Streetwise Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) More houseplant cuttings: Edited December 29, 2020 by Streetwise 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Algae is part of the system, especially in this tank. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 I simplified my window Neocaridina tanks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) It is really cool watching shrimp through the natural light from the windows. They seem to love the little mulm gardens where the foam was. Edited January 18, 2021 by Streetwise 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) That is a beautiful setup by the window. It looks like a very realistic slice of nature. I feel like I could see something like that walking outdoors somewhere. Edited January 18, 2021 by OceanTruth Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Thanks @OceanTruth! These tanks have gone through many changes. You can scroll back in the thread to see. @Daniel encouraged me to embrace the window light and zero-tech, just from watching various ecosystems. Edited January 19, 2021 by Streetwise 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Really digging the chocolate tint to these blackwater tanks. I don't know why. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 54 minutes ago, OceanTruth said: Really digging the chocolate tint to these blackwater tanks. Me too! @Streetwise how often do you have to add leaves to keep it that dark? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) Thanks @OceanTruth and @Hobbit! I haven’t used leaves in anything except that leaf bucket experiment, and what I left in the tubs. That middle bucket is dark just from the wood, and no water changes. I just have wood and plants in there right now. The tank that I setup for my folks is also very dark, from wood, perhaps soil, and no water changes. I’ll be adding more plants today, and I’ll take some more photos. Edited January 24, 2021 by Streetwise 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 This bucket contains a sponge filter and spare media, but no fish or plants. It does have bubbles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 I worked on my bucket list today. I got a new five gallon bucket dedicated to my screen sorters. I also consolidated all of my spare Duckweed into a bucket for Sam the turtle. I cleaned out more buckets. I filled two more top-off buckets to off-gas chlorine. I upgraded my utility buckets with a new five gallon, and my other spare light, and properly-routed all of the air and power. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 You definitely get a ton of use out of those 5 gallon buckets. :) What kind of plant is growing out of the middle one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) To be clear, I only have four 5 gallon buckets, not including my reef salt. The other white ones are 2 gallons, and the clear ones are even smaller (for fry checks). The small white buckets are easier up and down stairs, and to carry in pairs. Most of my work in buckets is about managing Duckweed, while saving snails, and returning shrimp fry. Of those three utility buckets, the one on the left has Maple leaves and snails. The middle one has wood, Anubias, mulm-loaded foam pulled from my windowsill tanks, and rubber plants growing out from cuttings. The bucket on the right is for water top-offs. This thread explains why I have a bucket of leaves: Edited February 1, 2021 by Streetwise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) Edited February 2, 2021 by Streetwise 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) This is a piece of wood and Anubias that I was marinating in my Askoll 20. I'm moving it back to one of my windowsill shrimp tanks. I had some spare Anubias from the Co-Op. Nooks and crannies: Installed: Edited February 7, 2021 by Streetwise 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 I have neglected this tank except for feeding and top-off. It looks like a tribute to Hair Metal. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Streetwise said: I have neglected this tank except for feeding and top-off. It looks like a tribute to Hair Metal. My one attempt at a no-filter brackish tank with 24 hr lighting to try to hatch nerite snails looked like this. Scuttled it after 2 months w/no snails, left it outside for a week to freeze. Let's see what survived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 She has some style and flair: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Isn't she lovely? Bettas are the besttttt!!! Love seeing your tanks! 😄👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 That looks like one of my tanks even with maintenance. Lol. Hair algae is hard to fight off, for me at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 I trimmed the mullet, but left the faux-hawk on the wood. I'm saving the excess hair algae for Sam the turtle. All the inhabitants are happy. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 That is some gorgeous algae! So lush. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 “Faux-hawk.” Lol. A good bit of algae always looks good in my opinion, just not when it gets out of hand. I don’t enjoy “sterile” environments that much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 My first planted tank from 2019, as a loop. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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