TankGirl
Aquarium Advice Addict
Anyone here using the "natural aquarium" method, i.e. no powered filtration?
On another board I moderate one of the members is very heavily into this method (he is a member at naturalaquariums.com) and he has finally talked me into trying it.
The idea is that heavy planting and vigorous plant growth will uptake all waste produced by the fish, and in turn produce enough oxygen to support the fish, without any kind of externally powered filtration. Lots of people run tanks like this with great success, so I was interested in trying it with my Endler's tank. I recently unplugged the filter in my 5.5gal, since it has very vigorous, thick plant growth and not a very heavy stock of fish. So far after two days of nothing but a heater and about 2.5wpg fluorescent lighting the fish appear to be doing fine. I will be following my usual practice of 50% water changes weekly and daily dose of Flourish Excel.
This is a fishkeeping method that can't be done with any tank, and can't be done with any kind of fish, but I was curious if any of our members here on AA are doing this, or are familiar with this practice.
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Walking on the wild side
On another board I moderate one of the members is very heavily into this method (he is a member at naturalaquariums.com) and he has finally talked me into trying it.
The idea is that heavy planting and vigorous plant growth will uptake all waste produced by the fish, and in turn produce enough oxygen to support the fish, without any kind of externally powered filtration. Lots of people run tanks like this with great success, so I was interested in trying it with my Endler's tank. I recently unplugged the filter in my 5.5gal, since it has very vigorous, thick plant growth and not a very heavy stock of fish. So far after two days of nothing but a heater and about 2.5wpg fluorescent lighting the fish appear to be doing fine. I will be following my usual practice of 50% water changes weekly and daily dose of Flourish Excel.
This is a fishkeeping method that can't be done with any tank, and can't be done with any kind of fish, but I was curious if any of our members here on AA are doing this, or are familiar with this practice.
Sign me,
Walking on the wild side