Life On A Leaf

[@alexferrari8413]

I've been looking for years for a channel like this. How many times I searched "freshwater biology" "freshwater ecosystems" "freshwater biology documentary" etc.... and never found this channel until now. Crazy. Thanks so much for making these I couldnt be happier to watch them

[@TheDave333]

I'm happy that you found what you were looking for. I'm just getting started, so you can expect more great stuff soon.

[@tamarrajames3590]

Dave…you just made my day. I have a passionate interest in microscopic life forms and the life and death struggles they experience just beyond our perception. Nature has so much more going on than we can see, and life finds a way. Thank you so much for focusing on these fascinating tiny creatures so we can see how they go about the business of life. One wonders just how far the chain extends, getting smaller and smaller, yet still eating, mating, and being eaten. Entire worlds just out of sight. I once saw a kind of flea or louse living on a mosquito…and it made me wonder. There were hunters and hunted, and small beings mating in the moisture on a decaying leaf. Turning the compost has never been the same after that.🖤🇨🇦

[@TheDave333]

The mind-boggling diversity of life provides an endless playground for the curious minded people like you and I. We are truly blessed. 😊

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@TheDave333 We truly are, I am in awe at the germination of a tiny seed, the metamorphosis of a butterfly, and these tiny unseen life forms all around us.🖤🇨🇦

[@chevyfish4028]

They are great food for my fish.

[@TheDave333]

yes they are

[@srbarkerchan]

Those seed shrimp sound like amazing little guys.

[@TheDave333]

They are! 😊

[@vikkirountoit497]

I was excited to find some larger seed shrimp that came in on plants I bought from someone's aquarium. Seed shrimp I have had were always light colored and small, but these new ones are longer, larger and darker. I'm expanding their colony in a large jar of greenwater with added java moss and mulberry leaf crumbles and excited to get to add them to some of my aquariums. Amazed to learn some would make it safely through a fish's digestive tract! I'm on a "The Dave" watching spree today:)

[@TheDave333]

I noticed your watching spree, and I love it. Thank you. 🐟

[@CaylorsReptilesAquatics]

See them in most of my tanks. Awesome footage The Dave. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheDave333]

My pleasure thanks for watching. 😊

[@bluesteno64]

I took a paleontology course my most recent year of college, got to work with a lot of Ostracod fossils and it’s really refreshing to see living specimens.

[@TheDave333]

Thanks! They're amazing creatures found in almost every habitat on the planet.

[@asawhite2220]

I've just found your channel by way of the amano shrimp video. What a treasure trove! I am a freshwater ecologist by trade and aquarist by hobby. I appreciate the level of detail which means that I learn a few things, but it can be enjoyed by anyone with an interest and no background on the subject. That is so often not the case with TV shows which are invariably dumbed down. Great narration, content and of course photography. You have a new fan and subscriber!

[@TheDave333]

Awesome! Thank you so much.

[@thefuture4266]

Today I saw this video, what a beautiful way to spend some time

[@TheDave333]

You are so kind. Thank you.

[@thefuture4266]

@@TheDave333 thank you brother

[@mikebumgardner9391]

Very interesting, love the magnification. Brings me back when we looked at pond water through a microscope in school. Those terms flagellum? The Hydra, cilia,. Cool to learn the hydra never dies. Great video, thanks Dave!

[@TheDave333]

You're very welcome old friend. Thanks for watching my videos. 😊

[@ainalmaas6719]

Nice video. But I have this problem with seed shrimp in my shrimp tank. There are so many of them, even when I try to siphon their numbers don't seem to decrease. My shrimps aren't thriving and no baby shrimp seems to grow. I think the seed shrimps eat baby shrimps when they molt. Is that possible?

[@TheDave333]

When it comes to mother nature, anything is possible. The seed shrimp are obviously very happy, and they might be eating the same food that the shrimp need. Cleaning the substrate should help reduce their numbers. Feed the shrimp in a feeding dish to help keep the food in one location. The idea is to get more food for the shrimp, and hopefully less food for the seed shrimp.

[@bear1830]

Seed shrimp is life

[@TheDave333]

Life is beautiful.

[@rsousaaquarios]

Hello Dave! Another great video :) I promoted your video in Portugal and it had an excellent reception. Great job, I loved the detail. Keep up the excellent work.

[@TheDave333]

Awesome, thank you so much. I really appreciate your support.

[@sedghammer]

You did it Dave! This is AMAZING!!!

[@TheDave333]

Thank you!

[@wendygillard2133]

Excellent once again. Thanks 🙏

[@TheDave333]

You're very welcome. :-D

[@jakubmalicki6357]

I have hydras in my aquarium, they are very nice ;)

[@TheDave333]

I love hydra / amazing animals.

[@caewalker9276]

I was wondering if you had a video on seed shrimp. I have them everywhere. I love them. Thanks The Dave.👍

[@TheDave333]

My pleasure. More seed shrimp footage soon. 😊

[@sq33qs]

I needed your channel/content sooner in my life... Excellent video

[@TheDave333]

Welcome aboard!

[@tomneeb5474]

Great video…Thanks!

[@TheDave333]

Thanks for your continued support. :-)

[@jamiegallier2106]

Another impressive video, fascinating and beautiful.

[@TheDave333]

Many thanks! Stay safe down there. :-)

[@notyouraverageaquarist8886]

Beautiful. I used to have some seed shrimp in a jar that sported a blue-green coloration. Wish I still had them. Have you ever heard of clam shrimps? I think you would be interested in them

[@TheDave333]

I've seen blue-green seed shrimp as well. . . Clam shrimp? Yes, I have heard of them and I'll be filming them when I take a deep dive into vernal pools. . . I also have some Triops eggs that I'd like to hatch and film as well. 🐟🐟🐟

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Bigfin reef squid ( Sepioteuthis lessoniana)

[@TheDave333]

Squid are so awesome! Cephalopods are some of my favorite animals. I especially love cuttlefish and octopus.

