Spare Freshwater Plants?

[Gmandese]

Does anyone have any excess freshwater plants? Maybe something overgrowing your tank? I have a 30g freshwater tank in addition to my reef tanks, and I would like to intensify my plantings for a more natural look, and replace my plastic ones! I have a little bit of live, but I need more.

Maybe trade/free/sell cheap?

 

[Gmandese]

Jeez, nobody does freshwater here? Or you use plastic plants, too?

 

[jhale]

I don't know anyone with a FW tank here, at least one with plants, sorry.

what kind of fish are in the FW tank?

 

[gil716]

Hey Gerry,
I actually have a 46g freshwater with plants. That's why I got that dual strip light from you. They're not big enough for cutting yet, but I'll let you know when pruning time comes around. I also have a couple of friends that have FW planted tanks - with more serious setups. I'll see if they have anything.

 

[Gmandese]

Ok, thanks.
As for livestock, it's a 29g with mostly community fish, rosy barbs, pristellas, giant danios, neons, tricolor sharks, some kind of cool loach, a green severum, and a very small frontosa.That one will be really nice when he gets big! They grow very slowly.

 

[jhale]

I've not had a freshwater tank since I was a teenager, I wonder what it would look like if I set one up now?

 

[Gmandese]

Well, the upkeep is so much less complicated! I was going to do Africans, but the last time I tried that, they all ate each other!

 

[ctxmonitor]

lol.. I also had a 2 freshwater tank. One lake Tanganyika Cichlids and a planted tank. Both tank went to a dark/bad sides after starting up reef.

I just gave out all my fish in the planted tank and redo the tanganyika tank. Didn't wanted to started another salt tank because of the cost.

Got any picture of your tank?

 

[jhale]

I'd do a planted tank, they look as cool as a reef tank to me when done right.

 

[ctxmonitor]

absolutely.. Thats why I setup a planted tank in the beginning. But I guess I was too cheap to buy new light and those florite gravel and keep with a additives That is why I started a reef tank instead..LOL..

I'd do a planted tank, they look as cool as a reef tank to me when done right.

 

[nycfatcow]

yup...used to have a planted discus tank.... looks pretty nioce...

 

[Gmandese]

I'll put up some pics later. I'm at work now, it'll have to wait till I get home and take some.

 

[Gmandese]

I used to have a flowerhorn, but it was a dirty fish, and I hated looking at just 1 fish sitting there staring at me, so I sold him.

 

[Gmandese]

Here are some pics of my freshie tank. Remember, all the "plants" are plastic, except for the grassy clump. I took the pics with the tank lighting, no flash, that's why you get movement blurs from the fish. The last pic shows my baby frontosa hiding in the back.

 

[Gmandese]

Also, if anyone has a piece of driftwood, a log, or something like that, that's maybe left from when you USED to have a freshie tank! The stuff they sell in the LFS is ridiculously over-priced imo.

 

[nycfatcow]

hey gerry i have a nice piece...its like 6-8 inches long....nice shape....wanna trade it for soemthing?

 

[inline6]

If you guys want to see a very heavily planted aquarium check out tekserve.

 

[Gmandese]

I don't want it heavily planted, just nice! A log of driftwood, some mosses, and a few plants, spreading and clinging. I'm gonna get some Java moss, too.