I started (currently) with planted tanks Floowed 'father fish' And it's worked well - so long as I kept smaller fish or a few medium fish Recently came across your videos on under gravel filters And want to do this next 👍
I have a tillansia collection that I spray with deionized water every couple days. They bloom ok and grow fine with almost all nutrients from the air. Having an understanding of a plant's natural needs is important. It's very interesting to hear about the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and plants.
My dad was a farmer growing up and taught me the symbiotic relationship. When starting a new garden I used to add mycorrhiza and trichoderma fungi to jump start it in the begining. Like biovam. Aquarium are the same and need to grow the bacteria.
Really fascinating. I'm going to take a plant out of its pot, replant it in a different pot with better water flow throughout and see what happens. I'm doing that tomorrow !!!
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums I have just removed a small Amazon sword from its plastic pot that already had holes in the bottom. Cut four thin strips out from around the side of the pot.lined it with garden fleece and used its original media( soil and gravel mix) to replant. I took a crypt out of a small glass bowl, that is not doing too well. Have got another plastic pot and made lots of holes all around the sides of it. Again, lined with fleece and this time filled it with builders sand( well washed) and only a little of the original media that was attached to the roots. .Let's see how they get on !
I just have to say how much I agree with you. I decided to test out your Anoxic Filtration system for my self with fluorite Red aquarium soil. And I wanted to take it a step further and us this substrate that I've had for over 10 years knowing it should be depleted at this point. Long story short. Plants have been doing really good, my tank have no phosphates, and in my opinion is over stocked. Lighting seems to be my problem at this point, but the oxygen in the soil has been the game changer for my set ups. Great information as always
Thank you once again. Headed to a city to find unscented baked Kitty litter. The small towns around here don't have it. No absorb oil either. NOT getting the stuff from walmart anymore as 1/4 of my BCB bags are empty. Hope to find some good clay litter. Gorgeous Lillie
I learned about terra Preta from my dive into biochar. Terra Petra is very interesting and loved learning about it. My favorite part about it was that they would use clay pots with biochar in it as the bathroom. When the pot is full it is thrown into a pit. It's genius for creating their fertile fields and sewage is dealt with in the same method.
Thanks for sharing! You're one of the lucky ones that learned about Terra Preta from the Amazon that was made over 8000 years ago. The same thing is with all aquarium substrates too.
Very interesting Dr. Novak. That probably explains my experience in the beginning of my hobby. I had a 55 gallon setup with a plenum and HOB, 2" - 3" gravel substrate but started with plastic plants. After about a year I saved my allowance and upgraded the lighting. I then slowly started replacing the plastic plants with real ones. I would add a root tab only when I introduced the plant. Over time the tank was nicely planted and they were growing beautifully. I then setup a 30 something gallon again with a plenum and HOB with 2" - 3" gravel. I used the old Poly-Fill from the 55's HOB to seed with nitrifying bacteria. I slowly added a few fish and started planting with live plants and a root tab. Well the plants weren't doing so good. A quick trip to my favorite LFS and the owner told me to swap some gravel from my old tank. Sure enough the plants started doing great. The owner whom taught me lot's of things in the hobby explained that there was more than just the nitrifying cycle happening in the substrate.
You're absolutely right and you've got very good advice. But through your little experiment, you did find out that bacteria is badly needed for good plant growth too.
People do drive me nuts with their 40 dollar bags of special plant substrates . Usually multiple bags. My kitty litter costs under 6 dollars and it works like magic. I get that it is science, but when your plants thrive like a jungle, it sure seems like magic. Just put all my new fishy friends in my fourth tank. No water changes yet and it's been a month since setup. I've got some algae kicking but expected that at this point. I fully understand your teachings, but sometimes have a hard time explaining to others how easy this is and how much less money they have to spent for an ecosystem that will continue rather than digging it up in a couple years and starting over. Four tanks and all four running your anoxic system. All four are crazy successful. I've learned more in the past six or seven months since finding your channel then I ever did in my decades of previous fish keeping - sometimes successfully by accident but mostly just buying a few fish every month or two. So grateful!
Great video. Only one question: doesn't the roots of the plants do this thing exactly? I totally agree with your logic but I have for years tanks with deep sand substrate, and plants grow amazingly fast. No Co2, no fertilizers, and of course no vacuuming
They do to some extent, but you must remember plants are unreliable and you're depending on them to last forever and they don't. Therefore because we have an artificial environment, we need to subsidize that environment with water movement in case the plants fail.
