I'm bored... its 2:30am and I'm watching Youtube videos. That's what people do when they're up this late, right? Anyways, I've watched a few of TheGreenMachineLtd's videos in the past, and stumbled across them again tonight and wondered something. I don't usually see any filtration system in his tanks. Now perhaps he just removes them for the purpose of the videos, I haven't read into these guys at all, just know them through youtube, but it still prodded that question:
Can one make an aquarium properly, without the use of a filtration system? With the proper balance of fish to plants to surface area... can't one create an ecosystem that doesn't require a machine to keep it healthy? Afterall... that's what nature does right? Now granted, water sources are of course constantly moving to some degree, but like natural ponds for example, that rely on rainfall to keep from diminishing, outside of water being added through rain, that water for the most part just sits there, correct? Don't some fish also live in said ponds?
I don't know, just a curious question that I'm very interested to know about. I keep my reptiles in vivariums. Bio-active vivariums. REAL, thriving ecosystems, not ones where people just put in dirt and plants and call it bio-active (a good chunk of people in the reptile community that are a bit new to it seem to think that's all bio-active means). I have plants that thrive from the light I provide, and then micro fauna that thrive off the plant matter (occasional mold growth) and droppings of my geckos (of course the only thing 'artificial' with the setup is that I of course feed my geckos. I can't throw a colony of insects in the tank) and it's wonderful to see every day. Wouldn't it be amazing if I could do that with an aquarium as well?! It fills me with wonder and joy to see mother nature replicating itself in my own home.
I want to hear your thoughts, hence why I put this in the advanced section. People who have had years of experience in fish keeping, I want to know. I NEED to know if it's something that can be replicated. Plants feed off fish waste and produce oxygen into the water that fish need to live. It's the perfect circle, so why filtration?
Please no rude comments about "making your fish go through that, uhg, such a horrible person". I'm not currently doing anything, in fact I don't even HAVE a tank right now. I did about 3 years back and was quite successful for my first tank. I don't have the space for the tank i want right now, but when I move one of the first things I plan to do is add an aquarium back into my life. It was a true beauty to have within my home. I'm honestly very curious about this process and the idea behind it and I just want some insightful answers, or even more fuel to add to this question.
Can one make an aquarium properly, without the use of a filtration system? With the proper balance of fish to plants to surface area... can't one create an ecosystem that doesn't require a machine to keep it healthy? Afterall... that's what nature does right? Now granted, water sources are of course constantly moving to some degree, but like natural ponds for example, that rely on rainfall to keep from diminishing, outside of water being added through rain, that water for the most part just sits there, correct? Don't some fish also live in said ponds?
I don't know, just a curious question that I'm very interested to know about. I keep my reptiles in vivariums. Bio-active vivariums. REAL, thriving ecosystems, not ones where people just put in dirt and plants and call it bio-active (a good chunk of people in the reptile community that are a bit new to it seem to think that's all bio-active means). I have plants that thrive from the light I provide, and then micro fauna that thrive off the plant matter (occasional mold growth) and droppings of my geckos (of course the only thing 'artificial' with the setup is that I of course feed my geckos. I can't throw a colony of insects in the tank) and it's wonderful to see every day. Wouldn't it be amazing if I could do that with an aquarium as well?! It fills me with wonder and joy to see mother nature replicating itself in my own home.
I want to hear your thoughts, hence why I put this in the advanced section. People who have had years of experience in fish keeping, I want to know. I NEED to know if it's something that can be replicated. Plants feed off fish waste and produce oxygen into the water that fish need to live. It's the perfect circle, so why filtration?
Please no rude comments about "making your fish go through that, uhg, such a horrible person". I'm not currently doing anything, in fact I don't even HAVE a tank right now. I did about 3 years back and was quite successful for my first tank. I don't have the space for the tank i want right now, but when I move one of the first things I plan to do is add an aquarium back into my life. It was a true beauty to have within my home. I'm honestly very curious about this process and the idea behind it and I just want some insightful answers, or even more fuel to add to this question.