Thanks Mark. I’ve been feeling really down lately about the situation and these videos cheer me up immensely. Lots of fun. Reminds me of being a kid poking around in swamps and bogs.
Joseph Dobis - it reminds me of being with my Dad as a child, in north Wales. We’d walk up the river, making small dams, looking for fools gold........we knew where the best spots were. But he’s too old for that now, he’d be on his arse within 10 minutes 😂
Mark-nificent! I used to give my Koi loads of Daphnia as a natural laxative many year's ago it never failed to get their appetite back. I was hoping that you was going to show how to get Freshwater Shrimp! Another great video... Take care my friend 👍😷👍 BIG THUMBS-UP 👌😷👍
Back to thank you for making this video. You inspired me to go to a patch of forest along the Wisconsin River to gather daphnia and other micro-crustaceans from some of the small ponds and pools a few yards from the riverbank. I plan to start a couple of cultures for the Summer. I hope to keep them going through the Winter. I've noticed that the fish really color up when they get regular feeding of live foods.
Videos like this are invaluable to folks like me. Like 90% of my tanks, i would rather gather from my local waterways. Please make more like this. Thank you from an aspiring american fish keeper your channel has taught me more than you realize.
Ps i watch on my game console and talk from my cellphone. Its easier that way 🙄. Technologically... uhhh dim i guess would be a good word. Stay blessed Mr. Mark. we're pulling for poor Skinny!
I had a wonderful time walking though the woods with you and having you show us all the plants and goodness in nature. Thanks and hope you do another one sometime. Glad skinny minnie is on the mend!! 🌟⭐️💫
Thanks for the mix of nature and hiking to add to the hobby. We have vernal pools in the Northeast USA. This is the migration season for salamanders to lay eggs and the pools are loaded with fairy shrimp. Thanks for the skills and wisdom, Jim
Hello Mark, gave you a thumbs up 👍🏻 and subscribed to you. You are quite a gentleman and very knowledgeable sir I loved your video and I hope you don’t mind me saying but I love you too my friend may God bless you and keep you well. Please keep up the good work!!!
I've got a 2 foot by 3 foot plastic box in the garden that gets a lot of daphnia and sliders that I harvest all summer usually tho this year I went to check it a few days ago and I've got a female newt in there and at least 8 babies about inch and half long still have there Gill raikes so I'll have to wait for my daphnia lol
Great Video as always Mark, I use 3 food grade tubs (around 20 litres) and collect rain water in. Then place half a dozen catapa leaves in the tub with an airstone. I then grab a small net full of Daphina from a local pond and wait around 2 weeks before I start harvesting. The 2 weeks provides plenty of time for them to establish a colony that allows me to harvest daily.
Hi Mark. I have a request. I have not seen a video that talks about what types of leaves and trees can be put in the aquarium and what is the value of each .. I'm mostly talking about those that can be found in the area. Thanks
Great video on free food Mark 👍🏼 I've had a colony of daphnia for a few years now I keep them in a old aquarium in my greenhouse so the water is lovely and green, they are now multiplying by the day, I'm glad skinny mini is doing well now 🤞🏼, stay safe 🙏🏼.
Hi, I don't follow you for a long time, but since then, I'va watched all your vids, and it's a very good content you have here. This video is very good !
Do you need to wait for warmer temps? or the daphnias need to be found in specific water bodies? Got a huge river and stagnating big puddles in the woods near my house. Couldn't find much, but I live in Canada, Quebec and even last night we had a fall back to -1 celsius. I'm dying to use nature to my advantage lol
Great vid as usual, Mark. I went out with the kids and found some pond life to bring home - some daphnia, mosquito larvae and a bunch of other micro citters. Is there anything I shouldn’t be putting in my tank? I’m based in there UK. Thanks!
