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100 tank ideas with fish and plants that work together. Open one in the planner and change it to suit you.

NanoSpeciesInvertebrateAmphibian & TurtleColdwaterCommunityBiotopePlantedMonsterBreeding

Nano

8 tanks

Betta Nano Jungle30 L · Single betta in a dense 25 L jungle
Planted Nano Cube27 L · 30 cm high-tech cube with chili rasbora
Endler Colony41 L · Colourful Endler's livebearer colony
Micro Moss Cube16 L · Zhangjiajie shrimp in a 25 cm moss cube
Strawberry Rasbora Nano30 L · Strawberry rasboras, 25 L planted
Pygmy Cory Sand Nano47 L · Pygmy corydoras and cherry shrimp, 40 L
Lampeye Killi Nano38 L · Norman's lampeyes under floating plants
Scarlet Badis Den36 L · Scarlet badis colony in a mossy 30 L

Species

18 tanks

Pea Puffer Hideout54 L · Heavily planted tank for 3 pea puffers
Guppy Colony65 L · Fancy guppies with fry cover
Killifish Trio65 L · Lyretail killifish with floating cover
Angelfish Community270 L · Tall tank: angels, rummynose, corys
Discus Display413 L · Warm, spotless tank for 6 discus
Oscar Tank375 L · A single oscar with a pleco
Pleco Cave Collection160 L · Wood and caves for small plecos
Apistogramma Pair84 L · Apisto harem with black neon dithers
Wild Betta Coccina Pair53 L · Betta coccina pair with chili rasbora
Annual Killifish Trio54 L · Nothobranchius trio over sand and peat
L-Number Pleco Cave203 L · Rare L-number plecos in a cave maze
Amazon Puffer Trio144 L · Amazon puffers on a snail-friendly bed
Dwarf Snakehead Pair243 L · Channa gachua pair with tictobarbs
Tropheus Colony 12375 L · Tropheus moorii colony on piled rock
Julidochromis Rock Pairs144 L · Ornatus on crevice-rich rockwork
Wild Heckel Discus413 L · Heckel discus in tannin-rich water
African Jewel Cichlid Pair243 L · Bonded jewel pair guarding a cave
Amazon Leaffish Ambush128 L · Single leaffish under floating cover

Invertebrate

9 tanks

Cherry Shrimp Garden36 L · Planted shrimp colony with a nerite
Crystal Red Shrimp Tank36 L · Cool, stable tank for crystal reds
Snail Colony54 L · Peaceful mixed snails, heavy on plants
Dwarf Crayfish Den54 L · Dwarf orange crayfish with many hides
Taiwan Bee Soft-water Tank36 L · Taiwan bee shrimp on active soil
Sulawesi Shrimp & Snails47 L · Malawa shrimp with Sulawesi snails
Rabbit & Nerite Snail Garden76 L · Rabbit and nerite snails with algae wood
Dwarf Crayfish Community65 L · CPO crayfish, pearly rasboras, cherries
Vampire Crab Paludarium96 L · Vampire crab with land and water zones

Amphibian & Turtle

8 tanks

Axolotl Tank203 L · Cool, low-flow tank for an axolotl pair
Fire-bellied Newt Paludarium144 L · Half water, half land for newts
Musk Turtle Setup216 L · Shallow water, basking dock, big filter
Alpine Newt Cool Pond126 L · Cool-water newts with a land bank
Dwarf Frog Community47 L · African dwarf frogs with pygmy cories
Fire-belly Toad Paludarium144 L · Yunnan fire-belly toads with moss bank
Axolotl Cool Garden216 L · Chilled planted axolotl tank
Painted Turtle Basking Tank375 L · Painted turtle with basking dock

Coldwater

5 tanks

Fancy Goldfish Tank216 L · Two fancy goldfish with big filtration
Comet Goldfish Tank375 L · Large tank for a pair of comets
Unheated Minnow Tank112 L · White clouds and medaka, no heater
Native Sunfish Cool Tank144 L · Bluespotted and banded sunfish, unheated
Bitterling & Sunbleak180 L · European cool-water shoal

