May 2012 TOTM! VOTE NOW!

Vote for your favorite tank now!!

  • 1

    Votes: 72 24.7%
  • 2

    Votes: 1 0.3%
  • 3

    Votes: 40 13.7%
  • 4

    Votes: 14 4.8%
  • 5

    Votes: 2 0.7%
  • 6

    Votes: 2 0.7%
  • 7

    Votes: 26 8.9%
  • 8

    Votes: 15 5.2%
  • 9

    Votes: 18 6.2%
  • 10

    Votes: 3 1.0%
  • 11

    Votes: 3 1.0%
  • 12

    Votes: 76 26.1%
  • 13

    Votes: 4 1.4%
  • 14

    Votes: 12 4.1%
  • 15

    Votes: 3 1.0%
  • 16

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    291
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Fishboynick

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The truth of the matter is, fish have a huge part in the layout of the tank. Different species react differently with different settings, and the most obvious. The color of the fish also matters a lot in the layout and structure of the tank. If you doubt me. Read any Amano article. Hear these same words from a world champ.


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Fat Homer

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Again not disagreeing, what i meant was some people vote on tanks more or less purely coz of the fish inside and not so much the tank itself...


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aclockworkorange

Polypterus
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Jun 24, 2010
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I dont disagree you should see fish, but i dont think you should judge aquascaping based on the residents in the tank, but the design and technique itself...


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It's all part of it. It's not "aquascape of the month" it's "tank of the month."


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aclockworkorange

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I do understand what you're saying though, when someone votes for a tank purely because it has their favorite type of fish in it, even though the layout doesn't look very nice. There has to be balance IMO.

Let me ask you, what if tank 3 had African rift lake cichlids in it? Would it ruin it for you? It would for me.


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ccebr

Candiru
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Feb 16, 2010
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England
12 the best, but 7 is closely trailing
 

BellycrawlerJaws

Jack Dempsey
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Sep 25, 2010
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I do understand what you're saying though, when someone votes for a tank purely because it has their favorite type of fish in it, even though the layout doesn't look very nice. There has to be balance IMO.

Let me ask you, what if tank 3 had African rift lake cichlids in it? Would it ruin it for you? It would for me.


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Such a valid point, and it would ruin it for me too


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Pyramid_Party

Fire Eel
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Aug 6, 2008
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What Fat Homer is trying to say is people will vote on a tank all cause it has Aros, bichers, pbass, rays, dats, and/or piranhas regardless if the tank itself is lousy. I've seen many TOTM and POTM won just cause of this bias. There is little cliques on here and people generally vote for their friends and favorite fish.
 

Pyramid_Party

Fire Eel
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Aug 6, 2008
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I do understand what you're saying though, when someone votes for a tank purely because it has their favorite type of fish in it, even though the layout doesn't look very nice. There has to be balance IMO.

Let me ask you, what if tank 3 had African rift lake cichlids in it? Would it ruin it for you? It would for me.


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I do look at all those points too. But agreeing with Fat Homer, if say, that tank had an Aro or some other fish that did not match the tank, people would vote on it simply cause it has an Aro in it or their favorite fish, or because it was a friends tank. I have seen people going around and posting in people's profile/visitor comment area asking for votes. I think they should be disqualified for this.
 
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