INCREDIBLE TOUR of The Animal Room (2021 Extensive Update)
It's been over a year (May 2020) since I've done a proper and complete tour of the animal room. Things have very much been a work-in-progress lately, so I wanted to give it some time before I did another one. Pretty much everything has been improved upon in that time, so I'm really excited to finally bring you this extended look at what I do.
I'm well on my way to building out the 150 Cube at this point, but I need your input on the empty 75 Gallon Tank. Let me know what you want to see in that tank! I'm also building out several other things that I can't wait to share with you. Stay tuned for more!
Also, for anyone new, I have complete and detailed tutorial videos for EVERYTHING I showed in this video. So, if you want additional information on how I made any of these things, then check out my library of videos.
Video Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:41 Nano Rack
02:37 Blackwater Tetra Tank
05:43 Betta Paludarium
09:09 Ghost Shrimp Ghost Ship
10:55 Rainbow Shiner River Island
13:28 Nano Rack 2
13:56 Lo-Tech Guppy Patio Pond
17:04 Nano Community Aquascape
18:35 Volcano Rasbora Islandscape
20:06 Jumping Spider Vivarium
22:17 Suriname Toad Tank
24:14 Plywood Vivariums
25:58 New Caledonia Gecko Vivariums
30:28 Kingsnake Vivarium
32:51 600 Gallon Vivarium
34:28 40 Gallon Rack
34:58 Pea Puffer Aquascape
36:58 Fire-Bellied Toad Paludarium
39:12 Ameca River Bio Type
41:20 75 Gallon Rack
41:35 African Bullfrog Paludarium
43:08 350 Gallon Paludarium
47:27 Final Thoughts
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Another year is almost done, which means that an updated look at the animal room is due. It took a while to make this happen, so I hope the wait was worth it! Can't wait to show you all some of the other things I'm working on. You won't want to miss them! Also, the 150 Cube is already well under way - going to be EPIC! As for the 75 gallon tank, what should I do? Let me know!
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@@mrkrabs5729 hi
Recommendation: use Irish moss
maybe a rainbow wolffish since you don't have real predatory fish
Congrats on 1 milli Tanner! Were all proud of ya
Not into aquariums, but appreciate a man who knows his stuff.
I started with aquariums and now I’m a complete invertebrate nerd. Isopods, whip scorpions, millipedes, etc.
same, dude is impressive, but ima snake guy
@@Zer-db1bp I think I have a phobia for reptiles and other amphibians lol but I really enjoy watching these setups and would love to make one. Any suggestions on how to get over it and start?
Cant deny they are pretty asf doe.
@@travis_saldanha i know it’s an old comment, but I would recommend watching Snake Discovery’s channel, it definitely helped with my fear of reptiles !
I have SUCH animal room envy right now!!
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I'm not into fish but I can honestly say that if I ever managed to visit a room like this, I could spend hours just watching each scape and see the fish swim around. Honestly, these scapes look so realistic I feel like I'd be watching them in their real habitat. Great update. Was late to watch this but happy to finally have time to see it.
Same here man
You create beautiful tanks and write eloquent video scripts. Speaking clearly and descriptively without being verbose is a rare skill. Great video!
Agreed. You can tell he wants to teach, not show off.
You've created a living museum. It's amazing. I like the built-in look of the habitats, that looks really nice and ties them all together. I love the movement of the duckweed on the top of the blackwater tank with their roots trailing down. The toads look fat and happy, I hope they have babies! I could spend hours and hours just pondering and looking. What a fantastic refuge you've created, for the animals and you.
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living museum = menagerie
Living museum = zoo
Amazing room Tanner! That 600 gallon for sure reminds me of the Central American jungle. You nailed it!
That's what I was going for! Obviously the plants don't totally match up, but if I can get the vibe that's good enough.
A Central American jungle with a few invasive species lol
It's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen! 😍
@@SerpaDesign hey you know when you built the mini corktop terrariums? I made one. I'm excited to see how it goes:)
Hey I watch you as well as tanner amazing content from both channels
What most impresses me with Tanner's room is the attention to detail, especially in the supporting equipment like the stands. So many "animal rooms" will create stunning enclosures and then skimp on everything surrounding them, it's like taking a beautiful painting and then using thumb tacks to put it on your wall. Would love to see a video on how to build a rack like the one you made for your 75 gallon aquariums.
Crazy how talented you are! You’re good with talking&explaining, quality filming and have an amazing artistic sense!
We needed an update like this yayy!
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@@XPLRHighlights yes
@@XPLRHighlights No what, exactly?
