BUILDING A CARNIVOROUS PLANT ECOSYSTEM IN A SINKOR SIDEFIX 10L NANO TANK

[@Danny-MOG]

heeeeey that's me! 😱 thanks for the shout out! ❤ wonderful little scape and the UG looks really good! 👍

[@IndoorEcosystem]

So far the UG is doing ok! It's such a stressful plant to grow 🤣 Oddly I dropped a random bit in one of my crab tanks on the water line and it's doing quite well. Which is messed up because it's straight high mineral tap water.... This plant is a mystery!

[@undr_life]

You created the most dramatic-looking hardscape for the most dramatic type of plants. I love it!

[@GreenAquaShop]

Wow, this looks amazing! 😍

[@IndoorEcosystem]

😍 Wow! Thank you very much!

[@TarasTankFriends]

In the last video it's like you're the insect and the creepy concrete entrance in the ground is the carnivorous plant! I love these types of plants, especially the pitchers. The trumpet shaped kind can have really beautiful flowers too. Ever since I first saw a nepanthes, I've wanted one but I highly doubt I could keep it alive. I'm still working on ferns 😂. Stunning build! Hope you have a nice weekend 🙂👍

[@IndoorEcosystem]

That's the kind of imaginative idea I was hoping to get out of people 😍🤩 you made my evening with that comment!!

[@TarasTankFriends]

@@IndoorEcosystem 😀😊

[@Cow_Juice]

I'm late, but present. And what a fascinating build. Looking forward to see how this develops, long term. :D

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Keeping up with your 100% attendance rate! The UG will be the most tricky from everything I've seen so far but I've managed to keep it going for a month now and it has started growing. So now I just need to keep it going in that direction and I'll be pretty happy!

[@Cow_Juice]

@IndoorEcosystem Yes. Keeping my record going. 😆 And I'm glad to hear that. You're doing great! Here's to the success of this undertaking and all your future projects. Cheers! 😁

[@gk4204]

Thank you for the great build. I really like carnivorous plants.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Me too! I'm hoping to keep thing one going long term with a few changes as dormancy is required. I'll try to post some updates on how things are going as well.

[@AquaJoyClub]

So is this your announcement that you're a druid? hahaha. Love the new build! I too have been fascinated with carnivorous plants, but have yet to take the plunge. Seeing this build is very fun and inspirational - another great one!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you very much! I can't wait to show my girlfriend this comment! I've been telling her I'm a druid for years! She's going to have a good laugh!

[@AquaJoyClub]

@IndoorEcosystem hahahah that's too funny! 🤣

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@AquaJoyClub I'm glad I now have someone to back up my claims!

[@mohsenkarkhane7894]

dang it, If this video was 2 weeks earlier I could have got so much inspiration from it for my new carnivorous plant tank :D

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Murphy's Law 😅 how did yours turn out?! I'd love to see a picture!

[@mohsenkarkhane7894]

@@IndoorEcosystem how can I send you one? Dont know if you can attach them into comments. Also wanted to say that your content deserve far more views, keep up the good work and inspire us even more ❤️

[@shirleygardner5483]

Beautiful! As are all your builds. Thanks for sharing.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you 😊 thanks for taking the time to drop a comment 🙏

[@lorie1349]

Wow just beautiful !! I love it !

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you! Cheers! 😊

[@tomile_]

Very cool project bro 🎋

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thanks man! 😊

[@phillippia]

This looks great!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Cheers! 😄 I really appreciate it!!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Nice!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Cheers! 😊

[@zaidlancaster6805]

Amazing work! As for the sarracenia, dont know how cold it gets where your at, but when its time to swap them out, you could set up in some kind of bog outside and keep them year round outiside.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@zaidlancaster6805 we can get -20c but I haven't seen that in a long time. -12 is pretty normal though. I see a lot of people put them in the garages for winter to keep the frost off them. So, transplanting into a special winter bog will be a good idea like you said, and then i can just move the entire thing when its ready to sleep. I think the biggest risk for the rhizomes is frost and we do get that quite often.

[@zaidlancaster6805]

@@IndoorEcosystem Ohh thats a good idea sticking them in the garage when it gets cold. Hmm sounds like you have a pretty simaler climate to the guys at sarracenia northwest, and they leave there plants outside year round. But then again there a huge nursery lol.

[@falcolf]

Very nice ❤

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thanks 🤗

[@SueofthePhoenixGate]

I had no idea pitcher plants could get that big!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Me either! They looks super cool and the colours are absolutely crazy when they are super healthy and happy!

[@2011Kestrel]

My house is frequently infested with flies. I was thinking of putting some carnivorous plants in the trouble spots, mainly in the kitchen due to the garbage and compost buckets. Staying on top of changing them doesn’t seem to cut down on the fly problem. Your nano build is giving me some great ideas. It would look great on my kitchen counter (beside the compost bucket).

[@IndoorEcosystem]

The little Sundews and tropical pitchers should do well for that job and you don't have to worry about the dormancy period some of them have.

