This reminds me of what we used to do when I was a child (many years ago, and minus the rock music !) it was very much trail and error, but we had some success .. I love watching these videos and seeing how things develop with your little aquariums .. thank you
You are going to be so happy when you find some amphipods. They are great! Maybe you already have. I just found your channel and I’m watching all your videos for the first time. I guess I’ll see. 👍
I am on look out for every new critter I may come across - need them badly for testing on self-sustaining aquariums. Seed shrimp as great as they are too small to be used as source of nutrition for adult guppies. Perhaps amphipods could do ;)
Hi Michael, I got 1 aquatic snail from a pond about a month ago for my 1.5 gal water plan tank, no fish. It was only 1. Last week I noticed small clear sacs of eggs all over my plants and stones, and I removed them. Then they appeared again. Thinking that they wouldn't hatch, I let them be. Now, I have literally millions of super tiny baby aquatic snails. What do I do? The container is too small if they grow bigger. I was thinking of putting some guppies eventually or betta fish, would they eat the babies? Help! PS: The snail was about the size of a pinky finger nail, tiny, now I noticed it growing. One thing I really like is the way it kept my container glass super clear from alge.
Don't panic :) Let them be. The number of snails will go up and then go down to normal density population level. It goes in cycles up and down all the time.Out of many tiny snails only few will survive. I have some videos about snails in this playlist: ruclips.net/video/A7-cEOIJpFs/видео.html Adult fish will try to eat snail eggs and snails too. Though again, some of the snails will survive anyway :) I would put a couple snails in a small (smaller than the one you have now) nursery aquarium to breed them. This way you can put the fish you want in your main aquarium without risking all your snails ;) All the best in your adventure!
Thank you for the question!! Moving water could help to grow it faster. Though, I do not make water moving in my aquariums. I had different type of filamentous algae for couple years in my aquariums. It is a very challenging to cultivate in aquariums! Here is a playlist of all my videos about filamentous algae: ruclips.net/video/GMeXv3GIuUg/видео.html All the best on your adventure!
Thank you for the question!! Most people try to get rid of algae from aquariums without understanding that algae is fundamental base of food pyramid in nature (aquariums). All aquarium pets depend on algae. Algae takes "bad" thing dissolved in water making water clean as it grows. Aquarium pets (including fish of all sizes) eat algae. Fish waste gets back to water and so it goes around. Remove algae and the natural cycle gets broken. Pets in aquariums without algae looks to me as patients on life support in hospital. We can and should cultivate algae to make natural aquariums. The best thing is that it works. Look on my aquariums - starting from beginning of 2017 I don't change (drain) water from aquariums. Well, there are other ways of doing doing it using algae scrubber. I am uploading video about it as I typing this ;)
That's good stuff. Good food suppy. But even just looking at them with a magnifying glass can be amusing. I needed to catch some feeders for a backyard pond with small fish and turtles and I ended up with all sorts creatures. It's a busy pond now.
Michael Langerman thanks for the reply. I'm just now noticing that I don't get notifications when someone replies to me. But that is cool. You might discover something.
Michael Langerman I used to get the notifications on Google plus. Now I only get notified of a +1 with Google plus. I got RUclips to start notifying me of replies. But it's all weird now because of some corporate thing. I forgot the deal but it's because of something. Go figure right? Hahaahhah
Ha! That's cool! Running low on daphnia and the rest of the critters is an issue for me too - for the number of new nurseries I made on monthly basis. I think to set up a couple larger size nurseries just for daphnia and seed shrimps. The seed shrimps seems to have higher surviving rate in aquariums with larger fish - and vise verse with daphnia (it grows larger). Guppy fry though, prefer to eat smaller seed shrimps over large daphnia :)
I cultivate green algae in my aquariums. Green Daphnia feed on green algae in the Nature. I suppose yeast may do too for that purpose. Seed shrimp feed on green algae and any other organic detritus. They should be fine with whatever live plants you may have in aquarium or any fish food and yeast too.
@Aphrodisia I use filamentous algae as seed shrimp food. It works as a hiding place for them and their babies as well as a food source. But clean the algae with running water b4 putting it into ur seed shrimp habitat, bc there might be harmful critters like newborn dragonflies that could eat your seed shrimp. If you find any baby dragonflies, release them back where you got the algae, don't kill them.
I think it is a daphnia. I kept them for while. Then I opted to make room (more nurseries) for seed shrimps. So, as of now I have mostly seed shrimps and some cyclopes among them. PS: I found your comment 2 days later :(
I cannot give you a certain answer the way you may find it in scientific papers. Perhaps my observations would do as a starting point for your inquiry. That is the way I go about it anyway ;) Plants, aquatic plants, algae and similar microorganism are the main source of oxygen on our planet. Surface agitation contributes to water to air gas exchange. However, it is not the source of oxygen or CO2. I populate all my aquariums with plants first, than add seed shrimps and pond snails. Plants and algae don't grow as well in my new aquariums without snails. That is something you may notice in number of my videos. Plants and algae grows even better in those aquariums after I add fish. Surely, it's not only CO2, but also other waste from fish, snails and plants that contributes for better plants growth. Now, let's get to the phrase "Especially without co2". Photosynthesis is well known process. That is sort of the way plants "inhale". Many people disregard the second part of the breathing process for plants and algae . Plants consume oxygen and produce CO2 instead when they "exhale" in low light or in dark ;) And warmer water holds less oxygen than cold water - it's also, something to think about when you dealing with this problem, especially in small aquariums. It is the main reason to avoid direct sunlight for aquariums with fish. I think it should be enough for starting point ;) All the best!
Is it safe to introduce these to a aquarium? Lots of fish and are in a 20 gallon tank. They receive artificial light and algae does grow so is it safe to release these animals into the aquarium??
Thank you for the questions! Seed shrimps are harmless to any fish. It is safe to release them in fresh water aquariums. Fish eat them fast. Merry Christmas!
Im hoping someone can give me some info. Last year in 4th grade, my son did this aquarium as a project. He came home with 2 freshwater snails and 2 fish. It was basically put on a windowsill and while we have topped it off with water frequently, that has been it. A week ago I moved it to a windowsill with more light and a day ago I noticed all sorts of black specks swimming in the water. Never saw them before now. And then just now, we have a baby snail. Just one. We are very excited but Im also worried about the new swimmers that showed up. What could they be and how can I keep the snails healthy?
New swimmers most likely were there before, perhaps in less numbers though. That is why you just noticed them ;) It could be seed shrimps (ostracoda). Seed shrimps eat algae and organic remains. Fish eat them. They live everywhere. I have seed shrimps in all my aquariums. Check videos on this playlist for more details about them: ruclips.net/video/ZrQKfd8T2n4/видео.html Also I keep freshwater pond snails in all my aquariums: ruclips.net/video/EBybkcGTFvQ/видео.html I assume you keep a different type of snails. Pond snails lay eggs, and baby snails usually come in numbers. But, the basic care is all the same to the most parts. You've been keeping them since last year, so whatever care you were providing should be sufficient. There is only one concern with this regard that you should be aware of - aquariums with fish are better away from direct sunlight. The reason for it is overheating. I do keep aquariums with my snails on a windowsill too, but not with fish! Fish consume more oxygen and hot water has less oxygen. Check this video for details about temperature: ruclips.net/video/xCx1eUhXvE8/видео.html All the best!
All cleaning crew are live food for guppies. That what makes them so good in aquariums. They eat waste, get bigger, breed and get eaten. Though, my adult guppies prefer larger size food ;)
@@abhiramplal7214 I used to keep and breed them in separate nurseries (2-3 tanks). From those nurseries I would add them to aquariums with fish. In the last year I've been trying different approach. I simply move plants between aquariums with fish. Critters/ microorganisms tends to hide on plants and get moved between my aquariums in such way. I did not get big colonies as I would by growing them in separate aquariums though. But otherwise it seems to be working ;)
@@4me hi me again...one more question sir...how can I breed them I mean...what should I feed them and do I need to keep the jar in direct sunlight etc.thank u sir for replying I will put some microorganisms to my aquarium containing fish now.
@@abhiramplal7214 This video explanation on how I breed seed shrimp: ruclips.net/video/swUhkmDea4E/видео.html There are some more details in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/91ueDWYkYOU/видео.html
What's missing from all of your aquariums is a good layer of substrate, at least an inch or maybe two would help to build up beneficial bacteria, your fauna critters and flora will benefit and the water condition will improve significantly. Good work.
