I spray trees in Canada ... You need to order talstar P and spray it with a pump sprayer ... They are gypsy moths they love Oaks... I use a gas power backpack sprayer is what I use a tomahawk brand mix and spray the trees ...... The trees will come back but if they keep getting hammered they will die ... The kill the bark ...
Guppies/ mosquito fish... Another food source that could produce some food for the smaller bass. The females produce 6 to 30 babies every 28 days. They will very quickly fill that 300g tank with hundreds. In a few months a breeding colony will form then it could be added to the wetlands filter. I believe they were a mystery fish that had showed up. So they are already in the ecosystem.
The plant is Hydrocotyle umbellata is an aquatic plant that thrives in wet, sandy habitat. I have it in my pond wetlands, and my aquarium, it can grow underwater. It’s also edible, has a lot of wonderful health benefits. Can be eaten in salads, has a peppery taste. It can grow fast but just keep an eye on it as it does benefits fish, animals and insects.
Have Bonnie and Clyde been spotted on the RFID scanners? If so it would be a cool segment to gather the data on where they hang out the most and try to catch them to see where they are at development wise.
Yellownecked caterpillars are black caterpillars with thin longitudinal yellow stripes and some fine white hairs. The head is black and a plate just behind the head is yellow-orange. Eggs are laid in clusters of about 100 so there may be many individuals on a single tree. YNC caterpillars feed for about 4 weeks and tend to remain together. Mature larvae are about 2 inches long. Most of the damage is done in August and September. These caterpillars also feed on oak and other hardwoods. YNC overwinters in the soil as pupae. They are considered pests and will decimate shade, and fruit trees.
put a tarp below that caterpillar tree, and use one of those vibrating machines that shakes the trunk of the tree. collect the caterpillars and feed the bass
@@mich421 those are yellow-necked caterpillar moths. They have hairs, but they do not sting or anything. They will eat oak, birch,willow, and anything in the malus genus, which is apples and crabapples. The fish would love them. They naturally eat them all the time when they fall off of willow trees near ponds.
You could turn the 300 gallon tank in to a place to breed prawns to save you some money and get lots of food for the bass. Not to mention it would be cool to see the prawns growing.
I said it in a reply to BamaBass's pinned comment at the top, but I'll say it here too: I think it would be really cool to turn the tank into a saltwater coral habitat for an octopus. They are crazy intelligent, have distinct personalities, and that tank is the perfect place for such an addition to their family and the channel.
I absolutely love watching this channel. I live in San Diego California and I look forward to seeing these videos because it allows me to enjoy the country life while I’m stuck in this concrete jungle. I’m an avid bass fisherman love saltwater fishing as well, but as you know, we don’t get deer or the kind of wildlife that you do out there. It’s an absolutely amazing way for me to escape every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you for posting.
Those a Gypsy moth caterpillars, invasive species. Big issue where I’m from in Ontario Canada. We use sticky tape to stop them from climbing up the tree or some ppl use mesh net to prevent them coming up. They will eventually kill the tree and spread to everything In the area. There is treatments for it but we find the some super sticky tape rlly does wonders
I thought they looked familiar. Gypsy caterpillars used to kill lots of trees in upstate New York when I was a kid. One approach was to put a kind of tape on the trunks to prevent them climbing the tree. The state used to spray as well.
I'm pretty sure I could listen to you read the phonebook dude; your voice is so incredibly soothing. Add to that your amazing content, and you're an instant click when I see that you've posted. GOD bless you, your beautiful family, and anything you touch.
There are two organic controls for the caterpillars. Capt. Jack's Dead Bug Brew from Bonide is one. The product is sprayed on the foliage. As the pest ingest it, their nervous system is affected and they stop feeding. The second is called Bacillus thuringiensis or BT. It's used the same way and will stop the infestation. Physical removal will be very effective too. Defoliation one year is usually not enough to kill and oak tree, but it would benefit with a balanced fertilizer in the spring. Wasps are a positive, they will eat some of the pest insects. Physical removal will help along with fertilization and watering. This is just my two cents as a garden dude.
