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You could, I fussed around with timers and dosing at certain times at first, but when my timer settings failed I found it doesnt seem to matter if it was tuned off, as long as if I dosed daily. Turning off the UV for a short time on a very regular basis like that still reduces effectiveness and...

UV can be beneficial in a few ways when set up with the correct wattage and flow rate for it's intended purposes. I like to use it on fish tanks I consider heavily stocked, when adding new fish or if I have a fish that had/has an uknown disease. With a high enough wattage and a low flow rate...

Any Vallisneria sp. should do great with goldfish, I have "Jungle Vallis" in sand with my goldfish (also "low-tech"). Try to let it establish itself before adding the goldfish if you can, or place some nice smooth round sandstone pebbles on top of the newly planted Vallis to reduce the chances...

Looks great! That tree trunk is especially nice, will be even more beautiful once the ferns start growing on it. I think 3 x T5 tubes is too much for a non-CO2 tank, unless you have some floating plants to block light. Personally, I would also dose more nutrients for the epiphytic plants. It's...

Only tried and Java fern and Vallisnaeria as far as I remember, it was about 1.005 I think, a temporary display tank for mudskippers and molly fry, wasn't set up for long though, the vallis grew well. C.thalictroides would be great as a floating plant, never tried it in brackish myself. No...

Soil contains lots of nutrients, brackish water plants tend to be slower growing species like Java fern/moss and Anubias spp. so it could be a recipe for algae. If you start with a high plant mass of faster growers like Sagittaria subulata or Vallis spp. then it would be great, however in my...

Sounds like you've got it all sorted, the frogbit should sort it out! Some of the plants below might not have enough light after the frogbit grows in (like the Cabomba and wisteria), but this shouldn't cause any problems if the frogbit is growing fast anyway :). Sent from my iPhone using...

Keep meaning to reply to this thread then get distracted lol, sorry for the slow response :). I think your issues possibly stem from essentially mixing methods! If you were following the Walstad method, I would expect an actual soil substrate, TMC Nutrasoil is branded as soil, but its a...

I think it just depends on the method, as if it's an aquarium set up using the Walstad method with no ferts, a soil substrate, limited water changes, leaf litter ect. it could potentially allow for a greater-than-equilibrium level of CO2 within the water column, thus faster plant growth...

Looks great, will be interesting to see how the tank matures! I've used soil bases along with DOCs from leaves, mulm and high stocking levels to try and increase CO2 in low tech tanks in the past (as per the Walstad method), with great results as far as healthy plant growth, but sometimes with...