Im a fishkeeper and breeder living in an apartment in the middle of a highly Urbanized City. I have limited space but i try to do the most of it. I really enjoy fish keeping and it never gets old for me to see new life come from my breeding projects. Whether its a live bearer giving birth to being able to trigger South american Cichlids to breed.
Wala sir. Lisog kaayo kay walay documentation. Di ma hibalan kung unsa jud ila cycle sa full on 35ppt salt to brakish to fresh. ako ge try sila keep sa brakish pero wala jud koy success. Dunay naka claim na totally fresh water daw ila pag keep murag reply man to diri. pero wanako ni try usab.
@@guadaguppy4798 mao ba boss. Mao lgi usa puy lisod kanang wala pakay info bahin anang isdaa. Nindot raba unta ky pang nano tank gyud siya. Sayang. Pero atleas ni try ka boss.
Yes The jar "WILL" Get smelly. But it depends on the vegie that you used also i tried squash!! For sure everybody will hate you hahahahaha! Use pechay or Lettuce instead. there will still be a stink but only if you really stick your nose in the jar. Unlike the squash when you lift the lid its like a bad odor spirits are released and the whole room stinks!!
I keep infusoria until i can still see them in there after a while i restart. with lettuce its usually 7 to 10 days. Every thing is dependent on the temperature. So since im in the philippines and its always hot and humid even on rainy season 7 to 10 days. If your in a colder drier climate you will need to figure out the duration and adjust.
@@guadaguppy4798 i have 2 jar, One with banana leaf and small amount of yeast The other jar is just tank water + yeast Both have infusoria But the one with tank water + yeast is much smelly haha
Thanks for the kind word. I recently also made another snail trap video but for bladder snails. they move faster than ramshorn and this method does not seem to be as effective so i designed another trap for that
saglit lang i try nyo daw na i full ang knob sa control. kung mag light ibig sabihin na un sayo na sa setting nyo na reach na nya at hanggan bumaba yan hindi talaga umilaw (mag on) balik hangang bumaba ang temp. So meaning wala sya nag consume ng kuryente. kung mainit ang panahon bihira mo yan makita umilaw talaga lalo nag nasa 27 to 28 kalang na setting.
i have never tried to gather grindal worms but i heard it can be done. suppose to be that a potato you cut in halve and scoop out the insides of both halves. then you bury it in a moist but not flooded area. about 3 to 4 inches deep. and then return to that in a week to 10 days and your suppose to have grindal worms. But i have not tried it myself.
@@guadaguppy4798 yeah I was all night searching the same, but I save your video so when I create I can keep preserving the culture, If have any update please let me know hahahaha God bless
absolutely love your diy system...i am using yours and it's working like charm...you deserve more followers than any youtubers with diy co2 system videos!! Btw am using diy co2 diffuser made of ceramic plate and syringe.
Thank you so much for the Kind words. Lately youtube has been indeed tough. I only gives you a small window of opportunity for exposure (less than an hour) and unless you show a particular amount of vies within that period your shoved to the back.
it takes anywhere from 12 to 36 hours before there is enough built up. Did you already turn the vavle on during the build up process? (it should be off until the bottles are tight) what kind of diffuser are you using? Most diffusers designed for high pressure co2 will not work with this setup.
DYI C02 with sugar & yeast is very little pressure. You can't even use a standard C02 diffuser as one would use with pressurized C02 tank. Bubbles way to big because such low pressure. Citric acid & baking soda more pressure but again no where like a pressurized C02 tank. Hot glue gun works very well & cost $2.99 at dollar store. Sure you can buy pre built DYI caps but no need if don't successfully.
Sadly i did not save this fish and he passed away shortly after the video. There are no clear studies on pop eye disease and that some suggest like dropsy its only an underlying symptom and not the disease itself. So it could be anything internally. in this case it might have been internal hemorage since there was a pair laying eggs and they were aggressive to this particular angel
I dont have experience with the twinstar diffuser so i cant really say. but most of the commercially availabe diffusers have a lot of "resistance" since they are designed for use with high pressure co2 systems. these will still work but up to a point as pressure in the DIY co2 drops the bubbles also stop. thats why sometimes as you use these diffusers you can still feel the bottles to be tight with content but its just the pressure can no longer push thru said diffusers. Thats why i like the DIY bamboo diffuser better as it lets me totally deplete the DIY Co2 contents.