I agree. Defoliation is usually not going to kill the tree; the tree will die if there are other issues. Knock down or spray the caterpillar nests with water. There are several different caterpillars that feed on oak trees so you should identify what type they are. Most aren't too bad but gypsy moth can be a serious problem. A healthy tree will be able to resist pests and recover quicker if defoliated. I would only use chemicals as a last resort.
Those look like gypsy moth caterpillars. If so, they can decimate whole stands of trees. They particularly love oak trees. The trees may survive having all the leaves eaten off once or twice, but each attack weakens the tree. Sooner or later, if it keeps happening, the tree will die.
i've had problems with these in the past. if you double up a piece of burlap and use some string to tie it around the base of the trunk it will prevent the caterpilars from climbing the trunk and eating the leaves. natural solution to the problem.
I usually dislike largemouth, spotted, smallmouth bass and fishing for them but every time I watch one of BamaBass' videos it makes me love them so much as a fish because you learn so much about them up close and personal thanks to the pond/ponds.
My dad had a 5 acre pond when I was younger. What times! We used to catch bullfrogs by going up to the pond banks from a row boat at night and mesmerizing them with a flashlight.
The weed is either dollarweed or dichondra. To tell them apart look at where the stem attaches to the leaf. If it attaches in the center, it's dollarweed, if it's on the edge it's dichondra. Dollarweed spreads fast, you'll want to control it fast before it gets established.
Tyler found the correct mystery plant species in the comments. :) Kidney-leaf mud plantain (Heteranthera reniformis) Non invasive. Will bloom blue and purple to white flowers. Kidney leaf mud plantain is a water weed that forms dense mats in shallow freshwater and on damp soil at the water’s edge. Kidney leaf mud plantain:
So this is what heaven looks like??? Loved your video and I will be seeking out more of them. Thanks for providing me with some healthy mental stimulation.
I may have said this before if I did it's worth saying again thank your wife sooo much for her support I know it cant be easy sharing all your time fishing and video's ect. May God bless her and all your family!!!! Thanks you for all your hard work!!! As you already know you make so many of us so happy watching your videos!!!
Those caterpillars are Contracted Datana. Hopefully the tree did enough photosynthesis to be good throughout the winter since it's later in the season. Should collect a bunch of those caterpillars as easy bait for the fish.
@MsSaudm I believe tent caterpillars hatch from nest in the Spring, not the Fall. I also think they feed on fruit trees, not oak trees. They also aren't white and black striped like these. I could be wrong though.
I completely agree with this identification, the long black and white stripes, lack of any dots along the body, and orange colored prolegs. You can definitely collect some to use for bait, but the tree should be mostly fine since it's nearly fall already and it's already had most of the season to photosynthesize. As a general rule, even aggressive native species rarely kill or severely damage their host plants. Most of the notorious species known for killing trees, are all invasive, like the spongy moth Also, if you're worried, it's fairly easy to shake them off, and then they can be set out some distance away for the birds. Robins particularly love them
I have an idea for the tank! Turn it into a breeding station for your prawns. Instead of buying a new batch every season, just set it up to breed your own.
Hey Bama, up here in Canada we call those catapillar canker worms, they kill off tons of trees up here in cycles and usually get quite bad in early summer, to get rid of them take a spray bottle and mix in some sort of cooking oil with some vinegar and water, the worms breath through their skin so when you spray them with this mixture it suffocates them which will save the tree in the end, good luck!
You should put a prawn in the aquarium and a bunch of small fish who would get along with it / fit into the ecosystem. Or do a coral reef tank and have live coral, an anemone, some clownfish and other reef fish. Reef tanks are some of the best looking tanks imo.
Contracted Datana are those caterpillars. Since it's later in the season, hopefully the tree completed enough photosynthesis to be healthy during the winter. It would be wise to gather several of those caterpillars to use as simple fish bait.
Love to see a gar in the pond. They are an under-appreciated fish in NA waters, and they look intimidating just hanging around if you get a good-sized one.
Use soapy water sprayed with a nozzle on a hose. It’s the best natural way to get the catapillers out of the oak trees for good! They hate soap texture.
