🐠 TOTM ENTER NOW: February 2025 Tank of the Month Contest (31 Gallons and larger)

[connorlindeman]

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Please enter now!

Ladies and Gents, Boys and Girls, all our fish lovers around the world - it's time for our monthly Tank of the Month Contest!
This month we are allowing only freshwater aquariums sized at 31 US gallons and larger to be entered in the TOTM contest.

If you have a tank of the above stated size, please consider entering this month's contest. It doesn't matter whether your tank is planted or not planted and it doesn't matter if your tank is not yet near your final goal. More entrants make the contest more interesting, so enter your tank today!

RULES:
A picture uploaded via our "attach files" tool with a handwritten note held in front or attached to your tank with "February 2025 TFF TOTM" written on it is required to validate your entry. If you wish, you may post either a second recent picture OR a video (not both) without the note attached. (If you post a 2nd pic or video, that pic or video will be displayed as your entry post in the poll). Right under the pictures or the video, post a nice detailed write-up of your tank.
**The write up should include a good description of your tank including size, age of setup, fish stocking, water parameters, ferts used, lighting, filtration type, aeration, tank maintenance procedures, feeding schedules, etc.

• The tank you enter must be in your household
• If you won a TOTM contest previously, you must skip at least 2 TOTM contests before you can enter a different tank.
• Video can be uploaded to youtube and then a link to the video may be posted in this thread.
• A detailed description is required!
• Entries will be accepted till 4 PM ET (US) on February 5th or when we have 10 entrants...whichever comes first. Any entrant who posts an entry after we have 10 entrants will be asked to enter the next TOTM contest and their post will be deleted. The winner will be decided by votes cast by FishForums.net members.
• Please note: you are not allowed to have friends or family join TFF for the main purpose of voting for your entry

What do I win?

• You will get a cool banner in your profile area noting that you are a winner of Tank of the Month.
• Your winning entry will be showcased in a "TOTM Winner" topic for all to see and to comment.
• Your winning entry will be added to our TOTM Wall of Fame

Please don’t post any opinions about any specific entry. Such posts will be promptly deleted. Thread will be cleaned up occasionally for readability.

 

[Fishkeeper123]

It’s a 180l tank(48 gallons) that is very active and entertaining . It has 2 filters currently, an interpret cf3 and a tetra tec 400+. Temperature=24-25 degrees.It’s been running for a month and a half. Current stocking includes leopard danios, Bolivian rams, Bristlenose pleco and sterbai corydorras. For plants I have 2 Anubis, echinoderms ozelot red, lilaeopsis novea-zealandia, cryptocoryne wendtii green, lobelia cardinalis dwarf.

 

[Magnum Man]

this is the new format below, that I've been working on, with active links to information on all the fish, in this tank...

African Tetra Tank… 45 gallon ( 36 1/4" x 12 5/8" x 23 3/4" ) soft, Blackwater ( made with RO water ), Hygger 300 watt heater set at 78 Degrees F. (1) Tidal 75 HOB filter ( modified )… Pothos Vines, Peace Lilies. Java Ferns, Anubis (Congensis Extra Large), Water Meal… driftwood, 10 inch bubble waterfall, (2) Nicrew Skylight plus 36”, 1 inch polished black river rock, for substrate…

Residents…

Yellow Tail Tetra… (Alestopetersius caudalis) https://www.dansfish.com/product.detail/2629/Yellow-Tail-Congo-Tetra-(Alestopetersius-caudalis)
https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/alestopetersius-caudalis/

Gold & Blue Tetra… (Phenacogrammus aurantiacus) https/www.dansfish.com/product.detail/4740/Golden-Congo-Tetra-'Lefini-River'-(Phenacogrammus-aurantiacus) https://aquadiction.world/species-spotlight/blue-eyed-congo-tetra/

