Collecting Wood and Rocks for your Aquarium
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- I've had a few requests asking to show how and where i collect my hardscape supplies. Today i take you along as i collect wood and rocks for my aquariums.
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My friends make fun of me when I collect stuff at the lake but tbh finding it your own and not having to spend any money on it is wayyy better
+Honor Scott I always get strange looks when I carry wood off the mountain lol
It's all about the hunt right? I love it. I found a 600lb fossil, a bit big for my tank LOL
@@SteenfottAquatics so true
@@SteenfottAquatics I was catching minnnows with my net and people kept looking at me
I literally have no friends in the hobby 😂 mine all think Im weird for it too. Except my brother. Hes been keeping fish for 25 years
I have never cleaned my wood or my rocks either and I have never had a problem this is how we beautify our aquariums and not going broke in the process and we always find some of the most beautiful pieces ever good job.
Beautiful place to go hunting for rocks and wood, ice caves are epic!
Once a while, it is good to give us a breath of fresh air outside instead of just indoor stuff.
next week on Bob vs wild, Bob wrestles a black bear for the last piece of apple pie
I'd win then throw the pie in the bears face.
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Bob you are lucky to live in such a beautiful area
Yea i love it here =)
@@SteenfottAquatics where is it? north west?
Looks like home. ❤️
The fireweed reminds me of Alaska
I have to echo some of the other followers here. I would like to see more of these videos. For me it has always been the hunt. Antiques, moose, deer, fossils fish, always the hunt.
I used to live near a place that I could boat to in the Spring and collect fossils. I need to go back because I would love to have fossils in a tank. My Son still has a complete Starfish, we used to have a lot of big shells etc. But when my wife left me she even took those.
Just a fun video, thank you!
This was a fun video to watch. Nice to see your natural collection, and 'cleaning' methods. Agree with the others: friggin beautiful up there.
Glad you enjoyed it =)
Neature nuggets, that's neat.
Pls do more of these type of videos!
So beautiful out there! Looked like fun!
i bet this guys a lot of fun to hang with
I always have fun when i hang out with me.
Thanks f9r bringing us alomg.. ❤
I went there when I was in Washington in June. What an awesome place! The glacier was huge when I was there, and there weren't any caves yet. Thanks for sharing Bob.
Luckily I live in Oregon. We have some of the best rocks. Huge chunks of green, red, yellow and black jasper. Columnar basalt, miles of obsidian, more Agates than you could shake a stick at. I've been cleaning my rocks in hydrochloric acid followed by a few months of a water soak. Various minerals create the great colors (copper creates green usually, other minerals create other colors) and I want to make sure there is no "water soluble mineral content" left. Haven't had a problem so far. Nice vid.
Awesome location! ❤️🇦🇺
LOVE this! It’s my life. ✌🏻
One of my favorite spots.
I think I saw a 'squatch
Simply Betta was it me?
This is so fun to watch.. something different. I might be going to the Upper Penninsula of Michigan in early sept.. so I will be looking for scaping materials as well!
Yay! I love the UP! Leave some wood for me, please. :)
I use broken up asphalt I find around town for my substrate and wood that I pull out of an urban creek in my tanks. I don't clean any of it. Never had a problem its totally fine.
LOL
From the Snowy Mountains Australia, i have never cleaned my hardscape from nature either... have had no problems. All i do is scrub off loose bits but that's about it.
Thanks Bob I have a guppy tub full of rocks and driftwood on my deck. The birds and bees love it
awesome!
Wow nice adventure! I only have swamp area to "hike" lol murder needles EVERYWHERE! I love this view! Never knew how beautiful the places you hike look. I'd be there every weekend.
Thats why i quit Saturday live streams =D
What a stunningly beautiful place to go hiking
Always a great time =)
Love that you think about your dog!
Always thinking about her =)
Wow, beautiful. Thanks for taking me along.
Most of my aquarium needs I have found out in nature 👍 sand, pants , rocks ..fish ?🤷
Well just my little bullhead lol
Beautiful place
Nice video! You had that Les Stroud shot going on. Personally, I'd love to see more videos like this.
The Fish Factory haha hoping someone would catch that. Only reason I did it. Love Les Stroud
I really enjoyed the scenery. Thanks 💚
Cecelia Odle Thanks for watching :)
Great vid thanks Bob. Suggestions on how to handle hardscape from not so pure of source? Boiling? Thanks!
Boil wood, never boil rocks, they can explode =O I just clean rocks with hydrogen peroxide
What a stunning place
One of my favorites of all your videos. Ice in August...I wish we had that in SW Oklahoma. Excuse me while I go take a nap in the freezer.
My 2 year old granddaughter and I hit the Nisqually today rock collecting.
another good spot =)
Beautiful views! I wish I had a trail like that near me!
Awesome hike and great vid. Love the scenery.👍👍👍
gods country brother... your a lucky man to live in such a beautiful place!...
I love nature. I live in the woods.Do more like this.
It was a lot of fun =)
Makes me wanna go hike n search right now. Good video
This is a gem!
I really enjoyed this. I'm getting back into the hobby after taking a break for about fifteen years and am checking out some stuff online and happened upon this. You live in such a cool area, thanks for sharing your hike and showing us the stuff you were able to find! Makes me even more excited to get back into keeping fish.