For the 300 gallon tank I’d recommend starting a Sunfish family, tank. I have 4 tanks that have Longears, Dollar, Warmouth, Bantam, Redear, Redbreast, Northern, Orange, Blue, and Red Spotted Sunfish.
Hello BAMABASS, love your videos. Look foward to the next one whenever you put it out. Tent caterpillars it looks like to me. They can eat all the leaves off a tree in days and move on to the next one. It can weaken your tree so it cant photosynthise and can kill it. The adult moth will lay their eggs on the next and next tree and you have to break the cycle. BT is an effective insectercide.
Gypsy Moth caterpillars can be controlled if you wrap the trunk with a burlap skirt that snares them with it's fibers. Just use a long and wide piece of burlap made of jute. Tie it around the trunk and then fold it over to make a conical skirt looking collar about 4 or 5 feet above the ground. It will prevent the gypsy moth caterpillars from getting up to the branches.
I would definetly get a larger stock tank for those shrimp. Those puppies get huge and the larger surface area would allow for more algae for them, probably why some are small since not all are getting equal amounts of food
Those caterpillars will kill your tree. It's not creating any energy right now, but it's also not hibernating, so it'll be a decent effect. There's some good organic treatments you can use that takes good care of them
The last time i watched this channel you were just making the prawn pond and got your first shipment of prawns...man it has changed a lot prawn pond and the waterfall and shallow area are all awesome!! It has been my dream to own land and make a big pond and do exactly what you have done!! Your tagging system is really cool! Do you ever catch the fish and eat them or are they all pets at this point lol.
17:10 I worry it is some American Lotus growing, they like to take over shallow areas. Also, those look like tent caterpillars, they can do a lot of damage to trees but don't generally kill them. Google says you can spray them with insecticide or just wait until winter and trim off their silk cocoons to get rid of them if you decide to go the more aggressive route, best of luck on deciding. Thanks for the videos!
I think the caterpillars are Lymantria dispar, spongy moths (sometimes called Gypsy moth). If so, they are a really destructive invasive species. If they take hold in an area, they can really damage your trees - not just the oaks you planted. You won’t get rid of them entirely, but there are a few things you can do. Here’s a nice article from Country Living in the treatment process. Note that the name has changed to Spongy Moth because the former common name is derogatory.
A salt water tank with a decorator crab would be amazing. I had one once and he was the most fantastic thing I ever saw. Always sticking pieces of the rocks and reef and plants to himself for disguise.
Turn the aquarium into a prawn tank. I had some ghost shrimp back in the day, they were pretty cool little guys to watch, they'd always interact with you when you come by, and fun when it was feeding time lol.
Anyone else loooove numbers and spreadsheets and would highly enjoy looking at the tracker sheets and making little tracking lines of the fish?? Sounds amazing
Thank you for posting I look forward to these videos so much always a first click without question!!!!! Crazy how fast time flys I remember the Bonnie and Clyde music when it was just aquarium videos again thank you for all the hard work and time you put into these videos!!!!
You should turn the tank into a breeding tank for the Prawns. That way you can catch a few of the biggest Prawns and put them in there to breed and get a load of new prawns for you. Even mature trees will die if they get all the leave eaten for long enough. If you don't want the tree to die, you should remove the critters eating it. As the tree will be extremely stressed having so few leaves and will be drawing mostly from its root reserves of nutrients. But without leaves it can't photosynthesis so it will not grow properly and slowly die if it continues. I had a large tree that was easily over 150 years old get killed off because critters ate its leaves faster than it could grow them for a number of years.
I looked this up and it’s leaf and stem are not attached all the way around like a Dollar weed. It’s attached more like a Dichondra, however I could not identify it as either species when I was comparing and identifying the plant. It’s not an American Lotus or Golden water Poppy either.
Just watched a video about people who plant Wollemi Pines to try to save the species (an ancient tree that only survives in few numbers in a specific valley in Australia), and I thought something like that would be a really cool project for your farm.
The new fawns should named BAM & BEE . The 300 gallon tank you should mix it up and show the growth of the prawn over time with the feeding. I think it would be interesting to see the growth of an introduced food source. The doe should be named Flipidy Flopitdy.
