"IDzine01" wrote in message
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| Don't fall for the plant absorption method, it doesn't work. I can
tell
| you with 100% certainty that your plants are not going to be enough
to
| keep toxins out of the water.

I disagree. See my other post about the 150 gallon at the LFS.
Additionally, I have a 35 gallon, heavily planted tank. 2 years ago,
when my powerfilter died, it sat without any artificial filtration
for nearly 2 weeks, as I was beyond broke. I moved most of the fish
to another tank, but left about 15-20 inches of fish in it. (mostly
tetra's and the kuhli's, that I wouldn't have been able to catch
anyway) I added some hornwort, since it's a fast grower. The water
parameters stayed solid. No ammonia, minimal nitrate, no nitrite. I
didn't even do any water changes, because there simpy wasn't any
reason. I would stake my 75 gallon reef on a well planted 10gallon's
ability to keep up with 2 betta's assuming regular water changes.