Dirted 20 Gallon : First Few Weeks

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Time Stamps
00:00 - Opener
00:30 - Why this project?
02:18 - Where did you get that light?
02:47 - substrate guard
05:13 - Tank info
05:34 - begin substrate lasagna
17:30 - Hardscape
21:23 - Plants
25:22 - first fill
25:45 - anubias strategy
28:57 - filter?
29:04 - what to expect a few weeks in.
30:23 - One more plant
31:26 - what I did for water changes
34:05 - What I hope will happen
34:52 - wrapping it up
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Комментарии : 77

@FatherFish 2 года назад

Nice job. Love the tank. This will be magnificent for years t o come. Thank you for the kudos.

@pecktec 2 года назад

Thanks for all the great advice!

@keithcheeseman567 2 года назад

I have been an aquarist for 40 yrs and my dirted tanks were the best I ever had.

@johnnygee4206 2 года назад

New hobbyist: "You can't put dirt in an aquarium!" Pecktec: "Read the t-shirt..."

@WorldAquariumSingapore 2 года назад

Cheers thanks Pecktec for the video, super cool there

@csharpe5787 2 года назад

Thanks, always love your videos.

@williamaaronhicks2198 2 года назад

Have you seen what MD Fishtanks has been using for his nutrient layer? He’s done a couple of tanks using pond soil for used underwater baskets, the ones for waterlilies, reeds, etc. and seems to have had pretty good luck. And the stuff comes in landscaper volume-sized bags so is… er, “dirt”cheap… especially compared to Fluval, Caribsea, etc. It is def fish safe, as it used for koi ponds and the like.

@naturesfinest2408 2 года назад

Do you have a link to what he uses?

@pecktec 2 года назад

I’ll check that out but this stuff is normally very inexpensive in comparison. But I’ve never looked at that so I’ll check it out thanks!

@QueAquatics 2 года назад

This is gorgeous! I’m a little nervous but I want to try this

@darrylmoore5847 2 года назад

Awesome video.

@tjautocross 2 года назад

Great overview Sean. Excited to see how it progresses!

@shesellsfish 2 года назад

Will be following along to see how this progresses. I think you're going to love it. 👍❤👍

@RikoStan 2 года назад

I think I might actually try something like this for the next tank. I do pretty good with just eco-complete, so I'm not highly motivated though. All those plants you sent me are doing awesome too!

@justins6465 2 года назад

I have a dirted tank with eco over the dirt and black sand over that. It really does great for planted tanks

@tnaqua5630 2 года назад

Awesome tank sean. 👏 looks great man

@nozr1383 2 года назад

That is an awesome shirt!

@dirtyoldfarmhand3 2 года назад

Awesome

@naegwut 2 года назад

Love it

@KarunakaranNaresh 2 года назад

Beautiful aquarium. My father fish dirted tank also doing well .love from Sri lanka .

@yezryezr 2 года назад

Dude your tanks are awesome. As I've watched your videos I noticed i've grown to envy your hair. (I am 34 and bald.bald for years. 😅) Man some guys just have it all.

@Evil_Genius_888 2 года назад

Interesting setup. I don’t know if I’d be brave enough to try a no filter setup. Looking forward to updates.

@Divinelyintricate Год назад

I love and appreciate the effort you put into your videos ! Getting back into the hobby & it’s a great way to recap lol… even thou I end up watching everything 🤣

@Sotdot3 2 года назад

Looks great. Would like to do this one day.

@deadboynyc 2 года назад

Love a deep substrate

@Anp8 2 года назад

when he mentioned father fish. had to hit that sub button. great videos will watch more from you oh my goodness! lovely tanks

@EVERYTHINGGUY226 2 года назад

Nice video

@AlpacaMade 2 года назад

The only thing I would've done differently is make that graceful twist on the back wood a feature. Loved it when I could see it. No mention of perlite floating up, clouding your water, so I'm guessing the white specks in the soil wasn't pearlite. It's an handsome tank👍

@banksarenotyourfriends 2 года назад

Great video, thank you. I'm about 4 or 5 months into my first Father Fish -style aquarium. I think I put too much dirt/nutrients in, so the substrate burped and farted a lot for a few months, but it's settled down now and it's a really nice, very low maintenance tank. I couldn't be happier with it.

@SnarkyRC 4 месяца назад

That style is okay. I prefer the Claris style method. I've been using it since the 80s.

@SequoiaElisabeth 2 года назад

From my Experience Parva takes months to get going without CO2. Fun to see how someone else does a dirted tank.

@kurtalicious8459 2 года назад

Love the shirt.

@pecktec 2 года назад

Yeah those Facebook adds get me every time lol.

@carlosborrero2101 2 года назад

Your hair is always "on point"..., No?, Okay, thanks for making this vídeo.

@galejohnson8086 4 месяца назад

I really enjoy your channel. May i make a suggestion? When showing a product, like the laterite, hold the jar still so it can be read. You aren’t alone in this. I find my self rewinding and trying multiple times trying to stop the image just right to read the product name. Beautiful tanks you have made, by the way

@pecktec 4 месяца назад

Oh yeah I agree it’s so hard to remember in the moment, but I always feel it when I’m editing later.

@Baffi_ 2 года назад

This tank is going to become a JUNGLE, no doubts

@justins6465 2 года назад

Great video, start soaking the wood for 210 now

@pecktec 2 года назад

Lol no doubt I bought a garbage can to do it. Lol.

