Artist, veteran, mommy, and unwitting aquatic hobbiest
Reading, lampworking (making glass beads), other art forms, science fiction conventions
- Location
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Southern Louisiana
- Occupation
- Mechanical designer
- My Tanks
- #1 - 1 gallon, freshwater, flame moss (?), marimo ball, unknown plant from dry bulb purchased at Walmat, duck weed, pond weed and another species of floating plant. 7 unknown fish and a shrimp from bayou Teche, and a lot of pond snails. No filtration, no water change for over 6 months. Little to no feeding because the fish eat algae, snail eggs, smaller snails and small swimming organisms. Occassionally scrape away algae on one side so I can see what's going on in there.
#2 - 3/4 gallon, unknown bulb from Walmart, flame moss, java fern, *1* snail, starting to see decent algae growth. No filtration, no water change for 3 months. Rare feedings.
#3 - 1/2 gallon, native LA water plants, marimo ball. Not stable, just put in sand and gravel hoping that will help. Rams horns are PIGS.
# 4 - 1 gallon. Native LA floating plant, lots of pond snails. Not sure what's going on with it. Regular feedings.
#5 - 1/2 gallon. Crashed 5 months ago but the java fern held on so I lef