My Fresh Water Aquarium - Natural Planted Tank (Walstad Method).

My strive toward creating self sustaining Natural Planted Aquarium using low-tech Walstad Method. Walstad Method provide an ecosystem where plants and fish balance each other's needs. The soil underlayer insures that plants grow well enough to outcompete algae and recycle fish waste and toxins.

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Some Notes on Laterite.

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Laterite shouldn't effect your GH, KH or PH but it could raise the iron levels considerably if it is used wrong. The best way to use i...
Friday, April 7, 2017

Best Practices: Setting up an Aquarium.

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1. Width:     Try to keep the width between 12-14 inches. This forces the fishes to swim near the glass. That way you have a closer view of ...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Pigeon(Rock Dove) Life-cycle.

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You are going to see how a pigeon life begins and how they get ready to fly. On 15-Mar-2015, a pigeon couple laid their eggs in my balcony...
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Monday, December 29, 2014

Happy New Year!!

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This will be my last blog for this year. Just blogging to increase the blog count for this year.:) It’s really awkward, I have been so ...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

How To Control Snail Population in a Planted Aquarium.

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I have been maintain a 5-Foot Walstad Type Natural Planted Aquarium from last few years.  Scalability and Flexibility always creates a pro...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Walstad Aquarium - 1 Year Later.

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Its been almost 1 year now with the new aquarium setup. And things have now got stabilized with lush green growth every where. I am now act...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

9 - Months - Progression Gallery.

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Its 9 months now since the new setup was performed during Sep 2012. Here are some pics: Sep-2012: Initial Setup.   Jan-2013: Not...
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