#aquariumplant

[ludicrousbard]

Start 'Em Young!

My first Walstad aquarium (2.5 years old). I believe that to achieve success in the low tech/Walstad/Naturalistic or basically non CO² infused aquarium setups, requires a great deal of symbiotic relationship between fauna and flora. It's an ecosystem where both fishes and plants give and take from each other.

There must be a fair number of fishes capable of producing a consistent amount of biowaste, including CO², for the plants to use as nutrients and as the plants consume these wastes they are in effect cleaning the waters, keeping the environment safe for the fishes. Everybody is working in harmony with each other.

[aquabasedesign]

Greenlife in the terrarium

Sharing some shots of my large terrarium. Did you know that aquarium plants can be great for terrariums too? Just make sure they are in a humid environment with a higher humidity. In my opinion, Hydrocotyle tripartita is one of the best aquarium plants that can be used for such projects. You can see it quite well in the second and second to last photo. I just planted a small cutting from my aquarium, and now the plant has spread throughout the entire terrarium. It fills all the gaps wonderfully and grows as a ground cover and a climbing plant.

What are your experiences with aquarium plants in terrariums or in a Wabi-Kusa? Which ones do well above water, and are there any aquarium plants that are even better suited?

[glassboxdiaries]

🌿 Discover the perfect plants for your beginner aquarium with our latest guide! 🌱 From easy-care stem plants like Rotala Rotundifolia to vibrant options like Ludwigia Mini Super Red, we've handpicked nine plants that are sure to elevate your underwater oasis. Join us as we delve into the world of aquatic gardening and learn how to create a lush, vibrant planted tank without the hassle. Whether you're a seasoned aquarist or just starting out, this video has something for everyone! Don't miss out—hit play now and dive into the beauty of Aquarium Plants for Beginners. 🐠

[aquariumjournal]

[zoramaysilver]

Pothos in aquarium #greens #greenthumb #pothos #aquariumplants #aquariumhobby #aquaplants #blues #aquascaper #growth #beautifulplants (at Montreal, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpUEcx5OGEI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[creaturecompanionsofficial]

Aquariums & maintenance: A routine guidebook - Creature Copanions

Everyone and everything needs maintenance. Aquariums & maintenance are a large part of keeping a fish healthy and living longer. Keeping the water habitat of the aquatic organism in a simulated natural environment to provide a safe environment with a maintenance plan is essential for all aquarists.

 Why do maintenance?

Aquariums & maintenance are given little thought, and people generally delay it until a clean-up becomes urgent. People who do it need to be more familiar with the process. Natural water bodies clean up themselves with currents and waves circulating the water and fresh fall of rainwater.

The aquarium being a closed artificial system, need a thorough cleaning. Filters get clogged over time, Unconsumed food decays, and food waste settles down in the system. All end up leaving an unclean, unhealthy environment for fish and other water organisms, which needs to be cleaned regularly.

The concept of partial change

It is vital to make a quick visual check on the aquarium daily to ensure that the filter runs smoothly and at its full strength. Waste products in the aquarium make fish vulnerable to diseases or even death.

Count the fish and check if they appear healthy when you feed them. If there is uneaten food on the tank floor, clean it and cut on the food volume you provide, and fill up the water if the water level has dropped.

The experts suggest a partial water change every two weeks. Change up to 20-25% of tank water with fresh water. It is an essential part of regular aquarium maintenance.

A regular partial water change will help avoid adding unnecessary products to keep the water tank clean.

General maintenance of the aquarium

● Do not overfeed fish, and remove any excess food from the bottom of the water tank timely.

● Do not change the water too often; a partial water change bi-weekly is recommended. Maintain a constant flow using tubes while changing the water for aquariums & maintenance.

● Ensure all pumps, filters, and lights are working correctly. Ensure that the aquarium is covered from the top and that the tank's temperature is suitable for all marine life.

● Avoid overcrowding the tank with fish or other decorative items. Let fishes have a free space to swim around.

● Remove any infected or dead fish in the tank to stop the spread of infection.

