Making simple and yet beautiful Sustainable Aquarium Gardens, riding bike, and fixing things to make them work the way I want it, making art and writing songs - there is so much to make, to learn and to share with you and the world.
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Awesome video!
Works beautifully
Excelent
Thank you very much!
Thank you for this vid I got my second hand with no manual
My pleasure!
Any update on the dwarf guppy strain? :)
I finished the project with dwarf guppy strain couple years back. Achieved all my goals - stable strain, learnt a lot and enjoyed it greatly. Gave away my dwarfs and aquariums to make space for new projects. Here is a playlist of all my videos related to the dwarf guppies: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dWaLs9eFpLvVY6w.html Since than I've been experimenting with blue star endlers, newts, and now with least killifish for small size sustaining aquariums.
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Thank you!
Oh Michael, I can’t really bear to watch these bike riding videos, it really scares me. I want to support you but would you mind if I give them a miss when I’m feeling a bit flaky?!! God bless your cycling 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️. 🙋♀️🤍🇮🇱✌️
I appreciate your honesty and don’t want to hurt your feelings. I don’t enjoy making videos about negative things like this. It’s just feels necessary to show it as I see more people do wrong on the roads. I spend many hours riding bike every day- more time than I spend on making videos. Biking is a big and enjoyable part of my life. Biking now is less enjoyable than it was years back.
I used to make happy videos about my rides. And I will make them again - the happy rides full of joy! ✌️✌️
Yes ! Heres to joyous bike rides 🍻✌️
How or where can i buy those wired wrap in silicone
You can buy pretty much everything online at amazon and such...I buy meals to go at local restaurants - it comes in plastic containers that can be reused for culturing springtails and other live food.
I like ur contents
Thank you very much!
Very interesting Michael, good filming too. I accidentally caught two baby newts whilst on my waterlouse mission but put them straight back as I don’t have your expertise! God bless you 👍✝️ ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️.🙋♀️🤍🇮🇱✌️
You did the right things by letting them go. Taking care of newts is very interesting but requires good deal of preparation- getting constant supply of live food for them takes time to setup. Baby newts are so cute - I have good sense of how tempted you were😂 you did the right thing! 👍✌️✌️
Thanku Michael, I watched the mummy newt laying and wrapping up her eggs in the Elodea leaves 😍 so it was a blessing to see the babies, that was enough, for now! ✌️
@@gayefanner731 Watching it in the Nature is an amazing experience. It's very rare even among those who keeps newts and dedicate years of care. My friend, you are truly blessed!! ✌✌
Amen! God has truly blessed me countless times over the years in my work in Nature as a gardener 🤩 🙏✝️
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Is it okay if I use olive oil instead of the seed oil like canola?
I never tried it with olive oil- it’s more expensive 😉I think it would be 👍
honestly I was surprised to know from your channel that there are public bike racks in the USA streets. the movies/series made me feel that pretty much everything was private over there!
O yes! I had wrong impressions about many things in US from movies I watched before moving in America. It's certainly not "free land" 😂Nevertheless, there are plenty of public (free or affordable) services that are available to everyone 😊
Safety first.
That is the way
Oh Michael I’m so excited! Just two days since moving half my jars a 30 minute car ride to my new flat and two pairs of waterlice are piggybacking around in separate jars! I’m definitely getting two aquariums as I bought a large enough sideboard yesterday!! Thank you for all your amazing knowledge, information, enthusiasm and encouragement , God bless you my dear 🙏✝️ ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️ 🙋♀️🤍🇮🇱✌️
Moving into a new flat is always excitement and you get new aquariums! Congratulations!!✌✌✌
Yes indeed, and thank you 🤝 I’m slightly worried as to how to tackle getting all the tiny creatures out of the jars, my ‘gravel’ is more like small stones. I guess I’ll take the stones out individually! ✌️
Makes nice breakfast.
My granddaughter would like to have it for breakfast, launch, dinner and anytime between 😂
Did it kill any of your fish?
Yes. It hunts fish and anything else moving around including other nymphs. Though it kills only to eat. A family of breeding guppies provides more than this nymph could eat. I have a video showing this nymph hunts. A very interesting pet in my opinion
My scuds produce more bioload than my plants can use and the water fouls up and the aquarium garden crashes. If feeding is not regular in my setups, scuds start eating the plants Could you please advice me on how to solve this?
I would take some scuds out for feeding fish in other aquariums or to make fish food flakes. The point is to keep the scuds population at a desirable level. Also you may give away/ trade/ sale scuds - I do it locally through craigslist. Even if not for profit it is a great way to find new friends in this hobby 😉
@@4me Thanks! Do you know of any way to give away or sell scuds in india?
Nothing I could speak of from my personal experience.
@@4me Thanks Again !!