I made composite from my juice machine pulp. I put it in dead nematoid sand in Florida. And man, I tell you people thought I was a genius. It was so productive I would wake up to crowds of people looking over my fence. I think it was the surface area for bacteria on the pulp, cause didn't put much down but.
The only "natural" cat litter I can find here in South Africa contains either Zeolite or Bentonite which I gather is a type of clay anyway. Problem is if I put it in water it loses the granular texture and changes into a mud-like mush. I suppose it is because it is not baked? Can I use the zeolite sold as ammonia remover filter media instead, mixed with Seachem Flourite Red on top of the filter plate? Want to do a plenum in a 5 gallon tank to see what the effect on algae will be.
With your knowledge and generosity, you are filling the gaps in our little knowledge about this hobby. And this is very, very commendable. I wish you health and health and health. Excuse me for my terrible English.
Thank you Dr Novak for another excellent and educational video. I agree 100%. It makes a lot of sense. Logically the aquarium fish naturally produce all the necessary nutrients for the plants through their waste and the only nutrients you may technically need to add could be minerals like iron, magnesium, calcium etc which the fish don't produce. You would not need to add any nitrates unless you don't have any fish or animal life in the tank. However the big question is, are the nutrients able to get to the roots easily from the water column and are there enough bacteria to break the nutrients down and make them available to the plant roots. This can only be achieved if there is flow of water through the substrate to bring nutrients in for the bacteria and plant roots.
You're absolutely right. Are you creating an environment a friendly environment for bacteria to continue breaking down, nutrients and/or waste for your bacteria and plants.
I am a plenum feen, in all my aquariums. So if you don't need fertilizer liquid or tabs, would bacteria balls or liquid be good? Great video! Always learning something helpful!
That why column feeder plants grow faster because there more available bacteria in the water column so the plant uptake nutrients faster. Correct me if im wrong
It will grow naturally. It's usually carried in through plants or even the animals you have, but not in large enough numbers to significantly make a difference.. Remember, this is a dimorphic bacteria that can live in oxygen free zones along with zones that have a lot of oxygen.
Ten minutes in and all I know - on about 4 different topics - is that “there’s more to it than that.” I can’t even tell if we’re eventually going to learn what the title says… :/
Great video, very enlightening. I do not use CO2 and it is no problem for me. I suspect that bad growth has little to do with CO2 and CO2 injection is over rated in the hobby. CO2 seems to just increase growth rates which creates more problems than it sorts. I use soil and it is hit and miss for me but always ‘slow’. I like slow - less maintenance. I am going to start thinking about ‘seeding’ my soils from now on, by adding a tiny amount of an active soil from a live natural aquatic habitat. I presently avoid this because the natural muds have native aquatic plant seeds that I do not want in my aquarium. Seeding in the same way that people use water or a filter medium from an established aquarium to speed up the nitrogen cycle for fish. But I want to seed my substrate. Thanks for the information provided in this video. I think this might be the most important video on youtube about soil and growing plants underwater❤. Nutrients are only a part of the story.
This is why worm castings are so beneficial for garden plants. They're loaded with millions of bacteria from organic matter passing through a worm. Also organic fertilizer is called "bio available" because in order for your plants to utilize it, it needs to be worked on through bacteria first before the plants can use it.
It's funny how somebody like, you knows exactly how things work with bacteria, but you get these RUclips channels that never ever talk about a substrate with bacteria and how it will benefit your plants and fish. Thanks and God Bless.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums thank you Dr. Novak for the reply. I hope you continue to do these science based educational videos. "Knowledge is power" as they say and very critical when understanding how the system works, and how to design systems that work for our benefit. Cheers!
How much worm castings would be beneficial to add to my substrate as I set up a new planted 55 gallon freshwater aquarium? Would 1/2 cup mixed in and spread across the bottom be enough to begin the bacteria growing process? I will be topping it off with a two inch layer of sand. I plan to have a few small fish and cleanup crew with the plants. Also, what lighting do you recommend. It needs to be adjustable above the top since i would like certain plants to grow out of the water, such as peace Lily, etc. Thank you!