Community

9 tanks

Betta Community 6065 L · Calm betta with small schoolers
Starter Community 6065 L · Embers, pygmy corys and a honey gourami
Gourami Community 95112 L · Dwarf gourami with rasbora and corys
Livebearer Community 120140 L · Platies, swordtails and mollies
Clown Loach & Rainbows495 L · Clown loach shoal with boesemani
Cherry Barb & Cory 80112 L · Cherry barbs, pandas and honey gourami
Amazon Beginner Community216 L · Lemon, rummy-nose, julii, bristlenose
Hardy Danio & Barb 100140 L · Unheated hardy community
Rainbow & Harlequin 120216 L · Praecox rainbows, harlequins and sterbai

Biotope

22 tanks

Rio Negro Blackwater160 L · Soft, tannin-stained Amazon blackwater
Lake Malawi Mbuna243 L · Rocky Malawi tank with electric yellows
Malawi Peacocks & Haps375 L · Open sand and rock for peacock cichlids
Lake Tanganyika Frontosa594 L · Big sand-and-rock tank for frontosa
Asian Hillstream144 L · Fast, oxygenated stream with loaches
Borneo Blackwater65 L · Tannin-dark tank with chili rasbora
Central American Cichlids375 L · Firemouth, convicts and a pleco
West African Creek216 L · Kribs, Congo tetras and upside-down cats
Orinoco Sandbank160 L · Orinoco sand: cardinals, hatchets, metae
Pantanal Wetland128 L · Pantanal borelli and black phantoms
Mekong Riverbed243 L · Mekong scissortails and kubota loaches
Congo Basin River495 L · Congo tetras, elephantnose, upside-downs
Lake Victoria Haplochromines243 L · Pundamilia colony on rock and sand
Tanganyika Shell Beds112 L · Shell dwellers on aragonite sand
Malawi Utaka Open Water450 L · Open-water utaka and haps over sand
Sumatran Peat Swamp84 L · Tannin peat swamp, rasboras, licorice
Sulawesi Lakes Rainbows160 L · Celebes rainbows and halfbeaks on rock
Mexican Goodeid Highland216 L · Cool Mexican goodeids in hard water
Papua New Guinea Creek270 L · Kutubu and tebera rainbows, clear creek
Madagascar Highland375 L · Madagascar rainbows with lace plants
Indian Hill Stream160 L · Ghats stream: stoliczka and malabar
Gastromyzon Hillstream112 L · High-flow rocky stream with gastromyzon

Planted

12 tanks

Iwagumi Nano36 L · Rock-only layout with a carpet
Dutch Planted 170200 L · Dense stem plants, no hardscape
Nature Jungle Tank162 L · Overgrown low-tech jungle
Low-tech Walstad72 L · Soil-and-sand tank, no CO2
Iwagumi Cardinal 6078 L · Stone iwagumi with cardinal tetras
Iwagumi Rummynose 90182 L · Open-sand iwagumi with rummy-nose shoal
Dutch Stem Street 120270 L · Stem street with bleeding hearts
Nature Driftwood 90182 L · Nature-style wood, moss and ferns
Dirted Dwarf Rasbora47 L · Walstad dirt tank with dwarf rasboras
Low-tech Fern Garden 80112 L · Anubias and java fern with neons
Blackwater Crypt Garden160 L · Cryptocoryne jungle under tannin stain
Riparium Betta 6065 L · Betta with pothos and emersed roots

Monster

6 tanks

Monster Cichlid Tank1152 L · Oscars, Dempseys and severums
Predator Tank720 L · Bichirs, ropefish and a snakehead
Silver Arowana Giant4800 L · Room-sized tank for a silver arowana
Piranha Shoal 750900 L · Red-bellied piranha shoal, 200 cm
Giant African Cichlid Monster1512 L · Heterochromis and zebra tilapia pairs
Florida Gar Solo2400 L · Florida gar alone in a 3 m tank

Breeding

3 tanks

Angelfish Spawning Pair182 L · Bonded pair with slate and sword leaf
Bristlenose Breeding Trio128 L · Bristlenose trio with caves
Ram Pair Spawning98 L · Ram pair on flat stone