I just use rooibos tea bag (redwood tree tea) and 2 alder cones. The alder cones I collect locally and roibos tea bags I buy at the supermarket, and are cheap.
Hello, I'm a Brazilian fan of yours. I want to set up a botanical aquarium with darker waters, but I have a question. At the beginning, when the aquarium starts to cycle, can I add the leaves/branches Or do I do this after cycling is finished?
I got a black water box of botanicals from My Aquarium Box a few months ago. Absolutely loved it. Your tank is looking great. Looking forward to new videos in the New Year. 👍💕👍
What do U do w the boiled water? It is sterilized, w tannins, dead bacteria etc, which is food got invertebrates & catfish. So it's blackwater extract, which CAN be used as such. Am I right?
Any luck spawning those tetras? I’ve got some Rasboras I want to spawn but there’s almost no information on them. They get mixed in with Emerald Eye Rasboras as a bycatch and aren’t a Rasbora you can find at a store. Thinking I’ll need to drop the pH if I want to spawn them.
@@ashlynwanderer I haven't found anything to date. Nothing has died. I don't believe there is anything such as you describe that would effect marine / tropical water life.
@@WollongongSkyWatch i guess too vastly different of an environment for anything to migrate and cause problems then? thanks for the tip! but what about stuff collected from other aquatic enviroments??
@@ashlynwanderer probably best to do your own studies. I wouldn't put a large piece of local lake driftwood in my tropical tank, but I have put all assorted untreated, dead gum leaves, gumnuts, etc, including some type of fungus that I found on my tree. Long bright red strands that look amazing! Just add things slowly and observe.
I went hardcore with coco nuggets, and I'm still trying to get it light enough to see the plants 😄. Been lovely tannic tea for topping up others, though. I think today might be the day!
I’m sorry if this question is answered somewhere already, but I’ve been planning to eventually do a black water nano tank and I’ve been curious: how do you get the water to stay amber without the filter filtering out all the tannins? I plan on using some kind of a sponge filter for the nano tank. I’d like it to stay relatively dark, wouldn’t a filter try to get rid of the tannins?
My whole Series on my Blackwater aquariums Check it out! ua-cam.com/video/eHajNd3g4mc/v-deo.html
Nothing beats a Blackwater Aquarium, awesome!
excellent use of various dried bots. I have great results with aponogetons in my blackwater aq.
I was boiling my botanicals and my husband came into my fish room to let me know my “witch tea” was ready. Lol
You should let him know if you were a real witch you wouldn't be boiling the nature out of it lol
I just use rooibos tea bag (redwood tree tea) and 2 alder cones. The alder cones I collect locally and roibos tea bags I buy at the supermarket, and are cheap.
Wow what a gorgeous tank I'm going to have to do a Blackwater Now lol thanks
I so love blackwater tanks!
Man your aquariums rock I have two blackwater tanks. Nothing better IMHO.
Beautiful tank!
Thank you Man!! Did you see the keys? :-) Burlington or bust!!
@@JHAquatics The keys, islands? Is Burlington your town? If so what the closest airport I will look at tickets ;) We could go on a guppy expedition!
I love black water, I have a 15 gal fluval flex black water. I did basically the same thing but I also added some Anubis and duckweed
Hello, I'm a Brazilian fan of yours. I want to set up a botanical aquarium with darker waters, but I have a question. At the beginning, when the aquarium starts to cycle, can I add the leaves/branches Or do I do this after cycling is finished?
Nice tank and botanicals
Thank you Susan :-)
I got a black water box of botanicals from My Aquarium Box a few months ago. Absolutely loved it. Your tank is looking great. Looking forward to new videos in the New Year.
👍💕👍
Their box is different the my starter kit. I feel my assortment is from experience and what works for me for shrimp and blackwater fish.
I have shrimp and mystery snails. Can the mystery snails do ok in the blackwater aquariums?
You can find some alder species native to N. America too!
Im definitely going to add a black water aquarium to my collection thanks for the information
What do U do w the boiled water? It is sterilized, w tannins, dead bacteria etc, which is food got invertebrates & catfish. So it's blackwater extract, which CAN be used as such. Am I right?
Any luck spawning those tetras? I’ve got some Rasboras I want to spawn but there’s almost no information on them. They get mixed in with Emerald Eye Rasboras as a bycatch and aren’t a Rasbora you can find at a store. Thinking I’ll need to drop the pH if I want to spawn them.
There's no need to sterilise all the natural goodness out of the dry goods. I find this the most weird practice of all.
Could not agree more! Bacteria from nature is healthy for aquariums
not concerned about parasites, harmful fungi/bacteria, etc...?
@@ashlynwanderer I haven't found anything to date. Nothing has died. I don't believe there is anything such as you describe that would effect marine / tropical water life.
@@WollongongSkyWatch i guess too vastly different of an environment for anything to migrate and cause problems then? thanks for the tip! but what about stuff collected from other aquatic enviroments??
@@ashlynwanderer probably best to do your own studies. I wouldn't put a large piece of local lake driftwood in my tropical tank, but I have put all assorted untreated, dead gum leaves, gumnuts, etc, including some type of fungus that I found on my tree. Long bright red strands that look amazing! Just add things slowly and observe.
I'm afraid the casuarina is not a conifer, they are flowering plants in a family of their own and may be related to the alders of the N hemisphere.
I went hardcore with coco nuggets, and I'm still trying to get it light enough to see the plants 😄. Been lovely tannic tea for topping up others, though. I think today might be the day!
very nice i may try this great video
Hi, can you use star anise for tannins
I would not suggest it
I’m sorry if this question is answered somewhere already, but I’ve been planning to eventually do a black water nano tank and I’ve been curious: how do you get the water to stay amber without the filter filtering out all the tannins? I plan on using some kind of a sponge filter for the nano tank. I’d like it to stay relatively dark, wouldn’t a filter try to get rid of the tannins?
My hob filter keeps the tannins nicely, don't know why it wouldn't
@Amber Richardson people put charcoal in aquariums- people that know what they are doing?!
Can we use pine cones ?
Not so much. The sap is not good.
can i just go to the woods and pick up leaves and pots?
Stay away from conifers
You bet
Can goldfish be kept in a black water tank?
Sure, but I dont think they will enjoy it. Gold fish need heavy filtration lots of water and fine sand at the bottom of the tank.
Goldfish can be kept in toilet water . Lol
@@JHAquatics goldfish need zero filtration (in a pond and a lot of plants).
Thanks great vid
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Cauldron. hehehe