10 gallon tank rebuild

[PheonixKingZ]

Again im not suggesting dirting her tank, i suggested she read diane walstad to determine how to sustain a tank using plants without water changes.
Having said that ive dirted a tank it worked great the plants did well and while it can leach into water nutrients from root tabs can also leach into water. Like i said the biggest down fall to a dirted tank is one has to change out the substrate after a year or two.

Yes...

So do you agree @Meg0000 should use a different substrate? (Ex. Play sand)

 

[PheonixKingZ]

I have a small hang on the back filter so there is no problem. It is the tank of my paradise fish (I don't think I mentionned) so it's all cycled

Good. I suggest using that. Better safe than sorry. You might be able to remove it, once the plants really take off/grow in.

 

[Meg0000]

Good. I suggest using that. Better safe than sorry. You might be able to remove it, once the plants really take off/grow in.

Yes maybe but even if I could I don't know if I would do it because I like the flow it makes

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Yes maybe but even if I could I don't know if I would do it because I like the flow it makes

D you want to lower the flow on the filter? Is it to high?

 

[utahfish]

Yes...

So do you agree @Meg0000 should use a different substrate? (Ex. Play sand)

Id suggest she use whatever she thinks is best for her plants and fish.

 

[Meg0000]

D you want to lower the flow on the filter? Is it to high?

No I think it is alright, with the peice of wood the flow is reduced

 

[PheonixKingZ]

No I think it is alright, with the peice of wood the flow is reduced

Ok, good. If you ever manned to reduce it more, you could add panty hose over the intake. Or add a sponge. Both work for me.

 

[Meg0000]

Ok, good. If you ever manned to reduce it more, you could add panty hose over the intake. Or add a sponge. Both work for me.

thanks for the tip

 

[PheonixKingZ]

No problem! Ask if you have any more questions and definitely keep us updated.

 

[Meg0000]

No problem! Ask if you have any more questions and definitely keep us updated.

Yes I will

 

[Salty&Onion]

You also can grow land moss in your aquarium and it'll grow over water

 

[Byron]

Having an aquarium with no (or very few) water changes is not really feasible. I recall reading some years ago that a study concluded that in a 55g well planted aquarium, you could have six black neon tetras, and this was the fish limit the planted tank of 50 gallons could support without water changes.

I respect Diana Walstad a lot, I have her book, have read her articles, and belong to her forum. She is quick to point out that you cannot populate such an aquarium with a lot of fish, it needs a moderate load which is far less than most of us would want. But even aside from that, are the fish really better off, or "healthy?" There is no way to really assess this, until the fish dies, and a necropsy is performed and the results made known. If the fish live to your beyond their normal average lifespan, and the death can be shown to have been nothing other than old age...maybe.

 

[Meg0000]

Having an aquarium with no (or very few) water changes is not really feasible. I recall reading some years ago that a study concluded that in a 55g well planted aquarium, you could have six black neon tetras, and this was the fish limit the planted tank of 50 gallons could support without water changes.

I respect Diana Walstad a lot, I have her book, have read her articles, and belong to her forum. She is quick to point out that you cannot populate such an aquarium with a lot of fish, it needs a moderate load which is far less than most of us would want. But even aside from that, are the fish really better off, or "healthy?" There is no way to really assess this, until the fish dies, and a necropsy is performed and the results made known. If the fish live to your beyond their normal average lifespan, and the death can be shown to have been nothing other than old age...maybe.

I will make water changes but like I said just about 10%-15% every month (probably more at the begining). There will be the bioload of a 2 inch fish and a snail, do you think it could work? How do water change affect fish?

 

[Meg0000]

You also can grow land moss in your aquarium and it'll grow over water

How?

 

[Salty&Onion]

How?

That's what I did:

- Took a sample of a moss
- Washed it thoroughly
- Took a container, put moss there and poured water straight from my tank
- Waited couple of days
- Observed for couple of days
- Put it in the tank

Hope this helps, I've put a piece in the tank and see if anything goes wrong and nothing went wrong, so I'll be putting rest of my moss pieces on a driftwood. It'll grow only slower so don't worry.