We have had a rapid loss due to ammonia spike, as listed in my last post. I am very happy to announce a new tank, on top of some other very interesting developments in my own personal life. this hexagonal 13 gallon is going to become a breeder tank, as I plan to introduce more mollies to the large tank soon.

My time on skool and in the AgriOddities class, is limited to Tuesday Wednesday and Sunday, at twelve on all those days. I work full time and have other interest and pursuits that need attention. I will try to retain consistency on my posted days, thank you for stopping by!

I am learning about ammonia spikes, I had a ton of fish loss over the week. I have tried to mitigate loss and have managed to save the parent mollies, the tetra, and a few shrimp. I don’t know what I am doing, this has been a learning and growth project for me over the years. I will update as I learn more and plan a healthy reintroduction of species to the pond.

Filter on micro-tank #2 has gone down, electrical failure, too cheap to want to fix. All aquatic animals are crammed into micro-tank #1 with the babies, they luckily are loaded with plantation as it was my primary shrimp tank and has had tons of care. For now everything is going well. My parent mollies have met and seem okay with their newfound pond intruders. On a side note I am drawing up ideas to make my pond and have an island for storing power units (40) gallons micro pond project. I also will be using a ten gallon tank and having live worms live inside of the substrate on the island. After the island and material choices have been made I will have to use the brim of the island to set filters, heaters, and ultimately be able to establish a ten gallon island to occupy 2000 worms, surrounded by 40 gallons of water. This pond style structure will act as a metropolis for the micro-farm; powering my fertilizer and super soil needs through the years. I plan to have a variety of long lived goldfish (koi style), mollies, rosy red minnows, ghost shrimp, and Malaysian trumpet snails. Ultimately the plan is to have this ready in four months, when the goldfish and baby Molly will be far too large for their current environment. I have the 40 gallon pond/ island established with the colony moved in, I had 7 rosy red minnows die due to the system going down, it’s a volatile hobby.

Update- 1/6/25 9:30 am The golden panda mollies have successfully had 18 babies. They are a prolific live-bearing fish, with a medium level bioload. Bioload is the secretion from all animals. With fish secretion we can make a concentrated protein for plants to feed on. I also use just the fish water when doing changes, it helps flowers bloom, and can help fix nutrients temporarily into your earth. Remember! You can never permanently change the PH levels in your soil, which is why soil amendments are so important and valuable. If your soil is of poor quality, I suggest getting a test kit and checking what levels you need to raise/ lower in your soil.