Bren MacFish Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 I have a few 1.5 fit tanks so I thought I'd start a small natural planted tank and see how well it could balance itself. I put in potting mix, layer of shells, layer of gravel, a row of val across the back because that side was facing a window, a crypt and something leafy at the front. I cut down the tube on a small sponge filter to fit in one corner, then I filled the tank with waste water from a tank syphon. In the waste water were black worms, baby snails and duckweed. I left it for a few days to observe it and noticed that in its position at the top of the attic, the heat fluctuated wildy between the 25 the tiny heater was set at and 36... so I didn't add a fish. BUT that didn't stop everything ELSE from taking over the tank. I have a thousand worms, standing up in rows along the bottom, heads waving, a tonne of snails, a variety of odd sluglike things and some little round things that shoot about having a good time (anyone know what they are?). Despite being filled with such disgusting water, the tank has never needed cleaning, never had any algae, never needed a water change, the plants are growing great, the duckweed has huge roots dangling down. If I added a betta it could eat for a week in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebetta Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Sounds pretty cool BUT where are the piccies. me want pictures. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady0421 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 It sounds like ur having a party in that tank. I bet it'd be a very interesting photo to take!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJ Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 The odd sluglike things are probably planaria and the litle round things sound like daphnia. I usually keep a bucket of used water for producing daphnia to restock the fry tank every so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted March 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 So THAT'S daphnia! Where did they all come from? And don't say a mummy daphnia and a daddy daphnia... If I have trouble taking photos of fish, how am I going to focus on waving worms and zooming daphnia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebetta Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 have a go. show us your results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJ Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Daphnia may have come in with substrate or plants or from the water in your other tank - they often stay down near the substrate when the water's moving so you might miss them in a regular community tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beano Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 So THAT'S daphnia! Where did they all come from? And don't say a mummy daphnia and a daddy daphnia... If I have trouble taking photos of fish, how am I going to focus on waving worms and zooming daphnia? If your using a film camera, I have no idea. If your using a digital camera, you'll need something with a macro, or supermacro mode. Turn on macro (or super macro if your camera has it). It will be hard to focus on something that closeup that is moving. So what I do is, find something else larger and hold your camera away from it at the same distance you want to take the daphnia photo at. Focus at that distance on the large object (press the shutter button half way down til your camera focuses on what you want it to) then once in focus, continue to hold your finger on the shutter button half way, move the camera to where the daphnia is and get it in the field of view on your LCD. Make sure it's still in focus (if not, then it might just be a matter of moving the camera closer or further away. Then take the photo! Sounds complicated when you put it in words, but hopefully you get what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 or just point and shoot at the big picture so we can at least see the tank itself, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Thanks for the tips. I'll "ave a go ya mug". See, I'm good at Aussie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Oh... my camera just went on holiday without me. Next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 :P Photos lovie photos :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady0421 Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Chasing up on the photo request~ :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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