I would love to see you do a saltwater tank with your 300 gallon. Your ability to take a deep dive into every subject you tackle and show all the details as well as what you learn from trial and error , I think would be very beneficial to the hobby!!! Plus dive into something brand new for you and the family!
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I spray trees in Canada ... You need to order talstar P and spray it with a pump sprayer ... They are gypsy moths they love Oaks... I use a gas power backpack sprayer is what I use a tomahawk brand mix and spray the trees ...... The trees will come back but if they keep getting hammered they will die ... The kill the bark ...
@BamaBass The baby deer names hanging with their mom the Doe... Re (Rae) and Mi (Me) obviously.
Water plant looks like Frogbit or Hydrocharis
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Breed some of your prawns in your 300 gallon tank that would be so cool
I was thinking the same thing.
Guppies/ mosquito fish... Another food source that could produce some food for the smaller bass. The females produce 6 to 30 babies every 28 days. They will very quickly fill that 300g tank with hundreds. In a few months a breeding colony will form then it could be added to the wetlands filter. I believe they were a mystery fish that had showed up. So they are already in the ecosystem.
Great idea
Came here to say this!!
Good idea!
Man, what a life and spread you live. Congrats on your achievements for this sanctuary you created.
I was just thinking the same thing. What a way to wake up in the morning and to go to sleep too at night. Definitely an envious lifestyle.
Brackish water breeder tank for the prawns
Yes
Literally was thinking that
This is the way!
The plant is Hydrocotyle umbellata is an aquatic plant that thrives in wet, sandy habitat. I have it in my pond wetlands, and my aquarium, it can grow underwater. It’s also edible, has a lot of wonderful health benefits. Can be eaten in salads, has a peppery taste. It can grow fast but just keep an eye on it as it does benefits fish, animals and insects.
Have Bonnie and Clyde been spotted on the RFID scanners?
If so it would be a cool segment to gather the data on where they hang out the most and try to catch them to see where they are at development wise.
I agree!
It's been a while since we had any update on Bonnie and Clyde
I came here to ask if Bonnie or Clyde ever get caught in the scanners too. It would be nice to see their swim by scan data.
I was just going to ask if they have been spotted as well.
GREAT IDEA
I was wondering the same and was scanning the list to see if they were there. Didn't see them.
Yellownecked caterpillars are black caterpillars with thin longitudinal yellow stripes and some fine white hairs. The head is black and a plate just behind the head is yellow-orange. Eggs are laid in clusters of about 100 so there may be many individuals on a single tree. YNC caterpillars feed for about 4 weeks and tend to remain together. Mature larvae are about 2 inches long. Most of the damage is done in August and September. These caterpillars also feed on oak and other hardwoods. YNC overwinters in the soil as pupae. They are considered pests and will decimate shade, and fruit trees.
😂 that's so random
they can trigger an allergic reaction!
don't remove them without mask and gloves!
be careful!
@@Robotchicken443Why? He asked if anyone knew what kind of caterpillars they are. I was specifically looking for this answer 😅
@robknorr yeah I was early in the vid when I checked comments and saw that just thought I was funny
@@Robotchicken443 I get it 😄🙃
put a tarp below that caterpillar tree, and use one of those vibrating machines that shakes the trunk of the tree. collect the caterpillars and feed the bass
All the trees except the one that has the wasp nest. 😀
But some caterpillars have stinging hairs (like these appear to have) or poison so they could be harmful to fish.
@@mich421 those are yellow-necked caterpillar moths. They have hairs, but they do not sting or anything. They will eat oak, birch,willow, and anything in the malus genus, which is apples and crabapples. The fish would love them. They naturally eat them all the time when they fall off of willow trees near ponds.
@@kcrosbie Yeah burn that one. lol
Yeah those machines cost thousands of dollars
You should set up a collab with the SloMo Guys!!! Get some high quality bass feeding action at 100000000 frames per second :D
You sir are a genius!
that would be the dullest thing going, at that speed it would take forever to watch a vid, a fish strike is faster than a second
You could turn the 300 gallon tank in to a place to breed prawns to save you some money and get lots of food for the bass. Not to mention it would be cool to see the prawns growing.
