You are my favorite RUclips channel. No drama, no selling, no narcissism, just feel good educational content with amazing visuals . You are So talented.....
Aqua Juwel you said it well. Just honest effort on projects, with honest comment- and I like when things that don’t work out are shone- we all can learn
I fully agree. I love to slowly wake up or wind down the day/night watching them. It's a most chill pace, mellow, I dig your music choices, and most of all...you totally have the audio PERFECTED! 👍Thanks for sharing all your great work! 💞🌈🌿
You are really the Bob Ross of Terrariums, painting with moss, that was really cool. I love your videos and youve inspired me to creatr my own, even though theyre not doing so well. I hope I learn more. Keep up the good work!
Do you think I made the right decision? I do! Like I said in the video, I'd just start over from scratch at a later time. Also, in case you were wondering, out of the 298 comments I went through: 30 votes (10%) wanted me to redo the terrarium 170 (57%) wanted me to extend the aquarium into the jar 27 (9%) wanted me to turn the jar into an ecosphere 71 (24%) wanted me to make this a dedicated aquarium As always thanks for watching and I'll be back next week with something really unique. Stay tuned!
SerpaDesign I think the smell you got opening the jar means you made the right decision. It’s a great idea, but one that’s not really great in practice. I have always agreed with you over maintaining the terrariums, and having one in the aquarium made that near impossible.
Hey love the vid. Do u think it would be alright if I put isopods and oak leaf creaping fig together. I just don't want them eating the plant while I grow it. Thank u and I cant wait to get my youtube channel up.
The one hundred eighty gallon vivarium has made me have a new appreciation for plants. I only saw them as individuals, but now I see how they can work harmoniously. I love going to the forest and I couldn’t find out why it was calm but it was easy on my eyes. Before plant were just animals who can’t move, but now I see them as a part of nature in other places besides the forest. I was waiting for the dart frogs, but now I think they’ll take away the beauty, they’ll be a distraction from the beauty of the plants. I used to want dart frogs, but instead now having a beautiful group of plants is what I want. So I say don’t get the frogs, I think you won’t appreciate the plants as much.
You are such a great educator. If like to see a video of the aquarium redo, because those are the best teachable moments. Redo projects are when I leave the thinks that the teacher thought were obvious, but I didn't have a clue!
Superb! Love all your videos about terrariums, vivariums and paludariums. You're doing such a great job mimicking nature, no matter what is the size of the enclosure. For me it is the hardest part of creating a terrarium.
Everything in this video is informative and easy to understand. I even made one after learning from you. Thank you so much! All those people who disliked your are either jealous or losers.
Buy the high grade dried Orchid moss sold at Home Depot,put it in a bag with water near light..presto!..it returns to life as the spores sprout. Sphagnum moss seems to do well at home temperatures even if it was collected someplace in cold Canada.
It is really cool to see an advanced builder like yourself succeed, but it is just as interesting to me seeing how to properly troubleshoot and promote success long term despite hiccups along the way.
I am sure you could film every little thing you do with this hobby and most will enjoy it. You have an awesome talent and even if something doesn’t work out right it is still nice to see because you have such a passion for it. Remember when experimenting there is no failure, just learning what doesn’t work.
I would love to see a video dedicated on how to fix and maintain a balanced aquarium, as I'm pretty new to the hobby myself and your aquariums looks so clean and healthy!
It's great hearing from a content creator that they're humbled and grateful for their audience. As a member of said audience, it never gets old. I look forward to the next my friend and can't wait for what surprises the future holds with the SerpaSquad.
While some other aquascapers try to make their tanks looks like a Hollywood movie set, with fake rifts, unrealistic stones, and even waterfalls, I truly love that your tanks look like a realistic slice of the forest.
Now that we're on lockdown and we're forced to embrace new things, I grabbed a bunch of native stuff around my house. I pretty much had it all, to my surprise!, and am now excited about building my first terrarium.
I can't wait to see an update on the moss. I just finished the construction on my 54 gallon and I'm knee deep in the planting phase. The moss totally makes the build, and I can't get enough! I really enjoy your videos!
I'm currently studying biology and moss is really fascinating to me, I might try to do something like this this summer, when my semester is over. You're doing awesome work !
