| Many fish lovers and aquarium owners prefer to have | | | | may remind you of a "horticulturist's back yard." |
| plants inside their tanks. Aquarium plants can be of | | | | Some tanks designed in this style may not even |
| two types- real plants and manufactured plants. | | | | have fish in them. Even if there are fish they are |
| In this article you will find an overview about the | | | | secondary to the plants. The fish will not be very |
| various types and styles planted fish tanks, and will | | | | interesting so that they cannot steal away the |
| also discuss about the various types of plants that | | | | beauty of the plants. Dutch style aquariums are |
| could be used. Moreover here you will learn about | | | | always full of plants and these plants are placed in |
| plastic plants, natural plants as well as the pros and | | | | such a manner that they can be viewed by |
| cons of having a planted aquarium. Besides that you | | | | everyone from the front. Usually a tank of this style |
| will get a list of the most popular aqua plants both | | | | will have a lower front then it's back. |
| fresh water tanks as well as for salt water tanks. | | | | When it comes to Natural style planting, you will see |
| Please not that this article will mostly focus on | | | | this style mostly with these following fish tank types: |
| freshwater plants. This is because freshwater tanks | | | | * Generally, open Planting style aquariums have their |
| as well as plants are greatly in demand there are not | | | | tops left open and the plants are naturally allowed to |
| enough plants available which are suitable for | | | | grow inside. A popular example of a plant used in an |
| saltwater tanks. Majority of plants in saltwater | | | | Open style planting is a mangrove. |
| aquariums are limited to macro-algae. | | | | * Primarily a community tank is a fish tank where |
| Various Planted Aquarium Styles | | | | you will find well suited species of fish and plant living |
| Do you know that freshwater planted aquariums | | | | together. Moreover, the best option will be to place |
| have been classified into various categories in terms | | | | fish and plants belonging to same geographical region. |
| of their style of planting? Well this is the reality. | | | | * Occasionally, fish keepers apply the term "Habitat |
| Generally, freshwater planted tanks are divided into | | | | tank" those tanks which only have one particular kind |
| two broad categories: Dutch style and Natural style: | | | | of fish. Consequently planting in such an aquarium is |
| * Natural style is a quite wide open class of style. In | | | | not very exciting. As there is no fish variety you |
| this style an aquarium may apparently seem to be | | | | cannot ask for plant variety as well and the viewer |
| unplanned. But this is not so in reality. The basic tenet | | | | may find the tank less inviting. |
| of natural style is that it will replicate what is there in | | | | Now, after discussing here about the various styles |
| nature in your tank. In such style of aquarium plants | | | | of aquariums which are associated with living plants, in |
| are incorporated inside your tank in a random manner | | | | the next article, the discussion will move to the topic |
| and without design | | | | of the different varieties of plants that you can get |
| * Dutch style aquariums are very beautiful to look at. | | | | for your fish tank. |
| They are like the Home & Garden of all fish tanks. It | | | | |