Filamentous Algae

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    00:00 Title
    January 26th, 2018
    00:05 Thick ice covers the ponds in Central Park of New York city.
    I am on the look out for aquatic plants.
    Here, you can see some green growing under the ice.
    I could not break the ice to get a closer look on it.
    The same land moss you see here grows nicely in my aquariums!
    Ice is less thick on this stream.
    Here I am able to pull out a cluster of filamentous algae from under the ice.
    It comes with a red worm!
    Put the catch in a bottle with water from the same stream.
    Here, you see this sample of filamentous algae with the worm and the remains of some insect.
    Samples of filamentous algae collected in the summer would come with different tiny critters • Adopting Wild Cleaning...
    I give them a chance with a pinch of homemade fish food • How to Make Fish Food ...
    January 27th, 2018
    01:22 I am moving this red worm to another nursery, where I grow guppies and samples of filamentous algae collected in previous years.
    A guppy male tries to eat the worm. • Guppy Gender
    The worm is safe for now, hidden in a mesh of filamentous algae.
    Filamentous algae is a natural safe house for many critters!
    Also, filamentous algae is food for those critters and for many types of fish.
    My guppies nibble on filamentous algae all day long.
    I put the fresh winter sample on a windowsill for observation under a vigorous trusted guard • How to fix squeaky doors
    02:22 The next day my watchful guard spotted intruders!
    Those tiny moving white dots look like cyclopes! • Adopting Wild Cleaning...
    I am going to keep them here for now.
    February 8th, 2018
    02:40 The population of cyclopes grows in the past week, while the amount of filamentous algae was reduced.
    All types of algae need nutrition to grow.
    02:55 Here, you see samples of filamentous algae collected at the same place 6 months earlier in August 2017.
    The hair thin strings of filamentous algae grow in almost every freshwater lake and pond, among other type of algae.
    The filamentous algae grows in these two aquariums since summer 2016. • Algae control in aquarium
    Notice how it grows thinner and shorter in my aquariums than in the wild.
    Take a closer look.
    The wild grown filamentous algae is on the left.
    The aquarium grown filamentous algae is on the right.
    03:53 Here you see the same aquariums 3 weeks later.
    Seed shrimps thrive in both nurseries.
    Filamentous algae needs only sunlight and waste produced by aquatic creatures to double or triple its volume in a matter of weeks!
    Check my self-sustaining aquarium video • Self-Sustaining Aquari... on how filamentous algae grows from one tiny string to take over an entire aquarium.
    04:20 All types of algae are natural filters and food for fish and critters!
    Control algae growth by reducing available nutrition and sunlight.
    Check my previous video about algae control for more details. • Algae control in aquarium
    Physically remove excess of filamentous algae as needed.
    Have fun and happy aquarium :)
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Komentáře • 178

  • @CarlosRivera-mine
    @CarlosRivera-mine Před 6 lety +1

    Your setup is awesome! And your videos are very informative to me. Thank you for your efforts.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      My pleasure!!

  • @theebonydevil739
    @theebonydevil739 Před 6 lety +9

    Really cool experiment! So interesting to see the amount of biodiversity that the algae holds!

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety +1

      Indeed! The algae is fundamental for our environment, base of food pyramid and so on.

  • @brendamorris8272
    @brendamorris8272 Před 6 lety

    Good to know Michael, when the foot of snow melts, I may venture to our stream and check for some algae. Awesome video

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety +1

      Just be careful! Don't put it in your main aquarium unless you want it to stay there permanently ;)
      You have a foot of snow! That's like you are in Siberia :)

  • @nirmalabangwal6565
    @nirmalabangwal6565 Před 5 lety +1

    A cool experiment which provide a lot information

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      Thank you very much!!

  • @deannesherriff3247
    @deannesherriff3247 Před 6 lety +2

    I love your videos. Always interesting. 🐡🐡🐡

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you very much!!

  • @etikareborn5417
    @etikareborn5417 Před 6 lety

    Dang you really skyrocketed in subs since i first watched, the video was about the dragon fly nymph.
    Good to see that you're still going at it strong! :)

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Hey! Thank you for coming back!!

  • @thoaitaitran109
    @thoaitaitran109 Před 6 lety

    Your video are very nice and helpful, I love the Engsub.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you very much!!

  • @marktuyet
    @marktuyet Před 6 lety

    Thank you Michael . My orange female guppy in a one gallon Kim chi jar is now about 8 months old and doing great . Plants , algae , seed shrimp and fish flakes .

