[newbieplanter]

I had this big storie going and it got erased so I'm just gonna get to the point of my problem like the title sayes. I say it like this cuz I really never did any research an paied attention to all the details about the plants I have in my tanks. I only looked for what lighting and if they go in substrate or get tied to something and how to propagate them that's it. Now I have so many plants all are beginners plants and I can get sell any cuz a lot of people go for the more unique one. Back to the problem I jus wanna hear what stories others have about going through this point if they ever reached it. Well here some pics of my tanks and how they look right now.
My 70gal custom running about 2 months now.

My 5gal running for about 5 months now.

My 20gal my first tank ever, planted anyway.

As you can see I'm doing something right my plants are growing, growing not really thriving but anyway all my tanks have pressurized CO2 and some kind of lighting for the plants that was unhelpable cuz I got them for free so I'm not complaining at all. My 70 is the only one I paid for the lighting cuz I wanted very good lighting so I can grow anything. Well lets hear the stories of plant hoarding?

 

[kingjombeejoe]

This is my plants hoarding 10 gallon tank. It got so bad I had to get a bigger tank.

 

[AirstoND]

I think plants release a pheromone that induces humans to get more or at least over care for them.

Kind of that The Simpsons old lady with a 100 cats crossed with Litl Shop of Horrors

 

[acitydweller]

i only have 1 planted hoarding tank, of which everything is growing stellar but as with the previous poster's sentiments, its getting crowded as you would expect with thriving growth so i'm going to have to take down another tank in hopes of cascading the plants over or the alternative which is to scale back the number of species to keep on hand.

 

[ADJAquariums]

It never goes away, you always need a tank with every species known to man kind in it

 

[PunknDestroy]

Why hasn't OVT posted here yet?

 

[peachii]

I have never been able to grow a plant - killed that stupid thing they make you plant for mothers day in kindergarden. My fiance decided that he was getting me a fish tank for Christmas/Birthday then did a lot of research on live plants. I warned him that I kill anything that is green - almost immediately and always have, no idea why.

We got our first order of plants and I planted the tank. Crack. Addicted within 2 weeks. We now have to many tanks, all planted and growing beautifully. And it's had the side effect of helping me deal with depression and a pain disorder that is just getting progressively worse as time goes by. My fish and plants have literally been a mental life saver the last 6 months. I look forward to graduating from the easy beginner and branching out to the brighter, prettier plants as time goes by.

 

[OVT]

Why hasn't OVT posted here yet?

Um, ty friend...

Because, my whining aside, I spread a lot of plants around.

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[PunknDestroy]

Haha I know that personally, but you told me about some "secret stashes"

Um, ty friend...

Because, my whining aside, I spread a lot of plants around.

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[DogFish]

Now that you know what grows well for you you can move plants from tank to tank and start building your aquascaping skills. If you look at the ADA contest sites you see the best tanks use 3-4 sp. of plants. When your done you can either sell the extra as a package or you can try to grow them emerged.

Here's easy way to recycle the cutting scraps
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=294762&highlight=