[Judeamarco]

Here's my 29G tank after 3 months of setting up! Would you believe that almost all these plants started out with just 5 stems each I got for free? Patience is a virtue that a broke college student needs to enjoy this hobby :laugh2: No CO2, just light, water changes, and 2 year old aquasoil from when my bank account still had a comma :laugh2:

Next up, riccia the size of a dime that got caught when I bought some fish haha!

Bump:

 

[ichy]

well you had me until I got to your signature!:surprise:

 

[Varmint]

Congratulations on a wonderful low tech tank!

 

[AbbeysDad]

Looks good but good grief, put some dang clothes on!

 

[Judeamarco]

Don't deny you've never done it before! But thank you all!

 

[AbbeysDad]

Don't deny you've never done it before! But thank you all!

Oh I've taken the shirt off to keep the sleeves dry, but never had the urge to change water in the buff - I reserve that for quality time, a shower, or a dip in the hot tub,

 

[goodbytes]

Nicely done. Patience is often something that's in short supply with planted tanks. That's my favorite part is growing enough plants to fill a whole tank off of a single purchase. I bought five dollars worth of Wisteria a year ago and now my 55 gallon is chock-full of it.

Oh I've taken the shirt off to keep the sleeves dry, but never had the urge to change water in the buff - I reserve that for quality time, a shower, or a dip in the hot tub,

By "quality time" you mean frying bacon, right?

 

[ichy]

Done a lot of water changes in boxers, but as much fun as I have had doing water changes.
But I gotta ask....nope its too easy>:|

 

[Judeamarco]

I mean, water changes is quality time! hehe.

I got curious with the CO2 so I set up the simple the baking soda/citric acid combo but forgot about changing the bps before going to work. Came home with every single fish gasping for air... Maybe I'll stick with just being a true low tech tank haha! (huge airstone was placed after 5 minutes of getting home and fish are starting to relax! phew...). Guess that's what I get for trying to speed things up after making a thread about what patience can do

Patience is definitely is quite a gift for those with a busy lifestyle! Heck, maybe I'll turn this into a tank journal!

 

[fatduece]

Great job! Looks very good for a setup with no co2.