Dirted Planted Nano Experiment - One Month
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- čas přidán 15. 10. 2023
- I was given another free aquarium!
This one is only about 5 gallon, or 20 litres, which I thought would be a good size to try a dirted, no filter tank for the first time.
I didn’t have a plan for anything, and an overall goal was to use only collected materials and to not spend any money in making this.
I found some sand and wood at a local beach, and soil that we just had lying around.
Everything was rinsed thoroughly with boiling water to clean out any pests or insects we don't want.
Water from the same lake was also added to add in a variety of microfauna that will help make this a full ecosystem.
All plants used were clippings or extras sourced from other local aquariums.
Fun fact, I housed a banded killifish in here for a day before returning it home to the same lake.
6 wild color neocaridina shrimps were added to help start everything.
In this update, more shrimp were added because I didn't feel like walking them to the tank downstairs, and I added some honey gourami eggs to see how they make out!
Turns out they loved all the live food, and ate most of the microfauna within a couple days.
An LED bulb in a reptile dome was added to give more light for better plant growth, since most of the light was being blocked out by the ever growing floating water lettuce.
Now it's time to wait again and let the plants grow more!
I will continue to release update videos as things progress with my little ecosystem!
Lovely "natural" tank. Sparkling Gourami or you can try what I'm doing in a similar tank: the more exotic licorice gourami. Either way, good luck!
Sparkling Gourami is top of my list so far, I really like those licorice gourami too though, will have to see if I can even find some local!
@@freeshrimp they are becoming easier to find :)
Maybe five/six male Guppies or a killi fish?
though I didn't show it, I kept a wild Banded Killifish in here for a couple days before returning it to the lake!
I love rocket killis, but haven't found them locally yet.