Streetwise Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 @xXInkedPhoenixX, I think that soil should work. I was warned about young compost with food scraps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 3:57 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: As long as the stone is spitting most of the bubbles up the outtake I don't worry too much. Agreed. On 2/10/2022 at 4:10 PM, Streetwise said: @xXInkedPhoenixX, I think that soil should work. I was warned about young compost with food scraps. Agree on this, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 12:19 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: @Beardedbillygoat1975but can we really consider POOP organic? 😂 Absolutely! Because poop has carbon.🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 I’m getting pretty excited about this! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Stewart Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) Okay, so I think i jumped the gun on this one... I'm done already 😉 It was snowing out, and the 8 year old I and decided to build out the 5 gal Aqueon desktop i had laying around. Literally spent no money--everything I used I just had laying around. I was gonna post the picture (I failed to read the instructions and document every step, but I do have one of my daughter assisting in the build). I guess I'll wait until April to show everyone? By then the dust should have settled in the tank 😉 Oh, and in case anyone's thinking I'm procrastinating on the cable management thing, I actually took photos of the cable management I did on this thing... the only part of it I actually "documented" 😉 Edited February 13, 2022 by Greg Stewart 5 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 @Greg Stewart you're not the only one to jump the gun. @Guppysnail may have even beaten you. ....I on the other hand....am not close..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I'm still gathering.... This doesn't count, as it has been a work in progress since February last year when my spouse gave this to me for birthday/valentine's 💜... Then we didn't set it up because pandemic held up several things we ordered... then Dx with long haul and then tore a rotator cuff... and then surgery and here we are 🤷♂️ I'm going to do another scape first🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 from scraps, and **not** from the 4'🧐 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 I’ve finally gotten some inspiration. 2.5 gallons tank. Submerged wabi kusa. That is all I’ve got. Thinking kind of classic MD Fishtanks build. Submerged. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I put myself to work today and finished my small snail habitat vase. It was nice to finally get what was formally a small QT tank emptied of the snails...pretty weird of me to try and save everyone that was alive in there I suppose. It took me forever to collect all the tiny snails by hand at the end (there was a thick cloud of detrius). Me, on the cement on my knees in the driveway angling the QT this way and that like a super slow wave machine watching for anything that moved then picking them up and putting them into a mini water-filled bowl. Oh the things I do for this hobby.... I'm super thrilled with how it turned out but it's hard to tell how people here will react to it when we post because I get ABSOLUTELY NO reaction from anyone I know in "real life". 😑 The time till the "deadline" will hopefully help all the plants involved perk up before "judging"!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 4:27 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: I put myself to work today and finished my small snail habitat vase. It was nice to finally get what was formally a small QT tank emptied of the snails...pretty weird of me to try and save everyone that was alive in there I suppose. It took me forever to collect all the tiny snails by hand at the end (there was a thick cloud of detrius). Me, on the cement on my knees in the driveway angling the QT this way and that like a super slow wave machine watching for anything that moved then picking them up and putting them into a mini water-filled bowl. Oh the things I do for this hobby.... I'm super thrilled with how it turned out but it's hard to tell how people here will react to it when we post because I get ABSOLUTELY NO reaction from anyone I know in "real life". 😑 The time till the "deadline" will hopefully help all the plants involved perk up before "judging"!! Get the paint strainer Cory uses in the warehouse and the urban fish farm. Far easier to pour into the strainer on top of the bucket, and then pick out the [much easier to see] snails, scuds, and even the errant fry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 @Torrey the sad part of that for me is while that would have helped- there was enough detrius big enough to also not strain with the tiny pin point baby bladder snails. Yes. I saved them too. What I did worked but it sure as heck took a long time. I got everyone I could but I know I missed some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 6:27 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: I get ABSOLUTELY NO reaction from anyone I know in "real life". 😑 😬same 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 So.... the folx in here aren't real🤔 <having an existential Pinocchio moment> 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) On 2/16/2022 at 6:27 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: I get ABSOLUTELY NO reaction from anyone I know in "real life". I wish that I had gotten no reaction. Hubby caught me carrying snails to the one I put on the kitchen window 🤯😡🤬 nope nope nope (insert sailors choice words here) no living creatures above the kitchen sink. So now one is a wet plant only 🤣 Edited February 19, 2022 by Guppysnail 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 @Torrey can't I keep my imaginary friends? They're actually pretty cool. 🙃 IRL people you can touch/see in person are increasingly less fun! @Guppysnail not even a snail? Or 10? Or 100? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/18/2022 at 8:02 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: @Torrey can't I keep my imaginary friends? They're actually pretty cool. 🙃 IRL people you can touch/see in person are increasingly less fun! @Guppysnail not even a snail? Or 10? Or 100? Exact words…nothing that can crawl into my %@#$& food 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 So...... @Beardedbillygoat1975 were you aware that you picked the same date for everyone to post their Scapes from Scraps as SeaChem's 1st annual Scaping contest?🤔 [I just found out about it!] https://www.seachem.com/seascape.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 @TorreyHahahaha, yep knew it the whole time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Are we judging on their criteria cause I already lose! 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Bwahahaha @Guppysnail at first I didn’t see the last word of your hubby’s sentence 🤣😳🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 @Beardedbillygoat1975 (or anyone else that can answer this question) the TOUS catch all is for anything not considered a fish tank big OR small? (just trying to figure out where my 1/2 gallon not fish related vessel will go when this goes down) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Big or small @xXInkedPhoenixX. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castiel Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 So much for me only having one new set up going at a time lol. I'm excited to see what everyone creates and I'm planning to have something ready to but we'll see 😉. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castiel Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Also just to clarify, we are allowed to buy stuff for the scapes right? I only have a few plants right now so I'm really hoping the answer is yes lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 12:14 PM, castiel said: Also just to clarify, we are allowed to buy stuff for the scapes right? I only have a few plants right now so I'm really hoping the answer is yes lol Yes, allowed to buy but encouraged to scavenge, divide, split, re-use, or upcycle anything as much as possible. Bonus points awarded for making something out of what others might consider trash. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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