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Great question! I’ve seen mixed results with ramshorn snails and planted tanks. It seems that they can be opportunistic plant eaters, but seems rare and maybe based on the specific specie of ramshorn snail. This usually implies there isn’t enough algae and detritus to support them so they turn to the plants. Likewise, they will eat decaying plants so they can look like they are eating them when they really aren’t eating live plant. Maybe they got a taste of plants from this but sorry to hear! I love bladder snails and recommend them the most!

Holy cow thank you! That means a lot coming from you and your awesome channel! 💜

@@RootsReefsandReactions Cheers mate appreciate it :) Stay consistent with your uploads though mate, its always good to have more creators building out dirted/walstad tanks.

Haven’t heard of this… gotta check it out thanks!

Father fish is awesome!

Glad it was helpful!!

Thanks for subbing and welcome to the channel 😄

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! That’s a great question! I’ll preface this by saying I haven’t kept turtles myself but have seen countless videos and posts on them. From my understanding, turtles love to disrupt plants/soil in tanks and love to remodel! This can change with species and even by turtle personality, so if your little friends seem friendly towards plants then I think it’s a great idea! Either way, if you have a large gravel cap, enough that that can dig a little bit and not stir up the soil, then I think this would be a great approach to an easy and natural looking tank. With a deep gravel cap it would be better to buy larger plants that you can easily root deep into the substrate! I see a couple resources online talking about successful turtle walstad tanks so i would look there for more details! -Kyle

I had red sliders, honestly low tech no chance. red sliders require so much water volume in the wild, lots of rain and drainage too. imagine having pigs in a pen compared to wild pigs in the woods. there will be more waste than a squarefoot of tank can handle without intervention

Thanks for the additional information! I agree with your point, that the size of the tank required for multiple turtles may push this beyond low tech and would require strong lighting and filtration.

Thanks Stonks! I’ll keep em coming and let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see 😎

Thanks so much my man! Ill keep after it 💪

Thank you so much! They are super adorable 🥹

Thanks Max! I appreciate the comment!

They are so adorable and fun to watch! I highly recommend it, such a fantastic approach; easy and great results!

Thank you for the kind words! I’m very proud of it :)

Thank you so much! 😊

Really good question and depends on who you ask! Diana Walstad originally said no filter, but later suggested a filter would prove beneficial for water flow and particle filtering. My filter has only coarse filter pad, helping filter large particles while still allowing for them to be broken down naturally. The skimmer also aids in water clarity and removing biofilm which can inhibit the tank oxygen and CO2 levels!

@@ox-3 that’s such a great point, didn’t even think of that! Some of them are the right size too from the first batch of eggs I noticed in the tank 😀

Hi Tardis welcome to the channel! While yes it is common to get biofilm on top (I did as well), its best to mitigate it. Biofilm lowers the exchange between the air and water, increasing chance of incorrect oxygen and CO2 levels in the tank. This may decrease light penetration, but not enough to worry about; focus on the issue above. The best way to decrease biofilm is getting a skimmer, this can be a separate unit or attached to your current filter. If this isn't possible, try to agitate the water surface as much as possible with a pump/filter/wavemaker. Daily cleaning can get rid of biofilm, but some systems will always produce it so finding a long term easy solution is recommended. Cheers!

@@jonathanlewis1038 thanks I’m glad it showed up for you too! Nate will definitely be a reoccurring character 🐶

@@Matt-du9ez thanks Matt cheers!

@@Bioscapist yeah was definitely more than what I was hoping to spend, but we liked the look and wanted a local pick up. I believe it’s mixed material with the main parts being particle board. It’s “rated” for 40 lbs, but find these numbers to be mostly made up haha and feel it’s very sturdy but wouldn’t go much heavier than this 7 gallon tank. And cyano was the bacteria I mentioned having for about a week. It grew on a couple smaller rocks maybe 2 weeks into the tanks life and has never returned. I run a 4 on 4 off 4 on light cycle recommend by Diana Walstad and think this helps a lot with not overdoing light. Hope this helps!! Thanks for watching 💕

@@RootsReefsandReactions absolutely! Thank you for the content and the comprehensive reply which I totally also appreciate!

Thank you! Cheers!

Wow thank you for mentioning this video! What an awesome explanation of everything and definitely learned more about them!!

@@RootsReefsandReactions Yep! She's very good at explaining!

She helped me learn more about vampire squids (which I love!)

@@fabledivine thank you! I love those type of videos as well so that’s what I’m hoping to recreate here! As long as you try I’m sure you’ll get your dream scape in no time :)

@@aletterofthanks big thanks! Looks like you have a bit of a green thumb yourself 😃

Ahhh thank you! I just started the channel like last weekend! Hopefully I can keep a decent steady upload of all types of videos! Just learning how to do everything :)

@@RootsReefsandReactions I was extremely confused lol but makes sense if you started in just a Jew days lol thanks so much for sharing this! It’s so pretty!!

@@SuperNova496 thanks, I am very happy with it!

@@JRA6439 thank you! ☺️

@@lisahislebeard1174 thanks for the praise! It’s a 6.8 gal shallow, so 20” x 11” x 11”.