I started with a tropica substrate caped sith gravil and rail plants .. After about 2 years I cleaned the hole thing out and just had clean gravil and artificial plants but I'm thinking I want to go back to live plants in thd future
You're absolutely right if they are made of iron like they were back in the 1920s. That is an old trick that they used to use in the aquarium hobby back then to add iron to rosebushes and aquarium substrate. Cast iron seems to be the best.
as long as you are talking plants, i have a couple questions on the ge 33 watt LED light. first, will it grow dim over time like a florescent does, and second, you said it's possible to remove the lens cover(which makes it even brighter?). could you show how that is done on an upcoming vid, so i don't break it. i briefly looked at the directs but didn't see anything about how to remove the cover. thanks doc.
This is the info i been looking for. I watch lots of videos but never seem convinced and i dont have success in plant growth. It drives me mad. My plants do 'ok' in a walsted set up. Never flourish. Do you have a video showing the set up of this type of system causing bacteria growth. And ill definitely be scrolling through your videos and subscribing. I might find my answers there 😁
So if I go the dirted route. Would it be beneficial to add mycorrhizae to the potting soil ? I also plan to add eco complete and crushed lava rock as a base layer. Then the potting soil, capped with corse sand
Would rhizome plants like Java fern, anubias, bucephalandra be the exception to needing bacteria? I'm thinking their roots are very different from other root feeders. The rhizome roots look and feel very different.
@Daniel Hall then is the bacteria living on the exposed roots of the rhizome plant enough to sustain it? Would the plant roots eventually need to get into the substrate to further the plants growth?
Question please. Does the dry aquasoil (ADA etc..) you put in the aquarium contain the beneficial bacteria already? Or is the aquasoil the ideal substrate to grow this bacteria and the bacteria comes from another source within the aquarium? Aquasoil seems to me to be sterile out of the bag? This is the part I find hard to understand. The Amazon people had damp soil, not dry soil in a bag. So it would seem aquasoil is not as good? Thanks. Soil that comes from your garden or in a bag of potting mix is moist so it seems logical to me that it contains bacteria.
The Aquasoil does not carry any bacteria in it. The only reason you would use aquasoil is to enrich the substrate. However, I've noticed that if you use a large amount of kitty litter, there's no reason to pay for expensive aquasoil. In fact, there are other RUclips channels out there that did experiments and found the kitty litter perform better than some of the substrates that are used for plants.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums OK thanks for confirming. Your comments remind me of my local pond plant supplier (natives plant nursery). They advise not to use potting mix or fertiliser in the pots or the pond water will go green (too rich). A medium like you are saying.
Hello, I have a specific question about using Kitty litter and other such clays in the substrate. Does adding it effect the hardness of the water? Will it overly soften or overly harden the water when used on it's own?
I have not noticed it affecting the hardness of the water, but what I have noticed from people telling me; is some kitty litter may make the pH go down and other kitty litter may make the pH go up. It just depends on the maker, and how it was made or processed.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums Thanks for the response. I actually got to making a bowl to test how 3 inches of a special kitty litter in a 2 gallon jar effects pH GH and KH. Over the course of 48 hours it had no change. pH 8.0, GH 300ppm, and KH 300ppm out of the tap. I wonder now if the high parameters out of the tap play a roll in how much the litter effects such parameters. Either way, I'm going to be adding it to my main tank now as I am convinced it is a good idea and won't cause harm.
Hi. Dr. Novack in Brazil cat litter made from clay is made of smectite clay. Is there any problem of using that kind of clay to make anoxic filters in planted tanks? Thank you.
So if I use plenum kitty litter and seachem soil, for example, i do not need to feetilize any more? Or do i need to put into the mix flurish and iron occasionally?
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums thanks Doctor, one more question if i need to grow emerge aquariums plants should i only use kitty laterite and soil or do i need to add a plenum and move water slowly in it?
If RUclips had two thumbs up i'd smash that button, thanks Kevin.
It always comes back to science over folklore. Great information.
I started (currently) with planted tanks
Floowed 'father fish'
And it's worked well - so long as I kept smaller fish or a few medium fish
Recently came across your videos on under gravel filters
And want to do this next 👍
That is awesome!
Thank you! Amazing video! Learned so much!!!
I have a tillansia collection that I spray with deionized water every couple days. They bloom ok and grow fine with almost all nutrients from the air.
Having an understanding of a plant's natural needs is important. It's very interesting to hear about the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and plants.
