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Diana Walstad's low-maintenance, soil-based 'El Natural' method for keeping plants and fish.
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  1. Resources
    Hi I have 2 golden rams and I don’t know if I have a male and female
  2. Filtration
    Hi Everyone, In her book, Ecology of the Planted Aquarium (Chapter 7), Diana Walstad talks about the use of aquarium plants to take up ammonium from the water. Section 4 within this chapter is entitled "Plants and Nitrifying Bacteria Compete". The essence of this is that plants prefer to uptake...
  3. General Aquarium Plants Discussions
    We all know the adverse effects these substances have on fish, but are they as bad for plants? could a plant die from water that hasn't been dechlorinated?
  4. Substrates
    Is there a cheap source for laterite in the states ?
  5. El Natural
    Disclaimer: This is a long post. I appreciate help with any section. Thank you! Hello everyone. My name is Elise, and I'm new to the hobby. I would like to preface this by saying that I have read Diana Walstad's book, a few of her supplemental articles, and much more on this forum and others...
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