Yeah, I'm at a cross roads now. I set the room up and heated it so I needed to fill tanks. Now I'm at a point were I want to knuckle down and pick what I want to work with long term. The rainbows and plants are definitely top of the list. I do want to work with the shrimp but need to figure a way of doing it long term, probably outdoors.
Cheers, mate! I wanted to focus on a video with little editing. I thought a fishroom tour would achieve that. Plus, it gave me the chance to think about what I want to achieve long-term with the tanks.
It's great to see what you have really been doing so well , and I have a feeling that your Angels are doing just what they want , and God only knows how long it will take ⌛ I know from personal experience with how I have been enjoying the hobby since 1985 and the only thing that I have been doing consistently is being patient. That's pretty easy to read and the results are not always the best but I have a lot of respect for the process and the creatures that I have had . There's never a better feeling IMO when I get the different things that are not necessarily doing what I was imagining to do and then one thing leads to the following and then what you see in the future is what you have. A healthy well balanced living display of whatever managed to get to be a part of the world that you are responsible for creating. Along with the other factors that is really essential to me to make it better than a glass box that was setup and never received any of the many things that are going to happen when it is left alone. That's what I have to offer for a week or two or two months or two years is set-up the best thing you can always and then the rest of the time you are going to leave it alone and let it tell you what is the next step in the process and then be hands off and then wait until you get another sign for a few adjustments or new additions and then by the time you get to the point where you can add some majestic Cichlid fish that you would be able to do the courtesy of leaving them in charge of their precious habitat and stay in your own place to let it happen ORGANICALLY FOLLOWING COMMON SENSE OF AQUASCAPING AND GOOD HUMAN COURTESY
Great comment! I do appreciate allowing time to pass and aquariums to mature organically. I'm just in the process of working out what I want to work with long term. The Angels I was given as a breeding project while my Manacapuru grew out. I am in the process of wanting to develop the tanks for long-term success and would like to focus on working with my rainbows. Growing them out and possibly breeding them.
Excellent tour... Loving your planted tank... Those two stems really took off I like those same plans too.. especially ludwigia. Lol I seem to kill Val Wow those cherries 🦐 have done well I can't seem to do anything with my blue ones. I hate duckweed lol Your plants look awesome my friend! The pond is looking great Your last tank looks good. Liking your plant nursery
I was hoping the water wisteria was going to explode but it hasn't yet. I'm guessing I got a dud, might buy another, it's a handy plant to have in your arsenal. Ludwigia seems to do well in all my tanks, Rotala will do well then crap out for a bit and then rebound. Bacopa seemed to take a while to get going but does well. I find Val loves a bit of hardness in the water and then it flies. I followed Mark's shrimp tanks advice of adding a pleco and it definitely works with building a shrimp colony. The duckweed got into my systems by feeding it to goldfish, I removed the goldfish and it exploded. I'm definitely having a lot of fun lately with plants!
I thought I'd see if I could grow my colony of ten out a bit. Think I've nailed it. I want to dirt that tank and run it as a unique style of dirted tank.
@pattys_aquatics I'm excited to see what I can achieve with it. I've knick named it the hybrid method at the moment. I'm going to mix some of Father's Fish ideas with textbook wlastad as my starting point. I think it's going to be a really interesting project.
Excellent tour keith, its very surprising the hygrophiia difformis isnt exploding 💥 water wisteria did fantastic for me before i was invaded by those damned scuds🤬 the high tech tank looks great!! Why do you want to chamge it.?? Well done mate 🙂👍🏻
The wisteria looked a little off colour when I got it. I'm assuming it wasn't doing well before I got it. I want to shut a few projects to focus on some longer term projects.
Everything looks great mate! Substrate feeders are doing great in walstad setup is not a socker. I will take your "I don't know the name but it is anus" as a memory🤣🤣
If I'm totally honest, there looks to be a slight macronutrient deficiency in the walstad tank. I need to test and see what's going on in there. I've been feeding twice as much and the new leaves look much healthier, but there was definitely something going on as the leaves had a few small holes in them
@@aquaticfanaticsuk Mature "walstad" tanks are always nitrogen deficient. It is a method for lazy fishkeepers not a method for growing amazing plants. With your tap water nitrate level there are no reason to join the no waterchange religion. Every waterchange will benefit the plants.
@greenmachinesweden I constantly state in my videos that I change water in my Walstad tanks. The idea of no water changes is a myth spread by the Internet. It clearly states in her book water changes are a must. It also says regular testing and dosing for nitrogen, phosphate, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and Kh is a must. The only thing the soil should be providing is micronutrients
@@aquaticfanaticsuk Hmm. I have read the book several times but it was a few years ago. Maybe I need to read it again? As far as I remember the conclusion was that food, fish waste and the soil gave everything her plants needed and that there were no reason to add anything. Can you point me to the page in the book where adding macronutrients is discussed?
@@greenmachinesweden Much of the book discusses the various sources of macronutrient availability via the soil, fish food and water. So it's a little hard to name a page. However, pages 72-74 give an overview of dosing to add or aid in uptake of macronutrients
Great video Keith mate. Tanks and fish are looking stunning.😍
Thanks mate!