Thank you very much! I use gravel and avoid adding any other substrate in my aquariums. Without making water changes for years a layer of waste accumulates at the bottom of aquariums turning eventually into substrate. It works great 🙂
all of those make great live food for fry and micropredators, but they dont eat enough to be very relevant as cleaners. beneficial, but no a game changer. asellus aquaticus are quite unknown, but propably the best "wild cleaner" you can find - and an interresting and very unusual addition to small, peaceful tanks.
:) That is what I've been going through for couple years too - very contagious hobby :) This year I decide to remove all spare nurseries to make room for new generation of aquarium gardens. This way I should be able to test new things in less space/number of nurseries ;) All the best on your adventure!
This is very cool! I have been thinking about this sort of thing with my local creek - I noticed that this year I can see darters and I haven't been able to see them previously. It made me wonder about the smaller organisms that must be increasing as the creek becomes more healthy. There has definitely been an increase in dragonflies and mayflies. I'm thinking about setting up a special tank next winter to see what I can find in the spring thaw...
That sounds really interesting! Though, in warmer (Summer) time you are more likely to catch much more variety of living things then at early Spring. All the best in your adventure!
yeah, but I didn't want to rush with setting up the aquarium and I have 5 others I am juggling at the moment - while getting the floors in my house sanded, stained and sealed... lots of fun, let me tell you! I am hoping that I can play with it all next spring and summer.
Take precautions with your aquariums during your renovations. Anything in the air is likely to end up in the tank including chemicals from the stain and sealant.
yeah, I was told we weren't doing the floor right away and most of the rest of the reno is done (my dad is really enjoying his power). Anyway I would have waited for my big aquarium until the floor was done if I'd been told it would be anytime before 2020. Luckily a few of the bedrooms will not need work and I have been setting up some temporary tanks with lids and with covering the doors, I think they will make it. I have to reset up the big tank after I clean it anyway. And the floors should be completely done in a week, once started. I have not gotten any new stock (not that I had much to begin with) sticking to needed equipment.
Very informative Sir ! Thank you very much, it's inspiring, i'm staring at aquarium since few days again (didn't since chidlhood), and seriously considering to give a try at this now. :)
I have some ongoing experiments with hair/stringy algae...to early to say for sure. Previously, I experimented with filamentous algae for exospheres and self-sustaining aquariums. The filamentous algae left alone in any aquarium has potential to take over the entire aquarium. One can use it for this purpose but the aquarium may need some check up on monthly basis or so. Interestingly, with regards for snails - I got Campeloma snails recently in addition to my pond snails. Campeloma are capable to chew even harsh land moss that I've been growing underwater!
This a very catchy (in many ways) plant is filamentous algae: ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=FNfLCPWipYs The one shown in this video is from the same pond where I got all little critters. What is interesting that the samples from previous year (I grow them) much softer and grows more tangled. The resent sample is harsh - I can pull a single string about 20 cm long from that small cluster without breaking it!
Thank you for the question! Yes you can! Though, you may try to keep/breed them even without LED ;) Natural light (in red spectrum) is necessary to grow algae - which is the main source of food for many critters. Though, some of the critters (seed shrimps for example) may eat any organic remains (not necessary algae!). All the best!
Hi Michael, în order to test the quality of the pond water collected from public outdoors, (that I plan to pour it in my fish tank) is it enough to put some invertebrates in, or needs some fish fry as well to determine whether the water is good for the fish tank ?! Many thanks!
I understand that eventually you are going to put some fish in that aquarium. And before you do so, it would be safer to check that aquarium with any spare fish. Young fish is the best for this purpose simply because it have better chances adapting to the new environment (including water quality).
Thank you very much! In this video I used music from RUclips audio library for creators. There are 4 songs in this video...I list them all at the beginning...3 sec of the video in the order they are in the video ;) Though, in videos published since 2018 I use only my own music. You can find all my music in this playlist: ruclips.net/video/8_yiDmwe6ZE/видео.html All the best!
Look for them during warm season. The best way is to pick up some aquatic plants - seed shrimp and many other critters come along with plants. I have videos about them on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/Z46zGbeCC6Q/видео.html and sure to make some more next summer ;)
Thank you! I got confused by abbreviation BGM and have to google it :)) The titles of all tunes are shown at the beginning on the 3 second of the video. The one you asked about is Smart Riot by Huma-Huma available from RUclips audio library for creators. Enjoy it!
My guppies get Amsterdam canal water during water changes twice a week. The body of fresh water of Holland is gigantic and all the canals are connected, so it all flows and stagnant water is avoided. The municipality does not have to take care of that. Ever since the Middle Ages, we have a separately elected Council of 'dike counts' (a title that comes with the function), just for waterworks and they take good care of its ecology. My guppies eat all the plankton from the canal water. They also eat algae, but are not very interested in dry foods. They are spoiled, but also very active and fast growing. If they would get exposed to unwelcome fungi or bacteria, the quantities will be minute, just enough to build up some resistance (I hope), but not for any explosive growth in my tank (still hoping), which I try to avoid by very regular and very large water changes. I just let new water settle for 24 hours, to get the right temperature and for observation, before the fish get it. Much more risky, I found, are plants from the canals. They sometimes come with the utterly hated water beetles or murderous larvae (I don't want snails either because they procreate too fast), so the leaves I wash very well and the quarantine of plants is long. That being said: the roots of wild water plants are often full of excellent and very useful bottom dwellers, but you only have introduce those once, during the initial set up of a tank. Wild plants are free and abundant, and when they overgrow the tank, you can put them back in nature without introducing new invasive species. I love studying the 'animalcules' in the water of our canals with a magnifying glass and am reminded of Antonie van Leeuwenhoeck, who first described them. At the time (17th century), the London Society did not believe him and made fun of our 'infested' Dutch canals, so I am happy to hear you find animalcules in New Amsterdam too.
The population of seed shrimps is subject of the same density population rules that applies to all other life organisms (including human). It goes up and down all the time in cycles. If you do nothing then the population would decrease in the following weeks. And then it would go up again. I usually transfer some of the seed shrimps to other aquariums when the population is on high.
Seed shrimps eat algae, fish food, remains of organic and such. Check videos on this playlist for more details about seed shrimps: ruclips.net/video/ZrQKfd8T2n4/видео.html All the best!
Thank you for the question!! Seed shrimps moves differently from cyclopes or daphnia. All of them are beneficial to fish and aquariums. You can keep and breed them all in one tank. Or use a pipette to catch just couple of them and transfer to another tank. That is where you can breed this particular critters.
You just said my exact word! Identifying them is the problem for me every time I come across something new. Well...Seed shrimp moves as "drunk" bees, sort of :) This video could be helpful on some other critters: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html There are many more critters you may encounter, some could be very common, and other rather rare. Check this playlist for all my critters: ruclips.net/video/Z46zGbeCC6Q/видео.html All the best!
Thank you for the question! Here is a video about guppy gender: ruclips.net/video/s7mANFMnBLQ/видео.html Here is a page with data/ links to videos I collect while breeding guppies: docs.google.com/document/d/1lfHyYHmW2u-9aYqA8X19pGkENQpSqnF9w1bvg9Nvha0/pub
It's the last song in the titles on 3rd sec of the video ;) Smart Riot by Huma-Huma available at RUclips music audio library for creators. Best regards!
Hello again.........i just want to konw can i find them in soil or sand.....because when i searched in internet it says they can be in soil too....:( ....help me
I can tell you for sure only where and how I find them - in freshwater ponds during warm season. There are many different types for sure, and some live in saltwater. They are aquatic critters.
Thank you for asking!! Guppy will try to eat everything that is what they do for sure ;) Some organism can defense themselves from being eating (daphnia can develop hooks), some could be harmful or may come alone with harmful bacteria. I keep samples of wild culture in separate from fish aquariums. Give a sample to some spare fish/ fry in a separate aquarium to see how it goes for a couple days. Based on the results you either dispose the wild culture or cultivate it and use for feeding your fish. I do it the same way with all samples, including samples of everything from pet stores. Best regards!
There is always a chance that you may bring tiny critters like seed shrimps and cyclopes in your aquariums with new live plants, snails, fish and whatever else you bring from pet stores. Chances go up if you bring wild cultures. Many critters get stacked in aquarium filters - a sure place to look for them in your aquarium ;)
I keep new critters first with snails - just to see if they get along. If snails survive than I add spare guppies. If those survive and breed than there should be no problem ;)
Awesome, thanks for the link to this video! I’ll be sure to do this before adding anything next time. I didn’t add any to my puffer tank, currently my algae is in a fry tank, hopefully I didn’t get any harmful bacteria or anything in there. All seems well, my Chinese algae eaters ate the small piece I put in my community tank right away. This was super informative! I’ll do my research on what kind of things we have in Illinois water ways. Do you happen to have a video about gathering your own drift wood?
