I was debating if I should share it or not cuz man, I felt so bad for that worm. I wanted to feed it to the axolotl but it fell into the Aiptasia tank on the way. So I filmed it. 2 aiptasia swallow it at the same time but only one wins. It’s sped up 6x.

Whoever invented that eat or get eaten part of nature must have been an evil sadist.

u/BitchBass — 1 day ago

9 months ago I set up this vase with hemp rope on which moss was growing. Looks like hemp dissolves????

u/BitchBass — 2 days ago

Cleaning the pond filters. I have to step onto the first ledge into the water to do that and fish are finally starting to lose their fear.

u/BitchBass — 4 days ago

Saying goodbye to my little pond in the front yard. It must have developed a crack cuz I’ve been topping off 3-4 inches daily. I’ll try to move it all carefully to the back pond and hopefully fix it and put it back up.

u/BitchBass — 5 days ago

Since I got into 3D printing I have all those empty filament spools and been looking to repurpose them. I made a pontoon floater and off we go. Got another one with plants.

I’ll print a bunch and tie them together for shade with plants on them.

u/BitchBass — 10 days ago

Aiptasia and tube worm mountain. All those filter feeders keep the water clean.

u/BitchBass — 10 days ago

See the carboy with no tech nor water changes next to the tank with minimal water changes twice a year, sponge filter and heater. Both are over 5 years old. Including the froggies. My senior croak club.

u/BitchBass — 11 days ago
▲ 15 r/ponds

Repurposing an old rider mower sun roof for extra shade in the Texas heat.

u/BitchBass — 12 days ago

5 year old 6.5 gallon carboy set up from the lake and fishtank plants with mosquito fish. No tech, no water changes. Only feeding fish 2x a week which keeps it all going. The lid itself is a separate ecosphere encased in resin.

u/BitchBass — 13 days ago

Found an old rider mower sun roof in the shed. That’s why I don’t throw things away lol! Triple digits today. The koi isn’t even coming out of his cave. How many fish do you count?

u/BitchBass — 15 days ago

So much for trying to feed live food to the cichlids in form of gambusia fry. I guess I’ll leave them in there.

u/BitchBass — 16 days ago

One of these guys will go home with me next weekend as a buddy for Lemonade. I’m excited!

u/BitchBass — 17 days ago

Einstein not living up to his name lol. He lives in a 6ft long bioactive setup inside a converted ikea shelf for the past 5 years. Today is veggie day!

u/BitchBass — 17 days ago

Have you seen my ugliest tank yet? 5 year old mudskipper on the hunt for gambusia fry in his literal mud hole. There’s another one but she’s hiding. It’s currently high tide.

This is a brackish setup with 120 lbs of various clay mix to simulate the real mud in which they can dig and build tunnels and caves without it collapsing on them. It’s bioactive with the mangrove roots doing the filtering and the tides keep the water fresh.

u/BitchBass — 18 days ago

I just took in 6 new rehome babies from a fellow reddit user. From a tank into a pond. The 2 solid colored ones are mine. By this evening they’ll all be together, I hope.

u/erics_goldfish, it was so nice to meet you! Thank you for trusting me with your babies. Share your tanks! :)

u/BitchBass — 18 days ago

After I was told over on r/Ecosphere to kill my carps cuz they are invasive, here’s more footage of my babies. Lemonade, the koi (carp), 3 goldfish, 3 of the common carp hatchlings from May last year and a million gambusia.

u/BitchBass — 20 days ago

Update on my little printed aquarium on my desk. It’s 3 weeks now. Duckweed went nuts, snails and ostracods still there and at the end, a baby water boatman!

u/BitchBass — 21 days ago