Awesome! I do have a question. Assuming someone makes the piping to go across the whole footprint of the tank, how many inches of substrate per 10 gallons of filtration for this system? How does someone know if they have enough filtration?
I usually go with an inch of gravel above the slot. so in that case i had to use over 2 inches total of gravel. in the video i had the trays so i had to go over 3 inches in the back to hide the trays of aquasoil. But say you dont have that and you faced the slots upside down then you could probably get away with just 1 inch or 1inch and a half.
As to how do you know if you have enough filtration. Well you need test the water to confirm that you have your tank cycled and monitor the amount of nitrates that rise in the course of a week. as long as its consistent and no ammonia and nitrite is present then your have enough filtration. But remember as you add livestock or make changes this will change so constant monitoring is needed as you do so.
@@guadaguppy4798 is there such a thing as too much substrate with this filter? Would 5 inches be a negative or not really worth going towards? I guess I'm concerned about having enough BB surface area compared to a sponge on a tank larger than 20 gallons. I really like the lava rock idea because it's porous, but not small enough to get shuffled with other substrate with a gravel vac like o-rings could.
@@eveningclicks7767 personally i have not tried any thicker with any of my UGF filters. But i do know that another twist to this is to make an anoxic filter setup. using a plenum. Dr. Novak i believe is the proponent and advocate user of this teaching people about anoxic setups. they are very thick substrates. I just do not have acces to laterite that whats hindering me from trying it out.
Hello po. Ano po GFCI? O hownto know if my socket is GFCI? Sabi po kasi sa manual ng periha heater GFCI ONLY. and bawal po ba tlga isaksak sa extension cord? Too short ung cord niya.. Thank you po .
ground fault circuit interrupter. para safety yan kasi sir. parang may built in na circuit breaker. Pero kaso halos dito sa atin wala ito na standard sa pag kabit sa mga bahay natin. so Extra caution lang sir. when using that. Lalo na pag water change nyo tapos na above sa water yan and matagalan mo baka magcrack ang glass and may curyente kasi yan. Pero sa mga periha ko so far ok naman . the best so far na heater na aking na gamit.
I always mention in my videos that you need to know your water with this system. Because Co2 is carbonic acid and it will cause your PH to drop. In the Philippines we have exceptionaly high ph water. 8.4 to 8.6 with this system running 24/7 it will only drop the ph to 7.6 to 7.4 I have never seen that swing down any lower than that. but like i said you need to know your water. This system works well with high Ph and High Kh(buffering) But if you really want to turn the system off the best thing to do is run an airpump with an air stone on a timer. so the pump turns on as the lights turn off and i suggest the pump turn off 2 hours before the light period so that when the lights go on there is already co2 in the water.
@@johnlloydjuntilla9069 You cant turn off the co2 in the tank like i explained if you let it run during no light period the PH might drop to much specially if you already have low PH to prevent that from happening run and air stone 2 hours before the light turns to this will expell the co2 to control the PH drop. but if your PH is like mine 8 to 8.4 and have High Kh bufferingthen this will not be a problem.
I just had success in my dark bristle noses breeding, first time. they are 1cm long now. Living quite happily in the community tank, I estimate about 15-20.
sir the detailed answer to this question is in the video. I explained in throughly by showing the watt meter consume power. No the 300 watt will not triple the consumption. In fact it can manage the temps better it heats up faster so it the thermostat shuts off sooner also. so in fact, less electricity is consumed. conversely if you use a smaller 50 watt it has to stay on for further longer periods of time and may result in even higher electricity cost. Remember as i show in the video. the heater does not stay on 100% of the time it is plugged in. it will vary from setup to setup but in general it stays on only less than 20% per hour. so no it will not run up your electricity bill.
Cheers from my fish room channel in Chicago, where I'm delighted to be a subscriber :) You and I are on the same pace as far as raising these worms! Every time I open a culture it's like a mini unboxing video!
hellow stefan. weather has been warm here in my country and it seems to be affecting the cultures i have them nowntucked in an area that stays cooler that is if you consider 27 ++ cool hehehe. yes the heat is really beating down on the Philippines
If you can acquire fine black sand or any darker color fine sandthat would be the way to go. BTW i know Black Diamond Blasting media (used for sand blasting on industrial purposes) is available i dont think thats a good substrate as it is designed to be used as an industrial abrasive.
