Microfauna Biodiversity in your Freshwater Aquarium

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@BobyChanMan Ай бұрын

Not that long ago finding info like this was a tall order. Concepts like this weren't being showcased and talk about outside of close knit hobby groups and academic circles. Thank you for teaching people this, this should be core knowledge for anyone who wants to get in to this hobby.

@jasonyang5296 Жыл бұрын

This guy is the real deal. Hes doing it for the hobby🎉❤❤

@phillipsfishworks Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!.. I've always been drawn to the natural way no matter the hobby or interest. These videos are representing my experience. I promise to always show the good the bad and the ugly 😁😁😁

@ReignBeauofTerror Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I found you, and I can't wait to get your insect bag for my aquarium!

@RockhillfarmYT 6 ай бұрын

Biodiversity is definitely the key to any ecosystem

@gibbieraven Жыл бұрын

01:49, Profound words of wisdom (along with such an informative video). Thank You!

@gavinmelton2470 2 ай бұрын

Quality content, love how passionate you are when talking about it.

@abelarredondo4448 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for showing the different kinds of organisms

@RoyIMVU 7 ай бұрын

I want to start a shrimp tank and have had freshwater moss growing nicely and was worried when I noticed these small creatures. After doing some research on these, I find some are actually beneficial

@FreexNgeex Ай бұрын

I wish we could show each other our set ups and talk about methods. Loved the video btw

@phillipsfishworks Ай бұрын

That's a great idea! we'll put it on our list

@robertbaker3174 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Still trying to figure out to keep some of these things going. Had some seed shrimp in a grow out tank and have now now. Do have scuds and works well as fry grow.

@phillipsfishworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! The scuds will do fine as the fish grow. When the fish are big enough they will eat the larger scuds. The fry will eat the newborn baby scuds. I always like to keep several tanks going that do not have fish in them to keep up populations of microphona... You can always feed them veggie scraps.

@Rorther Жыл бұрын

@@phillipsfishworks It's really ideal, but so hard to keep if we are just going casual with 1 tank. Because if population of anything gets extincted, you don't have spare to repopulate. Keeping different tanks is also good because increases genetic variability a bit.

@lacreiataylor8838 7 ай бұрын

Love your page...but can you do videos on when and how to introduce them to your tank? And how much for the size tank vs the amount of fish to not eat the population to quick

@boiboi5942 Жыл бұрын

i just got into the aquarium hobby and honestly i’m having more fun sucking up microbes with a pipette and looking at them under my microscope😅

@ismailroyer466 Жыл бұрын

Brilliantly said.

@phillipsfishworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate your kind words! 😁

@sherryjarecki1701 2 ай бұрын

I wish u would of said the names of each micro!!! Im trying to find out what the stem crown white plant looking things is called. Ive looked under a micro scope of a lot of stuff you showed but dont know what all the names of them are. I like the rotifer . I think they are cool

@mcjigger5364 8 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for sharing your knowledge.. I have 8.0 - 8.3 ph tank, is it too alkaline for scuds / cyclops / daphnia ? Second question, do you just put dry leave right away to the tank, or you have some process beforehand?

@AquaticDomain Жыл бұрын

How would you go about adding biodiversity to a african cichlid mbuna tank? It's a 120g with a 20g long sump. Do you recommend removing sponge filter on intake and converting to a refugium? I am trying to run my light extra time to give them a good supply of algae with pretty good success. What would be the ideal sump/fuge setup? Should it be more like a saltware fuge?

@phillipsfishworks Жыл бұрын

In refugium is a good idea. Could also do it in the main tank. You just need an area that the fish can not disturb easily like large rock, rock piles... If you want to make the sump a refugium I would remove the sponge off the intake. You need the creatures to be able to freely travel. Good luck and interesting idea!

@AquaticDomain Жыл бұрын

@@phillipsfishworks thank you Phillip. I’ll remove the sponges and filter socks I was using.

@skarr4485 8 ай бұрын

The editing and music on this video is so eerie lmao

@Jay9595 7 ай бұрын

Question. Can micro fauna establish themselves over time or do they need to be added???? If the first one is true, how do they get there???

@VetrivelR-zu3ks 6 ай бұрын

They usually get on plants and other hardscape. Some bacteria even come through waste of fish from their digestive system

@danishshaikh4979 4 ай бұрын

They mostly need to be added. You get them from streams, rivers, ponds. Collect some leaf litter and fill up with the same water source in a jar. Wait two three weeks and add those organisms into your tank

@Am.a.Stranger Жыл бұрын

May i know what is that on 4:28 anyone? Is good or bad?

@phillipsfishworks Жыл бұрын

The little tulip shaped creatures?

@Am.a.Stranger Жыл бұрын

@@phillipsfishworks yeah.

@seanharris7047 8 ай бұрын

@@Am.a.StrangerI'm late but I'm pretty sure it's Vorticella, a filter-feeding ciliate.

@GuacamoleKun 3 ай бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you

@Sea-cucumber1151 Жыл бұрын

Hydra took over my tank, and I have scuds, snails, shrimp, seed shrimp etc. so I did kill the hydra!

@babykrishu4319 9 ай бұрын

Can i add even if my resurrection jar is stinking??

@Militantaoist Жыл бұрын

What do you think the easiest way to quickly “culture” microfauna for an aquarium?

@phillipsfishworks Жыл бұрын

It starts with making sure the habitat is right for the microfauna... This does not need to be complicated. Could be coarse gravel on top of sand, leaf litter, live plants, floating plants, a layer of detritus or mulm... After you have the habitat then you need to add the microfauna. If you're using live plants or have a layer of mulm built-up there will already be some microfauna present. But there are ways to add more diversity to it. Adding plants, gravel or other material out of a established aquarium is one way... I am about 2 days away from launching my website. There I will have microfauna biodiversity packs available for sale. This would be a bag of material and microfauna out of my system that could be added directly to an aquarium or separate container for culturing... Bottom line is you need some kind of container with habitat in it and some microfauna. At that point give it a light, a small amount of food and some time to grow. Hope this helps.

@jimmyfredoc5441 Жыл бұрын

AMEN !!!!

@NatureStudio25 Жыл бұрын

How can i do this ? How can i have huge bio diversity?

@phillipsfishworks Жыл бұрын

Lots of ways to do this... You can add material to your aquarium from another healthy established aquarium, experiment with wild samples or buy some kind of microfauna culture... Bottom line is if there are no micro creatures in your aquarium, they will not magically appear. They have to be introduced somehow. Good luck!

@NatureStudio25 Жыл бұрын

@@phillipsfishworks well I'm from India so I can't buy from you , then the only thing that I can do is to get from the wild ! 🙂 well that's kinda risky !

@michellelovesanimals2237 Жыл бұрын

This is the first I ever heard to just leave the planaria be.

@phillipsfishworks Жыл бұрын

In most situations they are simply not a big deal... if there population is enormous and causing a "real" problem then you could manually remove them with those glass tube planaria traps but I would personally not chemically treat for them... you must observe what they are really doing in your aquarium. Thanks for the comment!

@michellelovesanimals2237 Жыл бұрын

@@phillipsfishworks thankyou for your reply. I will never use chemicals in my tank. 🐌🦐 I am starting to think it's rhab not planaria🧡

@Gmnjean 5 ай бұрын

So they will eat my fris ?

@fanyoktavia1703 Жыл бұрын

how i cant grow that white dot flea, my stupid greedy glowfish always wipe them out even with 50%++ plant , floating plant from wild n very thick substrate(mud, gravel,sand). the only thing is grow is snail+tubifex sp