BBradbury
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Low Maintenance Tanks
Hello Rad...
Apologies. The thread has gotten much larger than I thought. Earlier I said, I'd run a similar, but smaller tank with the "Ag" plants. That tank ran for two years with no water changes and no filtration other than the roots of the plant emersed in the tank water. The plant eventually outgrew the tank and I had to move all the fish.
I have no plans to remove the small filter. But, I certainly could. I just wanted to make use of a tank I was given and was still interested in the idea of a "no water change" tank.
I know the plant works, it did for 2 years and the fish were fine. I kept Fancy Guppies in there and they bred normally.
B
BBradbury,
At what point do you think the plant will start pulling nitrogen and you can remove the filter you have in there? I'm interested in seeing how well the plants can "filter" the water on their own. Very interesting concept!
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Hello Rad...
Apologies. The thread has gotten much larger than I thought. Earlier I said, I'd run a similar, but smaller tank with the "Ag" plants. That tank ran for two years with no water changes and no filtration other than the roots of the plant emersed in the tank water. The plant eventually outgrew the tank and I had to move all the fish.
I have no plans to remove the small filter. But, I certainly could. I just wanted to make use of a tank I was given and was still interested in the idea of a "no water change" tank.
I know the plant works, it did for 2 years and the fish were fine. I kept Fancy Guppies in there and they bred normally.
B