Yes they truly had more stunning colors on black substrate. But i had to compromise as these guys love the finer substrate. They want to burrow there snouts in there to look for food. I could not get my hands on fine black sand at the time but actually now theres some available. Hmmmmm i might redo this again with the fine black sand to so that there colors lush up again.
Definitely try it. Another thing i notice that i did not include in the video. Is that if you use tank water on the setup you end up with maggots. at first i was wondering how that happened any way they did not pose a threat to the succes of the culture and would eventually go away as the Grindal population ramps up. But the food you add will be consumed faster if they are present, So you need to constantly add food.
I agree. I have several walstad style Ecospheres which have no flow or water changes, however in walstad tanks i run a filter during the night simply for flow
Ive always thought that it is kinda weird to think of a natural environment without flow. unless its a stagnant environment. But in water systems there is almost always flow. But i guess the idea of a filterless system seem to appeal to alot of people.
@@guadaguppy4798 yes it appeals because it changes so much. Even the creatures in them behave differently. I think the idea is that if there is animal life in a body of water, there is an element of flow due to circulation caused by animal movement. Much the same as in a still pond 🙂
@@guadaguppy4798 Yes very much so.. I think the plants are the most important thing along with a substrate which is initially nutrient rich until the environment starts to produce its own nutrients through animal waste and dead plant matter breaking down.
Ikaw gyud pinaka una mka study ana nila boss. Samot nag mka breed ka ana nila. Dili na need dako og space ky gagmay ky sila. Hoping ma success ka ana nila boss. 🙏🙇♂️
Murag there is a reason why dili sila ma dali og breed in captivity. kay mo rely man sa coming and going sa tide. So salinity changes sya. during rainy season more fresh water is flowing out to see so lesser ang salinity and this triggers them to breed. and as i understand the fry move out to see for a period of time and as to how long nobody knows and they return to brakish condition. So i think dili madali.
Also although small sila they really need a bigger tank para mas stable ang water condition. right now na maintain lang sya at 4ppt or 4000 ppm salinity which they are doing great. Di pud sila mo eat og prepare or dried food. I give them BBS.
Not exactly sir. i can see 2 to 3 already before me. Pero plan ko is to give out more info. please check also ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--Y2YE2qbzZ8.htmlsi=6lBCvxnwMUM-YH3a
Pa request idol sa umaabot puhon nga video, pwede pandaka pygmeae, pa vlog lang kung unsa imo na obserbaran nila. Wla kaayo information nila sa RU-vid. Lifespan og breeding wla gyud. Thanks 😊
My understanding is they are a brakish water species. So brakish can be anywhere from 0 to 35 ppt. Ako pud understanding is all specimens are wild caught. I wanted to keep them and maybe even "attempt" to spawn them pero like you said so little info is outhere. Correct me if im wrong but i think this little info is due to the fact na ang fish na ito is endemic to the philippines. That is why little or no write ups are available on the internet. Also murag not too long ago listed nani as Endangered. Nindot jud unta ma project ni. Para di ma extinct
@@guadaguppy4798 hoping puhon mka keep ka nila boss aron mka pa daghan. Nindot raba sila ky gagmay ra silag size. Ikaw gyuy pinaka una mka vlog nila boss. Puhon2 mayta 🙏
@@mr.fernandoSugbo ako ge search ron. Considered Extinct na ang listing. Pero luzon ang focus sa write up. Ako understanding ani daghan man kaayo sa Cebu like in liloan and mactan.
@@guadaguppy4798 wla ko nag keep nila boss. Ganahan unta ko pero mahadlok ko masayang, pero ganahan kaayo ko nila tungod ky pang small set up gyud siya.. paaboton nlng nko imong project ani boss. Mag keep ko nila og mka breed ka nila pra mahatagan pud og idea mga viewers. 😊
@ around 2:30 time stamp i did a conclusion that light color substrate will also encourage the fish's colors to lighten up or was out. that was the conclusion