Is it possible to set up a cheap high-tech aquarium?

[Avel1896]

Hey there,

@Barry Tetra Glossostigma is quite hard to maintain.
Requires lots of light to get a turf effect.
No shade from other plants.
Addition of CO2 - 20-40 mg/l - is essential to its growth.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Glossostigma is quite hard to maintain.

That’s weird, I grow it floating...


So the bottom half of elodea dropping leaves like crazy, can anyone identify this problem? The top seems to be healthy.


@Colin_T

 

[Colin_T]

Just shedding old leaves, possibly due to stress. If it's growing new leaves, don't worry about it.

 

[Barry Tetra]

I thought it was low on CO2 so I just do a little bit of test on diy CO2 and everything burst in to the aquarium, now it’s cloudy because of yeast and sugar, should I move the fish?

Everything is okay at first until I move the bottle a little bit, check valve doesn’t do it’s thing.

 

[Naughts]

Leave the fish in but do large water changes every day for a week or two.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Leave the fish in but do a large water changes every day for a week or two.

Will do that, quite worry about the plants though...

 

[Colin_T]

You should be more worried about the fish dying from carbon dioxide poisoning or acidosis (sudden drop in pH).

 

[Barry Tetra]

Shoudn’t have done a test on CO2 stuff, seems dangerous for the aquarium.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

You shouldn’t do DIY yeast Co2 like that, it’s to unstable.

That’s weird, I grow it floating...


So the bottom half of elodea dropping leaves like crazy, can anyone identify this problem? The top seems to be healthy.


@Colin_T

Either shedding or slowly dying.

 

[Uberhoust]

Do you have a specific goal in mind?
This is low tech (still growing in)

My signature is low tech too

What a beautiful tank @seangee, it would get good to get some details on this setup. In particular the substrate type and illumination. Tank looks like a long vs tall tank.

@Barry Tetra I do use purchased aquarium soil now but for all the hard scaping work I use locally found wood, rocks, and gravel, I just make sure I place them in the sun for a while and either boil or treat with oxygen bleach, ie H2O2.

 

[seangee]

What a beautiful tank @seangee, it would get good to get some details on this setup. In particular the substrate type and illumination. Tank looks like a long vs tall tank.

OK you asked for it. https://www.fishforums.net/threads/office-space.460205/
Its my COVID boredom relief tank

 

[Uberhoust]

Thanks for sharing that @seangee. I started with tall tanks, one 25", and wishing I had gone with longer tanks instead. One last question, what is the floater you have in your signature. My "outcasts" tank is a 20 long and the plants grow very nice but it isn't scaped. I will be on the lookout for the 20 extra long.

 

[seangee]

That's Amazon frogbit.

 

[Barry Tetra]

I’ve just bought a 24x15x12 rimless tank, aquasoil and thinking about setting up Iwagumi.

Can anyone guide me from “dry start method” to “seiryu stone placement”?

Also, are “base layer substrate” nescessary? I don’t wanna spent too much money on this.

and as you can tell, I was inspired by Green Aqua video.

@Wills @mbsqw1d