I have a cave that the fish can swim into and hide. The plants also give the pond a bunch of cover during the summer. The pond is also wide enough that an animal can’t reach the fish while standing on the side.
This guy actually ended up passing away not long after I shot this video, but when he was still alive I would just try to drop the food into the tank right next to him, and if I’m not mistaken fish should be able to smell the food when it’s in the water
Can I place a female biristriella (Bristlenose Pleco) in a tank with a male, and after mating and egg-laying, move her to another tank with a different male, and so on, in order to increase production?
It takes a few weeks for the females to produce a new batch of eggs, and females can be very picky about mates, but theoretically you could breed a female with multiple different males.
Yes. For the first week or so, you want to be doing water changes of around 70-80%, as the beneficial bacteria hasn’t established yet and the tank is liable to get ammonia spikes which will hurt or kill your fish.
When you get fish or shrimp through the mail you don’t want to drip acclimate because all of the poop and ammonia in the bag reacts with the oxygen when you open the bag and prolonged exposure in this water will actually kill the fish or shrimp, hence the lack of drip acclimation.
That was horrible packing.... Bad on the seller. Im glad they still made it, my shrimp have proven to be quite hardy aswell. The only thing i attempted from amazon so far was snails (didnt make it) and Scarlet Badis (also didn't make it).....
Please give us an update after a month or so! I've gotten shrimp from petco that seemed great but died a week later inexplicably. I'd love to see how these compare!
I accidentally left a giant tape worm in my shrimp tank and now I can find it how do I rid the fish of tape worms without hurting my shrimps. Please help
There are anti-parasite medications that fish stores sell that should help. Try using something like Fritz Para-Cleanse on your tank. That should help clear the worms.
Make sure that you have lots of live plants, add in beneficial bacteria like API quick start, then test the water every couple days to make sure that there is no ammonia spike, and do lots of water changes for the first month or so of the tank being set up.
Please don’t use e6000 for aquariums it can leach into the water and kill the fish. Use aquarium safe glue or any superglue with cyanoacrylate instead!
Subscriber #300, I can't wait to see everything happy and thriving. I recommend a large fish tunnel for them to hide in for sun and predator protection. I love those dwarf cattails. So adorable.
Just a question 🙋♂️ in the uk all batches ok koi are kept in separate ponds with seperate filters to stop cross contamination of bacteria and parasites 🦠 anyway subbed from the uk all the best Arron & Leo Humber koi
I meant more of there’s a risk with introducing diseases or parasites that may be present in different body of water. There are definitely loads of beneficial microorganisms in ponds or streams. Thank you for pointing out my oversight.
Otocinclus must be placed in groups, at least 6 otos to make them comfortable as they are gregarious fish. Also clean the filter as the crap in the slits will reduce the flow drasticly. Otherwise nice tank! I hope you add more plants as you go, nice video!
About 10-15 seconds to see enough so that the pebbles will stay attached, and at most an hour to completely harden, but the gel will harden immediately upon contact with water.
You should try breeding Ancistrus claro! They're bristlenose plecos that stay under 3 inches! I'd love to see them become common in the aquarium hobby. Right now, the only place I know that sells them is Wet Spot Tropical fish in Oregon. But they overnight ship to anywhere in the US.
@@ec_aquaticsTheir L-number is LDA 008 & their common name is "Gold Marble Bristlenose" b/c the males can partially change color :) I had some once, but then my company made me relocate to a different state, so I gave them away...
Once the tank is dechlorinated and has beneficial bacteria added, it is safe for fish to go in. You just have to regularly test the water to ensure that there are no ammonia spikes.
Breeders tend to use an RO machine,dechlorinate merley binds the harmful chemicals and substances up..remaining in the water column. Also RO means you can specifically target gh and kh depending on the species. Be a bit careful with non aquarium sand as it can increase phosphate levels leading to algae,and as plecos are extremely good at producing waste I would recommend a motorised sponge filter rather than an airdriven..airdriven don't turn over much water and water quality is important in this sort of setup as its such a small volume. Thank you for the video
Thank you for your advice. I tried to make this tank as simple and as cheaply as possible for hobbyists to be able to recreate very cheaply, but I will certainly take your recommendations on how I can improve the tank.
how much time should have passed after adding the chlorine and adding the beneficial bacteria? From what i read from the other comments: step 1) add chlorine , step 2) let chlorine do its work and kill everything (how long?) step 3 ) get the chlorine out of the system (Reverse Osmosis machine was recommended, are there other ways?) Step 4) add beneficial bacteria another question: cant i just use boiled water , which i let sit in room temperature to cool and then add the beneficial bacteria immediately after?
