Been a longtime lurker on this forum, made an account so I could keep track of a couple threads, now figure it's time to start posting! I've been keeping aquariums for several years, first one was a half gallon jar someone gave me with a betta fish in it, if you can even call that an aquarium...

Hello 👋 new here! I recently got into planted tanks several months ago and it's been fun learning about the hobby - wish I'd done it sooner! I have a 29g and a 9g running right now plus a small hoarding of emersed farms. Looking at setting up a larger tank in the near future. (Possibly a...

Hello fellow aquarium enthusiasts! My name is Audrey. I have lived on the seacoast of New Hampshire my whole life and will be graduating from college this May. I am lucky enough to live at home, so the only limits on tank size (and numbers) is what my family is willing to tolerate (they're...

Hey all, I just recently started investing my free time into my new nano aquarium (5 gallons) and currently have a female betta, Hypostomus plecostomus and a small striped catfish. I am a newbie when it comes to this stuff but I do want to eventually change my colorful rocks out with soil and...

Hello!! I joined this forum because I'm on my 4th attempt at a planted tank. The past two have been moderately successful.. meaning it never went BAD before... but they never actually thrived. I'm doing A LOT more research this time because I want a successful tank. Part of the difficulty is...

Hi All, Introduction post. I'm a third generation convict (Australian) and am just starting my foray into the world of planted aquariums. In terms of my background in aquariums, started when I was around ten with goldfish (surprised?). From there it progressed, in my early teens I started...

Hi! I am new to aquariums in general but extremely new to live plants and the likes that come with it. Any tips and info are highly appreciated because I am eager to learn as much as I can to create a thriving aquarium that is best for the fish and plants. Today, I bought a Aqueon 10 gal...

Hi, I'm Rette. I live in Northern Colorado and have really only dabbled in aquatic husbandry. I've kept a handful of bettas alive the last couple years (simultaneously even) and have recently branched into starting a planted 10 gallon tank. This has quickly corrupted me into planting all of my...

Hello everyone! My name is Will and I live in Columbus Ohio. Currently I own a 20 gallon long planted and just purchased a Fluval Spec 5 for my desk at work. I do have some questions about the care of certain plants but will do some searching on here before starting a thread that already has the...

Hello everyone! This is sort of an introduction post. I'm fairly new to the planted tank hobby, this being my first (fully) planted tank. I'm wanting to go with some sort of Dutch Style. I'm going with a standard 20 gallon long that you can buy from Petco and other name brand stores, with 2...

My three kids are helping me setup my 72 gallon tank. I haven't had it setup since two moves ago when it housed African Cichlids. This will be my first planted aquarium, so thank you to all in the community for sharing your knowledge here!

hi new friends! ace here, fairly new to the world of tanks and running them like someone who knows what i'm doing and not using basic pet store instructions. i'm in oakland, CA. i'm a former mortician, a current freelance writer, and i co-own an in-home pet euthanasia practice with my fiance...

Hey guys, My name is Peter aka xRepto. I just recently set-up my first actual aquascape. I don't know if I'm allowed to link videos of my own here, but this is my first video of my setup atm I still have more episodes coming out. Let me know what y'all think? >:)

Hi everyone! I am lucky to have stumbled upon this forum, there's a lot of helpful info on here! There's a lot though, and it's going to take a lot of time to get through everything. I'm not really sure what we're supposed to put in here, but I used to have a 30 gallon with some guppies and...

Hello everyone, My name is Brian and I recently dipped my toes into the world of Planted Tanks! I had occasionally thought about owning a fish tank again, especially after the passing of our family dog earlier this year. After much time and stumbling into videos by Joey aka "King of DIY" on...

On my profile it says I need to do this, so, here I am. I keep bettas & I am a moderator of r/bettafish. I like to keep plants that are easier, but not entirely low maintenance like anubias (although I do love mine.) I've kept cabomba, wisteria, s. repens, a variety of crypts, several sword...

Hey folks, Really looking forward to learning from you all. I've had a few goldfish and eclipse catfish for the last 6 years, and in the last two I've been working on adding plants to my tank. Judging from the looks of my plants I have a lot to learn! Still very excited to see all the fantastic...

Hi folks! :smile: My name is Sarah and I've been lurking for a while. I'm from Pittsburgh and just started keeping a planted tank a few months ago. I'm in the process of starting up a 29gal after having my 10gal for about 4 months. Everything is growing well and I'm excited to keep going! I'm...

Hello! I've always wanted to have a beautiful planted aquarium, and though I can't have anything huge, I decided a nanotank would be great to try my hand at it! I've got a 5g with nothing in it, and I'm looking for people to talk to who might know what plants would be good for a beginner, and...