Can ONLY SUNLIGHT Grow Your Aquarium Plants?

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[aronro]

In the early 1900's all they had was no filter/ no light tanks. There was no electric yet to run any of that stuff. Its a tried and perfected method of keeping tanks that has been lost to time.
My favorate would have to be 1-2ft cube tanks that are set up in a sunroom. You never have to worry about lighting the tank or filtering it. My great-grandma (born 1883) taught me how to maintain tanks like this when i was a kid. Ive had great results and find that the fish even breed more

[assiahinarkansas]

I love the look of natural sunlight shining through an aquarium. It makes me happy. So much that my tanks are mostly in front of windows. To me it is worth some algae.

[KentoLeoDragon]

I love using natural sunlight when it makes sense. You don't want it to get enough direct sun to overheat the tank. A large well planted tank can take some direct sun without overheating. I had a 55G on my back patio in Sacramento, filled with all my extra java ferns I didn't have room for. It was under an overhang and didn't get much direct sun but it got bright indirect all day. The Java ferns loved it and I didn't have an algae problem. The tank didn't have fish in it though. Too much fertilizer in the tank and not enough plants would be a problem.

[brantonlightcap]

I’ve had plenty of tanks in and around windows. I’ve never had any over the top issues with algae. However, like you said, it wasn’t being pounded with direct light throughout the day

[totheaquarium]

Great video! My display tank on our main floor is by a window and gets direct sunlight about 2-3 hours in winter and a little more in the summer. I painted the back of the tank black which helps control the algae. I do also light the tank for display and plant growing purposes. Right now I am understocked on fish, with a number of live plants and the algae is barely noticeable. I have to clean the front of the tank every couple of weeks and the snails take care of the rest.

[markfranklin]

Cool video
I believe sunlight is super helpful for your fish to thrive in so many ways
Thanks for sharing

[OceanLife]

Excellent update on your tank. Can’t wait to see how the sun will take care of the plants and the environment as a whole. Hope the ponds make it through the cold snap.

[joshreagan]

I have a 20 gallon planted waterbox by a large sunny window and I have to do more glass scrapping for spot algae but no big deal.

[nate]

I love love how you are experimenting with emersed half led half sun aquarium keep up the great educational videos...

[TheRealEvilSink]

My own experience with running high intensity lights for very long periods is that its best to just let it run and let the algae grow and rather address it with adding more plants, adding CORRECT clean up crew and limit the feeding. It will balance itself eventually, but nudging it along will help.

Water changes is not going to fix algae in this kind of setup.

[boebender]

This comes right on time! I’m setting up an aquarium that gets direct sunlight for about 3 -4 hours. Thanks!

[jonisolis]

One rice fish video I watched said that in winter they got a lot of snow and the rice fish lived through that.

[InkedAquatics]

0:10 I have very similar bubbling going in both my 29 gallon main aquarium and 5.5 gallon fry station. Yes there is a male betta in one of those tanks but DEFINITELY NOT bubble nest bubbles. They are planted with valisineria and red crypt and I have recenrly planted a small clump of guppy grass for free. Only my 5.5 gets exposed to sunlight. My 29 donated some substrate and filter media to establish the 5.5 and I did quickly add new media to the 29’s filter to allow more to grow. What could that bubbling be please help!! 20 years in this hobby and I have never experienced this. This has been going on about a month and there is zero signs of ammonia burning in the fish or gasping. My platys are like african cichlids when it comes to food and smack the water when eating because I do feed kinda heavy with all the fry and keeping the adults full, and it gets a 20% wc once a week on weekends.

Edit: watching more after seeing those bubbles might have lessened my worry a bit. Just seems very unsightly

[kiki]

How did things go this year with the ponds and the bomb cyclone you were hit with recently? I am new to your channel so catching up on your backlog of content. 😊

[MatthewDieterjr]

I have a 39 gallon right next to a window and yes it does grow algae a lot but if you keep up with it your plants grow really fast

[jaredl]

Did you remove the protective film from the greenhouse panel? I think that's what the blue tint is. Not sure how much it affects sunlight penetration, but thought I'd throw that idea out there.

[melissaskinner]

They have done studies on plants planted around houses help keep heat in.Even planting around pot may help

[blackdeathrodrigo]

Hello, excellent video, I also use polycarbonate, one recommendation is that you use electrician's tape or transparent tape around the holes to prevent condensation from generating in the channels and increase their insulating factor, and it is easier to remove to allow it to dry well after winter

[joeylowell]

Hi i have a Question! how do you know when your fish say a guppy or Endler has made it to old age and is ready to pass and not mistake it for being sick?

[jonisolis]

Creeping jenny grows that way in my outside little ponds; once the stems get real long some of the leaves brown and die off, happens a lot in the fall. I cut the plant back and put the good looking parts of the stems into a bucket of water in my greenhouse or inside under a light. In the spring I put some back into the ponds.