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Great!!
      Do you have plans to add male guppy?

    • @marktuyet
      @marktuyet Před 6 lety

      Michael Langerman Hi Michael . No male guppy . If I do it won't stay in the 1 gallon . Thanks for your videos . Mark

  • @alexia015uk2
    @alexia015uk2 Před 6 lety

    Another interesting and informative video Michael, I will have to give this a try. Your content has inspired me to try a number of different mosses and lichens in water and now I'm going to try other small plants that I pick up on my travels.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you!!
      Interesting! I tried 2 types of lichens last year without much success (there was no point of making videos on that). As you travel you have better chances to get various samples. I figured that it's better to look for what grows closer to water (not in the water to avoid confusion with aquatic plants) or in very damp places. After all Nature runs those experiments all the time - we just follow it ;)
      All the best!

    • @alexia015uk2
      @alexia015uk2 Před 6 lety

      Thank you, I will keep you posted and add video if it gets interesting.

  • @3xaqua247
    @3xaqua247 Před 6 lety

    another great video👍🏻

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you very much!!

  • @briansmith4853
    @briansmith4853 Před 3 lety +1

    Dude, I've been searching a crazy long amount of time trying to figure out what it is I'm looking at in my pond... I think they are cyclops, finally an answer without even trying, thanks man

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety

      My pleasure!

  • @dincherremziev9436
    @dincherremziev9436 Před 5 lety

    I love the way he talks ❤️😁 SSS

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      Thank you very much!

  • @shngsam8777
    @shngsam8777 Před 6 lety +2

    thumbs up for your watchful guard, good job spotting new intruders

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety +1

      He got well deserved treats for that and even just for being with me ;)

    • @shngsam8777
      @shngsam8777 Před 6 lety +1

      glad to hear that, he deserve it :)
      looking fwd for more videos on aquatic plants

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety +1

      Thank you very much!

  • @mitochondria6264
    @mitochondria6264 Před rokem +3

    2:22 is that the dog on channel icon ?
    Nice

    • @4me
      @4me  Před rokem +2

      You got it right! the icon is my drawing of our family dog. He is now 14 years young little spoiled senior 😁

  • @lorettapierce6336
    @lorettapierce6336 Před 5 lety +1

    Great channel and video

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      Thank you very much!!

  • @creliat
    @creliat Před 6 lety +16

    Your accent is so sweet!

  • @mellewedin8221
    @mellewedin8221 Před 5 lety +1

    This actually grows in my of my Aquariums that sits in my window. It's a 3 gallon tank with 2 oto cats, a betta, and mystery snail, and few pond snails. They love this tank. I hardly ever have to fed them.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      I had great time growing filamentous algae for couple years! Filamentous algae is amazing on many accounts.
      Last year I removed it from all my aquariums. I tried filamentous algae for self-sustaining aquariums with fish. It did not work as well as I was hoping. A pair of guppies could not eat it as fast as it grows. Eventually, my guppies did not have room to swim - filamentous algae took over all space creating dangerous for fish mesh. Nevertheless, filamentous algae is fine for aquariums with snails and such critters. And it looks gorgeous!

    • @JohnSmith-youtube
      @JohnSmith-youtube Před 3 lety +1

      @@4me , I know this is not your latest video but I need to point out that this algae can be beneficial. I added filamentous algae to my aquariums when i saw your videos, and it needs to be removed occasionally when it becomes excessive.
      The benefit that I found is the food and protection for the fry.
      It does need to be kept in check, (manually removed from other plants and Pothos roots with the help of a plastic fork) but the tanks with algae seem to be high speed baby fish factories. They are thriving colonies of Endlers, filled with fry.
      I prefer the Endlers as they do not require a heater .
      Just saying.
      Again, keep up the good videos.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety

      @@JohnSmith-youtube Agree. It is beneficial in many aspects. I did a couple years experiment to see if filamentous algae suitable for sustainable aquariums. It does perfectly well until left unchecked for long enough to take over entire aquarium (which it does not take long if you start with enough of it). Unchecked it traps fish of any size. For that reason only I removed it all from my aquariums.

  • @minachowchow
    @minachowchow Před 6 lety +1

    Hi Michael, thanks for the very informative and direct informational videos. Question: what plant is in the cube-like aquarium on the right at 3:21? it looks like a syngonium or nephthytis to me but i didn't know they can be grown submerged.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you for the question!!
      The big plant is dwarf lily. Here is playlist of videos about this plant: czcams.com/video/ZaMF_6Lt1yc/video.html
      The other plants in this aquarium are: filamentous algae czcams.com/video/rSZ0LkWdqMw/video.html and hairgrass: czcams.com/video/DxRtWeAT8PQ/video.html
      All the best!