I appreciated the moss mix technique and links. Kudos on frankly reviewing your experiment ! We all learn by trial and error, and it take a confident instructor to discuss both. Thanks again, Jim
Experiments are great projects and it inspires people to do their own experiments in their own conditions failed projects are great! don't be afraid to document them. it helps those of us who are learning
Just spitballing here, but have you considered wiring some airline tubing to the underwater closed terrarium. Theoretically, that should allow it be in equilibrium with the room atmosphere, so you shouldn’t have too much condensation. Maybe two connection ports, one for air to naturally pass through, and another that you can use to drip fresh water into the system to maintain humidity. Yes, it won’t be a closed terrarium, but it will have the appearance of one and theoretically could work?
One thing you could do is what AntsCanada does. He has hidden videos that you can only watch if you click the shortcut thing in the top corner. You could reward the viewers who watch you with just a little something- maybe a maintenance video or something. Like this so he sees it
I think that, among many, one the big qualities of your channel is when you show of an experiment gone wrong, that lets us all learn. Keep it up, i love your vids!
I love your videos! I am a science teacher , watching these videos and the HTT vids has inspired me to try and attempt making mini terrariums with my students this spring. Trying to decide on good “free” or nearly free containers. Water bottles seem to be a logical choice as they are everywhere but I’d like something glass. We are in Louisiana so we have a pretty endless supply of mosses and plants that grow well in our environment! Keep up the great videos , I’ve learned something from each of them!
Was great to see you remove the terrarium from the tank. Sorry it didn't smell good, lol. I really like the danios and look forward to seeing how they do now with a little more swimming room. Thanks for the videos, they're so relaxing. Cheers!
OK dude! You have to tell me (us?!) how you manage to keep everything wet enough for the mosses to grow, without over watering the other plants, causing root rot? Is it indicative of a problem with my substrate that I can't do both - grow plants AND moss? Thanks so much, again! Big love from a sunny Scotland
What type of substrate are you using? Could be that it's retaining too much moisture. Also I'm going to assume that you have a false bottom, but can it be drained? Both the substrate and false bottom are what I could see potentially being the issue. In my case I specifically target the mosses with my sprayer and then minimally spray elsewhere.
@@SerpaDesign I used a real mix of stuff in the substrate. Coco fibre, organic potting compost, sphagnum, top soil, gravel. Since then I have added loads of leaf litter, both full leaves and kinda mashed up stuff. I've also been using a special rainforest substrate mix supplied by a bioactive vivarium specialist - I've been using it when putting new plants in. And I do have a false bottom, which I drain just by moving the substrate and mesh aside and inserting a huge syringe in one of the front corners. I've only had to do that once though, the drainage layer was maybe half full. But I'm even killing pothos!!! It's very disappointing, as I have always kept house plants with great success. I do have to use a heat lamp though, and I think it is drying everything out too quickly, so that might explain the moss not growing. Still not sure why all my other plants are dying though. It always smells good, my crested gecko Buffy is very happy, the microfauna seem to be doing ok. I'm mystified!
