If you enjoyed the video, LEAVE A LIKE and let me know your thoughts in the comments. Would love to hear your ideas and what you think the rescape should end up looking like!
You need an attachment for your scrubber that siphons but also removes some of the debris you remove from the wall! I could easily 3d print you something if you were interested?!
This would look amazing with either a black background instead of white, or the custom molded backgrounds you have on your 120s! I feel like that would give it a more natural, less artificial look!
“it takes me about 30 minutes to drain and scrub the tank” IT TAKES ME LIKE 2 HOURS TO CLEAN MY 20 GALLON. HOW. well actually yknow, it probably takes like 2 hours cause i’m a perfectionist lmao...😂
I’m glad we’re taking out the wood. I know Buddy had a freak accident but I wouldn’t want the new arowana to meet the same fate. Plus now there’s more room for activities!
Not to sound like a crazy Frank fan, but you’ve inspired my boyfriend and I to get a red dragon flowerhorn. His tiger oscar passed in a heater blow up and it devastated him. I thought he was going to shut his tank down for good he was so bummed about loosing “Moo.” He saw a video over my shoulder that contained a lot of Frank and his famous barrel rolls and it really helped. Now we have Drago AKA “Megamind” who is just as personable as your adorable mascot. Thanks Joey, without your videos, I’m not sure what would have revived his love for this hobby. 🙂
why not try with a forest of vallisneria gigantea in the back of the acquarium to cover up everithing? It grows insanely high (like 2 meters long) and it's very low demanding on light and Co2. I use it in my pond and works even better than an acquarium. Also the roots grow well without too much gravel to cover them and do better with sand. Also is very useful to create territoryes and cover to fish, but doesn't occupy a lot of volume. The disvantage is that i don't know if the rays would move it, but i use it with fish that move sand a lot. The main trick is to cover up the first plants with rocks/pebble. After that all plants will grow attacked one to the other make very difficult do make them float
I see a rock like background in the back and right side of the tank with a lot of roots of wild orchids coming from the water to the border of the tank. Something realistic like a jungle. I think it would be nice.
You should make it a jungle/planted tank. Put a lot of soil. Enough so the rays cannot reach the bottom glass of the tank and wont remove it. Fill it with big plants and some pieces of driftwood or big pieces of dragon stone. It should be awesome
Glad you are rescapeing. Since the dynamic of the 2,000g changed with the new fish, the scape should play to those points. Good luck and looking forward to the new look. Please add some smaller fishies also to the big guy.
Do a Paludarium style, get some of that wood out the top of the water. Every time I come back to watch you have a new Arrowanna!!! :) Love it. -Robert @ MD
Love the plants in the discus tank! I like the green contrasting with the red/orange of the discus and blue/red of the cardinals. Also, I love planted tanks much more then tanks with only a hardscape
You should plant the tank with some big echinodorus plant. A few bunched in various places would look stunning. They're easy to grow and would bring some natural look to the tank.
Joey - plants further from the light source will produce fewer leaves that have a larger surface area (and sometimes longer leaf stalks). This maximises their surface area for photosynthesis & gas exchange for the least amount of energy output allocated to growth. Simon (Australia)
It's so nice to watch your videos and see how excited you get over something as simple as a plant. I've got the flu and watching this video actually helped me feel better. Thank you for sharing.
Joey!!! I'm so stoked! time for a change! cant wait to see what you do... also I noticed the discus are getting better ... not so skittish well at least up until you dumped the plants in 😂 love the gallery!
Omg awesome!! This is funny because I literally just rescaped my tank, but of course mine is 200x smaller than yours lol. I cannot wait for the rest of the scape!
Can’t wait to see what the rescape is going to look like. I think I already have an idea, and I’m excited :p I also have to mention that I definitely started putting plants in my betta aquariums because of you! Once I saw how easy to care for and non demanding they are, I knew I had to. I have a mystery plant, (maybe African sword plant or something?) that’s been growing in one of my tanks for about half a year that has doubled in size-and that’s with a very low watt crappy incandescent bulb and no co2 with an under gravel filter! Seriously, if anyone is thinking of adding aquarium plants, do it! They’re so easy and look so much nicer than plastic plants. Plus, they’re good for your tank ecosystem, and if you’ve got a betta like me, soft on their fins.
