Ravenswing
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This must be a stupid question, but never done this before... So, I have a big Hamburger matenfilter in my 600-litre tank. Young fish, not-so-crowded so I think it might be good idea to get rid of filtration now (or never). It has been kind of wannabe-amazonbiotope for six months with huge driftwoods but just one small sword and a lot of houseplants growing hydroculture way on its sides. NO3 has never been a problem. Surface flow has already been relatively slow and thats how Im tend to keep it so all Im doing is giving up bacterial colony/mass. I have planted the bottom pretty heavily with fast growing stems just a week ago and here comes The Question: what do you think, should I wait untill they have grown (now 10cm tall) or with the risk of NO2 lay my faith on just hydroculture and keep eye on NO2 daily? I guess I will lost a lot of bacterial colony any way, do I give up filtration now or later. And yes, I will also reduce feeding for a while. Something else to think about?
The tank wont become NPT, but maybe (hopefully) somekind of hybrid between low-tech and Walstad. There is no dirt soil since there is a nice group of breeding small-species-Geos which like to dig a bit.
Journal of five low-tech tanks | UK Aquatic Plant Society
This must be a stupid question, but never done this before... So, I have a big Hamburger matenfilter in my 600-litre tank. Young fish, not-so-crowded so I think it might be good idea to get rid of filtration now (or never). It has been kind of wannabe-amazonbiotope for six months with huge driftwoods but just one small sword and a lot of houseplants growing hydroculture way on its sides. NO3 has never been a problem. Surface flow has already been relatively slow and thats how Im tend to keep it so all Im doing is giving up bacterial colony/mass. I have planted the bottom pretty heavily with fast growing stems just a week ago and here comes The Question: what do you think, should I wait untill they have grown (now 10cm tall) or with the risk of NO2 lay my faith on just hydroculture and keep eye on NO2 daily? I guess I will lost a lot of bacterial colony any way, do I give up filtration now or later. And yes, I will also reduce feeding for a while. Something else to think about?
The tank wont become NPT, but maybe (hopefully) somekind of hybrid between low-tech and Walstad. There is no dirt soil since there is a nice group of breeding small-species-Geos which like to dig a bit.
Journal of five low-tech tanks | UK Aquatic Plant Society