How To Make A Low Tech No Co2 Planted Aquarium | Step By Step Aquascaping Tutorial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Hi this is a Ryuboku (Only Driftwood Layout) Nature style Aquascape. Its a Low tech non co2 Aquascape. The whole scape is a triangular layout and the main focal point of this scape is the big piece of wood which is complimented by a few additions of wood piece’s and a lots of epiphyte’s surrounded by a lush green foliage of various easy to grow and maintain plant species with a thick carpet of two different carpeting plants that can grow well and carpet without co2 injection. Hope you will like this scape.
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PLANTS USED :
Helenthium tenelum green, Helenthium tenelum red, Needle leaf java fern, windelov java fern, trident java fern, anubias nana, anubias nana petite, anubias coffee folia, Hygrophila Pinnatifida, Weeping Moss, Cryptocoryne Wendtii brown, Cryptocoryne Parva, Blyxa japonica, Eleocharis Vivipara, Eleocharis Montevidensis, Echinodorus parviflorus tropica, Hygrophila Araguaia, Vallesneria Nana, Anubias Snow White, Anubias Pinto, Bucephalandra kedgang red, Tripartita Mini, Anubias coin leaf, Bucephalandra Mini Coin, Java fern Petite.
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FISH :
Otocinclus affinis, Red Cherry Shrimp, Cardinal Tetra, Panda Garra, Siamese algae eater, Galaxy rasbora.
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TANK SIZE :
60 CM L X 30 CM B. X 36 CM H
Extra Clear Glass (Opti White)
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LIGHT :
Chihiros WRGB Slim II 45 Cm
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GEAR USED FOR VIDEO :
Iphone 12 PRO.
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LILY PIPES :
Litiaquaria Stainless steel 12mm jet lily pipe’s
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Thank you For Watching.
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Wow Wow Such a beautiful Tank without co2 injection, plants health are great, Algae Free, dense planting is the key, Wonderful Job, keep it up my friend
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Stunning piece of wood... I think it would be almost impossible to fail to succeed in the design with such a great piece of hardscape!
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Amazing video. Tank looks immaculate! Really nice touch with the Cherry Shrimp and Cardinals. Giving it that small splash of red. Would have really liked labels on plants as you put them in the tank but I’ll have to look them up from your description.
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Дуже гарно💚
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Really beautiful scape man, end result is so natural
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The final product looks amazing
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Woow so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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I have a planted aquarium @@nature_scape
Looks great! Not a fan of the music tho but that's a matter of taste. Great Video, thanks for sharing.
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Fantastic plantic work.
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Thank you, this is the type of plantscaping that I'm attempting. I prefer this authentic with more plants...gorgeous ❤️
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Absolut traumhaft❤
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Awesome scape
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I love the scape and the music is magnificent.❤
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aquarium Impressive 🎬👍😎👌
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Wow... Amazing!!!
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Fantastic work keep it up
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I am starting to make low tech aquscape like this... Thanks for your knowledge share with us.. Looks so beautiful.. No co2 no problem...
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bravo keep it up!
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Thanks for sharing, bro! That's awesome!
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EPIC!!!!!
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Amazing scape :)
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Sweet 👍
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fascinating to see a chihiros WRGB slim II pro in a low tech planted tank
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Beautiful 😍
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Love it ❤
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SO AMAZING I LOVE IT
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Very nice work
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Beautiful, very nice arrangement,sub for you, hello welcome to yt👌👌👌
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What were the brown fish grazing on the glass
Panda Garra
Bonsoir ,
Très joli .... mais tout neuf ....
A voir comment ça se passe dans le temps ...
Vous souhaite bonnes suites à vos projets ...
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Amazing 😱 👏.. keep it up
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I love it!
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Wow! Beautiful. Did you use a filter?
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The filter used is Eheim Classic 250 canister
Beautiful! Do you know how much PAR is at the bottom of the tank? What do you have your lights dimmed to and for how many hours?
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i have not measured PAR. but my light settings are as below
R 45% G 55% B 65%
7 hours with half hour ramp up and down
Very nice.I have a similar one myself. But yours is better :-)
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This is lovely! I love the mix of plants that you used. I don’t know what they are, but they look really great together 😂
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The list of plants is mentioned in video description still if you want to know about any specific plant please do ask
Wonderful video and thank you for the detailed description! I feel inspired
@@Tex_155 Thankyou 🙏
Amazing……
But How you maintain the plants without CO2 ? Which fertilisers are you using and in what quantities
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It’s maintained with regular water changes that’s around 30-40% weekly and proper filteration of the tank and the fertiliser I use is Tropica specialised nutrition and it’s used after every water change around 2 pumps as over dosing the fertiliser will cause algae bloom as there isn’t co2 injected
@ Thanks a lot for the detailed response… 👍🏻
It's a great video, but if u can add comments on video screen which plant ur adding at what area..it wld be great considering few of us are new to this hobby and rarely know anything about these plants etc.
