EVERY Fishkeeper Should Have Atleast One of These

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  • @Whips_World
    @Whips_World 24 дні тому +18

    I bet if you used a larger gauge of gravel, you could even go above the "faucet" and it would still drain.

    • @theJmanStriketh
      @theJmanStriketh 23 дні тому +4

      You could also probably use some tubing to snorkel up above the substrate.

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  23 дні тому +6

      YASSSSSSS!!! Can I get a 🙌

    • @dustinschmidt8219
      @dustinschmidt8219 22 дні тому

      Or basically just put some larger gravel by the spicket and then soil in the rest if you wanted a small planted something, it would essentially be a french drain

    • @jefkoek8829
      @jefkoek8829 22 дні тому +1

      Or if you for some reisonderdelen need smaller substrate you could cover it with some windowscreen mesh

  • @darrylmoore5847
    @darrylmoore5847 24 дні тому +13

    These would be great if you are breeding nano fish and needed a grow out tank. Doing daily water changes would be very easy.

  • @Guppy_Girl
    @Guppy_Girl 23 дні тому +12

    I have used these for scuds and daphnia cultures. The spout doesn't dispense the live food, usually they are fast enough to swim away, but its good for water changing.

    • @steefan2248
      @steefan2248 22 дні тому +2

      It's perfect for brine shrimp since they ate attracted to light.

  • @susanschonauer8487
    @susanschonauer8487 23 дні тому +5

    What an awesome idea! I never even thought to use a container like that for fish. At the beginning of this year I needed a couple small hospital tanks to treat a couple fish. These would have made the water changes way easier and much less stress on the fish. I’m getting a few of these in different sizes. Thank you for sharing this. You earned a thumbs up from me and my subscription

  • @314rhat
    @314rhat 20 днів тому +2

    I initially was uncertain but it's definitely a clever idea. Especially for a hospital tank that you need to do water changes on every day.

  • @rockgut7905
    @rockgut7905 23 дні тому +6

    I use a glass jar with a spout for my moina culture. I use a net when I drain and refill with green water. Super handy.

  • @bettabo
    @bettabo 24 дні тому +7

    If you use gravel, you could conceivably fill above the spout. I hope you show this in use in an upcoming video.

  • @ObieGuppies
    @ObieGuppies 24 дні тому +3

    I have a couple of those rectangle ones - minus the spout and handles - that I use as hospital tanks. I drilled a hole in each lid to add a small airstone (at very low air pressure).

  • @garageaquatics2023
    @garageaquatics2023 23 дні тому +6

    So I've got a 1 gallon glass one from Hobby Lobby about 6 months back or so. I filled it with salt water I made using Instant Ocean with a specific gravity of 1.025, dropped some baby brine shrimp that I hatched and now they're completely self-sustaining. I'm going to try to drop some newly hatched Amano shrimp zoes in and see if they'll grow out in there. Cheers! ~Ron SUBSCRIBED!

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  23 дні тому +2

      Oooh! Good luck! (And thanks for reminder to check on me of my fave stores, Hobby Lobby)! 😊

    • @reelgal06
      @reelgal06 22 дні тому

      Great idea!!!

  • @ritapita519
    @ritapita519 21 день тому +1

    That would be handy for temporarily housing my bettas when I rescape their tanks! (Which I do fairly often lol). Right now I just put them in a Tupperware container so this would be a nicer little hotel for them!

  • @mattkinsella9856
    @mattkinsella9856 23 дні тому +2

    I have used the 3 gallon glass ones for years. I bought them on sale at the end of the summer and I still use 3 of them. I have a thin layer of sand and plants in tiny pots in the bottom and a sponge over the tap/spout inlet. I also use a nano sponge filter and the smallest Eheim preset heater fits perfectly.
    I use them in my guppy and molly breeding projects. If I need to separate a favorite female for a week or so until I decide which male to pair her with. I also sometimes let a female give birth in one and raise fry for just one week. For the first week of fry raising it's handy so they can find food easily and no larger fry or fish chasing them. After a week they can hold their own in a larger grow out tank with older fry and even adults if there are hiding places. Using smaller tanks and containers like this has more than doubled the amount of guppy and molly fry I get compared to any other method I've tried.
    I wouldn't use them to keep fish in long term and I wouldn't recommend newbies use them because you really have to understand cycling and testing in such a small amount of water.