Christmas came early! tanner I think every single person in the hobby is jealous how clean and organized and professional your animal room looks, especially since it is all diy
I'm honestly glad you did this tour. I'm, of course, amazed by the way it looks like most folk I'm sure, but not just that. This video inspired me and many of my builds; a 200G heavily-planted paludarium for 3 goldfish and 2 weather loaches, heavily-planted 100G with green tiger barbs and columbian tetras, my heavily-planted 40G with black phantom tetras, zebra loaches and corydoras, my 60G vivarium for my beloved fowler's toad rescued at 3 months old, Kiwi, my 15G blackwater filled with twigs, leaf litter and seed pods for my super red veiltail betta, Val, and I've even built a DIY 9×18×9" aquarium for my blind dumbo betta girl. Hopefully my enclosures end up as stunning like yours :)
That's really cool dude, have you considered making videos on them.
That room alone brings peace and tranquility, I would be there for hours. Awesome work man! 💯
Finally a room tour :D. I just loove the natural black water designs.
Love the longer videos. Keep up the good work Tanner 🔥 P.S. whoever reading this have a great day!
Tanks, Thunder! You 2!
Same to you and thank you as I needed cheering up and your kind words put a smile on my face all the way to Melbourne Australia, cheers @Thunder 💚🙌🤗
This guy’s water bill must be painful
Wow. Never heard anyone so in touch with respecting every level of the food chain. Kept reptiles for years. Thought i had empathy until i saw this. Respect!
Tanner, thank you for speaking out about long fin bettas. I recently lost one again as well and also decided to no longer buy them. Its just not fair for the fish and I'm glad you, with a big audience, speaks out about it. You were one of the inspirations for me to really get into aquariums, to the point where I own a few more "complicated" fish now. Keep up the great work! :)
As long as your set up accommodates for long fin fish (no rough surfaces and a slow water flow) then the fish should be just fine. But I draw the line at fish like bubble eye goldfish. The mutations on them are just cruel.
I agree. Before getting my betta I looked into articles about what gender/type of betta to chose and I don't remember any of them mentioning how much they can struggle. Now I have a double tail male and comparing him to females I see on the internet just makes me sad.
I discovered last year that I'm just too much of a novice for long fin bettas. It's easier for me to maintain a tank with a little bit of current, and it just doesn't do for a long fin betta. Obviously I'm not putting any bettas in stream tanks, but if a betta is stressed by the flow provided by a baffled HOB filter, it just doesn't seem right to keep one.
@@seasnailsplatoon762 I recommend putting a betta in at least a 10 gallon heavily planted aquarium. The larger aquarium will make the water parameters more stable and the plants will reduce algae, while removing toxins from the water.
@@rosestar7078 Wish I'd have learned as much before getting Little Tanner. I built an undergravel filter with biowheel return & heavily planted 60 gal, but--algea really knocked it all out. He's now in a 4gal, no plant quarantine (🥺for the holidays) with no leaves to sleep on! Any advice on how to keep the algea at bay? He was so happy in his big beautiful tank!
Phenomenal! Thoroughly enjoyed listening to an articulate, passionate individual who obviously has so much knowledge after years of research, Thank you for sharing.
This is amazing. I’ve been working with animals for over 17 years and can’t wait to get to this standard of knowledge and ability to provide these enclosures
This was beyond awesome. I'd love to see the same style video done with your jar/closed terrariums to see how they've been doing and what's been successful, etc.
Someday I hope to see you doing an African Cichlids tank. Absolutely love your work and set ups. You're a part of the reason our entire house looks like a pet store lol wouldn't change a thing. ❤️
That would be pretty amazing, wouldn't it :)
Appreciate the PSA about the effort it takes to provide for these wonderful creatures.
What an amazing room! I can’t wait to get an aquarium up and running in my house. As for that empty tank, it would be interesting to see you stretch your comfort zone with a more desert tank. Succulents/cacti, maybe a horny toad or something like that.
One day, I will have a room like this. In the meantime I enjoy living vicariously through you. It's quite amazing what you do, Tanner! Lucky animals!
What an incredible setup, the design of everything is so on-point, from the scaping in each tank to the furniture they are housed in, which is remarkable because I know from watching your videos for years that aesthetics can only ever come second, the number one concern is the welfare of the animals! After seeing so many videos from you, its nice to see a tour like this to have a sense of the current set-up IRL, because in a way your youtube channel is like, the eternal, infinite animal room with every project youve ever done, even if they`ve since been dismantled or repurposed. Great stuff, as always! (100% worth waiting an extra day for this video, that must have been SO much work!)
