Axolotls, Guppies, cichlids and many more in our BIG aquarium update! (Not Cleaned!)
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Loads of you asked for updates on these aquariums so I thought I would put it all in one video for you! There have been some minor issues with a couple of the fish tanks but nothing major.
Find all the details for the tanks below; drop any questions in the comments and I'll try my best to answer them.
Rare Tetra aquarium:
Aquarium: Oase scaperline 100
Lighting: Fluval Plant pro
Filtration: Fluval FX2
Fish featured:
Festive Cichlid
Snow White Bristlenose Pleco
Cardinal Tetra
Rainbow Tetra
Kyburzi Tetra
San Marcos redtail splitfin
Red Stripe Tetra
Plants Featured:
Various Anubias
Various Crytocoryne
Echinodorus Red Diamond
Water lettuce (floating plant)
Guppy cube aquarium:
@MaidenheadAquatics Aquaoak XL Cube
Filtration: @oasevideo Biomaster thermo
Lighting: ONF Flat one+
Fish:
Perugia's limia
Guenther's Swordtail
Bristol Guppy
Plants:
Helanthium vesuvius
Echinodorus Various species
Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae
Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne nevellii
Cryptocoryne wendtii brown
Microsorum pteropus (Java fern)
Axolotl aquarium:
@fluval Shaker 345 in grey with original Fluval kit
Plants:
Various species of the following:
Anubias
Vallisneria
Bucephalandra
Java Fern
Watter lettuce
Schismatoglottis prietoi
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Your dog is the star of the show imo. The only thing better than a fish tank video, is a fish tank video with a dog ❤️
I totally agree!
Nice to know the experts do dumb things late at night! Thanks for the tour.
Hahaha always! It's part of the fun!
Wow wow wow that male Green Swordtail..... 😍
Love how real you keep it brother man. Showing the side of fish keeping we all deal with. Not just the finished product.
I want people to know that this stuff happens to the best of us!
I loved when you talked about your golden one and said "Wherever he is" and we could see him hiding behind the rock from you! Hahahaha, so cute, bless em. Great video dude, love the updates 🙂
P.S The Festive Ciclids are gorgeous. 🙂
When I watched the video back it made me giggle that he was sat there.
Heard your dog walking and thought my dog busted out of kennel and was walking around. Lol. Love your videos.
Every Saturday is cleaning day in my apartment for all my turtle tanks, and sometimes for my planted tanks (2 Walstads and 1 ecotank). I tend not to take videos because so many people don't understand blackwater tanks, or just a planted tank in general, and I don't want to hear/read the nasty comments calling me a bad fishkeeper. Even if I explain aloud and in comments that I'm aware one of my bettas is bloated and that I have her on a diet to deal with it and it's getting better, there's still gonna be some idiot telling me off or pointing it out like as if I don't freaking know.
Plant balance is a really tricky thing. Any time I've had plants die suddenly, due to pH/KH issues or another water quality problem, some other plant like a floater will overpopulate then another plant dies and it becomes a vicious cycle. To combat this, what I did in my 16 gallon was replace plants, but also added in a second type of floating plant. Instead of just dwarf water lettuce, I now have giant duckweed (easier to maintain than evil duckweed), so the lettuce has competition. I also keep a combination of fast and medium growth plants, that way they aren't all sucking up nutrients at the same time. A strong filter plus not overfeeding helps too.
Fantastic videos, you're my first choice for fish videos. Love how you keep it relaxed, you don't "polish" your videos, keep the bloopers, show your mistakes. You have probably forgotten more about fish keeping than most of us ever knew, but you can talk to a total beginner, a seasoned expert, and everyone else in between. Don't change your style, it's perfect. Great to relax watching your videos, or to use them for educational purposes.
Always recommend your videos to anyone interested in fish.
All the best for the year ahead, looking forward to more great videos
All these tanks are wonderful! Keeping it real is a good thing. Keeping it natural is great too.