  • @rp101aquatics6
    @rp101aquatics6 Před 6 lety

    and if you have any small algae eating fish can I buy some from you since I live in Brooklyn

  • @myounges
    @myounges Před 6 lety +3

    Imho the difference between wild algae and the one that has been in the aquariums for long is because of the water movement. Great vids very inspiring!

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety +1

      Thank you very much!!
      I believe so too! The long strings grows along the water movement in the spring. My aquariums don't have such water movement at all.

    • @justthenatur4615
      @justthenatur4615 Před 5 lety

      @@4me Those are different types of filamentus algea t

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      @@justthenatur4615 True!
      I have some videos (and bunch of unpublished ;) shown how different types of algae taking aquariums overtime. That is very fascinating natural development one can observe in self-sustaining aquariums!

  • @bmzaron713
    @bmzaron713 Před 3 lety +1

    Man I love this video... great to see the fascination in water life..It's cool your take on filamentous algae - a common internet search usually brings up eradication attempts with copper sulfate. Like I just searched fruit flies because I'm trying to learn more about them as I seem them outside in a compost pile and wouldn't you know a terro website for killing them shows up.. I like your take on life

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you! I found myself often wondering how much our existence depends on those little and seem disgusting to many critters. People tend to trust many common misconceptions more than bare facts and despite any logic.

    • @bmzaron713
      @bmzaron713 Před 3 lety

      @@4me Yeah man definitely, they are the foundation for life and fun to watch

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety +1

      @@bmzaron713 I like making videos of them, time-lapse and closeups. It's kind of challenging and often tricky to get right. I want to try recording with macro lens for phone camera this year.

    • @bmzaron713
      @bmzaron713 Před 3 lety

      @@4me Nice, yeah the technology is so awesome now even with brands I've never heard of able to provide quality images. It's funny right when I checked my notifications and saw your message I was looking at microscopes, the micro world is awesome

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety +1

      @@bmzaron713 I've been eyeing microscopes for a while too! Those with to record digital in HD are too expensive for occasional recordings. So, a phone camera will do for me ;)

  • @sivashreela1306
    @sivashreela1306 Před 5 lety +1

    Hi Michael, can you please suggest some low light plants for guppy tank? I am planning to breed guppies.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      I would suggest out of plants that I tried so far: hairgrass, dwarf lily, elodea, marimo moss.
      You may look up all my plants on this playlist: czcams.com/video/r3yPchM7yes/video.html
      All the best!

  • @rp101aquatics6
    @rp101aquatics6 Před 6 lety

    oh I didn't know you live in New York I live here too

  • @kephalian
    @kephalian Před 6 lety +1

    filamentous algi is called Spirogyra.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you!
      There are couple types of filamentous algae that I had in my aquariums. One grows in strings over 20 cm and the other one is much shorter... I cannot tell you the scientific name of my filamentous algae - I did not identify it. Spirogyra alone has about couple hundreds species ;)

  • @shrimpbynightbythomas8212

    Do you know how grow Algae Klebsormidium Sp.?

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 4 lety

      I don't stress myself over identifying algae types to tell you for sure.

  • @DisheveledSuccess
    @DisheveledSuccess Před rokem +1

    What is your knowledge of the filamentous algae? Do they release any toxins like algae blooms in FL? Superb video ty for sharing this info and paying the dog tax. 😊

    • @4me
      @4me  Před rokem +1

      Thank you! I've never been in Florida to compare algae blooms with those I've seen in New York 🙂It's a common green algae blooms that pose real toxic danger. In aquariums it's the same common green algae blooms that consume oxygen and thus suffocate everything in aquariums - not toxins.
      Filamentous algae blooms differently...It's just takes over the entire aquarium tangling in a mesh everything - not depriving of oxygen or releasing any toxin that I could speak of.

  • @johnprofessionalexoticshri5276

    Hey good evening is it possible that you can make a video on how to go algae Moss to Habitat a shrimp Aquarium thanks

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety +1

      Thank you for asking!!
      As it happens I have ongoing projects involving Marimo (algae) balls, cherry shrimp, and them together :)
      I am working on videos to show how and what I do all in details ;) And I will publish videos in due time. You may take a look on my previous videos showing my ghost shrimp aquarium set up (not for breeding, though): czcams.com/video/GwSBjV1eJIk/video.html
      And videos on my Marimo ball: czcams.com/video/GMeXv3GIuUg/video.html
      This is playlist of different types of algae in my aquariums: czcams.com/video/GMeXv3GIuUg/video.html
      All the best!

