LET'S GOOOOO!!!!!!!! (btw. I can assure you that this IS Ember lol. He's completely changed colour which is normal apparently. He's lost his black and his red/orange is now just traditional goldfish orange. I still love him though).
I have experience with Goldfish. They can change colors through their life COMPLETELY! It seems crazy, but it is true. 😎🤟 Thanks for helping me kill the old lie that Goldfish can't live with live plants. It is more about if you keep them well fed. Great Video.
One of your best aquascapes ever!! Isn't it just exciting that it's for goldfish ♥️ and loving that you found another plant that's goldfish safe😁🙏 the cha cheerio 😂😂 lights were nice! I love the vlog videos they're fun, creative and now with the gimbal.. WOW the camera work is phenomenal... The MD experience just got even better! Thank you for another beautiful video. I can always use the smile! We are hanging in there. My little Grandbaby is still on life support we had a small break through. He attempted to take a breath on his own.. all the thoughts and prayers are working for this special baby!! You want to hear something neat.. the NICU where he is, is decorated in an aquarium theme.. murals, decorations, and lots of pictures of fish everywhere!! I just thought it was pretty special because everybody knows how much I love aquariums. It makes it beautiful atmosphere were little baby Avrum will continue to heal and we're praying he will just wake up soon 🙏🙏 thank you MD and everyone out there for your continued thoughts and prayers! We love everybody so much and thank you all from the bottom of our hearts!!!♥️🙏🙏
You know you're growing big if chihiros send their lights for you 😂😂... This channel is growing huge , at one point he will touch 1M and it will become tougher and tougher to get hearts from MD!! XD
you got one of the most sought after lights out there congrats on the free swag and the gold fish Tank look great, gold fish look so funny the way they wiggle when they swim.
@@nanoreaper5002 Yeah that's what I said hahaha, they're really popular here in Thailand among our aquascapers, I think it's a chinese brand? a really high quality one tho.
Great video MD! I tryed to do my own ikebana aquascape it's a great scape to do and very modern! I don't know a person that likes brown algue! Thanks for the video!
I love your little sayings MD! And the face you make when you say it followed by a laugh. Ha ha ha ha! ;-) I love keeping my tank neat. It's so relaxing to do. I have a 5 W LED lamp on my nano tank. All my plants are "EASY" from Tropica. They grow insanely and are so green! Cheers mate!
Finally someone who has brown algae! I've done water changes, lowered lights, cleaned off sides and plants (as much as I could) but I have soil and I think way too much so it just keeps coming right back. No to mention the filter getting so dirty after two days that the waters color changes to a tan-ish color. I'm thinking about taking it down and starting over. Idk what else to do.
@@her-myoh-nee1324 I suspect your soil has already started rotting. That might be causing your problem. Specially with the sand on top of it and naturally produced gasses from the soil being trapped inside. How much soil did you put it and how much sand? See, this is why I NEVER will use soil. Way to many problems with it and not very durable in my opinion.
Brown Algae is actually not an algae at all but a diatom. Things like not enough light can actually trigger it! Along with that, high nitrates can also be a cause too. I found a lot of good information about it online that helped my brown algae issues.
I have 3 of their lights. Usually strong and durable. Dropped them in the tank a bunch of times. My oldest one is 3,5 years old. Still going strong! 👍 But I have their 39W 60 cm long version. 2 of them on my 3 feet deep cube make the plants lush and green.
Have you ever considered doing kind of an auto biography vlog? Just something that tells your story. Seen a few big you tubers do it with excellent results.
MD had to know so I googled Guy Diamond and much to my surprise he's a lil silver glitter troll , so perfect name for your lil glittery silver angel; next is what does M D stand for .I'm sure it's not Monty Don, although he is British and loves plants too ,lol ; just saying is all.
Still loving your videos MD. You are so full of ideas. Pleased you didn't spend long extolling the virtues of the lights just because they sent them to you. Once you have tried them I'm sure you'll give us some honest feedback.
