How To Setup a Ghetto Aquarium, the "I'm Broke Aquarium" Quick & Easy
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- In this video, you will learn how to setup a quick, easy and ghetto aquarium! The ghetto aquarium is perfect when you want a fish tank but don't have the bank.
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What's up dog? Today we are gonna talk about the ghetto- “I’m Broke as ” Aquarium. We are gonna talk about ghetto aquariums, we are gonna talk about ghetto substrate, we are gonna talk about ghetto gravel and ghetto filtration and ghetto lighting. The ghetto aquarium can be found. You just have to look for it. I would check craigslist, scout around at trash day, and yard sales. If you find a cracked aquarium you can ghetto fix it with covering an entire piece of glass or plastic with silicone and mash it over the crack of the aquarium. This works and you can see how I did it back in the day… People some how dont remember that plants need to eat- when farmers plant corn do they plant it in rocks? Heck no. They plant it it dirt. and I've got a ghetto way to add dirt to your aquarium. take dirt right out of your back yard. Yep. Take some of your moms used Lasagna tin foil and heat it in the oven. You are gonna wanna bake it for 350 degrees for like 15-20 minutes. Let it cool- this should anything that might be in it. Want some cheap gravel? I've got two ghetto options. You can use pool filter sand. yep a 50 lb bag of it is 10$ yep or you can use pebbles from home depot. I am going to use pebbles because this is the ghetto aquarium and I am going to add some ghetto fish...... I am sick of typing, youtube wants you to type a long description, but I hate typing which is why I make videos… so watch the video and drop me a comment on YOUR favorite Ghetto Aquarium project or tip.Planted Tanks shouldn't be difficult. My goal is to make the planted aquarium hobby easy. "Planted Tanks Made Easy" Dustin's Fish Tanks. TANK ON!
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Lol nice vids bro,
You're the man bro this vid was awesome and you should be famous lol
Dustin's Fish Tanks
Great job mixing ice cube in the video🚁. Good to know a fellow hip hop head is in the fish game.
Ok Dustin I'm up 2 12.00 usd and that's including the the fish filters and substrate
Water Treatment for free... I
Was going to go for a walstad but I found 2 Aqueon Filters in the dumpster behind pet smart...my gravel free from home Depot just had to wash it...so far I've only purchased fish food and 10 minnows the Gold fish I got free on Facebook with a 10 gallon tank... well this build is 55 gallons for 55 dollars I would love to send you a pic
this is the greatest random video I have ever random video spree stopped on.
Haha- thanks
I was thinking the same.
mudbuggie90 that's exactly what I was just thinking
mudbuggie90 omg that's exactly what I was thinking 😂
mudbuggie90 same lol😂😂
I don't even want fish, but I watched this entire video.
Same idk why lmao lol haha
lmao for real same here
+Brandon McGraw LOL! I've watched it several times already, it actually made me want to finally get a 10gal fish tank since I can now "brokely" clean the fish tank up!
lol I did the same. I love his energy! I'm getting more plants!
Brandon McGraw same here dude
People are commenting if U are broke don't get pets. But this isn't about being poor making minimum wage this is about doing it in a budget
He's not doing anything "wrong", as in harmful to fish
my ghetto "aquarium" was a clear plastic tote. i used shale from my driveway and a window plant my mom had growing in a vase. my filter was a plastic soda bottle full of pillow stuffing and more gravel hooked onto an air pump. i didn't have a light so i just sat in near the window. i kept 2 war mouth bluegill fish. there names where betty and bobby bluegill. it was probably about 20 gallons or so
"i didn't have a light so i just set it next to the window." Good luck with your algae farm.
Hubble Tea not the point lol
How long did they live
@@brandonloubier3959 probably a week
SlickChick I put fish in a pond in a 90 degree summer and was killed by algeside no filter
Baking dirt sterilizes it. The siphon is an awesome idea. 20 years of keeping fish and that's the first I've seen that trick.
As long as it can't siphon up the small fish it's a great idea.
+Vicky B yea it is. I guess I'm just saying don't expect your plants to benefit from sterilized dirt
Missed that part of your comment. I was wondering the same thing.
I know this comment is old but sterilizing the dirt is an important step, you don't want any parasites or harmful/foreign bacteria in your substrate. The plants will do fine and get their nutrient boost once the fish are added. Plants that are newly transferred don't need food right away anyway.
