The system looks fantastic! I'd love to see an update with all the bettas in place. It could be really interesting to see how well the fish pop against the black background.
it's all coming together! a word of advice from someone who has built (and dismantled) one of these because of how fussy they can be: build a bigger sump and include a fine micron filter sock on it so that no junk gets pumped into your drip emitters, those drip emitters will clog every single day without super fine micron filtration. I had rigged mine up with a fully open airline as a return line and they would still clog up weekly without micron filtration. good luck!
I have one of zebra danio research racks and they send the pumped water into a 10" water filter with a micron filter installed, so I'm betting gregs onto something. I'm not always sure more volume is best with these systems if you can autowater change daily, easier to dilute small volumes of water vs large. The danio habitat I have housed lots of fish but is only 20 gallons? Again its one of the University research racks.
As a hobbyist, I thoroughly enjoy fishkeeping and visiting multiple stores. I can tell you, I don't personally care what the store, and it's shelving looks like whatsoever. As long as the fish and the tanks themselves look healthy, and there's adequate obvious filtration for the tanks I'll regard that store as being a "Good" store. Most places don't have any filtration or water change systems in place for Beta's let alone a custom rack with filters for them. Whether your racking systems look homemade or have a fancy facing on them is irrelevant to the fish's care. Most people in the hobby would actually rather see the plumbing and filtration systems on the racks. I'd honestly advise you pop in some form of view panel for the buckets or a way to show customers that the Beta's have ample filtration for them to be healthy. It's all a learning experience for customers, you could even change the buckets for some form of clear plastic containers so you can show the media the water passes through to easily visually educate new fish keepers on the cycle process.
Whilst it may only be temporary until they're sold, the containers look too small. No container will ever be big enough but I noticed a pet shop upgraded to a larger containment system and added decor. Perhaps better to sell less of them than cram them in.
this is a lot better then what chain stores do. Most put them in a cup and hardly do water changes because they don’t have time. this setup is much better
This is all true in my book. I literally HATE walking in to browse badly looked after fish in tanks. Since I was ten yrs old my local was a decent size, filtered and well kept. Never lost a fish as a kid to them.
I am, so happy for you! I'm glad you are getting this opportunity, I hope this will inspire more people your age to do what they are passionate about! Thanks for sharing!
I think you should add an elbow and a pvc pipe (pointing downwards) to the inlet, so that the water flows into the 1st bucket filling the bucket from the bottom - up then overflowing to the 2nd bucket. Gives the water more time to filter thru the media before going back to the tank. Great savage project!
I worked as a tradie for a while during my uni days in melbourne during the height of covid and watching this series makes me kinda miss it lol. It definitely taught me a lot of skills to create diy projects back home in indonesia.
Love the betta rack, a similar solution to the buckets could be a thick plastic storage tote, with egg crate and acrylic to divide the sections. I ran a setup like this on a saltwater aquarium for several years and it was great!
I just watched KG Tropicals video posted today on their betta rack system, also with a circulating water system. You’ve done an awesome job too and can’t wait to see it all finished & full of life. Well done!❤️🇦🇺
The LED strips are really nice for DIY stuff. They're relatively inexpensive, typically around $10 for a 5 meter length here in the US, and can be really bright if you get the right ones. The RGB LED strips don't get that bright if you're looking for pure bright white light, I've used them before. If you want bright, the dedicated white light strips are your only option, the more densely packed the LEDs on the strip are, the brighter they'll be. I used a strip that had a density of 204 LEDs per meter.
Make sure to buy a box of extra containers for ones that need to be replaced. Too many times a company will change inventory and the containers won't match. Also looks like you have extra space on the rack, so you can get a few larger containers for other fish situations.
It looks great. Some folk get hooked up in a form over function mindset. Your system does the job - it functions. You have the satisfaction of having manufactured it yourself. Your next will be even better.
I think the stores gonna look amazing!! Obviously making it look good is cool and all, but it really matters about the service and making sure you customers are happy with what there buying, and I think its gonna be awesome once your done. Keep it up!
