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How To Harvest Botanicals For Aquariums
Harris talks all about Botanicals and how to harvest your own at home. He then shows off how different botanicals work faster than others when releasing tannins and how some botanicals release different coloured tannins. He talks about the benefits of keeping botanicals in your aquarium and then the potential of having all the benefits of botanicals without any of the tea stain by using products such as Seachem Purigen.
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Bee Shrimp Breeding Setup - Part 1 The Shrimp Cave
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In this video Harris talks through his new Mosura Shadow Shrimp set up; in the first of a series. He begins by using window frosting on his aquarium. Then he uses Dymax's Scaping Medium to create his hardscape cave. He uses Tetra Active Substrate with gravel. A variety of different Tropica plants, Christmas Moss, and rare Bucephlandra species. He uses a Tropica Nano CO2 set up with an inline so...
Easiest CO2 Aquarium Set Up
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Harris reviews the Dennerle Carbo Bio Style 120 and discusses how he got on with the desktop aquascape over the past month. He talks about how he uses Evolution Aqua the aquascaper fertilizer in his aquariums. He has some trouble with algae and uses Seachem Flourish Excel to deal with. He talks about adding Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) to the aquarium and his worries about it. Finally he ...
Is the Fluval FX4 Good?
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In this video Harris sets up a Fluval FX4 on a 6ft Discus Aquarium. He uses Alfagrog to bolster the biological set up and uses Red Reef Carbon to aid in filtration system. pondlifeaquatics.co.uk/ If you want to come and visit our store click the link bellow: maps.app.goo.gl/vyKw6gDGaecrY... Please follow us on all social media: linktr.ee/PondLifeAquatics
The Buddha Biorb Bowl - Amazing Biorb Aquascape
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In this video Harris transforms a 60L BiOrb classic into a stunning lost shrine Buddha Bowl. He uses an Aquael UV LED Filter to replace the internal filtration system. For substrate he uses Oase Scaper Soil and black sand. He then uses a Seiryu Stone landscape set to build a fallen shrine around the Rosewood Buddha with the help of Dymax Scaping medium. He then uses Seachem Glue to try and atta...
Easy CO2 injection on a Stunning Planted Desktop Aquarium
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In this video Harris sets up a beautiful Dennerle NanoCube with additional Dennerle Carbo Bio Style 120. He uses a Tetra Active Substrate, black sand and a mixture of Dragon Stone and wood. He uses Dymax Aquascaping Medium for the first time. He uses Tropica Plants to finish off the aquascape with Seachem Flourish Glue. Thank you Dymax for giving me some of the product to use. pondlifeaquatics....
Should YOU keep an aquarium?
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Harris discuses the pros and cons of keeping an aquarium for the first time! Harris has kept fresh water aquariums and has been aqua scaping for over 20 years now, in this video he discuses some of the pros and cons of keeping and aquarium in a home or work space. Pond Life Aquatics is a family run aquarium and pond business based in North West London. We have recently opened up a brand new fre...

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  • @xyadriz
    @xyadriz 12 годин тому

    I don’t use botanicals in my aquarium but happy to watch! First viewer too 😊

  • @anaskay_
    @anaskay_ 2 дні тому

    Love the concept of the cave 😊

  • @chefsteve8381
    @chefsteve8381 3 дні тому

    If you get ride of the stupid red baskets you can fit more media in, you will find the sponges on the outside should be replaced with some medium and finer sponges puttting in media in the side where the sponges should be will only clog up the media, also use a large course intake sponge will stop alot of mess going into the filter in the first place, anyway that's my experience with the FX4 in a large cichlid tank. one more thing carbon is only good for a couple of months and should be replaced if not it will leach back in the things it removed if the first place and could make your tank crash, puragen is a much better and safer product. cheers.

