27-09-2023, 11:10 AM
(27-09-2023, 08:45 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: All my tanks were Walstads, lol. Really because it is the plants that drew me to the hobby in the first place. I just got an email from a seller who is sending me some aquatic plants to say she is including some duckweed with my plants 'for your lotus pot', lol. Diana Walstad certainly shook up the aquarium world with her ideas but the science was there. I follow a UK aquarist by the name of MDFishtanks on youtube and his videos are both entertaining and an education. It helps that he is really fun to watch, the man has that kind of charisma. Much more fun than America's fatherfish who also promotes the dirted tanks, his though having the deep sandbed cap on top. His method is the one I'm experimenting with in the 23litre that just found its way to my place. I will have that set up by early next week, and a tiger lotus on its way to go in it.
Fool that I am, lol...
Definitely no fool. You are the first person I've "met" who knew about Walstad prior to me explaining it. Yay!! I must have a look for MDFishtanks.
I have duckweed in my lotuses but clean it off as much as I can. It's a plant that once you have it will never be gone and if I could do it all over again it would never have found its way on to our property (although in the main pond the goldfish eat enough to keep it under control). In the lotus containers it shades the water and keeps it cooler which is the opposite of what I want in spring/summer to encourage flowering. Although if you were going to put some minnows in it would help keep them cool in summer, but then you wouldn't see them - the cycle goes around.
Best of luck with the 23litre. That will be greatl for a tiger lotus. And did you know that you can plant spathiphyllums under water? They can also make a great centre piece in a tank. They do need a bit of a rest out of the water now and again though.