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  23 дні тому +2

      You’ve used for years?! 🙌All great points!! Thanks for sharing, Matt. 😊

  • @artandgrow9240
    @artandgrow9240 23 дні тому +3

    I’d love to see a tank that’s designed with a funnel bottom so all the poop falls down the “drain” with water changes… 😂

  • @SequoiaElisabeth
    @SequoiaElisabeth 23 дні тому +2

    I love how creative you are Joanna. Yes, It does seem like a good idea. I am currently using a 30g tote to breed endlers, only 20g of water. I will keep this idea in mind. Thanks for sharing.

  • @tonyturner6948
    @tonyturner6948 23 дні тому +2

    Great idea for a betta tank.

  • @NamelessNancy1312
    @NamelessNancy1312 24 дні тому +6

    i definitely thought about that stuff for brine shrimp hatcheries

  • @TankGirl352
    @TankGirl352 23 дні тому +2

    I've been looking at these just for the container itself not even thinking to use the spout to do water changes. That's genius! I've been wanting to do shrimp tanks.

  • @Idkseemskindafishy
    @Idkseemskindafishy 23 дні тому +3

    I use these for brine shrimp hatcheries

  • @DonaldDolph-ob8yv
    @DonaldDolph-ob8yv 24 дні тому +6

    Good tip, Joanna. I'll keep this in mind. Thank you!

  • @growclipbonsaiforseniors1951
    @growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 24 дні тому +2

    Perfect. You could put in an undergravel filter high enough so that the gravel & plants are above. Then you can drain all the excrement that filters through the gravel by opening up the drain. Nice thick substrate with the underground filter space to drain the excrement.

  • @matthewsands1453
    @matthewsands1453 22 дні тому +1

    This is a great idea for quarantining a small amount of fish when I bring them home from the shop before they go into my main tank. I can even dose them for parasites etc in a smaller volume of water. Well done Joanna.

  • @haitch04
    @haitch04 24 дні тому +4

    There must be lots of ways these could be used in the aquarium hobby, thanks for sharing

  • @maryoliver5173
    @maryoliver5173 24 дні тому +1

    Giving You a big YAA!!
    I also use it as a “reserection jar”(local pond water & debri)..just drain the water in another container,unscrew cap/grab leaves&debri/ place
    It into tanks..replace&top off H2O(fresh pond H2O&replenish w/leaves,etc)..Ready to go another 30days!

  • @kimminney9810
    @kimminney9810 24 дні тому +2

    Great idea. Even works for a resurrection jar for Father Fish shoal members ❤

  • @rodneywalat8956
    @rodneywalat8956 24 дні тому +2

    This would be great for a live daphnia culture. Another one could be used for growing green water to feed the daphnia.

  • @wendihamlett105
    @wendihamlett105 24 дні тому +4

    Could also be used to separate babies so they don't get eaten. Great find!

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  24 дні тому +1

      Yes!! 🙌 hi Wendi ! 😊

    • @wendihamlett105
      @wendihamlett105 23 дні тому +1

      @@thesmallscape Back at cha' Sorry I haven't been chatty. Summer bus'ness ya know!

  • @KhaeLikesCoffee
    @KhaeLikesCoffee 22 дні тому

    Aight, guess I'm buying a beverage dispenser next time I go out lol.

  • @_DROM_
    @_DROM_ 23 дні тому +1

    I can see that working. Attach a hose to the end of the tap, inside the container, and you can increase the height of that "syphon", allowing you to put more substrate. Cover the end of the hose with a net and you can protect your shrimp or sick fish. Not a bad idea for temporary tanks.

