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what wood did you use for your newest archer fish tank
Video 22 of asking for a tank with some freshwater dolphinfish please.
Owner sounds so humble and very calm voice. 👍
he's a really great guy
Great build video! Obviously I was there when it happened 😆 but so cool to see everything come together in a well edited 30 minute video. Thanks again MD and can’t wait for the next one!
thanks mate. not long ow.
@@MDFishTankshey, i was wondering if you have any thermostat heaters you would recommend?
I think MD should do a new tour of the fish studio. So much has changed in the past few months.
I did one 3 weks ago if you are interested. It's called "On My Own: 1000's of Fish (how will I manage)" 👍
MD has done it. Check out his vids
He has already done one not too long ago
I was going to say the same. I started to question myself for a second. It was definitely well needed. 👌
@MDFishTanks I just wanted to thank you, I found your channel a few months ago and after not having kept fish or turtles for about 15 years, I now I have 5 fully planted beautiful aquariums that I put together based on a lot of your videos, and a pair of baby musk turtles of my own in a 60 gallon planted paludarium.. you’ve created a monster, can’t thank you enough for the hours of content and inspiration you’ve created. Amazing job mate keep it up:) sending happy thoughts and positive vibes your way from the U.S.
It's the same story here. I have two turtles, but started to think about fish. I just couldn't close the deal with myself until I had watched a few of MD and Fish Shop Matt's videos. Between the two of them, I decided to do it. My problem now is that I'm out of room.
i dont have any fish tanks but this channel is my comfort channel i watch all the time during work and playing games:)
A new MD video makes any day better!! Love your vids!
''Budget'' is of course a relative term entirely dependent upon your disposable income. I appreciate that the cost of the kit varies depending where you buy it but it averages out at around £110 to £130 which seem pretty good value considering you have filter, lights, background, everything except the heater. I'd be interested to know what the retail price of those two pieces of wood and the 'only' 10 pots of plants were. I really thought you might give us a breakdown at the end of the video as to what it would cost for us to replicate what you have created.
A person chooses to spend whatever amount they "think" they need. I think a lot of this hobby is about looks and gadgetry rather than an interest in plants and fish.
Exactly what i was thinking, it looks so easy: We got a starter kit but then we grab some of this and that and before you know you have spent like £ 600. It would be nice to break down the individual prices and give options, like this a £ 10 piece of wood, but this is a £ 25 and it looks alot better...
Here in the US each potted plant runs average $7 to $20 or higher. Then a piece of wood seems to run average $10 to super higher. Then there's the rocks. Don't have to have the usual aquascape rocks but seems like many people like them best. I do the rimmed tank route as in the US you can get a 10 gal for $14 dollars and all other sizes low priced too quite often. Also, do sponge filters. I realize though people can really put off by this direction, but I don't have money to burn. If you have the money what the heck, a person can buy what they're drawn to.
Love over at AG, we have been loyal customers for a while now and fortunately only live 35 mins away. Great advice and service from Dave and the team.
Coffee made feet up and MDs on awesome, got you on the big tv.
You are always inspirational! I first started watching your videos about 8 weeks ago.... as a result I now have a 20l planted tank with Dwarf Neon Rainbows, Cardinal Tetras, Merited Snails, and Panda Cory's! Thank you so much for helping me get started on this wonderful journey!❤
Nerite snails...damn autocorrect😂
Hey MD, I want to say thank you. After watching your videos I got the confidence and knowledge I needed to ditch the plastic plants and try planting out my tank. I have so enjoyed the process and the best bit, my fish love it ❤
Great tank MD! You should tell Superfish to get on to the States.
Excellent video. Wish aquarium gardens was closer to me. When I did my 5ft tank all the plants, substrate, sand etc came from them and it was top notch. Plants were outstanding
Just bought a Twinstar SA light from Aquarium Gardens, arrived next day and transformed my aquarium. Great service. I too struggle with hard water and having recently moved from a soft water area I can tell you it's chalk and cheese. So many more options with soft water.
the quality of the content, the professionalism, the camerawork, and the amount of work and effort you put into your videos and aquascapes are just remarkable. Keep up the great work
Awesome content, I love the music you play during your scaping scenes.
