Pinky Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 I know we see a lot of gorgeous planted tanks here, fully aquascaped and coifed to perfection. But I'd love to see any natural dirty tanks. I just love looking in my aquarium and seeing algae, blackwater, and even *gasp!* particulates! Makes me feel like Im watching my own private documentary lolThis is my 10 gal desk tank as of tonight. I love watching the fish swim in and out of the beams of light. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) Sometime the “dirtiest” floating bits diatom and algae tanks are the healthiest with tons of natural micro fauna and flora. 😁 I don’t have one to share right now but I always se up an “ugly tank” by squeezing out sponge filters from a bunch of tanks to hatch my CPD eggs. I don’t have a full tank shot but I will try to locate the picture of my last one. It is way beyond unpleasant to look at but hatched and raised beautiful babies and supported a few BN pleco fry that were being outcompeted for food. I was able to find some in my journal. The journal comes in handy so often 😁 it’s not a jungle but the hornwort used to pearl occasionally in this tank. Edited February 19, 2022 by Guppysnail 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinky Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Thats awesome! And your totally right, all that microfauna is so good for the fish. My tank is covewred in diatoms right now and i know my shrimp and snails are loving all the biofilms too. It's like one fo those vids with fis in the wild, lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 We have a few jungle tanks. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 I love jungley tanks! I tend to plant random things and see what takes off. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Coifed or crude, they all have their place. I'm quite happy with something that looks natural. Someday I might also a beautifully manicured tank The picture is a fishcam view of my 29 in early morning sun. Not much to look at, but the fish like it. A front view might reveal the occasional floating leaf, It is more unkempt than jungle. The plants grow if and where they want. The only improvement I hope to make is establishing the "balance" others seem to fall into, and getting a better fishcam. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 10:29 AM, Tanked said: Coifed or crude, they all have their place. I'm quite happy with something that looks natural. Someday I might also a beautifully manicured tank The picture is a fishcam view of my 29 in early morning sun. Not much to look at, but the fish like it. A front view might reveal the occasional floating leaf, It is more unkempt than jungle. The plants grow if and where they want. The only improvement I hope to make is establishing the "balance" others seem to fall into, and getting a better fishcam. are those pearl danios(D. albolineatus)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) @quirkylemon103Bloodfin tetras and an SAE There was a very old Zebra Danio that took off before I could grab the shot. Edited February 19, 2022 by Tanked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponyoryx Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 40gal for my two fantails! The plants are very slow growing, hair algae, diatom algae, lots of mulm. The snails don't seem to mind! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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