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 2 дні тому

      Honestly I was worried about the outlet if i removed the red structures but i'll definitely take your word for it. I haven't had any issue with clogging so far and have really only had minimal waste being drained off the bottom each week. I guess discuss are much less messy than cichlids though so that may be it? Love Purigen and will most likely use it in the future, I personally find that Red Sea Carbon, if you're willing to replace it regularly, is one of the single best removal products on the market. I've used it in koi ponds to help bring down heavy metal poisoning before and have had amazing success with it. The chemistry reaction from it is genuinely best in class. Cheers to you!

  • @larsmurdochkalsta8808
    @larsmurdochkalsta8808 6 днів тому

    I've been tempted to do aquarium gardening, now I'm thinking I should hook up my Mead when I'm brewing it for CO2 lol

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 6 днів тому

      Please please please let me know if you actually do this I'd love to know the outcome 🫡

  • @RayRoberts
    @RayRoberts 6 днів тому

    Honestly one of my favourite tanks of yours. It's just so different. I love it.

  • @on.ion.
    @on.ion. 7 днів тому

    excited for the shrimp updates :)

  • @GWorxOz
    @GWorxOz 7 днів тому

    Just a shitty advert.

  • @lizzietichborne3131
    @lizzietichborne3131 10 днів тому

    Interesting stuff 😊

  • @andibandi1190
    @andibandi1190 10 днів тому

    Do you have Sodastream CO2 systems where you leave? If yes, then how does it compare?

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 10 днів тому

      Yes, it was actually one of the first pressurised systems I ever used. Dennerle actually have a soda stream adapter themselves but it doesn't come with a solenoid. I have a decommissioned one from TMC that I have an adapter kit on them. Personally I don't mind setting up pressurised systems although the initial outlay here is usually About £100 or more and then on an aquarium this size you will need to replace the soda stream every 4 ISH months which costs about £16 so the price is effectively the same. I've tried to convince beginner fish keepers to use them and there is a reluctance to set them up. I don't know if it's the added complexity or the idea of keeping a pressurised system in your home that puts people off but there is seemingly a push back from it. I think the beauty of the Carbo Bio is the simplicity and ease of use. Obviously you're not going to be able to really turbo your CO2 output to get crazy growth but as you can see in the video it's more than enough in my opinion.

  • @andibandi1190
    @andibandi1190 10 днів тому

    some people follow the aproach of aerating the water more, or moving the water surface more, in order to increase exchange of both oxigen and CO2. Thereby CO2 from the atmosphere is introduced into the water, in acordance to what the plants consume. What do you think of this?

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 10 днів тому

      Absolutely it's a way to go. I think the point of the Dennerle is to make everything as consumer ready as possible, which I think for a lot of people is a great thing. I've done DIY with gelatin before and it has a better result than when I did it without

    • @andibandi1190
      @andibandi1190 10 днів тому

      ​@@pondlifeaquatics9796 Yes, at least starting with the original Dennerle product would give some on a tighter budget time to become experts in the gelatine stuff. And when on holidays it surely is safer to use entirely Dennerle originals than some DIY. In fact Dennerle is a high end company, a bit like ADA, offering quality products with a lovely design. So now I agree that 4,50 pounds is ok, even convenient for a busy aquarist with a full time job. After all I guess it‘s about the same price as a pint of beer🤡 Just brainstorming🙂

  • @andibandi1190
    @andibandi1190 11 днів тому

    4 pound 50 is expensive🤡

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 11 днів тому

      When you look at something like a nano co2 injector where the disposable canisters are about £10 a piece. On an aquarium this size it's comparable in my opinion 🙏 plus factor in the ease of use and I think it's great value 🙂

    • @andibandi1190
      @andibandi1190 11 днів тому

      @@pondlifeaquatics9796 you can DIY with glaze and yeast for baking, plus sugar. You can find videos, and I will send a link if you will allow.

    • @andibandi1190
      @andibandi1190 11 днів тому

      @@pondlifeaquatics9796 DIY ua-cam.com/video/2TCGDfLUq30/v-deo.html

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 11 днів тому

      I absolutely know about DIY set ups. I've done them myself. I've had varying success with them. I genuinely believe that the Dennerle just removes some of the guesswork and being able to know the continuous output gives me a peace of mind that I personally never had when I was doing DIY but each to their own. That being said I've been toying with the idea of doing a long term project where I make everything from scratch including sticking the glass, DIY co2, no filter ect... So I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up doing it again in future.

