How To Aquascape A Low Tech Planted Aquarium part 2
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Paul's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPxwZiaS5vr7S7AM1TpiB0w Truthfully doing organic soil and capping it is harder and more work than Aquasoil with Osmocote+. Yes one costs less, but what is actually easier and more plug and play. No mess-which saves new impatient hobbyists a headache. No cap-which saves money you can put towards Aquasoil. My plants are pearling and I haven't added any Excel or dosed anything to the water column. Have the tank set at 7.5 pH 10 dKH 8.4 dGH. PLANT LIST: Hygrophila corymbosa Compact Hygrophila Pinnatifida Cryptocoryne Wendtii Cryptocoryne Lutea Dwarf Sagittaria Anubias Nana Needle Leaf Java Fern Java Moss Staurogyne Repens Blyxa Japonica Amazon Sword To see more Aquarium videos SUBSCRIBE to my channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/Daveguitarfish Royalty Free Music by http://audiomicro.com/royalty-free-music Sound Effects by http://audiomicro.com/sound-effects How+To+Aquascape+A+Low+Tech+Planted+Aquarium+part+2 Aquascape,ADA+Aquasoil,aquascaping,freshwater+aquariums,Takashi+Amano+nature+Aquarium,Dustinsfishtanks+Dirted+dirt,Finnex+LED+lighting,Fertilizers+EI+method,Seachem+Excel,Aquavitro+Seachem,Fluval+filters,Eheim+filters,Tropica,HC+baby+tears,Co2+pressurized,aquarium+Cichlids+African,hardscape+Iwagumi+Amano,Driftwood+hardscape,substrate+Eco+complete,DIY+Aquarium,aquascape,aquascaping,Marineland+filter,water+changes+aquarium,fish+tanks,tropical+freshwater+fish,plants+planted+tanks,killing+algae,How+to+grow+plants,drop+checker+water+chemistry,cycling+a+fish+tank,Tropica+plants,pumps+filters,dosing+fertilizers,T5HO+lighting,Halide+lighting,Baby+tears,Java+moss,stem+plants,Dutch+planted+aquarium,root+tabs,substrate+sand,soil+substrate,glass+aquarium,acrylic+aquarium,hardscape+dragonstone,ADU+Aquascaping,Aquarium+design+of+utah,Utah+dragonstone,cichlids+tanganyika,cichlids+malawi,cichlids+south+american,new+world+cichlids,hard+water,soft+water,Tropheus+cichlids,calvus+cichlids,mbuna+cichlids,peacock+cichlids,cockatoo+cichlids,geophagus+tapajos+cichlid,amazon+sword,ludwigia+cuba,hygrophila+corymbosa,hygrophila+compact,hair+grass,pogostemon+helferi,dwarf+sag,glosso+carpet,photoperiod+aquarium,Co2+tubing,hydrogen+peroxide+H2O2+kills+algae,bacopa+plant,limnophila+aromatica,fissidens+moss,IAPLC+aquqscaping,AGA+aquascaping,bushy+plant+growth,compact+plant+growth,+the+secret+to+bushy+plants, Make sure to subscribe so you can function from day to day. Click the link below. https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=Daveguitarfish Check out my “Secrets To Amazing Planted Aquariums” Playlist. Click the link below. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALNVCNiNFNQGqIRYCSio09hWeUonPCfv To see more aquarium aquascaping videos check out my channel! Click the link below. http://www.youtube.com/user/Daveguitarfish Royalty Free Music by http://audiomicro.com/royalty-free-music Sound Effects by http://audiomicro.com/sound-effects
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Before plants? After plants but before fish?
Great video
the only thing is other plant grow but my moss >:< java and i bought xmas moss with a wood on it already for like couple of days but as i see it not growing and i think its dying hahaha so i realy dnt know what to do...why its not growing...i do normal water changes..i put right dosage of ferti..and yet lolz...i realy dnt know >.<
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WAIT your water is lava?!
Is that a 2 or 3 ft tank?
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Simple planted aquariums stripped down.
First what is the footprint of your tank? What type of look or scape do you want to create?
At least 2" in the front, and really whatever you want in the back from 4-10" depending on your slope.
You don't want carbonate based rocks so stay away from any clay or carbonate type rocks like limestone.
I sell Dragon Stone, it is an inert lava rock that will not alter your chemistry. You can also go to a rock yard and ask for quartz based rocks or lava rock.
I think I may do Laterite and sand next just to piss everyone off! LOL
I would start with monte carlo, it seems really easy to grow, mine always works, or it seems people have good luck with pearl weed. But if you have to start dosing and using Excel is it a true low tech? That is the question. I don't mind, but a lot of people freak out say that is not a real low tech. So that is why I don't dose anything in my current low tech tank, to try and see what kind of results I get. I do use DIY root tabs though, and that probably isn't good in the Elitists eye, lol. I really want to try a mineralized top soil tank with laterite and peat moss, and maybe some red clay. Just all organic and dose nothing to the tank. The substrate I am using in my 10 gallon low tech is super old crummy Eco mixed with Aquasoil, so I can only imagine the results you could get with a properly dirted low tech tank. The results would probably be stunning if done correctly, which is why I am surprised there are not more high tech looking low techs on YT. I think it has to do with peoples gardening techniques and not their substrate.