There is one problem I've had since I was 18, algae. This pesky and annoying substance is impossible to get rid of. You add water change, new algae will grow. You add plants, new algae will grow. You add rocks and ornaments, new algae will grow, sometimes fluffy and black (black beard), sometimes a complete carpet of velvety brown textures, at other times plant leaves get green hair, or just green or bluish algae that smears the entire tank glass and even the clear plastic tubes used for air bubbles. No matter how much you fight to have a crystal clear tank and, algae-free environment, it won't take long for this dreaded pest to return the moment you do even a water change or scrape the glass, within 6 days new algae of some kind will creep up and contaminate the entire tank. Even the Plecos, Octocinclus, Chinese algae eater, Siamese Algae Eaters, etc., can't catch up as they tirelessly scrape away 'tons' of this green menace, that they will get mouth ulcers from scraping their mouths against rought surfaces where this dreaded devil has simply got itself a foothold and difficult to eradicate. The algae that is eaten is usually embedded on smooth surface such as glass, and is easy to scrape away. But, it's the one that is embedded on rough surface such as rocks that the poor fish end up with scraping their lips, teeth, etc., leading to faster wear and bruises. I lost a Siamese Algae Eater from an infection caught while it was happily scraping algae from rocks. The infection worsened and the fish was in pain that couldn't eat or swallow. Lucky I took a video of its plight. The poor fish died. I have since replaced the rocks with smooth rounded river rocks and there is now a significant difference. Ever coarse substrate is bad for fish, Corydoras in particulars because they have a habit of pressing their mouths into the substrate to reach a missed morsel they have smelled. In doing their forceful deep entry into the coarse substrate they often damage their barbels which are vital in their well-being, sense of smell and ability to find the food that immediately find its way down into the gaps of the coarse sand pebbles. Substrate sand of 2 to 3 mm is adequate, as the food cannot sink into the spaces of the smaller size sands, so it will be found and eaten before this happens. The best substrate sand is machine tumbled to smooth pebbles of 2-3 mm, like that of river sand rather than crushed and sieved quartz rock which has jagged surface. Algae Eaters have no problem scraping any algae that colonize the smooth and round sand than scraping it on rough and jagged sand that came from crushed stone and tumbled a little so that YOU don't cut yourself. But, the fish? Well, they are the ones who suffer and have no voice and no way of telling you about the shitty environment they live in. You have to consider where the fish came from, what their environment was, what was the bottom of their rivers, etc. Good luck to you all aquarists. 😉👍 From an ex aquarium shop owner, enthusiast and fish breeder since 1974.
good decision. Opening or even leaving something like that in the aquarium is a time bomb. As you discovered, you didn't know what gasses you'd produced. As an armchair naturalist, I would have liked a macro lens of what grew in there...
oh man, that moss mix is sexy! Sorry I am late to the party! I am so thrilled you are so into the botanical train as well! They add such great details to your already beautiful scapes and designs. I also LOVE that you encourage folks to TRY things and see what works. Keep up the great work, Tanner!
Thanks for the encouragement Rachel! No need to apologise, I usually don't catch videos right away either. I really don't like when people give up before trying, so I always try to get everyone to at least try. 😁
Great update video thanks 🌿👍 looking forward to seeing your upcoming projects . I bet you can't wait to get outside in the spring and start working on the pond 🐠🇬🇧
Just wanted to say I enjoy your videos very much. You really know your stuff, and it's easy to see how much care you put into your projects and how much they mean to you. Thanks for sharing your work with us. When the weather gets nicer, I'm going to try making a terrarium with locally gathered flora!
I think you made the right decision about taking the terrarium out of the aquarium, but I hope that one day you will be the first person to successfully make a terrarium in an aquarium
I really love this channel! I watch at least a couple of your videos before going to sleep. They are relaxing and inspiring. Thank you for doing what you're passionate about and sharing it with the world.
What about a terrarium inside an aquarium but having the sides extending up past the water level? You could get an interesting mix of plants able to be seen through the aquarium with fish swimming around it. I kinda imagine it being a regular tank with a smaller tank in the center, maybe elevated slightly so the edges are above the water or building a center clear column that would house the dry portion of the build
I thought the idea of a terrarium in an aquarium was a pretty cool experiment! Can’t wait to see what you have planned next! The addition of the different botanicals in all your setups is nice. You’ve got so many great ideas, thanks for sharing!!
Casper's tank looks amazing! I'm also a fan of black back drops on my tanks. My blackwater tank is finally done and it looks great as well. It was hard work setting it up but so worth it as my betta is happy. Going to be setting up a 10 gallon betta sorority in a few months, and a molly/guppy tank in a 29 gallon after that.
Love your videos! been a long time subscriber, and have never been happier with your channel! Was hoping you might do a mini video on getting the aquarium back to perfect condition after you took out the terrarium. My tanks always look very good but not PERFECT like yours. I get tiny algae patches, or odd plant growth, or water discolor ever so slightly. I try everything I can to get my tank pristine like your but I just can’t ever keep it that way for more than a day. Would love to see your process for getting and keeping an aquarium crystal clear and healthy. Thanks again for the constantly top notch content and inspiration!
I got you! At the end of the day it all comes with balancing a tank. Algae is inevitable and even pristine looking tanks have it. Without knowing everything about your tanks I can't diagnose, but I'm curious what your filtration and circulation is like.
