Aquatic Insect Tank Set Up

[@kimberleykitty]

My 5 gallon tank full of aquatic beetles is doing very well. My large scavenger beetle is so much fun to watch! My tank has been heavily planted for a few years and the bugs love it. But thanks for the tip on leaf litter! Ill add some tomorrow

[@carlosdavid1444]

Glad to see you back. I've been missing your videos.

[@bugsincyberspace]

I appreciate the message. Thank you and I'll be getting back into the longer format videos now, with a focus especially on aquatics!

[@mantisgod237]

"Work harder not smarter" 😂😅😂

[@bradleyhumphrey4505]

It's a simple yet very entertaining little tank . Love the aquatic beetles !! 😁

[@Active-jz9dn]

You got the water scorpion👌

[@rob3rtd3an28]

I love this content

[@PeriBell-s7m]

New video hurray! Thank you for the education you share with the community!

[@bugsincyberspace]

Thank you for your kind words and I look forward to doing lots more aquatic insect tank videos soon!

[@Morales-nt6vi]

Very insightful.I love the setup and the fact that one only has to change a fraction of the water is great. Eventually the eco system takes care of itself for the most part. Happy Holidays to you and your family Pete. 👍

[@Flipperwi715]

Thats amazing. Dang you, now i'm thinking.

[@Active-jz9dn]

That water scorpion is a score. It's a good size.

[@bugsincyberspace]

The water scorpions don't make great tankmates for other small organisms, unfortunately, and so many of the other ones will become feeders if I leave them in there long enough or don't replace the small water boatmen, for example.

[@kota7366]

just bought a jumping spider from u guys so excited !

[@bugsincyberspace]

Thanks so much!

[@Active-jz9dn]

Caddis fly larvae are pretty cool but kind of small for observation

[@bugsincyberspace]

We do have one caddisfly larva in that tank now, actually. They tend to like a very pristine and fast flowing creek, however, and so I don't see myself working with them too much in the near future.

[@antsandpets]

I set up my own one of these about a month ago with a few aquatic insects from your shop as well as a fairly large colony of scuds. and I also added some floating plants as well, mainly duckweed

[@Vagynoid]

I've been so interested in aquatic beetles! I'm glad to see you back!

[@SupremeGecko]

Hi Peter. Good to watch your videos. I've PMed you the last couple of 12 Supreme Days of Christmas, but no reply :(

[@yeseniaborja7262]

Just purchased some sunburst from you! Howwver i cant find if i need to add a heater. Thanks!

[@bugsincyberspace]

A heater is not necessary. Room temp is definitely just fine, but they do tolerate extremes from freezing to 80+ degrees if they are subjected to it for short periods for some reason. I made a vdeo a while back where I found a Thermonectus frozen in ice, thawed it out and it was still alive!

[@ricks2907]

I'd be interested in what you know about toxic stone in fish tank like bumblebee jasper or malachite etc. Ty. Ricky 🐈‍⬛💃🕺👩🏻‍🦼🙏🔥💥😎🎸🐠

[@Insecterina]

Plan on ordering an assortment for an aquatic insect tank. 😁 Are there certain aquatic bugs that shouldn't go together?

[@Active-jz9dn]

Did I see a boatman in there? Also ,..ya know(I know it's not season) ....... hellgrammites!!!

[@bugsincyberspace]

I may have a source for hellgrammites this coming year! And yes, just one water boatman in this tank at the moment.

[@sirblue5586]

Let's gooo!!!​@@bugsincyberspace

[@IllusionQueen4Eva]

How are the larvae gonna come out to pupate in this setup?

[@katiejody]

Are there any water bugs that can live in a tank with fish?

[@curvingfyre6810]

Father fish makes me sad, cause he's clearly well knowledged, and cares a ton about fish and nature, and I really liked his personality and content. Then I found out what he thought about people born like me, and I can't watch him without feeling sick.

[@IllusionQueen4Eva]

What was his opinion on people born like you?

[@curvingfyre6810]

@@IllusionQueen4Eva Of the devil, apparently.

[@IllusionQueen4Eva]

@@curvingfyre6810 Oof. I'm curious by what you mean by people like you, but I don't want to pry. I feel like he would hate people like me too. Thankfully I'm more interested in inverts than fish.

[@Natu_Visu]

Won't they need a land piece? Every type of aquatic insect I have tried putting into a fully water tank have drowned.. 😞

[@bugsincyberspace]

Aquatic insects swim and the majority of the ones people keep swim to the surface to catch a breath and then dive again, rendering a land piece unnecessary in the context of drowning. However, many do like to hold onto something in the water column. I do have emergent vegetation in my tanks and that allows the ones that (sometimes) like to get out of the water the chance to do that. Water lettuce is the main type I'm using at this time.

[@Natu_Visu]

@@bugsincyberspace Thank you for the response! In my tank, I had some floating plants, and multiple wood pieces that extended above water level. However, when I kept water boatmen, they would one by one be found floating dead at the surface. I tried water scorpions (Nepa), and they'd be found swimming away from land into the open water, and eventually sink and crawl around on the bottom. I would fish them up and put them on the branches again. One morning one of them was lying dead on the bottom of the tank, so I released the other one. Then I tried water mantises (Ranatra), and they were doing good for a long time, until one of them again one morning was found dead on the bottom of the tank. It had seemingly gotten stuck in some aquatic moss and drowned. I have also twice tried common native aquatic beetles, and then had always, again, been found dead after some days. So by all that I was convinced that all aquatic needed a full piece of land somewhere to go up on, and that mine were either unable to rest on the branches or unable to find them, as I would see them always swimming around the sides of the tank into the glass, as if searching for a way out of the water.