My dad was a farmer growing up and taught me the symbiotic relationship. When starting a new garden I used to add mycorrhiza and trichoderma fungi to jump start it in the begining. Like biovam. Aquarium are the same and need to grow the bacteria.
Anybody who is in agriculture knows exactly what I'm talking about. And how valuable bacteria is in the soil or a substrate in an aquarium.
Really fascinating. I'm going to take a plant out of its pot, replant it in a different pot with better water flow throughout and see what happens. I'm doing that tomorrow !!!
That's a good idea. Let me know your results because mine were definitely better.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums I have just removed a small Amazon sword from its plastic pot that already had holes in the bottom. Cut four thin strips out from around the side of the pot.lined it with garden fleece and used its original media( soil and gravel mix) to replant. I took a crypt out of a small glass bowl, that is not doing too well. Have got another plastic pot and made lots of holes all around the sides of it. Again, lined with fleece and this time filled it with builders sand( well washed) and only a little of the original media that was attached to the roots. .Let's see how they get on !
I just have to say how much I agree with you. I decided to test out your Anoxic Filtration system for my self with fluorite Red aquarium soil. And I wanted to take it a step further and us this substrate that I've had for over 10 years knowing it should be depleted at this point. Long story short. Plants have been doing really good, my tank have no phosphates, and in my opinion is over stocked. Lighting seems to be my problem at this point, but the oxygen in the soil has been the game changer for my set ups. Great information as always
Thank you once again. Headed to a city to find unscented baked Kitty litter. The small towns around here don't have it. No absorb oil either. NOT getting the stuff from walmart anymore as 1/4 of my BCB bags are empty. Hope to find some good clay litter. Gorgeous Lillie
I learned about terra Preta from my dive into biochar. Terra Petra is very interesting and loved learning about it. My favorite part about it was that they would use clay pots with biochar in it as the bathroom. When the pot is full it is thrown into a pit. It's genius for creating their fertile fields and sewage is dealt with in the same method.
Thanks for sharing! You're one of the lucky ones that learned about Terra Preta from the Amazon that was made over 8000 years ago. The same thing is with all aquarium substrates too.
Same
Very interesting Dr. Novak.
That probably explains my experience in the beginning of my hobby. I had a 55 gallon setup with a plenum and HOB, 2" - 3" gravel substrate but started with plastic plants. After about a year I saved my allowance and upgraded the lighting. I then slowly started replacing the plastic plants with real ones. I would add a root tab only when I introduced the plant. Over time the tank was nicely planted and they were growing beautifully. I then setup a 30 something gallon again with a plenum and HOB with 2" - 3" gravel. I used the old Poly-Fill from the 55's HOB to seed with nitrifying bacteria. I slowly added a few fish and started planting with live plants and a root tab. Well the plants weren't doing so good. A quick trip to my favorite LFS and the owner told me to swap some gravel from my old tank. Sure enough the plants started doing great. The owner whom taught me lot's of things in the hobby explained that there was more than just the nitrifying cycle happening in the substrate.
You're absolutely right and you've got very good advice. But through your little experiment, you did find out that bacteria is badly needed for good plant growth too.
People do drive me nuts with their 40 dollar bags of special plant substrates . Usually multiple bags. My kitty litter costs under 6 dollars and it works like magic. I get that it is science, but when your plants thrive like a jungle, it sure seems like magic. Just put all my new fishy friends in my fourth tank. No water changes yet and it's been a month since setup. I've got some algae kicking but expected that at this point. I fully understand your teachings, but sometimes have a hard time explaining to others how easy this is and how much less money they have to spent for an ecosystem that will continue rather than digging it up in a couple years and starting over. Four tanks and all four running your anoxic system. All four are crazy successful. I've learned more in the past six or seven months since finding your channel then I ever did in my decades of previous fish keeping - sometimes successfully by accident but mostly just buying a few fish every month or two. So grateful!
Great video. Only one question: doesn't the roots of the plants do this thing exactly?
I totally agree with your logic but I have for years tanks with deep sand substrate, and plants grow amazingly fast.
No Co2, no fertilizers, and of course no vacuuming
They do to some extent, but you must remember plants are unreliable and you're depending on them to last forever and they don't. Therefore because we have an artificial environment, we need to subsidize that environment with water movement in case the plants fail.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums Dr Novak, is it possible to have an email that I can contact you?
