No CO2, No Fertz, No Filter, No Water Change
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- This episode is an anniversary one, I present the evolution of the aquarium for a year, starting with the first day. I do not use a filter for this aquarium, carbon dioxide, liquid fertilizers or root tabs. For a year several interesting things happened, some good, some less good. But what is important is the fact that from everything I learned something, I now have some points of reference to guide myself. The main engine of this aquarium is the plants, plants keep this ecosystem alive. That's why the biggest fight is to keep the plants alive. I still don't know what kind of aquarium this is: Walstad Method, Dirted Tank or Low Tech ?
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The plants are:
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Christmas Moss
Limnophila sessiliflora
Bacop Caroliniana
Ludwigia Palustris
Rotala Indica
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Rotala Rotundifolia indica
Eleocharis acicularis Mini Hairgrass
Red Root Floater Phyllanthus Fluitans Floatin
Alternanthera Reineckii 'Mini'
Micranthemum Monte Carlo Hemianthus
Hemianthus Micranthemoides, Pearl Grass
Eleocharis Parvula Dwarf Hair grass
Elodea Densa
Salvinia Natans - Floating Plant
Ludwigia sp. Mini Super Red
Rotala Rotundifolia Orange Juice
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Fish:
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Galaxy Rasbora (Celestial Pearl Danio)
Pygmy Cory (Corydoras pygmaeus)
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Gymnopedie No 1 by Kevin MacLeod
Gymnopedie No 2 by Kevin MacLeod
Came for the story, stayed for the Sadie soundtrack.
*Satie
thanks
I highly recommend adding something that will cause the water surface to "move". Something like air stone, or angling the pump to hit the water surface.
The benefit to water surface movement is to improve gas exchange between air and water. All your aquatic animals and plants will greatly appreciate it!
Gas boubles are CO2 produced by decomposition of substrate organic compounds. It is good for the plants and do not harm fish. Do not need removal.
I don't know if you saw this:
th-cam.com/video/9e0pCVND-F4/w-d-xo.html
@@walstadmethodstepbystepSir, I am your subscriber from India 🇮🇳 and want to know if I can use Chitra stone is also known as laterite stone in English. Laterite is a type of soil and rock that is rich in iron and aluminum. It is commonly found in tropical areas that are hot and wet. . Will it effect my Fish or plants ?
To increase the availability to nutrient recycling, the best and most well understood way is to incoporate dead tree leaves from the beginning, You can even include dead tree leaves as part of the sand layer by chopping them finely. Dead tree leaves contain all of the nutrients that aquatic plants are looking for, and the snails, nematodes and inverts will use it as a food source and break it down further for microfuana and plants. Its been a concurrent practices with all of my aquariums and has never failed me for most plants besides ones that tend to require a heavier amount of dissolved carbon
I didn't know about that. it's the first time I hear something like this. thank you
I´ve heard about this. What leaves can you use?
I haven't tried this yet but I'm getting close to doing it. I have a 125 gallon tank in my house that I set up similar to the one in this video; a 2 inch layer of soil, topped with 2 inches of sand and capped with about a half inch of crushed coral. I do, however, have lots of filtration. My plants have done very well in this tank and as my cichlids grew bigger, they started digging holes and caves under some of the rocks in the tank. I never knew this was a thing...lesson learned. As they dug those holes, and there were several of them, they dug down into the soil layer which released a lot of floating debris into my tank. Every day after work for about 2 months, I went home and scooped out a half a net full of little black, floating wood chips. Fish dig with their mouths. The scoop up a mouthful of sand/soil from the hole they are working on and they go spit it out somewhere else. During this time, I would find really cool pieces or wood, normally a tree root that I hit with my lawn mower and I would add it to my tank. So what use to be a crystal clear water tank with a pristine white crushed coral substrate now has a yellowish brown tint to the water and the substrate is a mixture of white coral, yellow sand and black soil. The thing is, I like the natural look a lot better than the "clean" look. With that said, my next project is to set up a natural tank. I have experimented with a 10 gallon tank that I set up under my carport. It worked out well so now I want to get a 55 or 75 gallon tank to make this project a permanent addition to my aquarium hobby. In the 10 gallon tank, I got mud and floating plants from a local pond. I used rocks and wood from my yard and I filled the tank with water from the same pond I got the mud from. I had to add a sponge filter due to the water being super muddy/cloudy and I added an air stone for surface agitation. After a couple of days, the water cleared so I went out and caught a couple of baby Bluegill & about 20 very small minnows and added them to the tank. It worked out great. So once I can get a bigger tank, I'm going to set it up the same way but this time take it a step further and add leaves and other plant debris to the bottom of the tank.
