Monsterfish in planted tanks [Archive]

sohfatfish

08-22-2005, 9:12 AM

reefman

08-22-2005, 7:06 PM

everytime i tride to put plants with my monsters they were always floating with in 10 min but I did have a 125 planted with 13 red bellies and a $hit load of neons it was a cool combo

rayman45

08-22-2005, 7:49 PM

yea^
or dwarf snakehads in planted.
fly river turtles :lol2:
i have seen an impressive stingray tank with alot of cats, planted

sohfatfish

08-22-2005, 10:36 PM

hmm i guess the monsterfishes tend to uproot plants in their tanks thats y not many people want to do it. But i have seen a few successfull planted tanks with large arowanas living together with neon tetras and other small fish.

guppy

08-22-2005, 11:32 PM

I use small pots for the rooted plants, the fish sometimes move the pots around and dig the out of the gravel but seldom uproot them, I like dwarf pond lilies for large fish because it gives them cover without blocking movement.

DIESELMACK

08-22-2005, 11:37 PM

heres a teaser for ya...one of my pbass tanks.......it can be done.

IMPULSEBUYER

08-23-2005, 12:58 AM

:WHOA: :WHOA:

Miles

08-23-2005, 12:59 AM

I have seen quite a few very nicely planted Fahaka species tanks.

sohfatfish

08-23-2005, 1:00 AM

Very nice!... thanks alot for sharing :)

rweedon

08-23-2005, 1:01 AM

I was worried about my pleco not getting enough food in his diet cuz the oscar inhales all algae pellets and so I bought some plants... he did not want anything to do with them and they stayed in there for a couple months without getting uprooted but he is a lil weird and has never dug...

Monster VooDoo Fish

08-23-2005, 12:47 PM

all my tanks have plants in them but my planted tank is a 75g. with a sh. I have about 150 + pounds of flourite to keep the plants rooted. 2wpg with swords, hygro, anubias and duck weed. I dose lots of seachem products.

other 3 tanks have gravel, swords and snakeheads lots of sh's.

PhullTank57

08-23-2005, 3:09 PM

Beautifully Executed Tank, DM! :thumbsup: Outstanding aquascape job!

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3302&stc=1

rayman45

08-23-2005, 3:15 PM

yup

Nate_N_Nicole

08-23-2005, 3:26 PM

love the tank :thumbsup:

guppy

08-23-2005, 3:45 PM

Great tank Deiselmack! Do you do anything special to keep the plants rooted?

oscar1

08-23-2005, 9:42 PM

my monsters rip em right out

DIESELMACK

08-23-2005, 10:13 PM

Great tank Deiselmack! Do you do anything special to keep the plants rooted?
there is a 2"deep base of florite and a 3" layer of sand atop....nothing gets uprooted as the cichla do not fuss with the plants,they only go after anything moving in the tank :)

redtailfool

08-23-2005, 10:26 PM

That is sweet. Thats best of both worlds.

dan888

08-24-2005, 4:58 AM

Other than arowana and peacock bass, what other monster fish that can suit in the planted tank?

sohfatfish

08-24-2005, 5:07 AM

Maybe gars?(anyone with picts of planted tanks with gar would be nice :D )... the rest like rtcs will uproot most plants in one swipe as they are too powerful unless you tie the plants down to bogwood.

guppy

08-24-2005, 11:26 AM

Piranha, hujeta, belisox, needle fish, lm bass, sunnies, almost anything that doesn't dig much or eat the plants. I have had p. cichlids dig up and move my pots but not that often.

Just1nK4ng

08-26-2005, 5:10 PM

heres a teaser for ya...one of my pbass tanks.......it can be done.

fishs should love it and you :thumbsup:

Monster VooDoo Fish

08-30-2005, 9:15 AM

This tank has supplied plants for all my other tanks.

No green tint..

wism_chan

08-30-2005, 11:18 AM

wah...nice planted tank....

sohfatfish

08-31-2005, 2:41 AM

Beautiful tank :clap , how big issit? Btw what type of lighting do you use?

mkpeters6

09-17-2005, 12:06 PM

i used to have a 125gal heavily planted tank (aniubias, onion plants, jungle vals, crypts, corkscrew vals) with a 12" clown knife, 12" gar, and 12" dorado -- the gar especially loved the onion plants which were about 4-5' long so there was a mat of foliage on the surface for him to hide out in -- the dorado would uproot plants every once and a while when he went after food but none of them really disturbed the plants that much -- used to have pics of it but i dont know where they are

i used a combo of power compacts and standard flourescents in the 6500K range and added fertilizer sparingly

i had to break the tank down and move the fish to a bigger tank and i seperated most of the plants into different tanks, but a planted predator tank can definately be done -- just be sure to use hardy and thick leaved plants -- i dont think many of the highly ornamental, delicate varieties will survive the general wear and tear of big fish

ballsmcgee1234

10-12-2005, 2:13 AM

i have a 190 with one gar an arrowana and two jelly bean parrots. i have lots of swords and since the arrowana and gar stauy at the top , they leave them alone the parrots hide in them and ahvent bugged any plants at all

