Sunday, 10 February 2019

Plant food source - waste water from my indoor aquariums

The plants will need food/fertilisers. Let's try to supply them with the water from the indoor aquariums. I have 2.

This is the main one. 4x2x2 feet. About 300+ litres. I have neglected it for so long. There are only 2 fish in the tank! A very shy sailfin pleco and a serpae tetra. Oh yes, and about a thousand bladder snails...
The job to revive this tank will be a huge one. I want to make it as low tech as possible, but priority will be to have a healthy environment for the inhabitants.

Off the top of my bald head I can think of...

  1. start regular water changes. The waste water will be great for the planned vege garden.
  2. get some water circulation going to mimic a gentle stream.
  3. lots of pruning
  4. slowly introduce some tank mates for the tetra
  5. slowly add some other species, maybe ghost shrimp, fighting fish, etc.
  6. address the lighting
  7. reduce the snail population.

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