Awesome tank! I've been a aquarium enthusiast for many years. My newest 20gal hasn't had any water changes in over 1yr, has 40-45 fish, 1 hob with my own altered cartridges, 1 air stone and live plants. I only add water when needed. I've had less problems all around with no water changes than I did when i constantly changed the water. Once the tanks ecosystem is established it's almost maintenance free. There's too many "aquarium gods" out there that try to force their beliefs on others and also boot people from groups due to no water changes etc.
“Could be better.”.. spoken like. True perfectionist. Your tank is perfect! Your plants are amazing and your fish are happy and healthy! Your tank could NOT be better! One day I hope to be able to keep such a beautiful healthy slice of nature in a tank! ❤ and you have an under gravel filter- with plants??!? I am new to this hobby- started last October 2022- it’s May 2023 and I have 3 tanks set up and 3 empty tanks waiting while I convert my dining room to my fish room. I purchased an under gravel filter and a couple aquarium co-op sponge filters (❤ them) for one of my 20 long -then I realized I use dirt and sand! Lol. Please make a video on how you set up planted tanks with underwater filers .. nice gravel - very natural looking. I don’t like black gravel but I did use in one tank because I bought fluval plant substrate. I tried to add Acapulco of sand and now my beta has black and white sand gravel. Yuck.
Beautiful!!! Kudos to you 🥂🙌 I have a recent 29 gallon planted tank set up and am so excited to see as everything fills in. This is incredible inspiration.
Nice tank don't worry about where or on what your tank is standing if someone walks in your room and watching all around not on your aquarium he is not in aquarium hobby 😉 greetings from Poland ❤
take your time. Ideas come out of know. you know it takes month for a tank to develop the "living water". or "the cycle" of waste and then cleaning itself. floating plant are great way to help balance the tank too. Have fun!
The 29 is a great size, but limited long term in what you can keep. I recommend a 40b every time over a 29 just for that reason. However, I do have a soft spot for the size. It's a really great showcase tank for some of the smaller fish. It's the same reason I really like my 45 tall, even though it's so hard to work on compared to my "standard" tanks.
@@Thedevontree I have done very well with my sand cap over this same exact type of gravel, same size tank as well. I find the gravel works great in combo with sand.
I love your tank! It's amazing! Question though, i have a 29 gallon tank as well, and i notice you have a glass top!!! I have a top fin 29 gallon, and i cant find ANY glass tops for my tank that fit properly. Is yours an aqueon tank? Thanks for showing!
I noticed you have a lot of filtration. Im running a fluval flex *15* gallon. Run a 500~ish gph pump that is adjustable in 20% increminents with about 5-6x the bio media the sump came with, also have a massive bag of bio balls in the second chamber and some ammonia reducing mechanical media. I have 10 kuhlis, 1 clown pleco, 2 chili rasboras, 2 celestial rasboras, 8 red eye tetras, 5 glo danios, 1 betta, 15 orange shrimp, 5 amano shrimp, and 6 nerite snails. The tank also is heavily planted and i have a pound of crushed coral in the sump. I am doing 30-40% water changes per week/week and a hald. With all of that said, i was REALLY struggling before i got the stronger pump and revised the filter media. Im pretty sure my tank was basically not cycled with all of the fish minus the shrimp. Once i made the changes in two weeks i was fully cycled 7,0ph
cool looking setup! I'm re-thinking everything after testing and having high nitrate. Cycling is time and having the right media. Plus bacteria supplements. I think ideally mechanical and biological would be separate systems, but hay. I think biological should be very low flow through dense media. All this has just dawned on me in the last day or two. Checkout the confession video I just posted.
Check out the other video I did on the denitrification box. Super cool thing I found at the fish store. I think it’s the next video up. You can just go into videos and search for it.
Almost sounds like my 30 gal where I have a canister for a 75 gal on it & I have a 100 gph hang on back as well on it too so it stays pretty clean but I do water changes so it doesn't get nasty to make the fish sick.
Interesting concept. You never mentioned your water parameters. I too have a 29 gal w a 207, pothos and planted. Normally a 4 -6 week before a need to change as Nitrates rise above 50 ppm. What were yours ?
Are you sure that shelf can hold up that tank man? I think the max capacity for those shelves is like 50-100lbs or something, that tank is like over 200 pounds
I like your aquarium, I can tell you spent a small fortune on it. Have you heard of peacock gudgeons? I just purchased a pair and they're so fun once they get settled. I think I'm gonna go with a 29 also, I like that you can throw it on top of a dresser and your good.
