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I have some dwarf water lotus coming in the mail soon. If they don’t work out as planned then I will probably use devil’s ivy hydroponically on the top. I used the gorilla glue epoxy. I also used sandpaper around the hole so that the epoxy takes better to the glass. The epoxy slips around the pipe through the hole in the glass and on the interior. If somebody were to bump it with their elbow then think it might just destroy the glass before the epoxy! Lol The chance of leaking could be a thing. I’ll be trying some different products in the future & see for myself which works best!

Lot's of growth with the Brazilian waterweed, but no so much with the anubias. I've added some floater carpet seeds to the top. The shrimp seem to enjoy this place a lot now! The two shrimp are appropriately named Bubba, and Gump.

you're right about that, and I wish I paid more attention to this earlier; I gave a small planted jar aquarium to a family friend down the road who used to keep fish. It wasn't looking like it was improving/growing much when I last went to visit. The next planted jar aquariums I gift will be atleast ~1.5 gallons

Will these guys tear apart the carpet of an aquarium? Which plants won't be destroyed? I’ve not found much reliable info on this species from an hour’s research. Where can I find a useful resource for fiddler’s crab care?

Yeah it's a pipe outlet! I've cut a hole in the bottom of the glass vase and fit a 90' elbow and a 3/16" pipe with gorilla glue epoxy. The pipe rests above the water level and is held to the container by an elastic band. When I remove the elastic & lower the pipe as far down as it goes (about 6" below the bottom of the vase) then gravity has the elevated water pushing the dirty water collecting at the bottom out the pipe! I plan on gifting / selling these things to pass the time in the Winter. I am developing a pool/pond business up here in Ontario and this hobby fits the theme of my business. If not to make some money with it, then at least it keeps me busy and my friends & family appreciate the effort, the simplicity, and the beauty of the whole shebang! Yes, it's a fairly new aquarium, about 2 weeks old! There are also 2 cherry shrimp in there! The plant on the rock is anubias conogensis. I also tossed some carpet seeds that weren't growing so well in another jar aquarium, you can see them attached to the anubias & elsewhere.

That’s exactly what I’m using it for — my jar aquariums

Observing genetic phenomena is fascinating, but replicating it in a lab does have this odd sort of interest about it, doesn’t it? Our labs being our aquarium

so this genetic disparity is inevitable due to the nature of sexing? Meaning somebody who breeds guppies for the best genetics would have an interest in having a tank of inbreds that are deemed at some point worth culling? I suppose within a closed group of guppies who breed, the culling of degenerates is a requirement if we want to reduce the chances of the lower 10% mixing with the top 10% (where the top 10% have less to gain from the lower 10% in terms of new genetic code) how bout’ them apples? am I on the right track here?

thanks for the quick response y'all, I'll be more considerate of cross-breeding and breaking the lineage throughout the life of my aquariums I'll be sure to make a family reunion themed aquarium, where all the cousins and brothers & sisters can have a ball.

HOW CAN THIS BE?|?!?!

Egeria Densa — it’s lush & green, it’s a stem plant, it grows and grows and grows, and all kinds of fish & bottom dwellers love interacting with it

If I adopt guppy fry from all the same mother, will the coming generations of offspring develop fading colours? Weaker immune systems etc? I think I already know the answer, but if you have anything more to add then please do!

I've recently purchased a small co2 kit that I've been using for the past 3 days. I'd appreciate some your response regarding the observations I'll describe here: I've noticed that very rapidly does co2 change the pH of water. After about 5 minutes of running the co2 diffuser in my 20 gallon planted farm tank has seen the pH go from ~7.8 to now ~6.8. This leads me to believe that co2 simply ionizes the hydrogen particles to a controllable degree in the water very immediately after it begins running. About an hour after shutting down the co2 system then does the pH begin it's rapid ascent back to 7.8 What level of pH swing due to co2 injection is reasonable to expect more plant growth? At what point is it dangerous to the life inside of the aquarium? Am I on the right track here? cheers!

I'm interested in propagating a small garden. I see there are lots of seeds on amazon for many different types of grass, but I can't find anything other than carpeting/grass seeds and some lotus/lily seeds. Where can I find the good stuff? I'd really like to start with anubias seeds because they seem the most hardy and the easiest to control.

a little update: Some bad news! I bought 6 female guppies and 3 male guppies from a local fish store in my city. Despite the water parameters being crystal clear in my aquarium for the past 2 weeks, all of the store-bought guppies I've introduced to this aquarium have died! As tragic as this may be, I think the reason was simply due to the shop not keeping their fish in good condition. The fish were quite beautiful, but I saw that the conditions were quite disgusting; I took a gamble. I was surprised with how quickly the sickness in the males took affect, and then the following week did the females start dropping like flies as well. I removed the fish that died as they perished to control the spread of disease What I'll be doing for my next purchase of livestock will be to introduce guppy fry rather than adults. I think the adults were accustomed to the environment they belonged to. The water in this environment was pretty filthy. After transferring them to my clean aquarium I think it was just too much for their immune systems to acclimate to. Now I've just 2 guppy fry from my previous tank just swimming around lol. Hopefully they are male/female, but I reckon I'll go find myself some guppy fry to introduce to the tank, and see if that works out better.