  • @Giftig--Daniel-P
    @Giftig--Daniel-P 23 дні тому +1

    Love it for hospital tank. I do deep substrate minimal water changes in my tanks, so it wouldn't work for anything like that. But honestly great idea for hospital.

  • @cathyhendrix7552
    @cathyhendrix7552 24 дні тому +3

    Oh it's a definite YEAH. I have seen these at several stores, in all shapes and sizes and made with plastic and glass. The glass ones can be heavy, oompf. There's a 3 gallon that I've had my eye on for a beta. I just haven't given into it yet. YET. Oh and Joanna, my dollar tree DOES have the 3 and 5 dollar aisles now. I could've cried. 😢. But the 3 and 5 dollar prices are still really good prices to. It's just sad to see how inflation affects everything. Oh well, I think I'm gonna plan a beta tank. 😊 Thanks for the great ideas that you share with us! Happy Tankin'.

  • @dustinking4004
    @dustinking4004 17 днів тому

    I did a similar setup with a large cookie jar, but I love the idea of the spout for easy water change. For just one nano fish and some shrimp it has been great.

  • @seannolan861
    @seannolan861 23 дні тому +1

    The giant nano tank in the background looks like a giant snow globe that’s been shaken up. I like it.👍

  • @EvonRomano-ge2og
    @EvonRomano-ge2og 24 дні тому +3

    Omg , you’re a flipping genius!!! I love it

  • @sewerrat7612
    @sewerrat7612 23 дні тому +1

    They work well for guppy fry if you keep your house warm my grandmother used to have a few for grow outs.

  • @jonisolis9645
    @jonisolis9645 23 дні тому +1

    Yea! Great idea. I would love some of these for little plant and shrimp tanks! So cute!!!

  • @mattphillips6714
    @mattphillips6714 23 дні тому +1

    Definitely has use as a Lake Tanganyikan fry grow out tank..👍👍

  • @tinynina76
    @tinynina76 24 дні тому +1

    Great idea! I was looking for something to quarantine/treat new plants. The pet sore tanks are so expensive! Thanks!🌿🌿🐟🐟😁

  • @Snailyandwhaley
    @Snailyandwhaley 23 дні тому +2

    Loved the joy and excitement to show us the goodies! 😊

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  23 дні тому +1

      That’s so sweet of you to say! 😊

  • @BearJJ1337
    @BearJJ1337 24 дні тому +2

    these would be amazing for water changes! I don't like to dump my water in the aquarium so i usually use an airline tube to drip into the tank so these would be great for that!

  • @AquaLust
    @AquaLust 22 дні тому

    3:19 I bought a glass "lemonade" jar just like that. I used it to dispense brine shrimp. Thought a net and water in the cup. This way keeps that water out of the tank.

  • @AirWarrior97395
    @AirWarrior97395 24 дні тому +3

    I've thought about using those 5 gallon water jug dispenser pump thing to use for water changes

  • @reggie2803
    @reggie2803 24 дні тому +1

    Never thought to use one of these. I’m going to pick one up this weekend. Thanks.

  • @B1gJ4k3
    @B1gJ4k3 23 дні тому

    Along the built-in siphon route, on a lot of new tanks I setup these days, I’ll make a pre-primed siphon out of PVC that’s always ready to hook up a hose to and drain (and even fill) with. Just some PVC, a few elbows, a ball valve, a hose adapter and a pre-filter sponge. On nicer display tanks, you can paint it black with some Krylon Fusion and you barely notice it. You just prime it once, shut the ball valve and it’s always ready to siphon.

  • @Guppygeddon
    @Guppygeddon 23 дні тому +1

    Never thought about using such a container this idea is just brilliant.

