planted aquarium

Plants going wild...is waldo in here somewhere? 🤣🤣 I'm not sure if some of you have my problems. Lot of my fish just love, love love to route thru sand and stratum to uproot plants and break them off. Im constantly replanting broken bits here and there. I think its time for another tank to start...

Hello everyone, I recently added fish to my 2 m/6.5 ft, 650 l/180 g planted aquarium which holds a variety of Anubias, java ferns and Echinodorus osiris, the latter of which has been anchored down. For filtration I am using 2x 1800 l/hr (= 514 g/hr) external filters. My current stocking is: 1x...

I've owned tanks for a number of years. 55g saltwater, 75g freshwater, and 29g community reef. Sold all my tanks and setup about 6 years ago and getting ready for a brand new setup. 125g tank with a fluvalfx6 with natural driftwood and river rock. Currently have my driftwood and river rocks...

Hello everyone I have planted one of my aquariums with the umbrella hair grass(it's different from hairgrass ie. It gets taller and has seeds at end of its blades that grow into hairgrass) It so happned that my aquarium is facing a window from one side and the plants on that side have grown...

Hey all, I have a planted aquarium with a 14-15 in lapradei bichir, 5 in Indonesian Tiger Datnoid, 6 Adult Angelfish. This stocking is not set in stone and will likely decrease as the bichir and datnoid grows. I’ve already seen Datnoid aggression on some of the angelfish as they get close to...

Hey guys, I’ve been keeping my 100 gallon planted tank now for over a year now and it houses: - 6x koi angelfish - indo tiger datnoid (5 in) - Nigerian lapradei bichir (14 in) - mystery snails (cleanup) I’ve always been a monster fish and planted aquarium finatic and really want to create a...

I have a 10 gallon standard tank. What should I put in it. I want a middle swimming fish a top swimming fish and a bottom swimming fish.

Just started a shrimp tank! I built a shelf out of poplar to support the weight of this rimless 6gal, and its sitting on the outer rim up on legs so i can still open the glass lids and have the LED bar underneath for the lower tank undisturbed. i have some live plants and shrimps coming...

Hey I have set up a 90 gallon planted tank and just added some boesmani rainbows (6) and they all been nipping at eachother for a week. I have added aquarium salt to help heal their wounds but it seems to be getting worse. they have been in the tank for a week now and this morning I noticed one...

Hey all, so currently I am finalizing my plant stock for my 75 gallon aquarium. Currently it has jungle Val, water wisteria, Anubias nana and barteri, java fern, java moss, and crypt lutea. Everything is exploding in growth besides the crypt lutea which isn’t dead but seldom grows. Im thinking...

Hey guys! Hope everyone is staying safe and enjoying this hobby. A few months back I posted a pic of the beginning of my planted aquarium journey and here are some updates to show the growth of plants! Inside this tank I have a polypterus lapradei and 10 angelfish. I know the stocking is def too...

also any idea if i can use a allpondsolutions 3 feet led light (amazon.co.uk/All-Pond-Solutions-Tropical-Extendable/dp/B07MK2FCFY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=pled+led&qid=1599910372&sr=8-1&th=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=mdfishtanks-21&linkId=bbce3cf2a6cac785f7ce8cfde0116e30&language=en_GB) on a 69...

I want to do my first (heavily) planted tank. How many blue Acara could I have in a 200L (52gal) tank and what lighting and filtration would I need. I've seen alot of different responses on how many Acara I could keep. TIA

Hey guys, set up my 75 planted tank about a month ago and seem to be having issues with my jungle Val. When I bought it online, the plant was reddish brown and since then, it’s gotten a bit greener but has not sent runners or grew. I have a LED shop light and have recently increased lighting...

I'm planning on setting up a 68 gal. aquarium soon as a dirt bottom tank I have several smaller planted tanks with plant specific substrates (CaribSea, EcoComplete) but have never ventured into a dirt bottom tank. I know that I need a potting soil with no added fertilizers - what brands do you...

Its been a few months since my last Upadate on the 55 gallon. First things first upgraded the lights to a finnex planted+ 24/7 (not using 24/7 to lazy to setup). Added scarlet temple into the tank along with a anubis. Plecos are breeding like crazy and i need to and otto cats into help the 3 SAE...

I've been looking for a new fert for the 55 ever since i got the new light (finnex planted+ 24/7) i found the thrive series and was wondering if thrive c was the best option due to the stocking and nitrates being high (due to stocking the pirhanamainly and the 50 baby plecos i need to find a...

Hi guys, I recently (about 2 weeks ago) bought some more blue mystery snails to put into my planted 20 gallon tank. A few days ago, I noticed that one of the snails had these spots (photo provided) on the back of the shell. At first thought I believed them to be eggs, but after doing some...

Hey all - Long time lurker, haven't had tanks in about 5 years now. Had multiple tanks in the past (5-150 gallons). I've never had a planted tank, and I haven't had to cycle a virgin tank in a LONG time. I've purchased a home & am about to start setting up the tanks again. My question is this -...

This is a little vid of my planted tank thant I have a couple of cichlids growing out in.