anon02
Fishaholic
I am a complete novice, but I would like to have a balanced looking tank with some flourishing plants but without all the alchemy bit
After reading Dave Spencers post on why you should not fishless cycle planted tanks (with some excellent contributions re low tech set ups from SC 1 and others), I was half convinced to get an order in to Java and set up my new tank along lines set out in that and other threads
Then I read the thread on some dosing index and my brain melted, any thoughts I had on having a nice tank with fish and plants banished because I want a hobby not a vocation. I`m sure that many other beginners in my position now have tanks full of plastic plants because of the perceived technicalities of keeping live plants
It would be marvellous (not to mention encouraging), if some of you green fingered guys could get together and produce an informative thread explaining the low tech possibilities using standard issue lighting and off the shelf products to get and keep a tank that looks something like the tanks in some of your signatures
I`m sure it`s possible for me to have a nice looking tank with fish and live plants, and I`m equally as sure that there is the knowledge and experience on this forum that would help me and many others to get it, whilst avoiding the pitfalls and temptation to throw ones arms in the air and "go plastic"
Thanks for taking the time to read this far
After reading Dave Spencers post on why you should not fishless cycle planted tanks (with some excellent contributions re low tech set ups from SC 1 and others), I was half convinced to get an order in to Java and set up my new tank along lines set out in that and other threads
Then I read the thread on some dosing index and my brain melted, any thoughts I had on having a nice tank with fish and plants banished because I want a hobby not a vocation. I`m sure that many other beginners in my position now have tanks full of plastic plants because of the perceived technicalities of keeping live plants
It would be marvellous (not to mention encouraging), if some of you green fingered guys could get together and produce an informative thread explaining the low tech possibilities using standard issue lighting and off the shelf products to get and keep a tank that looks something like the tanks in some of your signatures
I`m sure it`s possible for me to have a nice looking tank with fish and live plants, and I`m equally as sure that there is the knowledge and experience on this forum that would help me and many others to get it, whilst avoiding the pitfalls and temptation to throw ones arms in the air and "go plastic"
Thanks for taking the time to read this far