I started this thread because of the interest I see from other members to start their own planted HOB.
The cascade 200 hob comes with an attachment that is perfect to be planted. Then the rest is adding media instead of their cartridges in the back. I'm sure you can make a lil mesh bag filled with soil and plant thru the mesh.
An hob resembles to me an hydroponic pot pot, it does get decent light too! Even in a low light tank!
this is my other planted HOB with baby tears I collected from a lake, invasive species... its better for it to be in my hob rather than in that lake:
In both HOBs I have there is fluval or eheim biomedia instead of the stuff (sponges or cartridges) that came with the hob. In top of the media there is a small square of sponge or pad (don't remember), in top of that moss and in top of the moss plants.
In one of the hob the moss goes all the way down to the substrate of the tank and the plants too.
When I clean the filter I just pull the plants and moss that is attached to that pad or sponge and fold back into the tank, go clean it, put it back in the tank and then unfold/ place the pad again in the same position, there is very little root growth into the media.
Now, because of the plants you will evaporate more water than your HOB already does normally. I was Surprised by this and I was looking around for leaks! Lol!
The HOBs can be noisier with their lids on, this is why I did this. To my surprise again, the plants provide excellent sound dampening.
please share you pictures and experience here
Hello all, I'm a beguiner in freshwater aquarism and want to start my planted tank, I buyed the aqua duo 20 filter for a nano setup that I have at the office, and want to build a nano cube (planted of course) for my betta at home. I notice that here recomends many plants for the planted hob, I don´t really know where can I find this kind of plants in Chih, but I'm going to try, hope to update soon with a fully planted hob!!
Tank: 5 gallon rimless
Filter: Deep Blue Professional Biomaxx 10
Light: Finnex Fugeray Clip-on and 15 watt CFL 3200k
Plants: Baby's Tears, Hygro Compact, AR, Pennywort, (Hidden from view Bronze Crypt and Rotala of some sort)
Tank: 3 gallon rimless
Filter: Deep Blue Professional Biomaxx 10
Light: Finnex Fugeray Clip-on
Plants: Anubias Hastifolia, Baby Tears, Peace Lily
So I am interesting in plant some carnivorous plants in my HOB along with some other plants. I work at a nursery where we have pitcher plants which are in a sphagnum moss substrate and plated in a floating pot device in order to float in outdoor ponds. Based off this I wonder if it would thrive in a HOB. I have a planted 10 gallon I would like to try it with. What substrate do you guys use inside your filters, assuming carbon beads, but was wondering if this is the only substrate used?
Is the floating lot device sealed so no water from the pond goes up into the sphagnum moss?
Can't speak for all planted tank owners but a lot of us do not use carbon. I typically put foam media on the top of the HOB and it slits into it for plants. I also use ceramic/bio media. For my planterr baskets hanging in the tank I use my leftover expanded clay media i got a few years ago for aquaponics. It can grow benificial bacteria pretty good on it too. If you used these I'd reccomend soaking them for a day first (or several hours in hot/warm water) to get them to sink as they are bouyant when initially dropped in.
Still waiting on getting my pitcher plant in my HOB, but going to buy it at at our next sale, it's $40 for the pitcher plant setup. A lot of you guys have mentioned that carnivorous plants need to be devoid of nutrients, but currently I have a pitcher plant floating pot in our koi pond at work, along with water, lettuce, hyacinth, and lilies along with bog plants. This pot has been there for over a month and has been thriving more than the others for sale in pots of water. Granted there are tons of other plants and also only a handful of koi, but there are thousands of golf ball sized pond snails, so nutrients have to be present. I have also been seeing people on other forums discuss keeping them in their koi ponds, if this works, why would it not apply to an aquarium?
This is amazing. Can I get the list of plants name in the aquarium? I currently have Lucky plants but would like more plants to hang from aquarium please
But most people are only in the hobby for a couple years before moving on and disappearing entirely. Others have abandoned discussion forums in favor of the fleeting, zero attention span nature of social media. Though, many are returning now that social media has started to get toxic.
I see planted HOBs in tank journals every once in a while. Some of the ones from recent years have been just as cool as those from years past. But I think the best end up being in the tanks of longtime hobbyists.
Do you guys have any recommendations which plant I could add into the outflow tract of my HOB breederbox?
Just some Christmas moss? Maybe I should get some monte carlo, that might look nice a small streak of them. The middle area doesn't get water, just that small tract on the bottom.
Any floating plant could grab onto some sort of a thin sponge
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