I agree
That would be smart for sure. One female lays between 20,000 and 100,000 eggs. If he does it right he will save a lot of money
I said it in a reply to BamaBass's pinned comment at the top, but I'll say it here too: I think it would be really cool to turn the tank into a saltwater coral habitat for an octopus. They are crazy intelligent, have distinct personalities, and that tank is the perfect place for such an addition to their family and the channel.
@@K1ddkanuck That would be cool. Not to mention thy are short lived enough that it can be changed in a couple years.
Really thought that’s what i was coming for
Watching from Zimbabwe Africa 🇿🇼🇿🇼. Love you videos
New Fawns.. Pebble's and Bam-bam !
Yes, please
You took me back with that one! 😆
Got a hit of nostalgia from that
I absolutely love watching this channel. I live in San Diego California and I look forward to seeing these videos because it allows me to enjoy the country life while I’m stuck in this concrete jungle. I’m an avid bass fisherman love saltwater fishing as well, but as you know, we don’t get deer or the kind of wildlife that you do out there. It’s an absolutely amazing way for me to escape every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you for posting.
Those a Gypsy moth caterpillars, invasive species. Big issue where I’m from in Ontario Canada.
We use sticky tape to stop them from climbing up the tree or some ppl use mesh net to prevent them coming up. They will eventually kill the tree and spread to everything In the area. There is treatments for it but we find the some super sticky tape rlly does wonders
still better than the oak processionary moth. not good to stay around them.
I thought they looked familiar. Gypsy caterpillars used to kill lots of trees in upstate New York when I was a kid. One approach was to put a kind of tape on the trunks to prevent them climbing the tree. The state used to spray as well.
what is there role in the circle of life bruh to kill nature?
@@Woofymon invasive species, not a normal part of the circle of life
@@1dkappe I was talking about wherever it came fom
You really are making your own little paradise out there! Very jealous and happy to have watched the whole thing
I'm pretty sure I could listen to you read the phonebook dude; your voice is so incredibly soothing. Add to that your amazing content, and you're an instant click when I see that you've posted. GOD bless you, your beautiful family, and anything you touch.
What's a phone book :)
@@atatterson6992 ha ha.
Lol
So excited to hear about the smallmouth in the pond!!
There are two organic controls for the caterpillars. Capt. Jack's Dead Bug Brew from Bonide is one. The product is sprayed on the foliage. As the pest ingest it, their nervous system is affected and they stop feeding. The second is called Bacillus thuringiensis or BT. It's used the same way and will stop the infestation. Physical removal will be very effective too. Defoliation one year is usually not enough to kill and oak tree, but it would benefit with a balanced fertilizer in the spring. Wasps are a positive, they will eat some of the pest insects. Physical removal will help along with fertilization and watering. This is just my two cents as a garden dude.
Agreed, keep the wasps. They like spiders are beneficial.
I agree. Defoliation is usually not going to kill the tree; the tree will die if there are other issues. Knock down or spray the caterpillar nests with water. There are several different caterpillars that feed on oak trees so you should identify what type they are. Most aren't too bad but gypsy moth can be a serious problem. A healthy tree will be able to resist pests and recover quicker if defoliated. I would only use chemicals as a last resort.
capt jack is spinosad there are plenty of insecticides that use that as the active ingredient.
BT is the answer
Wow the lilies have really taken. They are beautiful.
Those look like gypsy moth caterpillars. If so, they can decimate whole stands of trees. They particularly love oak trees. The trees may survive having all the leaves eaten off once or twice, but each attack weakens the tree. Sooner or later, if it keeps happening, the tree will die.
My elementary school in northern California had a horrible infestation. I remember each year brought less and less leaves in the fall.
Those aren't gypsy moth caterpillars, they're yellow-necked caterpillars. Gypsy moths have tell-tale spots, usually red and blue.
i thought they were tent caterpillars could be wrong
i've had problems with these in the past. if you double up a piece of burlap and use some string to tie it around the base of the trunk it will prevent the caterpilars from climbing the trunk and eating the leaves. natural solution to the problem.
They are also known as spongy moths, which are an invasive species. You see them on trees along roadways a lot.