I would just take the key
That would do 🙂
A great opportunity to visit your local tool-lending library! (They lend bolt cutters)
I've never heard of tool-lending library before! Thank you very much for this tip!!
This is coming from someone who is credible. 24+ years of guppy keeping! 🎉🎉
Thank you very much!
I wonder if it's possible to make a single culture with all the critters you featured on this page. Then dry them and add them to your homemade fish food flakes. A superfood!🎉
Where do you buy those tiny cereal cups? I want to culture a bunch of food for my fish.
My wife shops on Amazon - that's where I believe she gets it. Those are single portion cups 😉
Glad I live in a less populated area. No need to pay extra or pay at all for ridiculous things. People here don't mind bicycle parking near poles.
I love country style living and always enjoy trips to suburbs. It took me time and efforts to get know this big city - and I love it. There is always something to do, get angry and to smile about in this big mess city. Cheers my friend ✌
What assholes. And.... all to plug some seriously OVERPRICED apartments?? STARTING at $2500 (which as we all know means MORE THAN $2500) for a STUDIO??? In Sunnyside?? I bet they'd never take up a precious PARKING SPOT with one of their signs though. But who gives a shit about cyclists, right?
Put this sign in a parking spot would go one and only one way - the very first truck will drive over it without given any thoughts 😂
Take your family get out of the city and live a better life and a substantially lower cost and better quality of living and not put up with this.
NYC is anything but boring - that is one thing that will keep my family anchored here for long-long haul 😉
I couldn’t keep up with the speed of the writing, but I agree in principle. God bless you 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️. 🙋♀️🤍🇮🇱✝️
Your sense of humour has me smiling from ear to ear! I need to rewatch yet again to get the Marie Rose reference. Love the peace sign ✌️
P.S. Love your shop btw ☮️👍 ✌️
P.P.S. You’re like a precious jewel, so many beautiful facets to enjoy 💎
I love this city of big smiles - we have to be nice to each other. A friendly smile is the easiest way to make it happen 😊✌✌✌
How did you get that blue hue on the nursery?
Thank you for the question! I used a tilted background in this example: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZeAj5uTaJCXhc4.html And also, occasionally I use LED light: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oaF9zcilYrbfhLg.html Here is the large tank LED: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l66Ij8eNh9bPibw.html have fun and happy aquariums :)
Many thanks Michael, really inspiring as I get closer to becoming an aquarium owner/keeper. Actually I’m thinking of buying two smaller instead of one large : one for my pondlife family and one for shrimpies
Oops! Sent In error! getting excited! Shrimpies n a few fishes! God bless you and all you do 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️. 🙋♀️🤍🇮🇱✌️
Honestly - I love each and every small tank I ever made more than my large tank. There is something magical in the small size. You are going to have a lot of fun with them! Wish you all the best my friend! ✌✌✌
Yes, I totally get what you say, it IS love and how wonderful is that?! Thank you Michael, for your good wishes and most of all, your friendship 🤗
Will it make any difference if you would remove the rubber bands I wonder
Removing rubber bands would make it harder to keep the stems standing up - that's for sure 😁 There is only one way to find out if the rubber bands make any difference - you have to try it. I am looking forward to hear back from you!
Love your videos!! I have a question, I set up a 12 liter tank a week ago and have 3 endlers in it. 1 male 2 females. Do you think I would have room for a few more and what do ya think would be the max number?
I have more endlers in much less sized aquariums. So yes, there is space for more endlers in your aquarium. How many more I would leave it for your endlers to figure it out. They are pretty good at it. Their will slow down breeding once it gets too crowded.
Just keep in mind that overfeeding is the biggest cause of all problems. So, feed sparingly.
Playing around with different textures and different materials for aquariums. I like it! I have an idea about a 4 season aquariums. Spring, summer, fall, winter. They will all have different themes and different colors.
Four season aquariums?! I like this idea!! Looking forward to see it!
🌊Every fish keeper needs to watch your content 🌊
I appreciate it! Thank you very much!!
Very nice creation with lava rocks 👍 I buy the same kind of lava rocks from the hardware store and use them in my aquariums
Have fun and happy aquariums 😊
I use lava rocks in my aquarium (the cheap kind for BBQs) but never thought of making sculptures like that. How interesting! Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure! Now you are going to make even more interesting looking aquariums! Have fun ☺
What if you did a much larger worm farm and you dump all your compost in there as some sort of homemade compost bin?
One can scale it up as much as necessary. Limited space of my apartment and the amount of live food necessary for my pets defines the size of my farm. We had worms in about 30 gallon bins before. Even one bin takes much more space than my whole farm :)
not changing water, just like in nature 😏
That is the way 😉
Can moina and grindal worm stay together in moina culture tanks
No. Moina is aquatic - it lives in water/aquariums. Grindal worm is terrestrial and lives on land/ terrariums.
