Definitely interesting topic. I've come across a few and know of one store that the part owner started a fish room coming out of a home hobby. A lot of misinformation is given at time. I know when I worked in a new chain at the time, the training they gave was barebones and no talk of the nitrogen cycle, etc. This was back in the early 80s. Now we have a mass of info out there and not always correct.
I’m starting your under gravel system slow moving but I need help with layering my substrate this is what I was going to do please correct me or change the layers Under gravel filter 1-1/2 inches kitty litter 1-1/2 inches flourite red 1 - fluval Stratam as topper Will this be ok 🤷🏼♂️✌️🇨🇦🙏
You would need a very large aquarium with these plants, but they will clean water quite efficiently. But her use more so in Ponds then and aquariums unless you probably had a 300 gallon aquarium or bigger.
Excellent video. I remember when I was 10 or 11 years old with my first aquarium. This would've been in the early '80s. A 20 gallon high with a Whisper HOB. I was so afraid of harming my fish if I didn't replace the disposable cartridge on time. I thought that was the life blood of the aquarium. I just didn't know any better. How truly inexperienced and naive I was! This video, in my opinion, ought to be viewed by every LFS and taught to their customers let alone their staff.
Hi Dr Novak. A lot of fish stores & RUclipsrs don't even know the part nitrogen cycle properly. Some even have no clue about what the nitrogen cycle is. They simply know you need biological filtration to clean the water but have no clue how it does that. Also I feel the under gravel filter got phased out was because: 1) The store owners had no idea about the nitrogen cycle and how the plenum works. 2) A lot of fish stores and hobbyists think it is just a mechanical filter and that's why they started adding powerheads and pumping more water through the under gavel filter. 3) Due to the misconception in 2 above, a huge majority of fish stores and hobbyists think that the mulm accumulates in the substrate and can only be removed by emptying the entire aquarium, not realizing that the primary function of the under gravel filter is biological and that the resulting mulm is inert and therefore does not add to the pollution in the tank and so they started promoting other types of filters such as sponges, HOBs, canisters, etc where you can remove the filter media and wash it off.
Which of your videos cover the accurate requirements of the substrates? I've noticed some videos talk about gravel, some talk about kitty litter or other substrates.
Making a Plenum is very versatile, and the substrate that you decide you want is really up to you. Like some of my substrates have a mixture of some sand and gravel mixed together, so it prevents them from compacting and clogging up.
I am glad that I added plants to my tanks because I like them, not because I wanted them to filter my tanks, otherwise I would be very disappointed by now. 😅
The guy I got my copies from had kitty litter as a substrate and he just said it was normal Walmart, kitty litter. Which I have found is not baked but softer kitty litter than the baked kitty litter.
Hi, Dr Novak, I've been following your videos for some time now. I have a question (NOT sure if you already have an answer on one of your videos) I it possible to replace the Natural Clay (kitty litter) with zeolite?
Coming from somebody who runs a wastewater treatment plant at an operations/administrative level, I think it’s important to note that the nitrogen cycle you are describing is accomplished primarily bacteria. However, nitrogen cycles more than just this way, and while the anoxic filtration system allows you to do so without plants, an important thing of course, many aquarists can achieve great success by simply cultivating plant growth in a natural system where waste is broken down and made available to the plants by macro and microfauna. I believe one can still be considered an expert in this hobby if they have cultivated significant experience and success in fish keeping while maintaining their systems this way for a significant period of time. Expertise is not always defined by formal education, and in fact is most valuable when accompanied by wisdom.
Usually, this is something that you can do by adding more than one substrate together. Let's say if you'd like sand, add some larger gravel to it and mix it up. This will prevent it from compacting.