So much respect for your entire setup! And the level of detail you got to go in was just so nice to watch. I love that you get to do and enjoy something that I can also relate to so much. Each little creature and plant in any setup has so much detail that I love to just watch in amazement. I finally started to go the more bioactive route a few years ago after watching you!
So amazing!! I wouldn't wanna leave the room. Seriously! I would love to see a gf for your African bullfrog. He does seem a bit lonesome. I just love them all but I'm so curious as to what's going in the new huge one...?
When you mentioned opening doors on the front of the 350 gallon, my mind pictured you opening the entire front and being flooded head on! Jokes aside, I've been watching your videos every week and it's incredible to experience your room in its entirety. I started my own journey in the hobby back in 2009 but kinda feel out of love with it several years ago. I still loved and cared for my animals just as much, but my excitement for vivarium design just wasn't there. Your content reminded me how much I enjoy building and maintaining mini-ecosystems and I've picked back up with renewed ambition. I've really upped my plant game since discovering your channel and now I think I have an addiction. Anyway, thanks for sharing your journey with us. It always makes my day. See you next week!
This is absolutely amazing!! The care and love you put forth for your animals is so evident in just the sheer work you put in to make them feel comfortable in their environments! Watching your videos always makes me super happy because I know that all the animals you keep are getting the utmost care, respect, and love they deserve. One of my favorite KZheadrs and some of my favorite videos to watch and relax to!!
I know it’s not nearly as “Natural” as some of the other tanks, but I really love the look of the ghost ship tank, even with the simplicity, it still really jumps out at you, and I also think how crystal clear the water is also really helps to make it stand out! Plus the fact that you just MADE the ship, out of safe random materials, really shows how creative and skilled you are when it comes to building and designing these tanks. Absolutely beautiful, I would LOVE to own something like that! I mean all of your tanks are super beautiful, but for someone like me who has very little knowledge when it comes to maintaining these tanks, it seems like a fairly low maintenance set up, which would definitely be a good place for someone like me to start! (I may also be totally wrong about how much upkeep it requires because again, I know very little. But just from looking at it, it seems to be fairly self sufficient, besides the excess algae you mentioned, but you seemed to know a fairly easy solution to that, so I hope it wouldn’t require constant work / changes! Regardless, this was such an interesting and gorgeous tour of your room. If I had something like this in my house, I don’t think I would ever use another room again lol
This is absolutely amazing, I love the attention to detail and the level of care and passion you have for the animals. Alot of people approach tank animals unattentively and it can lead to neglect but the level of attention you give these creatures is heartwarming. Every angle is well thought out when it comes to the tank and the overall environment it produces. This strikes an excitement in me as I someday wish to create this. You seem have an incredible skill in botany and woodworking. All of these hand in hand create an excellent hobby and lifestyle, because when you fully commit to these creatures it becomes part of your life. Thank you for the content you produce, I wasn't aware of you before this video but you have earned a sub!
Your attention to detail is intense! I love how aesthetically pleasing the whole room is. You have a full vision of what you want and your crushing it. Happy new year friends!
I live for these updates! 😍 And YES with the long fins. I love them... to a point. Bettas and other animals get bred for looks, but we NEED to refocus on their health.
Truly inspiring and beautiful! You care so much and work so hard to enrich ALL of the animals in your care. I'd be lying if i said I wasn't envious of you... to have the passion, means, and endurance to make it all happen! Thank you so much for sharing with all of us!!!
I am totally diggin' the vibe of this room! Your work is amazing and well presented.
My dream room would look somewhat like this , the amout of talent and expertise this guy displays via his works always makes me awe loved all the tanks ❤️💯
Your animal room is truly and objectively incredible! You’ve poured a lot of time, effort and money into everything and it really shows.
I loved how this entire video had my undivided attention. Your interest in all of it keeps us interested! Love this channel!!!
I absolutely think your dedication is somewhat inspiring and your DIY approach to the hobby makes you a role model. Keep up the awesome work with your animals and share your experiences with all of us, please.
I can't even come up with a clever comment because this room is so beautiful. I want to live in it. Is the air crisp from all the oxygen? It looks like you've established an ancient forest level of plants in there which constantly blows me away. Can't wait to be back next week :)
I would love to see a build showcasing crabs or something like it. Love to watch them, and would be exiting to see you building them a perfect home!
Incredable .....I'm.absolutly in awe of your talent ,experience and knowledge of every component you've added to every individual tank ... I feel such a sense joy and privilege experiencing all your animals and their very individually environment...
