You did a wonderful job putting this video together Kaity, this will hopefully show people that you can have a large tank that you can keep simple and still have it looking natural, I have to add after sitting down and talking to you we had to take into consideration that you live a busy lifestyle with a full time job and also with your UA-cam channel, not to mention last time you set it up you had to pull it down a couple of months latter, this can be achieved with this scape now, it is easy to clean from all sides and still looks good from every angle but if needed it could be pulled down and put back together in a day, and this is why we didn't get to intricate with the glueing of roots and making it to permanent, the fish love it, the way I have placed the plants should stop the rainbows from jumping as the water flow comes from the back of the tank were I placed the plants it will act as a bit of a barrier as they normally jump towards the water flow to make their way up stream, the val will eventually flow over the tank to give it almost a tunnel look that will look good from all sides, this is something we also had to consider when doing this peninsula aquarium, we also had to keep into consideration even though you wanted a natural stream looking tank, you still had pets you wanted to keep so although this could be a true biotope I know how much you love your pet fish and others would agree if your not doing it for competition you don't have to be a 100% biotope correct your other pet fish will love it to, we had a great day doing this, it's always fun aquascaping 🙂
I love it, now if I could just find the right wood work I want I could do my 75 the same way, but in a bigger size tank makes it pop, I've got most the stuff I need & going on a Fla trip next month hope to find what I'm looking for by the time I get back to Indiana to work on mine.
hello how are you my name is umar and iam from pakistan🇵🇰 i had some questions 1 why he use cloth in tank 2 can we use any sand or you have to get it from sea . can we use river sand also 3. people say plants can damage fish body if yes then what should i use to make natural look kindly guide me thanks regards umar
@islamabadcity1 1. The cloth stops the rocks from scratching the bottom of the tank. 2. It's a fresh water setup just make sure you clean the sand. 3. Plants are great for fish and help keep the water clean.
I'm a freshwater bass fisherman on the Macleay river in NSW and I've spent a lot of time with my head underwater looking at snags and river bottom. Your tank is so realistic and bloody marvellous. Top job.
Really like the grading of substrate. I've spent a lot of time in rivers as a fishing guide, and it's something you notice. Big to small when trying to create depth. I've always tried to emulate that in my tanks. Good stuff Kaity.
I just use a flat substrate system as my fish really need the legroom lol I want to soon create a sloped river bank themed tank as well I have a river theme tank but it’s more of the center of the river and flows laterally of course Wish I had the room to recreate an entire river
I absolutely love how natural and beautiful this aquarium is. I really enjoyed your video of catching rainbowfish in the wild and this tank encompasses some of the stunning scenes we all got to see in that video. Keep up the amazing work! Love your videos
Thank you so much!! Yes it was really cool being able to see their natural environment. It really made me appreciate Jason's ability to be able to emulate that
i love the fishtank design! i love river tank designs, specially those tank have fast moving water in them, so fish that tend to stay in streams and rivers with faster moving water as well as plants that flow in the current, id love to see that in more fishtanks
I love the results of this tank. Aquascaping a peninsula tank is very hard. I don't think many people that have not done it understand how difficult it is to make a tank look good from both sides as well as the end. I built mine up with large pieces of wood one the back end and used lava rock to slop down to a black sand "beach" at the viewing end. As hard as it is I think it is much more interesting and captivating than a regular tank that is only designed to be seen from the front. I get to watch my fish all around the tank.
I agree!! I prefer my peninsula tank over my one that's against the wall. It feels a lot more dynamic. Very true though about it being hard to scape unless you are Jason lol
Just so refreshing, thank you all for your efforts and sharing the passion we love Aquarium scapes ❤ The tank takes me to a natural place I love the river just lovely it is 💯thank you!
After trying to convince my wife to do a bigger and tank and get rid of our smaller ones. She immediately approved once seeing this video. It goes to show how talented Jason is when he can take a reluctant non fish keeper, and show them one example of his work and make them want a 6ft tank in their home. Thanks for making the video!
Fantastic, for the first time I watched a step by step of this type of assembly. You have a very pleasant room now, I feel like spending hours contemplating this incredible aquarium. Good work.
