Trying out aquaponic

[Ruturaj]

This is a comparison I wanted to show you. First pic is potted next to a window... I am now useing tank water for my plants so well see how much difference we get there... second pic is emerged

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Wow, the difference in leaf size and steam thickness is incredible.

 

[Rass]

I dont have any scientific evidence of how effective it is but it works well for me in a couple of my tanks.

 

[Ruturaj]

I dont have any scientific evidence of how effective it is but it works well for me in a couple of my tanks.

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Beautiful, it's looks so good, pretty much worth it for looks only.

 

[Rass]

Beautiful, it's looks so good, pretty much worth it for looks only.

Thank you!

 

[Ruturaj]

Added more plants today.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

I heard a argument over letting algae grow in tank to keep nitrates down, any one knows how effective is that vs plant?

Not sure what is more effective, but a good option for this would be to build an algae scrubber that way you don't have to have algae in the display tank.

 

[Ruturaj]

Not sure what is more effective, but a good option for this would be to build an algae scrubber that way you don't have to have algae in the display tank.

Thanks, already got one from Amazon. On a Facebook group one guy had algae in his tank and was defending it by saying it's good for nitrates, that got me curious. Doesn't seem like it make much difference there but I can't stand it visually, so I always scrub it off.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Thanks, already got one from Amazon. On a Facebook group one guy had algae in his tank and was defending it by saying it's good for nitrates, that got me curious. Doesn't seem like it make much difference there but I can't stand it visually, so I always scrub it off.

I'm in the same boat. I like my tanks looking clean. The algae will certainly utilize nutrients in the tank, but to remove nutrients from the tank you would have to remove it from the tank at some point. Just leaving it in there would be just temporarily binding the nutrients until the algae dies and is broken down.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Added more plants today.

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Looks awesome! love having it on one of my tanks as well.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

I dont have any scientific evidence of how effective it is but it works well for me in a couple of my tanks.

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What is the purple plant in your tank?