Hi bud just found you channel after not keeping fish for 15+ years but mate never put your own work down .the fact your doing it and it works for you .that's all that matter
Some of the best aquarium stores I've been in, have looked home made. And most of them were all home made. Didn't make them less of an amazing store. And yes, this is including some of the biggest most successful aquariums stores in my city.
I love you videos, ive been watching you for years now, and recently i decided to give it a try to make breeding fish my side hustle, you are really an inspiritation and i hope to achieve half as you do, thanks for all the info
I'm so excited to see the final look of your fish shop. I would love to visit your shop often if only we lived in the same country. But looking at your videos, it really shows how much thought and hard-work you have put into everything and i think that's just really amazing. 👏🏼Your videos are always highly informative and and super entertaining and fun. Thank you for sharing them.. i think your shop will be even more awesome than it already is now... ☺️
I’m thinking about breeding my betta’s and I came across your channel, I’m in brisbane and we have mutual friends! 🤣 thanks for all the awesome vids, I’ll have to come visit the shop when it’s up and running!
Pretty Cool...Leaving the sides unpainted would have given you the option to card the bettas...Removing the cards and having bettas in full flare for your customers.
Love this video. I've been looking at upgrading my very, very low budget diy betta rack. This looks great. One of the only things I've had trouble finding a cheap substitute for are bulkheads. I had to use lids on my rack as my fish escaped a few times.
Your system looks great. Lots of work goes into these systems, no matter which you choose to run. Best of luck with your Bettas. They will appreciate your efforts, as they enjoy their new homes.
Well done! It's so great seeing all of this come together, you are doing such an awesome job. I think part of what's enjoyable about these projects is the actual process of creating something, it makes it a lot more rewarding seeing the end result
Looks good mate. Maybe a couple of premade white/lighter colour ones so you can swap them in and out when you get much darker Bettas, such as Black Orchids etc. I hate when you can't see the fish properly.
Good job Nick! I did something similar few weeks ago using '5l crystal hinged plastic containers' from Bunnings, but they all become foggy overtime and grow a filthy layer of bacterias and impacted my Bettas with fin rot. I ended up switching to Kmart $20 glass tanks - hope your Kmart containers doesn't have the same issue, best of luck mate 😁
A fast and cheap fix on your lights...put the Light tape on a moulding attached to the front of the self angled toward the fish adjust angle of moulding as needed.
Looks good. Very efficient. One thought I have: wouldn’t it be a good idea to add an elbow and pvc in the drainage sump to force the water coming down to go all the way to the bottom of the bucket and filter back up through the media before draining over to the pump bucket?
My relatively large local chain pet store just has a shelf of plastic cups for the male betas and this is so much better. My few at home are just in 1 gallon jars.
Looks great! I have been following you for a few months now, great content and video editing on all of your videos! I wish we could post a pic in the comments because I just built a rack myself for breeding show guppies and to house bettas that I will be listing for sale on eBay. I spent about $900 USD and it has 64 - 5qt tubs all on an automated watering system like yours, with a 40 gal res. I will hopefully be posting a video in the next two weeks. Keep up the amazing work!
I love the look of this, I personally reckon it looks better than the manufactured one. Also can we get an update on when you expect you will be opening your store?
The system looks fantastic! I'd love to see an update with all the bettas in place. It could be really interesting to see how well the fish pop against the black background.
it's all coming together! a word of advice from someone who has built (and dismantled) one of these because of how fussy they can be: build a bigger sump and include a fine micron filter sock on it so that no junk gets pumped into your drip emitters, those drip emitters will clog every single day without super fine micron filtration. I had rigged mine up with a fully open airline as a return line and they would still clog up weekly without micron filtration. good luck!
I have one of zebra danio research racks and they send the pumped water into a 10" water filter with a micron filter installed, so I'm betting gregs onto something. I'm not always sure more volume is best with these systems if you can autowater change daily, easier to dilute small volumes of water vs large. The danio habitat I have housed lots of fish but is only 20 gallons? Again its one of the University research racks.