Hey MD! I love to hear the soliloquies at the end. You are a huge inspiration to me personally, i struggle to get my hustle going although i really yearn for it seeing you doing what you love lights a spark in me, and many others im sure. - Belgor
СУПЕР ! Приятно смотреть как вы создаёте красоту ! Браво !
Love what you do MD . Keep smashing it. So much inspiration for every level of hobbyist 😊.
You guys did a beautiful job . Love it ! Your channel along with the tips has given a lot of inspiration 😊 appreciate the detailed list
I am forever grateful for Kate because you doing this has brought happiness to my life. Thank you both for all you do for the hobby.
Thank you for this nice video MD. I really love the ambient music, it's gives a really peacefully vibe.
This was great! I'm looking forward to seeing the next level of tank for the shop that you create. One day it would be great to revisit the tanks from Matt's previous job that you did for them!
I’ve seen the tank in person it’s looking great. Well done MD 👍👌 Ps would love to pop in while you are there.
It's been years since I've had a tank, but my go to filter was the Aqua Clear. I ran the 70 on my on my 30 gallon long tanks and would run the sponge, some bio media and a polishing pad. They also had 'under gravel filter' setups for additional biological filtration and because I had those set up with one way valves into a T so that I could have normal AC air pumps and DC air pumps that automatically kicked on when the mains power went out and ran off a pair of D cell batteries. I might need to change the batteries, but those tanks were safe for days without power and that did happen because of hurricanes.
Love Dave hes a great guy spoke to him over the phone a few years ago about some stone and he was really helpful also when i need to re-do my plants i only buy from him the quality is excellent, one day i might make it to his shop as i live quite a distance away unfortunately. Love this video and all your content.
YAY!! New video, Thanks for the info!!
Watched this and av ordered my tank been out the hobby for a while definitely inspired to get bk into it
This was fun to watch. Thank you both for sharing………………..
Going to try that glue with the spray hopefully it works for me. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE IT! BRING ON MORE VIDS MD!!!
Awesome build as always MD just brought myself a superfish scaper Tank
Loving the back ground music 🎶🥰
The Galapagos stones look very striking in that tank! Awesome tank
MD should do low tech column tank
Has MD ever done a saltwater tank? I think that would be a cool change to see
Amazing as always
Really like the crypt albida touch 😊
Those tanks are amazing.
I HAVE BEENFOLLOW IN YOUR VIDEOS AND I AM LEARNING NEW IDEARS FROM YOU IHAVE BEEN DOING TROPICAL FISH SINCE 1975 AND I LOVE WATCH YOUR WAYS OF FISH KEEPING
I’ve never had an aquarium, watching a few (nearly all) of your videos and seeing this one… I’m very tempted… might pick up this starter kit. I’ve always been worried about the welfare of the fish (as I’m a noob). Thanks for making this video 😊
I was curious if you've ever thought of doing a sort of low-planted tank and keeping track of it over time to show how it grows in? I love how much you plant into your tanks cuz we get the full picture right away and it can inspire us for our own setups, but as I'm working towards my first planted tank I just had this thought.
Beautiful tank ….love the scape and fish choice…🫶
Keep it going MD love the content
absolutely beautiful!!!!
Great video, thanks MD💚 Excellent setup as usual!!! I really like that stone. It looks like posh lava rock. I'm not vibing with the ominous-toned music though.
Great vid MD! I personally think that for any of these budget builds, it would be great to have a cost presented so that people who are looking to get into the hobby know what kind of financing they will need. Great job as always!
If they showed you that, you'd run away screaming. 😂 It's cheap for them, but costs an arm and a leg for you.
all the hard scape and nutrients and sand most probably is about £200 the plants about another £60 just depends were you get it from.
Gorgeous little setup, great video MD :)
Thanks for plant info for hard high ph water.
Great build
Thanks for being a inspiration bro
That's so awesome you're working with Superfish! Great products they have. I dont know why this shop just doesn't run RO/DI water and if you're going high end with full blown CO2, it's easier to set up.