Great tour so much happening for you Keith
Yeah, I'm at a cross roads now. I set the room up and heated it so I needed to fill tanks. Now I'm at a point were I want to knuckle down and pick what I want to work with long term. The rainbows and plants are definitely top of the list. I do want to work with the shrimp but need to figure a way of doing it long term, probably outdoors.
great video Keith
Cheers, mate! I wanted to focus on a video with little editing. I thought a fishroom tour would achieve that. Plus, it gave me the chance to think about what I want to achieve long-term with the tanks.
It's great to see what you have really been doing so well , and I have a feeling that your Angels are doing just what they want , and God only knows how long it will take ⌛ I know from personal experience with how I have been enjoying the hobby since 1985 and the only thing that I have been doing consistently is being patient. That's pretty easy to read and the results are not always the best but I have a lot of respect for the process and the creatures that I have had . There's never a better feeling IMO when I get the different things that are not necessarily doing what I was imagining to do and then one thing leads to the following and then what you see in the future is what you have. A healthy well balanced living display of whatever managed to get to be a part of the world that you are responsible for creating. Along with the other factors that is really essential to me to make it better than a glass box that was setup and never received any of the many things that are going to happen when it is left alone. That's what I have to offer for a week or two or two months or two years is set-up the best thing you can always and then the rest of the time you are going to leave it alone and let it tell you what is the next step in the process and then be hands off and then wait until you get another sign for a few adjustments or new additions and then by the time you get to the point where you can add some majestic Cichlid fish that you would be able to do the courtesy of leaving them in charge of their precious habitat and stay in your own place to let it happen ORGANICALLY FOLLOWING COMMON SENSE OF AQUASCAPING AND GOOD HUMAN COURTESY
Great comment! I do appreciate allowing time to pass and aquariums to mature organically. I'm just in the process of working out what I want to work with long term. The Angels I was given as a breeding project while my Manacapuru grew out. I am in the process of wanting to develop the tanks for long-term success and would like to focus on working with my rainbows. Growing them out and possibly breeding them.
Excellent tour...
Loving your planted tank... Those two stems really took off
I like those same plans too.. especially ludwigia.
Lol I seem to kill Val
Wow those cherries 🦐 have done well
I can't seem to do anything with my blue ones.
I hate duckweed lol
Your plants look awesome my friend!
The pond is looking great
Your last tank looks good.
Liking your plant nursery
I was hoping the water wisteria was going to explode but it hasn't yet. I'm guessing I got a dud, might buy another, it's a handy plant to have in your arsenal. Ludwigia seems to do well in all my tanks, Rotala will do well then crap out for a bit and then rebound. Bacopa seemed to take a while to get going but does well. I find Val loves a bit of hardness in the water and then it flies. I followed Mark's shrimp tanks advice of adding a pleco and it definitely works with building a shrimp colony. The duckweed got into my systems by feeding it to goldfish, I removed the goldfish and it exploded. I'm definitely having a lot of fun lately with plants!
Awesome tour Keith, love the tanks and the one with the cherry shrimp… holy cow that’s a lot , nothing but a red substrate of shrimp 😁
I thought I'd see if I could grow my colony of ten out a bit. Think I've nailed it. I want to dirt that tank and run it as a unique style of dirted tank.
@@aquaticfanaticsuk sounds awesome can’t wait to see it come to fruition
@pattys_aquatics I'm excited to see what I can achieve with it. I've knick named it the hybrid method at the moment. I'm going to mix some of Father's Fish ideas with textbook wlastad as my starting point. I think it's going to be a really interesting project.
Excellent tour keith, its very surprising the hygrophiia difformis isnt exploding 💥 water wisteria did fantastic for me before i was invaded by those damned scuds🤬 the high tech tank looks great!! Why do you want to chamge it.?? Well done mate 🙂👍🏻
The wisteria looked a little off colour when I got it. I'm assuming it wasn't doing well before I got it. I want to shut a few projects to focus on some longer term projects.
Everything looks great mate! Substrate feeders are doing great in walstad setup is not a socker. I will take your "I don't know the name but it is anus" as a memory🤣🤣
If I'm totally honest, there looks to be a slight macronutrient deficiency in the walstad tank. I need to test and see what's going on in there. I've been feeding twice as much and the new leaves look much healthier, but there was definitely something going on as the leaves had a few small holes in them
@@aquaticfanaticsuk Mature "walstad" tanks are always nitrogen deficient. It is a method for lazy fishkeepers not a method for growing amazing plants. With your tap water nitrate level there are no reason to join the no waterchange religion. Every waterchange will benefit the plants.
@greenmachinesweden I constantly state in my videos that I change water in my Walstad tanks. The idea of no water changes is a myth spread by the Internet. It clearly states in her book water changes are a must. It also says regular testing and dosing for nitrogen, phosphate, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and Kh is a must. The only thing the soil should be providing is micronutrients
@@aquaticfanaticsuk Hmm. I have read the book several times but it was a few years ago. Maybe I need to read it again? As far as I remember the conclusion was that food, fish waste and the soil gave everything her plants needed and that there were no reason to add anything. Can you point me to the page in the book where adding macronutrients is discussed?
@@greenmachinesweden Much of the book discusses the various sources of macronutrient availability via the soil, fish food and water. So it's a little hard to name a page. However, pages 72-74 give an overview of dosing to add or aid in uptake of macronutrients