Although I have no experience with it yet, I have seen it suggested that anything such as leaves or sticks you gather from a water source (creek, river, pond) can go straight into your tank, as it already has a good bit of beneficial bacteria on it, but anything you gather from your yard should be boiled before adding it just in case it has come in contact with pesticides, animal feces, or other types of environmental hazards.
YES, dead leaves (and water!) from a natural environment like a pond or river is the way to go, as recommended by Father Fish. They help the microorganisms that keep the aquarium balanced - no algae!
This type of video is waaaaay more entertaining for me! I love the narration bcs i know what’s happening even if i’m not looking in the video. Great job! I hope to see more videos like this ❤
thank you very much, I try to keep the aquarium as simple as possible but also make a quality video edit
Agreed, I also tried this method and was stupid enough to send it to the IAPLC contest. 😂😂
I watch it without skipping one second , amazing I will complete all the videos in your chanel and I will learn from u more and more . thank u , your new fan from UAE
27:50 this is logical, snails produce many eggs at the same time so all the new generation has the same age, as they have a short life expectancy they also die almost at the same moment when they are just too old, it's like the babyboom effect. This massive death produce more methane that possibly boost the reproduction of the remaining ones, or kills the weakers, so you get some waves of life, this is probably due to the absence of predators. Some species deliver more eggs when they'll die too, even plants or trees do that.
Such an enjoyable video, thank you. I have built a similar system that worked very well, but used an external canister filter, 100 L aquarium, the most rewarding part was watching the cycles and changes. I now only build ecological aquariums, which can take on different forms. Even just a deep fine sand base works well, takes awhile to get going, but lasts for years, ie more sustainable. Ps. Don't worry about the gas bubbles, no harm caused.
Cool, thanks
that was a great watch.. and to see the tiny CPD fry! awesome! tank looked pretty awesome all the way through... even with the algae 👌
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic experiment, great presentation and highly informative ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Not sure why this came up in the YT algorithm but Im glad it did
Felt like a documentary 😊
oh, thank you
23:25 I confirm this is natural gaz, I have this in my pond and this isn't dangerous at all, it comes from the dead leaves that are getting destroyed by the micro-organism, if you don't do anything they will become dirt and plants will feed in it. It doesn't affect the water as it doesn't disolve in it (that's why it can make big bubbles). You can have 5cm of random leaves at the bottom of a small pond without any problem, it's even good for the biodiversity for many reasons. To me it can't be from the gravel as my pond doesn't have gravel, I kept the plastic tarpaulin without nothing on it sice many years so it's only remaings of leaves and random things. I suppose the small gravel can make the bubbles bigger as it acts as a layer that is harder to cross as the granularity is more complexe. It's both physical and chimical in your case (I think).
I have the exact same light as you on 3 tanks. Unless I need extra lighting due to a blackwater period of adding leaves, mine stay on the 24 hours setting. The fish seem to like the sunrise and sunset affect. They seem calmer than when it is suddenly on. Plus the timer settings were jacking the water temperatures drastically. I experimented with it for a while but went back to the 24/7 sunrise/sunset option and used Purigen to remove the tannins to help the plants grow again. Yeah, it got bad quick with the plants hating the tannins 😢.
Love your channel!
Hey, went through the whole gas bubble situation too. Dirt with a gravel topper. PH was too high. Nitrates were too high. Watched Father Fish and Diane Walstad and ended up capping the gravel with course sand. Problems solved and no more dead fish and snails.
Thank you. it's good to hear that I'm not the only one with a different aquarium
i will ...
I have been running my 70 liter tank now for 7 years. Actually longer but 7 years ago the heater malfunctioned and boiled and killed everything. Anyway. I never used any filter. Any pump, just a heater because my house is cold. I never touched anything.
I use a 20w flourecent light and it's not on a timer. Sometimes I forget to turn it on, sometimes off. About once per week light is on 24/7 and once per month it's off 24/7. I only have 3 types of plants. Java moss, some long leafed ones and a small amount of duck weed. During the 7 years I change 20L in a go once per year. Never disturb the substrate that is only gravel and some chalk stones and a shell that slowly disintigrate. The only reason for a water change is that the detrius becomes very thick, about 5-10 mm. I never remove further then leaving 5 mm. I have one spieces of snails. I have absolutely no algea.
The water is never tested, I add sometimes due to evaporation but the level can drop significantly between addings.