Taegra is it ok if I boil the dirt in hot water instead of baking it ?
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wow my turtles arwe huge and they are happy in that aquarium lol
can i find sand and do it in the microwave?
@Dustins fish tank hello great day, i just got a free 65gallon tank with a stand only thing is the previous owner had fish but the glass is full of dry algie im assuming its ick in all the glass walls any advice on how to clean all that before i start the hobby?
Zer0cool NINJA88 I like using bar keeper's friend to clean and rinse well.
Jason Gentry thanks a lot that will help
You call this "ghetto" but I absolutely LOVE the fact its so natural.! I have a 6 month old Oscar who is ready for his big boy tank and i want it to be natural. Live plants and real rocks instead of that plastic shit you get in the stores. Our Oscar is like a dog to us and he is absolutely amazing. This video has given me great ideas on how i want to set up his big boy tank.
+Kirsten Ward Thanks- roll with a TON OF GRAVEL- I'd use pots instead. ....i need to continue this series as Oscars are one of my favorite Ghetto Fish. Ask yourself what would mother nature do and you usually can't go wrong! Tank on!
thanks! Oscars are really amazing. Ours is part of our family. I even breed my own crickets and other bugs to make sure they are the healthiest they can be for my fish. I really enjoy your channel and seeing all the beautiful natural tanks.
i used to have a Oscar but he died
sadly, mine past away a few weeks ago as well. my husband turned the heater off while we went out of town for a night and he froze. i was extremely heartbroken. im very sorry to hear yours died. oscars are such amazing fish.
thanks sorry to u to
My daughter just came home from school and told me she saw a fishtank in the trash. We got in the truck and went to pick it up. She looked and said"Aww,it's cracked". I said no problem! Dustin taught be how to fix it ! Woohoo! And there was a bag in the tank that had a broken frame, but the glass was good AND big enough to cover the crack! Thank you Dustin !
You can go to the dump at "wealthy" neighborhoods and people throw out perfectly good aquarium hoods and tanks :)
Allison - this is seriously true. I found two extra filters, a 50 wat heater, 2 big over-head lights, and 3 rock decorations (which are pretty expensive at pet smart) all in a 40 gallon tank. All i did was go to the "nicer" part of my neighborhood.
what do you mean the dump? sidewalk collections or community dumpsters?
If you like how I setup this smaller tank- here is a link to my "Small Tank Series" I have a 10 gallon and a 5 gallon rolling (I think you'll enjoy the soundtrack as well :) check it out ua-cam.com/video/kJipyQv-kEA/v-deo.html
Loving the love on this video! Thanks everyone.... I'll try and keep it ghetto for ya! (SO PISSED you can't hear the Ghetto base beats every time I say the word Ghetto!!!!)
I can hear it D
We needed some Wu Tang in this vid, just sayin. Hahaha
+Dustin's Fish Tanks I missed the Ghetto fish or did you say one? Maybe post on craigslist that you are willing to adopt unwanted fish or baby guppies/platies?
+S Davies mind over matter next batter be TICAL
+Dustin's Fish Tanks, another idea for declorinated water is water that's never had chlorine in it to begin with...rain water.
SORRY IS SKIPPED THE GHETTO FISH-
Here are MY TOP 5 GANGSTER FISH:
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back in the day i used an old 20 gallon i got for free. went to the pond and caught 4 1/2 in bass and 2 1 inch long bluegill. I went to the pond everyday and caught baby mosquitofish to feed the bass and bluegill. they also were fed standard flakes.Also i would grab plants from the pond (myriophyllum) and float them. they never grew because i had no idea what i was doing but the fish ate the plants. and hid in them
+Mike Bernard That's terrible. Poor fish.
+Mitch Day +Holly Hales
Yes its a fish. Your point is? IT STILL COUNTS AS LIFE!!!
I agree with you Honestly Jessica
Holly Hales I was 13 and didn't know any better so lets not argue about it.
+Mike Bernard Exactly! It Is what It Is. We can´t go back In time right?
right
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Idk how I found this video but I’m glad that I did. I just love to know that this video exists on the internet and I can watch it anytime. This is just gold.
the things i find when binge watching youtube at 1 in the morning
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Have you ever tried black diamond blasting sand as a substrate it's like $8 for 50lb bag comes fine medium or coarse I use it in all my tanks
+Robin Bobo I actually haven't but i have heard good things about it....how many millimeters roughly is it?
