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Old 05-31-2007, 04:30 PM   #1
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Anyone into planted tanks as well???


Just curious if anyone else was into planted tanks as well as reefs... My 125 used to be a planted tank, but I have since changed it over to a reef to house my critters while I re-build my 450. Then a 212 will replace the 125... At anyrate I was sitting around today kind of wishing I still had this tank set up. I have since moved the planted tank critters into a 55 that sits in our bedroom...


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Old 05-31-2007, 04:33 PM   #2
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Great looking tank!

I am into planted tanks too,.. this is a picture of my 180,.. it was ment to be the culimanation of years of experimenting with smaller tanks,.. 5 tanks moved into this one. It's been setup since 8-05 I think?



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Old 05-31-2007, 04:36 PM   #3
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That's incredible!!! Nice, nice tank! I could never get glosso or any ground cover to flourish. I did have some hair grass that started to take off, but the hygo just grew over the top of it and killed it... I had to trim that hygo back every three days as it would grow so fast
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Old 05-31-2007, 04:46 PM   #4
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Old 06-01-2007, 12:11 AM   #5
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I have a 55g planted tank. I love em. Great job on the glosso. I had hairgrass growing till my African Red Barbs decided it was lunch.
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Old 06-05-2007, 02:30 PM   #6
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Well...I'm not into aquatic "plants" but I will say this much: THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL AQUASCAPE! Please...post more if you can.



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Old 06-05-2007, 02:53 PM   #7
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Old 06-05-2007, 03:06 PM   #8
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I have a 55 and a 37 that I plan to turn into planted tanks. I pieces of wood for them soaking as we speak. Those pictures look awesome though. Have you ever thought about submitting your tank to this: http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2006.cgi ?



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Old 06-05-2007, 06:32 PM   #9
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I just got a 65 for my wife about a month ago. I wanted to do a planted tank but she had to go with the friggin cheesy roman, greek decor. I love the planted tank. nice killiefish too.



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Old 06-10-2007, 12:29 PM   #10
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I do planted tanks 2. Myne is NO WHERE as nice as that one! I like it becuse they help keep my water clean. Also gives a nice spot for my critters to hide.



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Old 07-25-2007, 01:51 AM   #11
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Sure. I'll play I've got a few tanks. One is just a plain old betta tank(10 in halves) with hornwort and duckweed. Nothing special looking at all. One is another betta tank in halves with basically the same. One is a 20 gallon "project" tetra tank, which I am determined to make look nice and the last is a 60 gallon tank that is just kinda there My camera decided to take cruddy pics tonight, but here they are:



The 20 has a school of von rio tetras in it. They're interesting. They like to stay away from each other and chase each other around a lot. There are also 2 baby swords who I rescued from petco(before I got my tetras) and a few ghost shrimp. For the plants I've got a piece of wood with the moss growing like a weed on it, some anubias for foreground, some hairgrass and a single chain sword plantlet(seeing which will grow faster in there) a few corkscrew vals in each corner, a lot of rotala rotundifolia, some alanthera reinecki, a few stems of red ludwigia a few different colour crypt wendtiis, a couplle of marimo balls, and a single water sprite. In the top left you can see the roots of a pothos I'm growing emersed and in the top right is some mint charlie that'll be taken out once I set up a paludarium.



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Old 07-25-2007, 05:59 AM   #12
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Old 07-25-2007, 10:28 PM   #13
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The first pic is my new 50gal unfinished castle, planning a slate wall and other oddities for a predominantly moss tank.

Second pic is my 20 gal inwall, only 6 inches thick so its a kind of cross section layout. Co2 and fertilizer schedule, ammano's, crystal reds and tetra's.Steve
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