Beautiful tank, but while it may be 'low tech', it's definitely not entry level budget friendly at all. I get what you're saying with the whole 'spend the money at the start to help avoid issues like ammonia and algae etc', but it's honestly not realistic for a lot of people starting out to spend hundreds on substrate and hardscape and plants. Most people will get 1 piece of wood, maybe 3 rocks, and a couple of bunches of mixed beginner-friendly plants plus something like a java fern. Would love to see you do a true entry-level build where you set a realistic beginner budget and organise the build from that. You could do monthly updates to see how the tank is growing and developing over its first year. That would be super helpful for people to follow along with while doing their first planted tanks, like a mini-series.
That’s the beauty of fish keeping/planted aquaria. It’s can be relatively cheap or astronomically expensive. In some of his videos he shows a lot of ways to save money. You can also find hard scape either free or cheaper second hand, along with tanks , lighting etc… but MD has his own thing as everyone knows. Which is plants, plants, and more plants!
@@jimfrank8250 That is true, so many KZheadrs now are in the hobby like decades and started somewhere with no budget al all and i have seen some real budget options out there, but those are from like 7 to 10 years ago and with the sponsers nowadays its so easy for those youtubers to grab this and that and it will look amazing. But nobody tells you that to achieve that you need to spent £ 2000 first 🤣 It would be nice if any of those youtubers remade one of their own low budget videos from years ago and use the 2024 prices.
I absolutely love your videos, motivated me every time I watch to stay patient and one day I'll have my masterpiece! I wish Colombo nutri base was in the US somewhere 😢!! Send it my way please! Also aquafleur 😊
Superfish needs to be distributed to the US. Such great products. I'd love to get my hands on them.
Great job 👏
LETS GOO, i love when MD uploads!!
Wesołych świąt
Another piece of art 🤩
I live in a region with hard water. The water in our whole region comes from a huge groundwater reservoir that is lined with sandstone. Been trying to learn what plants like our water so this is very helpful!
I live in Salt Lake City, everything involving water is hard! Do you have any tips you’ve learned? 💜 I really want to get started!!!
@@lucifursanarchy5202 I'm still in the reading and research phase myself.
Sandstone would lead to soft water, though!🤔
Looks good!
Always beautiful 😍
I also have a hardness of about 8 where I live in the US so this is a perfect plant list for me to try
hardness is TDS, pH will be 8.0 👍
So good!
Felt like an age waiting for a new MD video this time round
Wow, excellent tank scape MD! The Endler guppies and shrimp were fun! What were the black lava-like rocks and are they safe to use? (e.g. metals?)
I’ve literally just bought this tank 😂 thank you for the video still planning my setup for it
How much was it
Very Nice My friends ! Huge fan 🙏
You're always so self-depricating MD. You certainly have perfected your own 'way'. Yes, you copied others originally, but you have simplified everything and made fish-keeping far more accessible.
Great tank, although I would not have used the pebbles. I would've kept the theme going and broken up some of the galapagos stone and put it around the bigger rocks.
No matter how hard I try I can never make my tanks as amazing as yours ❤
NOTE: NUTRA BASE cannot be shipped to US or Canada because in contains ingredients that are not allowed through customs. Really too bad.
I wondered why I’ve never seen it anywhere, makes sense. Dang it. Guess I’ll have to keep using potting soil, river sand and root tabs 🫤
I think there are lots of substrates to choose from
@@heaven7360 there definitely are! I’ve just been having really good results so far with my dirt and sand cap with root tabs method so far. But I don’t have anything that’s been set up longer than like 6-7 months so who knows how it’ll go long term
Sooo… I set up my first live planted thanks to this channel, tank, plants, substrate and gravel, plus my koi plakat betta, £155.55. It got expensive and quick!
Oh yeah...always is more than advertised..ha ha. I think you will love your tank. Learning scientific information has been super helpful for me in keeping plants and fish. The channel on youtube called "fishtory" has been really helpful.
Hi @MDFishTanks, I love your videos! Thanks to you, I've successfully set up my first heavily planted aquascape tank. Your tutorials and advice have been instrumental in the thriving condition of my setup. I've noticed that you use various types of rocks for your builds. However, most of these rocks can alter water parameters, and I haven't seen you address this issue. Could you please provide some guidance on how to address this concern? I'm particularly interested in using seiryu stones, but I'm worried about their long-term impact on my tank's pH and other parameters. Your input on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Definitely a tank I’ve had my eye on but the only thing I don’t like about the Superfish tanks is the fact they don’t have lids. If you’re a beginner in the hobby but you have other pets or kids that could get to the tank it means you have to make your own lid. Obviously making a lid is another expense of either time or money. Seems like the only way to get clear lids is by either being restricted to buying the cube tanks, doing it yourself or having them custom made.
