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

[Xianghao]

Here's a small low tech tank i did for my girlfriend. It houses a few dwarf puffers and an otto. Very simple set up with just pelia being the only plant.

[Dean]

Here's my nano tank low tech tank with shrimps
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[danaya]

hi! you guys really insprires me on the wonderful setup without the use of CO2. why do some LFS says that its very difficult to setup a planted tank without CO2? but what i see here from the post is different.

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Because they want to earn your money.

Here's one of my recent ones. All leftover plants from my 2ft.

[smalljerm]

This is my low tech tank, its been set up for about 8 months or so now, but have yet to be fully set up , still missing out on a few plants, but i wanna add them real slowly .

[Hilde]

Here's one of my recent ones. All leftover plants from my 2ft.

I would like to know more about your tank. What size, light, ferts?

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Hey Hilde,

It's a 1ft cube, thrown together from leftover plants, wood and ADA Amazonia. The light is a small LED lightset that I bought from my LFS, not sure of the wattage. I dose probably 2 squirts of ADA Step 2 weekly with water top ups. A few months later I'd probably start dosing according to Tom Barr's Non-CO2 guidelines.

[micardiz]

Sir, you mentioned only weekly water top ups,...wont the ADA Amazonia leak NH4 during the initial setup phase and cause algae to grow without regular water changes.

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I never had a problem with algae growth when I first set the tank up. Main thing to note is to plant heavily. My tank has had that amount of plants since day 1.

[Hilde]

It's a 1ft cube. The light is a small LED lightset that I bought from my LFS. A few months later I'd probably start dosing according to Tom Barr's Non-CO2 guidelines.

Interesting light. I haven't seen one in my area. Read that using LED lights is the latest design of lights.

Do you have a link to Tom Barr's Non-Co2 guidelines?

[Fireball]

Hey Hilde,

It's a 1ft cube, thrown together from leftover plants, wood and ADA Amazonia. The light is a small LED lightset that I bought from my LFS, not sure of the wattage. I dose probably 2 squirts of ADA Step 2 weekly with water top ups. A few months later I'd probably start dosing according to Tom Barr's Non-CO2 guidelines.

Hi, may i know the size of your led light and also the price? which lfs did you get the light from?

[tjchan]

My 2ft tank with no CO2. Daily excel dosing (if i can remember)

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Interesting light. I haven't seen one in my area. Read that using LED lights is the latest design of lights.

Do you have a link to Tom Barr's Non-Co2 guidelines?

Here you go: Tom Barr's Non CO2 method

Hi, may i know the size of your led light and also the price? which lfs did you get the light from?

I got it from NA.

[Fireball]

Here you go: Tom Barr's Non CO2 method


I got it from NA.

Hi there,

Thanks so much for showing the pictures of the light. I noticed that are two switches on the light cover. I guess there are two row of leds?

Is this type of light sufficient for your plants so far?

Regards,
Mark

[t_tsen]

sharing my low tech 1 wk old tank. done with leftovers. 28x23x24 cube tank, non co2. lights 2x 9w PL, 6400k. temp 28 deg c. currently on for 5 hrs/ day. increasing 1 hr/wk till a max of 10 hrs.

will populate with sakura and fire red shrimps in about a month's time.

enjoy! c&c appreciated.

mini java fern and spike moss on dw.


jap hairgrass planted. foc laterite rocks collected from around woodlands area.


right view of tank.


full tank view. tweezers for comparison.

[barmby]

t_tsen - nice

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Thanks so much for showing the pictures of the light. I noticed that are two switches on the light cover. I guess there are two row of leds?

Is this type of light sufficient for your plants so far?

There are 3 rows of LEDs. One white row, one blue row, one white row. The blue row is supposedly a night light function.

I've only had them for two weeks. The tank is about 3.5 weeks old. Before that the plants were in a container standing at the balcony receiving sunlight everyday, so I can't say for sure if it's sufficient. But visually it looks sufficient for a non-CO2 tank.

[Hilde]

t tsen What a nice simple tank. Love the wood and rocks. Is the wood local too?

[t_tsen]

thanks barmby and hilde for your comments ....yes, all local stuff except the substrate was bought. oh, the hairgrass is japanese....

[Dean]

I've upgrade my invertebrates tank from 1 gallon (previous post) to 1 feet tank (31x19x26cm). Will be Sakura shrimps and ramshorn snails tank by next week.