SerpaDesign wow thanks for the response! I have a 55 gallon with an aqua clear 110 filter on one side. I also use 1 sponge filter on the opposite side. I use to have a current pump but it burnt out last month. I gravel vac and do water changes weekly. I use to be able to do more maintenance but I had a little one a couple months back and staying on top has proven difficult lol. Thanks again for your hard work and your communication with your subs :)
Always wanted to be a terraformer on Mars designing ecosystems. Too old to do that now, but these are the next best thing. Little worlds all their own! Living in the Mojave Desert will present its own challenges. But you've inspired me to try. New to terrariums and new subscriber. Thanks for creating such beautiful little worlds!
This was such a cool video! I love your natural designs and hope to turn a 45 gal I have into a huge terrarium one day. Until then, I guess I'll keep watching you!
All your videos & I've watched a lot of them are both informative & relaxing ! Always full of lots of tried & true useful information & ideas ! my go to RUclips Guru !
Love the video update thanks as always. For the blackwater betta tank, the black background looks amazing, but might I suggest mounting a mirror above at a 45 degree angle to reflect the light from outside into a spotlight in the tank. If nothing else it would add a nice dramatic touch.
You are my favorite RUclips channel. No drama, no selling, no narcissism, just feel good educational content with amazing visuals . You are So talented.....
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying my content. 😊
Aqua Juwel you said it well. Just honest effort on projects, with honest comment- and I like when things that don’t work out are shone- we all can learn
I fully agree. I love to slowly wake up or wind down the day/night watching them. It's a most chill pace, mellow, I dig your music choices, and most of all...you totally have the audio PERFECTED! 👍Thanks for sharing all your great work! 💞🌈🌿
I don’t know, that ‘you guessed it’ sounded a bit dramatic to me 🤔
Agreed!
3:13 "But i do what i MOSSt" was that a moss pun
Ahaha, the moment I heard it I dropped to the comments. Yay pun appreciation!
Can you do a terrarium growing mushrooms? I love their look, tiny little ones of course. I think it would be a hit. If its possible. Thanks !
it wouldn't be a hit.
Mushrooms are the "fruit". It might be tough to get them forming all the time.
Elijah Yurkovsky why not? Mushrooms are so cute!
Elijah Yurkovsky disagree! Particularly on more forestry looking terrariums. Mushrooms would make it very mystical
occasionally they will pop up in a tank as it matures so i just enjoy them while they last
You are really the Bob Ross of Terrariums, painting with moss, that was really cool. I love your videos and youve inspired me to creatr my own, even though theyre not doing so well. I hope I learn more. Keep up the good work!
They call me Bob Moss for a reason! 😉
@@SerpaDesign oh my god...a pun god
Good god you guys beat me to it! I didn't even read this comment when answering 🤣
Can't wait to see the result of that moss growth.
That blackwater thank of yours just keeps getting better and better ❤
I think so too! May have went a little dark this time, but I'm enjoying it nonetheless.
SerpaDesign it really makes that fish 🐠 pop
@@SerpaDesign Maybe add some ghost wood in the tank to bring out more visual elements in the dark water?
Thank you for sharing. I really enjoyed watching this video please keep making more videos.
Do you think I made the right decision? I do! Like I said in the video, I'd just start over from scratch at a later time. Also, in case you were wondering, out of the 298 comments I went through:
30 votes (10%) wanted me to redo the terrarium
170 (57%) wanted me to extend the aquarium into the jar
27 (9%) wanted me to turn the jar into an ecosphere
71 (24%) wanted me to make this a dedicated aquarium
As always thanks for watching and I'll be back next week with something really unique. Stay tuned!
SerpaDesign I think the smell you got opening the jar means you made the right decision. It’s a great idea, but one that’s not really great in practice. I have always agreed with you over maintaining the terrariums, and having one in the aquarium made that near impossible.
Hey love the vid. Do u think it would be alright if I put isopods and oak leaf creaping fig together. I just don't want them eating the plant while I grow it. Thank u and I cant wait to get my youtube channel up.
