
Advice:
Be patient!
Description:
New pre-planting preparation
Rated #88: 55 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: Dunnowhattodo
Country: Great Britain
Rank:
#88 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Dunnowhattodo on
Ratings:
5.96
Number of votes:
79
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Hardscape!
Description:
Before fish added.....
Rated #89: 36 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: fried_dumpling
Country: United States
Rank:
#89 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
fried_dumpling on
Ratings:
5.95
Number of votes:
79
Fish Kept:
Dwarf Gourami, German Blue Ram, Neon Tetra
Corals/Plants:
n/a
Tank Size:
36 gallons
Advice:
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."-Laozi-
Description:
36g Freshwater Community Tank
Rated #90: 400 Gallons Freshwater Fish Tank
Username: SKEMP
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#90 out of 4369 Freshwater Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By:
SKEMP on
Ratings:
5.95
Number of votes:
129
About Yourself:
Used to breed koi when i was a kid
Fish Kept:
Various south american cichlids (dempsey, texas, brasiliensis, a few firemouths, cons)
Mbuna & Hemichromis variants
Aequidens
Bala sharks, black sharks, clown loach, other botia, ancistrus, pictus, synodontis, a dozen corys, danios and even a shoal of platies :)
A mad mixture of fish, but there's plenty of room and tank is stable and peaceful except at feed time.
Other (6ft) tank has guppies, platies, swordtails, corys, rams and a big ol' severum who's just celebrated his 8th birthday
Corals/Plants:
Cryptocorynes, swords, anubias, vallus, canadian pondweed, water lettuce, dwarf water lillies.
For the bigger hericthys, fake plants are better although they don't like to eat java moss.
Tank Size:
400 gallons
Advice:
Start gradually.
Dont over crowd
Dont over feed
Big tanks are easier to manage.
Dont skimp on decor as it reduces aggression between species and reduces stress on scaredy fish coz they can hide up.
Many plants are very sensitive to water chemistry, persevere to find the right type.
And buy decent filters and heating systems
Description:
400+ gallon mixed bag tank