I've been quite intrigued with the fishkeeping hobby down under over the past few months. Exploring aquatic habitats and keeping tropical fish are passions I've had for as long as I can remember. It is cool to see them seamlessly combined in Australia. I'm jealous... here in Canada I am inspired by the habitats I explore, but being able to bring the exact habitats you have visited, along with the aquatic inhabitants and display them in your home is truly next level. Jason has been doing some amazing work at his channel and it is fantastic to see him help you achieve the riverbank look you were after. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much! Yes it's been fantastic and so rewarding. Keeping native fish and looking into biotopes is something that's new to me too which I'm thoroughly enjoying. It's really making me appreciate the area we live in more
@@Kaityscichlids I know I saw the video. It's nice in the summer here, not winter 🥶...lol 😆. I catch all kinds of cool looking darters and other interesting minnows. Thanks for responding to me ☺️
I really enjoy watching these videos. I have placed my Aquarium in my bedroom and some time I play some really relaxing music, and that is amazing. Helps to relax and falls asleep very quickly. Fish are amazing creatures, everyday i learn something new from them.
That was my favorite aquarium, it was beautiful and I liked that you had another variety of fish there. Some Discus fish there would have been perfect. Greetings from Mexico and I remain very attentive to your content.
I really enjoyed the pace of the video. Great camera work and editing! Informative, fascinating, relaxing and encouraging. Setting up planted tanks is my favorite part of the hobby. This is my favorite type of aquarium.
I am always amazed when I see all the different areas they habitat in Australia and PNG. Raising some Koemeng River fish now and waiting on one variation of the Cato River to grow up so I can marvel at them too!
Looks amazing .the substrate looks really nice how he blended them. Definitely a lot more natural. I was still fond of the way you did it, but this way is a lot more natural the way you wanted. Tank looks beautiful ,right scape with the right fish. My aquariums are mainly reef and a small planted. This made me want to get another tank and do a hard scape also. Thank you for taking time to share with us.
Beautiful tank! Naturally is always best. I just love the Leporinus. I have always seen them but never kept them. They give a new dimension to the overall look of your tank. Greetings from another Aussie fishkeeper.
This aquarium so so beautiful and l love it. This so more natural and I think this aquarium will make us feel relaxing when seeing it. Thanks for your videos and hope you make more videos like this in the future. Have a nice day guys!
@@Kaityscichlids hi Katie I have an afician cichlid tank myself the same size as your same sort of fish but I have 6 parrot fish and 4 catfish in the tank. I run 2x fx6 fluval.
What an incredible aquascape! Jason did an amazing job, what a great skill he has :D the fish look super cool in there too!! I hope to have a tank like this soon :) great vid Katy
it looks great !!! new suscriber here ive been getting more and more into aquascaping and hardscaping and im really enjoying it so far . thanx for sharing this with us
Thank you Kaity for another great episode well done. There seems to be a lot of weight with all those rocks and water on top I hope your stands can handle the it, scary.
It's great we can all get out together and help each other out, it is really good to see we are starting to get a good community of UA-camrs here in Australia with a lot in common.
Hello Kaity! Your channel just got recommended and I am so glad it did. Subscribed! This tank came out so great and natural! Someday, I wish to have a tank like that! Looking forward to more fish tanks and fishes!
You did a wonderful job putting this video together Kaity, this will hopefully show people that you can have a large tank that you can keep simple and still have it looking natural, I have to add after sitting down and talking to you we had to take into consideration that you live a busy lifestyle with a full time job and also with your UA-cam channel, not to mention last time you set it up you had to pull it down a couple of months latter, this can be achieved with this scape now, it is easy to clean from all sides and still looks good from every angle but if needed it could be pulled down and put back together in a day, and this is why we didn't get to intricate with the glueing of roots and making it to permanent, the fish love it, the way I have placed the plants should stop the rainbows from jumping as the water flow comes from the back of the tank were I placed the plants it will act as a bit of a barrier as they normally jump towards the water flow to make their way up stream, the val will eventually flow over the tank to give it almost a tunnel look that will look good from all sides, this is something we also had to consider when doing this peninsula aquarium, we also had to keep into consideration even though you wanted a natural stream looking tank, you still had pets you wanted to keep so although this could be a true biotope I know how much you love your pet fish and others would agree if your not doing it for competition you don't have to be a 100% biotope correct your other pet fish will love it to, we had a great day doing this, it's always fun aquascaping 🙂
Thank you Jason!! Yes those are great points you add 👌 You did a fabulous job at making it look stunning while also being practical
@@Kaityscichlids Thanks for having me, it was a great day, the tank looks like it's doing well 🙂
I love it, now if I could just find the right wood work I
want I could do my 75 the same way, but in a bigger
size tank makes it pop, I've got most the stuff I need
& going on a Fla trip next month hope to find what I'm
looking for by the time I get back to Indiana to work
on mine.