Hey Joey! Any chance you can do a full over view on the concrete tank? I want to build a concrete tank in the basement. Probably not as big but damn close in size (that’s what she said) but I want to start making plans and get it done by 2019. I watched all the videos you posted while building it but you did it so fast there’s some gaps of information I want to tie down. First step for me is sledge hammer out the old bar in the basement and install the heated floor. Did you use the Schluter hot water heated floor system or something else? Last thing what company do you buy your acrylic sheets from? Keep on being bad ass and thanks for all the inspiration.
Awesome wok here. I thought about the wood, if you place it on the Northern corner of your garden, exposed to elements in a year it would be covered in moss ;)
For smaller pieces of wood you can always boil them so that they release the tannins faster and become water logged faster. If you don't soak wood it will likely float
You should add tinfoil barbs. They blend in with the arowana and it would be cool to get a school of fish. But they can be agressive if its just one with no friends.
You are a legend mate loving the vids age 43 and hooked on this Chanel ... got 3 tanks of my own and all got to say doing well . Keep the good work up fella looking forward to your new set up . Mat 🇬🇧
Lol, that wood looked heavy! Make them gains, Joey! Definitley do some rock scaping on those back walls. Maybe build up a waterfall or something with some shelves just below the water line for some emergent aquatic plants(a la Rachel O'leary😁). Whatever you decide to do, I'm so excited and looking forward to the build!
That's funny, Joey can't even get through a video without playing with his wood. :) I like how that water return looked like a waterfall. It was cool. I know you wouldn't always want the noise, but that'd be a cool feature. I trust you, though, man. I can't tell you the number of times you said your were gonna do something and I thought, "meh", only to have it turn out awesome. I never liked silver fish, but the angels look amazing with the dark background. I didn't like the drab look of the uaru either, but their starting to grow on me after I've seen them in the tank you set up. Keep up the good work man. Also, besides some time of waterfall feature, it'd be really cool to have a living wall coming up out of the tank and maybe have a few pieces of that wood coming out from the wall, like you did in the uaru tank.
I think you should do live streams of your fish tanks. I know lots of people like that sort of thing (kinda like having a mini aquarium on your phone), very relaxing.
cannot wait to see this rescape complete!! Just a quick question what is the new black inlet pipe on the left hand side that has got the white pipe connected going into tank for?!?! You haven't told us this little extra!
You have some beautiful tanks. Glad to see the wood hazards removed near the surface with those Arowanas. They just jump to damn much. Can't wait to see the final version.
You should check on dive boots for when you have to get in. You can get them with a scrubbing material type bottom on them, they zip up, and they have some thickness to them that may assist in the barbs not hurting if you step in them or get hit.
If you make a pond and stand next to this could be a pretty good desk. looks really clean, awsome video this made. Also can rinse the sand, but a good cave in there ..and high water planters.
Do you think the splinter of wood you found in the substrait, could have possibly been part of the top of the wood structure and palyed a part in your arowanas death ,as in perforating the side of the fish when he jumped becoming dislodged when he landed..and floating to the substrait where it was found,i know you checked the fish over,but since its all made of muscle it could have been unnoticed due to the muscle tissue tighting up,meanwhile internal damage had taken effect
If you enjoyed the video, LEAVE A LIKE and let me know your thoughts in the comments. Would love to hear your ideas and what you think the rescape should end up looking like!
left a like before even watching the video, haha
Whats the song you used in the beginning of the video? Also great video.
The king of DIY I liked before watching BECUSE I knew it was a good video (BECUSE u posted it) and subed like 5 months ago or more
where are the peacock bass
You need an attachment for your scrubber that siphons but also removes some of the debris you remove from the wall! I could easily 3d print you something if you were interested?!
This would look amazing with either a black background instead of white, or the custom molded backgrounds you have on your 120s! I feel like that would give it a more natural, less artificial look!
I loved when one of the rays came over like, "Hi! What are you doing? I've heard complaints from several other concerned citizens."
“it takes me about 30 minutes to drain and scrub the tank” IT TAKES ME LIKE 2 HOURS TO CLEAN MY 20 GALLON. HOW. well actually yknow, it probably takes like 2 hours cause i’m a perfectionist lmao...😂
Do you know how glad I am to see the back walls of this tank cleaned?!? SO GLAD.
