Hi everyone, I would like to thank everybody who contributed to this interesting thread! I have read Diana Walstad's book and wanted to try out the type of tank setup she described. Since my primary focus is on fish keeping and breeding I never even considered the idea of no ...

Hi everyone, I would like to thank everybody who contributed to this interesting thread! I have read Diana Walstad's book and wanted to try out the type of tank setup she described. Since my primary focus is on fish keeping and breeding I never even considered the idea of no ...

Diana Walstad's book, "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium: A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist". Unfortunately she doesn't address the suitability of corys, but the book is pure gold with ...

Hi all, Diana Walstad's book, "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium: A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist". Unfortunately she doesn't address the suitability of corys, but the book is pure gold with ...

A general rule I have picked up in over 30 years of fishkeeping... The minute any author or product claims "no more water changes" drop the article or product in the nearest trash bin. Better yet, return the item and buy some extra buckets and water conditioner.
-Shane

If you haven't already, I would highly recommend checking out Diana Walstad's book, "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium: A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist" Unfortunately she doesn't address the suitability of corys, but ...

I have run dirted/walstadt ish tanks. I cap the dirt with sand separated with a fiberglass window screen. I don’t know that I ever read any of her literature so my tanks have always been filtered and had water changes. My cory tanks now are planted but only use a sand substrate about 2in deep. Plant...

Hi all, .......has anyone ever kept Corydoras in a Walstad tank? I am in the process of planning my first and was wondering wether corys would mess up the bottom? ...... It depends a little bit on how you define a Walstad style tank. Personally I ...

Thank you Eric, looks linke I might have to try this for myself

Hi Lisa, I don't know if it's been discussed here with corys, but there have been conversations here about Walstad tanks. I hope this helps: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/search.php?keywords=Walstad&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search ...

Hi everyone,

has anyone ever kept Corydoras in a Walstad tank? I am in the process of planning my first and was wondering wether corys would mess up the bottom?

Regards, Lisa

Thank you all three for the links and info! I am not claiming to contradict Walstad or anyone else. I am simply going through the process where I learn something, think about it, have an idea and then learn why my idea was not correct. While waiting for Walstad's ...

Hi all, I have Walstad's book. I thought it was very good......... I also know that she raises a lot of fish (especially fancy guppies, these days) and takes her own advice, sometimes running experiments to verify ideas. So while ...

I have Walstads book on its way in the mail but I have not read it. However I have suspicions that she is attributing too much to the plants and too little to microbes. I have Walstad's book. I thought it was very good. Disclaimer: ...

About plants bringing oxygen down into the substrate through the roots, this article by Diane Walstad says that aquatic plants prefer ammonia to nitrate even in root uptake. Nitrification close to the roots would seem to be a disadvantage for the plant unless there is ...

... in pretty much RO water. Might be a light issue? About plants bringing oxygen down into the substrate through the roots, this article by Diane Walstad says that aquatic plants prefer ammonia to nitrate even in root uptake. Nitrification close to the roots would seem to be a disadvantage for ...

... or experience on my problem with pothos not growing? About plants bringing oxygen down into the substrate through the roots, this article by Diane Walstad says that aquatic plants prefer ammonia to nitrate even in root uptake. Nitrification close to the roots would seem to be a disadvantage for ...

... have a huge effective gas exchange surface area caused by the film of water flowing over the filter media. @Bas Pels are good suggestions. Diana Walstad, in the "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium" called this the "aerial advantage" . I have read some of the links provided and ...

... became interested in during my "day job", but it is one of the key concepts (Chapter 9. the "aerial advantage") in Diana Walstad's "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium" ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ecology-Planted-Aquarium-Practical-Scientific/dp/0967377366 ), and ...

... tank has a dim green tint over about 75% of the tank including the area he is usually at Ideal, I'm a great floating plant fan. They have Diana Walstad's "aerial advantage" ( https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39714 ). cheers Darrel

Diana Walstad has some data in "Ecology of the planted aquarium" (if you don't have a copy I would strongly recommend it) ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Ecology-Planted-Aquarium-Practical-Scientific-Treatise-Aquarist/0967377366 ...

... food, and there was nothing to do with hydrobiochemistry. The simple answer is that we just don't know what is happening in the tank. Diana Walstad has some data in "Ecology of the planted aquarium" (if you don't have a copy I would strongly recommend it) ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Ecology-Planted-Aquarium-Practical-Scientific-Treatise-Aquarist/0967377366 ...

... plant. Ideally it needs to be a floater so that it has access to aerial CO2, but I've used Ceratophyllum demersum (also referred to in Diana Walstad's "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium") successfully, so I would have thought Myriophyllum spicatum should do. It is native in the UK, ...

... I go about growing/raising this/these algae species? I have a light green colored dense growing very thin algae type that attaches to plants in a Walstad setup shrimp tank I have had going for a couple months now, would this be eaten by the otocats? Quite sure it is not cyanobacteria (lack of ...

... a complex ecosystem. All of ecology is a "shades of grey" world. If any-one wants a more complete discussion of this I'd recommend Diana Walstad's "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium". Because of my work commitments the tanks in the lab. are often left for 2 - 3 weeks with no maintenance ...

... aureum) are better at comsuming nitrates than many aquatic species.... I like these too, this is the "aerial advantage" that Diana Walstad talks about in "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium", Pothos or Monstera etc are very good for this, but floating plants (like Amazon ...

... >, all the articles are well written and "get the job done". If you want to buy a book I'd buy Diana Walstad's "Ecology of the Planted Aquarium", it is well worth buying and if I only had one book this would be the one. cheers Darrel

Hi all, I've done this, it works quite well with "white peat", and less well as the peat becomes darker and more decomposed and the fragments smaller. If you can obtain it you need something like "Tref Baltic Peat" for the substrate. pH maybe I can boil my substrate Don't boil it...

Thank you for the link

I think I am going to give this is a try. I will probably put a HOB on it and plant it with emmersed and immersed plants. The only issue at this point would be the pH maybe I can boil my substrate....

This might interest you: http://gabhar.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/ ... ater-tank/