POST PICS OF YOUR PLANTS AND PLANTED TANKS HERE
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10 gallon
move the taller plants to the back corners.would advice you not to use plant with big leaves in small tank as it make the tank look small and attention will go to the lily? instead of your scape.you can also give your tank some depth by sloping the substratearowana man;1236280;1236280 said:
Hi 
I have checked this site out almost everyday now for quite awhile with out adding anything and decided to join this morning and add something.I don't have any monsters at this time in any of my 30 or so tanks but have started a few "natural" very low budget plant tanks.
Tank -VERY old four foot 40 gallon with awful john deer green background.
Lighting- old used four foot fixture with 2 40 watt cool bulbs.
Heater -used 100 watt
Filter-N/A
Air pump-N/A
Power head N/A
Substrate-Approx 1 inch soil topped with Lowes play sand unwashed.
Tank has been up and running since late august.
Fish-10 white clouds and approx 20 quarter inch fry they have had in the tank.Need to add something? after the babies get a bit bigger.
Plants-Echinodorus amazonicus,Echinodorus tenellus,Echinodorus martii,Crypt. balansae,Crypt.lutea,Crypt petchii?,Crypt wendtii Red,Ceratopteris sp? fine leaf water sprite,Micro Sword,Java moss,Pennywort,Horn wort,Anubias barteri,Hygo. difformis ? wisteria,Red Temple,Ludwigia sp?
I also have a newer 135 gallon natural tank ill post.
Thanks for looking
I have checked this site out almost everyday now for quite awhile with out adding anything and decided to join this morning and add something.I don't have any monsters at this time in any of my 30 or so tanks but have started a few "natural" very low budget plant tanks.
Tank -VERY old four foot 40 gallon with awful john deer green background.
Lighting- old used four foot fixture with 2 40 watt cool bulbs.
Heater -used 100 watt
Filter-N/A
Air pump-N/A
Power head N/A
Substrate-Approx 1 inch soil topped with Lowes play sand unwashed.
Tank has been up and running since late august.
Fish-10 white clouds and approx 20 quarter inch fry they have had in the tank.Need to add something? after the babies get a bit bigger.
Plants-Echinodorus amazonicus,Echinodorus tenellus,Echinodorus martii,Crypt. balansae,Crypt.lutea,Crypt petchii?,Crypt wendtii Red,Ceratopteris sp? fine leaf water sprite,Micro Sword,Java moss,Pennywort,Horn wort,Anubias barteri,Hygo. difformis ? wisteria,Red Temple,Ludwigia sp?
I also have a newer 135 gallon natural tank ill post.
Thanks for looking
135 gallon
A work in progress. approx 6 week old natural tank.
Fish approx 30 angels,10 Red Eye Tetras.Some of the angels will move to different tanks soon.
Plants- Vallisneria spiralis,marsilea sp? clover,Aponogeton Madagascar lace,Myriophyllum sp?,Horn wort,Java Fern,Java Moss,Crypt.lutea,Crypt. wendtii Red,Crypt.blassii,Water Hyacinth,Duck Weed,Alternantheria Red Temple,Ammonnia gracilis,Rotala "Tear Drop",Sagittaria subulata,Echinodorus amazonicus,Echinodorus martii,Echinodorus Ozelot.A few of the plants are recovering new stock from a ebay vendor.
Needs time to fill in.
Thank for looking!
A work in progress. approx 6 week old natural tank.
Fish approx 30 angels,10 Red Eye Tetras.Some of the angels will move to different tanks soon.
Plants- Vallisneria spiralis,marsilea sp? clover,Aponogeton Madagascar lace,Myriophyllum sp?,Horn wort,Java Fern,Java Moss,Crypt.lutea,Crypt. wendtii Red,Crypt.blassii,Water Hyacinth,Duck Weed,Alternantheria Red Temple,Ammonnia gracilis,Rotala "Tear Drop",Sagittaria subulata,Echinodorus amazonicus,Echinodorus martii,Echinodorus Ozelot.A few of the plants are recovering new stock from a ebay vendor.
Needs time to fill in.
Thank for looking!