As a hobbyist, I thoroughly enjoy fishkeeping and visiting multiple stores. I can tell you, I don't personally care what the store, and it's shelving looks like whatsoever. As long as the fish and the tanks themselves look healthy, and there's adequate obvious filtration for the tanks I'll regard that store as being a "Good" store. Most places don't have any filtration or water change systems in place for Beta's let alone a custom rack with filters for them. Whether your racking systems look homemade or have a fancy facing on them is irrelevant to the fish's care. Most people in the hobby would actually rather see the plumbing and filtration systems on the racks. I'd honestly advise you pop in some form of view panel for the buckets or a way to show customers that the Beta's have ample filtration for them to be healthy. It's all a learning experience for customers, you could even change the buckets for some form of clear plastic containers so you can show the media the water passes through to easily visually educate new fish keepers on the cycle process.
Whilst it may only be temporary until they're sold, the containers look too small. No container will ever be big enough but I noticed a pet shop upgraded to a larger containment system and added decor. Perhaps better to sell less of them than cram them in.
this is a lot better then what chain stores do. Most put them in a cup and hardly do water changes because they don’t have time. this setup is much better
This is all true in my book.
I literally HATE walking in to browse badly looked after fish in tanks.
Since I was ten yrs old my local was a decent size, filtered and well kept. Never lost a fish as a kid to them.
I am, so happy for you! I'm glad you are getting this opportunity, I hope this will inspire more people your age to do what they are passionate about! Thanks for sharing!
I think you should add an elbow and a pvc pipe (pointing downwards) to the inlet, so that the water flows into the 1st bucket filling the bucket from the bottom - up then overflowing to the 2nd bucket. Gives the water more time to filter thru the media before going back to the tank. Great savage project!
YEA THINKING THE SAME THING BECAUSE THE WAY HE HAS IT , IT NOT REALLY DOING NOTHING ALMOST
I worked as a tradie for a while during my uni days in melbourne during the height of covid and watching this series makes me kinda miss it lol. It definitely taught me a lot of skills to create diy projects back home in indonesia.
It looks SO good,, i love the look. Everyone can buy a rack and put fish in it, but when you build it yourself, it always gets better quality.
Those guys are legends
Love the betta rack, a similar solution to the buckets could be a thick plastic storage tote, with egg crate and acrylic to divide the sections. I ran a setup like this on a saltwater aquarium for several years and it was great!
I just watched KG Tropicals video posted today on their betta rack system, also with a circulating water system. You’ve done an awesome job too and can’t wait to see it all finished & full of life. Well done!❤️🇦🇺
Really?
@@MissChelle no it’s a scam.
@@emeraldfalcon8366 I thought so
The LED strips are really nice for DIY stuff. They're relatively inexpensive, typically around $10 for a 5 meter length here in the US, and can be really bright if you get the right ones. The RGB LED strips don't get that bright if you're looking for pure bright white light, I've used them before. If you want bright, the dedicated white light strips are your only option, the more densely packed the LEDs on the strip are, the brighter they'll be. I used a strip that had a density of 204 LEDs per meter.
i am sure he knows what leds are... thanks Wikipedia
@@vasili1207 Jesus dude chill out he was just trying to help
@@vasili1207I thought it was a helpful comment
Fantastic 👍
Looking forward to having the opportunity to check it out when open 😀
I personally think it looks amazing. Your whole store is looking amazing. Handmade is the best as it shows you love what you do. Awesome 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️
putting a red light on a red fish with a black background really makes them glow. same with other colours, of course
Getting pretty handy in your old age. I like it. Can't wait to see the finished store
This is a cool setup. Has exactly what is needed and nothing you really don't. Looks pretty cool too. Well done
Oh hell yea betta racks is probably the best choice for bettas good work man really really good diy too
Thanks for sharing! The fish will look awesome, the black will allow colors of the bettas to shine!
Really enjoying watching this shop build
I think it’s all looking great looking forward to you opening the shop
It looks amazing. The work is worth the show
The fish shelf is very beautiful.