I think this is one of the best videos you've done, at least I find it one of the most interesting and my favorite. It's really in alignment with what your vision is for your channel; teaching and just walking through all the information that's required to live with aquariums on going. The deep dive into all the issues and all the dynamics is really helpful and appreciated. Thank you.❤
I’m obsessed with your dog
They're great fun, just a little annoying when trying to film.
I think MD needs to do a colab on YOUR channel now. It would only be fair.... great video. Ive been watching you since you appeared on MD and MD's chan since 100k subs. You guys are awesome.
I also love the "nature styled tanks". Even though I really can enjoy aquascaping videos at youtube and found inspiration from them, and from photos and so on, I want my own tanks to be... natural. And easy to keep healthy. I like low tech, lot of plants, a few fish, shrimps, some snails... And if there's a little bit of algae, well the shrimps will be happy. I think it's a big difference between "having algae" and "having an algae-problem"! If you have a problem with them, I think of the tanks that's more algae than plants, or when the water turns green and murky, or when there's cyano bacteria everywhere. But I mean. A little bit of non-harming algae on a rock or on the glass, that's not a problem other than eventually the esthetics.
Dwarf chain loaches! I really want to get them but so hard to find in a store. I ended up with several yoyo loaches, now nowhere to put the dwarfs. I really gotta stop settling for a fish when I know it isn't exactly what I want. Yoyos are crazy busy active fish, but missing that crazy pattern of chains.
Also really love the stand for your tank that has the ridge above bottom of the tank. That style doesn't seem to be readily available in the US to often. Just having that little edge surround detail adds so much to the setup!
I agree, I find scapes with nooks and crankies and vegetation for the fish to escape to and pop out from much more engaging.
It's way more interesting ain't it!
Oh for sure
@@FishShopMatt just realised I put crankies instead of crannies lol
Your dog is so sweet. Love the tanks, thanks for the tour. Happy Holiday.
Thank you! Happy holidays!
That male swordtail is beautiful
He is lovely.
I can’t believe you have a real axolotl ‼️ They are so cute. And so endangered. Thank you for saving those precious babies.
Love this man. Most relaxing video I’ve watched in a while ❤
Thank you buddy! So awesome of you to say!
Great update, I love your tanks. I can’t wait to see what you come up with for your shrimp tank. Thanks for the video Matt!
Thank you!
I am currently growing out plants for an anticipated bigger tank this summer. I have 6 plant types.
Some video ideas :
I would love to see you lightly plant a tank with 5-6 types of plants. possibly show how long it takes to fill out the tank over time.
I'd also love to see a second hand challenge. See if you can build a tank found cheap used. And source plants from Facebook market place. Bring in a total under $150 Canadian whatever that is in pounds.
I would watch a video just about your dogs and the baby they are so precious 💗 "The largest ecosystem I'm managing is my household" haha
Hahaha that's so true my house is also an ecosystem
18:29 My friend bought them a year ago as a natural gourami species 😂
Such a stunning fish ❤
Hahaha close enough
Matt: Stop clip-cloppin around
Me: YESSS our German Shepard mix, Lucy, we tell her to stop clapping coconuts (Monty Python)
Love this real life update Matt!!
Thank you!
What fun it was to see your tanks as they are in daily life. Thanks for sharing……………
Thanks for the update, Matt. I have “pest” bladder snails in a couple of my tanks, and I just love them. The snails clean the aquarium, and the fish keep the population in check. It’s a nice balance. Keep the videos coming!
Absolutely the circle of life hahaha
My red stripe tetras have done very well with tiger barbs.
we started a ~Fluval Roma 240 Axo tank. inspired by your Shaker 345. we popped 30 or my shrimp culls in. 3 WCM and 3 Endler guppies. 2 WCM left and atleast 6 berried Shrimp. Limnophila, Val, Salvinia floaters, Java Fern and a few variants of swords. some Xmas Moss too. its a Salvinia Farm, we only have 2 Lotyls in there, one male Mature ish *pre-teen to young adult, original colours) and a Teen Lucy pink (just as the colour of the Axo-Safe product from NT Labs). I am so glad that you shared that tank, as we love our Salvinia Farm and hungry Lotyls. idea is to wait until they both mature and see what sex the pink one is. will keep 3 max in there (not as big as yours)
Its great to aee your channel growing Matt. Your content is getting better and better ❤
All your aquariums look awesome Matt, extremely impressed and can’t wait to see more content from you!!
