Pls help identify this plant
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I mean simple so I that anyone can found outside and the regular manure that is sold in plant shop
It will if you are keeping plants and not keeping fish!
Garden soil I find too “thin” so it just muddies the water and “manure” tends to come from horses or cattle so is grass based and floats.
For Amazon sword think more clay based substrate, maybe 50 / 50 soft clay mixed with gravel 1” thick then covered with at least 2” of fine gravel. This kind of thing you can do in areas of the tank where you have swords or vallis, and not all over.
However, planting more plants into it or digging fish can cause cloudy water and I do mean cloudy water taking days to settle so be warned.
It is called the ''Walstad'' method of keeping planted tanks. Some people swear by it, others think it's all BS. I have never tried it but I've been thinking about trying it in an 18G cube that I have right now.
Not sure Walstad method would include the manure, surely that’s adding nitrates and phosphates which is back to front of Walstad. Is that method not more about plants and fish in harmony at the correct levels so not requiring additional fertiliser?
From what I am reading, I think that the OP meant planting soil when he said ''manure''.
Walstad tanks are known for their lengthy cycles and ungodly algae outbreaks. I haven't delved too deeply into the whole process, as I see proven results daily with high filtration, regular water changes, compressed C02 and aquasoil, all of which are said to be unnecessary with Walstad tanks, so I can't speak firsthand on the effectiveness of the method.
The one above is growing in only sand, no ferts, no CO2, and only natural sunlight. I never vac near it, allowing mulm to build up
Wne I first got it, it was put in a darker tank, and didn't do well, overtaken by quickly spreading vallisneria roots, so moved closer to the surface rooted in a log.
The tank also had to be treated for ick (3ppt salinity) so it melted back.
Once moved to the more suitable sunlit tank (about 3 months ago) , it has started to look much better, and perk up.
When you say natural sunlight are you placing those tanks in direct sunlight or are they on a patio exposed to partial sun?