Thank you soooo much went out and caught millions of daphnia soooooo easy not to mention the great great looking drift wood for my aquariums while catching them
Hey Mark, I really enjoy your channel. Can you dry leaves, add a protein , to make the dough for a comet goldfish? I have raspberry leaves, leaves from a lilac tree, cottonwood leaves regularly available. This year I will be growing garlic, potatoes, squash, and ginger so I hope to be successful enough to have those types of leaves as well. Is it possible to incorporate any of those? I've had my comet goldfish for five years. He wasn't a fan of a few repashy foods I have tried, but also I would like to try making my own food if possible. Thank you again for all of the great videos!
Ok first you can definitely tell she loves her blood worms lol. Thank you so much for this video I’m about to go search for some right now. I was about to pay $25 on aquabid to order some in lol. Great video as always thank you again my friend
Absolutely brilliant video Mark thanks so much for doing that I appreciate it. I will be going to harvest some of my own. I have a question as long as you don't think I'm been a pain, do any tropical fish eat fresh water shrimp? as I know were there's loads of them during the summer months.
Old video, I know, but I really need to share a tip for catching daphnia like that. I always bring an aquarium net, like yours, but also a couple of zip ties. Combine the two with a tree branch and you have a 1 meter fishing net and no wet feet.
stagnate water that explains everything, i was looking directly in the small streams. thanks for the tip - even a year of Covid later.....stay healthy my friend
oohh bless her little heart, when you first tipped them in she was right at the glass, like a little street urchin with her face smooshed against a window looking at all the goodies inside. Then you took the light away and she slowly turned and started to swim dejectedly away then....FOOD PARTY whoop whoop 🎉 She could be skinny Minny =Minny when she builds herself up. Great video and nice shots from the streams eye view.
That's a cool subject . It can be an expensive hobby enough as it is. Can you tell me what's the temperature like when you start collecting ? I'm from Montreal and now it's like 12 degrees now in the day time. It can still freeze at night .I feel like it's probably to cold still.
That’s amazing! I wonder if the streams in a nearby city park are similar. Do all fish eat these? If I grow my own mosquito larvae, would that be good for my fish? I have guppies, balloon mollies, a couple of bettas, clown killifish, kuhli loaches, and two neon tetras. Would love to get them food that is nutritious and satisfies any hunting urges.
Yep I leave pools of water around the yard to catch mosquito larvae...and my fish absolutely love them i got angels,swordtails,gouramis and rainbow sharks that go berserk for them.
Hey Mark thanks for the vid! Great way to save money. Btw i have got a challenge for you as well for during this lockdown. Try to breed hara jerdoni (asian stone catfish). They are really cute little fish! And theres is almost no info about how to breed apart from a video on youtube and some on the web
Actually i found an article from 2003 describing how someone spawned them. However i am not experienced at all at breeding so i wanted to ask you to try.
Cadis Fly Larvae? How do you spell that? Here I thought I discovered something, and you knew what they were. I've only seen them at one place in all my life. The ones I've seen are constructed more orderly. They use tiny pebbles that match in size, one on each side, then progressing smaller to larger as it nears the opening.
Hello mark I have just managed to watch feed your fish for free are daphnia in most ponds or just woodland ones. I have access to several ponds on a farm is it worth looking look forward to the reply all the best. Carl
In case you don't already know; you can eat the Beech leaves yourself, they're not just great for shrimp (thank you for that tip though, I will give it a try). They're better at the start of Spring when they're semi-translucent, and you want the leaves that sprout from the fattest end of the branches if you want the best flavour. They taste a bit like lemon and apple peel to me, a bit like Wood Sorrel.
@@MARKSAQUATICS I can tell! I'm the same with bushcraft myself, I've been doing it for years, but I'm really new to aquatics - someone gave me a 25l tank at the start of the lockdown so I've just been growing out some minnow fry in it with my daughter, and now I've got a new addiction :) I've just watched your Paludarium playlist as I really like the idea of native tanks, and I've got to say I'm very jealous mate, it's excellent.