  • @sghettinona
    @sghettinona 24 дні тому +2

    Thanks for the great Tip!
    I can see many possibilities 😀

  • @katm8122
    @katm8122 24 дні тому +1

    Fabulous idea for a hospital/ quarantine tank! That reminds me of a question that I wanted to ask. I am looking to put together a community tank (honey gourami, neon green tetras, and pygmy corys). How long do most people quarantine for? If you have different types of fish, would you add them to the cycled tank all at once, or is there an order you should follow by type? Thanks!

  • @denisekoenig9479
    @denisekoenig9479 24 дні тому +3

    This would be perfect for my fry

  • @Droveit
    @Droveit 23 дні тому

    A true Chicagoan!! Jewels!?? I love it. 😂😂

  • @beaverc2884
    @beaverc2884 24 дні тому +1

    Now that's what ya call thinking outside the box. I see these things every year and never thought of them.. 👍👍

    • @chia_pet7121
      @chia_pet7121 22 дні тому

      It was purchased in a box store. : (

  • @littlemidwestrebornsdolls
    @littlemidwestrebornsdolls 20 днів тому

    Yes, yes, love that!! Great as a quentine tank or emergency/hospital tank. (Gina)

  • @currykevuk
    @currykevuk 24 дні тому +3

    Crazy? Yes! Excited? Oh yes! Great idea? You bet! Thanks.

  • @overlandingdan7362
    @overlandingdan7362 23 дні тому +1

    You could build a false bottom, similar to a terrarium.

  • @wendymcdowell2341
    @wendymcdowell2341 23 дні тому

    ❤❤❤ Hi, Joanna, I love this idea! I’ll be playing musical tanks this summer, and I’ll be using different sizes of these! I’ve finally sorted my tanks and moved a 125 gallon a few weeks while our workers had some doors of to make it way easier to get them downstairs. These small tanks will be handy to move the fish who are smaller than most I put in 125s, sorta like the fish in the tank behind you (which I love, BTW!) Thanks for the idea! ❤

  • @ChrisJohnsonCJs-Kitchen
    @ChrisJohnsonCJs-Kitchen 20 днів тому

    I have definitely seen videos of people who have set up drink dispensers as aquariums. I like your ideas of using them for quarantine or photo vessels though.

  • @cherylbelott
    @cherylbelott 24 дні тому +2

    I love multipurpose! And anything that makes water changes a bit easier. 👏 Happy Wednesday! 😊

  • @halperkins1791
    @halperkins1791 17 днів тому

    Thanks much help! Great idea!👍

  • @audrameyer9558
    @audrameyer9558 24 дні тому +2

    I love the way your mind thinks!

  • @Snellcomp
    @Snellcomp 19 днів тому

    Great idea, thanks!

  • @donandsharonfralick7642
    @donandsharonfralick7642 23 дні тому

    That is so cool Joanna. Thanks for sharing. I will be looking for them.

  • @jessiecorceles6317
    @jessiecorceles6317 23 дні тому +1

    Its perfect for a gold fish juice 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you know im kidding right ?

  • @luciad5988
    @luciad5988 23 дні тому +1

    I’d love to see you do a live Q&A sometime!

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  23 дні тому +2

      Hi! We have done Saturday morning live streams here and there but you can always shoot me a question over on Prime Time Aquatics Wednesday night livestreams 8:-9:30 pm central. 😊

  • @rhondafitzpatrick1646
    @rhondafitzpatrick1646 23 дні тому +1

    you could also glue a screen to the inside hole so inhabitants don't go in the spout and get stuck...😢

  • @razinfishes1918
    @razinfishes1918 24 дні тому +1

    Great idea love it

  • @feralon9570
    @feralon9570 24 дні тому +2

    💚💚 Too cute.

  • @carolebraswell982
    @carolebraswell982 24 дні тому +2

    I have never thought of these this was!

