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Building your first nature aquarium isn't too hard to do. All you have to complete is usually to get together your elements and set it up as a whole.

Listed below are the things which you will need:

Aquarium
Aquatic plants
Aquarium substrate
Freshwater (chlorinated)
Drift wood
Aquarium Fertilizer
Lighting system
Filtering system
CO2 Injector

Easy methods to work it step-by-step:

1. Settle on the dimensions of the tank that you needed to startup. You'll find all kinds of capacities once we talk about fish tank. There is 10 gallons, 20 gallons, 30 gallons, even 60 gallons. But for a beginner, I propose you that you pick the intermediate size, 15-20 gallons can be a nice beginning.

2. Put the fish tank on a desired spot. Make sure that there isn't any direct sunlight. Algae will tend to develop when you have direct sunlight. Moreover, put it where it won't be a roadblock, but where people can easily see it and increase attractiveness to your house. Nature aquariums are certainly beautiful as soon as aquatic plants started to grow nicely in it.

3. As soon as the fish tank is in place, start putting the substrate. This can be an activated soil, pebbles, river sand or any commercial substrate good for aquatic plants. Basically, it is the base of your aquarium.

4. You can add solid fertilizer just before or when you have put the substrate as long as it doesn't make the water cloudy. So this shows that you put the substrate before you put the water. It might be better if you place the fertilizer beneath soil so that it will not be floating around after you put water, instead it'll be combined completely with your soil.

5. Setup your stones or driftwood. If you'll need to tie your driftwood to some rocks in your fish tank, do it. But do it in a way that it won't be too noticeable to see. Remember, you'd like it to look natural whenever possible.

6. Put a bit of water enough to immerse the front part and begin planting. It has to be small amount of water in order that the plants won't be floating, instead you will have the opportunity of fastening them very well to the substrate so it is not going to float if you put the water in full.

7. The more plants you have the better. Think garden. This is just what you're going to create, only that it's within the fish tank and is also under water. No garden has only one particular type of plant. A variety of plants with a good arrangement can create a marvelous elegance when it's all set.

8. You can now add the filter, and light. Add the right filter. There are many really good filtration systems for aquariums. It is advisable to purchase the better ones compared to the low cost ones. And since we've been working with real live plants, your lighting system must be outstanding. It should certainly be a good one since your plants need to process photosynthesis to allow them to grow well.

9. CO2 fertilization is actually suggested in planted tanks. Carbon dioxide together sunlight makes food for the plants, that is part of the photosynthesis. So it's not only encouraged, but really required. Your CO2 injector system may be DIY or perhaps you can have professional Carbon dioxide injector which can be a little high-priced.

10. Wait for about 2 to 3 months to enjoy the fruits of your labor. It takes time to grow plants. Do not put the fish yet. Let your plants to grow first before you add any fish.

Do not forget that there are several other things that you need to do for you to achieve success in nature planted aquariums. The key to success is appropriate maintenance which will be mentioned carefully on my other article. The procedure above is just to give you an idea how things can be accomplished in a easy way.