Riparium Low Tech

I was going back and forth on just heavily planting it trying out high tech maybe trying to.

Riparium low tech. I like the idea of doing a true walstad tank but i m not sure i want to take the time to redo this tank just for the substrate. What i m reading is a gh of 180 kh between 180 240 ph 9 nitrites 0 and nitrates around 160. Jump to latest follow 1 9 of 9 posts.

How bad is this. To do that i added dwarf water lettuce and european frog bit. I hope that it will be low maintenance.

I began studying plant deficiency posters. Rapid growth might seem like an advantage rather than a disadvantage. Plant growth will be much faster than in a traditional low tech aquarium.

The plants require frequent pruning and depending on the species root division. Algae got worse milfoil died the glass was hairy. I wondered if my light was too bright for low tech.

Joined sep 19 2019 132 posts. Is there a viable way to add soil to an existing substrate. Plantedaquarium aquascaping riparium ripariumsupply aquaverdi lowtechplantedtank aquaticplants pondplants biphilicdesign aquariumplants vivarium paludarium.

This riparium has some. Livestock includes tetras and a few other fish. Discussion starter 1 14 d ago edited i found this amazing old 5 gal pyrex bottle on the street in nyc and decided to wait until i moved to australia to make an aquarium out of it.