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[RedOnion]

I have 3 tanks a 5g, 10g, and a 40g.

5g - has some algae but but my betta is happy in her tank so I dont mind it.



10g - probably my favorite tank. 100's of shrimp, 7 ember tetras, and 7 corys growing out until I move them over to the 40g tank. Literally no nitrates because of the plants but I still do water changes.



40g - most recent tank I have set up and I am loving it! Plants are still growing in but the crypts in there have to be my favorite plant.

 

[JLAquatics]

I have 3 tanks a 5g, 10g, and a 40g.

5g - has some algae but but my betta is happy in her tank so I dont mind it.

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10g - probably my favorite tank. 100's of shrimp, 7 ember tetras, and 7 corys growing out until I move them over to the 40g tank. Literally no nitrates because of the plants but I still do water changes.

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40g - most recent tank I have set up and I am loving it! Plants are still growing in but the crypts in there have to be my favorite plant.

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I really like that driftwood you used in your 40 gallon. It has much character, despite being an inanimate object. Also, nice looking Amazon Swords. I bet your fish are loving it in that tank!

 

[RedOnion]

I really like that driftwood you used in your 40 gallon. It has much character, despite being an inanimate object. Also, nice looking Amazon Swords. I bet your fish are loving it in that tank!

Thank you so much! I got super lucky finding two pieces of wood that made that shape. My fish and shrimp LOVE the 10g tank, swimming back and forth through the plants all the time. I cant believe that the amazon swords were so tiny when I first got them. Had to trim them down sm last night.

 

[JLAquatics]

Thank you so much! I got super lucky finding two pieces of wood that made that shape. My fish and shrimp LOVE the 10g tank, swimming back and forth through the plants all the time. I cant believe that the amazon swords were so tiny when I first got them. Had to trim them down sm last night.

Yeah, if you look closely at my tank, I have a sad Amazon Sword towards the back center of the tank. I do dose root tabs, but I just haven't had luck with these plants. No matter, though. The Water Wisteria I have is taking over anyways and my fish and shrimp hang out in that.

 

[RedOnion]

Yeah, if you look closely at my tank, I have a sad Amazon Sword towards the back center of the tank. I do dose root tabs, but I just haven't had luck with these plants. No matter, though. The Water Wisteria I have is taking over anyways and my fish and shrimp hang out in that.

Some plants just never work out for us. I also had wisteria in my 20g before shutting it down and it died on me even though I had root tabs as well lol. I had a whole bunch of hornwort in my 20g all died but one and now that one has become 4 tall pieces. I guess some plants just work out and others dont.

 

[JLAquatics]

Some plants just never work out for us. I also had wisteria in my 20g before shutting it down and it died on me even though I had root tabs as well lol. I had a whole bunch of hornwort in my 20g all died but one and now that one has become 4 tall pieces. I guess some plants just work out and others dont.

I wonder if it also has to do where and what conditions the plants were originally grown as well. In my case, I have had great luck with plants from PetSmart in those little tubes, yet all the plants I got from my local fish shop are not doing so hot. My Dwarf Lily bulb remains just that, a dwarf a year after buying at the shop, yet the Water Wisteria from PetSmart is taking over. Definitely something to us planted tank people to consider...

 

[fishbreeeder]

I'm trying to rescape my 15g tall. Pls show me pics of yours and maybe links to the decor!

 

[Anixandria]

Hi! My tank is mostly silk plants (bought on Amazon) but I do have a moss ball, moneywart, a piece of driftwood, and a ton and a half of duckweed. My Betta King loves it all!
I just realized the pic is like a “where’s Waldo”! Try to find my fish lolol

 

[fishbreeeder]

Hi! My tank is mostly silk plants (bought on Amazon) but I do have a moss ball, moneywart, a piece of driftwood, and a ton and a half of duckweed. My Betta King loves it all!
I just realized the pic is like a “where’s Waldo”! Try to find my fish lolol

Haha tnx! and ya, I found him!

 

[YellowGuppy]

It's been a while since I've taken a photo of my 20 gallon tall; gradually moving towards a more island-style scape, and FINALLY getting closer to almost having "enough" anubias!

 

[MacZ]

 

[OneShot]

 

[WRWAquarium]

44g angelfish tank

 

[John58ford]

Did some chopping in a couple tanks, brightened up the rack quite a bit.



Chopped these two back significantly:


But not this one

 

[JLAquatics]

Latest update on my Aquascape. I did a revamp with the front area and plan to let some Crypts and the S Repens carpet fill in more. I took a distant shot because I really like what it looks like from a far and have never done that before. Oh, and I added an image of a map project that I created on a laser cutter (using 11 layers of wood) as a bonus for those of you that are into graphic design (I know it isn't an aquarium but I sure am proud of it).

People living in the Great Lakes Region can relate to this the most.