Always good to see your videos Matt! Thank you for showing the "behind the scenes" reality of tanks 😀
Hope you and the family are well 🤗
Thank you, we are well! Hope you're good too.
BEAUTIFUL tanks!!!!!!! I’m constantly thinning the water lettuce from my tank. Amazing how fast it reproduces! Always enjoy your videos!😊
Oh yeah it goes mad doesn't it.
Hi Matt your fish tanks are beautiful ❤ thanks for sharing 😊
Excellent vid Matt. It is so nice to get up here early (in NZ) and enjoy morning coffee to watch the latest from you and/or MD😊💙🐟
That's great to hear, thank you!
Completely agree on the algae topic. If you have a balanced tank, it’s probably going to have some in it, and I find that much more realistic and appealing.
Matt I really enjoy your channel, your style is your own and represents an earnest knowledge base as well as enjoyment of the hobby. Your tanks are first class.
Hi Matt really enjoy your channel keep up the good work
tanks looking great Matt
Thanks for the update. Your tanks look great, as usual! Now it's time for me to do my tank maintenance.
I've still got to do mine! Hahaha
It'd be awesome if you could make a Google doc that lists the tank, equipment, plants and fish :)
Duckweed goes "WooHoo!"😄
Hahaha that's a great t shirt!!!
The 'natural' look for aquariums is far better than the manicured aqua scape look (IMHO).
Agreed!
Thanks for help making me get quality knowledge about keeping fresh water fish. I would love I you made a fish-file on Gurami and if I can keep them with friendly schooling fish.
id actually like to see you struggle through the difficulties aand how you go about solving them in your tanks
I bought some Sulawesi Malawa Shrimp because I had heard they were excellent algae eaters. They are not much to look at, but it's true, and they are prolific as well. Whenever I need a plant or hard scape cleaned, I pop it in their tank, and they strip the algae off. Wonderful video, much enjoyed.
oOoOO I will have to look those up!
@@FishShopMatt Secret History living in your aquarium has a good video on them :)
Love the video ! Thanks Matt
Can I please be your new apprentice Matt. 35 male, semi balding can be funny. 😂 Love your content mate
More dalmatian content please haha, love them
I just won a BIG battle against duckweed. i took all floaters out and individually dipped the Salvinia and Water Lettuce to make sure duckweed wasnt in there.
i am sure Duckweed shall come back, but for a few months that tank is free of them. Duckweed now the floater of choice in the Guppy tanks (not that they eat them i am finding)
n Great video again Matt, your tanks look wonderful. love your dog too.
Awww thank you! I wanted to show the real side of aquariums hahaha
@@FishShopMatt Great idea :) Now, any tips on stopping my White Clouds from breeding... lol
great to see how pets like fish too 🙂. my cat will sit next to the tank at least a couple of times a day and never misses a cleaning or feeding moment.
@@miniscenesgb take away all mosses and type of plants they lay the eggs on. That's how I give mine a break anyway. Put them back when ready for them to breed again.
@@DaffCookie thanks ;)
Great minds think alike Matt.. I have the same style rear decor as your big cube, I’ve done the back wall and side panel you can’t look through. It’s expensive but the look you get when looking at the front really brings depth and scenery to what could be just a glass panel.. we also have the same cleaning routine as well, my dad to day job is a chicken farmer. My tank and cleaning routine gives me a huge release of work as I can get lost in the moment and then after enjoy the look of a shimmering clean look.. take care and have a great Christmas with your family.. 👍👍
What a good dog.
Sometimes hahaha
Hey Matt.. That Grey Shaker Aquarium is doin' it mate, Have a great Christmas my friend all the best.