Gday mate...that little bloodworm set up you have, did you make a video about that? I'm in Australia and i can't buy live bloodworms around me. Could you briefly explain how it works?
Native/cold water fish are the new hottest fish by far,,,,,,, sadly no real info... I'm dying for a qualified fish-tuber to do a review of chillers. They are expensive and I want one that works if Im gonna spend money.... oh well for now doin daily water changes egh..
well after watching this video i went outside to look inside our water barrel and it was a bloodworm factory. tho i have a question. can the bloodworm carry any parasites or pathogens, ich etc?
I inadvertently sort of half copied this video / idea - I swear it was coincidence. Yours is way better anyway so will link to it! Now off to find a pond!!
As for the doggy’s peeing all over the nice wood, and I respect that you respect they need to find their way home, but get some gloves and put that in a bucket and change the water a few times and there ya go, way less doggy evidence affecting the tank. 😋 Also just letting nature be is cool too. Keeping the path looking nice and authentic.
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Thanks Mark. I’ve been feeling really down lately about the situation and these videos cheer me up immensely. Lots of fun. Reminds me of being a kid poking around in swamps and bogs.
Joseph Dobis - it reminds me of being with my Dad as a child, in north Wales. We’d walk up the river, making small dams, looking for fools gold........we knew where the best spots were. But he’s too old for that now, he’d be on his arse within 10 minutes 😂
I’m astonishingly impressed with your content Mark! Always a pleasure! I love the spring time walk videos!
Mark-nificent! I used to give my Koi loads of Daphnia as a natural laxative many year's ago it never failed to get their appetite back. I was hoping that you was going to show how to get Freshwater Shrimp! Another great video... Take care my friend 👍😷👍 BIG THUMBS-UP 👌😷👍
Back to thank you for making this video. You inspired me to go to a patch of forest along the Wisconsin River to gather daphnia and other micro-crustaceans from some of the small ponds and pools a few yards from the riverbank.
I plan to start a couple of cultures for the Summer. I hope to keep them going through the Winter. I've noticed that the fish really color up when they get regular feeding of live foods.
Your channel should be so much bigger. You're an incredible fountain of knowledge, thank you for sharing.
Hi Mark, one more winner, I have been passing hours watching your videos and as already said always learning with you.
Videos like this are invaluable to folks like me. Like 90% of my tanks, i would rather gather from my local waterways. Please make more like this. Thank you from an aspiring american fish keeper your channel has taught me more than you realize.
Ps i watch on my game console and talk from my cellphone. Its easier that way 🙄. Technologically... uhhh dim i guess would be a good word.
Stay blessed Mr. Mark. we're pulling for poor Skinny!
I had a wonderful time walking though the woods with you and having you show us all the plants and goodness in nature. Thanks and hope you do another one sometime. Glad skinny minnie is on the mend!! 🌟⭐️💫
Thanks for the mix of nature and hiking to add to the hobby.
We have vernal pools in the Northeast USA. This is the migration season for salamanders to lay eggs and the pools are loaded with fairy shrimp.
Thanks for the skills and wisdom,
Jim
Hello Mark, gave you a thumbs up 👍🏻 and subscribed to you. You are quite a gentleman and very knowledgeable sir I loved your video and I hope you don’t mind me saying but I love you too my friend may God bless you and keep you well. Please keep up the good work!!!
I've got a 2 foot by 3 foot plastic box in the garden that gets a lot of daphnia and sliders that I harvest all summer usually tho this year I went to check it a few days ago and I've got a female newt in there and at least 8 babies about inch and half long still have there Gill raikes so I'll have to wait for my daphnia lol
Great work newts are amazing outstanding job!
Fantastic.
Great stuff Mark. Some more projects to do once spring arrives..