This is exactly the advice I need at the moment!! I have a tropical tank set up for 5 weeks now so still very new with neon tetras for the first week fish were introduced, then 6 salt and pepper corries, 1 bristlenose pleco, 4 zebra snails and an African dwarf frog. They're all doing well together but wondering how much algae is good, it's not brown atm and all tests good, but good to know I can gently give ornaments a scrub when need be, thanks, interesting and helpful videos 👍
Love your content 👍 all of your tanks don’t have lids. I’ve read on a lot of sites that rimless lose a lot to evaporation, and that when you regularly top up the tank you can over mineralise you’re tank if adding plain dechlorinated tap water. what would you say is best to combat this as I love rimless look but a bit wary to lose the lid and my water parameters slowly get worse over time without me knowing. Really hope you reply 🤩
Absolutely love your videos, makes me really want to start a planted tank. Quick one your tanks always look amazing but have you ever had any scratches and how do you get them out?
I can honestly say that I never encountered the brown algae issue in all the years that I had aquariums (30 years). Some green algae, yes but nothing out of the abnormal scale and just an amount that you'll find in EVERY creek/stream/river/..., and only once I had a bit of hair algae, but that is quickly solved with adding more plants and reducing the hours and strength of the lights (never did a water change after I noticed that one, I just removed it with a toothbrush, dimmed the lights and that was it). TIP: when setting up a new tank, only use 50% strength of the light you intend to use afterwards, and reduce the hours considerably in the beginning. Let the biological life - specially the plants - in your tank get used to it's new environment before you (slowly) crank everything up. Oh and don't add too many fish at once, since your biological filter media won't be able to coop with it, hence your water parameters will go absolutely bonkers, resulting in all sorts of undesirable algae growing all over the place (the natural balance is gone) and even possibly in the death of fish. Little detail: I only do 20% waterchanges every 3-4 months, if even that much. No Co2 at all, no special plant soil (I use quarts sand and/or quarts gravel only), but I have good and adequate filtration (Tetra EX 1200 Plus, and two medium sized HOB's to put in some extra biomedia, filterfloss and also, in my case, peat granules), lots of plants with proper (liquid) fertilization - I never use root tabs, I have low/normal fish stock and every month I do an elaborated water testing, not just PH, GH and KH >> which I do every 2 weeks. Oh and I use rainwater from our 40+ years old, 6000L underground concrete rainwater tank. I don't use tap water at all anymore for two years now, since I don't trust it for one bit anymore after I started literally smelling the chlorine in it. But the other reason I only use rainwater also is that, this is an old house built in 1977 and it still has old copper waterlines. And you know what that means. And I often see people with cheap LED lights - without a dimmer - that have way too many blue LED's and way too bright white LED's. Blue light enhances algae growth as well as too strong (cold) white light. And something else I see A LOT of people do: getting an LED light that is as long as their tank (or close to). There's no need for that at all, in my opinion. Fish like a bit of shade too, even goldfish. For example, on my 150cm (300L) South American "biotope" I only use a 30W, 99cm LED (Fluval Aquasky 2.0 Bluetooth). And I NEVER put it on full blast (about an average of about 70% all LED's combined), even with the water having that typical amazon dark(er) water. The plants and fish love it, and pesty algae absolutely hate it. For people who are already using a cheap LED light that "feels to bright": put some floating plants in your tank to create shade. Not only will it help with more stable water parameters, it will also give your fish a much desired place to retreat in/under when they want. Cheers and happy tanking!
@@MDFishTanks Ah! I've just searched them, the model they gave you is just a basic normal desk light, hopefully they pair you up with their top models in the future, WRGB, A series etc.
@@yyeonck To be honest Noey, I could ask for anything I want and companies will obviously give it to you because of view figures. I don't really want the expensive lights though. I like to keep to affordability. I have the odd twinstar light which is something great for people to move onto, but for the most part, I just like cheap LED strips to be honest.
@@MDFishTanks That's why you have my subscription! You really helped me believe that amazing tanks can be affordable, no need for Co2 and fancy stuff and still have incredible results, thank you for keeping the channel's identity and being true to who you are! I guess I just wanted the influencer whom I am subscribed to to be happy and receive the best products, I've forgotten the channel's charm. Sorry MD!
@@MDFishTanks That's why you have my subscription! You really helped me believe that amazing tanks can be affordable, no need for Co2 and fancy stuff and still have incredible results, thank you for keeping the channel's identity and being true to who you are! I guess I just wanted the influencer whom I am subscribed to to be happy and receive the best products, I've forgotten the channel's charm. Sorry MD!
have you never watched the film spirited away ? Its a great film and I assume the company got inspired by the film because chihiro is the name of the main character and there is also a dragon like they use in their logo
It's pretty impressive how long you've done everything on your phone. Feel like you've well and truly earned your new tech! What did you go for in the end? I've been looking at an M50.