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I shall surely keep your suggestion in mind.
Love your sequencing of the video and great results, I wish my 10 gallons does the same which it won't because I have gravel so I am using lots of fertilizing the results are ok but certainly not as beautiful as yours.
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Magnificent 👌
What's the name of the back plant with the very long and thin leaves ?
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The background plant is Vallisneria nana
Your scape is a beauty. Great plant selection.
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Hi, I have one question. How many kg or liter soil did you use? Amazing scape!
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Two bags of 9 liter soil
very nice set up..however wht fert u use for this tank sir?
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Fertiliser : Tropica specialised nutrition
Does Chihiros wrgb II slim 60 fit 90cm tank? as I see you have used 45 for your 60cm tank
They mention how long it can be extended upto so you need to check as I don’t have exact idea about that but 30 cm light goes well on 45 and 45 goes well on 60 so hopefully it will be the case for 60 as well
sub'd an liked,Stunning work
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This looks amazing and I'm definitely setting up my tank like this, but how do you control algae
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Algae is controlled with regular water changes that’s around 40 percent every week and regular maintenance plus not letting the water temps exceed 26 degree Celsius
@@nature_scape thank you, I do a 20% water change every week but I will turn the temp down, I was going to try a black out for a week but I don't know if my plants will grow
@@richardpowell9238 just keep the temps in control and do regular water changes and slowly algae will be to a minimum and if you dont have too much high light plants than floating plants will help as well
Is it good if i add sand at the bottom of substrate for for this setup? Im new to this hobby and i want to learn more
Sand in the bottom and than soil on top of it if that’s what you mean ? Than I would rather suggest you to go with pumice stone or crushed lava rock if your goal is to increase the height ?
@@nature_scape yeah just to increase the height.. i have sand here that i picked from the river, is it good too?
How many water changes did you make the first weeks?
First week almost every other day 30-40%, second week approx every 2-3 days 30-40% and from third week once every week 30-40%
buen trabajo, veo que no tienes instalado co2, entones tendras que habonar con liquidos no? o como lo haces para tener ese crecimiento, gracias
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Nothing special it’s just good soil, moderate amount of light, soft water, regular water change’s and controlled water temperature and offcourse use of comparatively easy growing plants and fertilisers as needed
It really works without co2? Wow!!! Which carpet plants stay low and dont need co2 to grow?
Definitely it works if the plants are selected accordingly plus the water temps are monitored accordingly. I would say you can go with tenellus green and marsilea hirsuta (this grow quite slow)
What is the plant in front of the tank with the mini-clovers that you're using as a carpet? The cuba in our local store doesn't look that clovery
There are two plants in the foreground tripartita mini and helenthium tenellum green
@@nature_scape Thank you! It was the tripartita I was looking for. Do you trim them to keep the carpet low?
Hi, can u share your light settings?😊
Light
R 45% G 55% B 65%
7 hours with half hour ramp up and down
❤ Blyxa japonica
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hello there's so many plants that are planted there, could you please help me which one of the plants that are planted and which one is attached to the wood? i dont know which one of them, since your list didnt specify each one of them, thanks!
Hygrophila Araguaia, pinnatifida, all anubias varieties, ferns and Bucephalandras are used as epiphytes rest all the plants are planted in soil.
How you control the parameters? pH, GH, KH...the soil will not make the pH too low?
I don’t go so much into details 🙂. I just do regular water changes and needed maintenance, add fertiliser and that’s it. Plus I do not remineralise the water after a water change
What is the black powder that you sprinkled on the super glue? Sand? Ash?
That’s aqua soil powder
Where could I buy such beautiful driftwood ? Mine is spider wood and looks nice, but color is not this deep ( reddish and I don’t like the color) . Also it grows fungus within a week in the tank which is kinda gross. Almost wants to throw it away.. how to treat large driftwood properly to avoid white fungus issue ?
As far as wood is concerned please check your local Aquascape shop. If you don’t get your desired wood there try to search it on online stores. As far as fungus is concerned it’s very common initially for that I would suggest you to pre soak the wood for atleast 15 days or more (if the wood is big) regularly change the water of the container in which it’s soaked and if you see fungus appearing initially try removing it manually after the wood is properly soaked it will get quite dark in colour and fungus will stop re-appearing and it’s than when you add the wood in your scape.
How many watt is the light can u make a guide on selcting right light for aquarium
The light is 49 watt. I shall surely keep this in mind and in future shall surely try to make a guiding video on light selection
How many hours is the light on sir?