That thing you mentioned with the duck weed outcompeting the red rooted floater is happening in one of my tanks. I had loads of it and it was really healthy. Ordered a skimmer, cant wait for ir to arrive
Yeah get on top of it and you should sort it.
Great presentation. I agree that there is a point where my aquariums have reached that optimum level of full, lush growth and are a joy to behold. It's such a shame that you can't freeze that moment in time... But a week later; it's time to go in with the chainsaw 😂
PS. Ember Tetras... I have come to the conclusion that they have an absolute preference for lush vegetation all the way to the front of the aquarium. I have one tank that is heavily planted like this, except for one front corner, which has a slightly more open area... Guess where the Ember Tetras prefer hanging out? Yup, they are NOT interested in being anywhere near that slightly open bottom, even though that side of the tank has lush overhead floating plants. I would assume they are happier with the option of instantly diving down into that lower vegetation to escape any possible risk?
Conversely, the X-ray Tetras in the same tank seem to be quite happy with that open area.
Thank you! Yeah I haven't got time to get the chainsaw out every week hahaha.
I had the same issue with green neons they did not like the open water. But to be fair most of the fish we keep are bottom of the food chain so I don't blame them for hiding hahaha.
Very nice looking tank good work, Matt
Thank you!
Great stuff mate and it's also good to see someone else using All pond solutions products in there aquarium
I've never had any super successful luck with java fern. My mom on the other hand can grow java fern like it's her job and doesn't even try! I'm also currently having a bit of trouble with anubias coffefolia. I grow nana petite and congensis like weeds but coffeefolia does not enjoy the same conditions.
Always glad to watch your videos
Thank you!
Great to see all your tanks. Thanks for the video.
Thanks, Matt!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Haven't used one and likely won't unless I'm really feeling bored but I do see them more frequently in the Asian community, these and the over-the-tank sumps. Wasn't expecting a review on this kind, pleasantly surprised!
The Festivum Cichlid were the first Cichlid I successfully bred. They tend to look best before reaching their full size as that diagonal stripe looses definition
Hey Matt just wanted to say I love your work man, Your videos are so informative and always interesting. Hope you continue to make this top tier content. Cheers
absolutely love the way you explain and deal with issues and it happens and i did this, its great, nothings an issue...wonderful..
Schönes, tiefes Becken, das sich gut gestalten lässt! 😉
Loved it Matt, keep em coming 🤛
Thank you!
Hey, great vid again. Can you talk sometime about what to put under your tank? A lot of times I'm not really seeing anything underneath...
Thanks for the update, Matt! It's there a video of scaping the big tank with MD? Love to see it. It has grown so much, based on the picture you provided...
Nevermind, I found it at MD's channel.
When's the trip to the Amazon, where MD will be eaten? 😂
Hahaha who knows, I'm not sure I feel safe on that trip.
You mentioned lifting your Fluval 3.0 light up a bit. I would be happy to do that with mine also! Why doesn’t Fluval offer an option to do this!!??
Fish Shop Matt, what plant weights do you use? I’m not keen on using metal plant weights and I am after something that isn’t too big and that could be hidden under gravel. Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
Getting my catch up on HNY to you all if I've not said so already
I sold my dwarf cichlid, because they ate my cherry shimp, but they were beautiful /kim from Denmark
Limnophila Hippuridoides ~ is that the limnophia that went crazy in the 275L live bearer tank?
Lookin great brotha! I love when the tanks settle into a homeostasis. Have you thought of doing a full nature style with a plethora of microfauna so you barely have to use food? I am adding some after this ich treatment is done with 😊💜🦖
Yes one of my good friends AlexB_aquatics does a lot with this sort of thing so I think we will join forces soon to do something along these lines.
@@FishShopMatt hell yeah, can't wait 😁💜🦖
great video :)
Hey Matt, would you consider doing a video on what do to when your fish spawn and you don't want them to? Our angelfish have been very busy, and we don't have room for another tank! One of our favourite channels btw!