It's so beautiful there! Reminds me of when I lived in idaho!
Ya, well I'ver got the flat ground of Chicagoland to look at when I eat lunch. Haha Awesome video - I so wish I could stroll into the mountains and eat lunch. Ice caves would be nice this time of year too. : -)
Beautiful tour Bob, thanks for taking us along in the gorgeous countryside.
Interesting way to collect aquascraping materials, with the bonus of a workout. 👍
Wow I never know that I can take wood peaces like these from the wild
Great video Bob, the wife and I get our hard scape the same way, although the view isn't nearly that spectacular.
Thanks Brian, glad you enjoyed it =)
awesome....I wana do this
Fantastic topic, Bob! Thanks as always for the great, useful info!
That was really a cool walk a a very beautiful place. Thanks for taking us along with you.
Awesome views!! Crazy that there's so much ice when it's so hot out
Glad to see other people doing the footwork for their rocks and wood. I get some crazy looks hauling packs full of rocks and sticks down out of these mountains sometimes. Fewer from rockhounds.
Yea, when i hauled down that 4 foot piece i got all kinds of strange looks lol
It's worse when you're 5'4" and look like a reverse sherpa, lol
that big stump wold look dope in corys 800
love this type of video you should do more like this
Thanks it was a ton of fun =)
Omg i am so in love with ever bit of this!!! Where are you? AMAZING!!! also I must say if you have one ... Your significant other is one absolutley lucky one!!!
Mother nature is my significant other =)
That was great with beautiful scenery.
I loved the virtual hike along! I wish you would have caught that snake, he was pretty!
Pacific northwest is so beautiful.
Yep! I live in Vancouver, Canada.
That is an absolutely beautiful area!!
Awesome! I am going to have to go out to rivers around here and see if I find anything for my aquariums! Thanks for the video!
Thought I was the only crazy one bushwhacking creeks and loading my pack up with wood. Thanks for posting! =)
Those Ice Caves are awesome looking I've never seen anything like that before. Loved the video very informative
Nice video! Something different than usual :) enjoyed it!
Glad you enjoyed it =)
That's it! You are cleaning wood that way for the last time! I challenge you to a duel in two weeks!
Love this video! If you hiked like that here in Texas you would be dealing with poison ivy now lol
Jadren Aquatics luckily none of that where I go lol
try muriatic acid on the rocks. diluted. can strip surface layer and expose great colors.
He doesn't clean his hardscape :0
Great stuff 😊that beard gives me wolverine flashbacks🤣
Great video. Absolutely beautiful there!
Cool video. Always like nature walks. It was nice of you to bring us along.
Damn I'm so jealous of where you live. That is a beautiful place. Where I live in Sweden there's nothing like it. You're very lucky!
Great and unique video. Thanks for sharing!
This was a really fun episode and I'd like seeing more adventures like this
I wish my country is that beautiful and has that much good aquascape supplies :O
Thanks for the break...... enjoyed your video
Great video, Bob! Already got my location picked out for my own collecting trip this summer!
This was awesome. Thanks for sharing.
I go walking all the time in various places, I've never thought to do this.... next time though! 😁
You got to let me know next time you go up love that area
Wow that was a great video. Great scenery!
What an amazing loction to go out and collect , wish i had somewhere like that near me in the UK but you may say unfortunately for that sort of stuff i like in a seaside city
Bob, thank you soooo much for this video. Loved seeing ya outta the house and all up in those gorgeous mountains. I forget how different the mountains are in the Pacific Northwest compared to the Colorado Rockies I gaze at every day. So different. Your hiking trails just miiiiiight be a lil more gorgeous than mine. (; wish we could trade mountains from time to time!
Super cool! The landscape in the mountains there is gorgeous. I've thinking about doing a video like this too. Can't wait to see you use these rocks and wood in your tanks!
Great video! More of these please
great video, i get my hardscape the same way.
Do you just pick any nice looking piece of wood or rocks? Are there any types of hardscape that you shouldn't use in the aquarium? I live in Minnesota, so I dont know what us safe to use.
Most wood without bark and sap is ok. But i also collect way up in the mountain where there are no pollutants.
Many rocks will influence your water parameters so be careful
Cool video That's great you can go to such a beautiful place to collect stuff for your tanks.I live in Miami we don't have those awesome mountains or snow/Ice. Good stuff thanks
Thank you for taking us along on your hike and gathering trip !! Loved it :-)
I got a chuckle when you just threw them in the tub, in the beginning it sounded like you have a process to clean them. It looks beautiful there I think its time to move ;D
Just stumbled on your videos... I'm setting up a 65 gal Tall that I've taken out of retirement. The area you are in looks like Baker Snoqualmie National Forest... Quite a bit different from the High Desert I'm use to.
Not even sweating lol. It isnt hot! Anyways, great video!
awesome video bob!
Oh sh*t the snake part scare the hell outta me. Lol
Beautiful video!
My jeep is apart for upgrades. My dog is solid black so understand about the heat. I needed to know what I could put in the aquarium for my live bearers. Man how did you stay in your shoes?
great vlog champ, thank you for sharing =)
Loved this video. Great nature looks amazing. 😃
Why not weigh the wood down with the rocks? Just an idea. Pretty place and cool ice caves.
Like the Manson shades. Lol jkn Bob
Beautiful landscape! Where was that?