Originally posted by Toshi Nice photos and nice to see another aquarium enthusiast. I've been doing planted tanks for a while, although recently I haven't been taking care of it as much as I should. Need to refill my CO2
i recently just got out of a hair algae outbreak slump, so i'm doing a lot more for my tank. i only started this tank recently, and was having that nuisance hair algae invading everything. it was so thick you could not see the rocks in my tank. and so i didnt do much to the tank cause it looked so bad. now that it's looking good again, i'm putting more effort into it. I'll through phases almost where i neglect the tank (except for mandatory feeding/water changes) but when the tank looks good, i'll do all the unnecessary stuff that makes the tank look great
those amano planted tank look so awesomely ridiculous, with such good aquascaping and they are so serene. it makes me almost want to start a planted tank, until i see an amano saltwater reef tank
Originally posted by graphicgr8s welcome to the fish forum.
I use to worry about the ph and all the other crap. Bought almost every new gadget around. Spent literally thousands. Out of all that they only thing I really use is my Diatom Filter from VOrtex Inner Space that I bought in 1985. And most of my filtration is still from that time and it still works. Right down to the trickle filter.
When I started letting them fall where they may the fish adapted. The plants started thriving. Have found that most of the new "technology" was designed as a separater. Between me and my money. Of course this lesson was learned back in the early 80's
same with here. i'll go through phases where i MUST have certain expensive equipment (kind of like... camera lenses?) my most recent purchase was a $400 vortech MP40 pump, which uses magnets to power and hold the pump in place, so no wires in the tank! that's a biggie for me, its silly to have such a nice looking tank and then see a heater in the corner with filters etc. it messes up the whole 'natural' environment look.