What are your personal goals with a planted tank?

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

[nikolay_kraltchev]

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]

On 12 Aug 2003 10:17:39 -0700,
) 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 ;-)

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]

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

[Aqua]

> What are your personal goals with a planted tank?

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

[Ron Nelson]

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. :-)

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

Ron

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

[cindy]

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?

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(cindy) wrote in message >...
> 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