Great Video as always Mark, I use 3 food grade tubs (around 20 litres) and collect rain water in. Then place half a dozen catapa leaves in the tub with an airstone. I then grab a small net full of Daphina from a local pond and wait around 2 weeks before I start harvesting. The 2 weeks provides plenty of time for them to establish a colony that allows me to harvest daily.
Awesome! Thanks Mark for sharing all this good aquatics advise.
Hi Mark.
I have a request.
I have not seen a video that talks about what types of leaves and trees can be put in the aquarium and what is the value of each ..
I'm mostly talking about those that can be found in the area.
Thanks
Your videos are always a delight to watch. Thanks Mark! Keep'em coming.
Interesting video mate enjoyed seeing the woods very different to Queensland where I am located 👍👍👍👍
I remember finding daphnia as a kid in Melbourne but now I can't find them. How about in QLD?
Thats so cool im gonna have to try this you have very informative content
Excellent video, I’m going to take a net and jug with me tomorrow when I walk the dogs!
Great video as always. Thanks for sharing your secrets. 😉🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
Wow Mark, you are very lucky to have access to those foods :)
You and your family be safe also; very worrying times indeed.
I'm off to find a pond soon. Thanks for showing how easy it is.
Thanks for the walk in the woods Mark. Nothing like that within easy walking distance for us, so really enjoyed that! 🙂
Great video Sir! Loads of information and some amazing camera shots.
Absolutely brilliant video
Do you have a video on how to culture bloodworms? Your videos are amazing I'll be watching from Australia 👍
No. Its very time consuming thing to do. Its easier to buy them.
MARK'S AQUATICS thanks mark. you have a awesome channel mate
Great video on free food Mark 👍🏼 I've had a colony of daphnia for a few years now I keep them in a old aquarium in my greenhouse so the water is lovely and green, they are now multiplying by the day, I'm glad skinny mini is doing well now 🤞🏼, stay safe 🙏🏼.
Hi, I don't follow you for a long time, but since then, I'va watched all your vids, and it's a very good content you have here. This video is very good !
Great video love every min,!!!!!! Outstanding production
Great Video! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Question: when harvesting critters..do I have to worry abt parasites n stuff. Lots of still ponds here in Florida🌴
Great video mark 👍 looks like I'm off pond and stream dipping lol
Stay safe 😷 ❤️
Do you need to wait for warmer temps? or the daphnias need to be found in specific water bodies? Got a huge river and stagnating big puddles in the woods near my house. Couldn't find much, but I live in Canada, Quebec and even last night we had a fall back to -1 celsius. I'm dying to use nature to my advantage lol
Great vid as usual, Mark. I went out with the kids and found some pond life to bring home - some daphnia, mosquito larvae and a bunch of other micro citters. Is there anything I shouldn’t be putting in my tank? I’m based in there UK. Thanks!
Another great video Mark, have you tried feeding these to your saltwater fish?
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Lovely video mark, I felt I was with you on your walk, 3 meters apart of course. :]
Thanks, Mark, I just bought some Daphnia and I live next to the water. LOL.
another great video.
Isn't there a risk of parasites when feeding live food to fish from an outside source?
Yep.
Mark you bring common sense to the hobby! Thanks
Great video!
Another great video Mark. Keep safe.
Thank you! This is super helpful!
Thank you soooo much went out and caught millions of daphnia soooooo easy not to mention the great great looking drift wood for my aquariums while catching them
Hey Mark, I really enjoy your channel. Can you dry leaves, add a protein , to make the dough for a comet goldfish? I have raspberry leaves, leaves from a lilac tree, cottonwood leaves regularly available. This year I will be growing garlic, potatoes, squash, and ginger so I hope to be successful enough to have those types of leaves as well. Is it possible to incorporate any of those? I've had my comet goldfish for five years. He wasn't a fan of a few repashy foods I have tried, but also I would like to try making my own food if possible.
Thank you again for all of the great videos!
You could dry leaves then blend them to powder and add protein. 😀👍
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thanks Mark! I plan to give it a go!