+Dustin's Fish Tanks I have bought and used the 20/40 grade called medium of the Black Diamond Blasting sand. It is like black sand. I want to try the coarser grade next.
+Robin Bobo I use it in my 90 gal. I go with the most coarse I can find. Dirt cheap, looks great and I smile every time I walk by the overpriced substrate in the pet store.
is this the shamwow guy? / chapslop
I'll do a parody :)
I was going to say the same thing, he should do a parody!
+Dustin's Fish Tanks MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WE HAVE FATHER NATURE TOO ! ! !
>chapslop
This is the first thought I had too! love the video Dustin
I have a betta in a 5 gallon tank. Don't really need a heater since we're in Florida but overnight it gets a bit cool. Didn't want to get a heater for such a small tank so at night I cover the tank with a heavy towel and heat one of those gel packs you use for sore muscles and lie it on the airline tubing that leads to the airstone in the tank. Keeps the temp between 77-78 all night. That's my ghetto setup, lol.
Those fishes that went in that tank probably robbed him afterwards. SMH those fishes are gonna be wearing timbs and are going to be Soundcloud rappers.
Can you not use a racist term for your username?
@@itzjustkyra1197 yes
@@itzjustkyra1197 yet you use the word...........
My most ghetto thing was, when the office fish tank had to be broken down b/c a terrible case of blue green algae stunk so bad people were throwing up - we put the fish in an "emergency tank" made from a large clear plastic cheese puff container & I built a temporary filter w/ a powerhead, a plastic bottle, filter floss, activated charcoal & used airline tubing to carry the water up thru the filter & back down into the "tank" :)
I would NEVER do this, but after watching setup video after setup video for my son's new tank, this gave me 15 minutes of pure laughter! It's hilarious! And now I can get serious again. Some people take themselves and life for that matter soooo seriously. Lighten up. Thanks for the humor break😂!
hey Dustin funny and sad thing is, your ghetto tank is still better than my first planted tank I actually tried seriously to set up 😂👍
Dustin been watching you for about 2 years this one was my first video still love it. Got me hooked bro!!! Your the bomb bro!!! Just learned something that I missed when I upgrade from my 55 to a 125 I will put dirt so my plants will thrive. They do ok now but the will blossom with the dirt!!!!! Thanks man
this guy could be the new sham-wow guy! you know… since vince was sent to jail.
really? what happened to vince?
MaiCohWolf wow is right! Seems like that would be self defense!
+MaiCohWolf I'm pretty sure he just punched the prostitute a few times because she bit his tongue and wouldn't let go. He was arrested but i don''t think either of them ended up filing any charges against the other. So no prison time.
HAH !!! That made my day 😂😂
+MaiCohWolf true man lmao lol haha
I just found you and dude, you are a true talent. Educational and you are hilarious.
nice video, not everyone has spare money. The most ghetto thing i did was when i was 15 years of age now 37 i was hosting a kick back and about 1 hour before the party i noticed my one and only fish was dead since i didn't have the time to go out and get one i decided to put a piece of clear tape on him and paste him to the tank then refilling with water....Everyone one like my tank until a girl stared at it long enough to realize the fish was not moving ...She yelled out hey the fish is not moving the jig was up i had to explain that it was being held up with a piece of tape.
eli madr lol, that sounds like something i would do.
eli madr lmao
I had a friend who made a ghetto aquarium back in the late 70s in Tennessee. The water was dirty and the plants and whatever hadn't been sterilized. He said he was gonna put fish in it and I couldn't help but laugh.
The next day I see him and he's asking me to come look at his fish.
I swear to you…a 20 gallon aquarium with a largemouth bass in it that weighed 4 pounds.
I still laugh to this day.
Great info to share!
I've did everything you've shown except baking dirt & rocks.
& I did it long before computers existence.
Although I'm old enough to be yo momma I still ride ghetto ... saving money where I can.
Garbage day is great for finding treasures.
My most ghetto setup ...
Kept wild caught grass snakes in roasting pans enclosed with pantyhose.
Where there's a will there's a way!
leann lewis haha. do what you gotta do for a tank. I'd love to see a picture of the grass snakes in the roasting pan...
Had the grass snakes many years ago. There doesn't seem to be as many grass snakes around any more. But we had several that we'd keep like like for a few weeks anyway. They always disappeared when we went back to school. I think mom released them.
thanks man! ive been dealing with fish for over 10 years and i didnt know about ANY of these tricks. this is definitely going to make my fish keeping easier and may even let me expand my amount of fish.