Well, once I watched for the very first time one of your videos, I didn't understand why I didn't watched any video about anoxic filtration in any "big youtube channel"... yes, the reason was the same, nobody was scientist... nobody promotes a cheap method to last fish healthy... and, of course, plants are the new source of money for stores. The new fashion is to change every year the hardscape, buy new plants, and sadly, new fish... yes... give up maintenance and start a new project... ever a ever... Regards
Can you be a RUclipsr for a audiophile channel that you have. And then release a horrible overdriven microphone sound, that distort that much so your points and message we are not to hear it.😢😅❤ Apperently..😂 I have no problem to not use anoxic filtration and not using the whole nitrogen cycle.. When I use it as a indication as WHEN I need to do a water change. And rip the benefit of removing other stuff and add new stuff back that got depleted. I have no goal as father fish to never change out water.. It is water and not gold, as some treat it as..😂 But with that said I actually have a African cichlids tank that is a very heavily planted tank! That were my primary goal. But in that planted tank that us a high tech tank I actually never need to change the water when NO3 is not accumulated when the plants consume it.😅 It is a win win and one of the the best filters out there. I prefer lush and filtered cleaner water by plants (when they also consume from the water at least 15 other micro and macro chemicals from the water column.😅 And anoxic plenum is "just" converting one thing.. NO3 to N.. And all other "garbage" that it don't do is accumulating.. So by implementing anoxic plenum that convert NO3 to N will only remove my INDICATOR for when to remove ALL of the diffrent garbage with a water change. But of course anoxic plenum has it place for overstocked, heavy feeding grow up tanks and so on that benefits of all help that they can get in those situations.❤ But yes I am with you that many thinks that a partial N cycle is a "complete" cycle..😂😂
When I edit my videos, they sound perfectly fine on the computer. It seems after I send them off to the RUclips channel. They completely change in their sound quality. Because this is not a channel that makes great sums of money. I cannot afford the most expensive mike's and/or equipment to do my RUclips.
On the computer it sounds just fine but I noticed when it gets on RUclips the sound quality changes. But you are absolutely right. It doesn't sound right to me either.
Amen brother 👍
Definitely interesting topic. I've come across a few and know of one store that the part owner started a fish room coming out of a home hobby. A lot of misinformation is given at time. I know when I worked in a new chain at the time, the training they gave was barebones and no talk of the nitrogen cycle, etc. This was back in the early 80s. Now we have a mass of info out there and not always correct.
I’m starting your under gravel system slow moving but I need help with layering my substrate this is what I was going to do please correct me or change the layers
Under gravel filter
1-1/2 inches kitty litter
1-1/2 inches flourite red
1 - fluval Stratam as topper
Will this be ok 🤷🏼♂️✌️🇨🇦🙏
So far so good go ahead.
How much of an effect do reeds/iris and rushes have because they would kind of compare to people putting house plants in their tank? 👍👍👍
You would need a very large aquarium with these plants, but they will clean water quite efficiently. But her use more so in Ponds then and aquariums unless you probably had a 300 gallon aquarium or bigger.
Excellent video. I remember when I was 10 or 11 years old with my first aquarium. This would've been in the early '80s. A 20 gallon high with a Whisper HOB. I was so afraid of harming my fish if I didn't replace the disposable cartridge on time. I thought that was the life blood of the aquarium. I just didn't know any better. How truly inexperienced and naive I was! This video, in my opinion, ought to be viewed by every LFS and taught to their customers let alone their staff.
Plenums allow you to get a little lazy cleaning out your hang on the back filters or canister filters.
Hi Dr Novak. A lot of fish stores & RUclipsrs don't even know the part nitrogen cycle properly. Some even have no clue about what the nitrogen cycle is. They simply know you need biological filtration to clean the water but have no clue how it does that.
Also I feel the under gravel filter got phased out was because:
1) The store owners had no idea about the nitrogen cycle and how the plenum works.
2) A lot of fish stores and hobbyists think it is just a mechanical filter and that's why they started adding powerheads and pumping more water through the under gavel filter.
3) Due to the misconception in 2 above, a huge majority of fish stores and hobbyists think that the mulm accumulates in the substrate and can only be removed by emptying the entire aquarium, not realizing that the primary function of the under gravel filter is biological and that the resulting mulm is inert and therefore does not add to the pollution in the tank and so they started promoting other types of filters such as sponges, HOBs, canisters, etc where you can remove the filter media and wash it off.
ARE BCB BAGS A REPLACEMENT FOR MEDIA OR IN ADDITION TOO ?
BCB bags or baskets are a replacement for biological medium.
Which of your videos cover the accurate requirements of the substrates? I've noticed some videos talk about gravel, some talk about kitty litter or other substrates.