Been following you from the early days. Amazing channel, well done and thank you. Watching your videos are the highlight of the day. Nice to see you getting some algae on those plants like the rest of us too! Gets a bit tiresome looking at pristine tanks on other well known channels all the time. Your picture is incredible quality. Can I ask what camera and mic you are using please?
MD!!! Haven’t watched the vid yet but I can tell it’s gonna be a good one. I just have a question, I have a no filter bowl shrimp tank, and it’s been growing a blueish algae...aside from dimming the light, do you have any other recommendations to get rid of algae?
How often do you need to clean your goldfish aquarium? I've never kept goldfish, but I've heard you have to clean them more often than for other fish, wasn't sure if that was true
Amazing videos! Thinking of getting a tank and I kind of love the idea of goldfish but as I understand it an adult needs 100L? Probably that’s as big as I can go so maybe I’ll just have one...unless they get lonely? Is that a thing?
Why are all my comments critiquing? I really do like your channel. Anyways, I just wanted to mention that watts aren't the right measurment for lights when growing plants. What you should be looking for is par. Watts are just the amount of energy the light takes. Par is the actual brightness. An 8 watt light could easily be less bright than a 7 watt light.
One thing I’ve always wondered, and I saw that Pumpkin has eyes that are fully black, is that normal? Is it genetic? Can they see or are they blind? I’ve seen fish with eyes like that before but always wondered
CHI-heer-RO is a Japanese name, famous in the West because it's the name of the protagonist from Studio Ghibli's 2001 international smash "Spirited Away".
Do you have a weight lifting/fitness channel also? I watched one of your videos and you mentioned something about weight lifting. I got all excited you might have a fitness channel too but couldn't find one. You should do it! 😊
@@MDFishTanks Gyms are still open here in California - probably why cases are still skyrocketing. 🤦♀️ I'd love to see you do a weight lifting channel though!
Hopefully going to set up my first tank (25 gallon) I was thinking a pair of apistos or some killis and a school of tetra or raspbora Does anyone have any suggestions, all help appreciated
Phoenix I’d add a dozen neocardinia and some corydoras hasbrosus. Both are fun to watch and help tidy up the tank. And are small enough to not greatly increase the bio load.
What brand are the majority of your tanks? I don't think I could ever get a rimmed tank, but the cost of rimless are also very pricey. If there's a chance of a cheaper option, I'm jumping in! lol
Hah, I was just coming on here to ask you if that was Ember! Story time! I had a goldfish for about 2 and 1/2 years (Man, that guy got big!) that I named Blackie. He had a mostly black body, with probably just two or three little spots of orange and white. Just a beautiful, dark fish. About a year or so after owning him he had no black, at all, and it only came through every now and then on random scales after that... ..it is still painful to think about how many times I had to explain that goldfish change colors throughout the course of their lives & that he USED TO be black to people who came over and asked why my goldfish was named Blackie. No promises, but I'll probably never name a fish based on its colors again because of how *annoying* that was.
Ember's colour change had me a bit stumped for a moment there. The goldie crew is looking fat and fantastic! Can't wait to have goldfish again one day, but just don't have time for the maintenance they require right now.
It's MD's way to entertain us & we love him for it. Have you heard him struggling with plant names? I know he could spend time getting the pronunciations precisely correct but us MD'ers like the fact he's not a know it all.
It’s really fashionable these days to bad mouth Amazon and Jeff Bezos, and I suppose some of the criticism is well deserved, but yeah, I agree. Amazon Prime is awesome. And here in Pandemic Central (aka Los Angeles), I couldn’t live without it. Just got a beep from AMZ. My new iPhone tripod adapter and 18 tins of kippers have just arrived. New topic: my plants And some hitchhiker bladder snails I got 3 months ago (AMZ) are the last thing I added to my tank. Yesterday, I noticed some duckweed. Today I noticed more duckweed. Has it been hiding for 3 months or does the stuff just spontaneously generate?
I love your channel and the "keep it simple" mood... also the fact that u didnt do a sellout for any gift which arrived because of your success. but in this Chihiros case i think you did it wrong. these lights are expensive, this is the newest generation and even If they didnt pay you for showing them, i think you could give it more view then "its just a light"... the design for tanks with lids, the mobile arm for maintenance etc... You havent to do a 20min sellout vid... but a bit more will be fair enough for free gifts. greetz
LET'S GOOOOO!!!!!!!! (btw. I can assure you that this IS Ember lol. He's completely changed colour which is normal apparently. He's lost his black and his red/orange is now just traditional goldfish orange. I still love him though).
