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@TheFishRoom I appreciate it Cam hopefully I will have something that entertains you 😊

@@jeffkane4391 You like fish, I like fish, job done.

Right Sonny G and 😆 🤣 😂

@shakinbottles if I don't have an empty tank, I like to use pickle jars or something similar. I prefer to see what I'm adding to a tank so I don't add leachs or other undesirables on purpose. That being said, the Oscar's love them a good dragon fly nymph 😉😁 there are some viruses out there that do effect fish differently, pending species, so I personally quarantine the wild-type bug collections within reason. If my bug jar or tank is doing great for 2 or 3 months, that's about all a person can realistically do shy of not adding wild creatures to the aquarium. The best place for me has been a ditch on the bog side attached to a small lake via a culvert. It yields the largest verity of micro critters for me. Daphnia to seed shrimp, planaria, hydra, and sponges as well. The sponges have never survived long-term. Something always makes them disappear at some point. I have found aquatic isopods under rocks near shore on some of our flowages, the one I find the most at is near a paper mill that does use the water in their system and dumps it back into the system. I don't know if there is a correlation but an observation either way. Scuds I find in almost every body of water that I look for them in. If you're targeting Daphnia, specifically try a waterproof light at night near cover and have patients (put it in the water and wait). Do look into local laws. Each state is different, and some counties exceed the states laws. I hope there's a little useful information in this mini book 😆 @shakinbottles

@@jeffkane4391 hey thanks man I really do appreciate it. I think your up by the great lakes because of your shorts, is that correct? I've only ever seen one sponge from my local water and that was from one of the biggest lakes near me and like probably 10 years ago, idk if that has anything to do with the other biodiversity around me or not but I just found it interesting that you can find sponges. I'm in Kansas and our waters are very muddy most of the time, is that going to effect how these microorganism and microfauna live in my waters? Also I don't really have a ditch nearby, all of my water sources are running streams or lakes with mostly sandstone and clay, (or manmade with idk what kind of rocks and boulders), so how would I go about finding scuds/daphnia, etc, in there kinds of waters?

@@jeffkane4391 also what kind of quarantine do you do with outside water? And I was thinking about feeding the dragonfly nymph to my sunfish. But he's just so cute and I havnt seen him mess with any of my fish yet, so I'll give him a chance I already had one morph or whatever inside anyways lol.

@shakinbottles lakes for the daphnia or slow pools on a creek or river in the weeds and roots. If the water is 3 feet of visibility, stick to water less than 3 feet deep. Scuds will be in the weeds as well if they don't have any rock or wood cover. If the water is too dark to support plant life, find water that supports it.

@shakinbottles yes I'm in Northern Wisconsin, about an hour and a half ish south of Lake Superior

If something is eating them in a community setting the quantity won't be visible during the day

It definitely is, one day I hope to have something similar

@@jeffkane4391 That's on my list too. 🙂

Thank you for appreciating it. It is definitely a beautiful system.

There are definitely plenty of rainbow fry to raise up over the winter 😁

Maybe. The only fish I could definitely identify were creek chubs

@@jeffkane4391 well dang good luck on your adventures man I just got some red shiners, crawfish, banded darters and a couple little catfish this past week, tanks are growing and getting more natural as the days go by. Good luck on everything man hope it's going good.

These came from the wet spot tropical at $24 each . Hopefully, they will be grown out enough over the next year or 2 for spawning they are pretty young still. 😁

@@jeffkane4391 that's a little to much for me rn😂 lmk when you get them spawning ide be interested for sure.

@shakinbottels a little water from a bog near me. It's attached to a lake via a culvert. The water was low this year, so I only had one good harvest to start up the ponds and barrels. I do have some pure stains inside, but the little brown copipods are great little workers and help me jump start a fresh setup. I typically get fairy shrimp, daphnia, scuds, and planaria from the same spot. The good with the "bad" pending point of view and how it's being used.

@@jeffkane4391 good stuff thanks man

Thanks JJ I'm still remodeling the house and fishroom so I definitely have limited space currently 😁

Like smelt! 😆😉😁

Sweet 😁 I love seeing the older body styles out on the road 😍 😊

They do good for about 15 days ish. Then they get to be a bit much to keep up with and get upgraded

Thank you, I do agree as well 😁😊

Thanks Tim I appreciate it.

The property definitely helped it be possible. The beginning of the stream is about 15 - 20 feet higher than the pond it ends in. I believe the stream is around 150 to 170 feet long based on the home dimensions. Based on the age of the furnace, the pond and stream should be close to 20 years old.

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Hopefully, one day, we can have one of ourselves

💯 agreed Kyle

They did make good use of a natural hill side

It's his vacation home, 2nd of 3 homes if I remember correctly. He's not there often.

@@jeffkane4391 understandable I guess

@@jeffkane4391hey Jeff do you follow my channel yet?

100% agreed

It's my ringtone 😆

Really?, no fish there?

It his vacation home, so he's not there often enough to care for them

100% agreed and thank you 😊

@@jeffkane4391 understood. No need for fish, is an amazing place

💯 agreed 😁

It does so hopefully I can still do the work myself when I'm finally able to afford it 😆

@@jeffkane4391 Staying active is the secret. In my experience.

@@jeffkane4391 The trick is to stay active, I know this from experience.

@@dixsigns1717 I do my best to. 🤗😊

I'm really confident that whoever he hired used heavy equipment for 99% of the work

💯 agreed

100% agreed Patty's I love revisiting that system

One day Richard, one day 😁😊

Thanks Debz ❤️ 😊 I like getting back each year and seeing how it changes

There's migratory fogs for sure, I have seen a few in past years.

💯 agreed 😍😁😊

Hired out in today's age, I'm thinking 50k to 70k? I believe the house is tax rolled 1.5 to 2 million now.

That's a lot of money. My wallet is crying 😢

@Aquarium_Fantasy-HF I am 100% guessing based on smaller projects, I could be overeating or underestimating

I still want one 😫

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It can be a struggle to keep it going when you want it 😆

Rhadinocentrus Ornatus Rainbow fish fry, aka swimming eyelashes

Fish head soup?

😆 I might have already told them

Lol😂