I love ALL YOUR VIDEOS!!! Even the ones I haven't got to see yet. Lol🖒But I'm gonna, there's always something coming up that needs my attention. Worth Subscribing!!! Now I've looked at this 3 time now and I want to learn the difference in wild critters (good,bad) and which 1's to keep. My platy fish are always having babies and I want to try your small tanks and growing plants. We have place in N. Carolina near charlotte, bodies of water that wood be great for this. You've got my braid running like a grandfather clock.🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓 Could you do some videos on driftwood, such as making or finding small pieces for these tanks (If you haven't already). I could talk your head off. Lol I love fish and plants!!!❤ Their my 1st loves. Lol
Thank you very much! Here is playlist of my videos about driftwood: ruclips.net/video/Jdl2rdyncoA/видео.html My favorite aquatic critters are seed shrimps (Ostracoda). They are fun to watch, very useful in any aquarium with any fish, small fish (babies) eats them, and they are extremely simple to keep and breed. Here is a playlist of videos about them: ruclips.net/video/5v6OelF1oeU/видео.html My favorite land plant to grow in aquariums (and underwater!) is Peace lily. Here is playlist about this plant: ruclips.net/video/7xpRkks8W3U/видео.html I could talk your head off about things I love ha-ha.
Michael Langerman Ok. I'm gonna look at all THEM. I have had fish aquariums all my life and ALWAYS wanted to be a Marine Biologist. Then life got in the way. I did go to college for health care BUT I haven't forgotten my 1st love fish. Now that I have children (2yr old, 1yr old twins) they Love fish too. But you have opened my eyes to a whole other world of "fish keeping". I checked the website out and it didn't show things about fish. Is it just a how to for different projects?
You are going to have a lot of fun and discoveries! You have to click on "Random Bits" tab on my website fewdoit.com to website about fish and all other random thing I do. Here is direct link to the random bits website: sites.google.com/site/rndmbitsfewdoit/ PS: www.fewdoit.com is my website domain name originally designed for balloon animals project that I've been working with my kids since 2007. I may move all my projects back under fewdoit.com domain as random bits is getting bigger ;) Best regards!
Michael Langerman Wow!! I got to look at more of the videos and I really like this driftwood process and can't wait to try it. Your website is awesome!! You've also gave me idea's for the twins birthday this you.❤ Just love it. You've gave me some fun things to do in my free time. Question: So you recommend that I start testing my water critters in the summer in tanks? I want to start now but i read on 1 of the commenters you told them summer would be best? But I can't remember why??
Aquatic critters love warm water. Warm seasons are the best for it is easier to catch them. At Summer it's just a matter of taking a sample of any aqua plant and you most guarantee to have many critters along with it. Winter (cold season) is less reach on critters. You may try and get some at any season though. This morning I went to get a sample of filamentous algae from under ice. I show it before, but want to make another video about it. I got it (filamentous)! with at least one nice fat critter - some worm :)) I may show it in some video in a month or so. Thank you for checking my website! I moved all random bits under fewdoit domain, couple days back. Now it should be easy to find everything on the site using links on the main page or through search box. Best regards!!
Hello i have a small like lake în my island and i see some small creatures like shrimps and alges i can feed my goldfish with them? I ca-n show you a photos of The algeas and nails from inside ty
You may try to feed everything to your fish to know for sure if fish like it or not. Generally, goldfish likes plants and algae. Also, you may add whatever critters, plants and algae as ingredients into homemade fish food flakes ;) Here is playlist of my videos about making fish food: ruclips.net/video/mjMVry5uYP4/видео.html All the best!
@@fucknoobsholly5128 You are absolutely right about it. It's safer to avoid than risk your fish. I use only spare - unwanted fish for testing wild cultures. All the best!
I had copepods in a nano planted aquarium, I think they came with my red mangroves seeds from Guadeloupe, but maybe it was the plants earlier. They survived months but with winter colder time when the aquarium was abandoned with snails with no more shrimp foods (but filamentous algae), they disappeared. So, maybe the high level of nitrate, or temperature, or both. I would make research like you in my own environnement and try in bottles like you to see if everything is okay. Personnally, my objective was snails, copepods and shrimps (neocaridina bloody mary davidii). Despite the good parameters, I think high summer or temperature variation killed the shrimps, but snails and copepods survived. Do you have experience with shrimps and copepods ? I don't think they are a problem, except they are in food competition with the snails. This is also a cleaning crew hehe. I don't know for daphnia and nematods, but they look very interesting. Sadly, I've also now planaria. I really love your experiences, I'm happy to have found you here !
My seed shrimps (ostracoda), cyclopes (copepods) and daphnia live through the last Winter. Sure they like worm temperature. As a matter of fact I keep the small nurseries without fish on a window in direct sunlight to boost algae grow - the little critters love it and flourish. At that temperature guppy would get boiled. The population of all critters goes up and down in cycles. I usually leave them along when population refused - draining water from the bottom of aquarium will reduce their numbers. You use filamentous algae as fish food? My adult guppy love it! Though, I spoiled them with flake food ;) You may need to set up a nursery for snails if you want to keep they population up.- Planarian will wipe out your unborn snails from aquarium (they did it in couple of my nurseries). I never kept shrimps of any kind.
@@4me tbh, I might try this so I can have micro pets. I will have a top on the water bottle but I'll poke 4 medium sized holes to let oxygen flow into the bottle.
Greetings from New York! I think fancy Comet Goldfish is larger than my dwarf guppy. And the adult guppies not much interesting in eating tiny seed shrimp the way guppy fry and young (smaller) fish go after them. Though, aquarium in general should most certainly benefit from seed shrimp. Seed shrimp are great for cleaning all organic detritus and algae ;)
Interesting. I have an outdoor pond that I haven't fed since the weather has warmed. It hosts 7 goldfish. Last year, I saw 2-3 frogs come by for awhile from neighboring rice paddies. They "fouled up" the water for awhile but it cleared up. I haven't gotten to the point where the pond is self-regulating as I change about 5-10 gallons of water per day. I've witnessed my fish catching mayflies and gobbling up tiny grasshoppers that have fallen in. They seem very healthy and peaceful the same days. You can check it on my channel. Let me know what you think.
Here is a playlist of my videos about seed shrimp: ruclips.net/video/TKzFYNZ65O0/видео.html And here is a playlist of videos about all my critters (with more coming all the time) ruclips.net/video/JPhvcTBTl_g/видео.html All the best on your adventure!
Indeed! All live creatures have amusing natural adoptive power. I look years back on my old aquariums equipped with filters and air pumps - wonders of technology! Now those tanks remind me live support units of hospitals intensive care.
i have tiny tiny litlle kind of worms all over my aquarium glass...maybe you know what kind it could be? to participate to this, i have a no filter no co2 no light aquascape for my betta splendens, it's already 1 and half year now and he is still full of life, i have no snails, no shrimps or other, changed the water from time to time to eleminiate the algae growth, but i want to start a no changing water now, do you think i can start to add some moss from my local lake for that, because for now he only have drift wood and anubias (which is starting to die apparently...) help me save my little boy :)
The tiny little kind of worms on your aquarium glass could be...if they have arrow shaped heads than most likely they are planarian. Here is playlist of my videos about them: ruclips.net/video/Nep3VHyluIQ/видео.html Check this video for details on some other critters in my aquariums ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html All the best!
@@thefishkeeper3145 I used to do weekly up to 20 % water change years back. It was not as effective as my later aquarium fish care routines without water changes. Here is a list of what I did: ruclips.net/video/Gbdmf66XUSQ/видео.html All the best!
Hi Michael, I have a ton of water bugs that showed up (over several months time) in an outside pond I made for frogs and toads. They just appeared. I dont have a pond nearby so its interesting to me to have a whole bunch of new aquatic life in what was plain well water and rain water. I can't identify them and have been searching online. They arent mosquitoe larvae. Is there a place I can message you to help me identify them? Thanks!
