@@RootsReefsandReactions Cheers mate appreciate it :) Stay consistent with your uploads though mate, its always good to have more creators building out dirted/walstad tanks.
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.
Hi handsome! Thank you for sharing this video. Do you have any idea about why my ramshorn snails eat my plants? They ate red root floaters, bucephalandra, anubias, java fern, aponogeton and also my once super lush riccia fluitans! Moss and hornwort never got touched though.
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!
Excellent video mate, some great tips in there :)
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.
Great tips!
Glad it was helpful!!
Great video. Stay consistent in this my G. I know that you will become big one day!
Thanks so much my man! Ill keep after it 💪
Duuuuuude, awesome advice. Definitely took some some notes.
Thanks Stonks! I’ll keep em coming and let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see 😎
the father fish method takes walstad to the next level, i recommend anyone who likes this style of aquarium to check it out!
Haven’t heard of this… gotta check it out thanks!
Father fish is awesome!
Great video. I have two small red-eared slider. do they go well with Walstad Aquariums ?
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.
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Hi handsome! Thank you for sharing this video. Do you have any idea about why my ramshorn snails eat my plants? They ate red root floaters, bucephalandra, anubias, java fern, aponogeton and also my once super lush riccia fluitans! Moss and hornwort never got touched though.
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!