Chuy's 20 Gallon Tank

[no.1chuy]

im only good at growing dessert plants

 

[Newman]

as in cacti?
Or plants that have the consistency of a Boston Creme Doughnut?

 

[no.1chuy]

uhh... if dat was a joke it just flew right over my head......
i meant plants that dont die if i forget to water them for a while...... a long while

 

[Newman]

this is a dessert: http://blogs.kansascity.com/photos/uncategorized/doughnuts.jpg

and this is a desert: http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/landscape/deserts/desert_9.jpg

LOL, yea it was just a silly joke

 

[no.1chuy]

lol! ... got no one to blame for my bad spelling than myself.........maybe i should have finished high skool

 

[DarkLies]

Haha, I get those two mixed p too chuy =]

And your tank is amazing!
How many plants do you have in there?

 

[no.1chuy]

there are 8 diffrent type of plants most of these plants came from the 35 and 50 gallon tank. the only plant i bought for this tank is the wisteria which is my fav plant in this tank. i also just added a diy co2 to it yesterday

 

[no.1chuy]

thank for the complements!!

 

[Newman]

bah dont worry, its a great tank and i fail at spelling too.

Iusualy atopype like this.

 

[DarkLies]

bah dont worry, its a great tank and i fail at spelling too.

Iusualy atopype like this.

This made my day!

And do you have the plants shipped or do you buy them from a store?
I'm totally curious but am a bit too lazy to see if Petsmart would actually have this

 

[no.1chuy]

lol well at least you remember the period newman jk

all my plants are store bought i got some from petsmart and petco and some from the two fish stores i go to.

 

[Newman]

Avoid the bog plants petsmart sells in those cylinder containers, darklies. most of the are bog plants, but some aquatics grown in emersed form are also seen there. (ie. ive seen java ferns and wisteria in those cylinders)

 

[DarkLies]

Once again, too lazy to do research (and I guess it's my guilty conscious because I've got a ton of work that needs to be done...)
But, do different plants benefit the tank different ways?
Like the way Almond leaves help Bettas (Yay I learned something! Thanks Newman!)

 

[Newman]

i know of three good things plants do to benefit a tank and the fish in it.
1. they produce oxygen during the day if enough light and other things is sufficient.
2. they get rid of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate as well as phosphates and most other stuff fish waste contains.
3. the either provide food for the fish directly by their own matter or tiny organisms live on the plants and those are eaten. same goes for algae growth on plants.

In terms of different plants? there really are not special plants that i know of but its nice to keep a Biotope within a tank so the fish from that region benefit from the native plants just like in nature.

 

[DarkLies]

Wow
They sound like they should be in every tank!

Are they difficult to maintain? I was going to make my 1 gallon a planted tank until family told me it was harder to keep that up than a saltwater -.-

 

[Newman]

as you can see by my 10 gallon, even a newb can get a planted tank goin if you put a little effort into it
(idk if you have checked my 10 gal journal yet, but do if you feel like it. its in general discussion.)

 

[DarkLies]

Yes! I've viewed the pics but I'm not sure if I commented or not? I think I wanted to if I didn't already...
But anyway, yes, it's gorgeous ^^
I guess I'm just a little nervous starting something so different
Is there any small plant that can be placed in a 1 gallon with my female and snail?

 

[Newman]

floating plants are great for betta tanks. and moss.

 

[DarkLies]

Thank you
I'll have to try that

 

[no.1chuy]

here are a few updated pics of the tank. i redid the whole tank put in sand substrate and rocks for deco instead of the lil pots. the bad news is when i was redoing the tank i put all the fish in a 5 gallon bucket with a heater and a filter but forgot to put a cover and my two fav fish jumped out. they where my female lyre pineapple swordtails well here are the pics