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  1. Shrimp & Other Invertebrates
    Hello folks, After a failed start of 5lt walstad jar(ammonia wa 4ppm i lost all my plants) i kept the water to 10%(till ammonia became 0) and started dry start method with few plants(now water level at 30%) no filter .. no co2 almost no water change only topup and after around 3months i have a...
  2. Low Tech Forum
    So, I basically needed to attend this 10 day trip out of nowhere, just after I had completed my first ever walstad tank : a 2.6 gal shrimp tank. Currently no livestock 1 airstone in the water for surface agitation, oxygenation 1 inch organic potting mix with a teaspoon worth of compost because...
  3. Fertilizers and Water Parameters
    hello folks, I set up my first 5ltr walstad jar with plants however the water tuned really cloudy 2-3 days after setup but i didnt bother to change water(bacteria bloom) then as i thought i would do after week end and i tested ph in between it was around 7 but when i tested ammonia today it read...
  4. Low Tech Forum
    I'm experiencing terrible plant growth and lots of algae in a 10+ year old low-tech 30g tank, and wondering if there is any solution, or if its just end-of-life and needs to be torn down and reconstituted. Originally I put down a mineralized soil covered with standard aquarium gravel. It has...
  5. Tank Journals
    hey everyone 👋 I wanted to share the progress of setting up my new 75 gallon tank. it's the largest aquarium I've personally owned, but I have experience working as an aquarium maintenance tech for a LFS. I'm also transferring everything from my 40 gallon into the 75 gallon and am going to set...
  6. Low Tech Forum
    (This is a long post. If you want to skip past the story of this aquarium’s life, straight to my questions, scroll down to the line of stars/dots.) I have a 5 gallon planted aquarium that was started 14 months ago. It has ½ inch of potting soil capped with 1 and ½ inches of gravel. There is...
  7. Tank Journals
    Perusing my neighbourhood thrift store yielded a magical punch bowl (and 8 glasses) that immediately filled my mind with ideas. It didn't hurt that my LFS had had a sale on driftwood when I went to pick up some dog food the day prior. Sometimes the universe provides for a mere $10. I got home...
  8. General Planted Tank Discussion
    Well, hello 👋 since I had some health issues I could not enjoy my tank as I wish I had. My co2 ran empty and all my fertilizers which are pumped via automatic dosers. I had bought new Daytime LED which are still in the box to pump up the light. So months went by and fortunately I don’t have...
  9. Plants
    I planted this dwarf hair grass on 23rd June. The plant was a TC. I grew the plant through the dry start method. Initially, the plant was very green (attached the planting day pic at the bottom). Even though it's showing explosive growth but it's growing a little pale. The plant is not melting...
  10. Ponds
    Hello, I would like some advice on a new project. A few months ago, I collected a few mangrove propagules, then later discovered that they could be planted in aquariums. As one can imagine, I got excited and have been researching/planning to set up an outdoor pond for them ever since. Recently I...
  11. Tank Journals
    As stated in the title. Firstly, the tank dimensions are 60x30x20 (length x width x height) roughly 10 gallons. Setup using wastad technique, soil bed mixture with old scrapped tank gravel and aqua soil; top capped with finer gravel & finally very fine white sand as top layer. Hardscape using...
  12. Algae
    using the Walstad method I planted monte carlo TC, but even with DIY CO2 (sugar + yeast), the monte carlo does not seem to be healthy and spread apart. In the background, I also planted dwarf hair grass, but it's growing fine and even started propagating. That's not the case with monte...
  13. Fertilizers and Water Parameters
    Hello, five weeks ago i set up my first aquarium. Volume: 5.5 gallon ( 21 litre) Substrate: organic soil capped with small rocks/pebbles/gravel from the beach Plants: Eleocharis parvula, marsilea hirsuta, vallisneria americana asiatica, ludwigia, anacharis, hygrophila 53b Heater/Filter: None...
  14. General Planted Tank Discussion
    I have the tank near a window rn. there isn't "too much sunlight" as there is building shade, but there is light just not direct sunlight and I've been having it there for about 3 months now without any algae issues although it is a non-planted tank. there is also a led tubelight above the tank...
  15. Fish
    Hello all. I took a break from fishkeeping and recently started back up with a 55g Dirted/Walstad tank. The idea is a low maintenance community tank and I'm looking for stocking suggestions. I currently have: 20ish RCS 2 Mystery Snails 5 Kuhli Loaches 4 Female Swordtails 1 Male Swordtail (kind...
  16. General Planted Tank Discussion
    Dear all: This is going to be my first "real" tank. My first tank was a one gallon with plastic tree. The betta fish last as long as you expected in that setting. I want to do something more right this time, something that doesn't constitute as animal cruelty. The tank I got is a cylindrical...
  17. Fish
    I'm looking into setting up a nano Walstad-style tank (~5g). I will definitely be adding cherry shrimp and a nerite, but I'm undecided on the fish. My water is on the harder side, and I'm obviously limited on space, so it would probably be best to have something really tiny or that doesn't need...
  18. Low Tech Forum
    Hi everyone There is this 5 galon Walstad tank that I setup about 10 months ago which is in pretty good shape and everything is fine except one thing, shrimps are always listless and die after two weeks. Currently there are 5 penguin tetras, 1 dwarf platy, 2 siamese algae eater, 2 ramshorn...
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