Welcome to my planted tank page!

I have been interested in all things aquaria related since I was a young child. My mom used to raise guppies, angelfish, silver dollars and many more and I would sit in front of her tanks and marvel at the delicate balance of this underwater world!

As soon as I was old enough to buy my own tank I did and the rest is history. I started keeping fish on my own in the early 90's and have been doing so ever since but a couple of years ago I found them to be missing something. The fish were healthy and happy but the artificial nature of the common aquarium decor left me wanting so I set out to research some more "realistic" looking plants that would be more pleasing to the eye.

Thanks to the wonders of the internet I stumbled upon aquariumadvice.com and their excellent planted tank board. After reading and reading some more, I was soon convinced that I could do this! I could have a beautiful planted aquarium with real live plants! It doesn't get more "natural looking" than that!

So I set about planting my 55 gallon tank in a very low tech fashion. Soon I had another 46 gallon tank with a very high tech set up. Continued success in the planted realm (thanks in large part to my aquarium advice friends) lead me to want....MORE....BIGGER....BETTER! I believe they call this "MTS" or Multiple Tank Syndrome. And I wear it proudly!

The following is a dairy of sorts of the set up of my 90 gallon tank. 

The Plan