Low-tech (non-CO2) tanks post your pics!

[ActiveBlast]

Neat! Small and nice

[ActiveBlast]

Any one using normal gavels successfully?

[Hund Wong]

My newly setup 2ft tank (non-CO2) with hardy plants~

can't stop at just 1 tank~

bro is ur tank substrate fully sand?
did u use any soil?

[rakurime]

bro is ur tank substrate fully sand?
did u use any soil?

Hey... this tank was 3/4 sand (front) and 1/4 soil (back) but was decommissioned last year august, i changed into full sand now with just anubias nana so there's no headache for trimming/maintaining or CO2 injection

[topgan]

My Low Tech moss tank

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[xxdivinityxx]

Any idea where I can get a good amount of Java ferns? Broad normal and narrow

[Cmlee]

how long does it take for your moss to grow so lush? do you use soil ?

My Low Tech moss tank

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[Gavan]

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1426497978.490256.jpg my humble 60x30x45, set up around Oct 2014

Green element 16 x 3W 6500K, 6 hours, 2 hours
OF filter
HELP advanced soil
water change ~ twice a month, ~15%
excel at least twice a week
flourish comprehensive, whenever I feel like it (max twice a week)

Amazon swords
Java fern
Philippine fern
DHG
MC
E. tenellus
R. wallichi
Cabomba
R. rotundifolia
C. wendtii
Frogbits
Salvinia natans


Cardinal tetra
Harlequin rasbora
Rummynose tetra
Otos
Horned nerite
Yamato shrimp


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[barmby]

Gavan - nice tank that you have there, please remove the cardinal and rummy nose. this looks like a perfect south east asia waterway

[Gavan]

Gavan - nice tank that you have there, please remove the cardinal and rummy nose. this looks like a perfect south east asia waterway

thanks barmby for the kind comments. please remove? as in, the setup suits our region's fauna as compared to Amazonian? haha honestly I inherited the school of matured harlequins from a friend who changed to a cichlid setup. guiltily, I did not pay much attention to where my plants or fish come from, only the type of water parameters required (still count myself new to the hobby, happy to even keep everything alive). will pay attention to the kind of biotope in future scapes


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[Gavan]

dear barmby, looking at your green neon scape, cant believe i posted my sad excuse of a "aquascape". you're too kind..!

[barmby]

The tank is crisp. I am just looking for bones in an egg

[Hilde]

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1426497978.490256.jpg my humble 60x30x45, set up around Oct 2014

Green element 16 x 3W 6500K, 6 hours, 2 hours

Are the dimension ml on inches?

I wish the pic had been taken looking at it from the front instead of at an angle It causes me eye strain to try to pic out the plants.

[hiisoka]

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1426497978.490256.jpg my humble 60x30x45, set up around Oct 2014

fantastic looking low tech setup
the plants are so lush and green
you sir, did an awesome job maintaining the tank.

[Gavan]

Are the dimension ml on inches?

I wish the pic had been taken looking at it from the front instead of at an angle It causes me eye strain to try to pic out the plants.

hi hilde, the dimensions are in cm haha I posted that angle because I thought it's a nice perspective of the tank (I like to sit on the floor and look up at it). there's another reason why I didn't post a fts..

here's a pic of it from the front

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as you can see, there are patches that hasn't been filled in! that's because I started off the tank using PL lights, and because I did some minor shifting of plants awhile ago. I'm currently trying to cover up that left patch either with S. repens or A. nana petite.

again thanks for the kind comments which I really don't think my tank deserves!


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[koky]

hi hilde, the dimensions are in cm haha I posted that angle because I thought it's a nice perspective of the tank (I like to sit on the floor and look up at it). there's another reason why I didn't post a fts..

here's a pic of it from the front

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1426601345.581104.jpg

as you can see, there are patches that hasn't been filled in! that's because I started off the tank using PL lights, and because I did some minor shifting of plants awhile ago. I'm currently trying to cover up that left patch either with S. repens or A. nana petite.

again thanks for the kind comments which I really don't think my tank deserves!


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Does your floating plants melt under the Green Element Evo light? I had a previous bad experience of my frogbits melting, not sure if the light was the reason.

[peiho]

Green element evo made my glossostigma grow upwards it's a 30cm deep tank.


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[Gavan]

Does your floating plants melt under the Green Element Evo light? I had a previous bad experience of my frogbits melting, not sure if the light was the reason.

hm. I had a few dead leaves here and there, but nothing major. had very high growth of frogbits and Salvinia actually. had to clear every other week


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[KevenBrendanLee]

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1426497978.490256.jpg my humble 60x30x45, set up around Oct 2014

Green element 16 x 3W 6500K, 6 hours, 2 hours
OF filter
HELP advanced soil
water change ~ twice a month, ~15%
excel at least twice a week
flourish comprehensive, whenever I feel like it (max twice a week)

Amazon swords
Java fern
Philippine fern
DHG
MC
E. tenellus
R. wallichi
Cabomba
R. rotundifolia
C. wendtii
Frogbits
Salvinia natans


Cardinal tetra
Harlequin rasbora
Rummynose tetra
Otos
Horned nerite
Yamato shrimp


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Why only put Excel twice per week?
It's supposed to be daily

[Gavan]

Why only put Excel twice per week?
It's supposed to be daily

why ah. lazy lor


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