    • @andibandi1190
      @andibandi1190 11 днів тому

      @@pondlifeaquatics9796 the Dennerle hardware is of course great. I am criticising only the expensive consumables. Did you try using glaze and yeast for baking, plus sugar?

  • @jhedokings
    @jhedokings 11 днів тому

    The plants looks really good! Really love the reds! Now I feel like I should also try a CO2. Love how you just keep propagating the reds! ❤

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 11 днів тому

      Thank you! I'm really enjoying the process watching it grow and propagate.

  • @jarenmcknight6838
    @jarenmcknight6838 11 днів тому

    Do they ship to America? If not do you have any recommendations for things like that in that area?

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 11 днів тому

      We can try to buy the shipping costs could be quite high. An alternative would be a DIY CO2 set up which can be a fun project.

  • @GWorxOz
    @GWorxOz 12 днів тому

    Pity about the awful music.

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 11 днів тому

      Each to their own. I love the music they make. Any suggestions?

  • @trojon
    @trojon 13 днів тому

    How are you maturing the new system? I stopped freshwater some time ago as moved to marine/reef - but we almost always just use bacteria in a bottle to pre-seed the tanks, and it can wittle it down to a matter of a few days - and then you also know you only get the bacteria you want colonising most of the spaces. Thought there would be something for freshwater like this at this point?

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 12 днів тому

      Good question, we are using a product called Filter Medium by Aquadip and Stability by Seachem. Additionally there is a pre seeded filtration system that was going to be used alongside the FX4 to seed it from the tank the discus are coming from. All stuff I should've mentioned in the video, I'm still quite new to making videos on this channel and didn't script anything so forgot to mention that. Think in future I'll definitely script everything out to be more thorough! Thanks for watching, I hope you stick around to watch more and see how everything develops 🙏

  • @marios.discus
    @marios.discus 14 днів тому

    How come you don’t use any mechanical filtration in the fx4?

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 13 днів тому

      I left a small amount of mechanical. I realised I don't mention it in the video. We have another fluvial 405 with mechanical filtration being added on with a prefilter attachment possible addition in the future. Honestly I'd be okay with how it is now anyway. My filtration at home is literally half a sliver of a sponge and then an ungodly amount of seachem matrix. I'm a firm believer that bio filtration is the most important factor in a filter and keeping waste down can largely be achieved through water changes

  • @alanthecat59
    @alanthecat59 17 днів тому

    😻😻😻😻😻

  • @RayRoberts
    @RayRoberts 20 днів тому

    Halo finish the fight lofi is a nice fit

  • @ruslanhrabowy7021
    @ruslanhrabowy7021 20 днів тому

    Where did you get that giant T-Rex skull?

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 20 днів тому

      It's cool innit. We got them from a company at a road show. I think we have one dry still. If you like I can find out the details and get a product page made up and send you the link later 😁

    • @ruslanhrabowy7021
      @ruslanhrabowy7021 20 днів тому

      @ yes please that would be great!

    • @stoneysscapes7544
      @stoneysscapes7544 19 днів тому

      I do not have a favorite filter other than the OASE and whenever I can justify buying another filter I will get this FX 4 . Since I appreciate the available gravel cleaner that hooks up to the canister allows you to get some of the muck without draining the water. Lastly I know that some people have a problem with seeing equipment on or inside the aquarium but I think they would like the ridiculous amount of nastiness from entering the main filter by using the EHEIM pre filter , especially when cracking open the FX isn't the most time friendly situation.

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 19 днів тому

      I'll get that done today for you 🙂

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 19 днів тому

      I was actually planning on a video discussing prefilters and filter attachments in their forms. I was debating putting an inline prefilter and an additional inline heater. Don't get me wrong I love the oase biomasters, they were my go to for a very long time, I just had a couple of build quality issues with them. That being said, a lot of my clients still run them and they're very good.

