Freshwater Planted Tank

This is my first small film of my 46 gallon freshwater planted tank. It is six weeks into its development. I currently have Anubias Barteri, Anubias Lancelota, Anacharis, and Java Moss for plants. I will be purchasing more Java Moss soon for both the corner raised planters. The tank currently houses, 5 Otocinculus catfish, 2 Albino Aeneus Corydoras catfish, 12 Red Cherry Shrimp, 20 Ghost Shrimp, and 6 Leopard Danios. I will be purchasing Emperor, Cardinal, and Congo Tetras, as well as Harlequin Rasboras and a male Betta to round it all out.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• tetra
• aquatic
• fish
• freshwater
• planted
• danio
• shrimp
• fishtank
• aquarium

[wnied]

I agree that it could use a better set of plants, but at the moment, I have since taken down the two 2nd level planters and just replanted it with large amazon plants to accomodate my tetras.

[Zerstiren]

Beautiful tank, please rate on comment on mine in my channel as I will do for yours. Only recomendation I would have is to add something to eat the shrimp and a bit more light.

[wnied]

Zers, I have since added diamond tetras and more emperor tetras. They pick at the small shrimp and seem to cull the school down to just a few dozen. I have since gotten a new hood with dual lamps allowing for more wattage per gallon. So far so good...will post a video soon.

[Mildewpants]

Great tank! Cant wait to see how it turns out! :)

Do your shrimp breed? The corner raised planters area a great idea.

[wnied]

I have easily over 200 shrimp now. Which might sound nice at first, but the idea with having the shrimp, was to provide the fish in the tank with a convenient live snack. None of the fish eat the shrimp, so theres no one to cull the flock...looks like its time to add a school of emperor or diamond tetras.

[DarkDH]

Are you using a low light setup? How many watts per gallon? Ferts or Suppliments, as its a really nice tank.

[wnied]

At the moment its just the lighting that came with the tank set up. But I plan to change it in the near future, as I want to start carpetting the foreground with crystalwort or dwarf hair grass, and both types need higher lighting.

[AwesomeAssassin1000]

what substrate are u using is it an all gravel substrate

[sajeevan1]

what do you want to change the gravel if your not just add in the plant it wont kill the fish

if your changing the gravel well take out the fish set out the tanka from the start cycle in the acclimate the fish once again but it is quite stressful so make sure you acclimate by the dripping process

[FrezziBalk]

put more fish !

[whitelotus808]

is also something that effects plants growth. iron is used to bring out color in plants such as crypts to get the red out.

so there are alot of things to consider when adding live plants to aquariums. id stick to the basic plants that require no care or very little if you dont want to end up spending extra money upkeeping plants.

[whitelotus808]

if your gonna go for the heavily planted look then id suggest high lighting and a co2 injector, although some flourish excel may take its place, but its recommended that you add it in every day. then there are the nutrients for the plants. tabs and sticks for nutrients are good. chemicals also have to be added in to ensure the growth of plants. its in liquid form and its pretty easy to add in. plants also thrive in different kinds of water. salt kills them so only fresh water. water hardness

[whitelotus808]

thats gonna cost alot of money, but its worth it. id start off with a substrate thats recommended for live plants. art rock is good. sand or gravel? gravel is easier to maintain but sand is nicer. (i have white sand). the lighting has to suit the plants your keeping. look up the wattage for different setups and sizes of tanks. what kind of plants are you gonna add in? for low light (less money) id recommend anubius, elodia, and kabomba. they grow in very low lighting and are sturdy plants.

[goofyfrog1]

can someone plase help.

i want to upgrade my pink gravel bottom tank to a living planted aquarium. can someone please give advice how to do this without killing my current fish.

[Toucan38]

I have anacharis and i recomend placing it in a bunch. It looks great when in a bunch then in single stems.

[tropfish56]

really dark.