Michael i thoroughly enjoy your videos, you show how simple and inexpensive an aquarium can be. I love how you incorporate the local flora and fauna (plants and cleaning crew) to create a customized water world of your own. Plant clippings, seed shrimp, pond snails, duck weed, land moss, spring tails, dried leaves, seriously FREE. Old jars, plastic bottles, check the recycling bins, ask local restaurants - FREE . Keep up the good work Michael, you show how easy it can be if you try. Now, you need to get the Endlers adapted to New York City Central Park Pond water, then the new species of Endler can be discovered - The Langerman Endler of Central Park 😁
@4me
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate you very much! I am pretty sure that Endlers would do fine in New York City ponds. Not so much certain about locals. Introduction of new species into local ecosystem always brings huge risk to the native inhabitants. I rather explore the local Nature in terms of adaption to aquariums and terrariums. I started it years back with plants and critters (seed shrimp, snails, worms and slugs) and now Red spotted newts. There is huge potential! I see newts in my paludarium doing great - that is so high level up from breeding fish. Way more enjoyable! But it is not for everyone - not as simple as with snails and plants or even with fish. Supplying newts with live food all year around is a serious challenge. I am still exploring it. And there is a good chance that I may figure out a simpler way around. Getting baby newts would pave the path or taming them to whatever available food (dry or frozen). That would be the most important step that would allow many people to keep newts as pets. For years! I am working on that!
@biodan969
Жыл бұрын
More great info!
@4me
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@erics8757
Жыл бұрын
I'm looking forward to the next video to find out where I might find them. Do you ever have a problem with escapees? 😃
@4me
Жыл бұрын
Ha! Giving time, Springtails get in any Grindal worm culture no matter what you do. People often find Springtails right in houses. Though, most people never notice them - Springtails are too small and stay in moist places. You can find them in worm season where Grindal worms live - just pick wilted leaves in wet spots and pray for luck.
@pavoliring8398
Жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I needed to know, as I dont have time to check my gringal worms every day. What kind of leaves are the best? Dried or fresh? hard leaves like beech or rather softer? The second reason is I believe that natural way is always the best as I found in aquagardens - no filter, daylight only works very well.
@4me
Жыл бұрын
You have good questions! I am still in experiments collecting data on that matter - too early for me to give any certain answer. Nevertheless, you asked, so here it goes. I tried dry leaves - seems go well. I pick oak leaves, some type of maple tree leaves and cherry tree leaves. I don't see much of difference it makes for Grindal worms. Worms cultured on leaves appear to have dark brown body color, but it washable. Leaves as medium for culturing and adding a flake of cereal to make worms gather for easier collecting them - that is what I've been doing. Though, it takes time (could be a couple days) for worms to gather on the cereal. So, you have to plant accordingly in advance for that. I will share more in future videos.
@anniebedard2884
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos, well presented and inspirational... Thank you so much Sir!
@4me
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Happy New year to you and your family!
@MoreChannelNoise
Жыл бұрын
oh I forgot to ask. When the springtails are dead do they still float? I was wondering if you pour very hot water on them and then when it is cooled add that to the aquarium, would they sink and make it easier for fish that don't feed on surface to eat them
@4me
Жыл бұрын
I never tried to sink Springtail to tell you for sure (I like to try your idea) - my fish eat them clean on the water surface. And I have Grindal worms for bottom feeding fish (though, I don't have bottom feeders - my Endlers still go after Grindals like crazy anywhere they catch them)
@CeCee-no8bg
Жыл бұрын
Do you think that dead leaves from houseplants would work? Specifically from a fig tree?
@4me
Жыл бұрын
Leaves from trees of New York parks and streets work great. Though, I did not try specifically leaves of fig tree to tell for sure anything about them.
@baronandbaronessvonwolf4618
Жыл бұрын
I live in The chihuahua desert area where would I find springtails For most places is closed now Do too This home security bullshitz
@4me
Жыл бұрын
desert not the place where I would look for Springtails...check local craigslist postings and local clubs. Also, at pet stores I often talk to the workers and shoppers - ask around and you may get it. All the best!
@MoreChannelNoise
Жыл бұрын
I have come across people who say grindal worms like to eat wilted spinache, but I guess it is more a food and not a medium to live on.
@4me
Жыл бұрын
Big chunks of food can and do serve as medium for breeding Grindal worms and for Springtails as well.
@MoreChannelNoise
Жыл бұрын
Wait, you have been culturing springtails and grindalworms on leaves for months and only now tell us about it? WHYYYYYYYY?
@4me
Жыл бұрын
The short answer- Newts. I've been preparing videos about Springtails for publication after 6 months of experiments with Grindal worms and Springtails on leaves. And then Newts come along - those babies stir me away from all my previous projects for months. Now, I am catching up with old projects and you will see them all.
@MoreChannelNoise
Жыл бұрын
@@4me The leaves idea is GREAT! lookig forward to your videos! hugs from Holland
@4me
Жыл бұрын
@@MoreChannelNoise Thank you very much! Best wishes to you and your family!