Oohh lovey dovies! Necking, proper kissing n no wham bam thanku ma’am, he stayed n rather surprised her!! God is good 🥰 Thank you Michael, that was beautiful, God bless you🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️. 🙋♀️🤍🇮🇱✌️
Thank you very much! I’ve seen doves do it many times on different occasions. But it is the first time in my whole life I observed it from the beginning to the end. And it was quite interesting 😁✌️✌️
How long did you observe, I wonder? I’ve often seen them do it several times in succession, perhaps he was a juvenile?! 🕊️
It took them less than 10 minutes. I was riding bicycle when I spot the male just landed next to her. Happy father's day!!🕊✌✌
Blessings to a wonderful father and grandfather 🙏✝️ 🤍🕊️
Good dog!! God bless you Michael and all your countrymen 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️. 🙋♀️🤍🇮🇱✌️
I appreciate you very much!!✌✌
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Thank you Michael, excellent advice and not dissimilar from aquarium keeping regarding the importance of not over feeding! I’ve just had a blessed afternoon pond-dipping; one tiny waterbeetle to go with the two I have already AND (drumroll !!) four, yes FOUR, waterlice to keep my singleton company! RESULT!! I’ve been glued to the tank since introducing them, so much so that I let my tea get cold❗️🤦 God bless you my dear 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️. ✌️🙋♀️🤍🇮🇱✌️
Very impressive catch! Congratulations!! I've been avoiding looking on my aquariums while drinking my tea or coffee for the same reasons - it's always get cold 😂 Watching them with a video camera in time lapse mode is the most interesting. and safe for tea drinkers 🤣✌✌
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Where to find them in nature so I don't have to order some is my big unanswered question.
I pick white worms that are related to Grindal worms in local parks of NYC ( Central Park and in Bronx) while collecting dry leaves and bark. So, that is where Grindal should be too. The only difference between those worms is the size and temperature they thrive at. White worms grow a couple centimeters long at cool temperatures. Grindals grow up to 1 cm long at normal room temperature. Hope it helps
It depends on what type of springtails you have. The folsomia candida species will eat mold and fungus
It depends of what type of fungus. Mold is in fungus family along with yeast and such - I have to see them eating mold to believe it.
Yeah worry about locked bikes instead of illegals nearly decapitating people all throughout the city daily on illegally modded 40 mph ebikes on the way to make $1 on a doordash delivery. Makes sense!
Dig right there
What treasures do we dig for?
This is what NYC spends it's time and money "cracking down" on? 🤦♀️ Maybe do something about the public defecation, sexual assaults, muggings, etc. NYC is a lost cause.
NYC is notoriously famous for wasting tax money 😥
@@4me Agreed. I'm born and raised NYC, and I got out when I turned 17 and never looked back. Best decision I ever made.
I live in the city for 20+ years...it did not get any better 😔Just more crowdy and pricier than ever
@@4me Curious, why do you stay? What makes all the negative things worth it?
I stay with my family (kids and wife). Two decades ago we chose New York to be our place to live. And that is where we’ve staying and pretty happy with it. I would live in Europe if I was alone. Any place has good and not so - we make the best of what is here 😉
Hi plz tell me if u connect stylus pen and how get Apple Pencil option on settings
Apple pencil option is available only on newer iPad models with supporting hardware. You need a new iPad to have this option
Thanks! Very informative video. I successfully connected my Ipad to my Midi keyboard but it happened to have the sound coming out from Ipad. Do you know if you can have the sound coming out from the keyboard, not the Ipad.
My pleasure! My keyboard does not have speakers and relays completely on external speakers such as iPad or iPhone. Does your keyboard comes with built in speakers? You may want to check a manual for your keyboard to see how to set it up properly.
@@4me can you connect this midi keyboard with an iPad to an amplifier or speaker? Do I need an audio interface device then?
I don't have audio interface to check it out. Though, I think it should work.
Great idea. You are so clever. I did this for my bamboo plants and it works perfectly. Thank You ...................Hope you are doing well !!!!!
My pleasure!! All the best on your adventures!
Scares the heck outa me just watching! 😱 ✌️
I get used to this bridge (have to ride it multiple times a day). But I always worry about my youngest kid riding this bridge. It is the worst bridge for biking across East river. The city promised to open the south bike path this year - that would be great!
I pray they do, for your peace of mind and everyone’s safety 🙏✝️
It could make it safer. Though honestly, I think it would not be enough. People get hurt in many accidents on every bridge even with much wider bike lanes 😥
Cycling is dangerous full stop ( or period as you say in USA) I banned my daughter from cycling 30 years ago and I think she preferred having lifts everywhere with me until she got to driving age! She says she will do the same with her two daughters 👏