@steve852011 2 года назад

wow that was a lot of dirt, not going to worry about having too much any more.

@josemontalvo4532 5 месяцев назад

You could have used Painters Tape on the outside as a guide for soil and sand levels. I’ve used Lighting Defusers so that if rocks dip over, it won’t crack the bottom of the tank when they fall. Nice vid. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed watching.

@nunstersplace 2 года назад

I am going on six plus years on my soiled tank. And the plants are all growing just fine. Once you start getting fish waste into the soil. The soil keeps care of it's self then. Only supplement I use is just a little bit of liquid iron each week for all the roots that don't reach all the way down into the soil.

@osprey104 2 года назад

Luv the unintentional product placement for Dickey's. :) who doesnt have one of their cups.

@lifeactionaquatics3501 2 года назад

Hey Sean great video as always. do you know what happened too My Aquarium Box?

@pecktec 2 года назад

Greg moved on to another job that requires more attention.

@lifeactionaquatics3501 2 года назад

@@pecktec figured as much. Haven't seen a video from. Hi. In forever. Hope he is doing well.

@pecktec 2 года назад

@@lifeactionaquatics3501 seems to be. He came through town and said hello a few weeks ago.

@damiangrouse4564 2 года назад

Love the videos. If I had a basement where I could setup a mad scientist lab I would try this kinda stuff. As is, I didn’t want to take any chances in our living room tank (she 🧟‍♀️ who must be obeyed doesn’t know) so I bought once and cried once seachem clay. I did make it as deep as practical in the fluval 32 flex.

@owleye2870 2 года назад

A pair of Apistogramma agassizii might suit that tank, especially with the sand substrate

@FoxyFoxyShazam 2 года назад

crypt parva is SUCH a slow grower IME. Good luck! looks nice already

@johnjwedrall4290 2 года назад

More information on the dirt. What brand where to buy 🤔 thank you 😊 that tank turned out looking Gorgeous 😍 ❗️

@kevinfife3395 2 года назад

Love the setup. But now I'm hungry for Dickey's barbecue.

@pjp9383 2 года назад

I think you might still get some roots winding around the egg crate, and pulling it up when you pull up plants. (You were saying that's why you didn't use fabric.) I'd be inclined to get both hands in the tank and push down on the soil next to the plant I'm pulling up, if I did need to move the plants around near where the egg crate is.

@Gotyoulookingnyc 2 года назад

trim that pogo regularly, it will overtake the tank quickly lol. nice setup btw

@NeverEnoughThyme 2 года назад

Praecox rainbows please I beg of you, they would be stunnning

@bagariusyarrelli7142 Год назад

🖖👌

@pa.fishpreacher6166 2 года назад

Father Fish would say you need a deep substrate

@justin94431 9 месяцев назад

How many times do i need to water change 1st week?

@waterlover 2 года назад

Looks good but instead of battling the tannens why nit boil the wood first then soak it over night in new water

@ryanbaker81 2 года назад

If it ever do a dirtied tank again, I’d probably do a dark start on it for two weeks to prevent algae.

@paul.b1730 2 года назад

Take the carbon out of your filter and replace with sponge, then dose fertilizer occasionally and your plants will grow a lot faster and healthier.

@BartonHNewell 2 года назад

What's the actual brand of that tank? If you said it, I missed it.

@pecktec 2 года назад

I can’t remember. The guy I got it from told me but I can’t remember for the life of me. If I run into him again I’ll say it in an update.

@schammie2180 2 года назад

Being so closes to that window even with blinds closed are you going to be battling algae constantly ?

@pecktec 2 года назад

It’s kind of in an odd place where the sun doesn’t really come through there and hit it directly.

@pa.fishpreacher6166 2 года назад

what camera do you use?

@pecktec 2 года назад

I just got a Canon d90. This video is a mix of it iPhone and d60.

@pa.fishpreacher6166 2 года назад

if you ever decide to change that tank, do you just toss all of that substrate ?

@pecktec 2 года назад

Good question. I’ve done different things. With the dirt I would toss it. At times I’ve use old substrate to seed bacteria. But mostly I toss it out so I can put stuff with fresh nutrients in.

@redwingblackbird8306 2 года назад

The dirt, is it potting soil? Or something else?

@pecktec 2 года назад

Yes organic potting soil with no added pesticide or fertilizer.

@DPac9 5 месяцев назад

I get that it’s a dirty tank set up! But why is perlite in your soil mix!? Like why would you need perlite in a. Aquarium!?

@pecktec 5 месяцев назад

If it was in the mix already I just left it. But ultimately it didn’t matter at all.

@DPac9 5 месяцев назад

@@pecktec hmmm

@SnarkyRC 4 месяца назад

Perlite really doesn't make a difference. I use organic potting soil and it's already in there.

@kosys5338 2 года назад

I recently filled (three months ago) a 90 gallon tank with Fluval Stratum @ a cost of $225.00 CND, 3 bags at 75 bucks a bag. It's no joke when they say using aqua soil for a substrate in your tank is expensive. With that said though my results are amazing, you get what you pay for. If your going to do a planted tank and want to see awesome growth I would highly recommend spending the extra money. I never had much luck with planted tanks until I went the way of Fluval Stratum.

@pecktec 2 года назад

Yeah I believe you and done it myself lots of times. So thins is my way of trying something different just to compare. I’ve also recently had a lot of success useing soil you mentioned at the bottom and capping it. Which is a bit cheaper too and easier to plant in.