Low tech beauty

[Sharpchick]

I LOVE your tanks!! For real!! There beautiful!!

Thanks. I just let the plants do their thing.

 

[Sharpchick]

Hello Arky!!! I'm a redneck so do you want to see my fish tank or the M1A1 Abrahms main battle tank I have in the backyard? OS.
Oh by the way. I LOVE your quote. Katharine Hepburn was one classy lady! I loved her.

And right before you edited, I changed the quote.

She had some doozies. I may post in the lounge.

ETA: Well, I'll be darned. AA has no lounge. And in the off-topic forum, it still has to be aquarium related - no chit chat.

 

[Sharpchick]

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13gal low tech with shrimp, no co2, a single 15w t8, no serious fertilization, and plain gravel

Do you turn the marimo moss balls when you do water changes? I turn mine because I'm afraid otherwise all of it might not get light and start browning, but I don't really know if that's necessary.

 

[Sharpchick]

Kinda bad timing for this thread because I just trimmed a bunch and replanted, but here's my very low tech 10g
1 male betta, 5 harlequin rasbora
Bacopa caroliniana, rosette swords
Laterite base, caribsea Tahitian moon sand cap, single t8 "plant growth" bulb

I like that. Your tank is very nice.

Mine still look like jungles even after I trim.

 

[misterpenguin4]

Not sure this one is really low tech, but I dont think its high tech either. Its a 10 gallon iwagumi tank with dwarf hairgrass, parrots feather floating (just because I dont know what to do with it), 1 amano shrimp, and a bunch of really small RCS. I have a finnex fugeray for the light and run DIY CO2, dose flourish 2 times a week and excel every day.

This is my planted bowl that is low tech for sure. A single CFL. Almost all of these plants except for maybe 2 came from local ponds. I have 4 mosquito fish in here also from local ponds. Dose flourish 2 times a week (2 drops) and flourish every other day (3 drops)

 

[Old Scales]

Your planted bowl is so unique and pretty. Very classy. Way to go! OS.

 

[Arklatex]

Sharpchick,
I'm right in the middle of Fort Smith. Gosh, I wonder if we're the only ones in AA from Arkansas? Arkys! Speak up! OS.

Texarkana USA!

 

[Zimmanski]

I like that. Your tank is very nice.

Mine still look like jungles even after I trim.

Thank you! Normally the bacopa reaches the surface and starts to creep along it but I'm letting it fill in

 

[Sharpchick]

Texarkana USA!

Texarkana TX or Texarkana AR?

 

[Arklatex]

Texarkana TX or Texarkana AR?

Live on the TX side, work in the AR side. Family from De Queen and Mena Arkansas. Love this area!

 

[Old Scales]

Ah yes, the Ouachita Mountains. SO unspoiled and beautiful!(and awesome water for aquariums)
Regards, OS.