What a great video. Thanks Mark.
Ok first you can definitely tell she loves her blood worms lol. Thank you so much for this video I’m about to go search for some right now. I was about to pay $25 on aquabid to order some in lol. Great video as always thank you again my friend
Great video. Cheers Mark!
Absolutely brilliant video Mark thanks so much for doing that I appreciate it. I will be going to harvest some of my own. I have a question as long as you don't think I'm been a pain, do any tropical fish eat fresh water shrimp? as I know were there's loads of them during the summer months.
Most won't bother the adults but they will have a go at the baby shrimp
Old video, I know, but I really need to share a tip for catching daphnia like that. I always bring an aquarium net, like yours, but also a couple of zip ties. Combine the two with a tree branch and you have a 1 meter fishing net and no wet feet.
Love this stuff mark
Amazing! Ive never given this method much thought. Can i harvest tadloles to feed to my fish?
Tadpoles sorry
stagnate water that explains everything, i was looking directly in the small streams. thanks for the tip - even a year of Covid later.....stay healthy my friend
oohh bless her little heart, when you first tipped them in she was right at the glass, like a little street urchin with her face smooshed against a window looking at all the goodies inside.
Then you took the light away and she slowly turned and started to swim dejectedly away then....FOOD PARTY whoop whoop 🎉 She could be skinny Minny =Minny when she builds herself up. Great video and nice shots from the streams eye view.
where do you get the jars from with the Lights in the Iids? Iook really useful
That's a cool subject . It can be an expensive hobby enough as it is. Can you tell me what's the temperature like when you start collecting ? I'm from Montreal and now it's like 12 degrees now in the day time. It can still freeze at night .I feel like it's probably to cold still.
I start collecting at around 18 to 19 degrees C
That’s amazing! I wonder if the streams in a nearby city park are similar. Do all fish eat these? If I grow my own mosquito larvae, would that be good for my fish? I have guppies, balloon mollies, a couple of bettas, clown killifish, kuhli loaches, and two neon tetras. Would love to get them food that is nutritious and satisfies any hunting urges.
Those fish would hammer down mosquito larvae happily. Good high protein food and keeps the fish sharp on the hunt
silentmind34 Thanks!! I know what I’m growing this summer!! 😁 Now to remember to get them into the tank before they become flight worthy. 😂
Yep I leave pools of water around the yard to catch mosquito larvae...and my fish absolutely love them i got angels,swordtails,gouramis and rainbow sharks that go berserk for them.
Great videos
Can blackworm, bloodworm, daphnia, and brine shrimp be in the same take to be culture, thanks.
Hey Mark thanks for the vid! Great way to save money. Btw i have got a challenge for you as well for during this lockdown. Try to breed hara jerdoni (asian stone catfish). They are really cute little fish! And theres is almost no info about how to breed apart from a video on youtube and some on the web
Actually i found an article from 2003 describing how someone spawned them. However i am not experienced at all at breeding so i wanted to ask you to try.
Thanks mark great video!
I wish it wasn't so cold and dreary, I would poke around in my own pond- there USED to be daphnea, anyway lol
Cadis Fly Larvae? How do you spell that? Here I thought I discovered something, and you knew what they were. I've only seen them at one place in all my life. The ones I've seen are constructed more orderly. They use tiny pebbles that match in size, one on each side, then progressing smaller to larger as it nears the opening.
Brilliant 👏🏻
Hello mark I have just managed to watch feed your fish for free are daphnia in most ponds or just woodland ones. I have access to several ponds on a farm is it worth looking look forward to the reply all the best. Carl
Yes you'll find them in most ponds in summer. 😀👍
you are my favorite you tuber, just saying. love your vids!!
Thank you 😊
Are there any problems with overheating in the summer with these water butts if they’re in sunlight?
I've never had any problems.