@yashwantn5533
Жыл бұрын
@@4me do we need to poke holes for aeration or we can close the jar ? do they escape from the jar ?
@4me
Жыл бұрын
@@yashwantn5533 I poke small holes in the lid for aeration.
@balldur
Жыл бұрын
Hi Michael. Could you please try to help me identify a plant? This green with a large leaves is tall, structurally a bit like ludwigie/polysperna. Google lens says that is staurogyne, recognition applications that it's spurge xD bullshit. the plant grew about a meter from the shore of small creek. From the bottom you can see a broken leaf from the emersive version of plant, the top is a regrowth as you can see with nice leaves. I can sens you image by email, maybe Messenger? Here I cant add URL to the foto because youtube automatically delete IT....
@4me
Жыл бұрын
I use iNaturalist app to identify plants and critters I am not familiar with. Take a couple pictures to run through the app and see what their algorithm would suggest. And than wait for people to fine tune the identification. Here is my video about this app: kzitem.info/news/bejne/moahma16pHObgX4 All the best on your adventure!
@yanjijay6752
Жыл бұрын
Hmm now would springtails eat dead peanut beatles or ocean the container they are in & no don't want the spring tails to get lost in the house & reproduce like crazy
@4me
Жыл бұрын
Springtails would not want to stay in dry house, but may come and settle in without invitation in any wet spots in any house. Most people don't even notice Springtails presents. Buy fresh flowers for your apartment - you want see those little critters on crawling around unless you record time-lapse video (I did multiple times).
@perokeeplays
Жыл бұрын
can you please tell me what is the species name or what is called the animal at 2:28 minutes of the video.
@4me
Жыл бұрын
This is Red-spotted newt (also, known as Eastern newt) in the latest aquatic stage of development. The one shown here is a male (I already know for sure). Here is a playlist of my videos about my Red-spotted newts (with more to come): kzitem.info/news/bejne/mK6Juqx8spd8qY4 The scientific name of the species is Notophthalmus viridescens
@perokeeplays
Жыл бұрын
@@4me oh thank you for your detailed reply. I really love watching your videos. Lastly, could you please recommend me a fish that is suitable for aquarium garden diy like you made? And how to control the population of snails vs fishes in a jar for example? Do guppies and apple snails do well togetherl? Or there are any other fishes that works well for small liters of jar? (1.5L or similar)
@4me
Жыл бұрын
@@perokeeplays My pleasure! No matter what size aquarium you choose - make sure the narrowest side of the aquarium is more than 3 length of the largest fish. I highly recommend guppies for smaller setups. Endlers would do too, but Endlers really like moving fast, male fish in particular - dashing through the water, which takes space. Guppies male like space too, but they move more like...butterflies in water. So, guppies would do better than Endlers in small setups. I cannot speak of any other fish until I tried them myself. Though, there are some even smaller size fish on a market than my dwarf guppies. I never worry about population size of any species. They all self-regulated based on the space and other available recourses. You may see a lot of snails at one point - the next month or so you want. Only people can over populate the space using technologies to help them with that. All other species the density population is going naturally up and down, but never more than the system may support. And you can always use the "spare" snails to make fish food or give them away. Guppies and Endlers get well with even smaller size snails than apple snails. But all fish nibbles on everything in the aquarium. So, if your snails lay eggs than expect fish to nibble on those. Which is fine for snails population control. Check my videos playlists for more details on each subject. All the best on your adventure!
@perokeeplays
Жыл бұрын
@@4me oh thank you very much Michael again for your detail reply. Because I like you detailed replies since it covers most of the points I am also curious about. But what do you mean as big size snails? Is apple snail bigger than pond snails? Because I can not find pond snails in the stores. Are they not considered well for aquariums or what? Or using any snails is good for algaes? (I only know Helena snail is a killer snail so except that ofc :) ) Or can I use also plecos? Because dwarf plecos dont grow much and so good at eating algeas but I am not sure about their behaviour in the small jar with some guppies... I want to build this to make it like a diy jar garden as you have. And I have experience with plecos and guppies before. So based on your replies I will consider guppies as a fish, and what do you recommend as snails? Because in the city I live there are lakes but they do not seem like I can find any good creature samples there such as snails or some lemna minors... But I am going to check.
@4me
Жыл бұрын
@@perokeeplays Apple snails grow much bigger than the snails I keep in my aquariums (Ramshorn snails, bladder snails and trumpets). Pond snails can grow to about two inch in the nature. Though, it never come to this size in aquariums. Small toothless fish (guppy or endlers) cannot harm large snails. Snails that I mentioned feed on algae growing on the walls and other surfaces. But, snails do not consume algae growing in the water. You have to use plants for controlling algae growth. Plecos would feed on algae growing on walls and on snails as well. Warm season is the best time to look for snails in ponds. Just pick whatever aquatic plants you can get from the pond and you may see snails or snails eggs among other critters - I have some videos shown it. All the best on your adventure!
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