Top 81 - 90 Planted Tanks 2009
Rated #81: 55 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Dustin
Country: United States
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#81 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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Ratings:
5.35
Number of votes:
124
Fish Kept:
chinese algae eater 2, black tetra 2, neon tetra 4
Corals/Plants:
No sure of most of names of them, will post them when i get time to add it.
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Dont be brought down by algae outbreaks at first just let them run their cycle and keep a log of all the changes you do each day if it be backing off on light or fertilizing so you know what you did when things start going right.
Description:
55gal. first time
Rated #82: 74 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Brandi
Country: Australia
Rank:
#82 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
Brandi on
Ratings:
5.3
Number of votes:
109
Quote:
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About Yourself:
26 years old from QLD, Australia.
Tank Size:
74 gallons
Description:
4ft
Rated #83: 57 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: nigel brown
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#83 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
nigel brown on
Ratings:
5.26
Number of votes:
99
Quote:
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Sir Albert Einstein.
About Yourself:
I started off by Buying a biorb 60, and I found it to be inadequate to keep even a few small tropical fish inefficient and a pain to clean. The filter and everything else was poor. I went to a large aquarium store and dove into buying a 260litre tank by Fluval. Doing extensive research on the web and practical experimentation I am now the proud keeper of 35+ various barb fish in a planted tank..and very happy with it. Learning as I go on.
Fish Kept:
Barbus Tetrazona, Green Barbus Tetrazona, Puntius conchonius, Puntius nigrofasciatus, Puntius semifasciolatus, Puntius sachsii, Puntius ticto, Puntius titteya, Puntius oligolepis.
Corals/Plants:
Twisted vallis, Water wisteria, Straight vallis, Java fern, Cryptocoryne, Elodea densa, Java moss, Amazon swords.
Tank Size:
57 gallons
Advice:
Ensure your tank is cycled before introducing too many fish. Best to have a good test set for this purpose and use a Bacteria booster to get things going quicker.
Description:
Fluval 260 litre Vicenza planted aquarium
Rated #84: 20 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: chris main
Country: United States
Rank:
#84 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
chris main on
Ratings:
5.26
Number of votes:
111
About Yourself:
I am 23 with a daughter whos almost two. I have always loved aquariums and fish and ahve kept many species but only recently started plaanted tanks. For so long i was put out with the idea of spending so much to grow plants but now i know you dont need to. And with a little time,trial and error and basically no income, i have a great tank!I am working on a planted 29 gallon now.
Fish Kept:
6 white cloud mt. minnows,1 rhinohorn goby, 3-4 pond minnows including sticklebacks a baby creek chub and a white sucker fry that will be moved to a larger tank as they grow.various snails,ghost shrimp, and 2 ottocinclus.
Corals/Plants:
Hygrofila difformis, red lotus,native hair grass, mystery native dwarf sword type plants,crypt undulatta,cardinal plant, native large leaf pondweed. native Riccia fluitans, native ludwigia repens.lemna minor, small bits of chara or native muskgrass.
Tank Size:
20 gallons
Advice:
You will sometimes find conflicting advice on keeping planted tanks(particularly lighting) but i have found that trial and error works well and you dont have to spend a lot to have lush plants. eg. my shop light!
Description:
20 gallon planted tank. My first planted tank. Having a limited income, many of the plants are native to michigan where i live. It has a 4 ft shop light over it and a ten gallon beside it.The light has two 32 watt white bulbs.(6500k) I dose with flourish excell evey other day. The substrate is a mix with iron made at a local mom and pop fish shop.No heating.(my home stays pretty warm) A cheap wal mart hang on filter for circulation and biological management though the plants do most of the filtering.
Rated #85: 30 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: chris
Country: United States
Rank:
#85 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
chris on
Ratings:
5.24
Number of votes:
105
Fish Kept:
cardinal tetra
cherry shrimp
snails
Corals/Plants:
Glosso, hairgrass, stemmed plants, dwarf baby tears, java fern, lace fern, four leaf clover. algae
Tank Size:
30 gallons
Advice:
riccia
Description:
bloom
Rated #86: 37 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Justin Malone
Country: United States
Rank:
#86 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
Justin Malone on
Ratings:
5.22
Number of votes:
113
About Yourself:
I am NYC stagehand.
Fish Kept:
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.
Corals/Plants:
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.
Tank Size:
37 gallons
Advice:
pay attention and try to have fun...
