Hello from Germany

[Teleos]

I've been reading this forum for some time. I have several aquariums myself. You could also say one or two too many. There are some gaps in my English, but I´m quite good in reading this language.
I started again 5 years ago with these water-filled glass containers. During this time I read a lot of scientific papers about aquaponics, aquaculture and sewage treatment technology. And of course endless posts in several forums.
I prefer aquariums with the simplest technology possible. Plants grow in all of them, sometimes more and sometimes a little less well. Most of the time it actually works very well. I call this whole thing "Clearwater Compost Sewage". In short CCS. 😉

Now I'll learn a little more English and then get back to this forum.

 

[hypnogogia]

Willkommen! 👋

 

[Teleos]

Danke!

 

[sparkyweasel]

Welcome! 🙂

 

[Teleos]

Thanks. 🙂


I can see that I'm talking too much. So here is an excerpt from one of my tanks. You can see the two real owners and above them a very tiny Ancistrus sp. mini. This tiny Ancistrus is a sister of the lower left male Ancistrus. It is an adult (!) female. I have a total of three of them. All females. The larger males don't want to breed with them. These females are simply far too small.

 

[PARAGUAY]

Welcome to UKAPS

 

[Miniandy]

Welcome!

 

[FrozenShivers]

Welcome, nice picture!

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I started again 5 years ago with these water-filled glass containers. During this time I read a lot of scientific papers about aquaponics, aquaculture and sewage treatment technology.

I actually think looking at much more eutrophic systems gives you a different perspective and allows you to concentrate on the important parameters.

.... I think everyone should visit a <"sewage works">, <anaerobic digester> or <"landfill"> at least once.

<"In aquaponics"> the fundamentals are the same as a in the planted aquarium, you just have more of everything. You might be interested in this thread <"Correspondence with Dr Ryan Newton - School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee">.

Cheers Darrel

 

[Cazza]

Hello there!

 

[Teleos]

Hi all,

I actually think looking at much more eutrophic systems gives you a different perspective and allows you to concentrate on the important parameters.

Hi Darrel, hi all
I would call the aquaponics people the Fish ’n’ Crops or the Fish ’n’ Tomatos guys.😀
You can learn a lot from aquaponics. However, I would not go so far as to eat my fish.

<"In aquaponics"> the fundamentals are the same as a in the planted aquarium, you just have more of everything. You might be interested in this thread <"Correspondence with Dr Ryan Newton - School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee">.

Cheers Darrel

Many thanks for the link. I have already read it. I am very amazed at the deep conversation with scientists. Very remarkable.


Cheers Bernd

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I would not go so far as to eat my fish.

We may have a thread for you: <"Presents..">.

Many thanks for the link. I have already read it. I am very amazed at the deep conversation with scientists.

We have been incredibly fortunate that a number of academics have replied to us: <"Correspondence with the Neufeld lab. University of Waterloo"> & <"Dr Timothy Hovanec's comments about Bacterial supplements">.

I'd also guess that there are a number of European Universities active in the same field.

cheers Darrel

 

[Teleos]

Hi all,

We may have a thread for you: <"Presents..">.

Hi Darrell,
I prefer crunchy frogs and larks' tongues in aspic. 😉

cheers

 

[Teleos]

Another tank. Another picture. This is my most expensive pleco food. Echinodorus Iguazu 2009. Maybe I will make a journal. With better pictures.

 

[Teleos]

The view from above. Each tank looks something like this. I`m sorry, I have no duckweed. Only salvinia auriculata. For more information, see the Duckweed Index here.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I`m sorry, I have no duckweed.

Yes, Duckweed (Lemna spp.) can be a bit of a "mixed blessing" - <"Curious case of no Nitrates? Expert opinion needed.">.

I'd already christened the <"Duckweed Index"> as the "Duckweed Index" before I started using Amazon Frogbit (Limnobium (Hydrocharis) laevigatum), but, with hind-sight, a re-christening as the <"Frogbit Index"> would have been a good idea.

Only salvinia auriculata

They look really healthy. Salvinia "auriculata group" works just as well (<"possibly even better">) for nutrient removal, the main issue is that the hydrophobic hairs make <"judging leaf colour"> more difficult.

You can definitely "starve" Salvinia out with <"very low nutrients">, but I'm guessing that this isn't an issue for 99% of people, and its very fast potential growth rate under high nutrient conditions is definitely a plus point.

cheers Darrel

 

[Little]

+1 to relaunching as Frogbit Index but better yet, call it bio buoyant testing.
Future proofs for multi floater systems and can enable a product (zip bag of mixed floaters and colour charts) as it’s not in use currently.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

+1 to relaunching as Frogbit Index but better yet, call it bio buoyant testing.

We have a thread ....... <"NA Style ADA 60P">.

Future proofs for multi floater systems

I have a range of floating plants in the tanks, partially because some do better in some of the tanks and than others. In most cases don't really know the reason for this, although I assume it is mainly that these tanks <"are too lean"> for the more vigorous ones.

and can enable a product (zip bag of mixed floaters and colour charts)

It might work. I'm not going to go down that particular route, but you are more than welcome to try it.

The entrepreneurial option, that I think would work, is <"Secret Ingredient Soup">.

cheers Darrel

 

[Teleos]

Another picture of the first tank. Now with Malawa Shrimp (Caridina pareparensis parvidentata). And of course the small adult female plecos.
Once the Malawa Shrimps have settled in, they take control of everything in the tank that is still somehow edible. I only have very few snails in the tank as they are too slow eaters.

 

[Teleos]

And now for something completely different. I'm sorry, but there is no Pleco in this tank.

This is a 12 litre tank. Its only purpose is to keep the two Bucephalandra sp. alive until I know what I'm going to do with them. The tank was started in September. I think it will only stay for a few more days (or weeks). Although it is running very stable and both shrimps and snails have settled in well. The plants are all in very good condition. No algae and other unwanted things.




At the moment there are also some Guppys swimming in the tank for observation. Together with some shrimps and snails. Biologically, everything is held together by plants from other tanks such as Hornwort and Guppygras. The water in the tank also comes from an older, stable tank and is replaced 50% twice a week. Apart from light, there is no other technology in this tank.