Thanks for sharing! I remember the water bottle trick for siphoning :) Also, would take tubing and poke tiny holes in it and submerge it as a bubbler. Stearlite puts out BPA free containers that work good as well :) Enjoyed the trip down memory lane!
I come back every so often to watch this video because it's so funny. 🤣
great video mate. money's no excuse not to have a tank.
i've collected big pepples and rocks from local rivers for my tanks.
rider I do that too. I love a natural look for my tank and I'm pretty sure fish would prefer it too. Id rather go and see some nature and find my own pretty and safe rocks than go to my LFS and buy the rocks
I can appreciate the care, even for the broke af people out there to enjoy life.
Thanks, too many people want you to make it look like the magazines. Real world doesn't need all of that. The ancient Greeks wrote about keeping fish in containers, and they sure didn't have the same products we do. Yes, they did kill fish. And honestly, I'd rather do my best with what's available, then be apologetic about not being able to afford whatever. Is it perfect? No, but Natural environments are pretty complicated and kill fish all the time. It's just you grow attached to your pets and feel crummy for hurting them. Did I learn how to do a better job, is my opinion.
If you don't like it, don't keep fish. It's a free world.
This video was both hilarious and really really informative and creative. I loved it!! Subscribed (:
I have done something similar to this with beach sand. I ended up making a hermit crab tank out of it. Worked great and the hermit crabs we so happy in their new sand home. They love to dig around in it constantly.
somehow youtubes algorithm figured that I am broke AF and have been binge watching aquascaping videos and suggested me this.
Well I am glad I am finally hitting on the yt algorithm!!!
I found a 100 lb bag of pool filter sand at Home Depot last night for around $8. This will help out with my MTS problem. Great vid. I have found tons of ghetto filter ideas like using a water bottle like the one you used to make the siphon, cut up drinking straws and an air hose and pump for a wet dry filter.
Haha loved that "Hi GoGo" proceeds to toss cat out of camera view
I love your video. It all goes to show that you can find cheap ways to do this hobby. As an old guy who is not well off it is important to find ways to do the hobby without spending a fortune. Between bargain shopping and DIY projects, it is amazing how cheap you can obtain and set up tanks. About a week ago I got a 20-gallon high tank someone only a few miles away was giving away for free. Often when a tank has a crack in it or leaks you can get the tank for a song.
I just spent my entire Sunday watching aquarium videos and this has been hands down my favourite one. I wish more aquarium vloggers were like you.
Not really a ghetto tank here... Well maybe. But I wanted to keep my tank natural.. so I got left over pebbles from my old tank, some seashells and river logs. I also got a river plant from said river, including a patch of dirt keeping the plant roots safe. And placed everything in my tank. I didn't boil or bake none of the dirt or pebbles.. or logs?. But my fish are extremely happy and healthy..almost 2 years with them now.. and some have even had babies. So.. maybe it's a bet on whether you have to bake dirt?
Is it bad that the tank is literally identical to mine😂
I used to use Jungle Val from the lakes up in Northern Canada. I noticed little white worms squiggling around the tank after a while. I would suggest getting the plants from an area that has winter time, but harvest the plants in the late spring instead of late summer like I did. This will prevent a lot of worms from being in the plants. Also, get the smaller plants that are just starting instead of the larger ones. Jungle Val grows like crazy, so it shouldn't be long before those little plants grow up. I would recommend the bleach trick too, but make sure you wash the bleach off really good before putting them in the aquarium.
Time for drinking game!
Take a shot every time Dustin says "ghetto"
Dies*
@glich610 Yasss
Alcohol poisoning warning
And you're dead
The desk lamps/lights are the BEST tip of all. I had a super heavily planted tank, only a 2.5 for my betta, only did a scater siphoning because there was more snail than sand. But oh my god, those cheap lights with a good bulb you can get at the grocery store? perfect. I was having to prune back plants every week. If not for a heater mishap, I'd still have that thriving little tank.
What's a cd?
bro
Hi,We are using polyester stuffed animal filling in our canister filter. It does the job and saves us a fortune on prefab filters. We also use nylon stockings for holding charcoal and ammonia chips. I soak the ammonia chips in salt water to extend and reuse them. We use different sponges that we got on clearance from filters that were on sale.