    • @johnprofessionalexoticshri5276
      @johnprofessionalexoticshri5276 Před 5 lety +1

      @@4me great and thank you

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety +1

      @@johnprofessionalexoticshri5276 My pleasure!

  • @brendamorris8272
    @brendamorris8272 Před 6 lety

    Michael, it's up to around 17 inches this morning

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      It does not sound like Spring!

  • @rp101aquatics6
    @rp101aquatics6 Před 6 lety

    I have a algae problem in my tank do you have any solutions

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you for asking!!
      I assume you have problem with common freshwater algae (the algae shown in this video is a different type ;)
      There are number of solutions to keep algae grows under your control.
      I prefer natural (slow) ways of doing so. Check this video for details: czcams.com/video/rSZ0LkWdqMw/video.html
      Another way is to use man-made filters. The algae scrubber of different types work amazingly good! I have algae scrubber HOG.5 in one of my aquariums for about an year - water is clean (no need to change water!) and it provides food for fish ;) Check this video for details: czcams.com/video/4s2QbXm34Oo/video.html (video update on this one is coming soon ;)
      There are much more on this topic you may find in videos on this playlist: czcams.com/video/k0l1wo--gqw/video.html
      Let me know if you have problem with filamentous algae (the one shown in this video).
      All the best!

  • @rahulpatankar1122
    @rahulpatankar1122 Před 6 lety

    Brother how to wash them.....bcoz when I have collected that algae it was populated by many useless creatures and many other dirty things....pls tell...and that type of algae I have seen grown in my main aqua..video was great as always..👌✌

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Those tiny critters lurk everywhere...separating them from algae is possible only to the point of getting small amount (samples). Get a string or two of the algae in a separate nursery - let it stay for couple minutes, then change the water. Repeat it until sample is clean. And do it again any time they appear in that nursery. Algae grows fast in right conditions...that is probably the best practical way of getting algae culture without critters. The same way you can get samples of those critters (use pipette).
      Best regards!

  • @JK-zu1np
    @JK-zu1np Před 4 lety

    Hi Michael, I have started my Aquarium, trying to follow as closely as possible to replicate yours. But my water has been stinking up and turning cloudy. Have you ever experience this issue? Instead of the Algae Growth, the water seem to turn whiteish cloudy instead. Any idea what I am doing wrong? I started with peace lily, hornwort, moss ball, and java moss, in a 5 Litre tank. With 2 baby guppies and 2 snails. The peace lily died though. And the snails seem to have eaten the whole peace lily. I also am trying to grow seed shrimps, but in my other smaller tank, the seed shrimps seem to be eating my peace lily too. Maybe the peace lily is just dying so they ate it, I don't know.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 4 lety

      I don't think you are doing anything wrong. It's just that all aquariums have different ecosystems no matter how identical they may look like. The white clouds in water are colony of microscopic organisms. Most of them are actually good - larger critters and even fish fry feed on them. However, stinky odor and too much of white clouds are first signs of spoiling...I have seen such growing new samples of land moss underwater. Here is a video just about that: czcams.com/video/DWWGfuozMUk/video.html
      Peace lily is an easy plant to grow with roots in water - just make sure to clean the roots from any soil before placing it in aquarium. Snails and seed shrimp surely will eat any wilting plants. Though, they should not go after healthy growing plant.

    • @JK-zu1np
      @JK-zu1np Před 4 lety

      @@4me The good thing is, despite the smell and cloudiness, the guppies and I am also keeping this fish called Chilli Rasboras. They are only 1/3 the size of full grown guppies when full grown. Very cute and tiny. But they are surviving well. I think perhaps the rotting peace lily attributed to a stinky tank, as I notice peace lily root rot is very smelly.
      I struggle with peace lily, whether in soil, just roots dipped in water, or underwater. So far, they have all died regardless which one I tried. Don't know why it's so hard on my end. I do love the peace lily!
      I live in Singapore, so we have 33F everyday, all year round. Maybe we are too hot for peace lily!

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 4 lety

      @@JK-zu1np The temperature above 30 C or direct sunlight could cause the problem with Piece lily - I keep my in lower temperature and away from direct sunlight.

