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El NaturalSo this project is several months down the line June hopefully. It's all hinging on renovating my 400 gal pond. I thought I would be able to at least move the rocks out but nope, its Michigan and we have had rain, 3 days of 60° weather then snow then rain then this morning more snow...... i am...
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El NaturalSoil consisting of 60% peat moss, 40% composed bark fines and iron sulfate (50g/m3) additive, would it be ok for a Walstad tank even if it has a pH of 4? Or would it be beneficial to have a soil exclusively consisting of either peat moss or compressed bark fines? Cheers,
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El Natural"In general, aquatic plants seem to do well in a variety of soils-clays or loam soils with some organic matter. Indeed, I haven't been able to find any major or consistent difference in plant growth in various ordinary soils. . . . In most instances, substrate fertilization appeared to be...
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El NaturalSo I set up a low tech dirted tank and it was going quite good actually for about six months. But then I encountered this green, furry type algae and some of my plants started dying also. Anyway I was thinking about tearing the tank down and using Seachem Flourite black sand and using root tabs...
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El NaturalThis is a project for a future date, as I am still learning- but this just came in the mail: MY GIANT FISH BOWL! I have never seen a glass bowl this size. I’m very excited to make this into a new planted, dirted aquarium, Walstad style! The bowl is 16” high and 19“ in diameter!! 🤯 I used the...
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