I just barely threw out my cracked fish tank and bought a new one. If only I had stumbled upon this video a week ago. Then I could have saved sixty bucks and had a ghetto tank. lol Oh well. The fishies are loving their new home. Great vid by the way. :)
Hey ur beautiful
+Chucky187 Thanks. :)
+Marise Marrs no problem just being honest xD
+Chucky187 👀👀
+Chucky187 👀👀
My "Ghetto" tank that I just set up last weekend was a free 30 gallon tank with fluorescent light and hood (plus a spare bulb), an Optima air pump, Aqua Clear 200 filter with two fresh carbon inserts, a net and some additional air tubes, an air stone and air tube holders, etc. that I got all for free from someone who put it out for the taking! I added some gravel and a heater from another tank and put some of the accessories to use in another (a 35 gallon tank with incandescent lighting and stand that I got for $50) and a 20 gallon tank with fluorescent lighting, filter, etc. that I picked up for $20 years ago. I did buy new some items over the years (including a $50 stand, but by and large the three tanks probably cost little more than one new $35 gallon kit from the typical pet store. I got most of the fish on sale, as I'm still cycling the tank and only want to add a few at a time, picking from whatever's on sale for a given week. I even have a few more tanks and lighting sets that I picked up from yard sales or give aways but it's a bit overkill to get them all running at once.
What you know about using a glass pickle jar and a goldfish.
nah just a jar full of tadpoles ;D
Mmm... Pickled goldfish. I'd eat it
A ghetto fish is rosy red minnows (feeder minnows), stay relatively small, hardiest fish in the world, can handle any temperature, and 20 cents a pop at PetSmart. They’re also very smart and show parental behaviour like cichlids. Awesome fish! Or you could buy 10 ghost shrimp for 10 dollars at PetSmart or other and have a shrimp tank.
Nope mosquito fish are the real ghetto fish
When eminem got his first tank
one of the best fish channels because your videos are from people like us who can't go out and by 400$ tanks! ☺
Psssshhhhh.... I keep my fish at the lake....
Beafowl hah I keep mine in the sewer
That's how geto I am
lol loved this video there's so many great ideas! the lost ghetto thing I have done was with my travel tank. I made a makeshift divider to use if I needed to take more than one betta to get a checkup. what I did was I went to Michaels and bought paper clips and a couple plastic grids used for sewing etc. then I went home measured my tank dimensions cut the grid to fit exactly hooked the paper clips to each top corner to keep it in place and hooked them around the vent openings in the critter keeper. the only thing I need now is the silicone glue and that my friends is how you make a ghetto tank divider lol
normally if you're broke, you don't buy an aquarium...
this video changes that! hooray!!
BBTimba Wulf no, at least not where I live. I had fish and I paid 70 € hust for the smallest size. we paid maybe 200 or 300 € for everything
Sometimes taking care of fish can be, depends on the fish. I can spend upwards of £500 on a 40 litre tank if I wanted to. It is cheaper in the US though, especially with the dollar per gallon sale and building your own tank stand.
I got a 30 gallon (113.5 liter) "breeding" tank and stand at a local thrift store for $35 ($25 for the tank, $10 for the stand) and a 20 gallon (~76 Liter) long tank at a flea market for $15. I find tanks all the blasted time for cheap, it's the rest that is often expensive.
Nadine Bieber
Dumpster diving chidl
I made a siphon similar to this but I didn't use a hose fitting, all i did was get a bottle with an opening that the hose end without a fitting would fit into as tightly as possible and then wrapped duct tape around to hold them together, although a tip I will give for anyone who wants to make one is find a bottle with thick plastic unlike the one Dustin used. I still use the one i made because it has a smaller opening than most of the commercial ones which is good for smaller tanks. I used a vanilla essence bottle which I had to soak for awhile and clean it thoroughly but was worth it because it works great.
I must have Searched for fish tanks when I was drunk cause for some reason I was recommended this video.
For the fish,you can use the Bluegill little timmy caught with a cane pole and a can of worms,minnows from the live bait shop,or feeder guppies.
Setting water out works if your area only uses chlorine. If your area uses chloramines then letting it sit out won't do anything.
I've been watching this video over and over for years now - it just never gets old 😂😂😂
I worked with a Chuck at Pet Supplies Plus in 1996.