You could try and mount the jar on top of a rock exposing the rim of the jar just above the water line:)
The one hundred eighty gallon vivarium has made me have a new appreciation for plants. I only saw them as individuals, but now I see how they can work harmoniously. I love going to the forest and I couldn’t find out why it was calm but it was easy on my eyes. Before plant were just animals who can’t move, but now I see them as a part of nature in other places besides the forest. I was waiting for the dart frogs, but now I think they’ll take away the beauty, they’ll be a distraction from the beauty of the plants. I used to want dart frogs, but instead now having a beautiful group of plants is what I want. So I say don’t get the frogs, I think you won’t appreciate the plants as much.
what fish are kept in that tank? i need some for my setup but i forgot the name oops..
Yes please show us the update video of this aquarium! Love your content
Thanks for the input!
I'm glad the terrarium is gone. I'd like to see how you get the aquarium cleaned up.
Me too! It's kind of a relief. I'll most likely do the video on that.
I have that same algae and can't get rid of it. I'd love to see a cleanup vid!
You are such a great educator. If like to see a video of the aquarium redo, because those are the best teachable moments. Redo projects are when I leave the thinks that the teacher thought were obvious, but I didn't have a clue!
I'd be interested in seeing how to re-balance the aquarium, seeing the thought process for how to get it back on track.
Superb! Love all your videos about terrariums, vivariums and paludariums. You're doing such a great job mimicking nature, no matter what is the size of the enclosure. For me it is the hardest part of creating a terrarium.
Everything in this video is informative and easy to understand. I even made one after learning from you. Thank you so much! All those people who disliked your are either jealous or losers.
Can we see how it grew that moss?
A year passes!
Buy the high grade dried Orchid moss sold at Home Depot,put it in a bag with water near light..presto!..it returns to life as the spores sprout. Sphagnum moss seems to do well at home temperatures even if it was collected someplace in cold Canada.
It is really cool to see an advanced builder like yourself succeed, but it is just as interesting to me seeing how to properly troubleshoot and promote success long term despite hiccups along the way.
That’s how -mafia- moss works
Mossia.
SerpaDesign 😂
@@SerpaDesign the p u n s
I am sure you could film every little thing you do with this hobby and most will enjoy it. You have an awesome talent and even if something doesn’t work out right it is still nice to see because you have such a passion for it. Remember when experimenting there is no failure, just learning what doesn’t work.
I would love to see a video dedicated on how to fix and maintain a balanced aquarium, as I'm pretty new to the hobby myself and your aquariums looks so clean and healthy!
The aquarium looks beautiful by itself... and your fish are happy and thriving..
It's great hearing from a content creator that they're humbled and grateful for their audience. As a member of said audience, it never gets old. I look forward to the next my friend and can't wait for what surprises the future holds with the SerpaSquad.
While some other aquascapers try to make their tanks looks like a Hollywood movie set, with fake rifts, unrealistic stones, and even waterfalls, I truly love that your tanks look like a realistic slice of the forest.
Now that we're on lockdown and we're forced to embrace new things, I grabbed a bunch of native stuff around my house. I pretty much had it all, to my surprise!, and am now excited about building my first terrarium.
I can't wait to see an update on the moss. I just finished the construction on my 54 gallon and I'm knee deep in the planting phase. The moss totally makes the build, and I can't get enough! I really enjoy your videos!
You know it! Moss is where it's at.
I'm currently studying biology and moss is really fascinating to me, I might try to do something like this this summer, when my semester is over. You're doing awesome work !
I appreciated the moss mix technique and links. Kudos on frankly reviewing your experiment ! We all learn by trial and error, and it take a confident instructor to discuss both. Thanks again, Jim
Experiments are great projects and it inspires people to do their own experiments in their own conditions failed projects are great! don't be afraid to document them. it helps those of us who are learning
Ty for the link for the plants. Now, after a year watching your vids, going to plant a setup soon
The big terrarium looks so epic!
once I get my own place I want to start mine too, but for now i will watch yours
Just spitballing here, but have you considered wiring some airline tubing to the underwater closed terrarium. Theoretically, that should allow it be in equilibrium with the room atmosphere, so you shouldn’t have too much condensation.
