..................PLANTED FISH TANKS: THE WALSTAD METHOD

MY PLANTED FISH TANKS

BY HEIRLOOM REVIEWS

75 GALLON DIRTED TANK

I have been keeping fish tanks for over 20 years. about 8 years ago (from 2016) i read the book, walstad method book: Ecology of the Planted Aquarium and was intrigued that a fish tank can actually become a self sustaining ecosystem! So i began setting up my tanks based on what i have read an the image above (75 gallon dirted tank) is the first tank i set up using the walstad method. For the first 2 years it had its challenges, algae, fish death, plant death, water fouling, ETC... But after about 2 years all these problems became less an less as time moved on.

Dwarf sag 75 Gal

Now after 8 years the tank is totally self sustaining with almost no maintenance! I only clean the filters 2 or 3 times a year. i haven't changed the water in over 4 years, i only add water. I do dose the tank once a week during the winter but not during the summer time due to being busy with gardening and what not. So i started on another 75 gallon tanks with a slightly different set up as far as filters an lighting go's but everything else was the same. Well that tank has failed along with 2 other 55 gallon tanks! all the other tanks never made it just the first 75 gallon tank. Some how i got the first tank right an should of followed it exactly with out any deviations, perhaps maybe the other tanks would have done just as good. In this video here ⟹ PLANTED TANK : My 75 gallon Walstad, dirted fish tank, 2016 i show my 75 gallon dirted fish tank.
And in this video ⟹ PLANTED TANK : My 55 gallon Walstad, dirted fish tank, 2016 i show a 55 gallon dirted fish tank i recently set up for another shot at the walstad method. I i will update this blog as i make changes as well as the dosing an ferts i use during the winter months. That's all for now an i will leave you with a music video of the 75 gallon dirted fish tank! : )

75 GALLON PLANTED FISH TANK 720P : WARNING AMBIENT RELAXING MUSIC

BUY PLANTS HERE:
⟹ walstad method book: Ecology of the Planted Aquarium:
⟹ 25+ stems / 6 species Live Aquarium Plants Package:
⟹ Java Moss:
⟹ Staurogyne Repens:
⟹ Luffy Pellia:

OTHER VIDEOS TO WATCH:
⟹ PLANTED TANK, DOSING My 75 gallon Walstad, dirted fish tank, 2016 #WALSTAD:https://youtu.be/PUUkx99Ufeo

⟹ 75 GALLON PLANTED FISH TANK 720P : WARNING AMBIENT RELAXING MUSIC:
https://youtu.be/XEXQimyhs6M

⟹ THE POND : Feeding the Goldfish an FROG ! PT 1 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRXEnnGm8PU&index=1&list=PLER_IbFUeAtn7mTmw8lAqcMSoWLB5R0Rp

⟹  👆 FLOWERS IN THE POND!! 👆 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fGGqC9eF-o&index=2&list=PLER_IbFUeAtn7mTmw8lAqcMSoWLB5R0Rp

⟹ A FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY 🐸 FROGS! :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWDOb_WHICU&list=PLER_IbFUeAtn7mTmw8lAqcMSoWLB5R0Rp&index=3

⟹ The greenhouse TOAD reigns supreme! look at the belly on this little  guy!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qejkPG8Iop0&list=PLER_IbFUeAtms_87nsr6CGVsgKhJM_KS-&index=2

⟹ Red tailed Hawk - listen to its scream!! :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Ei7I57TXo&index=1&list=PLER_IbFUeAtms_87nsr6CGVsgKhJM_KS-

55 gallon dirted tank

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What is the Walstad Method?
This method of setting up an aquarium tank was made popular by Diana Walstad, author of the book 'ECOLOGY of the PLANTED AQUARIUM - A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist'. Basically it's a natural planted tank with a substrate containing a soil underlayer.

Principles
Provide an ecosystem where plants and fish balance each other's needs. The soil underlayer ensures that plants grow well enough to out-compete algae and recycle fish waste and toxins (e.g., ammonia, nitrite, etc.). Without soil, plants don't grow well enough to do "their job"

Principle steps
     1 inch layer of inexpensive, generic potting soil (or "top soil") available from any garden centres or various home improvement stores. (John Innes number 3 recipe is ideal). Avoid soils containing chemical fertilizers (sulfates and nitrates will be converted to toxic H2S and nitrite after soil is submerged). Phosphate and calcium fertilizers (i.e., a little bone meal mixed with soil) may be beneficial. Get non-sterile 'aquatic pond soil' if it's available. Soil based compost - John Innes #3

    1 inch of medium fine gravel (or very shallow layer of sand) to cover the soil layer (the soil bacteria need oxygen, so don't smother the soil layer with rocks, driftwood, etc)

    If you have soft-water, you can mix in a calcium source (lime, coral gravel, shells, bone meal, etc) with the soil to make sure plants get enough calcium, GH for their initial set-up.

    For tank set-up, start out with many species of fast-growing plants (you want to find the ones that adapt best to your tank's conditions). Examples: Hygrophila corymbosa, Shinnersia riv., Rotala rotundifolia, Ludwigia repens, Limnophila sessiliflora, Hornwort, Riccia, etc.

55 gallon with drift wood

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