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

**fazlee** · 3rd Jun 2005, 00:00

Originally Posted by ah^siao

nice tank wild ginger. wad's the hair grass look alike plant? the long long thin thin one

Should be tenellus.

Originally Posted by Jiesheng

nice tank there consisting of only narrow leaf java ferns. however i think you should remove that garden pebble. a bit out of place it is.

Maybe you can consider using e. tenulluss to cover the left fore ground. with or with out, its your choice because i think the tank looks peaceful albeit with "murky" water (photograph?)

Thanks bro. Its a half hr rush up job for my wild betta sudden arrival.

Most of the javas a attached w dwood, so just shift here n there. heheh

**juggler** · 3rd Jun 2005, 10:56

Originally Posted by xxdivinityxx

With such a strong Halgen over it, if i don't change water everyweek i'll start to have green dust on my glass. Do you think i should stop?

Maybe can adjust the light higher if you think too strong. I have used 9W or 10W bulbs just over the 1ft cubes. So far no algae on glass. I also have floating plants to block some light if I think too strong.

Can also ry some otos to help remove algae.

**xxdivinityxx** · 3rd Jun 2005, 13:23

Koah Fong,

I've extended the lights as high as they can go, seem pretty alright to me.
Halogens seem to be alot stronger than ordinary incadescent bulbs, might be wrong here.

The only floating plant available where i am is duckweed and i've had my fair share of trying to clear them out, i doubt i'll be placing them back there again.

I've got some bristlenoses in there to clear the algae if present, but i guess i'm doing water changes in fear of any algae outbreaks. These cubes are fragile ecosystems, and a slight inbalance brings it haywire. So i guess i'm just playing it safe.

Btw, nice photography portfolio you got there. Impressive!

**arorules** · 3rd Jun 2005, 13:36

wow...all these look really nice...

**Wild Ginger** · 8th Jun 2005, 23:16

Originally Posted by ah^siao

nice tank wild ginger. wad's the hair grass look alike plant? the long long thin thin one

That's hairgrass but the longer version ones.

juggler Philip: Good idea of using suckers to hold the twigs! The twigs don't look like driftwood. Will they rot over time? Keep us updated.

Thanks, initially i was playing around with the idea of having something to hold them there cause i wanted to emphasize on the height of the tank. Those twigs will not rot over time. If your water parameters are a little acidic, it'll just be preserved in that state over time. Initially there'll be white coating on the twigs but soon after when there's stable biological matter in the water, it'll disappear. Will try to post a pic of it soon.

Regards,
Phillip.

**wert** · 10th Jun 2005, 00:40

here's a couple of my low tech tanks. Not much really. The "nicer" one was done with just java moss and riccia. Bubble co2 through a tube once in awhile to keep the riccia fresh. Added a couple of malaysian shrimp and got one SAE. Originally got 3 but one died and the other jumped out within 2 days. But the one left seems happy now. And got 2 zebra danios and i snowmounyain minnow. change water once a week. 18W lamp. Atman Internal filter. The other "budget one" just some moss and some funny looking plant i dunno what to call. It's a small tank. No lighting no CO2.

comments .....

**wert** · 10th Jun 2005, 23:19

how you alll grow your moss so well? I waited almost a month and my moss hardly grew. Even added Co2 and light. But my riccia seems to be growing very fast. How how???

**WiNd08** · 12th Jun 2005, 00:36

have been very inspired by bro joe's low tech setup ever since the starting of this thread.. bud have not been logging into AQ for a long time.. yet memories of this tank still in my mind... and i've finally made my own design, quite based of bro joe's setup...

plants include java moss on 2 big pc of DW, covered up most of my 1.5ft tank. some small leafed nanas, afew crypts n windelov.. and of cos the hairgrass that needs high lights. base ferts. CO2.

i've been using 30W FL lite wif reflector.. no base ferts but wif a hell lot of root monster. n DIY CO2. my concotion doesn't to work yet. though i see small little bubbles produced from my DIY "alcohol" haahahas..

can any brbos out there share ur concotion wif me?..

btw, about the pix, my digi cam's currently dwn, hopefully can get hold my friend's cam when he drops by.. heex..

cheerios everyone

**bclee** · 17th Jun 2005, 16:53

Update of my jungle low-tech tank...