[davidcuniverse]

😍 . . Reposted from @aquaristikando #guppy#guppys#guppie#guppies#guppyfish#guppybreeder#guppyindonesia#guppytank#guppymurah#guppyfarm#guppiesofinstagram#guppiefish#bubbleguppies#aquarium#aquariumhobby#aquariumlife#aquariumlife#aquariumtank#aquariumplants#aquariumfans#zucht#eigenzucht#eigenezucht#zucht#züchter#aquafacial#aquascape https://www.instagram.com/p/CktXXSSuXTq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[aquariumzone1]

Get creative at Aquarium Zone. We are open Saturday 9.30am to 2.00pm #aquariumzone1 #ballina #ballinansw #lismore #byronbay #lennoxhead #alstonville #wollongbar #naturalaquariums #aquariumsofinstagram #tigerlotus #aquaticplants #aquariumplants #aquascape #aquascaping #trueaquaticplants (at Aquarium Zone) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChvYfn7hZsq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[aquabasedesign]

How to make a simple Wabi-Kusa 🌿

Watch the full set-up video here! 👇🏼

[dream-catcher-photography]

I know I've posted my pea puffers before but I thought I would let you all know their name as a collective and individually. Can you spot them all in the pics? The PowerPUFF girls 🤗 Buttercup🌼 Blossom🌸 Bubbles💦 Mojo Jojo🐵 #peapuffer #peapuffers #peapuffersofinstagram #dwarfpuffer #dwarfpufferfish #dwarfpuffertank #peapufferfish #peapuffertank #aquariumgoals #aquariumlove #aquariumplants #aquariumphotography #freshwateraquarium #fish #aquariumhobby #aquariums #aquariumfish #plantedaquarium #aquariumlife #fishkeeping #aquariumsofinstagram #fishofinstagram #fishkeeper #fishies #aquariumtank #fishtanksofinstagram #aquariumofinstagram #aquariumaddict #aquariumplant #aquariumlover https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf2ZqT6LCc8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[glassboxdiaries]

Heres a quick video going over some types of Anubias that I use in my planted tanks and why I like them.

Different types of Anubias can have their own advantages and disadvantages over each other making them better or worse for different types of planted tank.

The types of Anubias featured are:

🌿 Anubias Barteri 🌿 Anubias Coffeefolia 🌿 Anubias Glabra 🌿 Aubias Coin Leaf 🌿 Anubias Caladifolia 🌿 Anubias Nana 🌿 Anubias Petite

These all have their place in the right planted aquarium and they can help take your aquascape to the next level.

[aquariumjournal]

Boesemani Rainbow

[catgirl-pawbs]

ROSIE HOBBYING UPDATE

though,,, I've said it a few times in a few places but I'm super enamoured with the concept of having different names for different contexts though I've been bad at actually doing it and the name I'd like to use in online spaces / for people I don't know irl is Ryuuka (I know I had another online alias/name before that i streamed under for 2yrs but due to Events I now hate being called that so all 3 of u that know it that name is dead to me now please forget) so I suppose instead I should write

✨🎀RYUUKA HOBBYING UPDATE🎀✨

LONG POST INCOMING sorry if I take up ur whole dash

so I tried to search my blog for the "hobbying" tag to see what I have and have not posted recently but lo and behold,

tumblr is truly the functional of webbedsites, I KNOW ITS THERE I PUT IT THERE now please show me !

except it won't if course because it sucks.

so anyway I'm gonna start typing about things and hope I get everything I haven't posted and nothing I have.

something like three weeks ago, I finally got to play a match of Warhammer 40k with my older brother! this had been in the making in a way since 2014(-ish I don't remember), when this same brother introduced myself and my other brother to the concept of Warhammer and all three of us bought models. sadly both brothers quickly discovered the "building and painting" portion of the hobby and promptly dropped out, one of them giving his T'au models to me because I LOVED THIS SHIT.

anyway I think I posted about all this before and that Match In Question wherein I took 500pts of Grey Knights (Brother-Captain, Terminator Squad, Strike Squad) against my brother's 500pts Imperial Guard (Commissar, Guardsmen regiment, 3x Mortar Crew models, Sentinel, Leman Russ)or something like that I didn't read his list. Unfortunately this battle ended with my noble Grey Knights getting summarily decimated and right tabled by the mighty power of the autocannon-equipped Leman Russ if that bastard Russ wasn't already dead I'd kill him myself

again I'm fairly sure I've posted about this before so I'll stop there and not add images.

also before I continue (to explain why points counts might seem weird to other 40kplayers) I should note that I have been and will continue to be playing Fifth Edition Warhammer 40k, because those are the books that I have. New books are hellishly expensive and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to reasonably use wahapedia so anyone who is going to tell me to play a more recent edition please kindly do one of the following;

1.) shush.

