§tudz
A True Oddball
Hi,
I setup a tank (none planted, tank2) a few months ago now, the substrate it a mix of sand and small quartz gravel.
About a month or so ago I noticed the substrate becoming very black, under the surface, and found out it was becoming anaerobic.
I have another tank (planted, tank1) which is planeted, it has a substrate of a layer of Tetra CompleteSubstrate and then a layer of sand. There is NO substrate heating, and I dont add any food to the tank, well not a lot mabe one every few months. I also have a CO2 injection kit.
The plants are thriving and getting out of control
so I clip them back from time to time. its not a great looking tank but it works well.
When I was reading some material about planted tanks, I saw that some suggested they would prefer anaerobic substrate in a planted tank, as the plants feed off the anaerobic bacteria. So having read this I thought well lets give it a go.
I have two large plants, I think it is some form of amazon sword, which were getting too big top both be in the tank, and one of the plants had produced a new plant. I divide the new plant and the old plant and took the other smaller plant and placed them in tank2. I also added some of the dwarf amazon swords, as we;; as a few little sprigs of some other plant that is in the tank.
They plants are doing really well, I have a normal light in tank2, where as tank1 has two lights one arcadia tropical and one arcadia... erm... summit else,
now, has anyone else tried this? and what were your experiences. So far tank2 has no algae, but give it time, I probably just jinxed myself.
I apologise for not knowing the names of the plants, I did when I got them, just cant remember now
I setup a tank (none planted, tank2) a few months ago now, the substrate it a mix of sand and small quartz gravel.
About a month or so ago I noticed the substrate becoming very black, under the surface, and found out it was becoming anaerobic.
I have another tank (planted, tank1) which is planeted, it has a substrate of a layer of Tetra CompleteSubstrate and then a layer of sand. There is NO substrate heating, and I dont add any food to the tank, well not a lot mabe one every few months. I also have a CO2 injection kit.
The plants are thriving and getting out of control
so I clip them back from time to time. its not a great looking tank but it works well.When I was reading some material about planted tanks, I saw that some suggested they would prefer anaerobic substrate in a planted tank, as the plants feed off the anaerobic bacteria. So having read this I thought well lets give it a go.
I have two large plants, I think it is some form of amazon sword, which were getting too big top both be in the tank, and one of the plants had produced a new plant. I divide the new plant and the old plant and took the other smaller plant and placed them in tank2. I also added some of the dwarf amazon swords, as we;; as a few little sprigs of some other plant that is in the tank.
They plants are doing really well, I have a normal light in tank2, where as tank1 has two lights one arcadia tropical and one arcadia... erm... summit else,
now, has anyone else tried this? and what were your experiences. So far tank2 has no algae, but give it time, I probably just jinxed myself.
I apologise for not knowing the names of the plants, I did when I got them, just cant remember now