I am not great help in identifying critters - took me forever to get sense of some that I found...this video may help with those that I had: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html Most critters have specific to them only way of moving around that makes it easier to ID them ;) Also, I always ask youtubers to help with it - it works...slowly though ;) Another way is to use apps such as iNaturalists (it works on iphone)
Look for aquatic plants in ponds and lakes during Summer to get all kind of aquatic critters and nymphs. That is how I got my nymphs: ruclips.net/video/mG-tdSwiEyM/видео.html All the best on your adventure!
Ah yes! They are mutually beneficial. I am talking about freshwater pond snails, ramshorn snails and guppies. Ramshorn snails look great, but I fond of pond snails among all. Keep pond snails in all my aquariums with and without guppies. They breed very well. Adult guppies may eat snail eggs. Though, I add pond snails as one of ingredients in homemade fish food flakes.
"Attention, only test with fish you don't want" and "I have newborn baby guppies (that I don't mind to loose)" yeah that doesn't make you sound like an soulless monster at all (◔_◔)
Wow! Here is data on birth of my guppies: docs.google.com/document/d/1lfHyYHmW2u-9aYqA8X19pGkENQpSqnF9w1bvg9Nvha0/pub My guppies deliver from 1 to up to dozen babies a time 9 times an year. You raise all you guppy fry and...ah you "release" them into your tank! You used word "release"...it does not mean to keep Peace out
@@DEXTER-TV-series Остатки рыбьего корма не единственный источник питания для улиток ;) Многие виды улиток предпочитают питаться микроводорослями - английское название common green algae не имеет эквивалента в русском языке (algae не является водорослями ;)
You are absolutely correct. It is not a plant or animal, but photosynthetic creature. It is a bit confusing in my thoughts. I always associate photosynthesis with plants - algae just gets alone with this association for me ;)
It depends on the algae. Algae is a polyphylatic clade (at best, or rather an informal umbrella term), so it contain organisms from several different ancestry. Some are plants, other are not.
Thank you. In all my videos I show only what and how I do - wrong or right that is how I do it. New York city where I live use chlorine. Chlorine evaporates from open water in 24 hours - no additional de-chlorinator/ declhloraminetors is necessary, but people can used it. Though again, I don't use it and I am not going to say that I do something that I don't.
Yes, you right! It sucks if someone kills a fish this way. On the other hand it would make this person think twice before drinking this water even Health department says that it is safe to drink ;)
@@sipanfishing3398 I can only tell you about freshwater snails - those that I keep and breed in my aquariums ruclips.net/video/EBybkcGTFvQ/видео.html I believe aquariums with pond snails or ramshorn snails are the best to start with for everyone ruclips.net/video/aHfHGf19btw/видео.html And they are beautiful. Your snail needs saltwater aquarium. You can use any tank or jar to set up saltwater aquarium. Just keep in mind that not all freshwater fish (such as Betta fish is) can survive in salt water and vice versa. All the best on your adventure!
Daphnia eat common green algae for sure. I pinch of fish food flakes added into dechlorinated tap water or in the nursery with daphnia would boost algae growth. It would take a sunny day or two for daphnia to get what it needs. Then the waste produced by daphnia and any other critters would feed new growing algae creating a cycle ;)
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This reminds me of what we used to do when I was a child (many years ago, and minus the rock music !) it was very much trail and error, but we had some success .. I love watching these videos and seeing how things develop with your little aquariums .. thank you
I remember some cool stuff I did with friends too! and rock!!
What a cool video. I love the appreciation for the tiny organisms that usually get overlooked!
Thank you!
I love these little fellows! They are very useful in aquariums and funny to watch.
Thanks for your compliment and you like my video then you subscribe my video. New video update as you wish .
just found this and it is absolutely brilliant...........love the idea of bottles as a nursery for fry
Thank you very much!!
I love how you emptied the bottle then filled it up again
My belly was full - I could not drink it all :))
Always love your dedication and passion for these creatures, I learned so much from your channel. THANK YOU
I appreciate you very much!!
You are going to be so happy when you find some amphipods. They are great!
Maybe you already have. I just found your channel and I’m watching all your videos for the first time. I guess I’ll see. 👍
I am on look out for every new critter I may come across - need them badly for testing on self-sustaining aquariums. Seed shrimp as great as they are too small to be used as source of nutrition for adult guppies. Perhaps amphipods could do ;)
Hi Michael, I got 1 aquatic snail from a pond about a month ago for my 1.5 gal water plan tank, no fish. It was only 1. Last week I noticed small clear sacs of eggs all over my plants and stones, and I removed them. Then they appeared again. Thinking that they wouldn't hatch, I let them be. Now, I have literally millions of super tiny baby aquatic snails. What do I do? The container is too small if they grow bigger. I was thinking of putting some guppies eventually or betta fish, would they eat the babies? Help!
PS: The snail was about the size of a pinky finger nail, tiny, now I noticed it growing. One thing I really like is the way it kept my container glass super clear from alge.
Don't panic :)
Let them be. The number of snails will go up and then go down to normal density population level. It goes in cycles up and down all the time.Out of many tiny snails only few will survive. I have some videos about snails in this playlist: ruclips.net/video/A7-cEOIJpFs/видео.html
Adult fish will try to eat snail eggs and snails too. Though again, some of the snails will survive anyway :)
I would put a couple snails in a small (smaller than the one you have now) nursery aquarium to breed them. This way you can put the fish you want in your main aquarium without risking all your snails ;)
All the best in your adventure!
can you tell me how to grow spirogyra ? does it require moving water? Thanks
I find your vlog very interesting.
Thank you for the question!!
Moving water could help to grow it faster. Though, I do not make water moving in my aquariums.
I had different type of filamentous algae for couple years in my aquariums. It is a very challenging to cultivate in aquariums!
Here is a playlist of all my videos about filamentous algae: ruclips.net/video/GMeXv3GIuUg/видео.html
All the best on your adventure!
Masterful ! This guy's a genius !
Thank you very much!
Yes algae is the base of the food chain; also the base of the filtering.
Completely agree and fascinated by algae. I only wish more aquarists were educated about this matters.
Michael Langerman what would they do with the information?
Use it and improve on it.
Michael Langerman i meant to say what is the information. Whoops, dont know why i typed that. What is the info? How would their aquariums improve?
Thank you for the question!!
Most people try to get rid of algae from aquariums without understanding that algae is fundamental base of food pyramid in nature (aquariums). All aquarium pets depend on algae. Algae takes "bad" thing dissolved in water making water clean as it grows. Aquarium pets (including fish of all sizes) eat algae. Fish waste gets back to water and so it goes around. Remove algae and the natural cycle gets broken. Pets in aquariums without algae looks to me as patients on life support in hospital. We can and should cultivate algae to make natural aquariums. The best thing is that it works. Look on my aquariums - starting from beginning of 2017 I don't change (drain) water from aquariums. Well, there are other ways of doing doing it using algae scrubber. I am uploading video about it as I typing this ;)
That's good stuff. Good food suppy. But even just looking at them with a magnifying glass can be amusing. I needed to catch some feeders for a backyard pond with small fish and turtles and I ended up with all sorts creatures. It's a busy pond now.
The fun part is that every new catch I am getting comes with some new thing. It keeps me busy for months :)
Michael Langerman thanks for the reply. I'm just now noticing that I don't get notifications when someone replies to me.
But that is cool. You might discover something.
I have this problem on one of my channels!
Michael Langerman I used to get the notifications on Google plus. Now I only get notified of a +1 with Google plus. I got RUclips to start notifying me of replies. But it's all weird now because of some corporate thing. I forgot the deal but it's because of something. Go figure right? Hahaahhah
:)) You're right!
Running low on daphnia, I may just do this - on that same pond; NYC represent!
Ha! That's cool!
Running low on daphnia and the rest of the critters is an issue for me too - for the number of new nurseries I made on monthly basis. I think to set up a couple larger size nurseries just for daphnia and seed shrimps. The seed shrimps seems to have higher surviving rate in aquariums with larger fish - and vise verse with daphnia (it grows larger). Guppy fry though, prefer to eat smaller seed shrimps over large daphnia :)
Questions? Do you feed the Daphnia and seed shrimp yeast? I want to try to keep them alive. And every one saying yeast .
I cultivate green algae in my aquariums. Green Daphnia feed on green algae in the Nature. I suppose yeast may do too for that purpose. Seed shrimp feed on green algae and any other organic detritus. They should be fine with whatever live plants you may have in aquarium or any fish food and yeast too.
