Complete SETUP of NATURAL Walstad PLANTED Aquarium

[@FatherFish]

The Walstad recommended substrate cap allows extensive intrusion of soil nutrients into the water column thereby reducing substrate effect and limiting the water's ability to control algae.

[@scarlettalquijay3818]

The nitrogen cycle takes longer when the capping material is so course. Because it's so course it allows the nutrients from the soil to leach into the water column delaying the cycle with every water change. All those nutrients are also causing all the algae. Try using finer material like sand, that will help progress the nitrogen cycle and help slow the algae outbreak.

[@kinglyzard]

Came here to say this exact thing

[@Nutamago]

Changing water is always needed in the very first phase of using soil as the substrate. The coarse capping material is fine as it will aerate the bacteria and your plants! Don't worry, the plant take the nutrients. algae will die once your plants grow effectively, clean them manually if you can. So, in general based on Diana walstad book. plant MORE variable plants especially fast grower and floating/ emersed sections (pothos, Peace lily, etc.) It takes time, but will go on for years without the need to change the substrate and needless frequent water change.

[@FatherFish]

coarse material has a sustaining effect in the substrate extending its effective use.

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

Don't you think adding Frank with the shrimp is a little bit risky?

[@tompat2365]

Nature is everytime Risky 😊

[@brelouum]

i think thats the point

[@BesidePeacefulWaters]

Wonderful!

[@sheasheaz]

Hey, do you have any update to this tank? I wanna try a five gallon walstad with shrimp and pea puffers too, I’d love to see how yours is doing

[@FalconMe]

Doing my first walstad tank, 10 gallon. I heavily planted it with already pretty grown plants and all my parameters checks out. Should I add shrimp or wait?

[@natarium]

If the plants are established, there is a healthy population of beneficial bacteria, and the parameters have been ok for a while then it probably should be fine. From my experience its easier to add shrimp than fish as they're hardier and produce less ammonia, generally.

[@MountainDewNinja99]

Nice! I saw your channel and knew your niche right away. Hallmark of good marketing!

[@natarium]

Thanks! Reallty appreciate the support :)

[@asifali007]

how many days it takes to cycle walstad tank with top soil and used aquasoil. 1 month or more?... my jar with no filter shows 4ppm ammonia after 5 days i did 50% water change for 3days but still ammonia high and unfortunately 99% of my plants melted .. due to such high ammonia..

[@kleinmannrichard9540]

Is the snail population gone? Or can they still reproduce at the size of this tank? I have a 100 liter / 26 gallons new tank and want to set it with Walstad method. My goal is to achieve an ecosystem with nearly no feeding

[@apoorv1441]

did you just use compost as base layer or compost + potting soil ?? iam little confused with it

[@natarium]

For the base layer I used only the compost you seen in the video. Then used Seachem Flourite as the cap

[@bethanynicole871]

Can we get a new update?

[@antoniobassi9432]

I'm a little confused, so what is better to use? the gravel recommended by wastald or sand?

[@yaarufureddo]

Sand not less than 6 cm.

[@debrascheer4577]

Sand 2 inch cap

[@Nutamago]

2mm coarse material like pea gravel or silica sand is good.

[@jeffa2081]

I use worm casting. Give it a try. Looks great

[@natarium]

Just looked into worm casting substrate now as I've never heard of it. Seems great! I might try this next time in fact, thanks for the tip!

[@sajulalCK]

Wonderful video 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@PawnPower64]

I have the same tank heavily planted wuth hornwort only i love hornwort i have 6 glofish doing weekly water change but now can i increase it to two week for a change i added the plants a week ago plz help new sub

[@14SEahorSe]

Do you recommend adding an air pump to an all-natural aquarium? Is it necessary for bettas, guppies, angels or goramis? Wondering if the plants provide enough dissolved oxygen for these fishes....

[@zabo57]

Lets nature doing everything

[@ChristopherLecky]

Here is a tip,,,,, Mix clay with ground up charcoal whilst wet,,, then bake the mixture until its rock hard and the colour has altered. The clay will seep into the micro porous structure of the charcoal then once baked it will expand which will increase the surface area and impregnate the charcoal permanently.....Consider the ratio and any other possible variables.....

[@marthymarte1832]

🤔 pea puffer with shrimps??? Are you sure??