I usually dislike largemouth, spotted, smallmouth bass and fishing for them but every time I watch one of BamaBass' videos it makes me love them so much as a fish because you learn so much about them up close and personal thanks to the pond/ponds.
More videos. Longer videos
Can't get enough of pond life!!
Love your content sir!!
My dad had a 5 acre pond when I was younger. What times! We used to catch bullfrogs by going up to the pond banks from a row boat at night and mesmerizing them with a flashlight.
You could Do a brackish water setup with the 300 and try too breed shrimps🦐
Great idea!!!
Yay!!! New untagged fish! :) I don't know why, but it always makes me happy to find a new one.
Maybe you could breed some of the shrimp in that aquarium? That would be fun. :)
LOVE LOVE LOVE this series!!!! It would be cool to turn the 300 gallon tank into a brackish water tank and grow your own shrimp!
The weed is either dollarweed or dichondra. To tell them apart look at where the stem attaches to the leaf. If it attaches in the center, it's dollarweed, if it's on the edge it's dichondra. Dollarweed spreads fast, you'll want to control it fast before it gets established.
Tyler found the correct mystery plant species in the comments. :)
Kidney-leaf mud plantain (Heteranthera reniformis)
Non invasive. Will bloom blue and purple to white flowers. Kidney leaf mud plantain is a water weed that forms dense mats in shallow freshwater and on damp soil at the water’s edge.
Kidney leaf mud plantain:
Amazing i couldn't stop watching the entire video. I really enjoyed seeing all the changes to the pond and all the wildlife.
Starsky and hutch for the fawn deer!!
So this is what heaven looks like??? Loved your video and I will be seeking out more of them. Thanks for providing me with some healthy mental stimulation.
I may have said this before if I did it's worth saying again thank your wife sooo much for her support I know it cant be easy sharing all your time fishing and video's ect. May God bless her and all your family!!!! Thanks you for all your hard work!!! As you already know you make so many of us so happy watching your videos!!!
Those caterpillars are Contracted Datana. Hopefully the tree did enough photosynthesis to be good throughout the winter since it's later in the season.
Should collect a bunch of those caterpillars as easy bait for the fish.
Those are tent caterpillars. We have them up north and he needs to get rid of them before they infest all the trees
@MsSaudm I believe tent caterpillars hatch from nest in the Spring, not the Fall. I also think they feed on fruit trees, not oak trees. They also aren't white and black striped like these. I could be wrong though.
I was thinking the same thing. Feed the Bass caterpillars.
@@vittoamp I have the tent caterpillars in my mulberry trees. I think you may be right. That’s the only trees I have them in.
I completely agree with this identification, the long black and white stripes, lack of any dots along the body, and orange colored prolegs.
You can definitely collect some to use for bait, but the tree should be mostly fine since it's nearly fall already and it's already had most of the season to photosynthesize. As a general rule, even aggressive native species rarely kill or severely damage their host plants. Most of the notorious species known for killing trees, are all invasive, like the spongy moth
Also, if you're worried, it's fairly easy to shake them off, and then they can be set out some distance away for the birds. Robins particularly love them
beautiful property. beautiful souls.
Spot and Speckle for the two fawns. My vote is Prawn breeding tank for the 300 gallon aquarium. Great video!
Growing/breeding prawns in the tank inside would be very cool!
I have an idea for the tank! Turn it into a breeding station for your prawns. Instead of buying a new batch every season, just set it up to breed your own.
I think that’s smart
I have been wanting someone to do a musky aquarium. They are very beautiful and elusive fish.
Been following since day one. I am South African,
Hey Bama, up here in Canada we call those catapillar canker worms, they kill off tons of trees up here in cycles and usually get quite bad in early summer, to get rid of them take a spray bottle and mix in some sort of cooking oil with some vinegar and water, the worms breath through their skin so when you spray them with this mixture it suffocates them which will save the tree in the end, good luck!
Ol’ Tiger eating that prawn was AWESOME!
Use the 300 tank as brackish breeding tank for prawn.
I'm so jealous of your gorgeous pond!! Well done!