I think you're right that the smaller jar aquariums can become unstable much easier than a larger container. I'll not be adding livestock to the smaller jars. In the larger vases, for example, I do include 3-5 red shrimp. I think hydroponics will also help reduce fish loss.

This thread is dedicated to my jar aquariums. I plan to gift many of these to friends & family. I may continue to do these in the future if people enjoy them enough to be willing to pay for them. It's not something I've done before; if you have suggestions, questions, explanations for things, or constructive criticisms then you can leave a comment and I will promptly reply! Attached to this post is a photo of two jar aquariums I've established, as well as the devices that help them work. At the bottom of the glass near the gravel is a 1/4" hole I've drilled. I've received 1/4" PVC elbows which fit your typical 3/16" flexible airline tubing. As shown in the pictures below, you will see how the elbow is tight up against the glass with a small piece of tubing poking through to the depths of the aquarium. I used gorilla glue epoxy with a 24hr set time to seal this joint at the hole. Attached to the other end of the elbow is a pipe that rests above water level with an elastic band holding it in place. From the elastic band I can release the pipe and hold it below the water's surface level to siphon debris & dirt that may accumulate at the bottom. Nifty, huh? Inside the larger aquarium are Anubias Conogensis and Egeria Densia, as well as three baby red shrimp. Inside the smaller aquarium is just Egeria Densia. Beneath a shallow top layer of clear-crushed construction gravel is grass seed I've received off Amazon (fingers crossed). The seeds were planted on top of a mixture of soil from the garden and clear crush gravel. The mixture of soil is the most dense at the bottom at about 50G/50S, and the least dense at the top 70G/30S. I've taken water from my established guppy tank with a pH of around 7.8; it has very low ammonia/nitrite/nitrate levels. It's worth mentioning again that I appreciate any feedback/suggestions you may have. I'm watching my jar aquariums adamantly while I wait for the carpet seeds to poke through. On a side note, I've decided to wet start these seeds by my own curiosity, and because I grew a bit impatient growing them in a small container =P

With the installation of a rather inexpensive device, you can use the flow of water from your garden hose or water barrel system to produce air bubbles in your outdoor ponds! The trompe device uses the force of flowing water from your garden hose to pull air from the atmosphere. The air separates from the water via displacement through a pipe which will be can be hosed to the bottom of your outdoor ponds. Run the sprinklers & water your garden & see the bubbles ensue! It’s like you are watering your aquatic plants with oxygen! I’ve not tried this myself, but I presume the same device could also be attached to a circulation pump! I think the water hammering of a hose being turned on & off might cause the air stones to bounce in place... pretty cool though, huh? I might try to install one this spring

It took a couple tries to drill the holes in the top lol but I wanted it to be glass because it looks & handles better than a plastic bottle IMO! Worth the effort!

I have lots of flow in this baby! I made sure if I’m going to spend $100 CDN on plants that they’re not going to die! I’m taking my time with cycling, and not doing too much at once, keeping water parameters stable. I’m not too upset when I see a yellow leaf or two; the plants are just adapting to the new environment

Yup, this happened in my cycling aquarium two or three nights ago where I was running co2 for an afternoon. I did an ammonia test and it read ~1.5ppm. The pH went from 7.25 down to 6.25... the three guppies I have were very docile then. I’m not sure if how much the co2 caused the drop in pH, & how much the ammonia caused the pH swing. This was day 5 of setting up this aquarium. I did a 50% water change and the pH is up to 7.6

BRAIN BLAST!!!

so if magnesium & calcium are the more abundant metals in an aquarium, and their atomic numbers are 12 & 20, respectively, then carbon with an atomic number of 6 means.... that... carbon is capable of bonding with more ionized particles total? So carbons bond with oxygen and hydrogen in larger quantities than what we would see in metals? yaay bubbles

check✔️ check✔️ check✔️ cool! I'll read that when I find the time

If a hydrogen atom has only one electron, it would mean that in the exchange of a single electron from a hydrogen ion to a different particle, the hydrogen atom will take a molecular form with whatever it may exchange it's electron with. Is this accurate? Also, when I say hydrogen ion, "ion" denotes that the particle is charged either positively or negatively; and when I say hydrogen atom, it means it is not ionized (neutral). So then in a pH less than 7, there are simply more total hydrogen atoms, and in a pH higher than 7 there are fewer total hydrogen atoms. With respect to the pH, what is the most common state for a hydrogen atom to be in an aquarium? (anion/cation/neutral) hydrogen doesn't have a proton; how does can it possibly be in any state but anionic? does this lead us down the rabbit hole of quantum mechanics? hahaha! best we divert that talk for the time being I think I understand why your username is Hobbit... who may very well be living in a hole... LMAO (for the record so do I) Right. I think that hydrogen is the exception to the trading of electrons, kind of like I've described above: because hydrogen has only 1 electron, the trading of a single electron commits the hydrogen particle to trading the entire atom to the particle it exchanges that single electron with. Is this accurate? fascinating, so then pO, for example, would to examine the qualities of the oxygen we breathe? and then we'd be measuring trace amount of particles that are airborn, instead of waterborn... of what use would it be to examine the quality of oxygen, instead of hydrogen, in an aquarium, being that water is H2O? What is the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen atoms in water? (massive, I imagine)