Maybe two connection ports, one for air to naturally pass through, and another that you can use to drip fresh water into the system to maintain humidity. Yes, it won’t be a closed terrarium, but it will have the appearance of one and theoretically could work?
Neat idea!
One thing you could do is what AntsCanada does. He has hidden videos that you can only watch if you click the shortcut thing in the top corner. You could reward the viewers who watch you with just a little something- maybe a maintenance video or something. Like this so he sees it
I love how your betta looks at everything you put in the tank! So cute
I’ve been fascinated by every video you make! Thank you.
I think that, among many, one the big qualities of your channel is when you show of an experiment gone wrong, that lets us all learn.
Keep it up, i love your vids!
I love your videos! I am a science teacher , watching these videos and the HTT vids has inspired me to try and attempt making mini terrariums with my students this spring. Trying to decide on good “free” or nearly free containers. Water bottles seem to be a logical choice as they are everywhere but I’d like something glass. We are in Louisiana so we have a pretty endless supply of mosses and plants that grow well in our environment! Keep up the great videos , I’ve learned something from each of them!
Was great to see you remove the terrarium from the tank. Sorry it didn't smell good, lol. I really like the danios and look forward to seeing how they do now with a little more swimming room. Thanks for the videos, they're so relaxing. Cheers!
Really interested in growing moss - your pieces are really beautiful- very inspiring
Cool additional of the rooibos tea, the tannins in the tea will add a few nutrients as well
your channel has totally inspired me to make a terrarium in a jar
OK dude! You have to tell me (us?!) how you manage to keep everything wet enough for the mosses to grow, without over watering the other plants, causing root rot? Is it indicative of a problem with my substrate that I can't do both - grow plants AND moss? Thanks so much, again! Big love from a sunny Scotland
What type of substrate are you using? Could be that it's retaining too much moisture. Also I'm going to assume that you have a false bottom, but can it be drained? Both the substrate and false bottom are what I could see potentially being the issue. In my case I specifically target the mosses with my sprayer and then minimally spray elsewhere.
@@SerpaDesign I used a real mix of stuff in the substrate. Coco fibre, organic potting compost, sphagnum, top soil, gravel. Since then I have added loads of leaf litter, both full leaves and kinda mashed up stuff. I've also been using a special rainforest substrate mix supplied by a bioactive vivarium specialist - I've been using it when putting new plants in. And I do have a false bottom, which I drain just by moving the substrate and mesh aside and inserting a huge syringe in one of the front corners. I've only had to do that once though, the drainage layer was maybe half full. But I'm even killing pothos!!! It's very disappointing, as I have always kept house plants with great success. I do have to use a heat lamp though, and I think it is drying everything out too quickly, so that might explain the moss not growing. Still not sure why all my other plants are dying though. It always smells good, my crested gecko Buffy is very happy, the microfauna seem to be doing ok. I'm mystified!
You are so good with all of your builds.
There is one problem I've had since I was 18, algae. This pesky and annoying substance is impossible to get rid of. You add water change, new algae will grow. You add plants, new algae will grow. You add rocks and ornaments, new algae will grow, sometimes fluffy and black (black beard), sometimes a complete carpet of velvety brown textures, at other times plant leaves get green hair, or just green or bluish algae that smears the entire tank glass and even the clear plastic tubes used for air bubbles. No matter how much you fight to have a crystal clear tank and, algae-free environment, it won't take long for this dreaded pest to return the moment you do even a water change or scrape the glass, within 6 days new algae of some kind will creep up and contaminate the entire tank. Even the Plecos, Octocinclus, Chinese algae eater, Siamese Algae Eaters, etc., can't catch up as they tirelessly scrape away 'tons' of this green menace, that they will get mouth ulcers from scraping their mouths against rought surfaces where this dreaded devil has simply got itself a foothold and difficult to eradicate. The algae that is eaten is usually embedded on smooth surface such as glass, and is easy to scrape away. But, it's the one that is embedded on rough surface such as rocks that the poor fish end up with scraping their lips, teeth, etc., leading to faster wear and bruises. I lost a Siamese Algae Eater from an infection caught while it was happily scraping algae from rocks. The infection worsened and the fish was in pain that couldn't eat or swallow. Lucky I took a video of its plight. The poor fish died. I have since replaced the rocks with smooth rounded river rocks and there is now a significant difference. Ever coarse substrate is bad for fish, Corydoras in particulars because they have a habit of pressing their mouths into the substrate to reach a missed morsel they have smelled. In doing their forceful deep entry into the coarse substrate they often damage their barbels which are vital in their well-being, sense of smell and ability to find the food that immediately find its way down into the gaps of the coarse sand pebbles. Substrate sand of 2 to 3 mm is adequate, as the food cannot sink into the spaces of the smaller size sands, so it will be found and eaten before this happens. The best substrate sand is machine tumbled to smooth pebbles of 2-3 mm, like that of river sand rather than crushed and sieved quartz rock which has jagged surface. Algae Eaters have no problem scraping any algae that colonize the smooth and round sand than scraping it on rough and jagged sand that came from crushed stone and tumbled a little so that YOU don't cut yourself. But, the fish? Well, they are the ones who suffer and have no voice and no way of telling you about the shitty environment they live in. You have to consider where the fish came from, what their environment was, what was the bottom of their rivers, etc.