Making a Plenum is very versatile, and the substrate that you decide you want is really up to you. Like some of my substrates have a mixture of some sand and gravel mixed together, so it prevents them from compacting and clogging up.
I am glad that I added plants to my tanks because I like them, not because I wanted them to filter my tanks, otherwise I would be very disappointed by now. 😅
I'm like you I add plants because they cosmetically make the tank look more natural. I do not add them to help clean the water.
what's with the black and white video?
I did it for effects, just something to be different.
What substrate do you recommend now that the walmart litter breaks is dusty and breaks down easily?
The guy I got my copies from had kitty litter as a substrate and he just said it was normal Walmart, kitty litter. Which I have found is not baked but softer kitty litter than the baked kitty litter.
Hi, Dr Novak, I've been following your videos for some time now.
I have a question (NOT sure if you already have an answer on one of your videos)
I it possible to replace the Natural Clay (kitty litter) with zeolite?
Yes, absolutely
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums awesome, thank you.
Coming from somebody who runs a wastewater treatment plant at an operations/administrative level, I think it’s important to note that the nitrogen cycle you are describing is accomplished primarily bacteria. However, nitrogen cycles more than just this way, and while the anoxic filtration system allows you to do so without plants, an important thing of course, many aquarists can achieve great success by simply cultivating plant growth in a natural system where waste is broken down and made available to the plants by macro and microfauna. I believe one can still be considered an expert in this hobby if they have cultivated significant experience and success in fish keeping while maintaining their systems this way for a significant period of time. Expertise is not always defined by formal education, and in fact is most valuable when accompanied by wisdom.
So what should be done to make substrate more permeable whether it should be hard or soft and how thick kindly help thank you
Usually, this is something that you can do by adding more than one substrate together. Let's say if you'd like sand, add some larger gravel to it and mix it up. This will prevent it from compacting.
Hi Dr Novak. Is the video in black & white?
YES...
Well, once I watched for the very first time one of your videos, I didn't understand why I didn't watched any video about anoxic filtration in any "big youtube channel"... yes, the reason was the same, nobody was scientist... nobody promotes a cheap method to last fish healthy... and, of course, plants are the new source of money for stores.
The new fashion is to change every year the hardscape, buy new plants, and sadly, new fish... yes... give up maintenance and start a new project... ever a ever...
Regards
Can you be a RUclipsr for a audiophile channel that you have.
And then release a horrible overdriven microphone sound, that distort that much so your points and message we are not to hear it.😢😅❤
Apperently..😂
I have no problem to not use anoxic filtration and not using the whole nitrogen cycle..
When I use it as a indication as WHEN I need to do a water change. And rip the benefit of removing other stuff and add new stuff back that got depleted.
I have no goal as father fish to never change out water.. It is water and not gold, as some treat it as..😂
But with that said I actually have a African cichlids tank that is a very heavily planted tank! That were my primary goal.
But in that planted tank that us a high tech tank I actually never need to change the water when NO3 is not accumulated when the plants consume it.😅
It is a win win and one of the the best filters out there.
I prefer lush and filtered cleaner water by plants (when they also consume from the water at least 15 other micro and macro chemicals from the water column.😅
And anoxic plenum is "just" converting one thing.. NO3 to N.. And all other "garbage" that it don't do is accumulating..
So by implementing anoxic plenum that convert NO3 to N will only remove my INDICATOR for when to remove ALL of the diffrent garbage with a water change.
But of course anoxic plenum has it place for overstocked, heavy feeding grow up tanks and so on that benefits of all help that they can get in those situations.❤
But yes I am with you that many thinks that a partial N cycle is a "complete" cycle..😂😂
When I edit my videos, they sound perfectly fine on the computer. It seems after I send them off to the RUclips channel. They completely change in their sound quality. Because this is not a channel that makes great sums of money. I cannot afford the most expensive mike's and/or equipment to do my RUclips.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenumsdo you mind commenting on the other part, based on still needing to do water changes to remove other things (?).
your mic makes you sound tinny and I don't like the black and white I did like the content. Keep up the good work.
On the computer it sounds just fine but I noticed when it gets on RUclips the sound quality changes. But you are absolutely right. It doesn't sound right to me either.
Black white or colour Doesn’t matter 🙏 It’s the content ✌️🇨🇦🙏 keep up the great work doc