Another sort of, neighbour story. My Aunt, as long as 25 years ago had a 30 gallon aquarium in her family room. In there where zebra danios , neons, a red tail shark,(Holy Carp! A Shark in there!) African dwarf frog, cory cats, sword tails, a tun of plastic plants. I was 5yrs old and could sit in front of that tank for hours. The dog would even get jealous and flop in front of us kids and whine for attention.
Long story short, (HE HE) I thnk the reason for me to keep planted tanks is this. Over the years, I have picked up a plant or 2 here and there from the LFS . They usually died after a while in my tanks. Incandescent lights etc..
I feel driven to succeed these days after dissapointing losses in my early inexperience with keeping aquatic plants. It is challenging, more beautifull and more entertaining to keep planted tanks for me than tanks without plants. I enjoy the challenge for me to battle algae. I enjoy showing these tanks to my friends. And I enjoy tanks that produce. Be it fish, plants, whatever!
p.s. I must mention that I cannot beleive the success of my current setups because I have gotten into reading this forum and asking questions when I need some help! |