low tech

I saw a large jar at the grocery store the other day, and impulse bought it. It is roughly 2.5 gallons, and I am going to do a super low tech scud aquarium in it. No heater, no filter. Pictures to follow!

Well I've had a go anyway! I'm a complete noob to plants, at least stem plants, I've done OK with crypts and anubias (pretty hard to kill those to be fair) but I've got a few bits I'm going to try. I'm not running co2, I wouldn't have a clue where to start although I'd love to give it a go too...

My latest betta setup. Been running for a little more than a month. Low tech everything.

Hello, my tank redone with dark sand instead of ugly mixed gravel. My crypts are melting a bit but everything else is doing great. The photos don’t do it justice, there must be a knack that I’m missing.

So as we're dealing with our 38gal, we're looking to get a second tank, possibly 65gal. We're kind of tired of gravel and want to switch to a planted tank with a sandy bottom. Right now the only plants we have in the 38gal gravel tank is two anubias plants and some moss balls. Other than that we...

Hi guys. I'm new here and cant believe ive only just found this site! Place looks nice and active. Good to have a place where you can speak to people as sad as you are about fish haha. I set up this tank up recently for a long term project. I'll be doing weekly time lapse updates to see the...

I'm looking to get some better suited plants (than what I currently have) for my 6 gallon fluval edge. Easy to maintain, I guess people call them "low tech" plants that don't require crazy lighting and supplements. Has anyone had any luck ordering on line and have they been ick free (no snails...

Hi everyone, I thought I'd post a few pics of my Aquastart 500 planted tank on here, mainly because of the dearth of information on the web regarding these tanks. Specifically, whether a planted setup would indeed be viable given their 'unique' lighting system. These reasons almost put me off...

I figure I'll start a thread to chart the progress of this recently set up tank. This won't just be about plants but about my fish as well and I like to post lots of pictures   This first post will be fairly long as I'd like to go a little into the set up of the tank as well as how it is now...

Tank - Aqua One 1800r Heaters - Fluval E300 & Fluval M300 Filtration - Fluval FX5 Lighting - Stock, 4 T5 Tropical, 4 T5 Sunlight Photoperiod - 8 Hours daily Flow - Hydor Koralia 1600 (soon to be replaced by a 3200) Substrate - Black sand Hard Scape - Redmoor Root and Rocks Ferts - Dry Salts and...