hello how are you my name is umar and iam from pakistan🇵🇰 i had some questions
1 why he use cloth in tank
2 can we use any sand or you have to get it from sea . can we use river sand also
3. people say plants can damage fish body
if yes then what should i use to make natural look
kindly guide me
thanks regards
umar
@islamabadcity1 1. The cloth stops the rocks from scratching the bottom of the tank.
2. It's a fresh water setup just make sure you clean the sand.
3. Plants are great for fish and help keep the water clean.
This is definitely the coolest usage of a peninsula tank I have ever seen.
Thank you 😄
I'm a freshwater bass fisherman on the Macleay river in NSW and I've spent a lot of time with my head underwater looking at snags and river bottom. Your tank is so realistic and bloody marvellous. Top job.
Really like the grading of substrate. I've spent a lot of time in rivers as a fishing guide, and it's something you notice. Big to small when trying to create depth. I've always tried to emulate that in my tanks. Good stuff Kaity.
Thank you Tom!! 😊 Yes it's really cool how you come to observe that stuff. It makes me appreciate nature even more
I just use a flat substrate system as my fish really need the legroom lol
I want to soon create a sloped river bank themed tank as well
I have a river theme tank but it’s more of the center of the river and flows laterally of course
Wish I had the room to recreate an entire river
@@Kaityscichlids hii
Are you in insta..??
@@javedmaindad4276 My insta is kaitys_cichlids 😊
Watching Jason at work is a real treat. Nice upload, beautiful scape
Thank you so much Blake 😊
Thanks mate! 🙂
Gotta throw a thumbs up on Blake's comment!!! I've started saying "G'day legends" in an Aussie accent to my fish every morning. 🤣
@@Tom-zi9xw 🤣🤣
@@Tom-zi9xwlove it 🤣
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 WOW... Jason has a brilliant talent ... I love the biotope design tanks and Jason & his daughter has delivered your dream design.
Thank you so much 😊 They really did a fantastic job!
I absolutely love how natural and beautiful this aquarium is. I really enjoyed your video of catching rainbowfish in the wild and this tank encompasses some of the stunning scenes we all got to see in that video. Keep up the amazing work! Love your videos
Thank you so much!! Yes it was really cool being able to see their natural environment. It really made me appreciate Jason's ability to be able to emulate that
@@Kaityscichlids he's very talented and he seems like a great guy 😊
Wow Kaity beautiful tank! Love the natural look. He did a great job. I love it
He really did! Thank you so much 😊
i love the fishtank design! i love river tank designs, specially those tank have fast moving water in them, so fish that tend to stay in streams and rivers with faster moving water as well as plants that flow in the current, id love to see that in more fishtanks
The scape I have been looking for !! Excellent.
Jason has such a keen eye for detail and makes the result look so natural. Amazing aquascape.
He absolutely does, he did such a fantastic job
Absolutely love this tank well done everyone it looks amazing
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
This is one of the better tank setups I’ve seen in ages. Love the natural look
Yes, Jason definitely did a great job with it!
Omg what a dream-build. Looked really great before but now it's so natural. 💯
One of the best work I’ve witnessed! Bravo
One of the most natural river aquarium scapes I've seen. Will really enjoy watching it mature.
I agree!! It's going to be cool watching it grow in 😊
Thank you!
I have to say, that turned out to be a beautiful tank. What a center piece. I bet you are very proud of this one. Keep up the Great Work.
