El Natural Tank Pics anyone? - Page 7 - El Natural

dawntwister · 01-02-2012, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by tantaMD

hi miss walstad

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3 months ago i set up a new npt. the main reason i set this tank is that i want to challenge myself to break the sitgma that NPT is just for easy plants.

I have my 29 g set up as low tech. I was told that star grass won't grow without injecting Co2 but I got it to grow. I found it was a nitrogen hog. Ludwiga I had a problem with until I put organic charcoal under it.

tantaMD · 01-03-2012, 02:58 AM

thanks dawntwister

, if the likely problem is nitrogen hog, could it be because i fed my fish too much? i fed my fish plently because i want to build up organic matter as CO2 source

dawntwister · 01-03-2012, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by tantaMD

thanks dawntwister

, if the likely problem is nitrogen hog, could it be because i fed my fish too much? i fed my fish plenty because i want to build up organic matter as CO2 source

What problem are you having?

When I overfed my fish my nitrates went up to 40. The result was string algae.

Extrame · 01-10-2012, 11:34 PM

This is my EL Natural tank
Photos taken on Aug. 23, 2011

now, the valis has taken over the tank haha
some of the stem plants leaves have fallen out except for the top parts,
what should i do to remedy this?

my NPT tank also have algae problem. do i have to decrease the light on it?
the tank is 50 gal, 24 inches high and has an odyssea 2x 54w t5ho on it.
do i have too much light on it?

PaulG · 01-11-2012, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Extrame

This is my EL Natural tank
Photos taken on Aug. 23, 2011

now, the valis has taken over the tank haha
some of the stem plants leaves have fallen out except for the top parts,
what should i do to remedy this?

my NPT tank also have algae problem. do i have to decrease the light on it?
the tank is 50 gal, 24 inches high and has an odyssea 2x 54w t5ho on it.
do i have too much light on it?

That's a lot of light! I have two x 24w T5 at 6 inches higher than that.

growfastplants · 01-14-2012, 04:36 PM

55G with High Light Co2...

33G Long with High Light co2

Still working out details..

singolz · 01-16-2012, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by growfastplants

55G with High Light Co2...

33G Long with High Light co2

Still working out details..

dont think this would qualify as el natural

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Michael · 01-16-2012, 05:15 AM

What is "El Natural"? Imposing strict rules and categories limits experimentation, and may discourage people from finding the method that works best for their situation. I have no problem with people combining low tech and high tech elements in their tanks.

But for our discussion, most people would agree that CO2 supplementation and water column fertilization are outside the El Natural category. They are certainly not part of the method developed by Diana Walstad. So tanks that use those techniques don't really qualify.

So let's see some more photos of non-CO2, non-dosed tanks. There is a parallel thread in Aquascaping at http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...-low-tech.html which you might enjoy.

mauve · 01-25-2012, 11:41 AM

I do not use any ferts or CO2. No heater, no filter.
One tank is 20 gal and the other is 5 gal.

Bardus71 · 03-01-2012, 05:42 PM

Some nice looking tanks in here, congratulations to the scapers.

I started off with a super low tech ideal, but wanted to stock more fish so added an Eheim 2215 canister filter & now have 50 fish.

Here are a few pics of my 55G along the way till now: