Letting Nature Control My Aquarium For 4 Months...

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[@flyingfool5215]

My tip: The potato did so much of the heavy lifting. Terrestrial plants will in every case zap away your nitrogen levels. The tank collapse you saw was from the power vacuum created by removing the potato. You need the terrestrial biomass to offset what’s happening below the surface.

[@AQUAPROS]

I totally agree, but the tank had 0 N, 0 P across the board before the potato... what do you think it was absorbing? Just undetectable levels??? Thats the only answer I can come up with

[@Heterogeneity]

Facts. The potato was doing a lot of work.

[@sciencetopics7053]

@@AQUAPROSIt probably replaced a lot of the work the bacteria was doing, taking the ammonia before the bacteria touched it, when you removed it, the bacterial load had to bounce back. In my 20 long it’s filled with aquatic plants, but also a forest of terrestrial plants, I’ve never measured any nitrogen’s, even with daily dosing of nitrogen and nearly 60 nano fish with heavy feedings daily. But I know if I ever pull out the terrestrials the tank will crash

[@ipodhty]

it being 0 since the plants was absorbing it tracks in my mind@@AQUAPROS

[@LRBaquatics]

Big reason you got that algae was from pulling to many of the plants out without water change since the biomass was used to having them in there. Also the killing of the algae in the tank feeds more algae as well without a water change. You can water change your way out of it over time due to atmospheric gas exchange with the plants and dilution of organics.. As chlorophyll and other organics breakdown in the aquarium it feeds mother natures great equalizer Algae.

[@AQUAPROS]

LERB knows! 😉🤙🤙🤙

[@Korvmannen]

@@AQUAPROS He went on a spiritual journey and stared into the abyss, and the abyss turned him into algae. Coming back, he can tell you everything about it.

[@an-insane-llama]

That makes a ton of sense , taking notes myself

[@marcuswhitmore6622]

I like the overgrown look in the aquarium, the Yam plant had seriously grown, I need to give that a go at some point. Always good to see the rice fish, still have mine outside, keep checking the weather and the temps are dropping here in the UK so I’m sure they will need to come inside shortly.

[@sairym3607]

I think its remarkably brave to post your decisions on this tank. I get scared just trimming, never mind the idea of ripping out plants, changing lighting, siphoning etc all at once. Nature doesn't like being messed with & i cannot use chemicals as i have shrimp. Sometimes things are just best left alone..😊

[@eligibbard1439]

Terrestrial plants are better at removing nitrates because they have access to more carbon in the atmosphere as well as an abundance of oxygen allowing them to have faster metabolisms and thus eating more nitrates. The yam likely was a huge part of the system mainly due to its sheer size. In the future I'd add some form of herbivore to the tank to keep plants under control with less matinence.

[@melscore2865]

Great job! It looks beautiful!

[@alexlovelius329]

Hello there! Regarding the hairgrass issue - just trim it down to the roots, it should regrow. The rest is playing around with the light and other things that trigger algae. Try avoiding the algae removal liquids and stuff - this doesn't fix the root case and can actually hurt plans more than help. Not that I'm any good at aquascaping and plant keeping, but it's just something from my own experience.

[@AaronLewisOfficial]

I actually really enjoyed this video man, I love when plants take over an aquarium it just looks more natural to me!!

[@shesellsfish]

Loving the nature series videos, so many interesting surprises. 👍❤️👍

[@AQUAPROS]

🤠🤙

[@omaeve]

If you need to grow another yam or sweet potato you just full the slips aka stems out at the surface of the potato plant them in a plastic storage box and they will grow many more potatoes if given enough light and warm house temps.

[@omaeve]

Full = pull

[@coralfish12g]

This is cool!!

[@AQUAPROS]

Thanks buddy :) 😍

[@ana-bananainca790]

5:54 South American sweet potato (batata) and those are delicious baked alongside chicken-olive oil, butter, salt, squeeze of lemon & garclic - I’m hungry!

[@tobyhart2149]

I’ve found Co2 liquid booster added daily to be great for killing algae. Also that hair algae I added 6 amano shrimp and they smashed a 30L tank full of that algae within a week. Great video!

[@AaronLewisOfficial]

What brand do you recommend? I have an outdoor pond and algae is taking it over!

[@vrnchmd8980]

Nice aquascape bro 👍

[@mirmetch1]

You are the master of growing hair algea

[@Masonawich]

Reduce your light to the lowest setting for a few days up to a week, should take out the algae entirely. With proper water oxygenation the fish will be fine and you will reset the tank. No need to rebuild it or trim.

[@AndrewOudin]

ITS NOT A YAM! 😂 Its Ipomea batatas, the legendary potatolike yamish thing that everyone loves. Its called ‘camote’ (kah-MO-teh) in much of its probable homeland, but it spread all over coastal regions in ancient times so it has lots of cool names. 🤓

[@Korvmannen]

*Duckweed.* People curse it and call it bad names, but... If you have to scoop out lots of duckweed, isn't that still better than doing water changes and cleaning out algae more frequently? A net or a comb and you get most of it out in a minute.

[@yo388]

It’s neither a potato or a yam, it’s a morning glory 😊

[@ibrahimdeniz7308]

I literally just bought a fish tank with like 20 guppies in it for 20€ with no prior experience and just watching a few days of yt videos and my tank runs PERFECTLY. Havent been doing water changes to try to get some algae to cover the glass and ship model in the tank and dont get any. I only feed the fish and clean the filter evry month or two. Other than a ship model i had half a coffe cup of moss in the tank which now has the volume of like 3 coffe cups.

[@ChadGardenSinLA]

Hi! New aquascaper here. Is there any truth to having a "comprehensive clean up crew", like Cory from Aquarium Co-op suggested, to take care of the different forms of algae? My three tanks are too new for me to have any issues, but I do have the team he suggested in my 55 gal long which is about 10 weeks old. I've my lights set on 24/7 to the summer solstice in Los Angeles (16 hours of light plus 8 of blue evening light). I've had impressive plant growth, but no algae spread (which worried me because I don't feed my animals). But there must be enough bio film and reactions with the deep substrate and plants to keep the livestock plump, fat, and pooping all the time.

[@Silver_Creek_Aquatics]

Potatoes def have a seasonal burn off on their leaves. Old ones die off as it gets longer and longer vines/stalk

[@AQUAPROS]

Nice, ya this one lasted about 5 months, started in may???

[@blooky102]

Any plants that grow in an aquarium that become larger need energy for that growth, and that energy comes from the nitrogen from the fish, shrimp, or snail poop or even dead fish and dead other plants, and its good to remove the excess growth of these plants as it takes the nitrogen in the plants with them and gives other plants more light if they were shaded by the growth of the other plants.

[@SJLamb-te3dt]

If you want to change things up with your “potato” lol, you could look into decorative varieties that your plant nursery would sell in the spring. They dont tend to grow big tubers but they do have decent root systems and the leaves come in multiple colors. Greens yellows reds purples black and the leaves come in some beautiful shapes. Some grow huge vines like yours and some stay more compact and bushy. Might be interesting. Google ornamental sweet potato vine and you can see the many many options.

[@AQUAPROS]

Thanks!!!!

[@Kyle_Mo]

Thanks to Cory from Aquarium Coop for introducing me to this channel

[@AQUAPROS]

Cheers! 😎

[@CLifemusic]

Have you ever heard of arrow vine?? Some one told me it works better than pothos.. You ever tried to make a piece of driftwood out of an oak branch?

[@msholihin1038]

how do you feed the fish while you are left for 4 months?

[@kylepelletier6590]

How long has the cork bark been in the aquarium? I have a ton of big pieces and thought it would be cool to put in the aquarium similar to how you did it, but I have always been worried it would rot quickly

[@AQUAPROS]

1 year, and this is the same stuff i hade in the old tank, so almost 3 years submerged????? No issues

[@AQUAPROS]

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[@luisrodriguez-vigil8137]

but this savage acuarium is a dream!!!!!

[@dasfabelwesen]

Instead of pulling the hairgrass out you can also try cutting it to the root. Established roots are better that new plants.

[@AQUAPROS]

Ya good point, maybe i should give it a go....

[@Brackish_Babe]

I have what I call the trash tank where I just throw dying plants and whatever junk snail shrimps, I've put fry in there to grow them out. pretty much anything that I discard but don't really want a discard Of course that is my healthiest tank it's just so ugly though

[@marcusshhiew5047]

The reason is due to use of hydrogen peroxide,the beneficial bacteria in the eco system all die and cause unbalance system. I had try few times and give same result, it will kill initial algae but more worst hair algae attack the whole tank.

[@joelshack85]

Would you happen to have a video on your lighting equipment?

[@AQUAPROS]

Ya right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZbQqWOXitGIraM

[@dantheman8112]

I got my first tricolor medaka eggs this weekend. I moved the females into a sunlight only tank that gets 4 to 5 hours of sunlight. Hopefully I can keep the babies alive.

[@AQUAPROS]

Sweet dan!

[@dantheman8112]

@AQUAPROS have you looked into father fish method of controlling algae? He does water changes once a year

[@touayaaj84]

Algea is a good indicator that you need that potato.

[@Alxasaurus]

...the giant potato "tree" kinda reminds me of Portal 2.

[@twunderaquatics1770]

Was going to buy some fish food from your online store. You are out of the nano pellets. When will you get more in?

[@AQUAPROS]

1 month out for nano pellets unfortunatly, all 3 are the same formula, so you can grind up the Community.... sorry bout the stocking issues!

[@DokterIkanAquascape]

Im letting my aquascape for 4 months... ALGAEEEE BLOOM 😂

[@jacobtodhunter410]

You could try a total blackout for about 3 days to kill off the algae

[@-AndrewR]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@miniscenesgb]

That's interesting - does the peroxide not harm the fish?

[@AQUAPROS]

It can, but if you do it above the water level like this, you can use a lot more... its not an exact science

[@jiahturner8122]

One of the few bad things about living in Montana is I have to top off my tanks at least twice a week. I have 12 gallon that will completely evaporate in two weeks If I don't, even in winter.

[@DB-ek5kd]

Well that and Gianforte.

[@jiahturner8122]

@@DB-ek5kd True that, hopefully Governor Bodyslam doesn't win another term.

[@ikoyDaPnoy]

Pearl shrimp woulda fixed ur algae problem. Not removing the potato root system and uprooting so many plants instead of trimming them would have prevented the problem.

[@Timsautosolutions]

Whats the potatoe?

[@kellygordon103]

IR temp gun won't be that accurate on clear translucent water. You are more than likely reading the temp of the hose or container you are pointing at. For cheap IR guns you get most accurate results with black or darker objects.

[@istoppedlaughing5225]

Introduce some algae eaters

[@mattgray9297]

Looked perfect to begin with but my tanks live in a constant state of neglect. 😬

[@AQUAPROS]

Heheheh ;)

[@toospook9551]

thanks for the potato tip, what type of potato lol

[@AQUAPROS]

this one was an organic white sweet potato :)

[@Masonawich]

To treat Cyanobacteria you just cut it off from light entirely, and that shit it a lot harder to get rid of then algae !

[@angs8068]

Just curious but wouldn’t the amano shrimp take care of all the algae?

[@AQUAPROS]

I mean, they would help, but its not a 100% thing.. and + they will just crawl out of my tank over time ;(

[@jackrabbitslim6144]

one word. "shrimp"

[@zacharykunzer2823]

“This isn’t a rice fish video, don’t worry…” 😂😅

[@AQUAPROS]

Lol ITS ALWAYS A RICEFISH VIDEO 😉🤪

[@tcee8641]

What’s the name of the fruit again ?

[@sangamp6292]

You should have introduced shrimps, which could have made you r job ready

[@TaderSamich]

I've heard you can eat white sweet potato/yam leaves like spinach. Normal potato leaves will give you the 💩 though.

[@AQUAPROS]

Ive heard that too... never tried it tho....

[@gardockis.playground]

What kind of algae? I’m curious, does your algae smell bad?

[@AQUAPROS]

The first stuff I removed from the hairgrass (easy stuff) does have a weird smelll, its kinda bad I guess... its just noticable before you wash your hands...

[@bananafloat27]

Who you callin a potato?!

[@AQUAPROS]

Lmaoooo me at call of duty

[@ale_papa]

Maybe use rainwater instead of tap water. Distilled is also fine.

[@kellygordon103]

why not just trim the dwarf hair grass down to the substrate and allow it to reqrow. You shouldn't ever have to completely rip it out. I've seen tanks in worse condition bounce back.

[@danfox1458]

Or just do a black out for a week

[@2roddmann2]

Just cut back the hair grass like you did with the other plants.

[@AQUAPROS]

Yaaaa I totally could, i just hate how it looks after a trim, and theres still all the algae down low, idk i still might tho 🤷‍♂️🤙

[@NNTorious]

And you were wrong again that is not a yam that is a sweet potato completely different plant than a yam.

[@jazzowy]

test strips are weak, it is better to use drop tests

[@fatrat6929]

Your ecosystem is unbalanced and chemicals won't help , hair algae will comeback . To understand how to properly set and run aquarium listen to people like Father Fish .

[@batkat0]

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[@sanstheskeleton3239]

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