Where..?
@@MHAquaticsUK ...to the end of the video ;)
@@MDFishTanks sneaky!! But I like it!
I have experience with Goldfish. They can change colors through their life COMPLETELY! It seems crazy, but it is true. 😎🤟 Thanks for helping me kill the old lie that Goldfish can't live with live plants. It is more about if you keep them well fed. Great Video.
One of your best aquascapes ever!! Isn't it just exciting that it's for goldfish ♥️ and loving that you found another plant that's goldfish safe😁🙏 the cha cheerio 😂😂 lights were nice!
I love the vlog videos they're fun, creative and now with the gimbal.. WOW the camera work is phenomenal... The MD experience just got even better! Thank you for another beautiful video. I can always use the smile!
We are hanging in there. My little Grandbaby is still on life support we had a small break through. He attempted to take a breath on his own.. all the thoughts and prayers are working for this special baby!! You want to hear something neat.. the NICU where he is, is decorated in an aquarium theme.. murals, decorations, and lots of pictures of fish everywhere!! I just thought it was pretty special because everybody knows how much I love aquariums. It makes it beautiful atmosphere were little baby Avrum will continue to heal and we're praying he will just wake up soon 🙏🙏 thank you MD and everyone out there for your continued thoughts and prayers! We love everybody so much and thank you all from the bottom of our hearts!!!♥️🙏🙏
You know you're growing big if chihiros send their lights for you 😂😂... This channel is growing huge , at one point he will touch 1M and it will become tougher and tougher to get hearts from MD!! XD
I'll always try my best :)
@@MDFishTanks you will always have our hearts MD👍♥️🙏
The water pigs are so blobby and round and perfect! I love em. 💋💋💋
Morning Coffee And MD
nice
you got one of the most sought after lights out there congrats on the free swag and the gold fish Tank look great, gold fish look so funny the way they wiggle when they swim.
really??? I'll put it in the title. oh maybe I should be more excited lol.
@@MDFishTanks yeah they are new company from that is just entering the European Market ever other aquascaping channel is talking about them :)
@@nanoreaper5002 Yeah that's what I said hahaha, they're really popular here in Thailand among our aquascapers, I think it's a chinese brand? a really high quality one tho.
Beautiful gold fish tank....you always enjoy this hobby...new light is awesome and looks amazing
Nice goldfish tank and nice chihiros desktop light. 👍
:)
Your goldfish must be really well fed such that the plants especially the rotalas are still standing and thriving. Very nice!
I wouldnt say they are over fed. Just a little sprinkle of pellets once a day.
Great video MD! I tryed to do my own ikebana aquascape it's a great scape to do and very modern! I don't know a person that likes brown algue! Thanks for the video!
no probs. Enjoy the new scape.
Another wonderful video to inspire us MH!!
Your aquascape turned out so beautiful MH!!♥️🐟🌱🌿👍
@@marypaigeflynn4512 Thank you!
I'm still randomly saying "IKEA-banana!" after watching that video. Many laughs, but I'm the only one who gets it.
@@HalenBowlerThePerson It took me a while to say it somewhat right! It really does look like that!
Everything looks good when MD🍃 does
cheers Lance
@@MDFishTanks love from india🇮🇳
I love your little sayings MD! And the face you make when you say it followed by a laugh.
Ha ha ha ha! ;-)
I love keeping my tank neat. It's so relaxing to do.
I have a 5 W LED lamp on my nano tank. All my plants are "EASY" from Tropica. They grow insanely and are so green!
Cheers mate!
Finally someone who has brown algae! I've done water changes, lowered lights, cleaned off sides and plants (as much as I could) but I have soil and I think way too much so it just keeps coming right back. No to mention the filter getting so dirty after two days that the waters color changes to a tan-ish color. I'm thinking about taking it down and starting over. Idk what else to do.
how long has it been running
Two years before I changed the substrate to soil with sand topper about a month ago.
29gal 5 golden barbs 1 swordtail
@@her-myoh-nee1324 Yea I think its the sand. Keep up on water changes and I think it will be gone in another month.
