"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...

Hello I’m an absolute newbie who has been watching YouTube videos of Walstad style tanks for a long long time. Finally I took the plunge yesterday and started my tank. It’s a 45x27x30cm tank, with mineralised dirt substrate and a coarse sand cap. I think I added too much sand and too little...

Hello all, been into tanks for decades now and on a different planted tank forum for years and recently found this forum that seemed more equiped to assist in my current delima. I finally got a Fluval Spec III this May and got everything set up for a betta tank. Four months later im at a...

Hello Everyone Can you help me? I am very grateful for your resonses In my Walstad tank I am running into trouble with steady algae growth that slowly overwhelms many of the plants. Plant growth is fairly slow and has been for a long time The algae is attached, mostly ½” long and olive green...

I just set up an outdoor 20 gal to grow bulb plants and juvenile guppies. Last year in mid-summer I bought a few Nymphaea bulbs hoping to get a beautiful Tiger Lotus, but alas, nothing sprouted. Johnwelsley0's "porcelain posts' and affection for his lily inspired me to try again. This year, I...