Recent content by hydrophyte

Really nice project! I have pondered a similar concept that would use a second tank enclosure just as big as the main aquarium display, but holding a planted area with reverse-schedule lighting as well as media baskets with lots of surface area for both microfauna and bacterial biofilm. This...

I'm still reshuffling tanks here. I opted to move the Green Lake, New York biotope out of the 24" X 24" shallow and put this concept in there instead. I think this is a better use of that nice sandstone slab. No livestock yet, but I added some nice leaf litter botanicals and also got the ripple...

Thanks so much!

Shame and embarrassment fail to describe what I experience while observing the so-called freedom-loving US and Western Europe lend their half-assed, slow, inadequate support to Ukraine while complaining about the price of gas and while the Ukrainians get blown up, shelter in their basements and...

Finally got a quick Instagram reel up. I decided to resurrect the old Riparium Supply account... I still haven't wired the limit switches. The stepper motor seems to be missing steps, so I can't really leave it alone running. I need to figure out an Arduino shield option and then I can...

A few more pics... I'm using this new riparium planter design. I wonder about adding a black background to the tank to really hide them, although as the plants grow in they will become less and less visible in the shadows. Also wondering about botanicals for the underwater area. 🤔

Very nice!

Spaghetti Monster - UNS 45S Riparium With some continued observations and thought, I've decided to shuffle several setups around. My Tufa Waterfall Biotope is going into a bigger tank, leaving this UNS 45S on its 80-20 aluminum stand free for a new project. This aquarium is a perfect size...

Thanks for reading! I'll get a video up at some point. I deleted my Instagram account and also managed to lose my phone somewhere, so I don't have easy video upload right now. But I'll get on it.

I think I have a pretty good plant concept for this setup. I've been researching and rounding up plants that grow in seagrass ecosystems, but more in the upstream areas of estuaries with moderate salinity around 10-15ppt. This is the kind of habitat and flora you might find in Indian River...

Maybe Potamogeton perfoliatus is a relatively easy one. I do hope to collect some more wild species from the area around here this summer and try in a dedicated freshwater tank. I've rounded up several more of the things from the list. The Eleocharis parvula came as tissue culture, while...

Horses' Teeth - Desert Vernal Pool This project is subject to change, but I have some hardscape in the tank and a few ideas. For another recent build I used a sandstone slab that I just found to be very dramatic and appealing. So I decided to try something similar in a different enclosure. The...

Everything looks very happy in there! Very nice colors and textures. Impressive growth in a no-CO2 tank.

I've made some more progress here. There is sand in the tank. The updated paddle design swivels on the rod spindle from the gantry plate. A short peg at the top of the paddle indexes with a part on the spindle to control the degrees of rotation through each paddle stroke. Here I set it up so...

Crypts are the best of all aquarium plants IMO.