@@her-myoh-nee1324 I suspect your soil has already started rotting. That might be causing your problem. Specially with the sand on top of it and naturally produced gasses from the soil being trapped inside. How much soil did you put it and how much sand?
See, this is why I NEVER will use soil. Way to many problems with it and not very durable in my opinion.
Brown Algae is actually not an algae at all but a diatom. Things like not enough light can actually trigger it! Along with that, high nitrates can also be a cause too. I found a lot of good information about it online that helped my brown algae issues.
I have 3 of their lights. Usually strong and durable. Dropped them in the tank a bunch of times. My oldest one is 3,5 years old. Still going strong! 👍 But I have their 39W 60 cm long version. 2 of them on my 3 feet deep cube make the plants lush and green.
nice Zack. They are a good price as well.
@@MDFishTanks Yes, but I paid for all of mine! 😄 Your channel is growing fast bro. Well deserved!
@@CrazyAquariumGuy Haha. I'm happy with the crazy cheap lights to be honest my friend. Ebay / amazon specials.
Yes md loving the new camera deffo paying off. Can’t wait to see some more tanks your just on a role 😂 love it
thank you
126k subscribers !! 150k here we come........ great stuff as always MD
yeah going up fast at the moment.
Have you ever considered doing kind of an auto biography vlog? Just something that tells your story. Seen a few big you tubers do it with excellent results.
Amazingly filmed videos, great camera work and the pace of them is just spot on, great work 👏
Shihiros - beautiful lamp! 😊 RUSSIAN LIKE ! 👍
Those goldfish are just too adorable. 😊 ❤️
I hope you get credit on purchases from the shop you're giving the Endlers to! 😁
Your goldfishes are so cute! I´m thinking about getting my own goldfishes and i´ve been getting great ideas from your videos.
MD had to know so I googled Guy Diamond and much to my surprise he's a lil silver glitter troll , so perfect name for your lil glittery silver angel; next is what does M D stand for .I'm sure it's not Monty Don, although he is British and loves plants too ,lol ; just saying is all.
I can't wait to have a goldfish tank one day.
Still loving your videos MD. You are so full of ideas. Pleased you didn't spend long extolling the virtues of the lights just because they sent them to you. Once you have tried them I'm sure you'll give us some honest feedback.
Have you considered doing a pond? That would be a cool build!
Well done on NOT saying the standard bullshit about subscribing, liking, commenting! We all know how that works.
This is exactly the advice I need at the moment!! I have a tropical tank set up for 5 weeks now so still very new with neon tetras for the first week fish were introduced, then 6 salt and pepper corries, 1 bristlenose pleco, 4 zebra snails and an African dwarf frog. They're all doing well together but wondering how much algae is good, it's not brown atm and all tests good, but good to know I can gently give ornaments a scrub when need be, thanks, interesting and helpful videos 👍
Good morning MD
Thanks for showing how to get rid of brown algae easily - I have a deep tank so I will stick a toothbrush on the end of a stick XD
Ur videos always upload at the weirdest hours in Vegas keep up the great work I look forward to all your new content
thanks slim....youre here though :D
Thank you so much for you and your videos GOD BOESS BLESS
Video quality is looking amazing
Been here since the “hell” aquarium it’s been amazing watching your channel grow keep up the dm fantastic work
wow this is absolutely stunning and has changed my perception that goldfish tanks have to be bare and boring.
I appreciate good camera equipment
Bought zebra Snails for my Betta and tetra tank .glass looking so clean now a week ago i bought then
Tanks look amazing!
Nice job, MD. Keep it up
cheers
Ahh. Ghost has put blusher on for the close up.
haha. Well spotted
Lookin good md
thank you :)
What a great video!!!
Love your content 👍 all of your tanks don’t have lids. I’ve read on a lot of sites that rimless lose a lot to evaporation, and that when you regularly top up the tank you can over mineralise you’re tank if adding plain dechlorinated tap water. what would you say is best to combat this as I love rimless look but a bit wary to lose the lid and my water parameters slowly get worse over time without me knowing. Really hope you reply 🤩
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Absolutely love your videos, makes me really want to start a planted tank. Quick one your tanks always look amazing but have you ever had any scratches and how do you get them out?
there are scratches but hard to see on film. You cant get them out of glass. Have to just be careful.
You can polish scratches out of glass with abrasives. It can be a real pain if the scratches are deep, but it's doable.