You usually have to get your tanks filled at a sporting goods store, like sports authority where they have paintball gear. A paintball store, a beer brewing store, a welding shop or store, they will usually want to trade out your cylinder that you just bought for one of theirs, so don't get attached to the shiny aluminum. This way you are in a continuous trade. You drop it off and they give you one they have on hand. They do not refill on the spot. Beer brewers or ice cream/soda stores-if you can find one usually will refill on the spot. Same goes for paintball cylinders in sporting shops.
The cheapest regulators that I endorse are AquaTek of California regulators. They have cheap regulators that actually work.
You can get either one that fits on a paintball cylinder or a regular 5lb cylinder.
You want to buy beverage grade PVC tubing off of US plastics.com or if that is too much you can get CO2 rated tubing from greenleafaquariums.com. Just cheaper if you go to usplastics.com. Beverage grade PVC tubing is what all the main retailers are selling everyone. It is what you want to use.
If you are first starting out I would recommend getting a bubble counter and a drop checker to monitor your CO2 levels. Eventually you can graduate from using a drop checker, but a bubble counter is always nice to have.
Make sure your bubble counter, diffuser or CO2 line has some kind of check valve, most diffusers and bubble counters nowadays have check valves installed into them so no water gets into the regulator.
If using a cheaper regulator you will have to get an in-tank diffuser, do not get an inline, they do not work properly with cheaper regulators, but in-tank diffusers will work fine. A great cheap one to use is the Fluval diffuser. It works really well.
You want to clean your diffuser every two months or so. just soak it in bleach for 5 minutes and rinse off. that is all.
You don't need bubble counter solution or special diffuser cleaning solution. Just put water in your bubble counter and use bleach for the diffuser.
The drop checker will come with reference solution. It is blue, when your CO2 is at about 30ppm in our tank it will turn a light lime green color. The solution inside is at 4dKH carbonate hardness, so to get more accurate readings you want your tank water to be at a 4 KH as well. So you need to be familiar with carbonate hardness and KH.
This isn't super crucial, but it does help to match the levels for more accurate readings.
Make sure to tighten the regulator to the cylinder as tight as you can. No need to break it, but get it on there tight with channel locks or vice grips.
Start by running your tank at one bubble every second and then over the course of a few weeks you can up it to 2-3 bubbles per second. No need to do any more than that.
Put the CO2 on a timer and have it come on 2 hours before the lights come on, and have it turn off 1 hour before the lights turn off.
Have everything closed, then hook the regulator to the cylinder. Then open the cylinder, and watch the pressure rise in the regulator. Then hook up the tubing to the regulator. You can now turn on the needle valve on the regulator and wait as the pressure builds and the CO2 will start coming out of the diffuser. Try to put the diffuser as low as you can and preferably under your filter outtake or a powerhead that way the CO2 will get pushed into the current.
That is really it. If for some reason your fish start gasping for air then turn the CO2 down. Make sure to monitor your tank closely for the first several hours after setting up. Best to do it on Saturday.
I can't think of anything else, but if I do I will let you know, in the meantime run through my 10 quick tips videos and they may give you some more info and ideas.
Thanks for watching.
Do you use a co2 drop checker? If so, can you recommend one to me?
Thank you
And great low_tech. It can actually pass for a high_tech if one does not know.
That's how good it looks.
And your channel intro looked really cool.
How did you do it?
I am still stuck on movie maker.
thx
So this tank is a "Plug and Play" tank. Easy for a beginner. Aquasoil has tons of humates allowing it to hold nutrients in the substrate and suck organics out of the water column, making for crystal clear water. And it is baked so it stays clean. Has way more humic acid than regular top soil. Plus the added Osmocote Plus pellets add tons of awesome nutrients to the substrate. I used heavy root feeding plants to utilize the nutrients. Again, a DIY clay root tab may be cheaper, but not as easy for a beginner to do. All I do is pluck the old and dying leaves off the plants, do a bi monthly water change and that is it. No dosing of any kind. So it is just as Low Tech as other tanks out there just a different approach. I challenged Tom Barr's EI method with high techs and now I am challenging Dustin's, really Diana's method with low techs. I like to incorporate modern techniques to make it easier.
Back to lighting though, yeah, I know the lens gave better spread on the E-series fixtures, but even so I would have been surprised if one was enough. I have been having a nightmare experience with Jacob's Aquarium and some dwarf baby tears I ordered from him. And he has stopped responding to my emails. So, my tank is still down. I am hoping to get some other dwarf baby tears from a different supplier today and then FINALLY start the tank using the dry start method to let them root in. I am going to stick with 2 RayIIs for now and see how they do. Updates to come.
Can I ask a quick question though and get an opinion. Would I be a total jerk to post a video of my negative experience ordering from Jacob's Aquariums? I think I can do it in a professional way and be fair and honest. I kind of think we need to share our experiences with each other to build the community. But I also don't want to piss people off. Thoughts?
Thanks for sharing man.
your plants look rely relaxed. and fish bright and healthy.
thanks for the info.
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