  • @ZonaALG
    @ZonaALG Před 6 lety

    How do you manage fish waste on your other aquariums? I have a small one and it gets lots of fish waste on bottom

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety +2

      Thank you for the question!!
      It's really a topic of long conversation...I did not make a specific video about it but you may get the idea from my other videos. Any way, you ask and need an answer... So, I live the waste as it is in the aquarium to accumulate on the bottom. Bacteria and tiny critters work on it helping to get it dissolved in water. Algae and plants consume what dissolved in water. I wish the did this work faster then fish poops...but it's OK for over 1 year even in my small aquariums. I suppose eventually, the waste on the bottom turns in to soil - fertile substrate :) Take a look on aquariums in this video: czcams.com/video/eKDWgUO4VsM/video.html
      All the best!

    • @ZonaALG
      @ZonaALG Před 6 lety

      Thank you, I just bought two guppies and made them a nano aquarium on a 2.5 litter bottle.
      A lot of people told me they were in bad conditions and that they will die, what do you think? I have a plant, small rocks at the bottom and porous rocks for bacteria to live in

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      You do what you can, learn as it goes, improve on what you learn - I follow the same route.
      All the best on your adventure!

    • @ZonaALG
      @ZonaALG Před 6 lety

      Michael Langerman thanks, O will keep you updated

  • @reptilesrock5036
    @reptilesrock5036 Před 6 lety

    Awesome, are cyclops good guppy food?

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      O yes! and they are harmless. Cyclops eat algae. Though, I like seed shrimps more (they are funny and fish eat them and they eat algae and everything else when there is no algae ;) Here some videos for details: czcams.com/video/5v6OelF1oeU/video.html

  • @tamiherman7855
    @tamiherman7855 Před 5 lety

    I tried collecting the algae and after a few days the smell was terrible had to dump it! Was it the wrong kind? Do I need to do water changes?

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      Bad small is a bad sign for sure! Changing water would help, but rarely resolves the issue. Algae does not smell, but it feeds on ammonia and other nutrition that may have bad odor. I assume that something was trapped in the clusters of algae and died - that most likely source of the odor.
      Also, algae itself could be source of bed smell if it die in big amounts. Similar to seaweed washed out on the shore to die - smells bad. There is a simple work around to increase surviving of your samples- take small samples for your experiments.
      All the best!

    • @tamiherman7855
      @tamiherman7855 Před 5 lety

      @@4me thanks!!

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      Tami Herman my pleasure!

  • @jilliandoeseverything8110

    Can I get filamentous when I add water in a cup with some rocks and driftwood?

  • @rinujohn3526
    @rinujohn3526 Před 3 lety

    Can u make a ball with this algae.... and threads..... it looks like marimo moss balls...... it's just few weeks i made it.... but not sure it will survive..... u can try.... quite intresting.... a ball of algae in aquariums

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety +1

      The ball made of this type of filamentous algae is very doable. Though, I removed it from all my aquariums and from all my ongoing projects ;)

  • @happyscrub
    @happyscrub Před 6 lety

    I got scared when he picked up the worm.

  • @sivashreela1306
    @sivashreela1306 Před 5 lety

    Hi Michael, this is growing in my tank. I got java moss from a pet store and this was there along with that. My guppy fries hide behind it and nibble it at times? Is that fine to grow in my tank?

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety +1

      I had it growing in my aquariums for couple years. It is very intrusive. Left alone it takes over any size aquarium just like that from one tiny string. You can control the growth. But, it take a lot of attention and time. Larger fish, such as gold fish eat it in larger quantities, than guppies. So, it may suit aquariums with those fish better. I removed it from all my aquariums.

    • @sivashreela1306
      @sivashreela1306 Před 5 lety

      @@4me Oh okay. I can see it clinging the stems of other plants and growing. Then I will try to remove it from aquarium. Thanks Michael!

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety +1

      @@sivashreela1306 The best way to do it is...do not steer water or any things in the aquarium. Just pull it all in one clog with every plant it gets tangled. Clean up the plants when they out of the aquarium as best as you can and put them into separate nursery for couple weeks or longer to see if any strings of filamentous algae survived. Repeat as many times as it takes ;)
      All the best!

