It's hard for me to find anything but oak leaves locally, but my terrestrial isopods do really well on oak. What is it about oak that makes you recommend other hardwoods along with them? If it is either the tannins or the toughness, would cooking them briefly help? I'm very interested in putting my hand in to help the project along.

Tony, can you culture Daphnia and scuds together?

Is it possible to get your products delivered to Europe? I live in Sweden myself or do you only deliver inside of the US? Thanks for a great channel!

How do I catch them in the wild?

well it is like buying ants they are everywhere good Hustle

You mentioned that the green water will settle without the air flow keeping it in circulation; would this mean that I could take a sample of it and put it in a feeding dish for use as a concentrated algae dinner for tank inhabitants?

Very cool

What is algae food?

Just found your channel and I am stoked to see a fellow natural aquarist! 🙌 The goal for my tank is replicating a slow-moving, cold water stream habitat and it’s certainly an ever-changing, ever-growing project-I love it! Are you trying to replicate a specific habitat? Just discovered what is likely to be a few stentor colonies yesterday and I am excited to get them under the microscope. 🤓

This is an amazing video! I just found my first scud in my shrimp tank today and I was panicking, but now-I’ve changed my mind. I’m just more cognizant of how often I’m feeding my shrimp. And maybe not SO tedious with my plant trimmings. I love learning new things!!

my niche is finding which smaller cichlids are compatible with plants. i suggest pterophyllum, mesonauta, apistogramma, nannacara, many more genii are plant compatible. these will all predate on crustaceans and other micro-fauna in your aquarium(s). it's about finding balance in behavior as well as chemistry. fascinating.

Assimilating is an OK word to use in biology. Good video explaining this part of the food chain. Complexity in a system brings diversity, which we know is great for longevity.

I was pretty sad when my betta killed pretty much everything in her tank, although that's what theyt there for. I started a jar for seed shrimp, and another that will hopefully have isopods here in the next year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS Tony !

I had the issue with the green water producing algae on the sides of the jar. By the way the kit works great I have and keep it going no problem

I didn't see this on the website, are you still selling these? I saw only specific cultures. Keep pushing this and holler you remain successful!

I received my 1st order of iceopods from you. There in my 5 gal natural tank with 2 cherry shrimp,1 guppy, 2 small catfish, and some snails. I thing I’m going to take the fish out and put them in one of my other tanks, because I haven’t seen the iceopods since I put them in. I just ordered 2 bags of bugs from you. I’m going to put 1 bag in the 5 gal and 1 in a glass jar. ✌️

Happy customer - this is the way! ✌🏻

Happy customer - this is the way to go ppl - nature = happy tank

Thank you Phillips Fish Works for sharing the information in this video. I am developing a microfauna tank. I love my 'bag of bugs'!

Excellent instructive video/s... 👍

Cool video

Where can I get some?

I’m so glad I found you I have bought two cultures and only one has any worms and there were only a teaspoon of worms max. They have already increased in size but it’s so slow.

How to get rid of mites ? They are going crazy in my bins

I need to start a culture of these when the ice goes out in the spring next year. I have scuds in several of my aquariums. Both regular and Vietnamese White Clouds seems to be avid scud eaters. I recently got some of each. I put the some of each species in a couple of tanks. When I first got the, the White Clouds ignored any food I put in the tanks for the first week. Haven't seen any scuds in either tank for several weeks, though there may be some stragglers hiding in the gravel.

Currently treating ich with heat and garlic. Is this method shrimp/microfauna safe?

Thousands and thousands of these clogged my pond pump, when i opened it to check out what happened the goldfish ate almost all of them instantly.

I am trying to introduce detritus worms &, perhaps, scuds & shrimp to my aquariums. Do you sell jars of water which contain these?

Hornwort is cool too. But I like anarcharis more, no shedding from stress. And no destroying filters ☝️

Hello, do you ship colony groups? NJ.

I don't understand their value, what are their features? They are not as beautiful as caridina or neocardina shrimp.

Can scuds be bad for my axolotl tank ?

Can u teach without starter culture

They grow out of control so often lol

Is it possible to get the bag of bugs without the duckweed and or salvinia? I have a tank with that stuff and it's a nuisance.

Would a few or a school of cardinals tetras not eviscerate most of the Micro fauna?

what if you put cardinal school in ? Do they not wipe out the population of micro creatures?

Amen

Can you use Maxi-Grow as the nutrient at 1tsp. per gallon of water?

Where did you get the mesh for that goes ontop of the food?

Definitely adding stones and coral to my tank. Thanks for the tip!

what kind of algae is this?

what is cultural salts?

There is more life than in many fish tanks 😊 Soon i start my own micro world 😉

How much dissolved solids can they tolerate in the water?

I just appreciate your work so much!

Those worms are gross

Thank you Tony for the Thanksgiving message. it is well timed, and much needed!😅 I appreciate you and your contributions to this wonderful hobby. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.❤

Preach on brother! Just got my bag of bugs order and the pendant you included yesterday! Couldn’t be happier with it!