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

They are all strange creatures. 🔬🗒📄📃🖋✏☕

[@TheDave333]

Strange, but wonderful, so much to explore.

[@AngelFlys17]

Can you elaborate on hydras and have you ever submitted your work to a public education system or school educational programs? I think you were pretty great and it creeps me out now when I look at my tanks and I think I see the stuff you’re talking about thanks a lot laugh out loud can you do a video on hydros? And what kind of a lens are you using a micro lens to film this type of work fantastic love it

[@TheDave333]

Hello again! I have a few colleges that use my videos in their courses. In the future, I plan on creating an educational series that puts it all together into one big biology lesson. I use several different macro lenses that have been specially adapted to fit my camera.

[@x1dl]

I would say KZbin is a public education system. The best as well

[@TheDave333]

@1dl I agree! If there's something I need to know, or learn how to do, it's probably on YT. :-)

[@WayneTheSeine]

Awesome footage.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you very much!

[@hookon3]

WOW! GREAT VIDEO! VERY EDUCATIONAL!

[@TheDave333]

Thank you 🤗

[@patienceanddiscipline4511]

Another great video. Keep ‘em coming

[@TheDave333]

Thanks, will do!

[@phillipsfishworks]

Love the videos. It's always refreshing to find someone with the same viewpoint about adding chemicals to your aquarium.

[@TheDave333]

Thanks 👍

[@CoryMasoniam]

Good job as always

[@TheDave333]

Thanks bro. How's life? 😊

[@lifeofyooms3026]

I love all your videos! 😄

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much. I love making them. 🤗

[@nunya___]

I can't seem to grow plants. They always get a film growing on them. Any suggestion? Something that will keep them clean? Water parameters are all in the good range. I have goods lights, sponge filters, light bio load and I dose API plant food once a month.

[@TheDave333]

It's probably an imbalance of some kind. Is the film on the plants a type of algae? ( black / brown / fuzzy) Or is it like the brown stuff that can grow on the glass as well as the plants (Diatoms) ? Amano shrimp can be very helpful keeping the plants free of algae. The brown diatom growth can be solved by increasing the water movement.

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Someday, you should do a video about crabs.

[@TheDave333]

I wouldn't mind working with fiddler crabs or Thai micro crabs. I'll get to them eventually.

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Have you heard of a dusky spinefoot/Siganus luridus?

[@TheDave333]

Never heard of it till now. . . It's sort of an ugly fish.

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

If the yellow perch had an ocean counterpart, it would be a clownfish.

[@TheDave333]

I can see the resemblance. Did you know that when you catch yellow perch and filet them, you can usually see lots of parasites in their flesh?

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

@@TheDave333 No

[@TheDave333]

Most perch are filled with parasites. . . never under-cook perch. . .

[@jaynecassidy3651]

Wow amazing

[@TheDave333]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@CanadianConservativeGuy]

Very interesting great information.

[@TheDave333]

Thanks! It was fun video to put together.

[@obnoxiousnamegaming5715]

cool

[@TheDave333]

thanks

[@CarolynnMc01]

I enjoyed this very interesting video. I'll have to look around in my fish tank. It's heavily planted, 4 year old tank and there has to be unseen critters thriving in there! This is fun. Thanks !

[@TheDave333]

You're very welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@shankarvg5118]

Simply superb. dev sir how to culture infosuria in simple way ?

[@TheDave333]

There are lots of recipes online. I like to use mystery snails and spinach to make an infusoria soup. Future video. :-)

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Have you heard of a possum shrimp?

[@TheDave333]

I have now. . . ❤

[@OliverKing-r8w]

Always wanted a hydra in my aquarium, they never came. I did have Damselfly larvae, and knowing they are not as dangerous as dragon larvae I decided to leave them be. My shrimp population did not change a bit, they had plenty of moss to hide in. Platys still bred like mad. THe Damsel larvae were very pale, so I suspect they were eating planaria and other insects. I never saw them after they grew older so I wonder if the fish got them in the end! Great video and I am now tempted to start my aquarium up again!

[@TheDave333]

Starting up an aquarium sounds like a great idea! 😁

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

This is cool! This is great! This is awesome!

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much!

[@lateblossom]

Do we ever feel hydra stings?

[@TheDave333]

Probably not, they're too small to cause us pain.

[@moonpleco5083]

Even leaves are unique underwater ecosystem. All organisms live their lives , hydra is most mysterious. Practically immortal population, thanks to stem cells should be much more investigated - it can carry and tell us information from deep past when life forms begins... Hydra had lived there ....

[@TheDave333]

Hydra are amazing, and we live on an amazing planet. We should treat it with more care and respect. 🐟🐟🐟

[@MrCentrax]

Great video. What setup do you use to film?

[@TheDave333]

Hello, and thanks for watching the video. The camera that I used is in the video description section below.

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Do these count as zooplankton?

[@TheDave333]

I don't know . . .

[@ZNCLinguistics-ne3wp]

What camera are you using to take these videos? Fantastic resolution...

[@TheDave333]

Hi! Thanks for watching the video. There's an Amazon link to the same camera in the description section beneath the video.

[@PaulsFishroom]

👏🤓👍

[@TheDave333]

Life - endlessly fascinating. . .

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

Hydra seem a horrible creature.

[@TheDave333]

I think they're wonderful. Just think about how humans treat their food. . . We're not so different. :-)

[@chrismorton8412]

cool

[@TheDave333]

thanks