SMALL AQUARIUM Setup, How to Setup a 5 Gallon Fish Tank or Nano Tank. Little Aquarium. I got 5 on it
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Small and NANO Tank (I'm calling a 5 gallon Nano tank). This is fun for me to setup such a little fishtank. The smaller the Aquarium the harder they are to keep. Remember that Little tanks aren't going to give you enough room to screw up.
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Fishtank tv.com Dustin’s Fishtank bringing it to YOU on a Sunday baby house everybody doinging I hope you are doing well.
So Today I want to start the SMALL TANK Series. Today I am going to setup a 5 gallon
NOTE: I own more 75s and 125 than any other size aquarium. Generally speaking the bigger the tank the easier it is to work with but through out this series we are going to be breaking this all down for you on the Pros and the Cons.
So TODAY we are going to start with the 5 gallon.
First- Finding a 5 gallon out of the gate wasn’t easy for me to do, perhaps it is because the dollar per gallon sale was going on…. OR more likely because a 5 gallon isn’t that great of a size of an aquarium.
We are going to get into the drawbacks and CONS of a 5 gallon in a minute, but first. Let’s start with the positives.
The Positives.
1. A small tank is easy to find a place for. They don’t take up a bunch of space, they are easy to move it you want.
2. A 5 gallon tank doesn’t require all that great of a stand. A gallon of water weights a little over 8 pounds. So a 5 gallon tank weights a bit over 40 pounds. NOTE: Those of you on that wonderful metric system (and those of you who aren’t) (Don’t ask me why only the USA, Liberia and Burma are the only countries in the world who haven’t switched to the metric system)
3. They are EASY to LIGHT. A small tank only need a little bit of light to penetrate to the bottom of the tank, conversely if you want to get hard core with the lighting tanks. Its not hard to POWER light these tanks.
4. It easier to do water changes. You can do a 20% water change with just scooping the water out into a bucket
5. Easy to plant! You don’t need whole lot to cover the bottom of the tank with plants.
6. Cheaper to Plant- You can use fancier, premium substrate which while it might cost more, you don’t need a ton of it.
7. Easier to Throttle up with Fertilizers-, adjust water parameters, heat ect.
8. Super easy to tear down and start over if you screw it up.
THE NEGATIVES.
1. A small 5 gallon doesn’t give you enough room to screw up
2. For example. If your filter goes bad or stops working, you simply don’t have the surface area of beneficial bacteria to catch up with the increase waste from fish.
3. You can’t keep a heavy fish load as there simply isn’t the room to hold them. Your fish selection is somewhat limited on both the AMOUNT of fish, and the amount of species to fit (there are still tons, but some, like slightly larger getting cichlids are OUT.
4. Equipment is limited for future growth. A heater, filter, or lights built to spec exactly a 5 gallon aren’t going to go far, when, you will inevitable upgrade later.
5. The Dominos fall FASTER- that is if something dies, the water volume is less, fish die quicker.
- If something gets sick, the disease is more condensed and could spread faster
- If something happens to your PH it would swing greater
- If something were to happen with your heater, either it sticks ON or stop working, the temps will swing harder
My goal and my Universal Gift to the Universe is to try to teach people how to Make AQURIUMS EASIER. With this as my credo and my Mantra- I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOUR FIRST TANK BE A 5 gallon Aquarium.
No maintenance tank Gross clean out ua-cam.com/video/5mdBEBmXvG8/v-deo.html
Dustin's Fish Tanks hey so I’m a beginner and I am redoing my 5 gal. What good fish combos would be the easiest and work well? Thanks so much
Hi, I want to get a beta fish, I read somewhere that they need at least 5g to be happy and healthy, if I just wanted the one fish, despite all of the negatives for the smaller tank, would that be ok. Or should I still go ahead and buy a bigger tank for the one little guy?
As the 14 year old kid setting up a 5 gallon. Thank you 🙏🏻
I’m literally that 14 year old kid getting into the hobby.
haha that's what i was thinking and then went looking for this comment
Me too except metaphorically as a gleeful 30 year old!
I’m younger
15 year old lol
Same
I'm excited for this small tank series! Wish it had been out a year ago when I started out with my 10. But thanks to your other videos I'm proud to say I never lost a fish. Last week I upgraded to a 20 gallon & so far every one is doing fantastic!
Cristin Sierra love it!!! (I wish I had that good of a no kill streak!). Tank on!
Not to mention, a 5 gallon cost more than a 10 gallon for some reason.
Rich McK crazy right. I think it's a move to get you to buy bigger- more money on Fishtank stuff!
probably. I've heard that it's nearly impossible to make money selling tanks so they getcha on the other stuff.