 

[Gwlson7]

My plants have grown out quite a bit in the last month.
February
March

 

[DerekO24]

My plants have grown out quite a bit in the last month.
February
March

That is impressive. Love that spot for the tank , viewable from all sides

 

[Gwlson7]

That is impressive. Love that spot for the tank , viewable from all sides

Thank you! This spot is what got me into fish. How could you not keep a tank there?

 

[Lilthuglet]

Simple one but I'm really pleased with the grow in on my 5g snail tank.
From this:


To this:


The Hygrophila Rosae Australis has really taken off in the last two months.

 

[Fishnturtleguy933]

Took the hampster tubes out of my 40 breeder. Makes it look huge compared to before. There's some new fish in there including a green dragon bn pleco and a bunch of glowlight tetra.
Been thining out my salvinia minima weekly. Trying to work out shipping to try and sell it instead of composting it. Might even start propogating my water sprite soon.
50g tall has gained an albino bn pleco and some new anubias. If you can't tell by the lego decore.....I'm a bit of a nerd lol. Couldn't get any. Good pics of the fish. The dragon likes to hang out in the bacopa and cholla wood and the albino is hard to track as it's only about 2" and is all over that huge spiderwood.

 

[Rachaeljuno]

Hey everyone! I just finished aquascaping my new 5.5 gallon for my betta, and tidied up my other 5 gallon for my other betta! They're my first aquascapes and my first planted tanks and I'm pretty proud of them and wanted to show them to everyone! But I figured it would be fun for everyone to show their aquariums, we put so much work into them so it's only fair to show them off!!

 

[Lucy]

Hi welcome to FishLore!!
You have the touch, that's for sure. They look great!

We have merged your thread with the existing thread.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Did a little adding to one of the betta tanks and the 29. Never mind the gravel in the 29....thats what my wife wanted.

 

[Frisbee]

My divided 10 gallon after a couple months of maturing.

 

[FrogLegged]

This is my 10 gallon tank, just added the first fish to it - 6 red wagtail platys. And I'm really excited because I dry started this tank just for today.

 

[Baiulus]

This is my 20 gallon tank after I put in live plants today

 

[Frisbee]

This is my 10 gallon tank, just added the first fish to it - 6 red wagtail platys. And I'm really excited because I dry started this tank just for today.

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That’s gorgeous, I love your carpet.

 

[Ouse]

Okay. Here’s mine!

My 30 US gallon.

My 60 US gallon.

 

[BenjiBear]

This is my 37 gallon, its my only "big" tank and I'm really proud of it it looks empty in the pic but ive got 6 panda cories, a few amano shrimp, 10 kuhli loaches and 2 bristlenoses, a lemon blue eye and a regular black/spotted one. They're my favourite fish besides bettas


This is one of my betta tanks, its 7 gallons I think and has had a black background put on since this picture


Ive got another 5 gallon and a 15 but they need a lot of work done. They're my older 2 and Ive progressed a lot since I set them up so one day soon I'll get them fixed up

 

[wrs2]

My 29 gallon. I hate 29 gallon aquariums lol.
No matter what I do with it, I don’t like it!

 

[Kribensis27]

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My 29 gallon. I hate 29 gallon aquariums lol.
No matter what I do with it, I don’t like it!

Well, I think it looks great! Love the hardscape.

 

[AcornTheBetta]

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My 29 gallon. I hate 29 gallon aquariums lol.
No matter what I do with it, I don’t like it!

If you don't like it the way it is right now, try making a much more simple design with like 1 piece of wood and 5 rocks. No offense, but right now it seems that the scape has just too many things going on in it (EX: a lot of wood and plants going in a bunch of different directions).

 

[Kribensis27]

No offense, but right now it seems that the scape has just too many things going on in it (EX: a lot of wood and plants going in a bunch of different directions).

Lol, that's what I love so much! Although, my style is kinda just "things everywhere look good"

 

[Candace]

This is my newly set up 40g breeder. Just waiting on some dwarf water lettuce and guppy grass to arrive

 

[veggieshark]

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My 29 gallon. I hate 29 gallon aquariums lol.
No matter what I do with it, I don’t like it!

Good job with the rocks. Not easy to build structure with small river rocks.

 

[Shannon108]

(Sorry for the bad quality pics)

This first tank is my 1.1 gallon bow front tank I just set up earlier today, and it’s yet to get a light lol. I just have some pest snails in here, cuz I recently got them in some of my plants I got, but I’m not the type of person to just kill an animal, even a pest snail lol, so I set up a tank specifically for them, and it might get a couple shrimp in the future


Then the second pic is of my 5.5 gal, it has my red crowntail betta, Jack, who has the sweetest personality. Jack was actually a rescue betta, I got him from a pet store near me, he was in a little cup and he had swim bladder, and ofc I couldn’t just leave him, so I got him and he’s completely better, and has no swim bladder issues now. It also has 6 harlequin rasboras

 

[wrs2]

Has anyone ever used these colorful glass rocks in their tanks? I saw them at my LFS and thought they might look good in a nano tank with my elephant ear betta.

