post your planted ecosystem

[Fishkeeper88]

so i was just thinking and decided id start a thread for people to talk about maintaining planted ecosystems.

such as my 29 gallon 2 otocinclus catfish, one spotted cory cat 13 neon tetras and 3 silver hatchet fish. the otocinclus catfish eat the algae and the cory catfish cleans the bottom. not only do they maintain an effective system but they help me keep the tank pristine.

also my 36 gallon bow front planted tank 4 otocinclus catfish, 3 cory catfish, 2 lime green kile fish and 6 rainbows.

id love to hear and see others planted ecosystems. *be sure to list your stock and how they function. maybe this can help others build.

 

[Mogurako]

Diana Walstad planted tank with 3 African dwarf frogs, Red cherry shrimp and 3 ottos and some big lazy pond snails.

 

[Philly33]

90gal heavily planted (low-med), 3 lg pcs of bogwood,

1 needle nose gar
9 sunburst platys (6 females)
6 ottos
2 flying foxes
2 zebra nerite snails
2 bamboo shrimp
1 farlowella cat
1 featherfin cat
6 ghost shrimp

I have a great clean up crew

The needle nose does not bother the ottos or platys. The platys reproduce and supply food for my needle nose.

 

[Fishkeeper88]

very nice tanks everyone

 

[black hills tj]

Diana Walstad planted tank with 3 African dwarf frogs, Red cherry shrimp and 3 ottos and some big lazy pond snails.

What's the estimated lifespan of the RCS with the ADFs in there? Haha

 

[Greenphantom]

Well it wont be too long till your gar makes a snack out of the small fish they seen docile but are true predators

 

[Wy Renegade]

The Bog;

20gal Long heavily planted with native plants (fern, Forget-Me-Nots, mint, moss, equisetum, duckweed, and hornwort).

Stocked with sand shiners (3) and a variety of aquatic invertebrates; caddisflies, damselflies, dragonflies, mayflies, stoneflies, a water strider, beetle larve, crayfish, planaria, roundworms, scuds (freshwater amphipods), snails, and freshwater mussels.

 

[Fishkeeper88]

The Bog;

20gal Long heavily planted with native plants (fern, Forget-Me-Nots, mint, moss, equisetum, duckweed, and hornwort).

Stocked with sand shiners (3) and a variety of aquatic invertebrates; caddisflies, damselflies, dragonflies, mayflies, stoneflies, a water strider, beetle larve, crayfish, planaria, roundworms, scuds (freshwater amphipods), snails, and freshwater mussels.

very impressive ecosystem thanks for sharing this specimen habitat

 

[Wy Renegade]

very impressive ecosystem thanks for sharing this specimen habitat

Always happy to share - thanks for the kind words.

 

[Mogurako]

What's the estimated lifespan of the RCS with the ADFs in there? Haha

ADF are to slow, dumb and blind to catch a shrimp or shrimplet for that matter.

 

[potatochobit]

The Bog;

20gal Long heavily planted with native plants (fern, Forget-Me-Nots, mint, moss, equisetum, duckweed, and hornwort).

Stocked with sand shiners (3) and a variety of aquatic invertebrates; caddisflies, damselflies, dragonflies, mayflies, stoneflies, a water strider, beetle larve, crayfish, planaria, roundworms, scuds (freshwater amphipods), snails, and freshwater mussels.

thats interesting
what do you do when the insects mature? just let them outside?

 

[Wy Renegade]

thats interesting
what do you do when the insects mature? just let them outside?

Those we can yes, after I show them to the class. Others we don't find in time, as many of the mature forms have a very short lifespan.