Coming back out of slumber

[greying_mantis]

Hullo from York 🙂

Not new to fishkeeping but feeling some fresh energy for it. Just the one tank these days, a 270(ish) litre Rena running for 15 years with two house moves. Started with fancy goldfish, ended up with Congo tetra and synodontis. Due to disability and life “stuff” I have somewhat de-prioritised (read: neglected) the tank over the last few years so I’m looking to bring it back to its former glory. I recently “discovered” the glorious reedfish so I’m hoping to spend the next year or so moving the tank in the right direction to house one, if my elderly synos will permit one in their realm.

I don’t know that I’ll ever become a true planted tank nerd - I am “a bear of very little brain” these days and the deep lore of NPKCO2TDSGHKH is perhaps something I won’t be able to devote many neurons to, but I’d definitely like to try even if my approach ends up being more “vibes based”. If it ends up green and not all that green is algae, I’ll be happy enough 🙂

 

[Cazza]

Hello there!

 

[Riley]

Hi

 

[sparkyweasel]

Welcome! 🙂

 

[megwattscreative]

Welcome! I'm the same as you, vibes based and low effort. Neglect is not a bad word in my book (when it comes to plants) 😉

Lots of people on here follow the "does it look ok> if so> leave it" approach, which works well alongside the"time and plants" approach. There are things like the duckweed index (see featured articles) that are easy visual guides for healthy plants, rather than you fine-tuning micronutrients etc. in my experience if you ask for estimative index and co2 advice, you're gonna get high tech answers - but if you're looking for low tech, you will more than find it. There are lots of lovely scientifically minded people on here, who are usually quite patient and good at explaining!

 

[greying_mantis]

Welcome! I'm the same as you, vibes based and low effort. Neglect is not a bad word in my book (when it comes to plants) 😉

Lots of people on here follow the "does it look ok> if so> leave it" approach, which works well alongside the"time and plants" approach. There are things like the duckweed index (see featured articles) that are easy visual guides for healthy plants, rather than you fine-tuning micronutrients etc. in my experience if you ask for estimative index and co2 advice, you're gonna get high tech answers - but if you're looking for low tech, you will more than find it. There are lots of lovely scientifically minded people on here, who are usually quite patient and good at explaining!

Thanks ☺️

I’ve already found Darrel’s duckweed index thread, greedily gorged upon it and ordered some Amazon Frogbit 😁