Nano Realms

04/19/2025

These are Daisy’s rice fish, which is a little bit different species than the medaka rice fish you see that are bred in all different colors. These males are blue with orange edging and the females are gold/tan with the orange edges, but the females have very bright blue eyes that you can see from across the room. I have a couple batches of these growing up, not a whole lot yet, but some day hopefully I’ll get these guys figured out and have enough to sell. They are very active and hardy. The other fish in this video is neon green rasboras. Haven’t had them breed yet, but haven’t really gotten around to trying. Also a very active fish.

04/13/2025

I’ve come to accept that, when I set up a tank and do all kinds of aquascaping with rocks and wood and all that…..that it will eventually disappear and just be covered by the plants. So the aquascaping is to make it look good in the beginning, and later it’s a whole new tank with mostly plants. I just recently moved my curviceps cichlid pair and 7 green neons to this tank from another that I decided to tear down (and possibly redo). The plants are crypt wentii bronze and Taiwan lily. The rocks are from the Baraboo area. And yes, the big driftwood branch IS still in there LOL. The tank, set up like this, is a year and a half old, but it was also set up with the same substrate, totally different look, for 3 and a half years before that.

03/22/2025

I know many hate duck w**d…but it has its purpose. This tank had major green water (a type of algae) (actually got worse than the picture). I threw a big handful of duckw**d in there, enough to completely block out the surface, and this is the results in a week! Crystal clear! There was also WAY more duckw**d, over and inch thick layer. Duckw**d is the fastest growing plant you can employ to use up excess nutrients in situations like this, a bacteria bloom, or while cycling a new planted tank when the substrate is leaching too much nutrients.

03/05/2025

Check out my friend, Julie’s, new page for her fish business 🥰

Freshwater fish and plants. Menasha, WI. Connecting with nature. Tours available!

03/01/2025

These are male Staeck Endlers. These were originally discovered in the wild, but now there is debate as to whether they are truly a wild strain or if something domesticated had been released into the water body. Either way, I think they’re beautiful! Very unique pattern, and each individual is very different from the next.

03/01/2025

This is a new line I’m starting. It’s the result of just crossing other endlers I used to have. (Yellow tiger, scarlet, and japan blue were living together). This isn’t a new color, I’ve seen red tigers before, but the ones I’m getting are really cool, so I started separating them. They are definitely still producing yellow tigers, when bred, but hopefully I can reduce that.

03/01/2025

Since there was a snow storm on the day of Fox Valley Fish Fair, I actually still have plants (and fish) left! I still have lots of pearl w**d, corkscrew val, crypt. lucens, and some rotala indica, bacopa Australis, and crypt wentii.
As for fish, I have Staeck Endlers, yellow tiger endlers, red tiger endlers (these are a very new line, they will produce yellow tigers also), emerald dwarf danios (aka rasboras), and young least killifish.

02/16/2025

Thanks Julie Zepnick for helping me at Fox Valley Fish Fair yesterday! Julie made the stuffed axolotls I had at my table, and she has also started her own fish business and has things a for sale in Menasha ☺️ Thanks to everyone who braved the snow storm and came out yesterday too! (Photo credit: J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue )

04/02/2024

Rice fish carrying eggs! Will see where this goes…haven’t bred them before.

03/31/2024

Emerald dwarf rasbora fry in a 2.5 gallon planted tank, feeding on infusoria. I have been collecting eggs from them and the celestial pearl danios (which are very similar species, despite the names being off). I’ve grown out some of both types to adulthood so I have bigger groups, so hopefully when these grow up, they will be for sale.

03/22/2024

STOCK LIST (updated 3/19/2024)

Fish:

Staeck Endlers - $20/pair, $30/trio

Taiwanese green/orange double sword guppies - $15/pair, $22/trio

Yellow Tiger Endlers - $8/pair, $12/trio

(Guppy and Endler pairs and trios always include some free babies!)

I can sell just males of all these too if you want color but no babies ☺️
Staeck males only - $5 each or 5 for $20
Taiwan double sword guppy males only - $4 each or 5 for $15
Yellow tiger males only - $3 each, 5 for $12

PLANTS:
(Sold as a bunch unless otherwise noted)

Pearl w**d - $5
Bacopa australis - $5
Crypt wentii “bronze” - $5
Vallisneria contortionist “corkscrew” - $5
Frogbit - $2 (5 plants)
Giant duckw**d - $1 (10 plants)

LIVE FOODS:
(Come with care sheet if needed)
Vinegar eel culture - $4
Grindal worm cultures - $5
White worm culture - $10

Not shipping yet! Just got a full time job, and will need to figure out when and how I can ship now, but I will! (Also, winter just came back 😡)

Local pick up in Neenah/Fox Crossing, WI by appointment. Just message or email [email protected]

02/27/2024

Just found this channel by chance today….now watching all his videos. Love it! Check it out.

In this video I discuss the substrate in my 28 year old, low tech, natural style aquarium. Together with many other insights into the way these old deep subs...