Thank you so much!! Yes, Jason did a fantastic job. I am very, very proud of his work
Thank you for this wonderful encouragement. That's exactly what I was looking for. Greetings from northern Germany. 😘😘🥰🥰
That's awesome to hear :) Thank you Christine!
Breathtaking. I’m speechless. Just gorgeous tank!
I love the results of this tank. Aquascaping a peninsula tank is very hard. I don't think many people that have not done it understand how difficult it is to make a tank look good from both sides as well as the end. I built mine up with large pieces of wood one the back end and used lava rock to slop down to a black sand "beach" at the viewing end. As hard as it is I think it is much more interesting and captivating than a regular tank that is only designed to be seen from the front. I get to watch my fish all around the tank.
It can be difficult but once done it makes a beautiful centre piece or a divider to a room 🙂
I agree!! I prefer my peninsula tank over my one that's against the wall. It feels a lot more dynamic. Very true though about it being hard to scape unless you are Jason lol
🙏evolvin. Just love a hobby and go on it is refreshing to watch👌
Looks amazing! Must be great to be able to sit next to it everyday and enjoy this beautiful tank.
Your tank now really looks amazing real professional intervention pays off good stuff Kathy happy you have your tank looking stunning 🙂👍
Thank you so much Mark 😄
Just so refreshing, thank you all for your efforts and sharing the passion we love Aquarium scapes ❤ The tank takes me to a natural place I love the river just lovely it is 💯thank you!
Thank you so much Chelms!! I'm really glad you enjoyed seeing it 😊
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I'm also into natural looking themes. I hate plastic plants and fake looking anything. Great job!
After trying to convince my wife to do a bigger and tank and get rid of our smaller ones. She immediately approved once seeing this video. It goes to show how talented Jason is when he can take a reluctant non fish keeper, and show them one example of his work and make them want a 6ft tank in their home. Thanks for making the video!
Wow very beautiful tank awesome aquaescaping it's looks so incredible and so natural I love it. Beautiful rainbow fish
Thank you so much 😊
Your welcome anytime 😊 my Aussie friend
Jason did such a wonderful job, it really does look like a natural stream 👍
You're so lucky to have great friends in the community 😊
I am definitely very very lucky!!
Thank you!
@@australianbiotopes4563 Work like yours deserves the praise 👍
I wish I had a friend
Fantastic, for the first time I watched a step by step of this type of assembly. You have a very pleasant room now, I feel like spending hours contemplating this incredible aquarium. Good work.
Thank you so much Paulo 😊
I love this idea. Great to see Australian aquascaping also.
Love the vedieo.. nicely done aquascape awesome looking tank ..
Thank you 😊
This is awesome! Such a treat to watch him work and see how this beautiful tank came together
Thank you so much Ben 😊 I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you! I'm not much of a story teller but Kaity Nailed it 🙂
Beautiful aquascaping! Thanks so much for sharing this.
Thank you for watching! 😊
Perfect timing! I am just about to embark on a river hardscape for my new 6ft. I've picked up some great tips here. Looks really good 😊 Nice job.
That's awesome!! I'm glad you found it helpful :)
That tank is stunning. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed seeing it 😊
The tank come up great the aquascape looks nice Jason done a amazing job
Thank you!!
@@Kaityscichlids your welcome just keep them videos coming
Thanks heaps to Jason!
This looks amazing. It was a great idea to get him to help make your vision.
It definitely was!!
I've been quite intrigued with the fishkeeping hobby down under over the past few months. Exploring aquatic habitats and keeping tropical fish are passions I've had for as long as I can remember. It is cool to see them seamlessly combined in Australia. I'm jealous... here in Canada I am inspired by the habitats I explore, but being able to bring the exact habitats you have visited, along with the aquatic inhabitants and display them in your home is truly next level. Jason has been doing some amazing work at his channel and it is fantastic to see him help you achieve the riverbank look you were after. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much! Yes it's been fantastic and so rewarding. Keeping native fish and looking into biotopes is something that's new to me too which I'm thoroughly enjoying. It's really making me appreciate the area we live in more
That's cool that you catch native fish 🐟. I do the same thing in Cleveland Ohio in the streams and river's.
