Has anyone set up a tank with a soil+gravel substrate, low light, and a filter running?
I'm considering, only considering at this stage, converting my 30 gallon goldfish tank into an "el natural" style. But I doubt that the plants could handle the waste produced by the goldfish, as the tank is heavily stocked, so if I did it I would want to keep the filter running.
Can anyone advise on the up and downsides of doing this?
There would be other problems to surmount, namely the goldfishes habit of uprooting plants and of rooting through the gravel. I'm hoping that if I made the gravel layer relatively thick, I would prevent them from making a mess every time they did their uprooting or digging thing. And maybe the soil layer would encourage root growth more than the current gravel does, and make the plants harder to uproot. Hopefully.
Any comments on this idea?
I'm considering, only considering at this stage, converting my 30 gallon goldfish tank into an "el natural" style. But I doubt that the plants could handle the waste produced by the goldfish, as the tank is heavily stocked, so if I did it I would want to keep the filter running.
Can anyone advise on the up and downsides of doing this?
There would be other problems to surmount, namely the goldfishes habit of uprooting plants and of rooting through the gravel. I'm hoping that if I made the gravel layer relatively thick, I would prevent them from making a mess every time they did their uprooting or digging thing. And maybe the soil layer would encourage root growth more than the current gravel does, and make the plants harder to uproot. Hopefully.
Any comments on this idea?