BC

**WiNd08** · 18th Jun 2005, 00:41

Originally Posted by bclee

Update of my jungle low-tech tank...

BC

looks great.. no ferts? no CO2?!??!! whao!

**bclee** · 18th Jun 2005, 23:08

Originally Posted by WiNd08

looks great.. no ferts? no CO2?!??!! whao!

No CO2. A little KNO3 and traces once in a while.

BC

**hii** · 22nd Jun 2005, 00:11

Here is my 3ft low tech tank. Just started for 6 weeks.

tank: 3 X 1.5 X 1.5
light: 2 X 36w 6000k
filter: internal filter
co2: none
fertilizer: few drop of trace element and PO4 + KNO3

Java moss wall at the back, taiwan moss on big DW (left) - move from 4ft tank which previously not grow well and look dark, after 2 week the moss turn green n grow well. Taiwan + weepeng moss on small DW at center and right site.

Tiger lotus at right side + some rotala and etc.... hornwort and some floting plant floating around.

E. tenellus and Crinum calamistratum on the foreground.

I notice hornwort grow very nice in none CO2 tank, the space inbetween each level of leaves nearer and look green.

Basically I setup this tank just to try what plant can survive without high light and CO2 and I will keep on adding new plant like Java fern, nana and will post new image soon.

**Justikanz** · 22nd Jun 2005, 10:12

Hi... This is my non-CO2 low tech tank a couple of months ago... Used to introduce CO2, via the manual method (yeast), but not doing anything now... Now, the moss had grown to more than double the amount shown and the background could hardly be seen... Moss also killing Java Fern... Fauna includes ~10 Dwarf Rasboras, a couple of Yamato shrimps and newly included Red Crystal shrimps. Having a problem with snails infestation, though...

**hii** · 22nd Jun 2005, 10:19

Originally Posted by Justikanz

Hi... This is my non-CO2 low tech tank a couple of months ago... Used to introduce CO2, via the manual method (yeast), but not doing anything now... Now, the moss had grown to more than double the amount shown and the background could hardly be seen... Moss also killing Java Fern... Fauna includes ~10 Dwarf Rasboras, a couple of Yamato shrimps and newly included Red Crystal shrimps. Having a problem with snails infestation, though...

Hmm my low tech tank have more than 20++ snails and I truly love it ... it doesn't eat my plant at all ....

only saw them eating dead leave ...

**Justikanz** · 22nd Jun 2005, 13:51

Originally Posted by hii

Hmm my low tech tank have more than 20++ snails and I truly love it ... it doesn't eat my plant at all ....

only saw them eating dead leave ...

Well, I dun mind the snails, just that I have alot of the Pouch/Tadpole snails and they dun look good. They seldom molest the plants, though. And the baby ramshorn dot the glass a little too much for comfort.

I dun molest them, just let them survive naturally... Hopefully, with the increase shrimp population, the snails will be out-competed for food...

**joe** · 28th Jun 2005, 15:18

Originally Posted by WiNd08

have been very inspired by bro joe's low tech setup ever since the starting of this thread.. bud have not been logging into AQ for a long time.. yet memories of this tank still in my mind... and i've finally made my own design, quite based of bro joe's setup...

cheerios everyone

thanks for the compliment

do show us ur tank real soon ok?

**supaoopa** · 29th Jun 2005, 01:41

just wanted to update a new pic of my 6 gal.

**gregorsamsa** · 2nd Jul 2005, 14:03

1 foot cube courtesy of Philip Wild Ginger.

It is about a week old. Taiwan moss, C. Balansae, Java Fern, anubias sp, tenulluss.

will take better pic once the thing grows in.

No filter and 13 watt clip on