Make sure to buy a box of extra containers for ones that need to be replaced. Too many times a company will change inventory and the containers won't match. Also looks like you have extra space on the rack, so you can get a few larger containers for other fish situations.
Any idea where to get those container in Sydney please. thanks
@@hong77237 look online for either food storage containers or "collectibles" boxes or containers.
It looks great. Some folk get hooked up in a form over function mindset. Your system does the job - it functions. You have the satisfaction of having manufactured it yourself. Your next will be even better.
Whoops I’m late to seeing the full vid.
You should go bigger tanks and a bigger sump!
I’m upgrading my systems to bigger tanks when I get time
I think the stores gonna look amazing!! Obviously making it look good is cool and all, but it really matters about the service and making sure you customers are happy with what there buying, and I think its gonna be awesome once your done. Keep it up!
Wow! This Betta rack looks absolutely stunning!!! Well done guys! Can't wait to see all the Bettas showcased in this Betta system!! Great job nick!
Bro, it turned out fantastic. Don't pay attention to haters. I love that rack.
Hi bud just found you channel after not keeping fish for 15+ years but mate never put your own work down .the fact your doing it and it works for you .that's all that matter
looking forward to seeing the beta rack populated. and ofcourse the new fishroom when completed!
Wow That is Incredible ! So cool looking !
Some of the best aquarium stores I've been in, have looked home made. And most of them were all home made. Didn't make them less of an amazing store. And yes, this is including some of the biggest most successful aquariums stores in my city.
I love you videos, ive been watching you for years now, and recently i decided to give it a try to make breeding fish my side hustle, you are really an inspiritation and i hope to achieve half as you do, thanks for all the info
I admire you so much Nick. I believe you will be a huge success.
Don't doubt yourself, amazing job, it is a darn side better than most shops
Loved this video. I don’t even keep bettas but watching this made me want to build a rack.
I saw the tum nail yesterday and couldn’t wait to see the vid today ☺️🥰 really loved the vid
That look so good mate! more power!
Very good job and very interesting. Well done Nick and thank you for sharing. We would like to see your set up when you are finished.. awesome!!!
Cant wait to see them in the tanks!!! Congrats on the new build
The system, the setup, everything looks genius and amazing.
Looks amazing, to finish it off I would make a wooden flap above the small
Tanks running all the way across to hide the top of the tanks
I'm so excited to see the final look of your fish shop. I would love to visit your shop often if only we lived in the same country. But looking at your videos, it really shows how much thought and hard-work you have put into everything and i think that's just really amazing. 👏🏼Your videos are always highly informative and and super entertaining and fun. Thank you for sharing them.. i think your shop will be even more awesome than it already is now... ☺️
I’m thinking about breeding my betta’s and I came across your channel, I’m in brisbane and we have mutual friends! 🤣 thanks for all the awesome vids, I’ll have to come visit the shop when it’s up and running!
did it happen
Paint the bottom of the containers white, so the light reflects, making it brighter.
Pretty Cool...Leaving the sides unpainted would have given you the option to card the bettas...Removing the cards and having bettas in full flare for your customers.
Awesome. Looking for more fantastic ideas from you
Good for you. Well done, you should be proud.
very creative Nick. The black looks great. very sleek and hip.
ما شاء الله تبارك الله الرحمن الرحيم بالتوفيق صديقي العزيز تحياتي واحترامي من الجزائر 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿
The rack looks amazing. You did well! My concern was the lighting and you addressed it at the end as people will want to see the fish inside
Love this video. I've been looking at upgrading my very, very low budget diy betta rack. This looks great. One of the only things I've had trouble finding a cheap substitute for are bulkheads. I had to use lids on my rack as my fish escaped a few times.
That's absolutely awesome! Looks great 👍 I wish I lived closer to you. I would be a regular customer!
Your system looks great. Lots of work goes into these systems, no matter which you choose to run. Best of luck with your Bettas. They will appreciate your efforts, as they enjoy their new homes.
Well done! It's so great seeing all of this come together, you are doing such an awesome job. I think part of what's enjoyable about these projects is the actual process of creating something, it makes it a lot more rewarding seeing the end result
Looks amazing!
