Low Tech Tank Show-and-Tell (low tech can be lush, too! =)

Couesfanatic · 03-02-2013, 03:04 AM

Heres my ADA Mini S that I recently broke down.

No co2
No Ferts
1 water change per month to 6 weeks.
Really low maintenance

Droyer · 03-02-2013, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by driftwoodhunter

Love the java fern on the driftwood!

Thanks! Hoping to get a nice lush canopy of it eventually.

Nolan · 03-02-2013, 06:22 AM

My 37g Tall

Thamizhandaa... · 03-02-2013, 07:08 AM

Very interesting and pretty useful & informative thread too.. I would suggest the moderators to make this as a 'sticky' topic!!

BBradbury · 03-02-2013, 08:40 PM

Hello TPT...

Attached is a pic of my 45G tall. Anacharis (Waterweed) and Pennywort floated and the rest are Anubias. Lighting is a couple of hardware store 20 watt florescent, T12 bulbs. 2 for about $15.00 and they last well over a year.

75 or so Fancy Guppies and two 4 year old, 3 inch Melanistius Corydoras. Large, weekly water changes and you don't have to test the water. A couple of 50G HOBs and that's it. Pretty easy.

B

lauraleellbp · 03-02-2013, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thamizhandaa...

Very interesting and pretty useful & informative thread too.. I would suggest the moderators to make this as a 'sticky' topic!!

No need! It's so active it's pretty much stayed on the first page of this forum for over 3 years now

I think it's really encouraging for people just getting into planted tanks to know that you don't have to dive headlong into the more expensive high tech setups to have a lovely planted tank.

Greenmagick · 03-02-2013, 11:45 PM

I apologize as this is not a good pic (cell phone) and the tank is dirty....but I do find it lush (and its low tech). Just dirt substrate capped with gravel and two spiral bulbs in the stock hood. No ferts or anything ever

Saxtonhill · 03-04-2013, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

No need! It's so active it's pretty much stayed on the first page of this forum for over 3 years now

I think it's really encouraging for people just getting into planted tanks to know that you don't have to dive headlong into the more expensive high tech setups to have a lovely planted tank.

Thank you so much for this thread! As a live plant newbie, I've returned to it over and over

boredincubicle · 03-12-2013, 01:08 AM

So, I traded some crypt for frogbit on reddit. The betta liked it so much he built his first ever bubble nest (the remains of which you can see stuck to the wall on the right.. big water change day >_<)

Meganne · 03-14-2013, 03:09 AM

80 gallons, no CO2, 12 gallon water change weekly, fert with flourish when I think about it so maybe once a week or two. some afternoon light from window, light in hood not very bright but I am not sure what it is as it came with the hand me down tank.
all plants attached to the wood

vashnic · 03-14-2013, 03:52 AM

3 gallon bowl with lake dirt and sand in the bottom:

2.5 gallon betta tank with Flourish 2x a month. Ish.

:

stanzzzz · 03-14-2013, 04:19 AM

Wtf awesome bowl, love it, did u had any issues with cyanobacteria.

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vashnic · 03-14-2013, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stanzzzz

Wtf awesome bowl, love it, did u had any issues with cyanobacteria.

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Thanks! Nope, aside from some diatoms early on that just kinda disappeared on their own, everything's been quite clean and water's crystal clear. I suspect it may be the giant population of snails

stanzzzz · 03-14-2013, 05:01 AM

Ohhh I m having so many issues with cyno, I ll let out grow now

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blt · 03-17-2013, 06:24 PM

My 84gal long:

Tank Journal: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=178693

03-02-2013, 03:04 AM	#991
Couesfanatic Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (18/100%) Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: WA Posts: 1,262	Heres my ADA Mini S that I recently broke down. No co2 No Ferts 1 water change per month to 6 weeks. Really low maintenance __________________ ADA Mini M Journal DBP Club #18

03-02-2013, 08:40 PM	#995
BBradbury Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Greeley, CO Posts: 1,331	Low Tech Tank Hello TPT... Attached is a pic of my 45G tall. Anacharis (Waterweed) and Pennywort floated and the rest are Anubias. Lighting is a couple of hardware store 20 watt florescent, T12 bulbs. 2 for about $15.00 and they last well over a year. 75 or so Fancy Guppies and two 4 year old, 3 inch Melanistius Corydoras. Large, weekly water changes and you don't have to test the water. A couple of 50G HOBs and that's it. Pretty easy. B __________________ "Aquarium (Water Building) Keeper" Last edited by BBradbury; 05-01-2013 at 07:56 PM..

03-02-2013, 11:45 PM	#997
Greenmagick Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: May 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 52	I apologize as this is not a good pic (cell phone) and the tank is dirty....but I do find it lush (and its low tech). Just dirt substrate capped with gravel and two spiral bulbs in the stock hood. No ferts or anything ever __________________ Nicole 20 g TV tank - ignored it for way too long so battling it back into shape 10g daughter's tank - battling hair algae though its kind of pretty:P 20 g son's tank - just getting up and going (and planning and dreaming about getting my 55g and 75g set up soon!)

03-14-2013, 03:09 AM	#1000
Meganne Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Florida Panhandlle Posts: 194	80 gallons, no CO2, 12 gallon water change weekly, fert with flourish when I think about it so maybe once a week or two. some afternoon light from window, light in hood not very bright but I am not sure what it is as it came with the hand me down tank. all plants attached to the wood __________________ *The Fraternity of Dirt....member #102* *Just because its dirt doesn't make it low tech.* *http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=189703* http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...9703&highlight= http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...8412&highlight=

03-14-2013, 03:52 AM	#1001
vashnic Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: WA Posts: 19	3 gallon bowl with lake dirt and sand in the bottom: 2.5 gallon betta tank with Flourish 2x a month. Ish. : __________________ 2.5 gallon betta tank and shrimp bowl

03-02-2013, 06:22 AM	#993
Nolan Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Texas Posts: 25	My 37g Tall

03-02-2013, 07:08 AM	#994
Thamizhandaa... Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: India Posts: 35	Very interesting and pretty useful & informative thread too.. I would suggest the moderators to make this as a 'sticky' topic!!

03-12-2013, 01:08 AM	#999
boredincubicle Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: USA Posts: 32	So, I traded some crypt for frogbit on reddit. The betta liked it so much he built his first ever bubble nest (the remains of which you can see stuck to the wall on the right.. big water change day >_<)

03-14-2013, 04:19 AM	#1002
stanzzzz Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 77	Re: Low Tech Tank Show-and-Tell (low tech can be lush, too! =) Wtf awesome bowl, love it, did u had any issues with cyanobacteria. Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

03-14-2013, 05:01 AM	#1004
stanzzzz Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 77	Re: Low Tech Tank Show-and-Tell (low tech can be lush, too! =) Ohhh I m having so many issues with cyno, I ll let out grow now Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

03-17-2013, 06:24 PM	#1005
blt Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: WA Posts: 40	My 84gal long: Tank Journal: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=178693

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