What are your personal goals with a planted tank?

tcbiii · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 49

What are your personal goals with a planted tank?
Lurkers are welcomed to respond.
Regards,
Tom Barr

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~Vicki ~ · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 172

For me, my goals are to give my fish a healthy environment to live and
breed in. It is not even a look thing because there are plenty of fake
plants which look nice in a tank, but lack the benefits of live. Live
plants help break down waist products and add a food source for when we
go out of town. Small fish have a good place to hide and the large fish
even seem to feel safer with taller plants.

Vicki

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Victor M. Martinez · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 36

A more balanced and diverse ecosystem, first and foremost. Also a less
maintenance-intensive tank, i.e. low-tech.

--
Victor M. Martinez
martiv@FAKE.che.utexas.edu
http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

Graham Ramsay · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 23

> What are your personal goals with a planted tank?
> Lurkers are welcomed to respond.
> Regards,
> Tom Barr

Something that looks good first and foremost and as 'natural'
as possible on my limited budget. I'm not a fan of the rather sculpted
and artificial Amano style. I like to see some dark places
where my Cardinals hang out and I like the look of untidiness
you get if you leave (pardon the pun) some plants to get
on with it.
In the future I'd like to get a tank with more light and try
some more difficult (red) plants.

--
Graham Ramsay
You might be a Bright:
www.the-brights.net

"Philippe Lemaire \ · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Making it nice with not too much care Wink

BUT...

It is not a joke but since I add CO2 my H.zosterifolia melt quite often
followed by H. corymbosa, L. sessiliflora, D. diandra and G. elantinoides.
Root feeding plant seems to resist more.
Cryptocoryne and Nymphea are OK.

NPK and Fe are rather high.
gH is 9 with 1/3 of Mg...
Light is 108W fluorescent tubes !
200 l with 150 l of water
CO2 added but perhaps irregularly due to pump clogged
As some peat in the filter CO2 too high per normal calculation i.e.
pH 6.2 kH 4.5 = 2 bubbles per sec. with 1.5cm x 120 cm opening at the cover
and some nice O2 bubbles to make it nice Wink

[to my wife]

Changing 5 l every day and bored of doing so !
Adding the Fe + 10 ml TMG

That's all,

Regards,

Philippe

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| What are your personal goals with a planted tank?
| Lurkers are welcomed to respond.
| Regards,
| Tom Barr

Toni · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

"tcbiii@NOSPAMearthlink.net" wrote in message@posting.google.com...
> What are your personal goals with a planted tank?

My planted tank functions as living art.
I have many beautiful things on display but the planted aquarium is the one
thing everyone focuses on. It dominates the living space- as planned. And as
art it pleases me immensely- it graces my home with a very soothing and
tranquil influence.
That it requires some measure of balance and effort to remain tranquil and
soothing seems a good lesson.

Tomorrow I could have a different answer.

--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/aquarium.htm

Toni · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

"Toni" wrote in message$M6.760761@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
>
> My planted tank functions as living art.
> I have many beautiful things on display but the planted aquarium is the
one
> thing everyone focuses on. It dominates the living space- as planned. And
as
> art it pleases me immensely- it graces my home with a very soothing and
> tranquil influence.
> That it requires some measure of balance and effort to remain tranquil and
> soothing seems a good lesson.
>

OK- so that didn't make any sense in the context of the question.

What I kinda sorta meant was that I was learning a lot about life (and I'm
50) from my planted aquarium, and my personal goal is to continue to refine
the process on both fronts.

--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/aquarium.htm

nikolay_kraltchev · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

As a lady that I know put it one day "I want for people to come to my
house, look at the tank and just stare. Not to look and say "Ahmm...
and where's the fish?"

A planted tank that is indeed beautiful, really makes people just
look, attracts attention, and very much words are not needed.

I'd like to be able to set up tanks that I personally want to return
and look at. Style, size, plants - they don't really matter. As long
as the tank attracts the eyes like a magnet.

--Nikolay

The Spud · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

On 12 Aug 2003 10:17:39 -0700, tcbiii@earthlink.net
(tcbiii@NOSPAMearthlink.net) wrote:

>What are your personal goals with a planted tank?
>Lurkers are welcomed to respond.
>Regards,
>Tom Barr

Funny you should ask. This is my first post here, but I've been
lurking on this newsgroup for, uh. . .4 days Wink

I just got tired of looking at plastic plants. I've always had it in
the back of my mind that real plants would look so cool. After
reading 8 months worth of various aquaria usenet posts, I figured now
was as good a time as any.

As trite as it may seem, my goal is to have a nice looking tank. Or
maybe since this is my first attempt at live plants, my goal is to not
kill any. Perhaps as I gain more experience I can aspire to more
lofty goals.

The Spud

"no catchy tagline at this time"

Chuck Gadd · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:29:31 -0700, The Spud wrote:

>As trite as it may seem, my goal is to have a nice looking tank. Or
>maybe since this is my first attempt at live plants, my goal is to not
>kill any.

Scratch that goal off the list. Even the most experienced plant
keeper will still kill some plants. Not all plants work in all tanks.
Plant a bunch of different ones that you like, and find out which
plants do best in your tank.

Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua

PérRµ§h © · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

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> pH 6.2 kH 4.5

WAY too much CO2
bring the pH up to 6.8

Aqua · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 10

> What are your personal goals with a planted tank?

To have a constant (frequent) Pain in the ... But I enjoy it.

Ron Nelson · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 15

I think it might have something to do with being a little obsessive
compulsive, suffering from a god complex, and having an obsession for
complex systems. Smile

I would say healthy plants, healthy fish, and an attractive touch of nature
for the house are my main goals.

Ron

"tcbiii@NOSPAMearthlink.net" wrote in message@posting.google.com...
> What are your personal goals with a planted tank?
> Lurkers are welcomed to respond.
> Regards,
> Tom Barr

cindy · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Interesting question. At first I wanted something that looked
beautiful, well-designed - and Amano-esque. What I have ended up with
is an eclectic mix of plants that grow out of control. Tank looks
wild...but natural (if you ignore the fact that these species are from
different continents). Sometimes I'm tempted to rip everything out
and start again - and stick to a design this time.

One goal is to have success with blooming plants. The only thing I've
had bloom in the tank is a Madagasgar lace fern. I've planted camboba
carolina - but it has never bloomed. Any suggestions for blooming
aquatic plants?

tcbiii · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 49

clzerboni@yahoo.com (cindy) wrote in message news:...
> Interesting question. At first I wanted something that looked
> beautiful, well-designed - and Amano-esque. What I have ended up with
> is an eclectic mix of plants that grow out of control. Tank looks
> wild...but natural (if you ignore the fact that these species are from
> different continents). Sometimes I'm tempted to rip everything out
> and start again - and stick to a design this time.
>
> One goal is to have success with blooming plants. The only thing I've
> had bloom in the tank is a Madagasgar lace fern. I've planted camboba
> carolina - but it has never bloomed. Any suggestions for blooming
> aquatic plants?

PO4. Good conditions, not pruning them once they hit the surface.
There are many species that bloom easily.

Regards,
Tom Barr