Here are some successful planted aquariums taken off social media. Note how the ones with the healthiest plants are the ones with the least number of fishes. The healthiest planted tanks also almost all have a very heavy planting of plants with little open substrate. The only exceptions to this are a few low tech tanks and some tanks with either a lot of epiphytes or a lot of floating emergent plants. Also note that almost all of these planted aquariums are clearly high tech tanks with CO₂ injection and high intensity lighting.
![Planted Aquarium 1](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/62-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 2](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/66-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 3](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/71-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 4](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/75-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 5](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/81-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 6](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/82-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 7](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/83-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 8](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/84-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 9](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/85-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 10](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/88-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 11](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/89-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 12](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/93-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 13](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/95-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 14](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/96-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 15](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/99-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 16](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/100-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 17](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/102-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 18](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/103-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 19](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/106-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 20](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/107-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 21](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/109-mixed-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 22](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/115-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 23](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/116-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 24](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/117-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 25](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/118-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 26](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/121-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 26](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/122-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 27](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/123-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 28](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/124-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 29](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/126-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 29](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/125-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Planted Aquarium 30](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/127-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/128-plant-aquairum.jpg)
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![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/191-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/194-planted-aquarium.jpg)
![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/199-planted-aquarium.jpg)
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![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/10/218-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
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![Beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/304-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![Beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/227-Planted-Aquarium-Copy.jpg)
![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/266-Planted-Aquarium-Copy.jpg)
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![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/279-High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium-Copy.jpg)
![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/276-Planted-Aquarium-Copy.jpg)
![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/275-Planted-Aquarium-Copy.jpg)
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![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/267-Planted-Aquarium-Copy.jpg)
![Beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/301-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/299-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/297-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
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![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium546.jpg)
![Low Tech Planted Aquarium with Discus](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/Low-Tech-Planted-Aquarium-with-Discus222.jpg)
![Axolotl Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/Axolotl-Aquarium555.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium303.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium117.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium with discus](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium-with-discus146.jpg)
![Betta Sorority Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/Betta-Sorority-Aquarium211.jpg)
![Hightech geplant discusaquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/High-Tech-Planted-Discus-Aquarium502.jpg)
![Walstad beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/Walstad-Planted-Aquarium700.jpg)
![Walstad beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/Walstad-Planted-Aquarium700a.jpg)
![Walstad beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/Walstad-Planted-Aquarium942.jpg)
![17.3. Blackwater Aquarium Fish](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/207-Blackwater-aquarium.jpg)
![Hout in een aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Wood-in-an-Aquarium564.jpg)
![Hout in een aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Wood-in-an-Aquarium-785.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Low-Tech-Planted-Aquarium857.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Low-Tech-Planted-Aquarium805.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium805.jpg)
![Hout in een aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Wood-in-an-Aquarium26.jpg)
![Walstad Soiled Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Walstad-Planted-Aquarium705.jpg)
![Walstad Soiled Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Walstad-Soiled-Aquarium34.jpg)
![Walstad Soiled Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Walstad-Soiled-Aquarium51.jpg)
![Walstad Soiled Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Walstad-Soiled-Aquarium113.jpg)
![Walstad Soiled Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Walstad-Soiled-Aquarium342.jpg)
![Walstad Soiled Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Walstad-Soiled-Aquarium452.jpg)
![Walstad Soiled Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Walstad-Soiled-Aquarium717.jpg)
![Walstad Soiled Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Walstad-Soiled-Aquarium930.jpg)
![Walstad Soiled Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Walstad-Soiled-Aquarium888.jpg)
![15.6.3. CO₂ From Food in the Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/306-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![Low Tech Walstad Planted Aquarium with Aeration](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Low-Tech-Walstad-Planted-Aquarium-with-Aeration342.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant en belucht aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Low-Tech-Planted-and-Aerated-Aquarium-56.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium998-1.jpg)
![Beplant aquarium voor beginners met veel beluchting](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Beginner-Planted-Aquarium-with-Lots-of-Aeration.jpg)
![15.6.3. 15.6.3. Hoogtechnologische CO₂-systemen](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/258-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium318.jpg)
![Planted Discus Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Planted-Discus-Aquarium-345-1.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Low-Tech-Planted-Aquarium333.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Low-Tech-Planted-Aquarium249.jpg)
![Lowtech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Low-tech-Planted-Aquarium-511.jpg)
![Beplant aquarium met bodemfilter](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Planted-with-Under-gravel-Filter13.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium998.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/306-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium898.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium608.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium045.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium038.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium008.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Low-Tech-Planted-978.jpg)
![Beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Lots-of-Plants-Lots-of-Fish52.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium098.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium-04.jpg)
![High Tech CO₂ Injected Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/High-Tech-CO₂-Injected-Planted-Aquarium48-1.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Low-Tech-Planted-789.jpg)
![High Tech CO₂ Injected Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/High-Tech-CO₂-Injected-Planted-Aquarium48.jpg)
![8.7.7. Bodem de tank Hamburg Matten filter](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/Moderate-Tech-Planted-948.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/High-Tech-Planted-Aquarium-342.jpg)
![Geplant ondergrindfilter aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/Planted-Under-Gravel-Filter-Aquarium-54.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/Low-Tech-Planted-339.jpg)
![George Booth Undergravel Filter Tank](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/George-Booth-Undergravel-Filter-Tank.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/High-Tech-Planted-tank-733.jpg)
![Beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/310-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![15.6.1. Low tech CO₂](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/309-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![Emergent Plants in an Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/172-plant-aquarium.jpg)
![Low-tech beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/Low-Tech-Planted-325.jpg)
![Beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/310-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![High Tech Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/314-High-Tech-Planted-057.jpg)
![16.2.2. Algen in high tech tanks](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/303-Iwagumi-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![Well Planted Aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/311-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)
![Beplant aquarium](https://www.mantablog.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/301-Planted-Aquarium.jpg)