Always great seeing the eel pit ecosystem develop! Have you ever considered adding ricefish (Adrianichthyidae), coldwater danios (Danio), stickleback (Gasterosteidae), hogchokers (Trinectes maculatus), or grass shrimp (Palaemonetes)?
They’d have to survive near freezing temperatures and more than likely be a snack for the other inhabitants. If I can source them cheaply enough I definitely would.
@@CowTurtle I haven’t has experience with most of these species, so hopefully this online information is mostly correct: Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes): 3-42°C but prefers 15-28 °C, prolific breeder Zebrafish (Danio rerio): tolerates 7-41°C, easy to breed, popular laboratory animal Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): 5-29°C but prefers 15-18°C Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus): 5-22°C, prefers brackish water, but tolerates freshwater Riverine grass shrimp (Palaemonetes paludosus) prefers 10-35°C, easy to breed Admittedly, I would assume not all the given temperature ranges would be ideal in the long term.
Just discovered this channel and I’m in love with this style of content, I would absolutely love a live stream of this to just watch this ecosystem develop over time. Shit is therapeutic lol. Thanks for this man!
We need just a constant livestream in the eel pit. What a cool opportunity to watch the various spawning cycles, predation, and other interactions in real time.
came here to tell him handling them could result in parasites in the brain and also the answer to your question is there's pretty much no way short of testing all of them and even that's not conclusive
This is so cool man. I'm not nearly the fish keeper you are (40 gal, 2 20s, 2 10s with Bettas) but I just love creating little biomes that you know the creatures you keep can thrive in, and i can see how important you treat that norishment in your critters.
can you add some sand and smooth some of the concrete rocks in the water since eels love to play in sand and can sometimes get cut from the concrete bricks but if you sand them down a bit it won’t be a problem for them since they act as good hiding spots i also recommend adding some pipes in the water for them to go into
Just found your channel. Recently getting into my small 50gal aquariums… all tropical fish store stuff. I have wanted to make a big local fauna tank! Have to do it now. Very cool and inspiring! Cistern is a great eel pit!
You’re awesome! I love these videos! Can’t believe people just keep asking you to do more stuff in the comments. I’m very entertained just watching the videos you put up! Keep up the good work dude this is so cool
Longer videos please I love seeing the pit since when you first started on tik tok I would like to see feedings and maybe some cool decorations I really like the pit man suck a good idea and keep up the amazing work
Keep an eye on the muscle/clam he probably won’t have enough food in the water column to filter feed and will eventually die and could pollute the water for the eels. I’ve tried keeping them in freshwater aquariums before and you need a large eco system for them. Tank looks sick wish I could see it in person. Cheers.
Cipangopaludina japonica (Japanese trapdoor snails) are a snail that I don't have personal experience with, but can offer some insight into because I keep mystery snails (Pomacea bridgesii). JTS and mystery snails have about the same care requirements, give or take a few things. If you really want to breed the JTS, you could move a couple to a separate tank and see how it goes. Freshwater snails like JTS, mystery snails and so on need a higher pH, and KH/GH than other freshwater animals. I don't know what your water parameters are in your eel pit, so I can't say if the JTS will thrive in there or not. In general, snails breed best when they are kept in ideal conditions.
How is the blue crab surviving? I didn't know they can stay in freshwater for long. I know the eels can but the blue crab, I've never known them to move in freshwater.
I am obsessed with this, I’m now on a mission to convince my parents to turn their cistern into an underground eel pit 🙏🏾 Lol jk, I am looking forward to watching the pits progression though!
oh god the things id do with a water pit in my basement like that. id line the roof with grow lights and make a tiny eco system with plants too. i probably wouldnt leave the hole..
Super cool chill pit (just found you) but the echo of the waterfalls would drive me crazy. I guess if you're in it enough and are paying attention to the animals it would drown out the sound a bit too.
So you got them from Maine? Strange to know I could have caught one as a baby because I’m a tribal eeler (Glass eels) Edit: if you want to search them up just search “glass eel” that’s them as babies and what we catch.