Add some hill stream loachers they really do their work perfectly
I can honestly say that I never encountered the brown algae issue in all the years that I had aquariums (30 years). Some green algae, yes but nothing out of the abnormal scale and just an amount that you'll find in EVERY creek/stream/river/..., and only once I had a bit of hair algae, but that is quickly solved with adding more plants and reducing the hours and strength of the lights (never did a water change after I noticed that one, I just removed it with a toothbrush, dimmed the lights and that was it). TIP: when setting up a new tank, only use 50% strength of the light you intend to use afterwards, and reduce the hours considerably in the beginning. Let the biological life - specially the plants - in your tank get used to it's new environment before you (slowly) crank everything up. Oh and don't add too many fish at once, since your biological filter media won't be able to coop with it, hence your water parameters will go absolutely bonkers, resulting in all sorts of undesirable algae growing all over the place (the natural balance is gone) and even possibly in the death of fish.
Little detail: I only do 20% waterchanges every 3-4 months, if even that much. No Co2 at all, no special plant soil (I use quarts sand and/or quarts gravel only), but I have good and adequate filtration (Tetra EX 1200 Plus, and two medium sized HOB's to put in some extra biomedia, filterfloss and also, in my case, peat granules), lots of plants with proper (liquid) fertilization - I never use root tabs, I have low/normal fish stock and every month I do an elaborated water testing, not just PH, GH and KH >> which I do every 2 weeks. Oh and I use rainwater from our 40+ years old, 6000L underground concrete rainwater tank. I don't use tap water at all anymore for two years now, since I don't trust it for one bit anymore after I started literally smelling the chlorine in it. But the other reason I only use rainwater also is that, this is an old house built in 1977 and it still has old copper waterlines. And you know what that means.
And I often see people with cheap LED lights - without a dimmer - that have way too many blue LED's and way too bright white LED's. Blue light enhances algae growth as well as too strong (cold) white light. And something else I see A LOT of people do: getting an LED light that is as long as their tank (or close to). There's no need for that at all, in my opinion. Fish like a bit of shade too, even goldfish. For example, on my 150cm (300L) South American "biotope" I only use a 30W, 99cm LED (Fluval Aquasky 2.0 Bluetooth). And I NEVER put it on full blast (about an average of about 70% all LED's combined), even with the water having that typical amazon dark(er) water. The plants and fish love it, and pesty algae absolutely hate it. For people who are already using a cheap LED light that "feels to bright": put some floating plants in your tank to create shade. Not only will it help with more stable water parameters, it will also give your fish a much desired place to retreat in/under when they want.
Cheers and happy tanking!
ohh my god, Chihiros! one of the top tier brands they're well known for their WRGB lights, really good, really expensive
really?? prices look really cheap online?
@@MDFishTanks Ah! I've just searched them, the model they gave you is just a basic normal desk light, hopefully they pair you up with their top models in the future, WRGB, A series etc.
@@yyeonck To be honest Noey, I could ask for anything I want and companies will obviously give it to you because of view figures. I don't really want the expensive lights though. I like to keep to affordability. I have the odd twinstar light which is something great for people to move onto, but for the most part, I just like cheap LED strips to be honest.
@@MDFishTanks That's why you have my subscription! You really helped me believe that amazing tanks can be affordable, no need for Co2 and fancy stuff and still have incredible results, thank you for keeping the channel's identity and being true to who you are! I guess I just wanted the influencer whom I am subscribed to to be happy and receive the best products, I've forgotten the channel's charm. Sorry MD!
@@MDFishTanks That's why you have my subscription! You really helped me believe that amazing tanks can be affordable, no need for Co2 and fancy stuff and still have incredible results, thank you for keeping the channel's identity and being true to who you are! I guess I just wanted the influencer whom I am subscribed to to be happy and receive the best products, I've forgotten the channel's charm. Sorry MD!
have you never watched the film spirited away ? Its a great film and I assume the company got inspired by the film because chihiro is the name of the main character and there is also a dragon like they use in their logo
sounds cool
It's pretty impressive how long you've done everything on your phone. Feel like you've well and truly earned your new tech! What did you go for in the end? I've been looking at an M50.
yeah m50. It's awesome
@@MDFishTanks I think I need a few more subscribers before I can justify it..... 🤣🤣 Enjoy!
oh hey brothers
Been following you from the early days. Amazing channel, well done and thank you. Watching your videos are the highlight of the day. Nice to see you getting some algae on those plants like the rest of us too! Gets a bit tiresome looking at pristine tanks on other well known channels all the time. Your picture is incredible quality. Can I ask what camera and mic you are using please?
hi there. Thanks for the compliments. Im using the canon m50 and the MOVO VXR 10
MD!!! Haven’t watched the vid yet but I can tell it’s gonna be a good one. I just have a question, I have a no filter bowl shrimp tank, and it’s been growing a blueish algae...aside from dimming the light, do you have any other recommendations to get rid of algae?
sounds like cyno-bacteria. Do a search as you tand to need chemicals to get rid of it. High lighting and low flow also seem to contribute.
