Sunlight, what kind of wood did you collect and how was the bark stripped? I just collected a couple of nice pieces and trying to figure out how to strip the wood faster, right now i'm just letting it rot off in a bucket of water.
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Lol, that’s a bit of a long story... yes I have tried both (ghost shrimp, amanos, various neocaridina, boraras brigittae) but all have ended disastrously. I have always wanted this tank to sustain a breeding colony of some sort because I love boiling veggies and tossing them in and seeing tons of critters you otherwise wouldn’t see come out to eat. I did see either a tiny pond snail or a tiny bladder snail this morning, he probably came in on my new plants. I don’t mind. I’ve always wanted to have a walstad snail jar where I can toss in trimmings as well, but both of my jars are terrariums at the moment. I actually found an earth worm today on my hike and tossed him in one to join my millipede.
Sorry, I’m a rambler. Short story, yes I have tried both but neither have worked out.
I just do it manually, no soaking or anything because I don’t want the wood to get soft while I’m doing it (then there’s a higher chance of it breaking). Using a huge hunting knife didn’t work as good as I was hoping, so I used a super super tiny pocket knife and it worked way better. Fingernails also work nicely, but you’ll want a knife when you get to the knots and bends in the wood.
So he eats the shrimp and kills the other fish? I think it's time for (eddie is it) to get some new friends! then
Pics of the jars?
No, you're good
Some pictures this morning on my crappy phone. I moved a few things to make it more centered. I’m having a bit of an “I don’t like my tank’s setup right now” phase but it’s just cause the plants haven’t filled in yet. Although the hygro and water sprite have grown a little already and all of my anubias have new leaves popping up.
I’ll try to get some good ones with a better camera soon
You live and you learn. I definitely learned though and I’m never making that mistake again.
I’ll try to get some good ones with a better camera soon
Reggie goes after shrimp yes. As for the rasboras, no, I accidentally killed $80 worth of them in quarantine... I wasn’t planning on quarantining them until they were floating in the bag and I saw ich. I panicked and set up a 3 gallon bucket (there were 10 half inch fish, but you still had to search to see them cause they were so extremely tiny) with an air stone and a bunch of fake plants and a heater. Everything was fine until I came home from church and had the awful realization that in my panicked frenzy I never put water conditioner. So all but 1 were already dead and the last one died a few days later. I had a bit of a mental breakdown at that point because I had killed 10 beautiful little fish that were already taken from their homes because they were wild caught. It kind of put me off of them because I am paranoid I’ll kill more.
You live and you learn. I definitely learned though and I’m never making that mistake again.
I got out the better camera. Here’s a photo dump I added one of my terrarium’s snail too
I added one of my terrarium’s snail too
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Wow, I never saw a snail stretch out that far before! Last pic.
Lovely pics, I love how you share your tank with us And I really really like the new scape!
Lovely pics, I love how you share your tank with us
And I really really like the new scape!