@@4me thank you. I will do just that
@Aphrodisia I use filamentous algae as seed shrimp food. It works as a hiding place for them and their babies as well as a food source. But clean the algae with running water b4 putting it into ur seed shrimp habitat, bc there might be harmful critters like newborn dragonflies that could eat your seed shrimp. If you find any baby dragonflies, release them back where you got the algae, don't kill them.
And, if you find amy seed shrimp in the algae, catch them with a pipette or dropper and add them to the jar/container with seed shrimp.
I meant any seed shrimp (stupid autocorrect 😒😒)
hats off to your dedication
Thank you very much!!
Another great video, thank you very much!
My pleasure!
Ty for showing me this link, the second land moss is exactly what I use in my tanks. At 8:05, what is that creature?
I think it is a daphnia. I kept them for while. Then I opted to make room (more nurseries) for seed shrimps. So, as of now I have mostly seed shrimps and some cyclopes among them.
PS: I found your comment 2 days later :(
How do your micro containers stay oxygenated with no surface agitation? I can't imagine the plants produce enough. Especially without co2.
I cannot give you a certain answer the way you may find it in scientific papers. Perhaps my observations would do as a starting point for your inquiry. That is the way I go about it anyway ;)
Plants, aquatic plants, algae and similar microorganism are the main source of oxygen on our planet. Surface agitation contributes to water to air gas exchange. However, it is not the source of oxygen or CO2. I populate all my aquariums with plants first, than add seed shrimps and pond snails. Plants and algae don't grow as well in my new aquariums without snails. That is something you may notice in number of my videos. Plants and algae grows even better in those aquariums after I add fish. Surely, it's not only CO2, but also other waste from fish, snails and plants that contributes for better plants growth.
Now, let's get to the phrase "Especially without co2". Photosynthesis is well known process. That is sort of the way plants "inhale". Many people disregard the second part of the breathing process for plants and algae . Plants consume oxygen and produce CO2 instead when they "exhale" in low light or in dark ;)
And warmer water holds less oxygen than cold water - it's also, something to think about when you dealing with this problem, especially in small aquariums. It is the main reason to avoid direct sunlight for aquariums with fish.
I think it should be enough for starting point ;)
All the best!
I dont do it for the "critters" but certainly pull plants out of the lake to put in my tanks.
Critters just come along with plants - that is how I discover them for myself, by picking out plants from the lake ;)
Great , very good observation. Brilliant.
Thank you very much!
Is it safe to introduce these to a aquarium? Lots of fish and are in a 20 gallon tank. They receive artificial light and algae does grow so is it safe to release these animals into the aquarium??
Thank you for the questions!
Seed shrimps are harmless to any fish. It is safe to release them in fresh water aquariums. Fish eat them fast.
Merry Christmas!
Im hoping someone can give me some info.
Last year in 4th grade, my son did this aquarium as a project. He came home with 2 freshwater snails and 2 fish. It was basically put on a windowsill and while we have topped it off with water frequently, that has been it. A week ago I moved it to a windowsill with more light and a day ago I noticed all sorts of black specks swimming in the water. Never saw them before now. And then just now, we have a baby snail. Just one. We are very excited but Im also worried about the new swimmers that showed up. What could they be and how can I keep the snails healthy?
New swimmers most likely were there before, perhaps in less numbers though. That is why you just noticed them ;) It could be seed shrimps (ostracoda). Seed shrimps eat algae and organic remains. Fish eat them. They live everywhere. I have seed shrimps in all my aquariums. Check videos on this playlist for more details about them: ruclips.net/video/ZrQKfd8T2n4/видео.html
Also I keep freshwater pond snails in all my aquariums: ruclips.net/video/EBybkcGTFvQ/видео.html
I assume you keep a different type of snails. Pond snails lay eggs, and baby snails usually come in numbers. But, the basic care is all the same to the most parts. You've been keeping them since last year, so whatever care you were providing should be sufficient.
There is only one concern with this regard that you should be aware of - aquariums with fish are better away from direct sunlight. The reason for it is overheating. I do keep aquariums with my snails on a windowsill too, but not with fish! Fish consume more oxygen and hot water has less oxygen. Check this video for details about temperature: ruclips.net/video/xCx1eUhXvE8/видео.html
All the best!
Can I use microorganisms in live foods as a cleaning crew for my aquarium containing adult guppies?
All cleaning crew are live food for guppies. That what makes them so good in aquariums. They eat waste, get bigger, breed and get eaten. Though, my adult guppies prefer larger size food ;)
@@4me how much should I put in the aquarium sir?
@@abhiramplal7214 I used to keep and breed them in separate nurseries (2-3 tanks). From those nurseries I would add them to aquariums with fish.
In the last year I've been trying different approach. I simply move plants between aquariums with fish. Critters/ microorganisms tends to hide on plants and get moved between my aquariums in such way. I did not get big colonies as I would by growing them in separate aquariums though. But otherwise it seems to be working ;)
@@4me hi me again...one more question sir...how can I breed them I mean...what should I feed them and do I need to keep the jar in direct sunlight etc.thank u sir for replying I will put some microorganisms to my aquarium containing fish now.
@@abhiramplal7214 This video explanation on how I breed seed shrimp: ruclips.net/video/swUhkmDea4E/видео.html
There are some more details in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/91ueDWYkYOU/видео.html
What's missing from all of your aquariums is a good layer of substrate, at least an inch or maybe two would help to build up beneficial bacteria, your fauna critters and flora will benefit and the water condition will improve significantly. Good work.
Thank you very much!
I use gravel and avoid adding any other substrate in my aquariums. Without making water changes for years a layer of waste accumulates at the bottom of aquariums turning eventually into substrate. It works great 🙂
Can I add a bubbler in the aquarium as well?
Azim Alif yes you can.
Check videos on this playlist to see how I did it: ruclips.net/p/PLM88hGt0AfGtVsvUOsi78ef11D4pD0b0u
All the best!
GREAT VIDEO !!!! all creatures great and small deserve a place !!!! :)
Thank you very much!!
all of those make great live food for fry and micropredators, but they dont eat enough to be very relevant as cleaners. beneficial, but no a game changer.
asellus aquaticus are quite unknown, but propably the best "wild cleaner" you can find - and an interresting and very unusual addition to small, peaceful tanks.
I greatly appreciate useful info - Thank you!
I have not seen this creature, but will most certainly look for it.
Very cool
Thank you!
Cool video. I'm gonna try it too.
All the best!
My window sills will soon be bombarded with glass jars filled with lake stuff. Thanks!
:)
That is what I've been going through for couple years too - very contagious hobby :)
This year I decide to remove all spare nurseries to make room for new generation of aquarium gardens. This way I should be able to test new things in less space/number of nurseries ;)
All the best on your adventure!
8:40, Are those parasitic worms?
Thank you for the question!
I believe it is a daphnia - they are good algae eaters and fish eat them.
Michael Langerman , ok good to know. They'll be able to get in really small places for cleaning.
Thanks, cool video
And I got a lot of daphnia and pond snails awsome video
All the best on your adventure!
This is very cool! I have been thinking about this sort of thing with my local creek - I noticed that this year I can see darters and I haven't been able to see them previously. It made me wonder about the smaller organisms that must be increasing as the creek becomes more healthy. There has definitely been an increase in dragonflies and mayflies. I'm thinking about setting up a special tank next winter to see what I can find in the spring thaw...
That sounds really interesting! Though, in warmer (Summer) time you are more likely to catch much more variety of living things then at early Spring.
All the best in your adventure!
yeah, but I didn't want to rush with setting up the aquarium and I have 5 others I am juggling at the moment - while getting the floors in my house sanded, stained and sealed... lots of fun, let me tell you!
I am hoping that I can play with it all next spring and summer.
sanding, sealing...that's a lot of fun - I fill for you!
Take precautions with your aquariums during your renovations. Anything in the air is likely to end up in the tank including chemicals from the stain and sealant.
yeah, I was told we weren't doing the floor right away and most of the rest of the reno is done (my dad is really enjoying his power). Anyway I would have waited for my big aquarium until the floor was done if I'd been told it would be anytime before 2020. Luckily a few of the bedrooms will not need work and I have been setting up some temporary tanks with lids and with covering the doors, I think they will make it. I have to reset up the big tank after I clean it anyway. And the floors should be completely done in a week, once started. I have not gotten any new stock (not that I had much to begin with) sticking to needed equipment.
