I had to write in and let you all know that this was a BAD weekend for my
little betta, but it ended up good. I am the one that has 1 betta in a
planted 10 gallon. Well, that tank sprang a leak!!!!!! OMG NOW WHAT????
Hee hee we are in the process of moving the betta and plants into the only
other tank in the house that is available! Sometime tomorrow my betta will
be living with his plant friends in a 90 gallon aquarium. Needless to say,
I have to go plant shopping tomorrow to fill up the empty space for him. I
am thinking ...... 90 gallons.......one fish......water change once a year?!
:-) LOL I just had to share that with you.

"Kelly Upton" wrote in message
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him. I
am thinking ...... 90 gallons.......one fish......water change once a
year?!


With what I've learned recently, in a well-planted tank, you don't need to
do water changes at all, in theory. Therory being you've created an
ecosystem. Fish create waste, filter converts waste to nitrogen, plants
convert nitrogen to O2!

will still probably experience a slow salt buildup in the water and will
eventually have to change it.

"WD" wrote in message
news:KB1ra.375801$OV.400164@rwcrnsc54...

"Kelly Upton" wrote in message
.net...
him. I
am thinking ...... 90 gallons.......one fish......water change once a
year?!


With what I've learned recently, in a well-planted tank, you don't need to
do water changes at all, in theory. Therory being you've created an
ecosystem. Fish create waste, filter converts waste to nitrogen, plants
convert nitrogen to O2!

What about poo? Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate aside, what breaks down and devours
the sludge component?


"WD" wrote in message
news:KB1ra.375801$OV.400164@rwcrnsc54...

With what I've learned recently, in a well-planted tank, you don't need to
do water changes at all, in theory. Therory being you've created an
ecosystem. Fish create waste, filter converts waste to nitrogen, plants
convert nitrogen to O2!

"Duncan A. McRae" wrote in
.rogers.com:

What about poo? Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate aside, what breaks down and
devours the sludge component?

Plant roots will eat that.

Planted tanks do need water changes though, for many reasons. A big one is
micronutrients that don't enter the tank in any other way. Another is the
fact that evaporation will take H2O away, but not dissolved metals,
calcium, etc.

Water changes are vital to healthy tanks IMO and IME.

~Empty

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