I made composite from my juice machine pulp. I put it in dead nematoid sand in Florida. And man, I tell you people thought I was a genius. It was so productive I would wake up to crowds of people looking over my fence. I think it was the surface area for bacteria on the pulp, cause didn't put much down but.
The only "natural" cat litter I can find here in South Africa contains either Zeolite or Bentonite which I gather is a type of clay anyway. Problem is if I put it in water it loses the granular texture and changes into a mud-like mush. I suppose it is because it is not baked? Can I use the zeolite sold as ammonia remover filter media instead, mixed with Seachem Flourite Red on top of the filter plate? Want to do a plenum in a 5 gallon tank to see what the effect on algae will be.
With your knowledge and generosity, you are filling the gaps in our little knowledge about this hobby. And this is very, very commendable. I wish you health and health and health. Excuse me for my terrible English.
I would not worry about your terrible English. Mine is not much better since English is my second language too.
Interesting
Thank you Dr Novak for another excellent and educational video. I agree 100%. It makes a lot of sense. Logically the aquarium fish naturally produce all the necessary nutrients for the plants through their waste and the only nutrients you may technically need to add could be minerals like iron, magnesium, calcium etc which the fish don't produce. You would not need to add any nitrates unless you don't have any fish or animal life in the tank. However the big question is, are the nutrients able to get to the roots easily from the water column and are there enough bacteria to break the nutrients down and make them available to the plant roots. This can only be achieved if there is flow of water through the substrate to bring nutrients in for the bacteria and plant roots.
You're absolutely right. Are you creating an environment a friendly environment for bacteria to continue breaking down, nutrients and/or waste for your bacteria and plants.
Thank you for sharing! 😁
I am a plenum feen, in all my aquariums. So if you don't need fertilizer liquid or tabs, would bacteria balls or liquid be good? Great video! Always learning something helpful!
You tell them Dr.!
That why column feeder plants grow faster because there more available bacteria in the water column so the plant uptake nutrients faster. Correct me if im wrong
How do you get the right kind of bacteria?
It will grow naturally. It's usually carried in through plants or even the animals you have, but not in large enough numbers to significantly make a difference.. Remember, this is a dimorphic bacteria that can live in oxygen free zones along with zones that have a lot of oxygen.
Ten minutes in and all I know - on about 4 different topics - is that “there’s more to it than that.”
I can’t even tell if we’re eventually going to learn what the title says… :/
Great video, very enlightening. I do not use CO2 and it is no problem for me. I suspect that bad growth has little to do with CO2 and CO2 injection is over rated in the hobby. CO2 seems to just increase growth rates which creates more problems than it sorts. I use soil and it is hit and miss for me but always ‘slow’. I like slow - less maintenance.
I am going to start thinking about ‘seeding’ my soils from now on, by adding a tiny amount of an active soil from a live natural aquatic habitat. I presently avoid this because the natural muds have native aquatic plant seeds that I do not want in my aquarium. Seeding in the same way that people use water or a filter medium from an established aquarium to speed up the nitrogen cycle for fish. But I want to seed my substrate. Thanks for the information provided in this video.
I think this might be the most important video on youtube about soil and growing plants underwater❤. Nutrients are only a part of the story.
This is why worm castings are so beneficial for garden plants. They're loaded with millions of bacteria from organic matter passing through a worm.
Also organic fertilizer is called "bio available" because in order for your plants to utilize it, it needs to be worked on through bacteria first before the plants can use it.
It's funny how somebody like, you knows exactly how things work with bacteria, but you get these RUclips channels that never ever talk about a substrate with bacteria and how it will benefit your plants and fish. Thanks and God Bless.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums thank you Dr. Novak for the reply. I hope you continue to do these science based educational videos. "Knowledge is power" as they say and very critical when understanding how the system works, and how to design systems that work for our benefit. Cheers!
How much worm castings would be beneficial to add to my substrate as I set up a new planted 55 gallon freshwater aquarium? Would 1/2 cup mixed in and spread across the bottom be enough to begin the bacteria growing process? I will be topping it off with a two inch layer of sand. I plan to have a few small fish and cleanup crew with the plants.
Also, what lighting do you recommend. It needs to be adjustable above the top since i would like certain plants to grow out of the water, such as peace Lily, etc.
Thank you!
