🐠 TOTM ENTER NOW: March 2025 Tank of the Month Contest (16 Gallons and smaller)

[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 16 US gallons and smaller 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 "March 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 March 8th 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.

 

[connorlindeman]

I guess I'll kick it off.

Ten-gallon Blackwater Chili Rasbora Aquarium​

This is my ten gallon Chili Rasbora Aquarium.
I must say I have been very impressed in the beautiful coloration of Ludwigia 'Mini Super Red'. I have had it before, but it was never as red as this.
The wood is pacific wood. When I first filled the tank, the wood leached so much tannin, that I could not see through it at all. Unexpected to say the least. All the plants that I had planted died off due to the insane tannins. 2 months of weekly water changes later, the wood tannins release began to settle into a more manageable amount. This is about as dark as the water will get over the course of a week. I planted Ludwigia 'Mini Super Red', Cryptocoryne Sp Tiger(Underrated crypt, barely visible in the back left), Crytocoryne Wendtii Red, Java fern and Broad Leaf Chain Swords(new addition you can see some melt as they settle in).

Currently the home to Chili Rasbora and one Amano Shrimp. I never really see the Amano, but the Chili Rasbora love it in there.

Here are the detailed specs for any one that is interested:
Equipement:
1) Aqueon 10 Gallon Aquarium
2) Aqueon AT10 Internal Filter
3) Aqueon 50W Heater
4) Chihiros A Series LED Light
Fauna:
1) Chili Rasbora - https://www.wetspottropicalfish.com/product/boraras-brigittae/
2) Amano Shrimp - https://aquahuna.com/products/amano-shrimp
Flora:
1) Cryptocoryne Wendtii Red
2) Cryptocoryne Sp Tiger
3) Broad Leaf Chain Sword
4) Ludwigia Sp 'Mini Super Red'
5) Java Fern
6) Oak Leaves collected from nature
Hardscape:
1) Rock collected from nature
2) Pacific Wood
3) Quikrete Pool Filter Sand