MD Fish Tanks, thanks MD, I can always count on you
Try some other livebearers like Platys
ok will do.
I have diatoms for about 8 months now, I’m going crazy 😝. What can I do besides scrubbing it of and doing frequent water changes?
wow. Seems like a long time. I've never had it last that long??? Maybe an algae fix chemical?
My bristlenose pleco cleaned it up in his tank super quickly!
Or in a smaller tank, Otocinclus love Brown algae :)
Freshwater neon gobies are algae eaters. Mine got to work the moment I put him in the tank.
How often do you need to clean your goldfish aquarium? I've never kept goldfish, but I've heard you have to clean them more often than for other fish, wasn't sure if that was true
how often do u clean uer filters?? great videos
Amazing videos! Thinking of getting a tank and I kind of love the idea of goldfish but as I understand it an adult needs 100L? Probably that’s as big as I can go so maybe I’ll just have one...unless they get lonely? Is that a thing?
Great video as usual, could you please let me know what plant have you got in the endler tank where the baby are.
which plant my firend. There are about 10 in there
MD Fish Tanks. The plant which the baby endlers were hiding in sorry I did not explain my self properly.
@@jjj1590 that was rotala rotundifolia
What camera did you upgrade? Keep up the great videos!
Canon M50
How do you keep some of your tanks water cold
I don't put a heater in :)
Check out George Farmer's latest videos. He's got Chihiros lights on his main tank. They look sweeeet 👌
Dude! Get the Weebill!!!!!
Why are all my comments critiquing? I really do like your channel. Anyways, I just wanted to mention that watts aren't the right measurment for lights when growing plants. What you should be looking for is par. Watts are just the amount of energy the light takes. Par is the actual brightness. An 8 watt light could easily be less bright than a 7 watt light.
Yeah I understand...but to most people, they will look at watts. I like to keep it simple for new people in the hobby.
@@MDFishTanks Ah. Makes sense. :P A lot of people just try to keep things alive.
One thing I’ve always wondered, and I saw that Pumpkin has eyes that are fully black, is that normal? Is it genetic? Can they see or are they blind? I’ve seen fish with eyes like that before but always wondered
CHI-heer-RO is a Japanese name, famous in the West because it's the name of the protagonist from Studio Ghibli's 2001 international smash "Spirited Away".
So are all the plants in the goldfish tank essentially goldfish proof?
They seem to be for me :)
you film a lot, maybe you have a collection of shots of Ember's changes?
Do you have a weight lifting/fitness channel also? I watched one of your videos and you mentioned something about weight lifting. I got all excited you might have a fitness channel too but couldn't find one. You should do it! 😊
haha. I used to be very into fitness but haven't touched a weight in like 6 months. Will get back into it when the gyms are open.
@@MDFishTanks Gyms are still open here in California - probably why cases are still skyrocketing. 🤦♀️ I'd love to see you do a weight lifting channel though!
Hopefully going to set up my first tank (25 gallon) I was thinking a pair of apistos or some killis and a school of tetra or raspbora
Does anyone have any suggestions, all help appreciated
sounds good!
Phoenix I’d add a dozen neocardinia and some corydoras hasbrosus. Both are fun to watch and help tidy up the tank. And are small enough to not greatly increase the bio load.
I’m finally early to a newly uploaded video 🤩
nice :)
Did that other goldfish change colours or something ?
What brand are the majority of your tanks? I don't think I could ever get a rimmed tank, but the cost of rimless are also very pricey. If there's a chance of a cheaper option, I'm jumping in! lol
I tend to go for chinese generics on amazon and ebay but the ones in this video are from www.aquariums4life.co.uk/
Hah, I was just coming on here to ask you if that was Ember!
Story time!