2.) buy me the books urself since you can afford it

3.) go get intimate with a cactus.

Now! about a week ago, a little less, I got to play ANOTHER match of 40k! a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. this time with a friend who has an adjacent interest in similar sort of games and who helped me build the felt-and-aquariumplant terrain pieces Im certain I posted pictures of before though I can't go check >:|

This match was again 500pts and featured both my lovely new terrain and the following armies;

TYRANIDS. >Tyranid Prime (boneswords, devourer) >3xRaveners (rending claws) >5x Ymgarl Genestealers >10xHormagaunts (adrenaline glands) >10xTermagaunts (devourers)

GREY KNIGHTS. >Brother-Captain (mastercrafted storm bolter, mastercrafted nemesis force sword) >5xTerminator (mastercrafted storm bolter [justicar], mastercrafted nemesis force sword [justicar]) >5xStrike Squad (nemesis force halberds [all], mastercrafted storm bolter [justicar])

it was great! took about 4 hours because I hadn't memorized everything yet and my friend/opponent was new to 5th but we had a good time despite getting real exhausted by the end of it there are too damn many numbers to remember

I'm still super happy with how the new terrain looks!! sure it's very Amateur Hour and doesn't look ~realistic~ but I love it and am very proud of it!

Unfortunately in this match, the Grey Knights not played by me this time again tasted bitter defeat. I begin to think that list I made just sucks. or that the army needs a larger point total to make a functional list. further experimentation needed.

First blood was taken by the Knights shooting down a few(2) Hormagaunts, which was repeated in the next turn gunning down another 5 of them. the remaining gaunts took shelter for their lives behind a small copse of trees, though the Knights' Terminators quickly closed to finish their prey.

the Nids took revenge in the Genestealers flanking and stealing the jeans off the Strike Squad, without a single loss.

Finally came the crushing melee of the Raveners charging the Terminators and Captain from the cover of the ruins, slowly inflicting death (with great difficulty and losing one of their number due to those incredible 2+saves), eventually being joined by the Tyranid Prime and Genestealers in finishing off the stragglers.

the Termagants... yeah. those guys were there. they mostly just hung around. fired off 40?-ish shots and inflicted a total of 1 wound. good job guys. worth every point, truly.

Unfortunately because I failed to teach the game and remember the rules properly, this match was unbalanced, as the Terminators were not making 2 melee attacks per turn as they should've and I'd forgot to roll for the Nids instinctive behaviour rules (though the only difference that would've really made was the already useless gants running for cover if they failed)

It was a good learning experience and we had fun though!! surely we'll have a better and more heated match next time! ฅ⁠^⁠•⁠ﻌ⁠•⁠^⁠ฅ

that kaomoji looks kinda haunted,,

In other news! yesterday I finally took the time to get my printer in Operational Condition again! this means that, after being more than a month with only one arm, my Knight Armiger Warglaive proxy (model courtesy of u/johnbearross on reddit) is finally fully operational! catgirl very extremely excited about this one

additionally, though I do need to print another warglaive and two helverins still, I've started on printing the bigger boy, a Questoris Knight Paladin proxy (model credits the same), something I've been excited to do for forever and the next step towards the biggest finalest goal; the Imperator Titan

base and left leg printed (6h each), right leg in production (another 6h) (also I know the quality is bad because of the flash but my kitchen's lighting is awful and I promise without it looks worse) (don't mind the bag of rice in the bg, girl's gotta eat)

FINALLY, the most recent development in Ryuuka's Hobbying;

MY BOYS??!??! MY BEAUTIFUL LOVELY SPECTACULAR BOYS????? THEY ARRIVED TODAY!!

bit of a story on this one, but first; I know that I told one of my dear friends like 6months ago that the next time I bought gunpla of get one for u too and we sat down and picked one out for u and everything and I didn't forget I swear but I shouldn't've even bought these boys since I have a lot of debt going on, the only reason I did is that on god man I need a distraction project or the depression is gonna Get To Me (not that it doesn't already but,) so like. When I actually have spare money instead of spending money I don't have I WILL get u that gunpla and we will build them together I didn't and am not gonna forget.