The water is always clear. No direct sunlight can hit the tank and the room has normal lighting.
During the years fish died now and then due to old age. I never remove the dead fish.
I started out with 2 Kuhli eals. I have at least one left. Due to the depth of the detrius and plant growth I can't see them on a regular basis.
I also had two shrimp. They lived for 4 years.
I also had 4 purple head barbs, they spawned once and became many, but now only one is left.
So I recently added 4 copper barbs so she got some company. There are no stores for 200 km around, so fish is hard to come by. In total I bought 10 fish in 7 years.
I feed once per day some flakes.
I am confident that this tank can go on for ever. I have never cleaned the glass, no need. I do remove some Java moss once per year. In 7 years I have spent maybe 2 hours totally on mainteinence.
I had fish tanks for 50 years now. And this one is the easiest ever.
Very interesting, I did the same test with a larger aquarium (1 year already). I got very different results, let's compare the settings:
- 180L
- 26°C
- Half substrate (as yours) Half old substrate from my 20yo aquarium
- Filter
- 8 hours/day of light
- 3 fish (1 baby pleco + 1 adult puntius everetti + 1 royal tetra)
- 1 Bucephalandra Bukit Kelam
- 1 Hygrophila Siamensis
- 1 Marsilea Hirsuta
- 1 Hygrophila Polysperma Rosanervig
- 1 Bacopa Compact
- 1 Anubia
- I selected these plants because according to websites they don't need CO2.
- 20% water change per week + quickly clean the filter + glass
- A cover on the top
Results : All plants started to die immediatly.
First to die : Bucephalandra Bukit Kelam (in 2 weeks)
Second to die : Marsilea Hirsuta (in a month)
Third to die : Hygrophila Polysperma Rosanervig (in a month)
Fourth to die : Anubia (in 3 months)
How ? I noticed the algaes were getting on the leaves more and more, I constantly had dead leaves all around, the plants tried to make new leaves but they got infested faster than their grow. Anubia that grows slow got holes in its new leaves. Visually it looked like automn in the aquarium for months.
After 6 months : I decided to change things :
1) Instead of 20% water change per week it's now 10%.
2) I clean the filter once every 2 weeks instead of every week.
3) I don't remove dead-leaves anymore.
After a year :
Bacopa Compact (still alive but lost 90% it's original size, they are very tiny and almost don't grow, but doesn't die either)
Hygrophila Siamensis (almost died the first 3 months, suddently took 50% of the aquarium in a month after 6 months, I don't know the reason, it was during this summer so maybe the daylight in the room was longer even if I didn't change the light of the aquarium, we never talk about this parameter but it's suspicious, maybe some plants need "soft light")
I've cut half to plant to make new plants and they are all growing, at the moment 60% of the aquarium is Hygrophila Siamensis.
What I noticed : It seems the big plants generate shadows that is "problematic" for algaes and "good" for smaller plants that got less affected by them. I don't have floating plants. I didn't have the long algeas visible on the video, mines are black are at the location with more current. The leeches you got can't survive 26°C, I had 1 snail that vanished quickly. No bubbles/gaz visible. I think my substrate was too clean, now algeas can't grow on it anymore.
I think the plants don't look well since 2 weeks, maybe it's due to the duration of the day quickly decreasing in september ? They still grow but it's getting slower. The bottom parts of the plants (the old leaves) are all gone. So maybe the problem is the depth of my tank, it's about 50cm of water which is possibly too much for some plants ? I thought it was my big fish destroying them as it hides in it but it's unsure. I can also confirm they all grew at the same time. So to me this is more about light than the substrate. Of course they are all clones from the same plants so I suppose they have the same DNA, but it's funny how the most tiny plants manage to make a new leave at the same time than the others.
Summary : Try Hygrophila Siamensis, and do not hesitate to cut them to duplicate them, tiny or tall they grow the same.
fascinating to see your progress. I love experiments.
thank you, i love too experiments
Gas bubbles could also come from decomposting soil.
thank you, the soil will be a mystery until the last moment
love your vlog, I think you need to update the water temperature for each event that happening in your aquarium.
I also struggling with algae and moss die all the time, turn out there's a moment when water temperature rise, algea will bloom and moss will die. For me 24-27 Celcius is the best temperature, the plant will still have enough oxygen, and plant grow more healthier.
