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    I have these plants I’ve picked up from a hobbyist who didn’t know much about them. what are they? I see that they have rhizomes; will the rhizome be okay beneath some crushed gravel? I just planted this today and realized what I’d done!!!
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    Okay! So I left the 100w Eheim heater in a 10Gal Home Depot bucket set to 72’f and the result was without a busted heater! Thinking of it now, I will bring a timer with me & see how frequently the light goes on, and then use the timer the same way with my indoor aquarium. I’ll make some popcorn! The overnight forecast was 8’C. The heater was put into the bucket initially at about 70’f
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    I’ll see what happens tonight in one of my Home Depot buckets which I normally use for water changes, and then I’ll report back! (Fingers crossed that the heater doesn’t fail)!
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    Yea I think the wind & surface area to the water is a thing; as well as how thin the plastic container is on its own. I think the problem is heat retention in this case.
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    Not to sound rude here, but you didn’t read everything because I mentioned the volume of the aquarium in the OP! its 25 gallons
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    Heyo, I have my planter aquarium I’ll be bringing outdoors once the overnight temperatures rise above 10’c. My question pertains to the heaters capacity to keep the aquarium warm without failure. Is there some kind of formula somebody could help me out with here? I have about 25gallons of aquarium with a nightly low this week of 10’c, and my Eheim 100w heater to boot. I plan on adding an additional heater for safety when I take it out front, but in the meantime, I cannot be testing for something like this with guppies being tropical (cannot go below 72’fh). But’d like to actually *know* if a solo heater could seal the deal. Can you guys help verify this for me?
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    Hey I know what’s going on... these seeds are off Amazon & are a phony product; these are grass seeds & cannot be submerged in water, even though they are advertised as aquatic
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    Hey yes I can do that rn, I’ll edit the OP!
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    Any ideas what is happening / what can be done? It’s 75/25 sand-garden soil substrate, seeds sprouted after about 10 days, then I topped it with 1/4” sand. 20gal tank with a sub pump filter but no air injection. It’s been running for about 3 weeks now & it begins to melt; 4 days ago I had furry see-through and very thin cotton-like stuff gathering on the grass, and now they are going brown from the tips & dying.
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    Yup. I’ll be adding support braces / slots for the plastic planters to sit their butts in the aquarium. As well, I’ll have to think of something to stop the centre middle from bowing out with the added water. I won’t be drilling into this cabinet.
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    I’ve been doing aquariums for the past four months or so now. I’ve had really satisfying results there, and I also have a product that I am developing for sale & doing DIY workshops. The product is *drums roll* 1-4 gallon jar aquariums. This system here is going to be used for growing plants that I will transplant hydroponically to the jar aquariums. A few questions: Which plants are easiest to control, will transplant happily, and look the nicest? In my main aquarium I hang pothos from the water column. I wish for something like this for starter vines, but with flowers! That would be nice. I’ll provide more details if/as the questions & comments come
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    I hang pothos from my potted planter aquarium right now, and I'll soon be setting up a hydroponic aquarium garden with some nice vines & flowers. It's in a nook on top of a vintage cabinet & it's going to look aaaa maaaayy ziiiiingggg once it's in operation & all grown in.
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    An aquaponic lid designed for aquariums with slots to insert your house plants into. So simple & so cool.
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    Hey I’ll consider getting a rain barrel, there’s an idea. The garden plants are watered from the hose typically. I’ll look into this! I’ll figure out what we can do about making sure this hanging planter has no pesticides within the soil it’s planted in. When I mention soot, I mean the soil that leaves the hanging planter and drips into the aquarium. This stuff I’d imagine does more good than bad; and the air bubble filter sponge will collect any excess anyways.
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    Oh, obviously! Haha good call!
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    There is an eavesdrop on this veranda which keeps it from the direct sunlight. In this spot it will get direct sunlight for 2-3 hours during sundown. I read somewhere that sunlight in the morning is ideal. I may put it in the backyard instead so it can get that morning sunlight, but I want to show this aquarium off to my neighbours in the front yard ! Lol Hey there’s an idea: I could place a drip bucket beneath the hanging planter while watering. That doesn’t sound so bad! I prefer the minimal maintenance, so I’ll observe the effects of the drip into the aquarium before doing the drip tray method. I think using the city water from the house, however, is out of the question
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    I’ve been working on a potted planter aquarium for 2-3 months now. I plan on bringing it out to the front veranda after the springtime warms things up outside. There is a place I’d like to put the planter aquarium that would be directly below a hanging flower basket filled with regular garden soil. The hose is connected to city water which is treated with chlorine. I have de-chlorinated water that I can use instead of the garden hose to water this specific planter. I have a few questions: Will the chlorine react / oxidize with the soil as it drips through & out of the basket from beneath? if it does, will it be enough? Will the flow-through minerals be absorbed by the plants in the aquarium after er it falls in from above? I reckon the soot may be a slight issue, but I think I can figure something out about that Here’s a photo of the aquarium. Thanks ahead of time!
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    Yuppers, once the plants are absorbing the nutrients then the algae will subside. Excessive food / light energy will turn into algae unless it is consumed by plants. Once the plants are sitting pretty then the algae should subside. You could consider turning the lights on a lower setting, or for fewer hours a day; but since it’s an establishing aquarium then just maintain stable / steady parameters and let time do its thing. especially in an establishing aquarium, the more stuff you adjust then the more likely you may give yourself the wrong information about what is causing what to happen . Patience & learning how time can fix things that are naturally occurring (algae bloom)
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    It should go away in a week or two. Once the plants start growing then the algae bloom will bugger off
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    Keeping some plants at the water surface is important to keep guppies from fin nipping. Java moss, guppy grass, floating carpet seeds, water lettuce, dwarf lotus... Guppies thrive in harder water. I think a ph above 8.5 will probably have some negative affects in the long run. My potted planter tank has a pH of around 8.0
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    Something you can try to circulate the water without electricity is the Trompe. Look up on YouTube Trompe device & there’s a great video explaining how it works. Essentially it is an inexpensive add-on to your garden hose that produces air bubbles via water flow & gravity. Whenever your sprinklers are running in the yard then air bubbles will be produced by the Trompe device. Run an air line from the Trompe air output into your pond.
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    I’ve kept cherry shrimp in my planter pot aquarium for a month now without any of them attempting escape. I also keep two dwarf crayfish. This aquarium is wide open, and filled nearly to the brim
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    I've removed the sub pump & filter as it was sucking up the shrimp & smaller fish. The beer bottle bubble filter on it's own circulates the water adequately and has no risk of sucking up fish through the intake. Added to the aquarium are 9 guppy fry who are now close to being adult. The females have not yet given birth to any guppy fry of their own. I've also added cherry shrimp & two dwarf crayfish. For plants, hanging off the side is devil's Ivy. So long as the leaf of the ivy is not submerged in the water then they won't die. I've slipped them through a crevasse in the driftwood so they stay in place. There is some Java moss across the top of the water in order to create space between guppies who might get nippy, as well as floating carpet grass. It's a little bit messy now. I will be working on it more before bringing it outside for the summer. I will be using this potted planter as a test to see what potential damage the wildlife may do to it. I may build a metal grid locking piece that goes over the top if it is such a problem
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