    • @sivashreela1306
      @sivashreela1306 Před 5 lety

      @@4me Thanks a lot Michael :)

  • @thaq6575
    @thaq6575 Před 6 lety

    have you try to put freshwater shrimp to your aquarium

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      I have plans to do it this year ;)

  • @wholegroinbread593
    @wholegroinbread593 Před 6 lety

    Michael, I tried making a self sustainable tank with only algae and 1 guppy. However, the guppy died as there was not enough oxygen at night. What do you do at night when there is no sunlight for the algae to produce oxygen? Thanks for the video anyways, really helpful

    • @dr.albertvonfranzphdofbiol4946
      @dr.albertvonfranzphdofbiol4946 Před 6 lety

      Neo Kiahao I had this problem too, you should keep the plant/algae in the aquarium for 5 days first (to fill with oxygen, then have a little bit of air on top of the water to allow for exchange

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety +1

      In my experiments I am lagging behind you!
      Well...check my first self-sustainable experiment again: czcams.com/video/M30JoD5anmI/video.html I resolve the problem with oxygen by making tiny holes ;) It is short work out that gives your fish access to open air and limits water evaporation very significantly. I have the same aquarium in the followup project - the water evaporated about 1 cm since the beginning. It may work for one year or more without need to add water. Is it long enough for life time of the guppy? I will tell you for sure after I check it ;) though, I think it is :))
      This way setup allows to test more important aspects - food source. Algae along is not enough or could be too much for fish in aquarium. Self-sustaining aquarium for guppy better have more than 2 types of plants/ algae and critters. One type of algae is not good enough. I had a pair of guppies for 1 month in such aquarium with filamentous algae - the algae grows too fast overtaking the entire aquarium. Have to find different plants for this purpose...I am going to share this experiment in future videos, but you already got the gist of it ;)
      All the best!!

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      It could work!
      Also, making larger size aquarium would do.
      I made tiny wholes for air exchange - it works too czcams.com/video/M30JoD5anmI/video.html

    • @wholegroinbread593
      @wholegroinbread593 Před 6 lety

      Michael Langerman Thank you for your reply. Continue the good work!

  • @MrMovieman174
    @MrMovieman174 Před 6 lety

    I have kept both ghost shrimp and cherry shrimp and the ghost shrimp are more like lobsters / scavengers and are more opertunistic in trying to grab and eat fish. The cherrys eat algae and reproduce readily

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Hmm...that is interesting.
      I have plans for ghost shrimps...want to try them in my aquariums this year. What type of shrimps would you recommend for beginners - I have zero experience with shrimps.

    • @MrMovieman174
      @MrMovieman174 Před 6 lety

      Michael Langerman I would say go with a neocaradina (ex cherry shrimp) species. They are much less work the caradina(crystal shrimp) and more forgiving on water parameters. Neocaradina shrimp eat algae and bio film and reproduce readily in the aquarium. The main issue with ghost shrimp is they will try and eat your guppies. In such a small space as you do it's a matter of time. The ghost shrimp does not seem compatible. Neocaradina davidi are cherry shrimp and there are also blues blacks reds and more. There is also the wild type which is mainly clear and transparent

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Very informative! I am at the beginning stage in preparation as of yet...have just set up a nursery...I intent it as a multipurpose nursery for breeding shrimps, seed shrimps and growing some plants. This nursery is larger than most of my others. I hope to show it one day ;) Mean time I take your advice for consideration.
      Thank you very much!!

    • @MrMovieman174
      @MrMovieman174 Před 6 lety

      Michael Langerman I could even give you some the next time I am on college break and passing through the city

    • @MrMovieman174
      @MrMovieman174 Před 6 lety

      I would say ghost shrimp act more like crayfish and neocaradia act more like snails in a way

  • @danielleffers8764
    @danielleffers8764 Před 6 lety

    Question: how do you not get overrun by snails?

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you for the question!!
      Snails and all other live creatures govern less or more by the same rule of density population.
      You put 2 snails in a tank. Couple weeks later there are many dozens and then less. And so it goes up and down in cycles. The maximum number of adults is always limited by available space, food supply and etc. Also, guppy eat snail eggs and planarian too. As a matter of fact, planarian can wipe out snails population clean by doing just that. I got it on a video: czcams.com/video/P8ojXPHSMh8/video.html
      Best regards!

    • @danielleffers8764
      @danielleffers8764 Před 6 lety

      Yeah I have one snail in a little .5 gallon (inspired by you) and it reproduced by itself and now there are tons of little snails in there

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Ha-ha
      Don't worry! The number will go down. Also, I use snails as an ingredient for making fish food flakes when there are too many of them ;)

  • @marwanalmehairi677
    @marwanalmehairi677 Před 6 lety

    your accent is so satisfying

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you very much!