And I also notice that everytime the water don't have any ripples, bio film tend to accumulate faster.
for the heater part, the warm and cold water are flowing, its like air, hot water will tend to move to colder water (in my opinion)
thanks for the advice. I will follow the temperature in the aquarium more carefully and I will see the changes in the aquarium
We also have a low tec aquarium, gas is probably co2, the substrate needs at least a year to get anaerobic and many even more so co2 is from the breakdownin the substrate. An other point : Gravel also increases surface area that can increase algea growth, so apart from feeding less, it helps te have sand instead of gravel. Ours hasend haven't a water change ever and all water characteristics are very good
good work with it! :) i enjoyed watching!
Thank you! Cheers!
Well done
thank you !
20:45 Those are 100% NOT fish fry. The first one looks like some sort of fly larvae and the second looks like mosquito larvae.
Also another main reason you dont see huge blooms of your shrimp population are that your fish are snacking on the babies.
I thought they were fish fry on the first day :(
I noticed that galaxy rasboras also attacks mature shrimps....
@@walstadmethodstepbystepwhat is your feeding process. Pellets? Daily?
It was a nice sharing my friend, regards
thank you my friend
@@walstadmethodstepbystep Thank you 👍👌🖐️
26:15 the warmer water near the heater goes up, so there is your water movement.
multumesc. si eu sunt roman :)
@@walstadmethodstepbystep Prea tare, sa stii ca m-am abonat la acest clip al tau foarte muncit. Eu am record de filmari 50 de zile la rand la cresterea unor pui Betta, deci inteleg ca e munca si disciplina.
@@acvaristicacudichis multumesc
I had planaria when i first setup my planted tank. not walstad method, but aquasoil with filter. i used NO Planaria to eliminate them all which was so effective.
I haven't used chemicals and I don't want to either.
Never tried this method...but looking forward to. You just got yourself a new subscriber! Awesome work. How many liter/gallons?
Its a great nethod. No need for expensive aquarium equipment. It can all be free if u get materisls from nature and plants from your local pond. Evem better if u use soilf from a pond too.
Very fascinating video, thank you. New subscriber from the dominican republic
Thank you. Hello Dominican Republic !
@@walstadmethodstepbystep thank you😊
bro 12 - 14 hours is an insane amount of time to expose your aquraium to light
that's right, that's why everything about this aquarium is different, it's not like a classic co2 aquarium. here, plants need more light because they have fewer nutrients
@@walstadmethodstepbysteptrue. But i would recomand to not use blue light bc of algae
@@17dree Blue light doesn't cause algae unless you're running it all night.
Excellent video. Subbed
thank you.
The gas is anaerobic bacteria, good for controlling nitrates. 👌
anaerobic bacteria, good. thank you
What is your aquarium size and what wattage light do you use
Hi, how does the algae disappear? I see a lot at the first step of video. Other side, very nice video.
Wow amazing video you have spend lots of time in this video
you touched me with your words. no one tells me about the work behind this episode, only what is seen. thank you
Really good narration and love your voice. The way you tell it. I've tried this before after watching "Farther fish" and will definitely try again. In your way. It's a bit different, the way you do it with the plants.
Because it didn't work the first time. But will definitely emulate your way of doing it. Thanks for a good video. However, I thought the music should be changing. It quickly becomes boring to listen to. Hope you have a good day.
Rigtig god fortælling og elsker din stemme. Måden du fortæller det på. Jeg har prøvet dette før, efter at have set "Farther fish" og vil da helt sikkert prøve igen. På din måde. Den er en smule anderledes, måden du gør det på med planterne.
For det lykkedes ikke første gang. Men vil helt sikkert efterligne din måde at gøre det på. Tak for en god video. Syntes dog musikken gerne må være skiftende. Den bliver hurtig kedelig at høre på. Håber du får en god dag.
thank you
Tutorial: th-cam.com/video/alxKeCvcMMc/w-d-xo.html
There was no nitrite-peak? Not even after setting in the shrimps or the fish? How come? Can anyone tell?
Ecosystem is something complicated. Soo, the living, not just fish, even snail, detritus worm, seed shrimp, moina etc plays main role to stabilize and mature along the time.
While substrate covered with sand, the substare act as bacteria such as cyanobacteria to process decaying excess
Hello good sir can i humbly ask of what are those low tech plants youve placed?
list of plants in description video, under the video ...
Nice video❤
Glad you liked it!
What are your light settings?
very good question. after a year of constantly changing the light settings, I found the best settings. I will make a separate video with explanations on this subject, because my settings will not be good for another aquarium. everything must be explained, so that those who follow me do not misunderstand
i didn't expect to stay so long! i stayed till the end
May i know what lighting you use? Thank you.
