🐠 TOTM MattW - April 2026 Tank of the Month Winner

[connorlindeman24 24]

We have a winner in Tropical Fish Forums'
April Tank of the Month Contest

We had 7 awesome tanks entered in this month's TOTM contest.
It was a close contest, but only one could win...
And the winner is.......

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@MattW​

Let's all congratulate him​

My 90L (23gal) set up late Oct 2025. Stocking is 6x Sawbwa resplendens (1M / 5F), 3x Annamia-normani, and 5x amano shrimp. The last few months has seen this tank lose half of its original stocking (unknown cause) and become a haven for staghorn alage along with Green Fuzz Algae. I'm trying to keep on top of things, but haven't been overly successful yet. The tank runs on a Small canister filter, a 100W heater and a small powerhead for the loaches to enjoy. Feeding is done once a day with bug bites and a 1/4 algae wafer. Plant list is on my tank thread, as there are too many to name.

 

[connorlindeman24 24]

Congrats @MattW for the win. Beautiful aquarium.
In second place is @Whitecloudminnowguy09. Great job!
In third place is @gwand.
Big thank you to all the entrants and voters.

We are currently accepting entries for our April Fish of the Month contest. Enter here: https://www.fishforums.net/threads/vote-now-april-2026-fish-of-the-month-contest-corydoras.499422/

 

[Whitecloudminnowguy096 4]

Congrats! You earned it!

 

[veraderock5 4]

Congratulations @MattW -- 5x winner!

 

[gwand26 142]

Congratulations. Beautiful tank.

 

[Innesfan26 9]

Nice. Congrats.

 

[Fishmanic26 142]

Good going @MattW. Beautifully aquascaped tank.

 

[Essjay26 141]

Congratulations

 

[GaryE26 141]

I liked the way the use of perspective gave an illusion of the tank being deeper front to back than it is. People try to do that in the centre of tanks, which is hard to do unless the tank is big. You used the corner to create that, and I'm stealing that idea!

 

[bgarthe27 44]

Way to go……like your tank.

 

[dascrow4 2]

Congrats!!

 

[Back in the fold]

I knew it ! I figured this one for the winner right away and it just couldn’t be any other way . This is a most beautiful aquarium !

 

[CassCats4]

Congrats! It's an amazing setup, lots of lush plants!

 

[EmmaS]

Worthy winner.