I’m glad we’re taking out the wood. I know Buddy had a freak accident but I wouldn’t want the new arowana to meet the same fate. Plus now there’s more room for activities!
Peter Pham And its common sense that you don't put decorations with arowanas anyway.
Peter Pham love the step brothers reference
Joey: Throws plants in a tank and doesn't give them any special care.
Me: Somehow kills a marimo ball...
I always forget Joey is Canadian and then he says sorry to a light bulb and I'm like, "oh yep." haha
I think potted plants will work quite nicely here. Keeps the substrate contained.
Also I'm thinking lotus plants and water lily.
Not to sound like a crazy Frank fan, but you’ve inspired my boyfriend and I to get a red dragon flowerhorn. His tiger oscar passed in a heater blow up and it devastated him. I thought he was going to shut his tank down for good he was so bummed about loosing “Moo.” He saw a video over my shoulder that contained a lot of Frank and his famous barrel rolls and it really helped. Now we have Drago AKA “Megamind” who is just as personable as your adorable mascot. Thanks Joey, without your videos, I’m not sure what would have revived his love for this hobby. 🙂
I know what you mean. Watching his enthusiasm (and handling his own loss) helped put the heart back into me too.
Taking those wood out felt like taking out a thorn from your paw. Phew! What a relief! Did you feel the same way too?
why not try with a forest of vallisneria gigantea in the back of the acquarium to cover up everithing? It grows insanely high (like 2 meters long) and it's very low demanding on light and Co2. I use it in my pond and works even better than an acquarium. Also the roots grow well without too much gravel to cover them and do better with sand.
Also is very useful to create territoryes and cover to fish, but doesn't occupy a lot of volume.
The disvantage is that i don't know if the rays would move it, but i use it with fish that move sand a lot. The main trick is to cover up the first plants with rocks/pebble. After that all plants will grow attacked one to the other make very difficult do make them float
I see a rock like background in the back and right side of the tank with a lot of roots of wild orchids coming from the water to the border of the tank. Something realistic like a jungle. I think it would be nice.
Huge Undertaking, you made it look easy. A 3d rock wall with some various mosses and ferns would look good.
Joeys gains coming into play here, his arms looking big when moving that wood.
Are lily pads even possible if so that would be pretty cool!
So we should expect a pond in the future? Lol.
Named as joey pond
I am from the future and i am glad to say he has an indoor pond in the future....time to go back
You should make it a jungle/planted tank. Put a lot of soil. Enough so the rays cannot reach the bottom glass of the tank and wont remove it. Fill it with big plants and some pieces of driftwood or big pieces of dragon stone. It should be awesome
I’m hoping he gets an aqua decor background !
You should do a moss wall, but make it look like ivy growing up a wall in sections.
Glad you are rescapeing. Since the dynamic of the 2,000g changed with the new fish, the scape should play to those points. Good luck and looking forward to the new look. Please add some smaller fishies also to the big guy.
Do a Paludarium style, get some of that wood out the top of the water. Every time I come back to watch you have a new Arrowanna!!! :) Love it.
-Robert @ MD
Love the plants in the discus tank! I like the green contrasting with the red/orange of the discus and blue/red of the cardinals. Also, I love planted tanks much more then tanks with only a hardscape
Abby Grimit same
You should plant the tank with some big echinodorus plant. A few bunched in various places would look stunning. They're easy to grow and would bring some natural look to the tank.
Joey, you are forgetting about the UV light to tan the arowanas. Important to bring their colours out especially for the blood reds.
Use Aqua decor panels around the walls man, that’ll look sweet!
Love your work. 🇦🇺
Joey - plants further from the light source will produce fewer leaves that have a larger surface area (and sometimes longer leaf stalks). This maximises their surface area for photosynthesis & gas exchange for the least amount of energy output allocated to growth. Simon (Australia)
It's so nice to watch your videos and see how excited you get over something as simple as a plant. I've got the flu and watching this video actually helped me feel better. Thank you for sharing.
Joey!!! I'm so stoked! time for a change! cant wait to see what you do... also I noticed the discus are getting better ... not so skittish well at least up until you dumped the plants in 😂 love the gallery!
Omg awesome!! This is funny because I literally just rescaped my tank, but of course mine is 200x smaller than yours lol. I cannot wait for the rest of the scape!
U can put a wall of Java Moss against your tank wall with ur aquascap as well!!
