Channel: Foo the Flowerhorn

Category: Pets & Animals

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Description: This is the entire series in one video and the ending. I felt like I’ve reached the end of this tank’s journey. Moving twice in the last 2 years, and moving to a place with old pipes was too hard on this tank. I re-edited the entire series. I was just going to stitch the videos together, but I found a typo here and there. For example I said “it was like groundhug day” when I meant groundhog day. I did have to change some of the music, b/c you know, youtube. The conclusion: Most of the plants you see at the end are pearl grass, hornwort, and guppy grass. I did feed the tank with a little bit of fish flakes every day. That’s why the plants were still healthy when I tore down the tank. There were some shrimp still living, and most of them were transferred to the volcano tank. All of the hair grass melted b/c they couldn’t get any light. I was really surprised to see that so many plants still did well when I stopped trimming them. While re-editing the videos, I got to take the journey of this tank again. When I first started this series, I remembered having lowkey fun doing youtube videos. This is a simple channel. My little sandbox, if you will. A little corner of the shallow end of the pool where I dip my legs in and read a book or something. But as the months went by, more and more people came in and it became something much bigger than I would have ever imagined. Most people were so nice and made me feel overwhelmed, since I’m just an ordinary guy. Then there were those who reached out b/c they wanted something from me. It would take several hours for me to tell you all the horror stories pertaining to this channel. I don’t think you would believe me. My brother’s wife’s sister’s best friend contacted me when she realized this channel’s sub count number, b/c she wanted a free consultation for her youtube channel. Anyhow, this was too long already. I saved the plants for future projects. Curry is doing well these days. She still eats and drinks on her own. We still feed her medicine and water four times a day. Hindsight is always 20/20. Some of the decisions I made with this tank were super hard, and I tried to make the best decision I could at the time. For example, figuring out how to remove a tiny fish in a heavily planted tank without destroying the tank. That idea took me two days to come up with it. You can see that at 17:56 The original videos: NO filter, NO CO2, NO Ferts Planted Tank Series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2155euLw9DN6EU2zBTlDj8-q572aZv7w This is a Walstad Method tank. Affiliate Links: Check out her book in the link below if interested. The book I read to make this aquarium: Ecology of the Planted Aquarium by Diana Walstad(Hard cover) amzn.to/2tB4xiZ Ecology of the Planted Aquarium by Diana Walstad(digital) amzn.to/2svT0Sy 4.6 gallon low iron rimless tank amzn.to/2yKTWST 5.4 gallon low iron rimless tank amzn.to/2y5YZeO 50W heater amzn.to/2tAQOsy Heater cover so plants won't get burned amzn.to/2sw42ap Tiny thermometer amzn.to/2tAwFmg Magnetic thermometer amzn.to/2LRCrXd (I'm using the tiny thermometer with a small rubber band to hold it in its place.) Mini round shape magnet scrubber amzn.to/2zx6k8D Miracle gro organic choice potting mix amzn.to/2tyHm9g 2~3mm gravel 20lb bag amzn.to/2gJ5tOl 2~3mm gravel 5lb bag amzn.to/2y3e3ih Aquarium scissors amzn.to/2BXY1GW Aquarium Tweezers amzn.to/2EWyAZe TetraMin Flakes (gourami and shrimp food) amzn.to/2Gouypo The Best Growing Plants in this tank: 1. Ceratophyllum demersum (hornwort) amzn.to/2srT6HY 2. Duckweed amzn.to/2sl3G4p 3. Hemianthus glomeratus (pearl grass) amzn.to/2LIIPA5 4. Najas Guadalupensis (guppy grass) amzn.to/2LLN8L8 5. Bacopa caroliniana amzn.to/2LIPFpj 6. Dwarf hairgrass amzn.to/2sjG2W1 The rest: Egeria densa (Anachris) amzn.to/2LJCUuO Didiplis diandra amzn.to/2LJj4j2 Rotala rotundifolia (indica) amzn.to/2JbzLFF Shrimps: Amano Shrimp amzn.to/2PdYOY6 Blue velvet Shrimp amzn.to/2Oaw7yT Cherry Shrimp amzn.to/2yfoU64 Chocolate Shrimp amzn.to/2P83jDv Yellow Shrimp amzn.to/2OA2Ehr CRS amzn.to/2IIOntq Sunkist Shrimp amzn.to/2PcLQtS Ghost Shrimp amzn.to/2ydKms1 Nerite snails amzn.to/2IF9sF8 Music credit: Gymnopedie 1,2,3 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 gnossienne 1 soundcloud.com/nikolay_g/erik-satie-gnossienne-1 gnossienne 2 soundcloud.com/fenixian/gnossienne-n-2 Francisco Tarrega - Lagrima soundcloud.com/nikolay_g/fransisco-tarrega-lagrima I own the rights to all other recordings not mentioned above.