If you don't like it the way it is right now, try making a much more simple design with like 1 piece of wood and 5 rocks. No offense, but right now it seems that the scape has just too many things going on in it (EX: a lot of wood and plants going in a bunch of different directions).

No because then it would look empty and I would hate it lol. I was supposed to be like a hill stream because I have some gobies in there, but I may just change them into a smaller tank and start this tank from scratch with new fish and new hardscape.

 

[Alejandro]

Lol, that's what I love so much! Although, my style is kinda just "things everywhere look good"

I agree
I worked for a big zoo long ago and designed displays - I often put a huge rock, log or plant right at the window. I felt if you sliced a piece of nature it wasn't organised into low things at the front - and I wanted it to look real. I spent time looking at real habitats and "framing" sections that I could copy - they often looked crowded or disorganised but once built they looked more real than any other form of landscape.

Interestingly I was told several times " put the short things at the front and the tall things at the back" but eventually I've seen many more zoo exhibits that follow my plan of "slice of nature" where things are spread more randomly.

It's an art form to capture nature, as it is organised but not by height - the causes of placement are many and nuanced - when you capture a scene as nature would have made it there is a subconscious recognition that I think we can all learn to see - it feels right and you can't say why.

 

[John58ford]

Felt like this 29 was looking cool after I hit the plants a little too hard during a waterchange. I liked the way my cave structure on the bottom left and dense ludwigia seem to make a diagonal stripe with the light focusing on the larger sword while the lily pads were stirred up. Wish I got it to focus a bit better so you could see more fish, they're in there I promise.


These looked ok too:
29 3d

10

20l

 

[JLAquatics]

Felt like this 29 was looking cool after I hit the plants a little too hard during a waterchange. I liked the way my cave structure on the bottom left and dense ludwigia seem to make a diagonal stripe with the light focusing on the larger sword while the lily pads were stirred up. Wish I got it to focus a bit better so you could see more fish, they're in there I promise.
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Looks great! Love the natural untamed look, and I bet your fish feel the same way.
I am currently contemplating whether I will go for a similar look and let my Water Wisteria go wild in my only aquascape. I noticed that each time I clip it, it looks better each time when it grows in again, along with the rest of the tank. The Aponogeton Ulvaceus is finally going into dormancy soon, so it will be replaced with some Italian Vals.

 

[veggieshark]

Felt like this 29 was looking cool after I hit the plants a little too hard during a waterchange. I liked the way my cave structure on the bottom left and dense ludwigia seem to make a diagonal stripe with the light focusing on the larger sword while the lily pads were stirred up. Wish I got it to focus a bit better so you could see more fish, they're in there I promise.
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These looked ok too:
29 3d
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10
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20l
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All very nice looking tanks. The rock wall in the second one is intriguing. Did you make it yourself?

 

[BigManAquatics]

No fish in it yet, but whatever!

 

[DerekO24]

Jungle Val surrounding tiger lotus explosion

 

[John58ford]

All very nice looking tanks. The rock wall in the second one is intriguing. Did you make it yourself?

I did. The build process is here, I think the second, maybe third post: John's network tanks part 2 DIY filter and 3D background | Freshwater Aquarium Builds Forum | 429653

 

[isabeldiwata]

Cycling my first 10 gallon planted tank! Would have nicer contrast for the plants in here if my heater wasn't so humongous

 

[aquaticloch]

hello everyone, new to this forum this is my 48gallon

 

[wrs2]

I’m doing all of my nano tanks over with all different rocks. This one has (according to my LFS) blood Jasper. I thought it was a good choice as my cat’s name is Jasper. It needs some wood and a few more plants. My locks PetCo sells anubias nana petit so I’m going to get some tomorrow.

Oh and the 29 I posted last week, I think I may redo the substrate and do a fine grain natural gravel. It will be a different look from what I usually have. Then I will perhaps redo the rocks and use dragon stone. I have a 20 gallon long black water that I need to redo and will use the river rocks in that tank.

 

[Msdp11009]

Tanks past.

1. The 46 gallon bow front.
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2. 37 gallon.
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3. 30 gallon.
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4. 30 gallon.
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5. 29 gallon.
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6. 44 gallon pent.
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7. The tank wall.
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8. 37 gallon.
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Lol I thought those were all at once!
You are a master with plants. They look so healthy

 

[flopperfrog]

my 20 gallon, want to add way more plants but not sure how to go about that

 

[YellowGuppy]

my 20 gallon, want to add way more plants but not sure how to go about that

Two options:
1) Spend more money on plants, and/or
2) Wait three months.