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Well, the crypts are growing back but saddened to say nearly all inverts have been wiped out. I had at least 100 cherries in there. None left. Had a dozen bee shrimp, gone. Three bamboo, gone. Two assassin snails and three nerites, gone too. Left with one amano. Cheesed off about that doesn't...

Thanks Tim :)

Just back from 12 days Hols away, tanks in good order except my 130l. All the crypts have melted, and there was a huge amount of them, covering about 30-40% of the substrate. Wondering what the cause could be? Before I went on Hols everything was in good order. I dosed enough liquid ferts for...

Update pics. With similar photography skills http://flic.kr/p/oKBBSK http://flic.kr/p/oKBsFj

Hmmm....is there a red face smiley....lol During maintenance today I found it was simply detritus that gathered around the Dhg, predominantly to the rear....flow is fine!

3 weeks old, some doing extremely well, just the stuff to the rear with brown

Only a little difference in dept, did wonder about flow

So, in my new setup I have soil capped with ada amazonia powder DHG was doing very well, tank doing well (used media from other tank) and ammonia, nitrite down to zero, so,time to ditch the kit Did a 70% WC two days ago. Some Dhg doing very well (on the side closest to the window) some not so...

I baked mine, as the soil was wet for baking it didn't produce that sandy residue

Personally I would start again. If you're going for low tech you may want to look at a Walstad style set up - about an inch of soil capped with an inch of sand. Combination of root feeders, stem plants and floating. Significant amounts of fish. Plant very very heavily from the outset. No ferts...

Not a great shot, but here's day 1

All set up, just filling up, pics to follow :)

Just had a text, order coming tomorrow!

So, this might end up being a journal, but I setting up my new tank this weekend It's a 40cm cube, the aquaone aquanano 55. I've placed my order with The Green Machine which is 1 xADA Aqua Soil Powder Amazonia (9 Litre) 4 xTropica 1-2-Grow Eleocharis sp. 'mini' 1 xSumatra Drift Root Wood...

If keeping up maintenance is the issue I would go low tech. Soil at the bottom an inch thick capped with sand up to the sane depth Use some root feeders, such as crypts, swords. Some stems, such as hygro sp and some floaters such as frogbit. Plant very very heavily from the outset. Re-use...

I've given it some thought I'm thinking Soil substrate capped with ADA Amazonia Manzanita wood coming from back left corner to front right direction with Taiwan moss attached Java fern covered coconut shell for the apistos under the wood, about 1/2 way in with a tumble / flow of small seiryu...

Thanks Darrell, may take you up on that :) It's not out the box yet though! Ta

Couldn't resist the temptation today, pets at home have the Aquaone Aquanano 40 (a 55 litre tank) one offer at £90 from £130 until 5th August so snapped up the chance using a £5 voucher I had received from them as well. It will be a low tech tank with a soil substrate capped with sand. The...

:) And that's the tank after trimming about a bucketful of leaves out! Thanks :)Flora Various crypts, lots and lots and lots of them Java fern Java moss Xmas moss Various Anubias Hygrophila poly Penny wort Frogbit Accidental duckweed Aponogenton crispus red Aponogeton ulvaceous Echinodorus...

I would recommend reading Diana Walstads book, which is less than a tenner on kindle

About a week ago my alternatha broke the surface and started shooting emersed leaves in my low tech, beautiful deep pink colours. Was getting very proud of my low tech jungle and was about ready to take 'show off' pics. Then all of a sudden the submersed leaves developed holes, changed colour...

You could add floating plants and then the 'duckweed index' could indicate your fertilisation needs?

Is it a soil substrate?

And a response from Diana about root tabs in the setup that I found helpful. http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/el-natural/90427-dsm-questions-2.html#post692642

Interesting article by Diana Walstad, growing more difficult plants in low tech using DSM. http://www.bookmasters.com/marktplc/00388Shrimp.pdf

That's a great looking edge, I have one of them as well so I may use some trimmings for the edge

Any experience of this plant in low tech, seems to have mixed / opinions when I googled?

Thanks tim, that would would make sense, all the other plants are fine. I spread,out the bacopa rather than bunchin, I will perhaps replant in a bunch and introduce a new plant - the rotala was planted like that at the other end of the tank and is doing well. Also, the roots of the bacopa...

In my 10 day old low tech setup Replanted at the weekend by cutting stems and replanting all the best bits, but a lot of the are now melting - any advice?

Thanks for the kind comments :) The tank is an Aquaone aquanano 130. It's 80cm long x 40cm wide x 47cm high. Its just newly set up (Saturday) and as you can see I'm going for a heavy jungle, which is what prompted me about asking about trimming stems. Photo period is 7 hours. I'm dosing the...

Thanks Mark, will upload a pic to tonight after work, not sure how to do it on here from ipad so will upload to photobu ket later. Back left is bacopa, back right is hygro difformus and hygro polysperma Mid right is rotala Middle is java fern on boxwood with anubias to the side of that...

How often do you you trim your stem plants in low tech? Do you replant often?

Bought the Aquaone Nano 130l....big nano! Used a combination of aquatic soil, jbl aqua basis and tetra complete covered on top with jbl sansibar black Back right is various types of hygro with rotala at right hand side Back left is bacopa Middle right is redwood with anubias attached Middle...

Was looking at the aqua one 130 today, impressive

Ps should say I really fancy the fluval fresh but don't want an open top

Thanks Edvet. Interesting point about the closed top and co2. I've not had this with my 23l and I guess I need to understand why in order to replicate the success I wonder if the hob helps? I also use an Oxyganator (...

Hi, not been on here for a while! Thinking about setting up a low maintenance low tech tank and wanted to run it by... Here's the plans in my head so far Fluval Edge 46l...know it's not an ideal tank but my wife loves the look and struggling to find an alternate she like that wasn't open...