You should put a prawn in the aquarium and a bunch of small fish who would get along with it / fit into the ecosystem. Or do a coral reef tank and have live coral, an anemone, some clownfish and other reef fish. Reef tanks are some of the best looking tanks imo.
We need to see some underwater footage when you scare the shiners out deeper 🙏🏼
I love this series, I love how thourough you are with everything.
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that was the fastest 29 mins ever. thanks for the cool videos.
Contracted Datana are those caterpillars. Since it's later in the season, hopefully the tree completed enough photosynthesis to be healthy during the winter. It would be wise to gather several of those caterpillars to use as simple fish bait.
Love to see a gar in the pond. They are an under-appreciated fish in NA waters, and they look intimidating just hanging around if you get a good-sized one.
Love these vids. Have been watching from the start of the 5 acre build. Always look forward to an update, with my coffee,on a Monday morning.
Use soapy water sprayed with a nozzle on a hose. It’s the best natural way to get the catapillers out of the oak trees for good! They hate soap texture.
Love the partnership with bunker branding
Been telling him for years to use bunker
Love the idea of a saltwater aquarium. You’re so creative and I feel like you can let that creativity run wild in a saltwater aquarium.
For the 300 gallon tank I’d recommend starting a Sunfish family, tank. I have 4 tanks that have Longears, Dollar, Warmouth, Bantam, Redear, Redbreast, Northern, Orange, Blue, and Red Spotted Sunfish.
Hello BAMABASS, love your videos. Look foward to the next one whenever you put it out. Tent caterpillars it looks like to me. They can eat all the leaves off a tree in days and move on to the next one. It can weaken your tree so it cant photosynthise and can kill it. The adult moth will lay their eggs on the next and next tree and you have to break the cycle. BT is an effective insectercide.
Gypsy Moth caterpillars can be controlled if you wrap the trunk with a burlap skirt that snares them with it's fibers. Just use a long and wide piece of burlap made of jute. Tie it around the trunk and then fold it over to make a conical skirt looking collar about 4 or 5 feet above the ground. It will prevent the gypsy moth caterpillars from getting up to the branches.
I Love What You Folks Are Doing , Thank You ✌🏻🤠
This channel should be on Netflix already.... Freaking Awesome 👌
your pond has came along so well. i remember you dealing with the flood waters way back. its looking great. Moby was a baby bass in the 55gal tank.
with the 300 gallon you should see how big you can get a freshwater prawn
I would definetly get a larger stock tank for those shrimp. Those puppies get huge and the larger surface area would allow for more algae for them, probably why some are small since not all are getting equal amounts of food
Those caterpillars will kill your tree. It's not creating any energy right now, but it's also not hibernating, so it'll be a decent effect. There's some good organic treatments you can use that takes good care of them
The last time i watched this channel you were just making the prawn pond and got your first shipment of prawns...man it has changed a lot prawn pond and the waterfall and shallow area are all awesome!! It has been my dream to own land and make a big pond and do exactly what you have done!! Your tagging system is really cool! Do you ever catch the fish and eat them or are they all pets at this point lol.
17:10 I worry it is some American Lotus growing, they like to take over shallow areas. Also, those look like tent caterpillars, they can do a lot of damage to trees but don't generally kill them. Google says you can spray them with insecticide or just wait until winter and trim off their silk cocoons to get rid of them if you decide to go the more aggressive route, best of luck on deciding. Thanks for the videos!
Agree, looks like tent worms/gypsy worms
I think the caterpillars are Lymantria dispar, spongy moths (sometimes called Gypsy moth). If so, they are a really destructive invasive species. If they take hold in an area, they can really damage your trees - not just the oaks you planted. You won’t get rid of them entirely, but there are a few things you can do. Here’s a nice article from Country Living in the treatment process.
Note that the name has changed to Spongy Moth because the former common name is derogatory.
I was gonna say gypsy moth caterpillars
definitely not Gypsey Moth Catepillers (Spongy Moth) Gypsy Moth Catepillers are a different color & pattern
You should look into getting 2 or 3 paddlefish.. that would be awesome!
Smallmouth bass in the 300 gallon aquarium!