Hygger HG016
20:42 no fish fry.
inca nu sunt sigur, am presupus ca asa arata galaxy rasboras in prima zi
@@walstadmethodstepbystep Sunt ceva vietuitoare aiurea, cred ca ultima e o larva de tantar. Puii de peste sunt ca parintii, inoata vertical. 😝
That's a Ramshorn snail, they are awesome better than pond snails.
yes, thank you
The gas is a natural product of anoxic fixation of nitrogen which happens in the substrate. It absolutely does not harm fish, that is a myth. The gas is mostly methane, with only small amounts of hydrogen sulfide and other gases occurring. It might smell a little bad but it's not harmful, just disturb the substrate less an you will see it less.
When did the narrator from the Stanley parable take up fishkeeping?
surprise !!!
how many gallons and what dimension of the aquarium?
around 11 gallons, 60 x 30 x 30 cm
The organism that flitted by was seed shrimp.
thanks, I didn't know
how to use sir light
What size tank is it?
60 x 30 x 30 cm
I am going to do the same thing as him I am just waiting for my sand ,I have vary hard water do you know of any fast growing stem plants ,the only ones I can grow is backpacking
look in the video description is the list of plants used by me. you can ignore the red ones because I had problems with them
I meant to say bacopa
@@walstadmethodstepbystepdo you have hard water because most stem plants don’t like hard water
@@fernedowns6652 I didn't want plants that have big leaves, big roots or become invasive. I don't want the substrate to be disturbed too much, soil has to keep its nutrients as long as possible
@@walstadmethodstepbystep yes but do you think they will do well in hard water because I have tried lots of stem plants before ,I don’t know if they died because I have hard water or because there wasn’t enough light or nutrients in the soil but usually the stem plants I buy die
Algae and snail increase if there is dead fish or dead snails ... Addrd bio mass increases algae and fould water.
I wish you've tried salt water as well!
What light?
Hygger Hg016
Anybody know where I can find the devices he used to raise the lights ?
I bought them from amazon
They're risers
Inspired by foo the flowerhorn ??
Great video. Your algae is not being helped with the lack of water movement. A couple of young Siamese algae eater fish may serve you well but those will grow over time
Thanks for the tips!
that gas is carbon dioxide from the break down of organic matter
and other gases, but I don't know which gases and in what proportions
Are you Santa Claus 😂
No Ho HO
dont put red plants in these types of settups they wont work ! crypts hygrophila polysperma limnophila sessiliflora pearl weed etc are some good plants for this type of setups
I know that red plants are difficult to grow in this type of aquarium. look here th-cam.com/video/Kgc0J0_9rCQ/w-d-xo.html . thx for plants tips
At 5 min you did a water change lmao
Yes. Yes. watch all video if you don’t understand
Is this your real voice ? 🙈
no
Put a rotting leaf from the stream in there.
How does that help. Please elaborate 👍
maybe I will use rotting leaf in the future. thank you
please elaborate
More and more algea, more and more snails.... a result of overfeeding
correct. but not always. there are other factors that influence the number of snails and algae
Ok, don't push all that gas into the tank at once or it might bother the fish. =p
It's just from the substrate breaking down & converting chemically to other things. A little won't hurt the system & is perfectly normal. I just add an extra airstone to oxegenate the water a bit more - for an hour or 2. (My 10g long has no filtration, only an airstone. I've only changed the water twice in 7 months to avoid mineral build up & to clean the sand layer a bit.)
I want to go all the way with this aquarium experiment. even if this will lead to the death of the fish. but I think that as long as I have many plants in the aquarium, the ecosystem will be well balanced
I don't use co2 and my red tiger lily stays red
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at this point not sure whether to read the text on the video, watch the video or pay attention to what you're narrating, with AI. Too much!
Reduce the tech in your creations as well, please.
thanks for the advice. I know that there are many tips at once, some spoken, some written. but I preferred in this video, to provide more information, in a shorter time. see my other videos for wat you ask. tank you again
@@walstadmethodstepbystep Tanks for acknowledging.
Git rid of the snails. They are bad 😮
are not bad
Sir, I am your subscriber from India 🇮🇳 and want to know if I can use Chitra stone is also known as laterite stone in English. Laterite is a type of soil and rock that is rich in iron and aluminum. It is commonly found in tropical areas that are hot and wet. . Will it effect my Fish or plants ?
th-cam.com/video/DHdFIdzD6qI/w-d-xo.html
這是答案
thank you. something in common, but ... are different