Kasshan
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water changes for me at least are absurd, I refuse. despite keeping very sensitive, advanced level fish.
ive stated the no water change method before, but ill repeat myself.
Substrate: miracle grow organic topsoil, fine mesh sand, some gravel, slate.
Filtration: rinse that out when it gets clogged. the 60 gallonhas a eheim canister and two AC50's with only sponges in them.
Biological Filtration: Malaysian trumpet snails, ramshorn snails, pond snails. I collect them with ease and discard them routinely. a bowl with algae tabs with the light off. there are also live tubifex worms that escaped being eaten too.
Live Plants: babys tears, java moss, duck weed, java fern, anubias. when the duck weed gets too thick I discard it.
Led light: it is almost always on.
top off the water as it evaporates and feed the fish. this is all I do. I sell all the fry I get to my LFS. and this is scientifically repeatable, since I moonlight and set up other people's tanks this way.
this won't work for every biome type, or every fish type either. it is based on a narrow set of stocking parameters.
its no secret, the theory is by removing the duckweed and snails. I'm cleaning the tank. I mean plants and animals are made of heavy elements, minerals, protein etc. protein is made from nitrogen. snail shells are minerals. I just did the "math" and its worked for years, and my fish make lots of babies. I didnt figure out over night, I just make it look easy now. the last time I did an officially/standard water change was approximately 7 years ago, but I honestly can't remember.
ive stated the no water change method before, but ill repeat myself.
Substrate: miracle grow organic topsoil, fine mesh sand, some gravel, slate.
Filtration: rinse that out when it gets clogged. the 60 gallonhas a eheim canister and two AC50's with only sponges in them.
Biological Filtration: Malaysian trumpet snails, ramshorn snails, pond snails. I collect them with ease and discard them routinely. a bowl with algae tabs with the light off. there are also live tubifex worms that escaped being eaten too.
Live Plants: babys tears, java moss, duck weed, java fern, anubias. when the duck weed gets too thick I discard it.
Led light: it is almost always on.
top off the water as it evaporates and feed the fish. this is all I do. I sell all the fry I get to my LFS. and this is scientifically repeatable, since I moonlight and set up other people's tanks this way.
this won't work for every biome type, or every fish type either. it is based on a narrow set of stocking parameters.
its no secret, the theory is by removing the duckweed and snails. I'm cleaning the tank. I mean plants and animals are made of heavy elements, minerals, protein etc. protein is made from nitrogen. snail shells are minerals. I just did the "math" and its worked for years, and my fish make lots of babies. I didnt figure out over night, I just make it look easy now. the last time I did an officially/standard water change was approximately 7 years ago, but I honestly can't remember.