That's awesome!! I visited Cleveland in July last year to see Ohio Fish Rescue 😄 I was only there a couple of days but really enjoyed it!
@@Kaityscichlids I know I saw the video. It's nice in the summer here, not winter 🥶...lol 😆. I catch all kinds of cool looking darters and other interesting minnows. Thanks for responding to me ☺️
Wow! It looks really really good! The fish will be happy in such a natural environment. Congratulations 🎊 👏 🐟 🐠
Love the tank, looks great. The striped leporinus look awesome!
So glad to run into your channel, this is so lovely!
Thank you so much 😊 That's lovely to hear
👍😎 I really like the look of that tank. Great Job
Wow, it looks amazing! Some great tips here for freshwater aquascaping😊
Thank you so much 😁
Thank you!
Drinking a Bundaberg here in Houston, Texas and totally enjoying your video. Thank you for the quality content!
That's awesome!! Thank you so much 😊
I really enjoy watching these videos. I have placed my Aquarium in my bedroom and some time I play some really relaxing music, and that is amazing. Helps to relax and falls asleep very quickly. Fish are amazing creatures, everyday i learn something new from them.
Thank you so much :) That's great to hear. I totally agree, they are so relaxing to watch!
That was my favorite aquarium, it was beautiful and I liked that you had another variety of fish there. Some Discus fish there would have been perfect. Greetings from Mexico and I remain very attentive to your content.
That came out amazing. First time I've seen (or heard of) drainage cell. Going to watch out for some of that.
Thank you!! Yes neither had I. It's amazing stuff
Such a amazing tank will look beautiful when matured
Yes I can't wait!!
Love all of your videos Kaity! How interesting and informative! Wonderful ❤🤩 Thank you 😁
Thank you so much 😊🙌
Awesome! Been keeping rainbows for decades and always wanted to do a biotope.
I really enjoyed the pace of the video. Great camera work and editing! Informative, fascinating, relaxing and encouraging. Setting up planted tanks is my favorite part of the hobby. This is my favorite type of aquarium.
Thank you so much Evan 😊
We need to see the sump, its part and parcel of the tank which looks amazing 👏
If you go to my playlist Peninsula Tank I have two videos of setting up the sump! But I'll definitely show it again in a future video 😊
beautiful video, thank you. the harscape look awesome.
Thank you 😊
I am always amazed when I see all the different areas they habitat in Australia and PNG. Raising some Koemeng River fish now and waiting on one variation of the Cato River to grow up so I can marvel at them too!
i'm glad i didn't fast forward to skip the intro like i normally do :). i hope you will never have to move again lol
If Kaity has to move this is made so it can easily be pulled down and put back together, it would probably only take a day.
Yes Jason did a great job at making it all moveable! I still hope I don't have to move though 🤣
Wow, it looks stunning. Well done.
Thank you so much 😊
Expert job. Very nice!
It certainly is!! I'm very lucky
This is so cool!!!!! Omg I am so jelly!!!!!! 😍😍😍
You're very knowledgeable and a very smart man thank you for your tips and tricks I very much appreciate it
Thank you! I'm glad to help 🙂
Looks amazing .the substrate looks really nice how he blended them. Definitely a lot more natural. I was still fond of the way you did it, but this way is a lot more natural the way you wanted. Tank looks beautiful ,right scape with the right fish. My aquariums are mainly reef and a small planted. This made me want to get another tank and do a hard scape also. Thank you for taking time to share with us.
Thank you so much Mark! I agree, it looks a lot more natural now. I am a big fan of hardscapes too because they're so low maintenance 😁
Beautiful tank! Naturally is always best. I just love the Leporinus. I have always seen them but never kept them. They give a new dimension to the overall look of your tank. Greetings from another Aussie fishkeeper.
Der Kollege hat einen guten Job gemacht. Es ist ein wunderschönes Flussaquarium geworden! 👍
very natural, the close ups i thought it was a field trip shot
That aquarium turned out so natural like you have a piece of nature in your living room!! Cant wait for the vallisneria to grow
Agreed!! I'm so happy with it. It's going to be heaps of fun watching it mature
Love the hard scape tank looks amazing
Thank you!
