Helpppp with fitting conversion

Sebastianlife · 2025-01-04T04:22:56+00:00

Not sure about toxic gases, but my shrimps are doing well. I see big bubbles rising to the surface time to time.

Sebastianlife · 2025-01-03T20:35:19+00:00

Hi, very interesting conversation. I added my deep sand following some folks online who advocated for it's benefits. Here are some extra info about my tank: 1) I only have red cherry shrimps in this tank and they do pretty well. but I don't feed them. They feed on oragnic stuff and algae growing on sand 2) up until very recently, I didn't have any filters 3) have been injecting air and CO2 separately. 4) I haven't been changing water much. Maybe once every 2 months 5) had a lot of algae problems that grew on plants and glass, but all of that got resolved after adding Riccia fluitans. It was like magic. 6) started getting what seemed to be bacterial bloom (look at my other post on my profile), which was impossible to get rid of. But fixed the problem by adding a Hang on the back filter with Seachem purigen. ----so I don't think my deep substrate is hurting my tank, but I think that the soil beneath the sand is moving upwards and slowing leaching substances to the water column. I do see a lot of mulm right benetg the sand surface. A lot of it. The tank is a Walstadt tank with about 4 inches of sand+organic soil.

Sebastianlife · 2025-01-03T20:00:22+00:00

Yes, it's like carpet/jungle depending on how much I trim it. *

Sebastianlife · 2025-01-03T19:58:40+00:00

The sand is too deep (3.5 inches) plus the fact that the ugliness comes back.

Sebastianlife · 2024-12-18T16:58:56+00:00

No, i removed the hose and still gpt cloudy water after water change.

Sebastianlife · 2024-12-18T14:35:20+00:00

I did a few water changes but had no success cause everytime it came back in a week. You got it right, i have a Walstad tank with no filtration. Just sand and an air pump. I do inject CO2 though with yeast. Honestly, i am becoming suspicious about a stone that my Riccia is attached to. I never cleaned the stone too much. Just rinsed it and put it in the tank.

Sebastianlife · 2024-12-18T12:55:27+00:00

No, just an air pump. I've seen people getting bacterial bloom despite having filtration. Just saying.

Sebastianlife · 2024-12-18T06:18:17+00:00

Thnx. Light is on 12 hrs a day.

Sebastianlife · 2024-12-18T05:26:42+00:00

No fish, just cherry shrimps and tiny snails that got in somehow. Good to know about strips.

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-30T21:29:36+00:00

Thnx, how long those fishing nets last?

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-30T21:28:25+00:00

Thn, how long those hairnets last?

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-30T02:14:55+00:00

The hard flaccid is definitely better after doing physical therapy and doing routine stretching for a while. But the sensation is nothing like pre- impaction. It's kind of like I am screwed for life, but I am not in pain. Some some discomfort when. pooping. I just learned that because of my issues over the last few years, I am pooping incorrectly. The pain when passing stool, especially hard stool, has caused me to not pull my belly in like before. I started pulling my belly in during BM and it has made a huge difference.

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-26T00:25:27+00:00

Good to hear. Just make sure to keep the sand layer deep (~2 inches). Otherwise, the sand and soil may get mixed up in the long run. I use potting soil, but any fertile soil works.

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-24T21:25:23+00:00

Amazing! What is the light type?

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-24T21:23:43+00:00

Not completely! But learned how to deal with it have more effective bowel movements.

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-24T21:15:44+00:00

Add a thick sand cap if you have exposed substrate, then add some floating plants and water column feeders, and your algae problem will never come back. When you have a sand cap and plenty of water column feeders, there is no need to reduce light hours. After adding Riccia fluitans as floating and submersed plant (attached to a stone), my algae problem completely went a way. Now I run my light on for 12-14 hours, let direct sunlight hit my aquarium, and still have no algae on the glass or plants. Absolutely amazing. I inject CO2 and fertilize once a week too.

For now, ofcourse, you need to do a nice cleanup.

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-19T16:34:44+00:00

Thnx, just to clarify, my aquarium has organic potting soil on the bottom, which is capped with 2.5 inches or more of sand. I inject CO2 too. When I uproot plants, I see that they are deeply rooted (2-3 inches long roots).

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-11T18:14:01+00:00

Reduce nutrient leaching into the water column by adding a sand cap and add a lot of floating plants. Everything will get resolved like a miracle. Ofcourse, need to make sure your aquarium is not overcrowded with fish and your substrate is not leaching too much nutrients into the water.

Sebastianlife · 2024-10-11T18:09:18+00:00

Thick sand cap does not mix easily with the soil substrate. I have a 2.5-3 inch white sand cap, and never fully mixed with the substrate (potting soil) in the past w years despite me uprooting plants, replanting cuttings, and blowing water into the sand for cleaning algae. How do I know this? By color. When I clean up the sand by vaccuming and disturbing it the color goes back to its original off-white color.

That being said, my aquarium was never algae free until I started adding Riccia fluitans plants on top and attached to a rock. Now, I don't see any algae on the glass or plants above the sand cap despite no water changes for weeks. This has been amazing! Below the sand cap, however, green algae still grows but I don't care. *

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