Any issues with the festivums going after smaller fish, neons, ottos, etc? Thinking of adding some to a planted 75. Love the channel!
Beautiful tanks!
Hi Matt thanks for showing your tanks in their day to day state, it gave me hope with my little bowl (35litre) which is suffering with hair algae and now hydra! I learnt whilst watching your video I can use liquid Co2 to manage algae!
I'm in Australia so we don't have Armano Shrimp to attack the hair algae problem I'm coping with. Our closest is a Northern Territory algae eating shrimp which I've put a few into my bowl and are slowly eating the hair algae which is still there after I've pulled out as much as I can.
My next problem is Hydra, how do I get rid of them?
Thanks for your videos.
Can I mix Amano shrimp and Cherry? I have a cherry shrimp tank that I struggle to keep algae down in. Great Vid as always. Thanks Matt.
Love your tanks, Matt. I have a hard time with Java Fern as well. It is the only plant that consistently dies off on me. No idea why.
Yeah it's a funny one some people do so well with it and mine seem to struggle at the moment.
So much inspiration to your tanks! What would your process be for introducing new fish to an already existing community tank? Especially when they're coming from tanks with unknown water and possible diseases at the LFS. Quarantining fish seems to be a little unrealistic due to space and a lack of a second established tank for them to temporarily live in
Love your honesty Matt. Great content as usual.
One question ,can you dose liquid Co2 and have shrimps ?
Thank you! Yeah I've never had an issue just be careful of the doses and if worried go for a half dose.
What is that livebear looking fish in the last aquarium?
@FishShopMatt what kind of snails do you currently have in the Fluval Shaker or plan on introducing? My java fern took a while to acclimate to my cold tank.
Matt, what ceramic squares are you using? Love your channel!
What is the white ... pleco? type fish in the last tank? My eye was drawn to it every shot it was in. It's lovely!
It's a snow white bristlenose, they're lovely!
Stunning! I recently got an albino and a normal long fin bristle nose. The snow white is definitely on my wish list now.
Hi Matt, how would you set up a filter with a CO2 inline diffuser and a UV clarifier? Both would go on the outlet, but not sure if the water would go through the UV first or the CO2?
Hi Matt I'm thinking of buying the seabray from Maidenhead (hope I've got name right) i think it's around 400 litres. Have you even done a video on this set up?
I'm lucky if I clean once a month.
Yeah sometimes life gets in the way.
What’s your favourite fish Matt?
How vibrant are the rainbow tetras in person? The camera catches some of the iridescence, but cameras aren't always the best at picking it up.
How about a vice on your top ten Tetra species.
How do you keep the Crypts small? :) Sixty years I have been keeping fish and Crypts have taken over every tank I put them in, no matter the lighting. I must have thrown out a few tons of them over the years and the two tanks I have up and running just now are planted with the 'original' plants and they are up to and over the surface of a 4 foot long 18 inch deep tank lit by two 42 inch fluorescent tubes. Even with one tube, or even the old incandescent bulbs, they took over previous tanks. No CO² and plane gravel, that is original from forty to sixty years ago, without additives.
Hi Matt, just wondering what you might replace the Java fern with. I’ve got exactly the same problem.
Cheers.
Thanks for the update. What are the cubes in the front of the Oase Scaperline 100? I've been wondering for the last couple videos lol.
Hahaha they are shrimp cubes that are maturing for a future scape that's hopefully not too far away.
"Nobody told me how to throw hoses through your home this way". ... Seriously, though, ... IF a person had a single aquarium in their front room (OK, let's pretend it's their 1st week). How to transport water, for water changes ???? ((Invest in water pumps or permanent tubing or retractable tubing... all have storage problems. AT the Matt/MD studio, you guys have a watterbutt ((great, if the space like), How about if only feeding 3 tanks maximum. Waterbutt redundant, and back to hoses thru house... or what ??? Questions .... Main question - Buckets, hoses, or waterbutt , THANKS :)
Little bits of algae = microfauna eating the algae = free live fish food 😊
Absolutely! The circle of life hahaha