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Yep its exactly like Myriophyllum verucossum, in the video is the floating form when it reaches the surface. Can get 6 foot in length and very ugly, completely different to its juvenile submersed form. The next stage is aerial and it will look different again.

Hey Solar! Good to hear from you bro. Thank you. It's a struggle at times, since I'm not really in the aquarium nor the nano aquarium niche. Feels like I'm over in the corner doing my own thing 😅 But there are many people into a similar sort of hobby. Meeting up talking shop in the corners of RUclips Reddit etc. Lately the community is asking for tips on green water. I see people having trouble getting it to culture and grow. Using all sorts of special equipment and such. But on my end it's a bit like a piece of furniture in your house. It's just there and I don't think about it much. One thing I think that helps a lot is that I don't run monocultures. Every jar is a mixed bag of the most virulent life forms. Like my green water is so much more than just algae. It's bacteria, phytoplankton and so many other organisms working in tandem. It's messy but effective and relatively easy in comparison to more direct sterile approaches.

@@BucketPonds OK. It is fascinating that you are able to maintain this long term. I have had a daphnia culture for example but they crashed. Been a difficult 2024 for me. All my outdoor planted ponds failed and my plant bank (i have about 15 species) is dying. I am glad the ponds failed because it shows me that my indoor problem is the same as a pond. Plants do require alot of nutrition it seems and because I don’t use fertilisers it was always going to be a problem. Have some ideas though. Hopefully it will start to show. I am determined to find a natural solution to plant nutrition. To me the planted tank is like agriculture. Much easier to use chemicals, but the natural approach will work if you know how to. Will natural farming compare to modern agriculture. No. Chemicals and fertilisers sustain modern farms, no argument there.

One thing I am really happy about right now is a few years ago I grew some terrestrial moss underwater for 12 months (that it was a terrestrial moss is debatable, I cannot be sure). I collected it in winter and it died by the end of that summer. I assumed it was the water temperature which went from sub 10 deg C to about 30 deg C that summer. No heater, no pump. Just a pond like tank. I thought it did not like warm water. I am pretty sure now that it was a lack of nutrients. I am going to try again. It was the most beautiful aquarium I have ever had. As good looking as any Amano tank when it was in its prime. It was stunning.

Hey Wheelbite! You have a deal! Let me get with the wife and see how she had them made. Will let you know

I forgot all about this video!

@@BucketPonds 😂

Hey blabberwulf! That's a great idea. I've had to add crushed/boiled egg shells to the invert tank a few times. Do you have any tips on where to place it in the aquarium? I was treating it like biomedia in the filter for example

@@BucketPonds I just peel hard boiled eggs to make eggsalad and just drop a couple egg shell fragment in the tank and let it dissolve or the snails & scuds find it. Then I add more when I don't see any large fragments. I save excess egg shells in a air tight container for future use. Scuds are great for cleaning plants of algae or anything they can find, I don't worry about dead snails, the scuds clean up so quickly. Scuds are great for food for bumblebees gobies, galaxy rasbora, guppies & such. I even feed them garlic powder or basil once a month. The fish eat it too. it has been shown in scientific studies that garlic, actively kill parasites including freshwater Ich, marine white spot (also known as marine Ich), and others I don't crush the shells at all, big pieces are easy to monitor and the shrimp ( scuds ) & snails don't mind. The gobies use it for a cave for awhile.

Hey Josh! Yes go for it! Nothing wrong with a direct pond/ditch to jar Ecosphere. But with a little careful planning I bet you can build something amazing

@@BucketPonds I’ll ponder this one ! excited to implement your method

Hey Raf! I see your point! And yes I'm happy to deliver. I'll get started tonight.

@@BucketPonds Fantastic, I'm looking forward to it. Thank you.

Thank you Mia 🥲 you have no idea how much that means! Might be time to invest in eccentricity, instead of trying to hide it 🤔

Wild pond samples originally. Spread through intentional cross-contamination in all my tanks

@@BucketPonds I get my water from a stagnant pond but unfortunately, it is not green. I guess I'll have to look for other resources. Thank you for all of your informational and inspiring videos 😃

Hey Spiritual! I'll try to find a link to the build video. ruclips.net/video/a152WJv8wLA/видео.htmlsi=MQ55IRKd9f2mFalC

@@BucketPonds Thank you!!

The larger ones are voracious! Our original little zebra striped species is present but struggling to compete. I hate to say it but the big guys are a definite upgrade.

I'd love to catch Yameii on tour! But they don't do shows out in the woods 😅

@@BucketPonds lol