Another awesome vid, love watching the progress of your new shop, keep them coming....
Im so happy for you! The new fishroom is gonna look so amazing.
Good stuff
I think that looks brilliant, I really like it. Nice job 👍🏻
Dave is always a great addition 🤙
Looks good mate. Maybe a couple of premade white/lighter colour ones so you can swap them in and out when you get much darker Bettas, such as Black Orchids etc. I hate when you can't see the fish properly.
Good job Nick! I did something similar few weeks ago using '5l crystal hinged plastic containers' from Bunnings, but they all become foggy overtime and grow a filthy layer of bacterias and impacted my Bettas with fin rot. I ended up switching to Kmart $20 glass tanks - hope your Kmart containers doesn't have the same issue, best of luck mate 😁
So much more respect for you going DIY vs buying. If I was in aus I would buy from you over anyone. Great work dude
Love it! Really inspiring to me. I’ve been dreaming of building a betta rack for at least a year now. Great video!
A fast and cheap fix on your lights...put the Light tape on a moulding attached to the front of the self angled toward the fish adjust angle of moulding as needed.
Dude the system looks great, ignore the haters. Your videos are really entertaining, keep them coming!
You're an incredible person and I love seeing you have such a strong support system. Your videos are always amazing.
Adding a UV steriliser to the system will help with disease control.
Nice work mate and good video.
Thanks so much for making this video as it provided me with one of the best ideas I have ever received
Congratulations on the new fish shop/place. And you are very good at budgeting 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Nothing short of amazing. Very good design.
Ive always wanted to build one, good to see your experience.
Thank you for the inspiration 🙏 ❤️ from a LFS in the 🇺🇸
Excellent work! And don't complain about the look! It really looks fine!
Looks good. Very efficient. One thought I have: wouldn’t it be a good idea to add an elbow and pvc in the drainage sump to force the water coming down to go all the way to the bottom of the bucket and filter back up through the media before draining over to the pump bucket?
Go Nick i think you're doing an awesome job on you're fish room mate, can't wait to see the room finished 👍.
I think the betta system looks amazing!
I watch ALL of your videos. Thank you for all of your tips and tricks! I always look forward to new uploads, I wish you were in the US!
My relatively large local chain pet store just has a shelf of plastic cups for the male betas and this is so much better. My few at home are just in 1 gallon jars.
You really deserve much more subscribers
Great idea love your content, keep up the good work!👍
Looks great! I have been following you for a few months now, great content and video editing on all of your videos! I wish we could post a pic in the comments because I just built a rack myself for breeding show guppies and to house bettas that I will be listing for sale on eBay. I spent about $900 USD and it has 64 - 5qt tubs all on an automated watering system like yours, with a 40 gal res. I will hopefully be posting a video in the next two weeks. Keep up the amazing work!
excellent build. great easy to do . well done
It's wonderful and well done.
That is what i used to do when i was younger ,top drawer fella,kudos buddy
Love to have a chat on the beta rack as I was thinking of doing it
Im gunna enjoy watching this vid at work tomorrow.
Pic looked promising
That is a great idea. Looks great
Love the system I may be using this a a guide for some micro fish I have
It's fantastic, very good,
anything customized is better than something already done by professionals
Greetings from Portugal
I came here from KGTropicals best beta rack on the world 😅 Love them both equally, keep up the good work!
Amazing job, to me it looks beautıful, because I can see it's a home made unit with lot's love and hours of hard work put in it.
It looks great. Nice job
Absolutely love it! Can't wait to see the shop when its all done. Good luck!
Be proud! They look great. In the end, the Bettas will be healthier and happier than being stuck in a cup.
I love the look of this, I personally reckon it looks better than the manufactured one. Also can we get an update on when you expect you will be opening your store?
The Beta rack looks like Keeping Fish Simple, and that's a good thing. Take care, be well.
Great job, love it!
awesome video! I liked seeing this side of the hobby in preparing to care for the fish while they're the shop.