MY TOP 12 BEST SETUPS OF THE YEAR

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thanks for the support this year everyone! 🤩 I've axed 95% of the ads in this video (I hope KZbin respects that choice) All the best for the New Year! The next video drops on the 3rd of Janurary and it's a really, really weird one 😅🤣

[@shirleygardner5483]

I watched every second and they are all great in their own way. Thanks. Looking forward to what you do in the new year.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@shirleygardner5483 Wow! Thanks a ton!!! Which one would you say was your favourite?!

[@alexkerr6512]

Afternoon from Scotland... Just bought a 20 ltr clear tub for young ones...well it's going to happen lol. Cheers.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

That's the best way to do it! Have it all ready to go before they arrive so you can quickly swap them in to an established environment

[@alexkerr6512]

To be honest all your videos are Great..Hope you had a lovely Christmas and Here's to a Great New Year..Cheers.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Christmas went super fast! I hope yours was nice and relaxing as well. All the best for the NY too! ☺ All I'd like is to see the sun before the year ends 😅

[@alexkerr6512]

@@IndoorEcosystem well you got more chance over there than Here in Sunny Scotland...lol

[@DELFUNK2015]

Is it possible to build a paludarium that requires minimal water changes? Would I need some sort of filter?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

It sure is most of mine become exactly that given enough time. I generally wait about 3 months for the plants to all get established then it's 1 water change a month. Some people will stop doing them entirely and only replace evaporation but then you get mineral build up so I always make sure to keep doing a small water change even if it might not be required to keep water quality good. Filters wouldn't really make a difference in these cases.

[@DELFUNK2015]

Thanks for the reply and great content. After rewatching your vid (and doing some more research) it seems that the filter foam you put in front of the intake part of the pump, paired with how the waterfall disperses water across the surface area of the rocks, this serves as a filter itself, so you don't need another mechanical filter.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@DELFUNK2015 It's basically added just to stop vibrations and slow down the filter clogging up. Less cleaning etc. In a normal aquarium you would clean it regularly to exctact mulm particles, waste and to polish the water. But in a paludarium with such a tiny amount of water it's not primarily doing that function.

[@JhunDumsTVXj]

wow beautiful

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thanks a lot! It was a busy year!

[@ikitklauenhand4725]

Great video and a happy new year. What is the best wood to use in a wet tank?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Happy New Year to you as well :) Pretty much anything works well except for pines, cypress, and sappy woods. Even when they are long dead they still have a lot of residue.

[@ikitklauenhand4725]

Thanks

[@halilkavcak3821]

Dude, I'm watching your videos with interest, I have 2 questions for you. Can we buy clay balls from places like a florist? 2. Where can I find these isopods and springtail insects in nature?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Clayballs (leca) are available pretty much any garden store or store that sells plants. I'm not sure about florists though (I don't ever visit them) But it's worth a shot. You can order them online really easily as well. As for springtails and isopods you can find both in the wild but it will depend on where you live and what species are available. Both can usually be found in compost bins or compost piles as well if you have access to that.

[@snottlebocket]

Try the gardening centre. They're often called something like hydroballs or variations on that. Pretty much every commercial flowerpot has them at the bottom for managing drainage.

[@halilkavcak3821]

@@snottlebocket thanks bro

[@halilkavcak3821]

@@IndoorEcosystem thanks man

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@halilkavcak3821 No problem! 🙂

[@Rasa.Lewis22]

Happy New Year! Great compilation of amazing builds. I think I have two of the strange Blood Devil types. Red with dark eyes as well. They seem to be quite interested in climbing, did you find the same? I'm hoping they might make babies so I get to see them more often because these two are Very private 😅

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Happy New Year! Check out this list and see if you can find the ones you have on it: www.indoorecosystem.net/guides/geosesarma-vampire-crab-species-list Mine haven't climbed at all they set up burrows in the soil and have barely left at all. Let me know which ones you think they might be 🙂

[@Rasa.Lewis22]

@IndoorEcosystem I've narrowed down to perracae, bau or nemesis, but they're all quite similar, hard to figure it out. Need to see if I can find more photos of the last two to compare.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@Rasa.Lewis22 I saw the pics over on Facebook. I think "maybe" young tomato but it's hard to tell just yet. Maybe a bit more time to see.

[@Rasa.Lewis22]

@@IndoorEcosystem I was hoping they might be tomatoes, but didn't look bright enough. Like you said, they may possibly still be young, so I'll wait and see 🤞

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@Rasa.Lewis22 Keep me posted! They have a tomato kinda look about them (I have some tomatoes here and they have looked similar at stages in their life. The light can make them look a little orange sometimes too.

[@kavindudilshan7108]

❤❤❤

[@IndoorEcosystem]

😍♥

[@halilkavcak3821]

Brother, I have one more question for you, what do you pay attention to when choosing these driftwood? I put it in my aquarium before. Fungus formed on it and that's why my fish died, what should I do so that this doesn't happen?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

I'm not sure of the wood of the fungus you're talking about but it was probably biofilm which is normal and happens to nearly all woods you put underwater. That said there are some wood types that are bad. Pine, cypress, etc. These leak saps into the water even when they are long dead.

[@halilkavcak3821]

@@IndoorEcosystemyo bro you re very fast

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@halilkavcak3821 Good customer service 😉

[@Cow_Juice]

☝️😃 Also Belated Merry Christams and a Bountiful New Year ahead 😃

[@IndoorEcosystem]

You made 🥇for the final video of the year! Keep an eye out for the first video of next year, it's a really really odd one! I hope you've had a relaxing Christmas break too! All the best in the NY! ☺

[@Cow_Juice]

@IndoorEcosystem Thank you so much. I did. I hope you had and continue to have a good one yourself. I certainly look forward to the many great projects you have in store this coming year. Thank you for all your efforts. May you and yours have a great, prosperous and awesome 2025 ahead. Cheers! 😃🍾🎉

[@emiliastaelens6779]

Hey hey quick question I Want to make a terrarium background for my beardeddragon, Butt we don't have drylock to paint with in Belgium and I want to make sure that the paint stays on and is not dangerous for my Reptile witch paint etz.... can i use???! plzze help me out THANKS❤ LOT'S OF LOVE

[@IndoorEcosystem]

I used tile grout here in Poland a couple of years back instead and it worked really well. (2 coats) a lot of people mix it with acrylic paint from what I've seen. But just plain tile grout is fine too. Just make sure you let it dry fully before adding it to your tank.