7 hours with half hour of ramp up and ramp down
Hello, please, what intensity % you use of light?
Light
R 45% G 55% B 65%
7 hours with half hour ramp up and down
Did you use filter in this aquarium. Which filter did you use? Please provide details.....Thanks
It’s Eheim classic 250 Canister filter
Beautiful, What kind of water you are using : RO or standard ? Hard or soft ?
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I use RO water and don’t re-mineralise it
do u use any fertilizer?
Yes after every water change I use Tropica specialised nutrition
Japanese word 流木(driftwood) is pronunciated as "ryu:boku", so Ryuboku style will be correct. Beautiful layout anyway.
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I shall rectify the spelling 🙂
Where you buy the echinodorus tenellus please
If you are from India there are many websites that sell it in emersed form or tissue culture form
Great aquascape! I've been watching your videos as reference for my first aquascape :) may I ask a question, how do you keep the plants stay in the soil? Especially the carpet plant like montecarlo or cuba.. I've tried planting but they always float and don't stay in the soil. Thank you in advance and keep inspiring!
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See if you are having a problem planting small rooted carpet plants than I would suggest you to use a layer of powder soil on the soil that you are using and it will give a good grip to the plants and you won’t end up with floating plants
Bonsoir ,
Il y a la méthode ou vous plantez avec juste votre bac humide , pas en eau . Vous plantez donc la gazonnante , pulverisez 2/3 fois par jour de l'eau (osmosée si possible) et couvrez hermétiquement le bac pour maintenir un fort taux d'humidité (avec un rouleau de cellophane) . Vos plantes (achetée en emmergé invitro) s'adaptent plus vite et la vitesse de pousse et meilleure aussi .
Elles s'installent donc et font des racines qui les fixent au sol . Quand c'est bien parti .... mettre en eau . (Méthode dry start)
Autre méthode testée qui va pas mal : trouver des petits cailloux qui serviront de lest et avec un point de super glue coller la bouture et planter , même en eau ....
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What was the glue that you used please would like to know? Doing a 55 gallon planted tank.
It’s a liquid cyanoacrylate glue (any brand will do ) it’s used with tissue paper and than aqua soil is sprinkled on it
How do you keep moss in good shape in a tank like this? How powerful are the lights?
Lights are kept at 65% and sometimes if I see a bit of algae outbreak which is not that common than the lights are reduced to 50% plus floating plants and regular maintenance regime and timely water changes helps in keeping algae at bay
Oh my beautiful 😯😯😯😍😍 really amazing work 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Can I know your aquarium temperature ? Did you face any plants melting issues in the beginning?
What is your fertilizer???
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The water temperature is kept between 24 to 26 degree Celsius. And as far as melting is concerned not exactly as most of the plants used in this scape were already used from my previous scapes
Will this set-up work with sunsun ade400c?
Yes offcourse it will
@@nature_scape hiw to get rid of diatom killing javaferns and anumbias
@@general123ist do you have otocinclus in your tank ? If not add them and if you have them and still are facing the problem than add floating plants
How you have successfully maintain your no CO2 tank and have not a single alage please tell me sir
I would say there is no tank totally algae free in my opinion… A little algae here and there is always present but there are a few things that you can do which will help to keep the aquarium almost free of algae are regular maintenance, just needed lighting, regular water changes and keeping the water temps in check (don’t let it exceed 26 degree Celsius)
@@nature_scape thanks a lot for the advice sir I also have a no CO2 low tech tank and diy wrgb light and diy filter because in my area they are really expensive so
U SIR. pls tell me your light schedule. It will be good
Light is on for 7 hours with half hour ramp up and ramp down
No CoO2, what are the lily pipes for?
Lily pipes are for aesthetic’s
No heater?
I live in hot climate so don’t need a heater
I see, thanks. Happy new year :)@@nature_scape
A Very Happy New Year to You Too…
what was that tube inside the tank??
May I know exactly which tube you are referring to ?
@@nature_scape that steel tube inside the aquarium
@@mondchkitv4115 That’s stainless steel lily pipe filter inlet and outlet
@@jeet13111thanks im just learning how to start low tech
Light settings for this setup
R 45% G 55% B 65%
7 hours with half hour ramp up and down.
Did you use tropica soil powder or not, btw good work look very nice.
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I have used just the normal grain Tropica soil
Please Sir Guide About Water Change In Lowtech....
Sir weekly 30 to 40% and after a water change 4ml fertiliser (Tropica specialised Nutrition) this is the schedule I follow
itu pasir apa ya om ?
Tropica soil
Bel aquarium ! A combien de lumen par litres éclaires- tu et combien d’heures par jour ? Comment as-tu fait pour éviter les algues au démarrage ? Fais -tu beaucoup de changement d’eau ? Merci pour ta réponse et bonjour de France !