I started with a tropica substrate caped sith gravil and rail plants .. After about 2 years I cleaned the hole thing out and just had clean gravil and artificial plants but I'm thinking I want to go back to live plants in thd future
Rusty nails inside the plenum can be a source of iron for the bacteria and plants?
You're absolutely right if they are made of iron like they were back in the 1920s. That is an old trick that they used to use in the aquarium hobby back then to add iron to rosebushes and aquarium substrate. Cast iron seems to be the best.
as long as you are talking plants, i have a couple questions on the ge 33 watt LED light. first, will it grow dim over time like a florescent does, and second, you said it's possible to remove the lens cover(which makes it even brighter?). could you show how that is done on an upcoming vid, so i don't break it. i briefly looked at the directs but didn't see anything about how to remove the cover. thanks doc.
This is the info i been looking for. I watch lots of videos but never seem convinced and i dont have success in plant growth. It drives me mad. My plants do 'ok' in a walsted set up. Never flourish.
Do you have a video showing the set up of this type of system causing bacteria growth. And ill definitely be scrolling through your videos and subscribing. I might find my answers there 😁
There's a plethora of my videos that you can watch that will get you to your goal.
Doubt cleared!
So if I go the dirted route. Would it be beneficial to add mycorrhizae to the potting soil ? I also plan to add eco complete and crushed lava rock as a base layer. Then the potting soil, capped with corse sand
I feel like I've been told off! 🤣
Would rhizome plants like Java fern, anubias, bucephalandra be the exception to needing bacteria? I'm thinking their roots are very different from other root feeders. The rhizome roots look and feel very different.
The bacteria free up the elements/ minerals and such so the plants can use them.
@Daniel Hall then is the bacteria living on the exposed roots of the rhizome plant enough to sustain it? Would the plant roots eventually need to get into the substrate to further the plants growth?
tamsak balik
Question please. Does the dry aquasoil (ADA etc..) you put in the aquarium contain the beneficial bacteria already? Or is the aquasoil the ideal substrate to grow this bacteria and the bacteria comes from another source within the aquarium? Aquasoil seems to me to be sterile out of the bag? This is the part I find hard to understand. The Amazon people had damp soil, not dry soil in a bag. So it would seem aquasoil is not as good? Thanks.
Soil that comes from your garden or in a bag of potting mix is moist so it seems logical to me that it contains bacteria.
The Aquasoil does not carry any bacteria in it. The only reason you would use aquasoil is to enrich the substrate. However, I've noticed that if you use a large amount of kitty litter, there's no reason to pay for expensive aquasoil. In fact, there are other RUclips channels out there that did experiments and found the kitty litter perform better than some of the substrates that are used for plants.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums OK thanks for confirming. Your comments remind me of my local pond plant supplier (natives plant nursery). They advise not to use potting mix or fertiliser in the pots or the pond water will go green (too rich). A medium like you are saying.
Hello, I have a specific question about using Kitty litter and other such clays in the substrate. Does adding it effect the hardness of the water? Will it overly soften or overly harden the water when used on it's own?
I have not noticed it affecting the hardness of the water, but what I have noticed from people telling me; is some kitty litter may make the pH go down and other kitty litter may make the pH go up. It just depends on the maker, and how it was made or processed.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums Thanks for the response. I actually got to making a bowl to test how 3 inches of a special kitty litter in a 2 gallon jar effects pH GH and KH. Over the course of 48 hours it had no change. pH 8.0, GH 300ppm, and KH 300ppm out of the tap. I wonder now if the high parameters out of the tap play a roll in how much the litter effects such parameters. Either way, I'm going to be adding it to my main tank now as I am convinced it is a good idea and won't cause harm.
Hi. Dr. Novack in Brazil cat litter made from clay is made of smectite clay. Is there any problem of using that kind of clay to make anoxic filters in planted tanks? Thank you.
What kind of kitty litter do you use please 🤷🥳👍🇨🇦🙏
No clumping odorless clay type kitty or use oil dri which is better
So if I use plenum kitty litter and seachem soil, for example, i do not need to feetilize any more? Or do i need to put into the mix flurish and iron occasionally?
More than likely, you will have no problems, except for maybe adding iron to your aquarium.
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums thanks Doctor, one more question if i need to grow emerge aquariums plants should i only use kitty laterite and soil or do i need to add a plenum and move water slowly in it?
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Bacteria is the key for planted tank so if there no bacteria plants cant absorb those nutrients