Good luck to you all aquarists. 😉👍
From an ex aquarium shop owner, enthusiast and fish breeder since 1974.
Nice tips, still gathering for my terrarium. Taking my time. Fish only for sooo long ha ha.
good decision. Opening or even leaving something like that in the aquarium is a time bomb. As you discovered, you didn't know what gasses you'd produced. As an armchair naturalist, I would have liked a macro lens of what grew in there...
oh man, that moss mix is sexy! Sorry I am late to the party! I am so thrilled you are so into the botanical train as well! They add such great details to your already beautiful scapes and designs. I also LOVE that you encourage folks to TRY things and see what works. Keep up the great work, Tanner!
Thanks for the encouragement Rachel! No need to apologise, I usually don't catch videos right away either. I really don't like when people give up before trying, so I always try to get everyone to at least try. 😁
i like that black water tank so much .
Awesome addition of botanicals
"But I do what I must to have happy patches of moss." Classic!!!! Thanks for a great video, as always, Tanner!! 😁🌿🐟👍
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it.
Love your content
All your setups look amazing!
Found your channel quite by accident and happy that I did. You seem to be doing the sort ofprojects I wish I had the space to do.
Ooooh, I love palendariums, but I've never been able to have on due to price. Would love to see a "cheap" palendarium build.
In your new home you should do live, in person tutorials for people to come watch. I’d travel to see it!
Discovered your channel this week and almost seen all vids. Love your work, livestyle and way of thinking. Greets from Germany, Martin.
Beautiful work!
Id like a video about you balancing and doing maintenance on the terrarium fish tank!
Awesome plant selections!
It’s a pleasure to watch your video ❤
Your set ups are fantastic.
Beautiful work.
Great update video thanks 🌿👍 looking forward to seeing your upcoming projects . I bet you can't wait to get outside in the spring and start working on the pond 🐠🇬🇧
You are my favorite RUclips channel, your videos are just great and their content just like it! Thank you for all your advice !!
Yes, please show how you deal with the algae and get the aquarium back to balanced.
Probably too late now but I'm sure I speak for most of us when I say I'd love to see how you restore balance to your aquariums
You are an artist. A plant artist. 💗👁👄👁 -- show us the aquarium. I love aquariums too!
Just wanted to say I enjoy your videos very much. You really know your stuff, and it's easy to see how much care you put into your projects and how much they mean to you. Thanks for sharing your work with us. When the weather gets nicer, I'm going to try making a terrarium with locally gathered flora!
did we get the question answered..will dried moss come back? ..🙁 i was hoping to see it.
That’s why I watched this video and I don’t know if I missed it!
Updates are cool
I think you made the right decision about taking the terrarium out of the aquarium, but I hope that one day you will be the first person to successfully make a terrarium in an aquarium
I got into terrariums recently and your videos are helpful and interesting.
Appreciate your effort and content
keep up the good work
Love what you do!!! Ao glad I found your channel... 👏👏👏👏
YES
I really love this channel! I watch at least a couple of your videos before going to sleep. They are relaxing and inspiring. Thank you for doing what you're passionate about and sharing it with the world.