Okay so the deal with these boys is that I was talking to a friend recently about how I really like the appearance of Mass Production Mobile Suits over the special Gundam suits (unpopular opinion but I hate gundam suits' horns/crests, I think they look so so silly), in particular I love the look of the DaggerL and the Rgm-79 GM, but I really don't like the GM's helmet, I feel that it dramatically detracts from my man's vibes since the GM is made of angular and square segments and then the helmet is ROUND and also the visor is really large and open, giving it something of a 'friendly' (anthropromorphizing, I know) look that really doesn't suit the rest of it's design. In the same moment I was lamenting this design contradiction, a guncannon came on screen, which has a helmet with a narrower visor, and a- well I guess it's called a visor too but the shade thing some helmets have like a built-in imitation ballcap thing and anyway the Guncannon's head design gives it a much more 'serious' look that I feel would fit great on the GM, and the GM's more open and round design would fit right in with the Guncannon's rounded limbs and fuckoff huge shoulder-mounted cannon barrels.

So immediately in that conversation I had something of an epiphany of this and decided that I HAVE TO make a headswap of those guys and NOW IM DOING IT except what I need right now is a project so we're taking it a couple steps further

I'm gonna trim these guys all out of the runners, file the nubs, label all the parts with masking tape and little baggies, swap the head parts, then going one colour/runner at a time, prime them black, paint them, panel line them, sticker them, top coat them, and ONLY THEN will I finally start assembling them

I've never painted a gunpla before but the best way to start is a headfirst dive into conkcrete babey let's get it

also I want to try weathering on my GM, nevermind that I've never tried it before and have no idea how, and each kit will be getting a different topcoat; glossy for the Guncannon because I want my boy to look like fun lil candy apple lad, and matte for my GM because I want it to be a semi-realistic Setpiece build.

also been thinking about utilizing the power of masking tape mid-painting process to add stripes of red to GM's arm&leg armour, but currently unsure if I want to follow through with the idea.

kay I think that's everything that's a lotta words I've been typing for forever it's 3am im not checking for typos I'm gonna sleep now goodnight gamers, nyan~

[shitirishaterssay]

I’ll also toss in a couple of my fave pokeships bc why not

- Sommeliershipping ( I hc burgundy to be around cilans age she’s just short lol )

- journeysahipping/firstfriendshipping ( ash x goh )

- diodeshipping ( ash x clemont )

- possibly palletshipping? Idk I think the rivals to lovers trope is rlly good there ( ash x gary )

- jellowshipping ( Lillie x mallow )

- aquariumplant shipping ( mallow x lana )

- rocketshipping ( girlboss x malewife and most likely t4t u love to see it )

- krazyshipping

- whatever tf ashs lucario x gohs cinderace is called bc those bitches gay

I’m also fond of ash x lana! I think they’d be cute together

I also like Kiawe x Gladion ( mainly bc I hc them to be around the same age and I’m not super keen on shipping kiawe with any of his classmates

And this is like a huge rarepair but Mina x Rapp ( pink skull grunt from the anime )

Yeah, I think Burgundy's supposed to be around CIlan's age, and Sommeliershipping could be cute.

Journeyshipping is really cute!

While I don't really ship Diodeshipping, I get while people do.

Yeah, the rivals to lovers trope is definitely solid in Palletshipping.

Jellowshipping is a top tier ship and I love it!

Aquariumplantshipping is definitely cute, too.

Rocketshipping is A+ material. It's definitely girlboss x malewife lmao.

I actually do like Krazyshipping lmao. I kind of started shipping it as a joke, but then I was like...wait. If handled right, this could be a really good enemies to lovers thing.

I don't know what's it's called (if it actually has a name), but yeah.

BlueAngelshipping (Ash x Lana) I think has a small following, and got a small amount of ship tease in SuMo.

I haven't heard of Kiawe x Gladion, but it could be interesting!

Oh, Mina x Rapp sounds cute!