Probably due to cutting costs or something. TVs are the same way, certain sizes have more waste.
Yeah tanks are weird and where you buy them the price range becomes wack. I see them at Walmart for a little under $20 sometimes and at my local pet store they go for around $5. But yeah like he was saying, the more room in the aquarium the more stuff your going to by so they are probably trying to get you to buy the bigger one.
Rich Mick I just got a free one! :)
Hey. Today I dug out my old 5gal tank and I am investigating a little on general fish tank keeping tips (this will be my first serious fish tank). I will be following these series closely and I'm going to watch your other videos now to get a good idea on fish tanks!
"Keeps it Real!" Love it. Thank you so much for focusing on smaller tanks in this series
man i love his retro old school music... that still be my jam...
Yes, 5 gallons have a lot of drawbacks, but if you get a kit, such as the Fluval Spec V, all you need to add is a heater, substrate, plants and/or decorations and you have a great Betta tank or a Pea Puffer tank. If you're keeping a species that is best kept alone, the 5 gallon can be your friend. Of course, it helps if you are an experienced fish keeper.
Playa, give me some fish and i might just chill but im the typa to set up another tank like cypress hill, Love all the oldschool hip hop references hahahahaha, great video
"Grab your tank let's get keyed"
i started with a big tank and regretted it, spent 600 dollars on a setup for a 60 gallon, it went horrible.. even with stable water conditions and the right amount of food fish died it was horrible, broke it down and got rid of it, so now i have one 10 gallon for the fish that were left in the 60 gallon, and 2 5 gallons for 2 betta my life is so must simpler now, just to mention the betta were never in together and were never in the 60 gallon they had their own set up the whole time
Loving this series man. keep up the great work!
I love my 10 Gal, and honestly it's been more stable than my 60. Mostly because I follow your philosophy of huge plant load to small fish load. Currently i have a lemon sword and 7 cardinal tetras which is more than i normally keep.
Plant wise I have several crypt undulatas, 2 amazon swords, a whole mess of wisteria that has formed like a cave on one side, a splash of java moss that originated as a couple of strings that rode in on a plant order from you, and a pseudo carpet of s-repens.
The plants keep it all stable.
Veteran fishkeepers tend to persuade beginners to buy larger tanks that ends up not having enough space and overstocking because they'll be overwhelmed how big their tank is. Small tanks like 2.5 to 5g will just be enough if you have small space, tight budget, keeping just 1 betta or snail even a shrimp. 5g above when you decides to have a community tank, keeping larger fishes, aquascaping or acquired a bountiful space to stockpile multiple tanks for different fishes. But for beginners I say 2.5 to 5g is fine to start the amazing hobby of fishkeeping.
Nice intro. Feelin the old school hip hop! Plus the tank was pretty cool too! :D
Dustin, you have to be careful not to put too much gravel down, bc even if you're planted & have good clean water, the fish waste can sink in the deep gravel. Covered up, anaerobic bacteria will develop. It can kill the fish if it gets released, which will happened either naturally because the gas is not develop will rise out, or if the gravel gets disturbed.
Since the gravel is bigger it allows oxogen exchange. If it was a finer gravel or sand that would be problematic.
that fish girl do you suggest bigger stone gravel then?
I really like your method of doing aquascape..I only have 5.5 and 10 gallon aquariums due to my space limitations and I really like how you use a lot of material but fit the scale of the aquarium..
I personally liked the 2 anubius you had in there.
I just want a Betta fish with some snails dude
i want a betta fish but they don't sell any at my pet store :(
I used to have a beta fish
I've got a 5.5 for my betta. Tons of plants. I love it for that purpose!
I am straight up impressed with your artistic vision. Bravo bro.
Cue 90's gangsta rap.....your channel is life
+Judas Valdez haha, love it man
These fish are lucky to have you as their owner. You know what to do.
Love the post prod on this man. great video to share with a bunch of my friends (saves me a lot of effort)
John Snow needs your Dragonstone Please send it to the wall asap thank you Dustin.
I have been thinking about getting a small aquarium. After watching this video, I have decided that safest thing to do is to stock it with only one fish - a betta.
the cool thing about Taiwan is everything is pretty inexpensive but we don't have sets like you would buy everything you have to buy separately the light the filter of the tank the plants the fish the gravel any kind of hardscaping it's all separate but it does add up and we only have aquariums without lids thankfully most of my bettas aren't jumpers but just in case you usually leave about 4 cm of space so they don't jump out
Check out this video I just did about NANO FISH with Rachel Oleary ua-cam.com/video/gRTLJLm27qI/v-deo.html
I really loved this video it reminds me of the same videos which helped me out so much when I was starting in the hobby like the 10 gallon nano you made way back with easy plants. I'm sure this will help a lot of beginners
KalemsFishtanks sweet, I had a good time making it! Appreciate the love!! What else you want me to do?