So when do we get to see the goldfish again ?!?!?!? Loving that 2000g tank
Can’t wait to see what the rescape is going to look like. I think I already have an idea, and I’m excited :p
I also have to mention that I definitely started putting plants in my betta aquariums because of you! Once I saw how easy to care for and non demanding they are, I knew I had to. I have a mystery plant, (maybe African sword plant or something?) that’s been growing in one of my tanks for about half a year that has doubled in size-and that’s with a very low watt crappy incandescent bulb and no co2 with an under gravel filter! Seriously, if anyone is thinking of adding aquarium plants, do it! They’re so easy and look so much nicer than plastic plants. Plus, they’re good for your tank ecosystem, and if you’ve got a betta like me, soft on their fins.
Yeah Joey, that's cool and all... BuT WhErE iS FrAnK?
lol
Imagine a dutch style aquascape in that tank
The wood would make an amazing focal point in a garden.
I love the way it was scaped, loved the wood. I don't know if you can do any better, lol. Can't wait to see.
Oh it will for sure!
I like a cave idea for the Beiser (idk if I spelled that right) but I can't wait to see what u come up with
Hey Joey! Any chance you can do a full over view on the concrete tank? I want to build a concrete tank in the basement. Probably not as big but damn close in size (that’s what she said) but I want to start making plans and get it done by 2019. I watched all the videos you posted while building it but you did it so fast there’s some gaps of information I want to tie down. First step for me is sledge hammer out the old bar in the basement and install the heated floor. Did you use the Schluter hot water heated floor system or something else? Last thing what company do you buy your acrylic sheets from? Keep on being bad ass and thanks for all the inspiration.
You should definitely leave some java fern in with the neon Tetras, it looks great! 😁
Awesome wok here. I thought about the wood, if you place it on the Northern corner of your garden, exposed to elements in a year it would be covered in moss ;)
I have a random question. Do you have to do anything to a piece of wood before placing it in a tank? Thanks :)
Tom New thanks dude :) wasn't sure when to change the water :-P
For smaller pieces of wood you can always boil them so that they release the tannins faster and become water logged faster. If you don't soak wood it will likely float
You should add tinfoil barbs. They blend in with the arowana and it would be cool to get a school of fish. But they can be agressive if its just one with no friends.
Finally! The algae has been driving me nuts 😂😂😂
To be honest I want it removed often
Sometimes it looks like sh!t :)) I know algae is not always bad for a tank.. but on that white it looked bad!
I love how canadians say sorry
I like fish, but I don't have a passion for aquatic things, but seeing how happy and exciting you are doing this just makes me feel good.
You are a legend mate loving the vids age 43 and hooked on this Chanel ... got 3 tanks of my own and all got to say doing well . Keep the good work up fella looking forward to your new set up .
Mat 🇬🇧
Man , I love your videos
Giant moss wall!!
Got so happy because this is the earliest I’ve been! 😁 such a huge inspiration.
Put a wall of moss on the back so it looks natural
Can't wait to see the new scape Joey.
Lol, that wood looked heavy! Make them gains, Joey! Definitley do some rock scaping on those back walls. Maybe build up a waterfall or something with some shelves just below the water line for some emergent aquatic plants(a la Rachel O'leary😁). Whatever you decide to do, I'm so excited and looking forward to the build!
Looks like fun! And very interesting. I wonder how it feels to aquscape while standing inside your own tank LOL. My tanks will never be that big :,)
Can't wait for the scapes.... Love you and your gallery........
I use that shower scrubber to kill house centipedes
watching the algae coming off was very therapeutic Should be in one of those "most satisfying" videos.
cant wait to see the rescape..
i suggest to make a rocky mountain forest type scape
Jumps in with the rays holding a knife.... thought I was watching an old episode of Tarzan :D
You should get some type of algae eater/ pleco
A giant common Pleco would be cool but it would probably destroy his wood
Add some of the anubius nana and java fern to your discuss tank permanantly....it will be aonderfull
***Would you consider*** a central scape so the guys can swim around it and it has a hide away? Just a thought :)
Thank God you didn't step into the thorns 🤞exciting to see what you have planned for it ❤️ from India
Already obsessed with this channel, I've always been a pond girl so if that comes along it'll be even worse ❤️
one of the best fish youtubers out there
SALUTE TO THE RENOVATION OF BUDDY'S CASTLE
Try putting some waterproof l.e.d behind the acrylic in the corners. I think it would enhance the tank.