In case you don't already know; you can eat the Beech leaves yourself, they're not just great for shrimp (thank you for that tip though, I will give it a try). They're better at the start of Spring when they're semi-translucent, and you want the leaves that sprout from the fattest end of the branches if you want the best flavour. They taste a bit like lemon and apple peel to me, a bit like Wood Sorrel.
Now I've watched a load more of your videos, I see you're already well aware of this! Lol. Cheers
Yss I've been in to bushcraft for many years. Thanks for pointing it out. 😀👍
@@MARKSAQUATICS I can tell! I'm the same with bushcraft myself, I've been doing it for years, but I'm really new to aquatics - someone gave me a 25l tank at the start of the lockdown so I've just been growing out some minnow fry in it with my daughter, and now I've got a new addiction :)
I've just watched your Paludarium playlist as I really like the idea of native tanks, and I've got to say I'm very jealous mate, it's excellent.
@@banksarenotyourfriends that can be your next project 😀👍
@@MARKSAQUATICS hahahaha! Baby steps mate, baby steps...
I'd need a new house first lol
Do you worry about scooping up hydra and other critters that harm fry and shrimplets
Hey Mark. Is it 100% ssfe to use mozzi larvae from the wild?
Yes I've never had any problems In all my years of feeding them.
Thanks for replying. I will be feeding them and daphnia now. Subbed, great content, thank you.
yeh Skinny!!! Mark's love bug 🐛 🥰
Mark I didn’t get to see you fall in the pond last time, could you do it again please?
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Any advise on breeding copella arnoldi pls mark ,not sure thats spelt right ,hope your well
Gday mate...that little bloodworm set up you have, did you make a video about that? I'm in Australia and i can't buy live bloodworms around me. Could you briefly explain how it works?
Please do a uk natives tank one day with minnows or sticklebacks or perch or something
Native/cold water fish are the new hottest fish by far,,,,,,, sadly no real info... I'm dying for a qualified fish-tuber to do a review of chillers. They are expensive and I want one that works if Im gonna spend money.... oh well for now doin daily water changes egh..
My fav. Uk native is Spinachia spinachia 15 spine stickleback
well after watching this video i went outside to look inside our water barrel and it was a bloodworm factory. tho i have a question. can the bloodworm carry any parasites or pathogens, ich etc?
No you'll be fine feeding them, just make sure you rinse them off with fresh water ok.
Amazing stuff Mark, any opinions on tubifex worms?
They're a good source of fish food 😋
I inadvertently sort of half copied this video / idea - I swear it was coincidence. Yours is way better anyway so will link to it! Now off to find a pond!!
No problem 😊👍
Mark for the next David Attenborough?
As for the doggy’s peeing all over the nice wood, and I respect that you respect they need to find their way home, but get some gloves and put that in a bucket and change the water a few times and there ya go, way less doggy evidence affecting the tank. 😋
Also just letting nature be is cool too. Keeping the path looking nice and authentic.
I leave the lids off my 2 water butts and have been harvesting blood worm and black worms for the last month.
Stinging nettles are also good for people.
A bit envy. :D
is it ok to feed my tropical fish live food from my koi pond filters
Yes
Yes lots of good live foods in there 😋
@@MARKSAQUATICS thanks mark, keep it coming mate we need you in these hard times,any gen on discus?
Hey, what wood is this and what area is it in? Thanks
Its my precious!
I have old guttering and thing do swim around but don’t now what they are
If you are going to collect from wild i would put them in a tub for a few days with some Acriflavine before feeding to your fish.
Love the video, hopefully skinny is just underfed and not because of internal parasites
Yes she's just under fed.
Can u do a betta fish update?
Headed to the woods, be right back
Would most rivers have daphnia
Yes.but you'll only find them in the still pools off the main river.
MARK'S AQUATICS thanks.
Aren't you concerned about introducing parasites into your fish?
As long as your only feed the daphnia you'll be fine. I've done this for years.