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  1. hydrophyte

    Spaghetti Monster - UNS 45S Riparium

    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. 🤔
  2. hydrophyte

    Spaghetti Monster - UNS 45S Riparium

    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...
  3. hydrophyte

    Horses' Teeth - Desert Vernal Pool

    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...
  4. hydrophyte

    Biding Time (22 gal, no CO2)

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

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Thanks for having a look! I have more updates on the way. I might add livestock pretty soon.
  6. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Update. Good development of the epilithon—I have learned this term as more correct in comparison with periphyton—with at least four different things growing in a nice patchwork mosaic. The filamentous green Cyanobacterium in microscopy images above. This kind of looks like a hair algae Green...
  7. hydrophyte

    Tufa Waterfall Aquarium Biotope

    Day 16 Update. Some of these things are responding. Requiring cooler temps, humidity and very clean water, wild mosses from my temperate climate area usually grow poorly indoors, but there is noticeable new green foliage on the possible Cratoneuron that I found covering most of the waterfall...
  8. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    I picked up some Ceratophyllum at the LFS and it's currently in a culture tank with some other stuff. Maybe I'll put some in this setup, but at this point I'm enjoying the periphyton development as the main focus. If I decide to add the Hornwort or other plant a bit later, I'll use a bleach dip...
  9. hydrophyte

    Tufa Waterfall Aquarium Biotope

    I got the Moss and Algae planted in here a week ago. I don't see much growth yet, but they look OK. They're still green. I'll try to share a photo update soon. Meanwhile here's a pretty cool mechanism that should be a more durable option in comparison with a peristaltic pump for low-flow...
  10. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Any other ideas among plants I might be able to find as tissue culture? It's easy to imagine a common aquarium alga riding in with plants and growing to become dominant on the stone slab. I want to maintain the Green Lake mixed culture as pure as possible. I only see Egeria, Elodea and...
  11. hydrophyte

    Little 20l AIO

    Looking good!
  12. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Update - Day 37 The Green Lake periphyton continues pretty nice development. There are patches of the brown Cyanobacterium with vigorous oxygen bubble generation and presumably calcium carbonate precipitation. The weedy Diatom dies back and melts away wherever this organism establishes. I...
  13. hydrophyte

    3000 Liter High Tech Planted Tank

    Stunning! Really very nice! Well done!
  14. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    It would be interesting to know the conductivity TDS of that water. I bet it could make a real mess of home plumbing if drawn from a well. In many tufa waterfalls the tufa formation seems to be biologically mediated in part through action of photosynthesizers and other organisms. But in some...
  15. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Update - Day 29 Coming along! As anticipated, the weedy pioneer Diatom is beginning to melt away. For a week or so I was dismayed to see it growing all over the periphyton material introduced to the tank, but I now see new active growth from most of the obvious things that I had added. The...
  16. hydrophyte

    Sumido

    Wow nice!
  17. hydrophyte

    Tufa Waterfall Aquarium Biotope

    I was going to ask you about ID characters. The next time I have the microscope out I'll prepare some better slides. There is also a second species that has more of a Cushion Moss form. Above tank photos are from a couple of weeks ago. While turning everything on for the first time I...
  18. hydrophyte

    Tufa Waterfall Aquarium Biotope

    Thanks for this tip! I've looked around a bit more and searches for tufa waterfall biota for the UK and Europe yield a lot more than for here. Thanks! Here's a couple pics in its more permanent spot and a water test. The waterfall feature is lava rock, which isn't exactly representative. But...
  19. hydrophyte

    Tufa Waterfall Aquarium Biotope

    Tufa Waterfall Aquarium Biotope Last fall I had an opportunity to visit a local tufa waterfall. In this very unique natural feature, new tufa rock forms where calcium and bicarbonate-enriched water tumbles down a cliff face. Water agitation causes rapid CO2 off-gassing, dropping pH and...
  20. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Update - Day 18 Here's a quick update. There's quite a lot of this brown dusty Diatoms all over the top of the stone slab. This did not come with the field samples but was instead already growing here in a few spots before I added them. I had tried to keep substrates and the tank surfaces as...
  21. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    Well this project was put aside and I haven't made any more progress with it. I'm thinking about picking it up again, though. I have that top that I made special with the IR LEDs that runs well. My current new favorite idea is the Opea Ula shrimp, but using a small microbial wild field...
  22. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Those videos are really something to see and thanks for sharing the links! Among my favorite things to do is browse evolutionary/taxonomic relationship entries on Wikipedia. It looks as though order Charales (consisting of two families, Characeae and Feistiellaceae [elsewhere lumped together as...
  23. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    A few summers ago I went snorkeling in the little pond where I learned how to swim many decades ago and found the bottom to be covered in Chara bank to to bank. I think there must be a mineral spring at the bottom of that pond because the water is very clear and the Chara were pearling like mad...
  24. hydrophyte

