Who has a planted tank, or many?

Just wanting to know who has a planted tank, or multiple planted tanks in this community. I have one, and i just love the lush colors that I get from her.

i have macro algae (kinda a plant) in my refugium, does that count?

No.

LOL, hey algae is a plant, and my refugium is a 45 long with a mated pair of clownfish in it

according to wikipedia "Most algae are no longer classified within the Kingdom Plantae" SO NO!

i did not know that, thanks for the info. thats ok i prefer my cheatomorpha and caluerpa (caluerpa looks like a plant LOL)

I am adding a mud flat to my system to help overall water quality . I have Java Moss, Anacharis and Vals Corkscrew started as I need fast growers and simple is best for me. I have just upgraded to T5HO lighting and these fast growers should help offset the explosion of algae that would have occured without them in the system .I am building a breeding ground for shrimp or at least trying anyway...

Yeah and be careful with your lighting hours cuz if your lights are on too long, you sadly will get algae:/

What type of shrimps?

Tinman wrote:I am adding a mud flat to my system to help overall water quality . I have Java Moss, Anacharis and Vals Corkscrew started as I need fast growers and simple is best for me. I have just upgraded to T5HO lighting and these fast growers should help offset the explosion of algae that would have occured without them in the system .I am building a breeding ground for shrimp or at least trying anyway...

nice tinman post some pics in the show and tell section

I will load some on photobucket and show the progress I have made. I have my lights on a timer Storylover, I hope to find the right balance for my plants.

yeah i should probably put my lights on a timer, and get some moon lights, or at least some blue led's cuz I love having the ability to see into my tank, so i just kinda leave it on too long.

typically algae needs four hours of the correct intensity light to flower so if you limit light to 3 hours on and 1 hour off the algae problem is not so bad

photosynthesis begins the moment you turn the light on

that being said if you have algae eaters a little algae is a good thing otherwise you have to buy all their food and to my way of thinking the natural stuff that grows in the tank is prolly worlds better for your fish than whatever the fish food lunch lady cooks up

steelhead wrote: that being said if you have algae eaters a little algae is a good thing otherwise you have to buy all their food and to my way of thinking the natural stuff that grows in the tank is prolly worlds better for your fish than whatever the fish food lunch lady cooks up

That is most certainly true:D I know my otto cats and my snails love the stuff.

I have live plants in almost all my tanks.

YAY! Go Mike! I love live plants:D

Hopefully this weekend I'll be posting some pictures of some of my tanks and fish.

algae is not a plant.

fish guy wrote:algae is not a plant.

Told cha raptor!

Storylover wrote:

fish guy wrote:algae is not a plant.

Told cha raptor!

ok then plants arent green

There are no plants in sw, Sorry to inform you of that.

fish guy wrote:There are no plants in sw, Sorry to inform you of that.

What's sw? If you mean saltwater you are wrong.

yes sw is saltwater. Saltwater not brackish

I am curious now. I was just at the zoo yesterday and the seahorse exhibit has plants. Just found this link about sw plants. http://www.aquacon.com/vip.html

yeah i know that i am always getting attacked by the sweet stench of seaweed when i go to the beach, so i am pretty sure there are plants in saltwater.