Just found your channel and this tank is amazing. Jason is a genius.
absolutely gorgeous tank - my personal favorite on UA-cam!
This aquarium so so beautiful and l love it. This so more natural and I think this aquarium will make us feel relaxing when seeing it. Thanks for your videos and hope you make more videos like this in the future. Have a nice day guys!
Thank you so much! 😊
I love the hardscape, Jason did amazing job look so beautiful
He really did 😊 Thank you James!
@@Kaityscichlids The link you put I got Jason UA-cam thanks.
stunning work. very happy fish
Absolutely beautiful, definitely got a new subscriber from America.
Thank you so much and thank you for the sub!! 😊
Looks awesome👍 Jason done an amazing job. Beautiful ❤️
Thank you so much John 😊
Thank you!
No worries.
@@Kaityscichlids hi Katie I have an afician cichlid tank myself the same size as your same sort of fish but I have 6 parrot fish and 4 catfish in the tank. I run 2x fx6 fluval.
Love it Kaity tank is ace lovely video made me chill out thank you love the videos.
Thank you so much 😊
Those fish are so happy. You did an amazing job for the little guys.
Thank you!!
@@Kaityscichlids I've not got enough room for another tank but that's what I'd do with my next tank. There is no boundary hey lol
Looks amazing! ❤ Love it.
Thank you ❤️
Excellent aquascape! It was so natural.
The fish looks more happy 🐟🐟🐟
Thank you! I think they are very happy in there now 🐟💕
That looks absolutely incredible - thank you for sharing !
Thank you so much :)
What an incredible aquascape! Jason did an amazing job, what a great skill he has :D the fish look super cool in there too!! I hope to have a tank like this soon :) great vid Katy
Thank you so much! Yes he really did an amazing job 😊
This aquarium is outstanding!
10/10 guys what an awesome collab of beautiful minds !!! The tank looks absolutely amazing and can’t wait to see its progress … 🔥❤️🔥🔥😎👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you so much :)
Seriously amazing
holllyssshheeeetttt!!!!! wonderful, believable, looks super natural!!!!......
I love amazon style biotopes, but this one looks really amazing
Thank you so much! Jason did an amazing job at it
it looks great !!! new suscriber here ive been getting more and more into aquascaping and hardscaping and im really enjoying it so far . thanx for sharing this with us
Thank you John! And thank you for the sub 😊
Amazing. Well done to all involved. 🐟🤟
Thank you!
What a awesome video beats watching cricket awesome job guys and beautiful rainbows 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thank you so much Brock 😄 I'm glad it beat the cricket!! 🤣
I’ve just gotten into threadfin rainbows and spotted blue eyes from MAD and Ross at Arcy
@@brockcorbett780 that's awesome!! Spotted blue eyes are absolutely gorgeous. And two of my favourite stores too 😊
Dude you just hooked up this lady so much with an amazing Aquarium
Thank you! 🙂
😊😊😊beautiful tank, es hermoso wow
Looks extremely natural. Great work on this
Thank you 😊
Looks so good! I do not like scaping tanks, I end up touching it over and over. This tank looks amazing!
Absolutely beautiful
Thank you 😊🙏
Love the hardscape, inspiring!
Thank you so much!
Very Nice. TY for sharing.
Thank you Kaity for another great episode well done. There seems to be a lot of weight with all those rocks and water on top I hope your stands can handle the it, scary.
Beautiful aquarium and great design
Sp many great tips....fantastic scape..biotope
Lovely aquarium, really unique. Also love seeing the recent crossover between all of the brissie fishie youtube creators!
It's great we can all get out together and help each other out, it is really good to see we are starting to get a good community of UA-camrs here in Australia with a lot in common.
Thank you 😊 Yes, it's been great!! I'm absolutely loving it
So gorgeous!
Thank you!!
Hello Kaity! Your channel just got recommended and I am so glad it did. Subscribed! This tank came out so great and natural! Someday, I wish to have a tank like that! Looking forward to more fish tanks and fishes!
Thank you so much!! And thank you for the sub, I really appreciate it 😊🙌