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very helpful i am in el salvador and my fish are alone back in the USA. i will be gone 10 days and i have guppies, danios, rasbora and minnows. i think they will be ok. fingers crossed.

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Why slope the substrate deeper in the fornt and shallower at the back?

Good luck with that skippy

When your tap water kh is higher than your gh your in trouble at the get go 👿 😢

Thanks this was great! I prefer the text & relaxing music to voice over.

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Uhhhh… you still uploading?

Well done. Welcome aboard!

Do your research on which wild bettas that can be kept together. There are only really maybe two or three types that can be kept together if you’re putting them in a small tank. If you’re talking about a large lowboy tank then wild betta generally should be safe to keep together given that they do have a proper amount of room, plenty of hiding spaces, and you ensure they are all well fed.

Yes, I got the info I needed out of this. I like Eco-Complete and Flourite myself. I am afraid of soil and Aquasoil.

hi Todd, how is the long term success with the dirted tank? I'm considering doing the same with a 110. Thanks, Todd

I used potting compost with blood fish bone meal. Couple of inches plus sand gravel pebbles dead leaves from a pond on top. All my plants growing wild and bunch of happy fish snails and shrimp.

Hi, for walstad method, can I put red lava rock sand on top of the soil or it must be river sand/gravel only? Thanks

Guppies are hard water fish. My tds is 350+ with a gh of 17 and a kH of 11. Its never been an issue for them. Plants otoh 😤

How do you aerated

Dude this tank is fire 🔥, Love the natural environment created

in my experience, the soil can be anything. I used natural soil, or fertilized soil etc. All works well. I took sand from the river, dried it and I also bought sand and used. It doesn't really matter. What matters is, the soil needs to be capped by sand and bombarded with plants (Both planted and floating). Biggest mistake is to cap dry soil with sand. Make sure the soil is wet, not muddy, not dry

How long did it take for the merky water to become clear

Hi! I’m working on my third dirted tank - 55 gallon. I add about 2-2.5 inches organic potting soil and 2 inches white sand - I’ve seen at least one RUclipsr put the potting soil into giant mesh media bags - instead of just adding under sand cap. I always seem to bust through my sand cap when cleaning or planting and it makes a horrible mess that cannot be good for my fishies ! I want to try it but I don’t know how the plants will root through those media bags? Does anyone have an Oooo ion on using media bags for potting soil? Also- should plants be added dry or after water has been added to tank. I usually add plants after I fill with water only because I wait to get plants same day I add to tank and I’m impatient (working in patience) I have had a difficult time keeping my stem plants rooted and they usually float around in water column. Any suggestion in how to get plants to stay in place? Thank you 😊 🫶🏻🐡

I am not concerned about the wood. I am concerned about the longest span of the plastic frame of the tank. What is supporting it? The front and back of the tank are holding a lot of weight with no support.

i had never measured my water PH , GH , KH before and everything works great :)

Hows it holding up till date?

Thanks

Todd have you ever use black gold organic potting mix

What soil do you recommend for the pots the plants are in? Full sun or partial shade?

Nice video, annoying music.

Great video but fyi your voice is very soft and your music is very loud. If you keep making videos I would just turn your music editing volume down so the viewers don't have to adjust volume throughout the video.

Good advice thanks for sharing

i need to use cement to just weigh down my decorations in my tank... can you recommend the cement that is AQUARIUM SAFE and also not brittle to crack up.

Obviously works for you but seems like too many messey steps involved.

Well guess that didn't last..

i thought i was doing something wrong because my planted shrimp tank always had high nitrates but it was just ammonia in the tap water

That is so damn weird because my last name is Todd & I have 4 tanks. Coincidences are weird. I’m in Melbourne Australia but I don’t know where you are. Anyway I need all the help I can get to try to get my tanks set up in the dirted way.

You're gonna drill a hole in your hand like that. There are better ways to hold it.

I did happen to notice he didn't squeeze the air pockets out that's why you see bubbles on the right end of the tank, I have seen some other videos say to squeeze the dirt while you add your 1st moisture of water to get the air pockets out. As for putting a hang on back filter system that will disturb the sand if the over flow is hitting the substrate it's best to use sponge filters, but hey to each his own, I'm just saying.

Thx

Darn it. 😟 I just put the soil in dry without mixing it first with water, then capped it with washed sand. I wonder if that will still work? I already have it planted, also added snails & baby Danio fry.

Helpful video thanks, but check out 'HOW TO BUILD A FATHER FISH DIRTED AQUARIUM - STEP BY STEP, WITH INGREDIENTS' ruclips.net/video/5ePuYAjMs0o/видео.html : based on the Diana Walstad method 'Ecology of the Planted Aquarium: A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist'. Main difference is to add various supplements to the soil to allow for depletion before the eco system can fully kick in, and to add at least 2 inches of sand over the soil, to slow down the penetration of water/detritus to the soil and to create anaerobic environment . Father Fish avers he has tanks 10 plus years old running successfully on this method. 👍

Nice tutorial! Thanks for sharing 😊

Nice😊

Dirt and soil diff?

The answer I believe is fine gravel for roots to grow and small and rounded to not mess up corydora wiskers. Plant’s wouldn’t blossom till I changed to gravel, now they grow on they own.

Thanks for sharing..

Eco complete and flourite seachem are my 2 I use ... fluvel ones aren't bad too mix it with the seachem ones...

Like both but prefer voice over just me. 🖐️✌️👍

I'm not an expert either as just started using an RO/DI system 😀. I wonder what adjustments have you made since you made this video. And curious if you still mixing RO water with Tap water. I noticed that your using Equilibrium, would this solution give a more control result? I don't have any plants but Saechem suggest to use Replenish since I don't have plants. I am planning to get Discus fish eventually. Thanks for the video.

I need those holders!

How do you add calcium to the tank. Because the ro system takes out the calcium

Hi. great video. I wanted to know what are the limits od this type o racks. Also, is this tyoe of racknsecure if I use thick layer of gravel or any other susbstrate? Thank you.