  • @sumankhadgi931
    @sumankhadgi931 Před 6 lety +1

    nice video. best abt yr video is u serach for natural thing. what is different between this Algae & Algae in aquarium? can we use this Algae in Aquarium as other plant.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you for the question!
      Regular algae is a single cell - one may see it only when there are too many of them. Filamentous algae grows in strings that one can touch and pull. I've been growing both types in aquariums. The grows of filamentous algae can be control similar to regular algae. However, It could be difficult. Once filamentous algae gets in an aquarium it is very hard to remove. It's possible, but hard. I tried to use it as main source of food for critters and fish in self-sustaining aquariums - it grows faster than my guppies eat.
      Filamentous algae tangles as it grows - making sort of a mesh. All kind of things get trapped in it - including small plants/ mosses. I could pull filamentous algae off plants with long strong leaves, but moss gets too tangled with algae making it impossible to trim either.

    • @sumankhadgi931
      @sumankhadgi931 Před 6 lety +1

      thanks for yr reply. i am thinking also its hard to remove. i like to grow it in my aquarium but decide not to grow now.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      I keep filamentous algae now in very small amounts and only in 2 of my aquariums.
      Interestingly, there are couple hundreds variations of filamentous algae - I had only 2 in my aquariums.
      It is very intrusive plant! Couple times I transfer it accidentally in aquariums that where suppose to be free of it! It's safer to keep aquarium free of filamentous algae than try to remove it from aquarium ;)

  • @hihowego4133
    @hihowego4133 Před 6 lety

    Hey Michael...do u have a degree in biology or something? Love your videos dude. Ive been collecting 2 liter bottles because of you...😁
    Question: you do not use a air pump in your displays ...will the guppy run out of O2?

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety +2

      Thank you for the questions!!
      I am the only one in my family (save my dog and the youngest kid) without college degree. My principle standing on college education is kind of: get what you need to be happy. College did not fit in my list of thing that would make me happy (the college girl was - and did it. we have 3 kids and she is smart ;)
      Knowledge, experience, money and all other goodies would come anyway with college or not.
      2 liter bottles is sooo past :) Well, I am improving/ simplifying design of my nurseries and you will see it soon. Actually you may have glimpse of my new nurseries already in some videos. Videos with more details coming soon.
      I use an air pump only in one (the largest) aquarium that is equipped with algae scrubber. All my other aquariums are pump free. The air pump is poor substituted for algae and plants in aquariums. It could serve different purposes - for example to move water or as decoration and etc. Plants and algae are ultimate source of oxygen on our planet. I have videos of my present and past aquarium fish care routines in this playlist: czcams.com/video/eKDWgUO4VsM/video.html
      All the best!

    • @hihowego4133
      @hihowego4133 Před 6 lety

      Michael Langerman
      College degrees are very over rated and the only sure thing it will give you is a lifetime of debt.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      I deem it is true to the most people with diplomas ;)

  • @katchartrand26
    @katchartrand26 Před 6 lety +1

    can you a milk jug as an Aquarium to

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you for the question!!
      It would be difficult to make necessary observations...
      Nevertheless, I deem it's possible if you cut off the top of the milk jug to allow light in (the walls of the jug are not clear enough to allow enough light through). Also, it would prevent you from confusing your aquarium with a milk jug :)

  • @nikojlito
    @nikojlito Před 3 lety

    I was inspired by you trying to fix my old men like yours but they died. Do not understand what I did wrong

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety

      Age is one of those things that we have no control over and no matter what you do...those that born - live and die. That's all to it.

  • @JohnSmith-pu6fy
    @JohnSmith-pu6fy Před 5 lety

    Hmm maybe try aquatic fertilizer most are safe for fish

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      Filamentous algae and common green algae growth mighty well without any fertilizers ;)

  • @Tarnishedgrimm
    @Tarnishedgrimm Před 6 lety

    What type of fish is those fish are they misquito fish

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you for the questions!!
      I keep and breed dwarf guppies.
      Here is playlist of my videos about them: czcams.com/video/BUAu9vM_T0M/video.html

  • @sihuenarmaslesano9306
    @sihuenarmaslesano9306 Před 4 lety

    I can use the algae of acuarium

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 4 lety

      It depends on your project. Filamentous algae shown in this video is different from common green algae. It is fast growing and very intrusive (hard to remove from aquariums) I used to cultivate it for feeding my guppies and etc. but don't do it anymore. I am going to publish a video update about filamentous algae in a couple weeks or so ;)
      All the best on your adventure!