I simply agree with all the forgoing positive comments... Please keep it up
its a pleasure to watch your videos....Love it. Thank you for sharing.
Tanner, you're pretty much the Bob Ross of making terraria on RUclips. One could say you're... Bob Moss
I would love to see more aquarium videos :)
I think in the future it would be interesting to see a small orb terrarium designed to float on top of an aquarium and look like a floating island
What about a terrarium inside an aquarium but having the sides extending up past the water level? You could get an interesting mix of plants able to be seen through the aquarium with fish swimming around it. I kinda imagine it being a regular tank with a smaller tank in the center, maybe elevated slightly so the edges are above the water or building a center clear column that would house the dry portion of the build
Your vids are really cool! Getting alot of inspiration!
Tanner: “I do what I must in order to have happy patches of moss”
Me: “Damnn straight!”
You have some awesome setups!
I'd love to see the rehab of the aquarium - the process will be educational to me. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the input!
This deserves a million views
I thought the idea of a terrarium in an aquarium was a pretty cool experiment! Can’t wait to see what you have planned next! The addition of the different botanicals in all your setups is nice. You’ve got so many great ideas, thanks for sharing!!
Botanicals are always nice details.
I recently discovered your channel, and it's now easily one of my favorites. Awesome content, visuals, creativity. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you very much I appreciate that!
Welcome, friend.
id be very interested in seeing the jar aquarium cleanup!
Casper's tank looks amazing! I'm also a fan of black back drops on my tanks. My blackwater tank is finally done and it looks great as well. It was hard work setting it up but so worth it as my betta is happy. Going to be setting up a 10 gallon betta sorority in a few months, and a molly/guppy tank in a 29 gallon after that.
Love your videos! been a long time subscriber, and have never been happier with your channel! Was hoping you might do a mini video on getting the aquarium back to perfect condition after you took out the terrarium. My tanks always look very good but not PERFECT like yours. I get tiny algae patches, or odd plant growth, or water discolor ever so slightly. I try everything I can to get my tank pristine like your but I just can’t ever keep it that way for more than a day. Would love to see your process for getting and keeping an aquarium crystal clear and healthy. Thanks again for the constantly top notch content and inspiration!
I got you! At the end of the day it all comes with balancing a tank. Algae is inevitable and even pristine looking tanks have it. Without knowing everything about your tanks I can't diagnose, but I'm curious what your filtration and circulation is like.
SerpaDesign wow thanks for the response! I have a 55 gallon with an aqua clear 110 filter on one side. I also use 1 sponge filter on the opposite side. I use to have a current pump but it burnt out last month. I gravel vac and do water changes weekly. I use to be able to do more maintenance but I had a little one a couple months back and staying on top has proven difficult lol. Thanks again for your hard work and your communication with your subs :)
Loved the video. Looking forward to the moss paint job. Yes for all your suggestions for future videos 👍🏼🕺🏻
Always wanted to be a terraformer on Mars designing ecosystems. Too old to do that now, but these are the next best thing. Little worlds all their own! Living in the Mojave Desert will present its own challenges. But you've inspired me to try. New to terrariums and new subscriber. Thanks for creating such beautiful little worlds!
Super interested of the aquariums development and how the moss painting turned out!!
Btw, Casper is adorable ❤️
3:13 You do what you mosst hey Tanner, thanks for the small chuckle👌
This was such a cool video! I love your natural designs and hope to turn a 45 gal I have into a huge terrarium one day. Until then, I guess I'll keep watching you!
So weird, i just replied to your comment on Instagram and then this video autoplayed in the background......("they" are listening.....)
MD Fish Tanks i cant tell if this is racist or conspiratorial And racist
Casper looks so good in his Blackwater!
All your videos & I've watched a lot of them are both informative & relaxing ! Always full of lots of tried & true useful information & ideas ! my go to RUclips Guru !
So very very cool. Is your day something that utilizes this talent and knowledge? Thanks for another great vlog.
Love the video update thanks as always. For the blackwater betta tank, the black background looks amazing, but might I suggest mounting a mirror above at a 45 degree angle to reflect the light from outside into a spotlight in the tank. If nothing else it would add a nice dramatic touch.