That's funny, Joey can't even get through a video without playing with his wood. :) I like how that water return looked like a waterfall. It was cool. I know you wouldn't always want the noise, but that'd be a cool feature. I trust you, though, man. I can't tell you the number of times you said your were gonna do something and I thought, "meh", only to have it turn out awesome. I never liked silver fish, but the angels look amazing with the dark background. I didn't like the drab look of the uaru either, but their starting to grow on me after I've seen them in the tank you set up. Keep up the good work man. Also, besides some time of waterfall feature, it'd be really cool to have a living wall coming up out of the tank and maybe have a few pieces of that wood coming out from the wall, like you did in the uaru tank.
Have been looking forward to this😄😄 I know it has been a busy busy week for you with all of the tanks.
Joey you need some Crocs to wear while you're in the 2000g
Nice plant growth! You do have well water though, right? That probably gives your plants a lot more nutrients than most people on city tap.
Perry Fox pretty sure he does. He lives in a big house on a big property
Needs a diy waterfall
I felt so happy like I was picking woods and rocks along the beach with you in this video. Yes, a definitely "like" button for you.
I thought the back of the tank would have been stained 😂😂 thank
God it's not😥
I think it would be cool if you tied small Anubis to the wood in the discus tank and scattered it around.
I think you should do live streams of your fish tanks. I know lots of people like that sort of thing (kinda like having a mini aquarium on your phone), very relaxing.
cannot wait to see this rescape complete!! Just a quick question what is the new black inlet pipe on the left hand side that has got the white pipe connected going into tank for?!?! You haven't told us this little extra!
That’s an extra drain from one of the filters.
kept that little addition quite! love the fact you still follow your DIY routes on as much as you can keep the videos coming mate 🖒
You have some beautiful tanks. Glad to see the wood hazards removed near the surface with those Arowanas. They just jump to damn much. Can't wait to see the final version.
maybe you could put that pond sand matting on the bottom so when the rays move the real substrate it still looks good because of the base under it?
You should check on dive boots for when you have to get in. You can get them with a scrubbing material type bottom on them, they zip up, and they have some thickness to them that may assist in the barbs not hurting if you step in them or get hit.
I actually covered why i wont wear anything like that in this video.
Excited for the new look
Why not plant the whole aquarium in combination of low and gigant plant sorts giving that way a more natural and the same time beautiful surrounding?
Looking forward to the new scape mate. Exciting! 💚
Be a lot better with a shirtless George here helping. Just saying.
The king of DIY Aw, kisses 😘
Another great video was nice to watch on lunch break while I feed my fish thanks joey
That was pretty clever how you got the fish movements kind of synced with the music
A little (and by Little I mean giant) aqua decor background coming soon???? That’s going to look amazing! Can’t wait!
A soft toothbrush is terrific for removing algae from leaves.
how about a little shrimps with the angels would add some color if you get blue velvet or orange shrimps that would be a nice twist to it.
alexandre akkari the angels would probably eat them all 😅
Why am I always so excited when I see that you uploaded. lol
If you put the wood outside somewhere sheltered, the moss will probably grow back in its land form.
"Where's the sting rays?" famous last words
How about large rocks that are elephant stone or look like it and moss and other plants growing on the rocks.
I must admit, I prefer the discus tank without plants....i really enjoy the simplicity and clean lines of that tank.
coyote lady 613 same
Noooooo, it seems to me he has an abundance of 'spartan' tanks
Joey you should get a giant catfish
Haha
“Come on Joey focus , don’t play with the wood!”
"..alright Joey...focus!" LOL
If you make a pond and stand next to this could be a pretty good desk. looks really clean, awsome video this made. Also can rinse the sand, but a good cave in there ..and high water planters.
Do you think the splinter of wood you found in the substrait, could have possibly been part of the top of the wood structure and palyed a part in your arowanas death ,as in perforating the side of the fish when he jumped becoming dislodged when he landed..and floating to the substrait where it was found,i know you checked the fish over,but since its all made of muscle it could have been unnoticed due to the muscle tissue tighting up,meanwhile internal damage had taken effect
I’ve been waiting for this!
Put soil in their and plant mangroves that would be so sick