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

[diazman]

Update on my tank, been roughly about 5 months now, changed scape twice.

Pardon the poor pictures, snapped with a camera phone.

Side Tank Shot


Front Tank Shot


Specifications as follow:

Water parameters : Not measured
Temperature: 27-29C


Gex "M" sized tank
13 W Kenis Lighset
S GEX HOF (Ceramic rings filled to the brim)
Resun HOF ( Stuffed with filter wool)
Normal gravel substrate

Moss includes
Flame moss
Java moss (Courtesy of bro Aquanoob)
Taiwan moss
Spiky moss

Inhabitants:
2 Nerite Snails
over 60 + cherry shrimps

1ml of each Seachem Fertilizers + Excel whenever I remember

No water change, just top up.

Comments welcome!

[felix_fx2]

reversed feeding thingy on top left... ??? what is it for...
Bro, i still think dark substrate will make cherries look better.

[diazman]

reversed feeding thingy on top left... ??? what is it for...
Bro, i still think dark substrate will make cherries look better.

The feeding ring was stuffed with black coarse sponge to break the water from the resun HOF since it does not have the thing like the GEX hof had. Had dark substrate on hand but been procrastinating for the past few weeks

[SeVenZ]

i was wondering about bacterial boom. i've read that i should just ignore it and let the BB colonize right? is there anything else i should do? other than increasing aeration

[diazman]

both are low tech ! no co2 injection
hehe, the cloudy water should be due to the sand or a bacteria boom. most likely the sand. it was used so i thought it's "washed" haha. well will keep up with water change.

most likely is green BBA. but it looks really nice so im not bothered by it. and its only covering the wood. its not really affecting the plants or glass. its fairly easy to remove as well haha.

I was wondering how you managed to grow those BBA? From far looks like marimo ball torn apart and tied to the wood. Looks nice haha

[SeVenZ]

i dont know it just appeared one day and multiply .. just pinched some out into my snail tank hahaha think they might like it.

[stormhawk]

SeVenZ, the plant you bought back in December last year was probably Dieffenbachia sp., aka Dumbcane. A common house plant. They will leach out toxic sap that can poison even human beings if you break their stem.

I have the same kind of "green BBA" in my tank, but in my case, they grow in patches randomly all over the place. Most of the time I find them attached to individual grains of GEX soil.

[SeVenZ]

SeVenZ, the plant you bought back in December last year was probably Dieffenbachia sp., aka Dumbcane. A common house plant. They will leach out toxic sap that can poison even human beings if you break their stem.

I have the same kind of "green BBA" in my tank, but in my case, they grow in patches randomly all over the place. Most of the time I find them attached to individual grains of GEX soil.

yep removed them already after a couple of my lobsters reacted funny. poison to human ? what symptoms would i suffer? haha i have some hair algae on my hairgrass but its very minimal so i just use a tweezer to remove them.. getting a couple of saes soon.

[topgan]

Hi,

This is my simple Low Tech (non Co2) planted tank. Previous scape was damaged when my underwater pump drop to the bottom of the substrate and turn the whole tank into a milky amazon haha. I thus have no choice but to rescape the tank and added top layer of C3 sand to hold the substrate. Saved some of my plant and replanted them here.

Tank : 2 feet
Light : T5, 2 x 25watt (I think), daily 8 hours (break into 2x 4 hrs with 1 hrs break in between)
Fan : 1 cooling fan
Filter : top filter
fishes : 14 neon tetra, 10 orange tetra (don't know the real name), 3 puffer fishes, 3 yamato shrimp, 4 guppies, 4 other fishes
Plant : 3 types with glosso on the foreground (just started, previous HC all melted)

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[chinsm]

New set up:

- Gex 1.5 ft slim tank
- LED lights
- Gex OHF (M)
- Borneo Wild Shrimp soil
- Assorted plants (Mini Taiwan Moss on wood), windelov and unknown star plant in mid ground
- Plan to keep sakura shrimps as no chiller planned
- Water parameters unknown as not tested
- temperature 28 to 29 C
- One Assassin snail in tank to hopefully remove all the unwanted snails before main occupants Sakura Shrimps come in

Sorry for low quality photo. All comments welcome ....Thank you !

[ralliart12]

...- LED lights...

May I know which LED lamp model that is?

[Hilde]

i've read that i should just ignore it and let the BB colonize right?

NO it will suffocate your plants. You need to decrease light period. Something like having them on 3hr/ off 2hrs/ on 3hrs should help. It helped me get the problem under control. You also need to inject Co2 Alternative. Here in the USA we use Seachem Excel. Alternative to Excel is, Cidex 2% Glut matched to excel is dilluted 3:1 solution

[chinsm]

May I know which LED lamp model that is?

Its a AquaZonic SIRIUS Led Light set with 40 "Super Sun" and 8 "Arctic Blue" LED. Bought from NA.

[SeVenZ]

NO it will suffocate your plants. You need to decrease light period. Something like having them on 3hr/ off 2hrs/ on 3hrs should help. It helped me get the problem under control. You also need to inject Co2 Alternative. Here in the USA we use Seachem Excel. Alternative to Excel is, Cidex 2% Glut matched to excel is dilluted 3:1 solution

i guess which is why increasing aeration is necessary?

[James_Bond]

Tank: 10Gallon Low tech
Fertilizer: Jbl 7balls and Flourish comprehensive
Substrate: JBL manado
Filter: Gex Slim L
Equipment: Dymax Vortex W5, Aquazonic T5 45cm (2X16W 12000k)

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[Hilde]

i guess which is why increasing aeration is necessary?

Lack of aeration is 1 cause of algae. So make certain filter is not gunked up. Could just do water changes weekly instead.

[freddylim]

My Newbie 2Ft
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[barmby]

Cool. Bigger picture:

[freddylim]

Lol Thanks, First Time Post

[felix_fx2]

Freddy, crop the picture so cannot see your "tree" top. It is spoiling you're wonderful scape