    Wandering

    Lovely little setup! This has only been going for ten days? It looks mature already.
  25. hydrophyte

    Utricularia nano shallow, 36x22x18cm

    Envious every time I see these rocks.
  26. hydrophyte

    Biding Time (22 gal, no CO2)

    Looking good! I like that first tank so stuffed full of crypts.
  27. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Here are five distinct things I sampled from the mixed culture for microscopy while transferring material to the display tank. Photographs were captured at 100x, 250x and 2500x magnification... I was extremely pleased to see this Chara sp. Macroalga pop up in the mixed culture. I hope I can...
  28. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Exciting! It took a few days and I had to use to CO2, but I got almost 92 grams (leaving just a little sediment on the bottom of the pail at the end) of the Green Lake salt blend to dissolve into about 56 liters of RO to make this very hard water... There has been excellent periphyton growth...
  29. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Actually the tank is currently just filled with tapwater. It finally dawned on me that instead of measuring out individual portion salt blends, I can just make a big batch, then use the scale to take 16L portions from that for mixing in a 5-gallon pail. I've been thinking about this thing...
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    Garden standing around…

    Wow very nice!
  31. hydrophyte

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef

    Green Lake, New York - Building a Freshwater Microbialite Reef This is a biotope journal thread continuation of an another discussion I started right over here.. Approximating and Maintaining Water Chemistry of a Meromictic Lake It took me a while to figure out a tank configuration and...
  32. hydrophyte

    Borneo stream DOOA H36 mizukusa mistwall60

    Such a great setup. Astounding moss growth on the wall area!
  33. hydrophyte

    1m TANK

    Nice setup. Well done! It goes really nice with room décor also. What is setting? It looks like a posh resort or hotel.
  34. hydrophyte

    A pine root planted randomness

    Absolute stunner! Wow!
  35. hydrophyte

    Overstocked oak?

    Cool to see that Java Fern so big and robust like that. Really reaching its potential.
  36. hydrophyte

    30cm cube tank

    Very nice!
  37. hydrophyte

    180 Gallon Journey

    Amazing!
  38. hydrophyte

    Remanso . . .

    Happy fish in there! Where did you get that Spathiphyllum pot?
  39. hydrophyte

    Rise (ADA 90p)

    This is cool!
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    Garden standing around…

    Fantastic! Top notch! I love it!
  41. hydrophyte

    Aquael Ultrascape 90

    No pics real handy, but I've found a round Dremel cutting tool to be real handy for shaping natural contours and textures into a sawn branch end...
  42. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    This thing is pretty cool... The SOARS uses a paddle wave generator in combination with blowers to move air around simulating winds. But I've also wondered about aquarium wave or ripple generation with air flow. This could energize the tank with anything-but-impeller water motion and indeed...
  43. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    I've started on another new project involving microbially-mediated precipitation of CaCO3 and rock formation, but this one is going to be freshwater. This is going to be another view-from-above aquascape in a shallow tank and I have my eye on these two enclosures... UNS 60S - 10 Gallon Ultra...
  44. hydrophyte

    Sumido

    Dynamic! Excellent tension already between the two stump features. I love that pendant light!
  45. hydrophyte

    60cm tank , August 2022 to August 2023

    I really like this rock layout!
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    Ripple Tank

    Made some headway with the electronics... The mini screen will display a rotary encoder menu with digital HIGH & LOW and current for the electromagnet. It was quite a tight fit making the connections on that 1/2-breadboard. I still have to fit three more on there for the electromagnet...
  47. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    Needs a top hat though...
  48. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    Thanks so much for following along! I'm eager to hang up the Kessil for clearer ripple shadows and reflections. I'll try to have more updates on the way soon.
  49. hydrophyte

