Expectorating_Aubergine

Plantlets. Bolbitis makes baby plants on its leaves like a mother fern, or a java fern. Once they get big enough, you can snip them off and plant them...

That's the one!

The only shots you always miss are the ones you never take!

Found all this at the habitat for humanity by my work....

I know you don't want any plants. But what you're attempting will be way easier if you had some plants. Might I suggest pothos rooted in water? They are ammonia hogs, and will probably pull out other biologicals out of the water. Not to mention what a good scape the roots are for shrimp/small fish. I'd also throw out subwassertang as a candidate. It's not fussy about light, and shrimp love it.

Hmmm, maybe it will make a better terrarium!

Recently found this beaut in a storage unit I am clearing out. Looks to be a 9 or 10 gallon. Anybody else use tanks like this? Anybody want tanks like this? There were others (40 breeders) in the unit with metal frames too. I've only seen tanks like this, in books from the 70's.....

Yeah the only thing I can think of is the pores being too small and clogging. Then again, wouldn't that just turn into anaerobic filtration? In a filter that has aerobic filtration going on? Best of both worlds if you ask me....

I'm a bit of an oddball and a cheapskate. I like to use these fan worm shells for the filter media in my kids aquarium. They work great and as they slowly dissolve, they release minerals into the water. I also have a few ceramic rings in there too for good measure. The filter is a cheapie HOB we got at Walmart on sale. It has worked fine for a little less than 4 years. Anybody else use unusual filter media?

Stock tanks for cows and such have a startling amount of biodiversity.

Lagenandra meeboldii there is a green and a red form. Similar to anubias in form and growth.

Time Space Money

I say do it. 99.9% of all aquarium "hitchhikers" are good for the system. Anyone stating otherwise is letting their "ick" factor control them. Do it. Do it now.

Yeah I've see that article before. It's very informative 👍

Anybody try ajuga in the aquarium? It's a somewhat common bedding plant here in socal. I know there are other landscape ground covers that I see in aquariums (creeping jenny, lobelia, mint, alternathera and the like). They come in lots of colors and seem like they would adapt well to growing submerged. I have had these cuttings floating for about a month. They haven't grown a ton, but they also haven't died....