Very informative Sir ! Thank you very much, it's inspiring, i'm staring at aquarium since few days again (didn't since chidlhood), and seriously considering to give a try at this now. :)
I have noticed that stringy algae is the best for ecospheres because it covers it completetly like a network
Could impede the snails movemement though
I have some ongoing experiments with hair/stringy algae...to early to say for sure.
Previously, I experimented with filamentous algae for exospheres and self-sustaining aquariums. The filamentous algae left alone in any aquarium has potential to take over the entire aquarium. One can use it for this purpose but the aquarium may need some check up on monthly basis or so.
Interestingly, with regards for snails - I got Campeloma snails recently in addition to my pond snails. Campeloma are capable to chew even harsh land moss that I've been growing underwater!
wow you're amazing sir looks like you are scientist💙💙💙
Thank you very much!
Who is the music by? Sounds like buckethead
Music credits shown on the 3rd second of the video. You welcome.
Thank you michel ....finaly i found some of seed shrimps but they don't move a lot i dont know what ....
My pleasure!
nice one..Michael..which plant u are having in the cup having nematode?
This a very catchy (in many ways) plant is filamentous algae: ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=FNfLCPWipYs
The one shown in this video is from the same pond where I got all little critters. What is interesting that the samples from previous year (I grow them) much softer and grows more tangled. The resent sample is harsh - I can pull a single string about 20 cm long from that small cluster without breaking it!
Fascinating!
Thank you!
Amazing!! And it makes an interesting science activity!
It is indeed!
Good stuff man! Even as a very beginner I can understand the content very well.
Keep on rocking!
Thank you very much!!
can i use LED lights for them, sorry in my room my window is very high
Thank you for the question!
Yes you can! Though, you may try to keep/breed them even without LED ;)
Natural light (in red spectrum) is necessary to grow algae - which is the main source of food for many critters. Though, some of the critters (seed shrimps for example) may eat any organic remains (not necessary algae!).
All the best!
you don't have a heater with the baby guppies?
I use a heater (at winter) and an air conditioner (at summer) to keep temperature in my apartment between 72-76 F all year around.
oh ok
Hi Michael, în order to test the quality of the pond water collected from public outdoors, (that I plan to pour it in my fish tank) is it enough to put some invertebrates in, or needs some fish fry as well to determine whether the water is good for the fish tank ?! Many thanks!
I understand that eventually you are going to put some fish in that aquarium. And before you do so, it would be safer to check that aquarium with any spare fish. Young fish is the best for this purpose simply because it have better chances adapting to the new environment (including water quality).
So glad I found your videos. This would be interesting for kids, too. What is the music you are playing??
Thank you very much!
In this video I used music from RUclips audio library for creators.
There are 4 songs in this video...I list them all at the beginning...3 sec of the video in the order they are in the video ;)
Though, in videos published since 2018 I use only my own music. You can find all my music in this playlist: ruclips.net/video/8_yiDmwe6ZE/видео.html
All the best!
Just thought of another Idea.. I have a Fire belly Frog. I can anchor grass in his "pool". Thanks again!
Hello.....If it is possible for you share more videos about seed shrimps .... idon't find them in ponds .......thanks;))))))😗
Look for them during warm season. The best way is to pick up some aquatic plants - seed shrimp and many other critters come along with plants.
I have videos about them on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/Z46zGbeCC6Q/видео.html
and sure to make some more next summer ;)
Excellent video explaining those little creatures.
Andd, for my curiousity, what is the title of last BGM ?
Thank you!
I got confused by abbreviation BGM and have to google it :)) The titles of all tunes are shown at the beginning on the 3 second of the video. The one you asked about is Smart Riot by Huma-Huma available from RUclips audio library for creators. Enjoy it!
Michael Langerman ah thanks. Didnt notice that title was actually for the background music .
Keep uploading 😊
My pleasure!
I've had Sea Monkeys and Triops , and a Trip looks like a Horseshoe Crab sort of .
You have cool critters! How big are your triops?
My guppies get Amsterdam canal water during water changes twice a week. The body of fresh water of Holland is gigantic and all the canals are connected, so it all flows and stagnant water is avoided. The municipality does not have to take care of that. Ever since the Middle Ages, we have a separately elected Council of 'dike counts' (a title that comes with the function), just for waterworks and they take good care of its ecology. My guppies eat all the plankton from the canal water. They also eat algae, but are not very interested in dry foods. They are spoiled, but also very active and fast growing. If they would get exposed to unwelcome fungi or bacteria, the quantities will be minute, just enough to build up some resistance (I hope), but not for any explosive growth in my tank (still hoping), which I try to avoid by very regular and very large water changes. I just let new water settle for 24 hours, to get the right temperature and for observation, before the fish get it.
Much more risky, I found, are plants from the canals. They sometimes come with the utterly hated water beetles or murderous larvae (I don't want snails either because they procreate too fast), so the leaves I wash very well and the quarantine of plants is long. That being said: the roots of wild water plants are often full of excellent and very useful bottom dwellers, but you only have introduce those once, during the initial set up of a tank. Wild plants are free and abundant, and when they overgrow the tank, you can put them back in nature without introducing new invasive species.
I love studying the 'animalcules' in the water of our canals with a magnifying glass and am reminded of Antonie van Leeuwenhoeck, who first described them. At the time (17th century), the London Society did not believe him and made fun of our 'infested' Dutch canals, so I am happy to hear you find animalcules in New Amsterdam too.
:)
Thank you very much!
I appreciate your comment very much!
All the best on your adventure!
@@4me en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkgraaf_(official) We just had elections for this 'pre-medieval' (?) Water Board: 'waterschapsverkiezingen' in Dutch.
Wow dude that was an amazing video. Im so amazed and inspired👌
My pleasure!!
sir seed shrimps have been over populated in my nursery aquarium. please help.
The population of seed shrimps is subject of the same density population rules that applies to all other life organisms (including human). It goes up and down all the time in cycles. If you do nothing then the population would decrease in the following weeks. And then it would go up again. I usually transfer some of the seed shrimps to other aquariums when the population is on high.
thank u for your information sir. actually I have 45 baby mollies 3days old in that 3gal tank also. will they affect baby mollies?
My guppy fry eat seed shrimps. Baby mollies would do most likely the same ;)
what seed shrimps eat? does they eat fish food?
Seed shrimps eat algae, fish food, remains of organic and such.
Check videos on this playlist for more details about seed shrimps: ruclips.net/video/ZrQKfd8T2n4/видео.html
All the best!
How do I even separate those tiny creatures since they are soooooo smallll
Thank you for the question!!
Seed shrimps moves differently from cyclopes or daphnia. All of them are beneficial to fish and aquariums. You can keep and breed them all in one tank. Or use a pipette to catch just couple of them and transfer to another tank. That is where you can breed this particular critters.
How the heck you identify them?
You just said my exact word!
Identifying them is the problem for me every time I come across something new. Well...Seed shrimp moves as "drunk" bees, sort of :) This video could be helpful on some other critters: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html
There are many more critters you may encounter, some could be very common, and other rather rare. Check this playlist for all my critters: ruclips.net/video/Z46zGbeCC6Q/видео.html
All the best!
Guys help me I need some cleaning crew for my aquarium. What kind of creatures can I use. And where can I find them? (Pls don't tell me the pet shop)
Look for them in your nearest pond, lake or river.
Good luck!
Do you have a video talking about the guppy pedigie you've got going on?
Thank you for the question!
Here is a video about guppy gender: ruclips.net/video/s7mANFMnBLQ/видео.html
Here is a page with data/ links to videos I collect while breeding guppies: docs.google.com/document/d/1lfHyYHmW2u-9aYqA8X19pGkENQpSqnF9w1bvg9Nvha0/pub
what is the songs name at 7:25 ?
It's the last song in the titles on 3rd sec of the video ;) Smart Riot by Huma-Huma available at RUclips music audio library for creators.
Best regards!
Hello again.........i just want to konw can i find them in soil or sand.....because when i searched in internet it says they can be in soil too....:( ....help me
I can tell you for sure only where and how I find them - in freshwater ponds during warm season.
There are many different types for sure, and some live in saltwater. They are aquatic critters.
Thanks;))
love your vids bro. just one question. can i feed my guppies with any tiny living organism the came from ponds?
Thank you for asking!!
Guppy will try to eat everything that is what they do for sure ;)
Some organism can defense themselves from being eating (daphnia can develop hooks), some could be harmful or may come alone with harmful bacteria.
I keep samples of wild culture in separate from fish aquariums. Give a sample to some spare fish/ fry in a separate aquarium to see how it goes for a couple days. Based on the results you either dispose the wild culture or cultivate it and use for feeding your fish.