    • @sihuenarmaslesano9306
      @sihuenarmaslesano9306 Před 4 lety

      @@4me thanks you

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 4 lety

      @@sihuenarmaslesano9306 my pleasure!

  • @surajmishra513
    @surajmishra513 Před 6 lety

    Sir over feed nhi hota fish ko

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      ?

    • @prithvithakur7950
      @prithvithakur7950 Před 5 lety +1

      @@4me
      He's speaking in Hindi. fortunately, I also speak in Hindi. Let me translate. He's asking, "Don't the fish get over fed sometimes?"

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      @@prithvithakur7950 Thank you very much!!
      I feed fish once a day. Pinch of homemade fish food flakes that should take 2-3 minutest to eat. Skip the next feeding or reduce amount of food if it takes longer than 3 minutes for fish to eat it. Check this video for more details: czcams.com/video/eKDWgUO4VsM/video.html
      All the best!

    • @prithvithakur7950
      @prithvithakur7950 Před 5 lety

      @@4me You're welcome! ☺

  • @theoutlawdekepatton
    @theoutlawdekepatton Před 6 lety

    Great to finally hear your voice. And I don't just say that cuz your taste in video music sucks. Great videos though.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      Thank you very much!!
      This year I start making my own music for videos...I hope to improve on it with time ;)

  • @karl7208
    @karl7208 Před 5 lety +2

    Вери гуд видео.

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 5 lety

      Thank you very much!!

  • @rehamsabry9314
    @rehamsabry9314 Před 3 lety

    لوسمحت ترجمه للغه العربيه

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety

      translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=ar&u=rndmbits.blogspot.com/2018/03/filamentous-algae.html

  • @thewinner9745
    @thewinner9745 Před 3 lety +2

    These mollie fishes will not survive longer because of lack of oxygen because of 1. The algae and 2. Amt of water is small

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety

      What amount of water you are talking about?
      My guppies are not mollies.

    • @thewinner9745
      @thewinner9745 Před 3 lety

      @@4me oh my bad i thought they were mollies.. But still how those guppies survive in so less amount of water. I want to keep guppies like u if they really are successfully surviving at your set up

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety

      @@thewinner9745 I calculate the necessary minimum of water (or rather dimensions of aquarium) based on the fish size. The narrowest side of any aquarium should be more than 3 length of the fish. So for example, if your molly is 5 cm long than the narrowest side of the aquarium should be more than 15 cm. It should be fine with exactly 15 cm, but fish grow all live long. And for that reason you want to make aquarium larger that minimum. You can see more details about aquarium size in this video: czcams.com/video/ofPxX3qz1OI/video.html
      My dwarf guppies are up to 2.5 cm long at age of up to 2 years (I don't keep older fish for breeding purpose). So, the dwarfs have been doing fine (breeding) in my aquariums. For the past couple years I've been breeding them in 3 liter sustainable aquarium gardens.

    • @thewinner9745
      @thewinner9745 Před 3 lety +1

      Wow thank you so much i liked that video so much 👌 that helped a lot

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety

      @@thewinner9745 My pleasure! All the best on your adventure!!

  • @surajmishra513
    @surajmishra513 Před 6 lety

    Food

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 6 lety

      It is source of food for fish and many tiny aquatic critters

  • @KhalidAli-fl4kd
    @KhalidAli-fl4kd Před 6 lety

    Khalid

  • @akhilbhadoriya
    @akhilbhadoriya Před 4 lety

    Use me as a like a button for vigorous gaurd 🐶

  • @rehamsabry9314
    @rehamsabry9314 Před 3 lety

    Please translate to arabic for me

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety

      translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=ar&u=rndmbits.blogspot.com/2018/03/filamentous-algae.html

    • @rehamsabry9314
      @rehamsabry9314 Před 3 lety

      @@4me answer me with arabic please

    • @rehamsabry9314
      @rehamsabry9314 Před 3 lety

      @@4me answer me with arabic please

    • @4me
      @4me  Před 3 lety

      @@rehamsabry9314 This link is a google translation from English to Arabic of all the text with picture from that video: translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=ar&u=http%3A%2F%2Frndmbits.blogspot.com%2F2018%2F03%2Ffilamentous-algae.html
      The text from the video is also in the description to the video. So you can copy the text from description to the video and past it into translator of your choice.