[@2011Kestrel]

@ Sundews are common in my area. Pitcher plants less so, but I do still come across them from time to time. I was thinking of harvesting a few, but since I’m in southern Ontario the plants would probably need dormancy to do well. I would rather leave them be than accidentally kill them through ignorance and miss handling. I’m also leaning towards tropical species in the hopes they would be easier to care for year round. And my local pitcher plants can get quite large - I’d rather have several smaller plants to take out the flies. Says a mix of Venus flytraps, sundews, and maybe one or two small pitcher plants. I have grow lights under my kitchen cabinets - leftovers from my attempts to grow herbs on the counter - so a nano tank beside the compost bucket would be lovely.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@2011Kestrel Some of the tropical species of pitchers or sundews would be perfect for under those grow lights. I'm not 100% sure but I think there are some smaller types of pitchers available now. Some of the weird hybrid ones.

[@kavindudilshan7108]

New suggestion -make a shallow biotope tank with a huge driftwood in the middle with a waterfall ,mosses ,ferns and carnivorous plants😊🎉❤

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@kavindudilshan7108 It will be added to the list! Great idea! I have a project underway in the perfect tank for it (100x25x15cm) but once that one is finished, I'll move on to your ideaa! It'll be a tropical carnivorous biotope or at least as close as I can get to one here!

[@kavindudilshan7108]

​​@@IndoorEcosystemGreat😎Lets gooo..

[@alexkerr6512]

Afternoon from Scotland

[@IndoorEcosystem]

I hope the NY is treating you well so far!

[@alexkerr6512]

@IndoorEcosystem All good thanks..Same for you..

[@alexkerr6512]

Very Nice.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@evilone543]

Nice work! I didn’t have as much luck on my bog scape using UG. I’ll try again sometime soon though.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@evilone543 it's such a tough plant. And this is my first time trying it as well. Mines going pretty good so far, though one side melted back a little but the other side has started carpeting... it's so random... I suspect as I got to the last bits of the cup the roots were more damaged so took on more stress.

[@GustavoPinhoPT]

Good luck. I find those really hard to care for. High humidity, high light...

[@IndoorEcosystem]

They've got all that so far 😉 we'll see how it tracks long term though. The light is super strong and running at about 65%. So there's plenty more power on hand if needed!

[@kavindudilshan7108]

❤❤❤

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thanks 😊

[@markusnilsson3237]

Super nice, whats that gog machine?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Some cheap ass thing I found on Ali express. I would not recommend it 😂 I just used it for some atmosphere.

[@missunderstood2647]

Where did you pick up these plants?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@missunderstood2647 My local plant centre.

[@manuelha.7450]

Am I the only on one thinking, why he is using plants, that need a winter break at all? I mean he says the reason at the end but for myself, it doesnt make sense, pickin apart the dormant requiring plants in the winter if you can use permanent indoor growable carnivorous plants like Nepenthes, Pinguicula or more of the Droseras. They would do awesome in such a setup! Cant say anything against the scape, dude the wood really fits in the rocks, like it once was a tree growing out of it. 10/10

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@manuelha.7450 Availability is the primary reason. Sometimes you have to grab what you can before you don't see it again for 6 to 12 months. The ones I wanted very rarely pop up. I'm glad you watched to the end though to see the explanation. I have plans for the 2 other species as well so they aren't just doomed to the scrap heap 😊. There will be a fully tropical indoor version and a temperate one down the track.

[@manuelha.7450]

​@@IndoorEcosystem Thx for your answer. Didnt thought about the availability. I am lucky that there are so many awesome carnivorous nurseries in my area (south Germany). Somehow I thought its the same in other countries😅 Nonetheless, I am looking forward to some updates on the project in the future. Cant wait!💚

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@manuelha.7450 I appreciated your comment to be honest. A lot of people jump to conclusions before watching, which is why I put the explanation further to the end to weed out the people who comment before watching fully. I'm in Poland so not exactly far away from you, but the availability around here is fairly limited. So I generally have to grab things when I find them and then plan future projects moving forward. Otherwise, I might not find them for a very long time. Ordering online is an option and availability is a bit better but quite often things get shaken up so I like to avoid it where possible. The only plant in here that stresses me out is the UG. It's super hard to keep happy but so far after nearly a month now it's doing pretty well. So I'm hoping I can keep that going. Otherwise it's going to be a nice moss carpet.

[@2011Kestrel]

Carnivorous plants need to eat. What and how will you be feeding them?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

My girlfriend has a little plant collection and from time to time we get a few funds gnats so I'm hoping they'll find their way to the tank. It's better than using those yellow sticky pads. Otherwise they'll get some flightless fruitfies to keep them happy.

[@2011Kestrel]

@@IndoorEcosystem I don’t like flypaper. I find using the stuff to deal with insects somewhat inhumane. Even if they are “just bugs”, it still bothers me. I prefer to deal with unwanted pests by removing whatever is attracting them in the first place. Or by using more natural means - my cats are quick to take out anything that moves. 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛😄

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@2011Kestrel Getting to the source is always the best way! Cats are hilarious chasing things until the destroy everything else in the process 🤣😂 They get so hyped up!

[@2011Kestrel]

@ Yeah, I just threw out the remains of a leather loveseat. After twenty years with cats it was pretty far gone. And that was just from them running over and climbing on the loveseat, not deliberately scratching at it. I even had bath mats under the cover protecting the more vulnerable spots. Not even the furniture restore/resellers wanted the loveseat when my cat herd was done with it. I weep for the new one….