I do it the same way with all samples, including samples of everything from pet stores.
Best regards!
+Michael Langerman (Random Bits) thank you very much.
+Michael Langerman (Random Bits) can seed shrimp or cyclops. pop up in my aquarium for incidence?
My pleasure!
There is always a chance that you may bring tiny critters like seed shrimps and cyclopes in your aquariums with new live plants, snails, fish and whatever else you bring from pet stores. Chances go up if you bring wild cultures.
Many critters get stacked in aquarium filters - a sure place to look for them in your aquarium ;)
man that's a great video and an wow factor 👍👍
Thank you!
I must be doing something wrong as I keep getting mosquito larvae and malaria
bluefrancis14 you are doing something right - larvae and nymfes would not be there without source of food ;)
Michael Langerman I can't culture them without having my blood sucked out of me :)
Well I just found a new hobby thanks
My pleasure!!
You deserve a lot of like for this video! here's the one from me. Spread the knowledge!
I appreciate it! Thank you!!
How can I know if they are harmful or not
I keep new critters first with snails - just to see if they get along. If snails survive than I add spare guppies. If those survive and breed than there should be no problem ;)
@@4mewill a garden snail live in water?
@@sachinkadam8666 Garden snails live on land. They cannot survive in water.
Your videos are so cool!
Thank you!
I can't find seed shrimp in ponds, at the store, or online. How can I buy seed shrimp?
I can give you some of my if you can meet me in NYC: ruclips.net/video/CL6a13Pq60o/видео.html
You can find them online under scientific name Ostracod
Veri nice, interesing video.
Thank you very much!
Are those baby mosquito fish? They're so tiny!!
Thank you for the question!
Those are young guppies. I keep and breed strain of dwarf guppy: ruclips.net/video/BUAu9vM_T0M/видео.html
All the best!
Michael Langerman Thank you for responding! This was the first video of yours that I watched but soon watched more. Your content is really good!
Thank you very much!!
Awesome, thanks for the link to this video! I’ll be sure to do this before adding anything next time. I didn’t add any to my puffer tank, currently my algae is in a fry tank, hopefully I didn’t get any harmful bacteria or anything in there. All seems well, my Chinese algae eaters ate the small piece I put in my community tank right away. This was super informative! I’ll do my research on what kind of things we have in Illinois water ways. Do you happen to have a video about gathering your own drift wood?
I have videos about driftwood on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/OdC0B15Q0S8/видео.html
All the best!
I love ALL YOUR VIDEOS!!! Even the ones I haven't got to see yet. Lol🖒But I'm gonna, there's always something coming up that needs my attention.
Worth Subscribing!!!
Now I've looked at this 3 time now and I want to learn the difference in wild critters (good,bad) and which 1's to keep. My platy fish are always having babies and I want to try your small tanks and growing plants. We have place in N. Carolina near charlotte, bodies of water that wood be great for this. You've got my braid running like a grandfather clock.🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
Could you do some videos on driftwood, such as making or finding small pieces for these tanks (If you haven't already).
I could talk your head off. Lol I love fish and plants!!!❤ Their my 1st loves. Lol
Thank you very much!
Here is playlist of my videos about driftwood: ruclips.net/video/Jdl2rdyncoA/видео.html
My favorite aquatic critters are seed shrimps (Ostracoda). They are fun to watch, very useful in any aquarium with any fish, small fish (babies) eats them, and they are extremely simple to keep and breed. Here is a playlist of videos about them: ruclips.net/video/5v6OelF1oeU/видео.html
My favorite land plant to grow in aquariums (and underwater!) is Peace lily. Here is playlist about this plant: ruclips.net/video/7xpRkks8W3U/видео.html
I could talk your head off about things I love ha-ha.
Michael Langerman Ok. I'm gonna look at all THEM. I have had fish aquariums all my life and ALWAYS wanted to be a Marine Biologist. Then life got in the way. I did go to college for health care BUT I haven't forgotten my 1st love fish. Now that I have children (2yr old, 1yr old twins) they Love fish too.
But you have opened my eyes to a whole other world of "fish keeping".
I checked the website out and it didn't show things about fish. Is it just a how to for different projects?
You are going to have a lot of fun and discoveries!
You have to click on "Random Bits" tab on my website fewdoit.com to website about fish and all other random thing I do. Here is direct link to the random bits website: sites.google.com/site/rndmbitsfewdoit/
PS: www.fewdoit.com is my website domain name originally designed for balloon animals project that I've been working with my kids since 2007. I may move all my projects back under fewdoit.com domain as random bits is getting bigger ;)
Best regards!
Michael Langerman
Wow!! I got to look at more of the videos and I really like this driftwood process and can't wait to try it. Your website is awesome!! You've also gave me idea's for the twins birthday this you.❤ Just love it. You've gave me some fun things to do in my free time.
Question: So you recommend that I start testing my water critters in the summer in tanks? I want to start now but i read on 1 of the commenters you told them summer would be best? But I can't remember why??
Aquatic critters love warm water. Warm seasons are the best for it is easier to catch them. At Summer it's just a matter of taking a sample of any aqua plant and you most guarantee to have many critters along with it.
Winter (cold season) is less reach on critters. You may try and get some at any season though.
This morning I went to get a sample of filamentous algae from under ice. I show it before, but want to make another video about it. I got it (filamentous)! with at least one nice fat critter - some worm :)) I may show it in some video in a month or so.
Thank you for checking my website! I moved all random bits under fewdoit domain, couple days back. Now it should be easy to find everything on the site using links on the main page or through search box.
Best regards!!
awesome
Thank you very much!
Hello i have a small like lake în my island and i see some small creatures like shrimps and alges i can feed my goldfish with them? I ca-n show you a photos of The algeas and nails from inside ty
You may try to feed everything to your fish to know for sure if fish like it or not.
Generally, goldfish likes plants and algae. Also, you may add whatever critters, plants and algae as ingredients into homemade fish food flakes ;)
Here is playlist of my videos about making fish food: ruclips.net/video/mjMVry5uYP4/видео.html
All the best!
@@4me they small worms îts styl Alive. I think mabye they have some bacteria or some like that and kill The fishes after eat it
@@fucknoobsholly5128 You are absolutely right about it. It's safer to avoid than risk your fish.
I use only spare - unwanted fish for testing wild cultures.
All the best!
I had copepods in a nano planted aquarium, I think they came with my red mangroves seeds from Guadeloupe, but maybe it was the plants earlier. They survived months but with winter colder time when the aquarium was abandoned with snails with no more shrimp foods (but filamentous algae), they disappeared. So, maybe the high level of nitrate, or temperature, or both. I would make research like you in my own environnement and try in bottles like you to see if everything is okay. Personnally, my objective was snails, copepods and shrimps (neocaridina bloody mary davidii). Despite the good parameters, I think high summer or temperature variation killed the shrimps, but snails and copepods survived.
Do you have experience with shrimps and copepods ? I don't think they are a problem, except they are in food competition with the snails. This is also a cleaning crew hehe. I don't know for daphnia and nematods, but they look very interesting. Sadly, I've also now planaria.
I really love your experiences, I'm happy to have found you here !
My seed shrimps (ostracoda), cyclopes (copepods) and daphnia live through the last Winter. Sure they like worm temperature. As a matter of fact I keep the small nurseries without fish on a window in direct sunlight to boost algae grow - the little critters love it and flourish. At that temperature guppy would get boiled. The population of all critters goes up and down in cycles. I usually leave them along when population refused - draining water from the bottom of aquarium will reduce their numbers.
You use filamentous algae as fish food? My adult guppy love it! Though, I spoiled them with flake food ;)
You may need to set up a nursery for snails if you want to keep they population up.- Planarian will wipe out your unborn snails from aquarium (they did it in couple of my nurseries).
I never kept shrimps of any kind.
I always find microorganisms and snails in the algae in the creek behind my apartment.
Yeap, that is how it goes on our planet :)
@@4me tbh, I might try this so I can have micro pets. I will have a top on the water bottle but I'll poke 4 medium sized holes to let oxygen flow into the bottle.
@@calamari.jaksun8914 That is the way I do my self-sustaining aquariums - works remarcably well :)
All the best!
Great topic, i learn a lot, thanks
My pleasure!
Awesome! you have inspired me
Thank you very much!
All the best on your adventure!
Ahoyhoy There, Fellow RUclipsrino! Would bigger seed shrimp from the dirt pond on my property work for a single fancy Comet Goldfish?