Those 2 toads the pot pond and the darkwater tank are my favourite. Amazing room, it's been a pleasure following your journey over all these years. thank you.
i was enjoying your tour alot. I love your focus on meeting the animal requirements with natural feelin habitats. thank you and greetings from germany.
"Incredible" is a severe understatement! It's so ZEN, I could sit in there for hours just staring at all the tanks and watching the animals. How do you manage to do ANYthing else lol
your demeanor overall is awesome... the way you present emboldens your true love for animals and nature. Gor sure you spend so much time with them (plants and animals) but im sure you get priceless benefit from it. You sure do have a kind and loving heart. Thank you so much, pls keep doing what you do because just watching your video inspires us ( me and my animal loving family). Thank you so much for giving us peace of mind.
Wow, it took me three days to watch this, between work, play and life in general, I thank you for such a great treat! Rock on!
You give your animals such amazing homes! You rock, Tanner! Thanks for sharing all of this with us
This is one of the best tours I've watched. Great information throughout and incredible inspiration!
I absolutely LOVE your set up! Your animals are so blessed. They all look so relaxed and happy.
I was mesmerized and greatly inspired. You are a gentle animal loving genius.
I’ve been looking so forward to this video! I love how the animal room has evolved over the years to the ambitious, complex builds and set-ups, to the simple ones- they all come together so perfectly!
finding this channel has to be one of the biggest highlights of my year. its clear you love your animals want the best for them, and having known some people that don't, it's something that's very admirable. i'm so glad you're able to do all this not just for yourself, but for these animals to live full and happy lives. hoping next year continues to bring you success and i can't wait to see what's to come
Hands down the best animal room I have ever seen. There's a certain level of detail put into literally every enclosure that makes the whole thing pop. You can tell there is so much time and detail put into everything. An absolute joy to look at.
Wow!! I wouldn't be able to get anything done. I'd be sitting and staring at the tanks all day. This is fabulous!! GREAT JOB!
I love reading all the positive comments. So great that we still have so many unproblematic creators putting their love into the world.
This is such an incredible video! Thank you for always taking so much time and care with your videos AND your animals! Your love for your animals really resonates and is so apparent.
This is without a doubt an amazing room! Everything is just stunning! Thank you for sharing your talent with us 💕
I genuinely have so much respect for you and what you've accomplished with your pets wellbeing in interest.
Tanner, you have one of my favorite channels in all of KZhead! I have been waiting for this animal room tour and you never disappoint. I am always rooting for you and excitedly anticipating the project you share with us next!
I’m glad you reach 1 million! Been watching you a long time and you are 100% the best at creating these environments
Amazing Tanner, thank you for showing us. Even though it will never happen I love the the thought of hanging out in there and getting a little tour
The individuality if all these tanks are incredible. Really shows your passion
i just found your channel a few days ago and ive really enjoyed seeing all these different tanks youve created! i was very lucky to find you right now it seems, because after getting a patchwork story from hopping around various videos, im now fully up to speed thanks to this one! i think the ones im most happy to see are the pea puffer aquascape (i was so worried the algae would force you to redo the tank entirely!!) and the 350 paludarium (its just so big and lively!!!!) looking forward to seeing what you do next and im glad to be a part of the squad now (-:
Every time we do one of these videos I come away with the same thought. And that's just how insanely skilled you are with making. Building, creating, and producing. It's insane to see all your projects in one go, when you've watched them over years and years. You don't consider how many of them there are, till you see them all together.
Thankyou for adressing betta's and tank mates. They are indeed all different. I saw on blogs en different pages that betta's can be kept with other fish. Mine wasn't having it either. Now he lives happy and alone in my tank, he is almost 1 year. 😊
One of my favorite KZhead channels man, been following for a few years and i love the animal room updates! I’m finishing college with environmental science and soon as I’m done I want to build a vivarium 😊
What an amazing accomplishment! I'll say, I thoroughly enjoyed this update. Everything is looking so cool, there wasn't a single setup that you talked about that wasn't spectacular. Your dedication to your animals, no matter the species, is really commendable. Lots of people choose not to care about the living things around them, especially if they're not human. But you work tirelessly to keep your passion alive, and you always strive to treat your animals well and provide them with enriching lives. You're a rare soul, Tanner!
The Danios tank is so beautiful! I've watched that build video so many times!
Thanks for all your creativity, that can inspire us less creative. And many thanks for showing your diy videos. Your are an excellent teacher. Keep doing what your are doing so very great. And keep evolving, so we can evolve and learn too.