  • @dilisabradley7554
    @dilisabradley7554 24 дні тому +1

    You always come up with the best, most practical ideas. I Love It.❤🎉

  • @phil3299
    @phil3299 24 дні тому +6

    If your fish are small but the fish food is too big, like bottom feeder wafers of all sorts, the $8.00 CVS Health Pill Splitter with safety shield is a great way to safety cut fish food to more manageable sizes to create less waste in the aquarium and save money.

    • @taz6122
      @taz6122 24 дні тому +2

      Coffee grinder 😝

    • @phil3299
      @phil3299 24 дні тому +1

      @taz6122 That's a great idea for fish who feed off the top or mid level, but wafers need to keep their shape longer so the food doesn't get all over the aquarium. A pill splitter keeps a more consistent solid shape than whatever larger pieces are left at the bottom of the coffee grinder. A coffee grinder also may require more food to be cut up at the same time releasing the freshness quicker and possibly going stale faster if not all used at once. With a pill splitter, you can cut 1 wafer at a time.

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  24 дні тому +1

      Wow! That’s a great idea!! Thanks for sharing! 🙌

  • @HoofDuran323
    @HoofDuran323 19 днів тому

    Great idea!!

  • @ghostwriterinme5050
    @ghostwriterinme5050 17 днів тому

    Excellent idea, this is excellent in an emergency. What else can you share on the topic of, "Thinking Out of the Box."

  • @Kingdamien6660
    @Kingdamien6660 23 дні тому +1

    definitely YAY

  • @davidspears8108
    @davidspears8108 24 дні тому +2

    great video - interesting tip. Also - the tank in the background looks amazing ! Have you put more fish in there?

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  24 дні тому +1

      Thank you! Mmm…none since the diamond eye’s 😊

    • @davidspears8108
      @davidspears8108 24 дні тому +1

      @@thesmallscape it's so effective - the sort of tank you could loose hours staring at !

  • @crainbolt5155
    @crainbolt5155 24 дні тому +1

    Nice idea 👍🫶

  • @PastorCheryl
    @PastorCheryl 24 дні тому +1

    That is a very cool idea. ❤😊

  • @cakorosssepulveda
    @cakorosssepulveda 21 день тому

    i have used them for breeding barbs
    great to have on hand

  • @juli8vdberg562
    @juli8vdberg562 23 дні тому +1

    Yeayyyy you added highlights to your hair … from ex model in Paris to you: you remind me of the actress in Love Story with Brian O’Neil … but add more méche d’or in your hair .. you’re beautiful

  • @TeamM334
    @TeamM334 22 дні тому

    Brilliant!!!

  • @zeuslea1
    @zeuslea1 22 дні тому

    I like the way you think. Brilliant!

  • @kenjohnson2900
    @kenjohnson2900 23 дні тому +1

    cool idea

  • @miashadows
    @miashadows 23 дні тому

    I was thinking about daphnia in one of those!😊

  • @cindys.4409
    @cindys.4409 23 дні тому +1

    Are they in the seasonal aisle at Jewel? I've used the glass jar ones for daphnia cultures.

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  23 дні тому +1

      Hi Cindy! Yes they are - by the summer goodies 😊

  • @Smallfish16
    @Smallfish16 24 дні тому +1

    Good idea

  • @InTheEndTruthWillOut
    @InTheEndTruthWillOut 24 дні тому +2

    Wow!

  • @Droveit
    @Droveit 23 дні тому

    It would be a bonus if when you open the spigot, just the poop would come out!😅

  • @jamesparadigm
    @jamesparadigm 23 дні тому +1

    💙💙💚💚

  • @tanksandfish
    @tanksandfish 22 дні тому

    never though of it good idea

  • @razinfishes1918
    @razinfishes1918 22 дні тому

    Man Johanna where did you get that from> I cannot find them online anywhere

    • @thesmallscape
      @thesmallscape  21 день тому

      Hi! I got both from our local grocery store, Jewel 😊

    • @razinfishes1918
      @razinfishes1918 21 день тому

      @@thesmallscape hum well we don't have one of them in Texas.