This video started my fish hobby again after like 15-20 yrs. Learned a lot since. Thanks Dustin.
theres much easier ways to build ghetto tanks , for instance a gun a bandana and a get away car can work wonders !
Love this! I actually planned on grabbing some plants from a local pond just out of curiosity. I've been trying out different substrate combinations for the last couple of years. One brand of organic soil didn't need ANY water changes due to tannins, this other brand has been staining since last July and doesn't show any sign of stopping. Play sand was too dense and killed some plants, aquarium sand is slightly less course and has given me greater success. My crypts and swords are gorgeous but I've never had any success with stem plants. I can't afford to buy plants that just disintegrate, so I figured I'd grab those pond plants and see how they go :) I love your vid! Subbed
Go dumpster dive at petsmart 😂
Edit:wow he liked my comment oml😮😁
Can't remember the last time I watched a youtube vid longer than 5 mins. Love how chill you are!
instead of using sealant or buying a new tank, i just used duct tape to fix my cracked aquarium, 3 years later and it still hasn't leaked thus far.
trashy-fangirl that's impressive how'd you manage that?
@@julianz7555 I've seen them use duct tape in NOVA submersibles for small jobs too so I can believe that lol
This is tank lesson 101! A great standby and reference material for beginners! I recommend this video to everyone thinking about getting a tank.
I leave the parasites in the mud and gravel I get from local lakes. ameba lives matter
Anil Rehmatullah lol ameba lifes matter omg
You would love Australia. Hard rubbish days, 2 times a year people put household rubbish on the front strip for counsel to pick up. Lots of free tanks. Neighbor chucked out 4 foot with stand and cover glass perfect condition.
Can't hear anything from the sound of his cousin frying up those snakes
Solid_Fisher lol good observation
This is so funny
Lmao
Southern summer bugs
Cicadas. Being a Texan, I never even noticed that
This has been and always will be my favorite video on the internet.
omg I cant wait to read the hate comments here. /scrolls down
I remember watching this in 10th grade and my chemistry teacher asking me while I was laughing so much and threatened to take my phone until after class. Lol loved that teacher. I later told her what I was watching and she laughed 😂😂😂😂😂
You don't need a glass tank you can just buy a plastic tub from Walmart or the dollar store OR you might just find one in a dumpster
I love this video so much :D That's awesome how you start off sitting on the porch. I wish the sound effect could have worked too b/c of all the times you say ghetto! I will def. try this next time I have a cracked aquarium and maybe as an intro to a dirted tank b/c I won't feel bad if I mess up using fancy gravel/sand and such. Thank you for a great video!!!
Haha this guy knows his stuff
U got me stoked to do one of these tanks. Baking dirt is a great idea. Thank you so much. You are awesome.
Takashi Amano is rolling in his grave right now.
Gregory Marrero I'm honestly shocked to see you commenting something like this. Amano had lots of money and resources, this video was for those who can't spend over $50. There is a big difference there bud.
It was an obvious joke
Ghetto filtration - Undergravel filters - You need: Egg crate light panels, nylon screen, 1 inch PVC pipe, a ball point pin - old school with the cap style, marbles, glue, and a power head. Get the egg crate lighting covers from THD/Lowes. Listed as "White Egg Crate Styrene Lighting Panel" at The Home Depot. You know, like the ones in office buildings or schools that are in the ceiling over the lights. Lay a layer of nylon screen over the bottom of the tank. Not metal screen as it oxidizes/rusts. This protects the glass from the next step. Cut the egg crate to size, and cut out some squares that will allow the PVC pipe to fit through it in the back of the tank. Glue marbles into the squares of the crate at intervals to make a support base. Make sure you do the corners, middle, etc. The more marbles you use, the less pressure on the glass. Measure the PVC to fit from the bottom of the tank to the top WITH the powerhead in place. This is your lift tube. Drill a hole across the tube at the bottom. This should be less than a 1/2 marble length from the bottom. Discard the ink cartridge from your pen and put it through the hole. The prevents the tube from pulling out of the crate when installed. Cut some notches in the bottom of the pipe for inflow. Insert the tube in the crating so you can insert it marbles down. Now you have a gap under the crate for water flow with a lift tube. Now put another piece of nylon screen on the crate top. This prevents your substrate from getting into the crate. Add gravel. If you have digging fish like most cichlids, put another piece of screen on your first layer of substrate. Then put in more substrate. They cannot move the gravel under the screen. That trick will also work with dirt and a gravel. Roots can grow through the screen.
