First Planted Tank

[Kal-El]

My son has been asking me for his own planted Puffer tank for about a year now. I finally sold enough discus fry to fund his tank. With limited space I went with a 60 gallon rimless cube tank 24x24x24 inches. Fund a great deal at one of the LFS here for tank, stand, and glass top.

Equipment:

• 60 gallon Rimless cube tank with stands and glasstop
• Eheim 2213 Canister Filter
• Ebay cheap Aquaneat LED light rated for plants
• Aquatop EX Glass Heater with Digital External Controller 300 Watt

For the main attraction we went with Abei Puffer. This stain is hard to find, but I was lucky enough to find a local here selling his on craigslist. Max growth is 4-5" and this one is actually 4.5".







This is him after he had a full meal. Like a puppy he got lazy and lay rest on top of the driftwood.


Video

[dprais1]

very cool

one of my favorites tanks was a heavily planted 75 gallon tank with dwarf corys and about 17 dwarf puffers. Puffers are about as unique a group of fish as I think you could find

[Filip]

Tank set up is great Kal -El.
I love the mountain in the middle , its the most suitable layout for this tank footage.

Call me ignorant , but this is a first time I see a freshwater puffer fish :-) . it looks very cool . I can imagine a tank full of them.

[Dhavalsp]

cool tank, love the aquascape.

any plans on adding other fish?

[Kal-El]

cool tank, love the aquascape.

any plans on adding other fish?

I plan to add some Rameynose tetra and Cardinal tetra. Currently have two sterbai and one pleco with the Puffer.

[rickztahone]

Tank set up is great Kal -El.
I love the mountain in the middle , its the most suitable layout for this tank footage.

Call me ignorant , but this is a first time I see a freshwater puffer fish :-) . it looks very cool . I can imagine a tank full of them.

Chicago Discus has an awesome one that was on live feed for the longest time.


OP, I am not sure that the plants in the middle are aquatic plants?

[rickztahone]

Also, if that is glossostigma in the foreground, separate it in to clumps for better growth.

[Zeiner]

Beautiful tank. How are you liking that Aquaneat LED? I have one on the way.