    90L Superfish Scaper Iwagumi

    Cool setup!
  50. hydrophyte

    First aquarium Planted Flex 57

    Looking good! Much better than my first attempts, that's for sure. Keep the updates coming!
  51. hydrophyte

    Amano shrimp breeding project bis

    This looks like an interesting discussion to read through. Im pondering a brackish setup mainly for Ghost Shrimp (Palaemonetes paludosus) which we can get over here as feeders for just $.25 each. I've found some conflicting information about their care. Apparently they need brackish conditions...
  52. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    Took me all night but I got sand substrate and plants into the tank. I also put together an in-tank filter design I've had in mind. Instagram reel... Pics...
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    Ripple Tank

    While I wait for the plants to grow back and for the stain to leach out of the spiderwood and while I decide on a sand substrate, I should try to figure out more interesting electromagnet program options; just a plain single speed will get boring. One option would be a more varied program with...
  54. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    For a group order, maybe also send me a PM and I will look for the lowest shipping rate I can find so you can get the best value. Hey but how about these ripples?! It makes ripples!
  55. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    Yes that's right. 😉 The Tank Planters work real nice for situations like this. Although some plants do not like to be in such a small pot. Crypts however do grow well in them.
  56. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    The lid screws on. The plastic is like a clear PET material. The substrate is included with the 4-pack and it's like an Aquasoil pelletized soil.
  57. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    You can also get them direct from the seller's Website.... Tank Planters Foliage Kit 4-pack
  58. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    https://www.etsy.com/listing/582262610/tank-planters-foliage-kit-4-pack?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=aqua+verdi&ref=sr_gallery-1-3&frs=1&sts=1&local_signal_search=1&organic_search_click=1
  59. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    The planting will primarily be these Cryptocoryne lucens to nestle in amongst the root structure in the background. I've planted them in Tank Planters to keep the sand nice and clean.. They can't really spread at all, but crypts grow well in these... The foliage had melted off in the rather...
  60. hydrophyte

    Aquael Ultrascape 90

    Tank looks really just like that empty. That background is really slick. Maybe you can start a new aquascaping style🤣🤣
  61. hydrophyte

    Ripple Tank

    Ripple Tank This is a continuation of another discussion where I explained a few steps in developing a water ripple mechanism for use with an aquarium, a project in turn following my water wave machine as kinetic water sculpture integrated with a planted aquascape. Like wave tanks, ripple...
  62. hydrophyte

    DOOA Shallow Pond - 30x18x12

    Really nice! Everything is so clean and crisp. What is the grassy above-water plant?
  63. hydrophyte

    55 Litre high energy aquascape

    Very nice setup! Happy plants in there!
  64. hydrophyte

    Remanso . . .

    Cool plant choices! I'll be interested to hear how the Marsh Marigold does. I've grown a couple of different Cyperus like this emergent in riparium planters and they did very well. They do however need vertical space to reach up. They tend to grow twice as tall under artificial lighting in...
  65. hydrophyte

    Consistency Deficiency

    Happy fish in there!
  66. hydrophyte

    Remanso . . .

    That stainless tray solution is brilliant! I have wondered about something like that, but could not come up with a very good way to build it. Really interested to see the performance!
  67. hydrophyte

    A pine root planted randomness

    Glorious! Amazing!
  68. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    Thanks folks for the views and the likes. No new updates yet, but I hope to make some progress with this setup this weekend.
  69. hydrophyte

    Aquascaper 900 - Comeback Lockdown Tank :)

    Cool project! I should read back through this pages because it looks like you have some good details on hardware, automation, DIY, etc. Any updates?
  70. hydrophyte

    Shallow Iwagumi

    Looking good!
  71. hydrophyte

    Garden standing around…

    Love this setup.
  72. hydrophyte

    Shallow Iwagumi

    Very nice. Very nice size and shape. I'm thinking about a new setup with a UNS 60S, which I think is similar dimensions.
  73. hydrophyte

    JB - 90P

    Seems like this is something that ADA could design right into their stainless filters. Would still require a thermistor and controller however.
  74. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    I got the buck converter/LED driver hung up with my bracket assembly. The larger unit below is the microcontroller + stepper driver that runs the wave machine for my other project.
  75. hydrophyte

    ‘Phœnix’ , 45x27x30cm.

