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Honest answer, I have no idea..lol. I'm hoping the salvinia will keep the water decent but with limited oxygen supply? 🤔 i think the trick is sealing it after the waters cleared. one video had valesneria and duckweed still going after 2 years of being sealed, every other plant died (which was heavily planted btw) and multiple algae blooms and die off. Dwarf sag is similar and smaller so why not try it out. I'm worried about the salvinia though, it didnt ship well at all. I might have to replace it with duckweed if it dies off but it's a rather invasive plant so I dunno. This whole things more of a science experiment of what can survive such conditions rather than trying to keep things alive. Youd be surprised how hardy these bladder snails and inverts can be assuming I scooped some up. We shall see!

Lately I've been watching alot of ecosphere and jarrarium videos and decided to give this venture a go. Originally I wanted to use only native plants found here in my canadian river system but with minus weather already here most plants have disappeared. I put in some spike rush and common pond weed when I first set it up but they both melted away after a week or so..I wonder if it will come back in the spring? 🤔 In the meantime, I decided to replace with dwarf sag and salvinia auriculata as these are hardy low maintenance plants I think might do well. I guess only time will tell. I've added 1 root tab to this river pond muck like substrate, added a pinch of crushed eggshells spirilina powder and bakers yeast in the water column which has kinda cleared but other than that I dont plan on opening it again until spring when I will either actually scape and reseal it with common aquaria if it fails or hopefully only have to do a water change at most with more river water and maybe net some micro inverts. The jar and light are from the local dollar store at $4 each and the sag and salvinia came from tissue cultures I ordered online and arrived in rough shape. Overall I've invested roughly $50. Official seal date - nov 01/2021. I'm curious what if anything will hatch out in the coming weeks. Fingers crossed 🤞 I will update pics in 2 weeks

Due to their size I've decided not to trying and hunt some of these bad boys down but it's still a neat looking fish regardless. If anybody does have a tank with them please post some pics and your experience keeping them No worries, I thought it was some type of dace at first..lol That's a neat fish as well. I like the color scheme 😎

strawberry leporinus perhaps?

Could someone help me identify this fish it looks amazing! Any tips on how to keep it, size, temperament etc would be greatly appreciated. At first glance I thought it was a redbelly dace but 🤷‍♂️🤔 It was featured in a tank with moenkhausia uiarapuru. Thanks for the help fish keepers!

Like on the shell dwellers..multis are my plan b I think they'd do fine but the urge is for something different. The hunt continues

Hey fish keepers, I'm looking for some ideas and advice, maybe species I may not have considered. I have an empty 40 breeder and I want to do an african themed tank or biotope, but I want to fill it with tetra sized schooling or shoaling fish native to africa. I've considered Congo tetras but there has to be something else out there from africa besides congos and cichlids. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! thanks