Tanks by Diana Walstad? - Page 2 - Aquarium Plants

fishtk75 · 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Barr

See my article on cork aquascaping, goes way back..........
I used it to attach various plants to and it's siliconed tio the back wall or to a piece of rock/plexi etc and then added anywhere, you use 18 gauge galvinized wire and make "U shaped nails" to attach the plants to the cork.

You can add soil to any pre existing tank easily.
Add soil to a little water, mix, makes => mud.
Add mud to ice cube tray, freeze for 2-3 hours.

Add mud cubes deep into the soil, when they thaw, the soil will be down there.
This is suitable for spot enrichment.

If you want to redo a whole tank, best drain it and clean it complete tear down etc

Regards,
Tom Barr

Thank again
OK then can I ask is there soil media to use and not to use?
Also the soil media have to cover the whole bottom of the tank.

I was thinking out of the box fill nylon stockings and place them under the media I have and plant the plants over the were the bags are so the roots will grow throw the nylon in the bags of soil as under media clay pots.
Or freeze them as you said as mud spots.
Thank you very much for that.

fishtk75 · 10-31-2006, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by paludarium

I did set up a natural paltend tank after reading Diana's book 11 weeks ago. It's a 42 gallon tank with 2x39w T5-HO lights. The plants are growing slowly but tremendously. I didn't really do any water changes, just top off. The only plant I ever pruned in the past 2+ months was Ludwigia ovalis which is not well identified in the picutres. There are also GSA and BBA in the tank but seem minimized now.

How do you upload pic as you did?