    Really nice coordination of red foliage with red fish. Perfect!
  76. hydrophyte

    JB - 90P

    What I meant was that you could try wrapping a heat mat around the filter. Probably wouldn't be very efficient, though.
  77. hydrophyte

    JB - 90P

    It would wreck the stainless steel aesthetic, but could be interesting to try a reptile heat mat. I've also wondered about heating a tank with a IR heat lamp. Might be terribly inefficient, though. Equipment manufactures really ought to come up with some better aquarium heater technologies...
  78. hydrophyte

    Plant Evolution - Shallow 20G

    Plant Evolution - Shallow 20G Riparium This is another project I've procrastinated with forever, but last night I finally made some headway. I have a few other aquarium and terrarium setups incorporating natural history and science themes. This one is intended to explore the idea of plant...
  79. hydrophyte

    A pine root planted randomness

    Gorgeous setup and planting!
  80. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    I finally got the ABS lid with hardware mostly all bolted together. This doesn't look like much, but it took me all night to round up these little parts and assemble everything. Components: 740nm LED strip ultrasonic fogger with water reservoir airline + wires port 3W white LED mini...
  81. hydrophyte

    Garden standing around…

    Expert level! Wow! The mid-century decor especially this wallpaper and that clock coordinates your scape and tank hardware perfectly.
  82. hydrophyte

    SirBuce's Yellow Moss Tank (20L)

    Really nice. I'm picturing in my mind a setup in a broad & shallow tank, but with moss-covered stones like those suspended above the water surface and with a simple rounded stone layout and no plants as the underwater scape.
  83. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    Yes it certainly would be exciting to explore this idea. Actually I am further west, but cave fauna is interesting here because we are in the Driftless Area, the area of the Midwest that was spared glaciation but glaciated at different times at least once on all sides. (Public Domain image...
  84. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    Yes you are right. Freshwater Isopods might be another possibility. I can collect Caecidotea from the lake right here. Such a small volume of water however will only have space for a small group of Neocaridina. If this project works out well I may however consider a bigger enclosure with more...
  85. hydrophyte

    SirBuce's Yellow Moss Tank (20L)

    Really nice moss growth on those rocks. So are they just covered to maintain humidity, or do you mist them as well? This looks like a great method. You got such even, dense growth.
  86. hydrophyte

    Slow 60 (ADA 60p low tech)

    Happy plants in there!
  87. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    Yeah cave exploration as well. I live near an area with a lot of natural caves and we have a caving club in the area too.
  88. hydrophyte

    SirBuce's Yellow Moss Tank (20L)

    Lovely setup. I really like that dry-start method moss on rocks. I don't think I've seen it done like that before.
  89. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    I'm thinking more about livestock ideas to guide the next steps. I could just make this a microbes + plants dedicated setup, but it would be interesting to also incorporate animals. Any thoughts the reader might have would be appreciated. There are not a whole lot of cave animals in the hobby...
  90. hydrophyte

    Baby steps - (Caridina shrimp tanks)

    Cool plant choices!
  91. hydrophyte

    Nature aquarium dragon wood

    Cool setup! I like all the hardware and nice wood selection, too.
  92. hydrophyte

    Jungle aquascape

    Looks like a fun project!
  93. hydrophyte

    Pygmy Island - 60P high-tech

    Really nice. Well done!
  94. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    Update! I cut out a top with the router. Actually there are a couple mistakes here and I will need to redo this part, but I can bolt and wire the lighting and other components with this to get the tank started and then just make an update later on. This textured ABS sheet looks really sharp as...
  95. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    Thanks for reading! I assembled a temporary light-proof cover to go over the dark portion of the tank. This is just paper foam-core material, but I will use it to design a permanent cover in black acrylic or ABS sheet. In addition to a narrow transparent strip on top lining up with the light...
  96. hydrophyte

    Cave Environment - Infrared Photosynthesis - Bookshelf 6G

    I've built a strip with the 740nm LEDs. Of course the instructions packed with the driver/converter are pretty confusing, so I haven't really been able to figure out the current adjustment. I should be able to get three times this much light intensity with the maximum specified current. I'll...
  97. hydrophyte

    1200L High Tech Planted Tank

    Stunner! Amazing!
  98. hydrophyte

    A pine root planted randomness

    Very nice! Following along!
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