Dustin's Fish Tanks I know you keep most of the stuff on your channel for low tech and beginners but would love to see stuff that would help with going high tech if you haven't already done that
Thanks
I have a 58 and a 29. Love my tanks and got my son. A 5 gallon. We are excited to get 2 fish going in it :-)
Good tips D. I got three 10 gallons in the shed I might just bust out after watching this. I got a new substrate I just discovered. It's made by Schultz. It's called AQUATIC PLANT SOIL and it comes in a 10 pound bag for 6 bucks. It's ceramic based and holds plants firm. The soil itself has no fertilizer in it, but the soil more than makes up for it with being the perfect environment to hold root systems. It's reddish and millimeter size. Its heavy and comes dry,but when wet feels similar to eco complete at the third or the price. It's my new go to for dirt capping. Sorry for long comment.
I'll have to check it out. What size grade is it? just 1 mm?
Dustin's Fish Tanks .3mm. I'll make a video on it and show everyone
Small tank series is what's up. Looking forward to you doing the 10 gallon because I've been thinking of getting a 10 myself.
+HoldsHot Rocks coming up Sunday!
That big tank is off the hook Dustin...#goals
I have a 6.5gal acrylic "bookshelf aquarium" kit set up on a $90 stand LOL. Originally I was going to get the 40gal tank to go with the stand but then I lost my home and had to leave the fish with a friend. It's a long story. The positive side to small aquariums is definitely their mobility. If your living situation is sketchy and you absolutely must have an aquarium, the acrylic nano kits with a betta, some ghost shrimp, a nerite snail and some crypts and other short plants are about all you can do. I wouldn't go more than 6gal. I have moved a mature 20gal aquarium and it was not fun for me or the aquarium.
Great idea for a series, pls keep them running after u set them up. I'd love to see update, maintenance, and troubleshooting vids on them after. Ty
I'm getting a 5 gallon for my newt, she is incredibly small and skinny, the pet store had her on moss only even though she's supposed to have transitioned into a semi-aquatic stage already, she also wasn't eating because they fed her crickets the size of half her body. I have her in a 10G currently but noticed she barely leaves her repto filter so I'm going to use a smaller half aquatic tank to transition her into the bigger space. Wish me luck, she's the cutest.
Sick intro Dustin!
Scape looks great! Nice job Dustin.
This really helped me set up my spec v. Thanks
aloha snackbar
Do you like th Spec V? I have one and I think it is more of a pain than a big tank. If I didn't spend $100 on it I would tear it down. Only have a betta and have to adjust everything for him.
nice setup, did you find those rocks outside or purchase?
Your editing skills are improving greatly
Chris Beckles his name is Milton brown ;)
I got five on it thanks for bringing up the memories
Do you recommend bubbles or a wave for a 5 gallon tank?
Cool for bettas
A lot of great info for people who want to get into the hobby. Very good video Dustin. By the way, your big tank behind you is looking awesome!
Zacks Tanks Crazy Aquarium Guy thanks Zack! We are trying to bring it to ya. (That girl behind me is a dirty me mess ;)
Dustin's Fish Tanks Yeah, I have seen it look better. But I like the natural look of it. 😊
Regarding the rocks found to use, what about the white vinegar trick to see if it's overly reactive:
The vinegar test works because of acetic acid (use a pure vinegar, like a plain white vinegar, which can be used to sterilize new plants and used tank equipment). Acetic acid reacts with lime (a base, which will raise your pH) in the rocks, which you see as fizzing, or bubbling.
I really really want to start a planted tank but I'm gonna move in about six months and then i'm gonna be renting somewhere for a while and then maybe moving into an actual house 6 months after that so it hurts me so bad that the soonest I can get into this hobby is a year from now.
Dustin I noticed you did not use dirt under the gravel. I have one 5gal with dirt under gravel that plants grow in, and one with a sand only substrate with anubius growing only on the hardscape with nothing in the sand, on my desk. Both are doing great, are amazingly low maintenance, and are years old. Why no dirt under gravel? You are the king of dirt substrate and are the reason all of my larger tanks are doing so well! Do you not recommend dirt in a nano?
This guy knows about music
cant wait for next week
lol i was yelling at the screen ``no there ,nono over a bit, yeah thats kool.. love it all my tanks are nano.