A salt water tank with a decorator crab would be amazing. I had one once and he was the most fantastic thing I ever saw. Always sticking pieces of the rocks and reef and plants to himself for disguise.
Baby fawns "Jack n Jill". Just love your videos!
Turn the aquarium into a prawn tank. I had some ghost shrimp back in the day, they were pretty cool little guys to watch, they'd always interact with you when you come by, and fun when it was feeding time lol.
Anyone else loooove numbers and spreadsheets and would highly enjoy looking at the tracker sheets and making little tracking lines of the fish?? Sounds amazing
Make the 300 gallon a brackish hatching tank for prawn. It would awesome to see that process.
Great home spread you got there, man.
Best videos on UA-cam!!!
I really enjoyed this video. It’s a place I always wanted.
Youre starting to grow some studs, deuce has alot of potential and that mainframe 10 should be a giant next year
For the fawns. Pete and Repeat! Love the Videos!!
For the twin fawns, how about Hansel and Gretel?
Thank you for posting I look forward to these videos so much always a first click without question!!!!! Crazy how fast time flys I remember the Bonnie and Clyde music when it was just aquarium videos again thank you for all the hard work and time you put into these videos!!!!
Cool collaboration with Bunker Branding.
Hoping the storm missed you guys! God bless the USA!
You should turn the tank into a breeding tank for the Prawns.
That way you can catch a few of the biggest Prawns and put them in there to breed and get a load of new prawns for you.
Even mature trees will die if they get all the leave eaten for long enough.
If you don't want the tree to die, you should remove the critters eating it.
As the tree will be extremely stressed having so few leaves and will be drawing mostly from its root reserves of nutrients.
But without leaves it can't photosynthesis so it will not grow properly and slowly die if it continues.
I had a large tree that was easily over 150 years old get killed off because critters ate its leaves faster than it could grow them for a number of years.
it'd be interesting to see them breed. He said Brackish water so it's possible for him
I absolutely love this channel and can't wait to get my sons down there to catch some big healthy bass someday
Are you able to track "Gator" and his last movements with those pit tags?
I truly appreciate your videos! Love the ponds, fish and especially the wildlife. I live my fantasy life vicariously through your videos lol. Thanks
I think that your aquatic weed is called Dollarweed and I believe it spreads fairly quickly.
I looked this up and it’s leaf and stem are not attached all the way around like a Dollar weed.
It’s attached more like a Dichondra, however I could not identify it as either species when I was comparing and identifying the plant.
It’s not an American Lotus or Golden water Poppy either.
Leap (of) & Faith for the fawns lol 😆
Just watched a video about people who plant Wollemi Pines to try to save the species (an ancient tree that only survives in few numbers in a specific valley in Australia), and I thought something like that would be a really cool project for your farm.
You should make it a saltwater aquarium I think that would be a really cool thing to do and a fun challenge.
Love the videos! Maybe use the empty tank to create a brackish water environment to reproduce more prawns from some adult ones? Have a blessed day
I was suggested here while listening to the song “Gandi - Yea Yea” 😅😅
Lol
9:28 brackish prawn breeding tank for the 300 gallon tank
Hope you and the pond are prepping for the storm coming this Weekend! Stay safe out there!
The new fawns should named BAM & BEE . The 300 gallon tank you should mix it up and show the growth of the prawn over time with the feeding. I think it would be interesting to see the growth of an introduced food source. The doe should be named Flipidy Flopitdy.
second this!
You video are just so good it's meditative ! Also love the fact that you return everything you earn directly back into your chanel's project.
What a way to spend your day. It's good to see some fellow Americans live'n the good life!
Great Video and LOVE to watch what you do to help the fish!
Put smallies in the 300 tank!!!
I would love to see you do a saltwater tank with your 300 gallon.
Your ability to take a deep dive into every subject you tackle and show all the details as well as what you learn from trial and error , I think would be very beneficial to the hobby!!! Plus dive into something brand new for you and the family!
You should ask Sarah what she would want to do with the big aquarium
been seeing ( and agreeing ) a lot of comments about using it for prawn breeding but that's a great idea too!
probably blue gills for eating
@18:21 Yellow-necked caterpillar moth. also known as a Datana ministra moth.