Plainly A M A Z I N G, Your knowledge and kindness for every single animal and plant makes everyone I have shared this video with fall in love with you. Thanks for sharing
this is absolutely incredible. it's gorgeous, awe-inspiring, and makes me giddy. i can only hope to one day possess the patience, discipline, and vision required to pull something like this off! cheers xx
I so enjoyed the tour!! It's very heart warming to see I person who really cares about the welfare of the animals. Love the animal room. Keep it up kiddo. 💓💓💓
Yh I totally agree! Big Tony really is happy with you. Thanks so much for helping him ❤️
Congrats on a wonderful year and getting a million. Thank you so much for all your scapes
This was so epic. Thanks for the good content time after time Tanner!
Wow, this is so gorgeous! Lovely animals and lovely setups, they’re all so creative!
My man has skills, straight master pieces, I appreciate all the hard work that's gone into these tanks, I can enjoy having one of these tanks.👍💪✌
From a guy that kept 6 aquariums running for years, several years ago! I can say that I'm impressed! ;-) Cheers
WOW, Tanner!! Just Wow! It's amazing what a dedicated, inventive and innovated artist can accomplish! You showcase those qualities and so much more! It's because of you and your videos tat I got back into keeping fish again, after 25-30 years. Nothing like yours, just a 55 and a 29 gallon. They're not bad, just nothing special. Although my brother, who kept a lot of tanks also, including a 200+ gal. Saltwater tank, said my tanks look really good, which really means a lot to me. Thank you, (and I'm sure many others feel the same way) for sharing the love and enthusiasm you bring to the hobby!!! God Bless Tanner, and keep doing what you have been doing so well! You know, reading back through the post, I don't know if I used enough explanation points (lol) ;-)
Dude, you’re so intelligent and creative. Thanks for sharing your animal room! I’ve been laying in bed completely enjoying the tour.
Could listen to you for hours. Your passion and knowledge ist outstanding.
I just found this gut and have been watching him in between my online classes, he is so amazing at his passion and he creates beautiful pieces of art work, keep up the great work!
Great work Tanner.....looks marvelous and I always appreciate the fact that you put the animal's needs first! Maybe nice to set up the 75 gallon tank for Axolotls? WOuld be great to see those!
Hey man this is the first vid of yours I've ever seen and I HAD to comment. Absolutely amazing imo, good camera editing, amazingly clear details, very good explanations while not "dragging on" on any topic and amazing displays... I will absolutely be back for more and you've earnt yourself another subscriber today!! :)))
Fabulous job!!! 48 minutes zoomed by. Loved every minute . Thanks for sharing
Absolutely amazing! Great job man! I really appreciate all of the detailed explanations. It gave me some great ideas for what I want to do with my own enclosures.
Outstanding Tanner! Everything is breathtakingly beautiful. I was hoping you'd make this video and I'm sure all of your subscribers appreciate all the hard work you put into it as I do. Your builds continue to inspire me and I learn new information and techniques with every upload you produce. Thank you!
Gosh it is beautiful! I wish I could do a animal room in the future! Congratulations, you can see the work of it all :)
Made me really happy when you mentioned Rooibos tea, because I'm drinking a cup right now! I'm from South Africa and we're very proud of this amazing tea. Thanks for the video. Love settling down to watch your stuff , really relaxing. Even though I don't do anything like this myself.
Been watching you for years and your creations are astonishingly amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your videos...
this guy needs to open a zoo of terrariums, aquariums, vivariums, paludariums, beautiful stuff tanner
You do such beautiful builds. Everyone always gets their oohs & ahhs watching your videos. I'd love to see you do a build for red eyed alligator skinks. I bet you would build something truly amazing!
Oh my goodness! Just last night I was wishing for a tour! I just love, love, love you to pieces!!!!!whooohooooooooo!😍😍😍😍
Ive been waiting for an updated tour...awesome man!!!
You speak with such ease about all this - you’re the perfect host.
Absolutely incredible! Have you ever considered live streaming a few tanks for some ASMR-esque videos and allowing people to just look at and admire your animals/tanks? It'd be nice to just watch your animals interacting on top of your builds and upgrades
I want to watch the firebellied toads for hours!
🙏🏼👍🏽🌱🐸🐌🐠🐡🦈🐟🌿🌊🪨🍂
I think that he has done this before, actually
@@GoneFishin-rn9hs I know he's done an ASMR video before, but it'd just be nice to watch his animals doing their thing
Your scapes are just so beautiful. I find watching your videos really relaxing.
its 2:30 in the morning and this is so therapeutic to watch. very educational and lovely. i can truly see how much effort you put into this video. amazing and stunning set up you have. keep going and have a nice day!