I had a goldfish for about 2 and 1/2 years (Man, that guy got big!) that I named Blackie. He had a mostly black body, with probably just two or three little spots of orange and white. Just a beautiful, dark fish. About a year or so after owning him he had no black, at all, and it only came through every now and then on random scales after that...
..it is still painful to think about how many times I had to explain that goldfish change colors throughout the course of their lives & that he USED TO be black to people who came over and asked why my goldfish was named Blackie. No promises, but I'll probably never name a fish based on its colors again because of how *annoying* that was.
Me: wow I love my new scape!
Brown algae: *yes....but no*
a necessary evil!!
Am i the only one that has never taken a sweater off like that??
I was hoping the shirt was coming off too!
Ember's colour change had me a bit stumped for a moment there. The goldie crew is looking fat and fantastic! Can't wait to have goldfish again one day, but just don't have time for the maintenance they require right now.
wait hold up wasnt the oranda black and orange
yep!!
Fish (especially goldfish and bettas) tend to change color as they age
2 months ago I got a Grey goldfish now its almost black and it looks like a shark lol
He changed colors goldfish do that as they get older
Does the limfoil grow in warm water
You should put some otos in there
yeah could do.
When are the reptiles coming??
when everything is ready. Not something I want to rush into. But the paludarium is finished and the video will be out at the weekend.
MD: where you bought the glass cleaner with the handle?
the stainless one or the blue one?
@@MDFishTanks The one with the blue "sponges". Got the stainless one already 😉
MD... Where is your trademark "This is MD and these are my fish tanks!" ??!! 😀
Any new BTS stuff coming?
working on one as we speak.
why is he actin like chihiro is a hard thing to say it’s 3 syllables man
congratulations :)
im just throwing some banter man no hostility here 😙
@@daiyondayon6056 same :D
Why this guy acting like chihiros is a hard thing to spell it’s only eight letters lol
It's MD's way to entertain us & we love him for it. Have you heard him struggling with plant names? I know he could spend time getting the pronunciations precisely correct but us MD'ers like the fact he's not a know it all.
hi
hi :)
Videos look HD even at 480p
It’s really fashionable these days to bad mouth Amazon and Jeff Bezos, and I suppose some of the criticism is well deserved, but yeah, I agree. Amazon Prime is awesome. And here in Pandemic Central (aka Los Angeles), I couldn’t live without it. Just got a beep from AMZ. My new iPhone tripod adapter and 18 tins of kippers have just arrived. New topic: my plants And some hitchhiker bladder snails I got 3 months ago (AMZ) are the last thing I added to my tank. Yesterday, I noticed some duckweed. Today I noticed more duckweed. Has it been hiding for 3 months or does the stuff just spontaneously generate?
Dude get Discord and make a server for your fans, so that you can show off more stuff to your fans
I have brown algae in my bare bottom tank🙁
Dude. Ember?
??? yes. colour?? I know. I'm a bit gutted as I liked his colour before but he still looks great.
How did you get a tan in the UK 😂👍🏽
We have had really good weather over the last 2 months! (and I tan instantly)
@@MDFishTanks are you full British? You look a bit Mediterranean with the tan haha
@@sinisa2365 who even knows haha
I thought you were Johnny sins😅😂✌
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:)
Exspeshuly 😉
:D :D
*Es* pecially :P
lol.
What happened to ember?
Goldfish change color over time. :)
Hows life?
good
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hi :D
I love your channel and the "keep it simple" mood... also the fact that u didnt do a sellout for any gift which arrived because of your success. but in this Chihiros case i think you did it wrong. these lights are expensive, this is the newest generation and even If they didnt pay you for showing them, i think you could give it more view then "its just a light"... the design for tanks with lids, the mobile arm for maintenance etc... You havent to do a 20min sellout vid... but a bit more will be fair enough for free gifts. greetz
It will feature more when I actually do a tank build with it. It's just taking a little look. Short and sweet.
Noooo you didnt say THICCCC but you said thicker instead 😂😂😂
Always love your videos, only nitpick is you sit too close to the camera when talking to it.
kind of vlog style.
No, it's lovely seeing MD up close! Those gorgeous eyes, WOW😍
It's a toss up - sitting close gives us a great view of his eyes and farther back gives a great view of his muscles 😉
@@mellissaedens6047 I know.
What a hunk. Mrs MD is SO lucky!
I can see every single one of your eyebrow hairs