Greetings from New York!
I think fancy Comet Goldfish is larger than my dwarf guppy. And the adult guppies not much interesting in eating tiny seed shrimp the way guppy fry and young (smaller) fish go after them. Though, aquarium in general should most certainly benefit from seed shrimp. Seed shrimp are great for cleaning all organic detritus and algae ;)
Interesting video dude.
Thank you very much!!
Interesting. I have an outdoor pond that I haven't fed since the weather has warmed. It hosts 7 goldfish. Last year, I saw 2-3 frogs come by for awhile from neighboring rice paddies. They "fouled up" the water for awhile but it cleared up. I haven't gotten to the point where the pond is self-regulating as I change about 5-10 gallons of water per day. I've witnessed my fish catching mayflies and gobbling up tiny grasshoppers that have fallen in. They seem very healthy and peaceful the same days. You can check it on my channel. Let me know what you think.
I want to look at the microbiology too and may look into getting water samples from the irrigation canals and nearby rivers.
HEYYYY!! The 13th of June was my Birthday!! Thanks for the video!!
Happy Birthday Artoo!!
Супер ! Придёт весна - заведу дикий аквариум литров на 20 и поэкспериментирую !!!
Удачи!
post more videos about these water bugs
Here is a playlist of my videos about seed shrimp: ruclips.net/video/TKzFYNZ65O0/видео.html
And here is a playlist of videos about all my critters (with more coming all the time) ruclips.net/video/JPhvcTBTl_g/видео.html
All the best on your adventure!
I like your videos!!! :D
Thank you!
Omg so cool
Thank you very much!
good idea
Thank you!
Thank you!
my bettas are hard fish. i think i don't need too much carefully they are living in dirty waters in real :)
Indeed! All live creatures have amusing natural adoptive power.
I look years back on my old aquariums equipped with filters and air pumps - wonders of technology! Now those tanks remind me live support units of hospitals intensive care.
Is that your guitar playing ? Or more ?
OK this answered my question from your other video hehe.
! just sent you links to some other videos that could be helpful on this matter - but you got it :)
All the best!
i have tiny tiny litlle kind of worms all over my aquarium glass...maybe you know what kind it could be? to participate to this, i have a no filter no co2 no light aquascape for my betta splendens, it's already 1 and half year now and he is still full of life, i have no snails, no shrimps or other, changed the water from time to time to eleminiate the algae growth, but i want to start a no changing water now, do you think i can start to add some moss from my local lake for that, because for now he only have drift wood and anubias (which is starting to die apparently...) help me save my little boy :)
The tiny little kind of worms on your aquarium glass could be...if they have arrow shaped heads than most likely they are planarian. Here is playlist of my videos about them: ruclips.net/video/Nep3VHyluIQ/видео.html
Check this video for details on some other critters in my aquariums ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html
All the best!
Michael Langerman change the water weekly
@@thefishkeeper3145 I used to do weekly up to 20 % water change years back. It was not as effective as my later aquarium fish care routines without water changes. Here is a list of what I did: ruclips.net/video/Gbdmf66XUSQ/видео.html
All the best!
Cool
Thank you!
There are more videos coming soon about my critters ;)
Hi Michael, I have a ton of water bugs that showed up (over several months time) in an outside pond I made for frogs and toads. They just appeared. I dont have a pond nearby so its interesting to me to have a whole bunch of new aquatic life in what was plain well water and rain water. I can't identify them and have been searching online. They arent mosquitoe larvae. Is there a place I can message you to help me identify them? Thanks!
I am not great help in identifying critters - took me forever to get sense of some that I found...this video may help with those that I had: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html Most critters have specific to them only way of moving around that makes it easier to ID them ;)
Also, I always ask youtubers to help with it - it works...slowly though ;)
Another way is to use apps such as iNaturalists (it works on iphone)
I would love to find a dragon-fly larvae.. :) they can stay in the larvae stage for years.. :)
Look for aquatic plants in ponds and lakes during Summer to get all kind of aquatic critters and nymphs. That is how I got my nymphs: ruclips.net/video/mG-tdSwiEyM/видео.html
All the best on your adventure!
I get them living in the sponges of my filter they seem to just keep on moving back in
@@derbyeye4589 apparently, something attracts them there.
Nice video
Thank you very much!
@@4me I have a small container with copepod and I never know were I can get more species
Kuan Liang Liu keeping copepods should be fun!
Looks soo cute!! XD :D
Thank you very much!
Do snails get along with guppies
Ah yes!
They are mutually beneficial. I am talking about freshwater pond snails, ramshorn snails and guppies.
Ramshorn snails look great, but I fond of pond snails among all. Keep pond snails in all my aquariums with and without guppies.
They breed very well. Adult guppies may eat snail eggs. Though, I add pond snails as one of ingredients in homemade fish food flakes.
"Attention, only test with fish you don't want" and "I have newborn baby guppies (that I don't mind to loose)"
yeah that doesn't make you sound like an soulless monster at all (◔_◔)
Hypocrisy is not my virtue. Is it yours? What do you do with all your guppy fry?
I actually raise all of my guppy fry and then release them into my tank; I have never used fry as test subjects or food items.
That original comment wasn't meant to be rude though, I was trying to make a stupid joke.
I do keep all my fry though.
Wow!
Here is data on birth of my guppies: docs.google.com/document/d/1lfHyYHmW2u-9aYqA8X19pGkENQpSqnF9w1bvg9Nvha0/pub
My guppies deliver from 1 to up to dozen babies a time 9 times an year.
You raise all you guppy fry and...ah you "release" them into your tank!
You used word "release"...it does not mean to keep
Peace out
Aha
От улиток больше пользы или вреда ?
Польза, определённо польза.
@@4me о как! Не ожидал! Если я не перекармливаю рыб и улиткам нечего подбирать со дна, то какая от них польза?
@@DEXTER-TV-series Остатки рыбьего корма не единственный источник питания для улиток ;) Многие виды улиток предпочитают питаться микроводорослями - английское название common green algae не имеет эквивалента в русском языке (algae не является водорослями ;)
Actually algae are not considered as plants
You are absolutely correct. It is not a plant or animal, but photosynthetic creature. It is a bit confusing in my thoughts. I always associate photosynthesis with plants - algae just gets alone with this association for me ;)
I think they are protists as they are in the protistae family or something lol
It depends on the algae.
Algae is a polyphylatic clade (at best, or rather an informal umbrella term), so it contain organisms from several different ancestry.
Some are plants, other are not.
WoW !!!!
Thank you!
Chloramine will not "evaporate" over night like Chlorine used to do. You need to add de-chlorinator chemicals
Thank you.
In all my videos I show only what and how I do - wrong or right that is how I do it. New York city where I live use chlorine. Chlorine evaporates from open water in 24 hours - no additional de-chlorinator/ declhloraminetors is necessary, but people can used it. Though again, I don't use it and I am not going to say that I do something that I don't.
All good. I just know that most major cities have switched to Chloramine and hate to see someone kill their little guys lol
Yes, you right! It sucks if someone kills a fish this way.
On the other hand it would make this person think twice before drinking this water even Health department says that it is safe to drink ;)
You local water company can tell you if Chloramine is used.
chloramine never hurt nobody
I need help can i put a snail in my Betta Tank
What type of snail do you have?
@@4me i have saltwater one
@@sipanfishing3398 I can only tell you about freshwater snails - those that I keep and breed in my aquariums ruclips.net/video/EBybkcGTFvQ/видео.html I believe aquariums with pond snails or ramshorn snails are the best to start with for everyone ruclips.net/video/aHfHGf19btw/видео.html And they are beautiful.
Your snail needs saltwater aquarium. You can use any tank or jar to set up saltwater aquarium. Just keep in mind that not all freshwater fish (such as Betta fish is) can survive in salt water and vice versa.
All the best on your adventure!
No. If the snail is salt water, it’ll probably need to stay in salt water
@@sipanfishing3398 if you put in freshwater it will die from osmotic pressure
daphnia eat flakes?
Daphnia eat common green algae for sure. I pinch of fish food flakes added into dechlorinated tap water or in the nursery with daphnia would boost algae growth. It would take a sunny day or two for daphnia to get what it needs. Then the waste produced by daphnia and any other critters would feed new growing algae creating a cycle ;)
nice information I'm setting up dhapnia culture for regular pond feeds my small koi love them
@@derbyeye4589 All the best on your adventure!