I seen a guy at a pet store break a beer bottle and throw it in a fish tank for some cichlids and they actually used it
That was one of the best guides ever for building a DIY (Ghetto) fishtank. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
Is this the shamwow guy
Rolando Rodriguez lmfao
my first plants were from a bucket of pond plants out behind a local garden center. there was a murky bucket that looked like it didn't have anything in it. when I looked closer there were a plants and some cute looking snails. the guy was really nice and loaded me up a bag of it to take home. I got a bunch of hornwort and vallisneria, and a bunch of little critters. to this day i still have a bunch of ramshorn snails and stubs of vallisneria.
was that cat real
Brilliant 🐟🐟🐟 creativity is the mother of all hobbyists,people throw perfectly awesome aquariums in my neighborhood all the time,just this morning I almost took one home from walking my dog,for a backyard water feature,went back and the 40g hexagon & it was gone,good job🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟👍🏼
I've been a long time supporter and subscriber and have learned a lot and I find you entertaining. However, as an African-American I am offended by your use of the word "Ghetto" and my sense of offense is compounded when I hear you use it over, and over, and over. Let's not kid ourselves, "Ghetto" is, and has always been, a pejorative term for all things "Black". You present yourself as the "cool" White guy who loves Wu Tang, and you break into a Rap every now and then to show your familiarity with Black culture, but none of that gives you some sort a "pass". However you may try to spin it, a White person calling anything "Ghetto" is at its heart racist and highly offensive to many African Americans. In these tense racial times this is not something we need. You're a smart man. I'm sure you can find a word for doing things on the cheap other than "Ghetto". Try looking for that word.
94110mission Thank you for your long time support....Well i am sorry if I offended you in using the word Ghetto so loosely. I think many of the viewer and the 310 people who have liked this video got that it was a joke. CLEARLY this video has nothing to do with actual Ghettos or hard times people -black or white- have faced, in ghettos. It was meant light heatedly and I appreciate your approach to the comment. I don't think a white person calling anything ghetto is racist....at least it certainly wasn't meant to be. again, I am sorry if I offended you or anyone else as a white dude from northern Ohio using the word ghetto
94110mission "A white person calling anything GHETTO is at his heart racist"........? that makes no sense at all. Racism means that you think a particular race is superior to another. So what you are saying is white people should not use the word 'gehtto', or else they are racist? First off its racist to say 'white people' specifically are not allowed to say the word ghetto while other 'races' are allowed to, and second, I live in the most multi cultural city on earth, i'm not racist and I say ghetto all the fucking time. This video was funny and is talking about how to set up a cheap aquarium, just enjoy the video and stop LOOKING for shit to be offended by.
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If you're that easily offended you should just delete your UA-cam account and not ever go outside. On a scale of 1-10 this video was a 0 in terms of racism, I don't even associate the word ghetto with black people; clearly other people don't either. You really think he's using the word ghetto as a pejorative against black people? Get outta here...
your joking right .. your a joke man you need to grown the up and stop thinking so black and white . We have color tvs now..
94110mission I too am offended.....by the race jokes that just about every "african american" comedian uses. How about you just get over it? Just like I am....
I also love how that little dog sleeps on the porch and periodically looks up to see what's up.
I've seen people catch koi people have dumped in ponds and put them in there own pond
love this guy! amazing energy and you can tell he genuinely loves all things fish-like! very educated and explains in an easy to understand way
LMFAO!!! Oh my fuck.... This shit was hilarious!!
Dog this is the best aquarium video I've ever seen in my life. Great information (since I'm starting a ghetto tank soon) and hilarious delivery!
Please people, don't put goldfish in a tank like this!
+pientje2007 Why not?
Krabbeltje
Dit aquarium is echt veel te klein. Een goudvis heeft minimaal 50 liter per vis nodig. En het liefst gewoon een vijver.
I always wonder what that means...
+pientje2007 achh ga toch een end heen ze stoppen die dingen ook in vissenkommen nu denkt iedereen over de wereld dat je zijn werk in het specifiek afkraakt.
+Maverick I love goldfish.mine have a giant diy bin tank
Very interesting and helpful video helping people who may want an aquarium but cannot or do not want to spend a large sum of money to get or maintain one. I am a bit disappointed that the "ghetto" fish aspect was not covered here even though that was one thing mentioned in the video.