Rated #87: 26 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: john power
Country: United States
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#87 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
john power on
Ratings:
5.22
Number of votes:
100
Quote:
farts in the bath tub
About Yourself:
I've had a tanks since childhood. Never a planted tank though. I am learning a lot and enjoying it so much. Our dinning room gets much more use now that we have a tank in it. My previous tanks always had aggressive fish in them. This tank is so peaceful and i enjoy it more. No more scared weak fish in the corner looking for a way out!
Fish Kept:
6 lemon tetras, 1 pearl gourami, 1 flying fox, 1 bristle nose pleco, 5 amano shrimp
Corals/Plants:
water sprite, anubias, hygro, micro sword, vals, crinum x large.
Tank Size:
26 gallons
Advice:
If you choose a small tank get a bow front. Makes everything inside seem larger. If you want live plants do some research first. Get the substrate right you cannot change this easily.
Description:
26 gallon bow front, Ehiem off the back, sponge filter medium only. Coralife light 24" 120 watt, stock bulbs. 10 hour lights on. Excel florish liquid co2. Plants are pearling. Thinking of injecting co2.
Rated #88: 55 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: dave
Country: United States
Rank:
#88 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
dave on
Ratings:
5.2
Number of votes:
103
Fish Kept:
swordtails, gouramis, tetras, plecos, botia
Corals/Plants:
variety of swords, hygro, crypts, filligree, ambulia, ludweigia
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
this is my first tank. read a lot.
Description:
55 gallon, first time tank
Rated #89: 20 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: parola
Country: Canada
Rank:
#89 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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parola on
Ratings:
5.2
Number of votes:
121
About Yourself:
Fish Kept:
Corals/Plants:
Tank Size:
20 gallons
Advice:
Description:
My first fish tank. Set up started 6 months ago. Nothing special, just life plants and 10 tetra red eye fish inside...They look healthy and hungry...oh, and also one bushy nose and no shrimps because I don't have algae at all...That's pretty much everything about this image. I hope you enjoy it! Cheers!
Rated #90: 55 Gallons Planted Tank
Username: Arya
Country: United States
Rank:
#90 out of 276 Planted Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By:
Arya on
Ratings:
5.18
Number of votes:
108
Quote:
"There are several things wrong with your tank. First, it is completely unsuited for a fiddler crab. They need brackish water and more access to land than just a sad piece of styrofoam Second, the puffers are aggressive and should be in a puffer-only tank
About Yourself:
I'm trying to get a job right now. I used to be a teller for a bank. Now I'm looking for office work and customer service. I've been interested in aquatics for only a year or 2 but I've gotten into it very quickly. I've always been into botany so my current project tank is a 55G planted tank. I also have 10G planted tanks on both sides of my 55G. One is a "cleaning tank" which I throw algae-covered plants in for goldfish/snails to clean and the other is a nice community tank (overstocked and overfiltered)
Fish Kept:
Currently in my 55 gallon tank I only keep Angelfish, 2 freshwater pea puffers, candy tetras, a survivor guppy, a mother molly with a bunch of her baby mollies, a yo yo loach, a dojo loach, a freshwater flounder, a gold inca snail, a small trinidad pleco (relatively small), and a rubbernose pleco. I also have a fiddler crab that is incredibly wise and never climbs out of the tank but comes up to her styrafoam dock to max n relax...
Corals/Plants:
Decoration: Nice big peice of wood, Rocks from my backyard with patches of java-moss, live plants. Only non-natural decoration in tank is a styrafoam crab dock and a vase that holds a huge japanese mossball.
Plants: Amazon sword, anachris, dwarf onions, japanese moss ball, bamboo.
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
ACTUALLY LISTEN TO PEOPLE'S ADVICE WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO BE PATIENT AND RESEARCH FIRST.
Also, I'd like to add, be very critical of fish. Don't think just because you like neon tetras that it's all you want. You'll see cardinal tetras and regret it... Also don't think about buying a few of everything you like because you'll wind up buying way too many different fish and that looks pretty unnatural. Natural looks beautiful.
Description:
My tank has gone through many changes since last image.
Summer heat killed some pleco that fouled the water up and killed my favorite buddies.
Now I've moved out all the small fish and kept only 2 angels, 1 pleco who is NOT TOO BIG for the tank at this time. 2 spiny eels (fire/tiretrack) and a few feeder danios that survived.
As you can see the maricopa plant has grown EVEN MORE since the last image. A LOT more. And it has grown a lot since I took THIS image as well!
I've had to move several bundles/pots of this shit out and am selling it if anyone is interested ;)
Enjoy the image guys and ignore stupid comments left by this JayD person who read a couple articles and thinks she knows it all!