paintboi101

10-12-2005, 2:38 AM

wow thats krazy i think i saw a snake in their or something

paintboi101

10-12-2005, 2:39 AM

thanks 4 sharing i need some idead 4 my tank, my tank is empty and im pretty much a nooby at this, my friend got me into this and i started off with a snapping turtle. : ) now im trying fish : )

tracyb7377

10-13-2005, 6:51 PM

i have a 110 gal w/ about a 2' arowana ,im new to the site and not to got w/ the pc as soon as i learn how to download pics i will, mine has some plants and she never tears any up as long as i dont give her feeders which i rarely do mostly just lg worms from my hand

redtailfool

10-13-2005, 11:47 PM

Its very doable but id stick with my barebottom tanks for tank busters.
I would setup a heavily planted tank with the cutesy fishes. Just preference.

astronatus

10-13-2005, 11:49 PM

ONE of your peacock bass tanks? How many do you have? And where do you get those guys? I dont think I have ever seen one for sale here in Kansas.

sohfatfish

10-14-2005, 2:08 AM

Bare bottom tanks are definitely much easier to clean considering the fact that almost all monster fishes are messy feeders. But a planted tank is still much nicer to look at.

peanut

10-14-2005, 3:11 AM

hi ther i have two large arrowanas silver in a large tank with plastic plants no trouble the temp is 28 ihave two external filters two internal filters and a fluadised sand folter i carry out a 50%water change once a week and always use sress coat hope this is of help

toxicfish

10-14-2005, 5:41 AM

heres a teaser for ya...one of my pbass tanks.......it can be done. that tank is just so freaking bad a$$

HarleyK

10-14-2005, 10:05 AM

hi ther i have two large arrowanas silver in a large tank with plastic plants

I wouldn't call that a "planted tank", though ;)

HarleyK

tom h

10-21-2005, 2:07 AM

you can also grow some of the lower light plants right onto wood or rocks. that ought to help in a monster tank. presents some aquascaping challenges though

nostalgia

10-30-2005, 6:03 AM

some java ferns on wood would be good enuff. Simple yet nice!

Capo

10-30-2005, 10:01 PM

I have seen ALOT of planted tanks with arowanas!
There are tons of pics on arofanatics. Mostly Jardinis i think.

sjo501

11-02-2005, 4:46 PM

I'll try to get some pics up. I have a 150 heavily planted. 390 W pc lighting, co2, pmdd daily fertilizers, laterite, 14 in. arowana, thin bar datnoid, 6 5 in. clown loaches. The aro is starting to think the loaches look tasty, so this will be a problem. But the tank is looking good.

MaJiKTeRRoR

11-02-2005, 5:10 PM

That is probably one of the coolest non commercially owned tanks I've ever seen.

downset21

11-09-2005, 8:13 PM

that was amazing. I hope to have something like that some day. I have a heavily planted tank with 3 datnoids. Though they are small, they seem to be at home with them. So long as you get plants that are rooted pretty solid, you should be fine.

ballsmcgee1234

11-10-2005, 10:28 AM

Anyone got like planted arowana tanks picts to share or any other monsterfish tanks with plants to show? Also some information on your tank like size, water parameters, species of flora and fauna, lighting and filtration would be nice. Please also include any other information that you would deem useful to set up a tank like yours will also be greatly appreciated.
we have our aro in a 190 gal,it's planted with lots of swords, homemade lights, sump filter. we've never had any probs with the aro uprooting plants. he's stays on top with one of the gars, I'll get some pics later and post em.

socalhellfire

11-12-2005, 4:15 AM

nice

socalhellfire

11-12-2005, 4:16 AM

great

socalhellfire

11-12-2005, 4:16 AM

wonderful

socalhellfire

11-12-2005, 4:17 AM

marv

gein

11-13-2005, 6:23 PM

I've got some Minnesota natives, just sunfish for right now, in a planted tank. I researched aquatic plants in Minnesota, and decided that I would set up a biotope of the surrounding lakes. It's not too bad, but I imagine that when I get a smallmouth bass, they might rip apart the foliage.

Bigbigwhitecat

07-25-2008, 2:49 PM

very beautiful tank..

wonword

07-25-2008, 3:23 PM

this tank isnt really "monster" because its a 55g, but its planted and has 4 dats,a air of belonesox belizanus, a bowfin and others in it.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/wonword/Aqurium%20and%20Fish/IMG_1020.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/wonword/Aqurium%20and%20Fish/tankrescape2.jpg

arowana man

07-29-2008, 1:29 AM

^thats a nice 55g you got there. bromiliads look healthy as well as the aqautic plants;)

thingthing

09-16-2008, 7:38 AM

sorry for posting 2 months later than the last post, but this deserves a look.

http://fishprofiles.com/files/threads/34343.45.htm?1132#

not my tank, just thought 240 gallon heavily planted tank with a 14"+ black shark, at least 10 angelfish, adult kissing gouramis and lots of other large fish was cool:headbang2

edit: scroll down to just past halfway to see full tank pic. have a look at the first few pages to see the construction of the tank.