[@____________838]

Where did you get those sieves?

[@felixlaupc]

The moment you planted anubias nana into the soil, we already know you're a rookie.

[@Martschy]

And does it still run?

[@natarium]

Unfortunately no, the tank kept getting covered in algae far too quickly. It was either due to an excess of nutrients or lighting. I'm currently working on another setup that should do better and that video should be released in the coming weeks.

[@Martschy]

@@natarium hm i am currently testing a small tank on my table. during the day it only gets indirect sunlight ;)

[@natarium]

@@Martschy Exactly what I'm thinking. Less light + less livestock = more control

[@SumargJ]

if you capped that gravel with 2 inch of sand it would be perfect. that gravel substrate cap is too thin and it leaches lots of nutrients and organics into the water column. Attach the anubias to a rock or a driftood.

[@aquariumfishlovervincent]

Beautifully done 🔥🔥👌👌jus wow,way to go 🤗🤗

[@thelittlethingsinlife239]

Well done for using this method 😀

[@Daveycrits]

Breath of the wild, nice nice nice

[@zerod.gaming3930]

usually wouldn't plant the anubias in the soil hopefully you took it out

[@joesiever4844]

The cap is too thin and coarse, too much leaching into the water column. Try river sand, approximately 2 inch deep

[@slicktmi]

Can you go more than 2 inches?

[@joesiever4844]

@@slicktmi 2 inch is a gold standard, we don't want the tank to get too shallow. Moreover, some of the plant have a weaker root

[@Jacksaquariums]

When you trim your plants you should just re plant them back in your tank as you need more plants..

[@KKlHUMYAI]

i'll try by dirt too thx

[@natarium]

Make sure you get the right stuff and treat it properly, making sure you get this step right will save you a lot of headache later on!

[@mandibasah]

1 inch pit soil,2 inch sand, 70% of plant leave it for 3 days and than put in 2 or 3 fish in it..make sure your light is on for 24/7 in two weeks and sfter that adjust to 8 hours a day..mine was crystal clear and no algea at all..too bad i was using 2 feet size of aquarium,wisho bought a bit bigger than that size.

[@jesseeverhart7013]

👍

[@thomasbarnes8827]

Shrimp and puffers are a bad idea.

[@sc_mustang]

Actually not all the time. I had a tank 2 years ago with 20 Red Cherry shrimp and 4 Pea Puffers. They did fine with eachother as I kept everyone well fed. Now it's not recommended as they will kill the shrimp. But many people have housed both with no issues.

[@natarium]

+1 this. I've had experience with both happenning. I trusted Frank with the shrimp as I've kept them with him before with no issue. I think a big part is getting places to hide. The biggest problem I've found is when a puffer is hungry it will eat shrimp. With puffers being very picky eaters they can often not eat the frozen food or what I've experienced is sometimes they can't find it. When this happens it's bye bye to the shrimp usually. Overall if you want the shrimp to be happy and live a long time and you can't be certain of the fish's behaviour then yeah, shrimp and puffers are a bad idea

[@ChristopherLecky]

As with keeping all animals extensive research is essential and the most responsible thing todo .... Its no different with keeping fish....the motivation to question all best practice solutions is how you decipher truth from what others prefer to think for their convenience! Unfortunately in reality best practice is a long way from advanced knowledge! yet people seemingly settle at what their told by someone who suggests they know better enough to hinder any further enquiry....... do not be a sheep!

[@antoniobassi9432]

Ma infatti, cosa è meglio ascoltare una biologa come la Wastald, oppure le decine e decine di youtuber che s'improvvisano solo per vendere prodotti commerciali? Il metodo wastald sicuramente può essere rivisto aggiornato modificato ma buttarlo a mare dicendo che lei è una cretina è proprio da sciocchi tanto piu che basta guardare la realtà dei fatti, la massa degli youtuber segue il commercio che ti vende prodotti chimici e quant'altro per avere un acquario sempre limpido pulito acosto elevato, mentre chi segue il metodo wastald è sempre una minoranza guarda caso

[@ColeoneAquarium]

Better next time no use gravel and put filtration in

[@yaarufureddo]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? You can't make soil like that!!!

[@musiconvinylisbetter.1449]

Sloppy setup!