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In the start I use the light at 50% intensity for 5 hours than slowly I increase it to 65% and 7 hours. water changes that’s every week around 30 to 40 % and the main help for algae are the floating plants still some algae will appear without a doubt but that’s normal.
Merci pour ta réponse rapide !!As tu commencé la fertilisation tout de suite ? Mets-tu macro et micro nutriments? Fertilises tu tous les jours ? Merci d’avance pour ta réponse !
@@marionderbal8360 i start fertilising after a week or two and i add a complete per set fertiliser thats tropica specialised nutrition and i does every week after a water change as i dont over dose it as i do not use co2. and yes the fertiliser contains both macro and micro nutrients.
Awesome job! An well build nature style always brings great results! How much aquasoil did you use?
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1.5 bag’s of 9 liter Tropica Soil
Great video but I think next time pick out some music that isn’t so distracting. I made it 2 minutes in and had to mute it.
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Just love your videos,you have great great epiphytes collection ❤❤ From where do you buy epiphytes?
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As far as any plants are concerned there is no specific seller from whom I buy.
@@nature_scape Seller contact details?
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Apakah benar aquascape anda tidak menggunakan CO2..dengan tumbuhan begitu subur..
Yes none of my scapes have co2 injection.
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How mny plant u use?
All the details are mentioned in video description please check
Piękne.
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why no sand?
No specific reason for not using sand, as I wanted a lush green carpet look so.
End result is nice looking but the video was not informative on the basics for me. Did not go far enough to explain things, for example did you use regular superglue on the wood or do you need a special type for underwater? How much soil did you need to use in the tank and how deep should it be? How to pick plants and how to know if they will be safe for fish?
There are tons and cheap superglue that can be used underwater tho. Just search it up and you can find tons of brands. Also, all aquatic plants are safe for tropical fishes. I didn’t encounter any aquatic plants that are harmful or poisonous to fish tho. Some fishes also eat those plants lol
@Ben Flanagan Thankyou… and all the details are mentioned in the video description… still if you want to know any thing specific you can ask
@Andy Broqueza Yes you are correct any liquid cyanoacrylate glue is good for gluing the hardscape
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Your videos are the best. How is your experience with japonica blyxa in a low tech tank? Is it doable? If yes what kind of fertilizers do you use?
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yes you can definitely grow Blyxa without co2 in my experience it likes soft water and good lighting. The fertiliser i use is Tropica Specialised Nutrition 4ml after every weekly 30 to 40% water change.
How, just how this is even possible without co2?? I really need to know what's the catch!!!!! How is this possible??????
It’s very much possible. Infact here it is😊 Use plants that do well in no co2 (low demanding plants) plus proper maintenance of the tank and maintaining water temps (don’t let it exceed 26 degrees Celsius) and use soft water that’s all I do.
@@nature_scape so do you think because my water was around 27 -28 c the plants where not doing well?
@@SirTenoch 28 degree celsius is hot for quite a lot of plants with a few exceptions
Würde am liebsten gleich ein 2tes Becken anfangen 😅
Co2?
No Co2… All the Aquascapes I make are without co2 Injection.
so many things dont add up in this vid, sorry! low tech? Opti White Tank? 200$ Chihiros LED? Stainless Steel Pipes, external canister Filter, Tropica Soil? This is premium Equipment! Second point is, using this much soil without Co2/a lot of fast stem plants will cause massive algae problems for sure. Than you put fish into the tank much before potential nitrit / ammonia peaks could happen, and some of these fish definitly need more space to swim! last thing is, i dont find any progress documentation or detailed explanations? the music was alrdy mentioned by many ppl. Sorry, but I dont see a tutorial here, just many things, that dont make a lot of sense.. :/
I respect your opinion according to your perspective 👍 but I never said it was a low budget tank.
Agree, new tank no algae yet
Lowtech refers to tanks not injected with CO2. Nothing to do with other equipment or how expensive they are.
The only thing bothering me is that the Siamese Algae Eater is going to be way too large for this tank size in the end. Everything else gave me a lot of inspiration for upcoming projects!
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And I have a provision for a huge rehoming tank for the Siamese Algae Eaters so that’s not a worry and still they are manageable size for this tank… They are a big of a help in non co2 tanks so they are very much needed 🙂…
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Supiriyk meknm
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Im sure this method requires a lot of patience :)
Yes it takes a little more time than co2 injected tanks (maybe) but if the plants are selected accordingly than they do tend to grow as fast
How do u get rid of the algae 😂
You can never get rid of algae totally 🙂 it’s always present somewhere in the tank
@@nature_scape so how do u clean the algae; maybe change water every day then u could get clean tank