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Ah, ok! Fascinating stuff! I'm almost certain I've got a spare air-pump somewhere!
Is the oxygen deficiency a higher risk because I put more leaves in, or will it be a consideration any/every time I add leaves?
Small update - After my WC today, I added six IAL (three pre-boiled and laying on the substrate) and three just rinsed and floating.
Decided to make it nice and dark, so added in more leaves than I probably needed. Hoping it will darken over the next few days.
Ah ok, that makes sense! Thanks! Yeah, it's very unlikely they are wild caught.
Ahh ok, so basically just leave it until it's sludge and then remove it?
I'll have to see if I can find a way of making the leaves stay on the bottom then :) they always seem to just float around for me haha...
Awesome, thank you :) I had thought those species prefer blackwater, but I was obviously wrong!
Ahh ok! I'll keep my eye out for Oak leaves and alder cones then :)
Slightly tangental question - is there an amount of time I should leave the leaves in the tank for? I don't have shrimp, so they...
Thanks @MacZ - that was all very helpful.
The one thing that stood out for me in the article you linked was this bit: "Pretreating water with an RO unit can, depending on its efficiency, use quite large amounts of water with RO to wastewater ratios of up to 1:5! So if you live in areas with...
Hi all,
I’ve been in the fish keeping hobby for a while (just over a year) and I’ve tried different setups like walstad, but I’d really like to try a black water tank.
Forgetting the chemistry lesson, which I know is important but not wanting to get way in over my head too early, what is...