Shade Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I am currently working with a dirt mix with fluorite sand pool filter sand capped with a pool filter sand x fluorite black sand mix for my crypt tank. This is my second try with this mix and I like it so far but need longer testing and I feel like age beats anything for the most part 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Here is where I started: Here is where I am at as of today: + It must be the Root Tabs, as one surprise so far is how much better the Baby's Tears look in the Nerm tank. I couldn't fit all of them in the standard photo: Eco Baby's Tears: Dirt Baby's Tears: Nerm Baby's Tears: The lighting is the same in all 3 aquariums so that rules out lighting as a differential. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Daniel said: Here is where I started: Here is where I am at as of today: + It must be the Root Tabs, as one surprise so far is how much better the Baby's Tears look in the Nerm tank. I couldn't fit all of them in the standard photo: Eco Baby's Tears: Dirt Baby's Tears: Nerm Baby's Tears: The lighting is the same in all 3 aquariums so that rules out lighting as a differential. what type of gravel is the one in the last picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, quirkylemon103 said: what type of gravel is the one in the last picture? Caribsea Peace River with a little bit Caribsea Rio Grande beneath it, in the Nerm aquarium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 27 minutes ago, Daniel said: Caribsea Peace River with a little bit Caribsea Rio Grande beneath it, in the Nerm aquarium. cool 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) @Daniel, you are making me think of doing an amateur experiment of cap recipes for organic soil tanks. Edited December 14, 2020 by Streetwise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 I am always looking for any differences in the 3 aquariums. I found one. The Dirt tank is the only one that has any staghorn algae. It isn't much but here it is. It looks worse in closeup, and I could get rid of it in heartbeat, but I am going to leave it and see what happens. That swordtail in the photo pecks at it all the time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefConfit Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 @Daniel is this experiment still going? This is one of my favorite threads on the forum. I had 2 predictions when you said you were going to do this experiment. 1 was that the dirted tank would have the early advantage and be the first to show signs of growth/have the fastest growth early on. 2 was that long term the dirted and nerm tanks would be roughly equal. My first prediction was wrong, but if the experiment is still running I'd be interested to see if my second prediction held up. I will say though at first I didn't realize only the nerm tank would be getting ferts dosed in the water column which I think gives the nerm tank a big advantage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 @Daniel Do you happen to have a thread or vid showing a run down of all your aquariums? You seem to have some interesting setups, but I only seem to get a glimpse of them here and there. Are most of your tanks all in a fish room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillC Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 @Daniel Are these tanks still up and running? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 I haven’t heard from @Daniel in months. Anyone know if he’s ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawjagrrl Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/23/2021 at 8:11 PM, WillC said: @Daniel Are these tanks still up and running? yes, really interested to know more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/23/2021 at 8:29 PM, Patrick_G said: I haven’t heard from @Daniel in months. Anyone know if he’s ok? Streetwise may know, since they’re both moderators and may talk more behind the scenes. I know that Daniel’s main job is a honeybee queen breeder, which is very seasonal. So it could just be a busy time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) The last time I saw @Danielpost a couple things he did mention that he’s still in a very busy time of year for work. Edited October 24, 2021 by Odd Duck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/23/2021 at 8:29 PM, Patrick_G said: I haven’t heard from @Daniel in months. Anyone know if he’s ok? I am okay! But I haven't been on the forum hardly at all recently. I am getting all the beehives ready for winter and that eats up all of my time. I will have more time for the fish and the forum when the weather turns cold. I appreciate that I was worried about.🙂 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 3:08 PM, Daniel said: I appreciate that I was worried about.🙂 I’m glad you didn’t break a hip or something! 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 4:08 PM, Daniel said: I am okay! But I haven't been on the forum hardly at all recently. I am getting all the beehives ready for winter and that eats up all of my time. I will have more time for the fish and the forum when the weather turns cold. I appreciate that I was worried about.🙂 Good to hear you are doing well, talk to you when all the bees are protected for the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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