With the addition of dead leaves, branches, fallen leaves from stems my aquarium has quite a lot of detritus throughout the tank. I'd like to understand this more.
Should I look to remove as much of it as I can during a water change? I always do, but I feel like I'm removing 'nature'. Should I just remove water?
How do aquariums with low flow manage to remain stable (filter not moving any detritus, removing minimal particles), is it regular water changes?
I understand that a leaf that has just dropped from a stem is going to be degrading fast than an oak leaf I added at the back, is it the degrading that is 'polluting' the water column? At what stage will this organic waste become bad for fish? Is it bad for fish just because the degrading uses a lot of oxygen, removing oxygen from the water?
How do these blackwater minimal leaf covered tanks not show tonnes of detritus, or are their owners doing a good clean the day before the photo?
Should I look to remove as much of it as I can during a water change? I always do, but I feel like I'm removing 'nature'. Should I just remove water?
How do aquariums with low flow manage to remain stable (filter not moving any detritus, removing minimal particles), is it regular water changes?
I understand that a leaf that has just dropped from a stem is going to be degrading fast than an oak leaf I added at the back, is it the degrading that is 'polluting' the water column? At what stage will this organic waste become bad for fish? Is it bad for fish just because the degrading uses a lot of oxygen, removing oxygen from the water?
How do these blackwater minimal leaf covered tanks not show tonnes of detritus, or are their owners doing a good clean the day before the photo?