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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.

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.

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

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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

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

@thesolaraquarium

4 ай бұрын

I do it everyday… it has not been forgotten. Zero tech basically.

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.

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.

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Nice!!! 🤠😎🤙

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.

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

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

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Thanks nate!!!! :)

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.

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

It always makes me chuckle when you say "I promise this isn't going to be a rice fish video".....🤣 I always know that means we're in for a good 10-15 minutes of rice fish talk. Not that I mind....it's good to hear people talk about what they love....it just cracks me up.

Great upload 👌

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

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.

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

ya, they did pretty good for a while inside but the seasonality just finally caught up to em I guess....

Sunlight is good and plants like it. I have dwarf sag in outside ponds year around and in the summer they are under a ton of floating plants and still grow.

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.

Just let the tank balance itself. Yes, there will be algae, but heavy planting will help. It could develop green water, partial water change will help. It won't as vibrant as high tech tank, but it looks so natural.

In my previous house i had the morning sun shining on the tank before the lights turned on. It was beautifull and i never had algae issues.

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

It's so pretty!!!

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?

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

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

You could theoretically light a tank with suntunnels if you had the room and the money to set it up.

Yeah, the two tanks I have with large amounts of pothos lose lots of water. They both run standard glass tops, with holes drilled in the plastic strip at the back so they are 90% covered. Some of it is evaporation, but one of them has an entire wall covered with pothos, and i think the majority of the water loss comes from the above water plants. My other tanks never need top offs.

I doubt the insulation is a factor. For the greenhouse effect you will need some light to hit it.

Anyone know what brand those rimless stock tanks are or the gallons? Maybe 5 gallon?

i have move most of my tank to outside for 3 month. all of my tank exposed with direct sunlight for 2-3 hour/day, biggest tank doing good on outside but small tank (2gal) tank full off algae. then i decide the small one to make paludarium/wet farm.

Where are you located? Im under 2 feet of snow and at 2 degrees F rn lol

It’s been my personal experience that sunlight has caused my tanks to grow an abundance of green algae. That said they all happened when I was less knowledgeable than I am today. And non of them had any emersed growth.

Ironically, I'm planning to create this kind of fish tank for my betta, place it near my window, and let the sunlight do its work. Thanks for the video I'm more encouraged to make one.

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Go for it!

Can't wait to see the supernatural aquarium ! 👻

i cant get plants to boom and im getting frustrated any tips?

I want to try some rice fish in my outside ponds so bad. White clouds did well until a visiting snake got most of them. I have a lot of water snakes around where I live. They got six goldfish this past year. :(

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

whattttttt!? where do you live???

@jonisolis9645

5 ай бұрын

south Louisiana @@AQUAPROS

Would sealing all the holes and putting lids on the outdoor ponds cut off oxygen exchange? Of course lower temps means more o2 in the water but i still wonder 🤔

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Im not worried about it, its def not an airtight seal really... 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@AquaticMoose

5 ай бұрын

@@AQUAPROS makes sense with the lid resting on top, and it's not like the lid will be on indefinitely forever more! Great videos and I've been enjoying the frequency and scientific approach you take! Thanks for sharing 👍

I moved my aquarium from next to the window where it got loads of sunlight on top of the fluval LED, to inside the room where it only gets artificial light. Had to clean glass from algae every 2 weeks, haven't needed to in 2/3months :)

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

The sun wins!!!!!! 🤠😎

@insanebmxthomas

5 ай бұрын

@@AQUAPROS yeah man im afraid so! Nothing wrong with algae but this does feel better! It wasn't even getting direct sunlight! Very curious to see what your findings are when only using sun!

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

@@insanebmxthomas ill keep ya updated 🫡🤞🤞🤞🤞

Sunlight: The original RGB led

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

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The worst part of setting an aquarium by a window is the heat fluctuation.

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

I never thought about that! Lol

@psy_99

5 ай бұрын

A larger body of water can probably help with that

Your spathyphyllum is going to drink a healthy amount of water. There is evaporation but I believe much of it is transpiration through the plant. Love your vids btw

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!!!!!

@dennisvanopstal7360

5 ай бұрын

True, plants evaporating is the driving force of nutrient transport through the plant. Like a capillary function. Evaporation is like the pump providing the flow. Cant explain it better in English since it isnt my first language.

You should wrap the pot to keep heat in pond

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Ya honestly, next year i might move them into big styrofoam coolers, thats what they do in Japan, seems wierd but makes total sense 🤷‍♂️🥶🥶

My Glow fish didn’t eat the micro pellet food especially the male. Can someone help😢. Do they eat plants? I put azolla wolfia and sometimes duckweed

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Try feeding em LEGIT Fish Food ;)

@Kambing_Farm

5 ай бұрын

@@AQUAPROS❤

Is there how to somewhere for the tank

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Ya, search my channel for "ancient gardens"

@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

Or pond / tank hybrid if you meant the main tank in the video

@littlewigglemonster7691

5 ай бұрын

@@AQUAPROS thank you sir

Depends where you live in the world and the daylength you get...Internet i stuffed with stone hard opinions that only apply to their own set up.

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@AQUAPROS

5 ай бұрын

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If You don't get enough sun, it won't do better. Obviously.

@MrGigi-dz9cv

5 ай бұрын

I'd rather place some shrimp in an aquarium, than replace the sun with electric lights.