  • @DunajxD
    @DunajxD 21 день тому

    Very good tutorial I wanna see it auto top up system please 🐟

  • @chewieart9482
    @chewieart9482 25 днів тому

    beautiful scape and handsome scaper <3

    • @mynameshannah
      @mynameshannah 24 дні тому

      This (upward arrow emoji) (100 emoji)

  • @kaleval83
    @kaleval83 26 днів тому

    You did awesome job! Looks beautiful.🐟Best of luck from Poland😊

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 26 днів тому

      Thank you! It's been doing really well the past few days. Think I'm going to add in a bunch of shrimp

  • @on.ion.
    @on.ion. 27 днів тому

    looks great :)

  • @RayRoberts
    @RayRoberts 28 днів тому

    Absolutely lovely. Never seen a biorb look so lovely

  • @yk46._
    @yk46._ 28 днів тому

    First 🎉

  • @jono_young
    @jono_young 29 днів тому

    It’s a beautiful therapy 🐟🐠🦐☺️

  • @aritosoto
    @aritosoto Місяць тому

    Never seen such practical Co2 setup, it is very interesting! Easy Co2 setup video would be very interesting

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 Місяць тому

      I will probably be talking about that on the update for this tank which will be in a couple of weeks hopefully!

  • @bukkitdev5169
    @bukkitdev5169 Місяць тому

    Is this co2 set reliable? Like our local shop said everything besides a real co2 tank is not really good co2.

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 Місяць тому

      I will be talking about this properly in the update video for this tank once I've had a few weeks to evaluate it and measure plant growth but having had it running for a few days it's incredibly promising

  • @TheBailz77
    @TheBailz77 Місяць тому

    can u do a video on the Co2 set up please?

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 Місяць тому

      Absolutely. Anything specificly about it or just the whole range?

  • @RayRoberts
    @RayRoberts Місяць тому

    Easy CO2 is all I’ve ever wanted

  • @Chompchompyerded
    @Chompchompyerded Місяць тому

    Newbie question here: why should you not have a tank in front of a window? I have no other space but in front of a window. I have a turtle in a big tank next to my bed, but that's really the only place his tank can be. Is putting a tank in front of a window such a bad idea that I should consider taking it down and not replacing it? So far I've had no problems with it other than a few surprises that our local water company pulls on us, which can be easily countered by testing it before water changes, then treating it (they change well fields depending on the time of year, and it swings radically from being hard and full of calcium to being down-right acidic. It's bad enough that you can taste the difference when they change. Essentially it means we use a lot of calcium bi-carb to neutralize the acid before adding and bring the dissolved solids into line before adding it to the tank. Anyway, bringing this back on track, what is the problems with having a tank in a window? I hope that if there is a problem, that it will be something that I can rectify without blocking the window. It's my only source of sunlight, and my only view of the outdoors.

    • @pondlifeaquatics9796
      @pondlifeaquatics9796 Місяць тому

      Wow, first of all i'm sorry you've been having trouble with your water that sounds horrible. The issue with having a fish tank in the window largely comes from too much direct sunlight. I should have probably specified rooms that get a lot of direct sunlight it's a much worse idea. The problems are largely down to spikes in temperature during the day as sunlight causes aquariums to heat up, additionally the algae blooms you can get from direct sunlight are mad. This can be mitigated somewhat by using a good quality background or window frosting but I would still avoid it where possible. That being said, if you are currently keeping an aquarium in the window and not experiencing any issues that aren't caused by your water board, then i'd say keep on keeping on. I would recommend as many live plants as possible to combat algae but i know that can be somewhat difficult in turtle tanks. Let me know if this helps!

  • @jimmyh2019
    @jimmyh2019 Місяць тому

    subscribed because i need some fresh new content creators.

  • @RayRoberts
    @RayRoberts Місяць тому

    Fantastic video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