Quote Originally Posted by Mentat View Post
Your biotope looks very nice . I tried my hand at a planted community tank and it was successful; maybe too much. Took me 1-1.5 hour a week to clean and water change a 65G with a foot long cichlid in it. My 26G bow front took 3-3.5 hours weekly to maintain and produced 1 gallon of plant trimmings too. It was nice, had Rosy Barbs and Tetras breeding in it; even with other fish, a few would survive and surprise me with their presence. Eventually decided to tear down due to all maintenance involved. Maybe one day will include a small water section inside a dart vivarium .
This is why I love the walstad method. If done properly, you end up with a low light tank, no maintenance except water changesevery few months , and gorgeous colors in plants and fish. Which is why all of my tanks are walstad method lol.