We cant get Nutribase in Australia, what alternatives can you recommend?
Nice one MD 😊😊😊
Levi-osaah! Thank you so much for doing this. I have been watching for quite awhile but felt a bit intimidated by it all, even though you really explained things well. I want to to start and feel I can now but I know I'm creating a monster! I won't stop at one tank. I loved the look at the beginning. It had a real Zen look but love the end product too. Again thanks. One question and sorry if it's a dumb one. Is PH differences because of the rock/soils being different in different areas?
Great video
@mdfishtanks it is the MD way now. You have replicated other practices… yes… but we all start somewhere and it is your way. (Your comfort zone, Because it works very well). Own it buddy 😁, hoodie brand it 😊. A nice modern adaptation of a Walsted method 😁👌. I have visited the tank recently and it’s still doing well… look forward to and update video
Amazing vids
Love aquarium gardens. Wont buy my plants from anywhere else, always really high quality plants
Hello from Australia cool endlers 😊
Hey MD great video as always! What do you think about the chihiros a2 led series? I just got it and i think it is a great light
It was important to point out that the hardness and pH of the water makes a big difference in what plants you can grow. MD you really do have magic water if it is soft. Plants grow better in soft water. I have very hard water, so no hairgrass or monte carlo for me. But I can grow crypt parva as a lawn.
If you wet the background then use something to squeegee it onto the aquarium, there is no need for tape.
Gateway tank🎉
I'm new to this lifestyle, after getting a used tank less than two years ago. Now I have five tanks, and looking for more😂. On aquarium forums, almost every post has people saying "you must have an airstone or fish will die", or "you must have surface agitation for gas exchange". I notice very few, if any, of your tanks have airstone or much surface agitation. I'm curious as to your opinions on this. Also, I started with internal filters, then one used tank came with a canister filter, which I now use on my original tank (the only one that came with a cabinet). However I have had internal filters fail on me already, and after watching numerous videos and on forums, I decided to try out undergravel filter, with live plants. I've already found my plants do so much better, their roots just explode. What's your opinion on undergravel filters? Would you be interested in doing a tank with ugf, see how it compares to other filters? Ugf are so low cost, low tech, but I think they are effective. A good, low cost, way into this lifestyle?
Hoping to get a betta tank setup soon
Hello md! Cant you do an aquascape of a corner aquarium? 😊
Hey. Could you do a video on how you handle plants please? All the rock wool gives me the heeby jeebies, and all the fun with tweezers / etc. makes me feel like i'm going to be ruining roots. What's the way to do it? thanks!
I have watched many of your video's and they are amazing. I am not new in the aquarium hobby, i had freshwater aquaria when i was younger, from zebra and discus till pirahna and about 12 year ago i had a 1000 liter seawater reef aquarium. Now i am thinking to start a aquascape tank and that is something i don't have any experience in. Something i am not sure about is what size aquarium to start with. In seawater it is bigger is easier for starters. If you start you can maintain a 1000 liter tank easier than a 60 liter tank, since the bigger the volume, the easier it is to get it stabelized and keep it that way. Is this the same with aquascape aquaria? What size would you recommend to start with and is there a difference in a shallow aquarium other then the looks?
hey man, can you make a complete list of everything that you used to make the saltwater aquarium? i want the same exact set up
what type of wood did you use for the newest archer fish tank
Hey MD! This is probably a easy one.. I saw one of your other videos. You mentioned we need to have a test kit for a plant eco tank. What if I keep changing the water 50% daily for a week, without having to test it? Would that be okay if we dont have a test kit?
I live in Maine, USA and I SO wish i could get a super fish 60L
Spooky, I’ve literally just got home and seen this video after being out and ordering this exact setup.
what do you think of fluval bio stratum as a base layer with sand over the top in a small tank, anygood?
It would be nice to have superfish kits available in America.