Blood Cap Tetra… (Bathyaethiops breuseghemi) https/www.dansfish.com/product.detail/4741/Blood-Cap-Moon-Tetra-'Congo-River--Kingabwa'-(Bathyaethiops-breuseghemi)

Fantastic Tetra… (Phenacogrammus sp. Fantastique) https://www.dansfish.com/product.de...-Congo-Tetra-(Phenacogrammus-sp.-fantastique) https://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/tag/phenacogrammus-en/

African Blue Diamond Tetra… (Alestopetersius smykalai) https://www.predatoryfins.com/products/african-blue-diamond-tetra-alestopetersius-smykalai
https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/alestopetersius-smykalai/

Congo Tetra… (Phenacogrammus interruptus) https://www.dansfish.com/product.detail/523/Congo-Tetra-(Phenacogrammus-interruptus)
https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/phenacogrammus-interruptus/

Red / Blue Brichardi Tetra… (alestopetersius-brichardi) https://www.predatoryfins.com/produ...richardi-red-blue?_pos=1&_sid=84618de6a&_ss=r
(https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/alestopetersius-brichardi/

3 Lined Glass Cat… (Pareutropius debauwi) https://www.predatoryfins.com/produ...eutropius-debauwi?_pos=2&_sid=bda1b90cd&_ss=r
https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=603

Zebra Oto… (Otocinclus Cocama ) https://www.wetspottropicalfish.com/product/otocinclus-cocama/https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=353

King Tiger Pleco… (Hypancistrus sp. L066 ) https://www.aqua-imports.com/product/l066-king-tiger-pleco-hypancistrus-sp-l066/ https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=174#google_vignette

Kuhli Loach... (Pangio myersi) https/www.dansfish.com/product.detail/5526/Kuhli-Loach-(Pangio-sp.)
https://www.aquariumsource.com/kuhli-loach/

Amano shrimp...(Caridina multidentata) https://www.wetspottropicalfish.com/product/caridina-multidentata/

Amano Shrimp - Caridina multidentata Shrimp Profile & Care Guide

An in-depth guide to the care, breeding, & habitat of the Amano Shrimp (Caridina multidentata). complete with high-quality images for this beautiful Shrimp.

aquadiction.world

Batman Snail… (Neritina sp.) https://www.aqua-imports.com/product/batman-nerite-snail/

 

[CassCats]

55 gallon Paraguay themed

All of the plants and fish are found within the Paraguay region, particularly in the Rio Paraguay and Parana basins. Sources such as GBIF, EOL, and iNaturalist were used to research the occurrences of the plants and fish for this setup. This set up has been running for over a year now, but had been a previous setup that had had multiple failures and restarts. I am happy to say this set up, which was started back from scratch, has been unproblematic and likely my favourite setup to date. This is a subtropical region of South America, and temperatures as low as 60s aren't abnormal for the area. This tank recently had a heater mishap (somehow it got unplugged) and temperatures dipped down well below 64F and the fish had no problems and had even been spawning regardless.

Stock:
15 hoplisoma paleatum
20 hyphessobrycon elachys
9 bario forestii/sanctaefilomenae
2 apistogramma borelli

Plants:
Heternanthera zostifolia
Potamogeton gayi
Sagittaria subulata
Bacopa australis

Hardscape: round river rocks and driftwood collected from local freshwater river.

Temperature: 72-74F
pH 7
GH 5°
KH 3°
TDS 107

Light: JC&P Full Spectrum LED

Filtration: Fluval Fx4 Canister

Heater: Hitop 300w (only plugged in from December to March)

Wavemaker: 528gph Sunsun Brand

Fertilizer: The Plant Guy's All in One fertilizer, a Canadian only product. Comparable to NilocG Thrive for much lower a price.

Water is changed weekly, 75-90% is removed.


It needs a trim and tidy up, but here's validation photo:

 

[connorlindeman]

Very nice everyone. We already have 3 entries which means there just 7 spots left. Claim yours before its too late!

 

[connorlindeman]

Who will enter next?