How frequently you clean this?
All the reason you said not to keep a 5 gallon is the reason I setup a 5 gallon. I wanted a challenge!
I’m only watching this cause I have a random 5 gallon laying around and I need ideas😂
is a 5 gallon still not recommended if you intend to house a single betta in it? 10 seems a bit much for one fish.
Love the rock mission inset. Don't mosh with the Josh!
Can you help! Just got the kids there first 7.5 gallon.. what are the fish you would put in? Quantity is confusing so be detailed? Like 5 inch fish? 10 inch fish?
Is it possible to do a five gallon tall?
Well done Dusty! Must show a follow up.
Great work Dustin !!!!
Fred my man! How are we?!?! I wanna see your setups man!
I was glad to see a smaller tank set up I want a 10 for a better and some tetras the rocks made it look much larger then a 5
BETTA
I was gonna click off but you caught me with the song. Thumbs up lmao
Lol i have a 5.5 gallon rn and the fish r extremely happy i only have 5 fish in it and shockly 1 catfish and its super happy i have 2 dannos and I notices there fins r getting big and they seem really healthy and a yellow fish who's happy and a platinum male betta
I think the reason why the 5 gallon was hard to find is because it's too old fashioned. These days people looking for a small aquarium will go to one of the stylish aquarium kits like the Fluval Edge, a cube aquarium or something similar.
Laughed every time the song came on
Which filter u used in this tank?
Can you keep goldfish in a 5 gallon tank or 10?
Love it Dusty!
99k subs do a 100k special do an update on your shrimps
You are dope dude love the music
Deathco😂 this dude hella funny
Can we get the link to that light you used?
Thanks Dustin!
Where’d you get your tank light?
Won't those sharp edges be dangerous for the fish?
Tanking with joy, dustin ross lol
Hi,is it okay to use aqua soil?
The fish will be terrified when they see his Ugly mug at the glass
Any fish recommendation for a 12"x8"x12"(LxBxH) desk aquarium except betta and guppies?
Lol have to skip to 9:18 for the begin of the video
I noticed you never used a heater . Is that's fine for the plants
FISHKEEPER 420 depends on the temparature of your location.
Great video I have7 five gallon tanks cool video
Nice!
When petco does a 1 dollar per gallon deal and you forget to buy one....
I had to pay full price to this 5 as they were outta 5s at deathco!
Dustin's Fish Tanks RIP - It seems like petco is always out of whatever it is you want to buy! Whenever I go there to buy some ghost shrimp, they always just sell it to another person!
Curious about the street rocks you keep talking about???
Do the street rocks affect the tank/ aquariums water ?
I like your hardscape because it doesn't take up the entire tank.
I prefer to have hardscaping that's not too tall and then your fish has more room to swim
by any chance would you happen to have like a Gmail because I'd really like to show you some pictures of my tanks one in particular I really didn't have to spend much money on
Great, really helpful thanks Dustin
Barry Lowis thanks!! Tank on
OMG I LOVE THE INTRO BRO!
I should whip out my 5 gal again it has been sitting around collecting dust
i had a good time bringing out this 5 gallon. I NEVER do 5 gallons
I like the smaller tanks, but my new 50 gal is overwelming and I don't have time to set it up
And I have some super red Ludwigia that just doesnt want to grow roots super red ludwigia has allways done amazing in my tanks before but this time it just doesnt want to grow roots. What should I do?
Could you set up a video or we could see how it looks now
This was a great video.
I can get that dragonstone at nahackys
Nice but id take tgat flat rock out slightly right of centre
Great helpful video! I a attempting to start a freshwater tank 5 gallons. I am concerned as I am new, and dont want to kill any fish i would buy in a few weeks from now. My tank has colored gravel, few live plants,filter, led lights, dechlorinated water and the recommended bacteria. im waiting for my water tester kit to arrive, thermometer and ammonia for fish less cycling. I already had a ten gallon tank at home i couldve used but i thought id splurge on this one that came as a small kit at petsmart
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EvanSoChillan trying to do art ;)
how much kgs of soil for 5gallon
I have 2 20g standard. And that's 10g standard right? I really don't know what to do can you make a video about aquascaping a 20g? I'm a long time subscriber.. Thanks Dustin!
My first real tank was a 3 gallon i got lucky it has never failed on me
5 gallons are the largest fish tanks that you can reasonably carry. That said, it's always risky to carry glass tanks around.
I love that stone! I was wondering Dustin, is this the same stone you sell on your site? And does it alter p.h?
Would you ever considered emersed growing? Would love to see your take on it, i'm sure you'd have a lot of success.
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