Pretty fish looks like it stay lower down 29 gallon fits the average room so well I don’t know if you’ve used that more yellow kind of Moonlight but at night it’s so nostalgic. I’ve been very happy with the 29
@@Thedevontree keep us updated on your results. I’d like to set up a dirted FatherFish style tank with a plenum in a basket outside of the tank to get the best of both worlds so to speak.
Put some amano shrimp in there and they will devour that algae in a few days to a week. I had a lot more hair algae in my tank and it was gone in a week
I'm not sure that you are that much overstocked because your fish are small. I have a 29 gallon as well, and I have 22 fish in it, plus 3 Amano shrimp, plus about 10 cherry shrimp and according to the metric in AqAdvisor, I am not overstocked. I don't have a filter canister, or undergravel filter; just a hang-on-back filter. I do weekly maintenance; I vacuum and change about 10% of the water weekly. I rarely lose fish in that aquarium.
Hay Fox thank you for the comment. I probably have 35-40 or so fish small ones mostly tetra and tons of shrimp. I think the under gravel plays a big part with water quality. I know it’s not really good for the plants roots. I think in time it does get better for planted tanks. I’ve never done a water change. But I definitely would if I saw the fish being in trouble, I have noticed running the air Stone seems to be a part of the equation to. I’m going to put a video upof just the tank without me standing in front of it, so hopefully more of the fish come out maybe like a five minute video or something check it out.
This is over stocked and a filter on a timer really is not good as and bacteria will die also the water change is to add as well as remove the fish you have in the tank are hardy fish but guppies will end up with arched backs due to lack of minerals and calcium never ever leave a tank more than 6 months without change most aquarist prefer 15% weekly and this ensures longevity the smaller the tank the more toxicity will be apparent
hahaha ...define "overstocked"....definitely that's not an overstocked aquarium...I dunno where people get the idea that certain species of fish require this and that amount of water volume. But with all seriousness, that tank is not overstocked.
Even fish in the wild become stunted when ponds and rivers get overstocked. Idk where people get the idea fish normally live packed in tanks. I don't think the tank is overstocked either, but fish should definitely be kept in bigger tanks. The fish should have a large enough body of water for it to be stable and have enough room to hide and swim around.
Awesome tank! I've been a aquarium enthusiast for many years. My newest 20gal hasn't had any water changes in over 1yr, has 40-45 fish, 1 hob with my own altered cartridges, 1 air stone and live plants. I only add water when needed. I've had less problems all around with no water changes than I did when i constantly changed the water. Once the tanks ecosystem is established it's almost maintenance free. There's too many "aquarium gods" out there that try to force their beliefs on others and also boot people from groups due to no water changes etc.
“Could be better.”.. spoken like. True perfectionist. Your tank is perfect! Your plants are amazing and your fish are happy and healthy! Your tank could NOT be better! One day I hope to be able to keep such a beautiful healthy slice of nature in a tank! ❤ and you have an under gravel filter- with plants??!? I am new to this hobby- started last October 2022- it’s May 2023 and I have 3 tanks set up and 3 empty tanks waiting while I convert my dining room to my fish room. I purchased an under gravel filter and a couple aquarium co-op sponge filters (❤ them) for one of my 20 long -then I realized I use dirt and sand! Lol. Please make a video on how you set up planted tanks with underwater filers .. nice gravel - very natural looking. I don’t like black gravel but I did use in one tank because I bought fluval plant substrate. I tried to add Acapulco of sand and now my beta has black and white sand gravel. Yuck.
I’ll try and do a video specifically on some of your comments questions and thoughts? Thank you for watching stay tuned.
Dang I love your setup, you are doing so many things right!
I constantly find myself returning to this video.. I love this set up
That's the way to do it, you have it figured out.. & look at the resulting beauty 🤝👌
please read description ask any questions you have. The fish well being is the goal too not just ease of Maintenace.
Over stocked eh... don't exaggerate or anything.
Thats ultra heavy duty filtration for sure and a beautiful set up. For someone with limited resources thats a lot to spend on one tank.
good point it would be cool to see how affordable and effective a tank could set up
I love this set up but totally agree, would be awesome to see what you could put together with all your experience keeping minimalism in mind
Beautiful!!! Kudos to you 🥂🙌
I have a recent 29 gallon planted tank set up and am so excited to see as everything fills in. This is incredible inspiration.
Looking great man. I have a planted 20 gallon. And a reef 29 gallon. The 29 is a great size aquarium. Anyways. Cool seeing your aquarium.
really nice tank👍🤙💪😉 just the way i went and it works excellently going 6 years now
Nice tank, very natural 😉
Nice tank don't worry about where or on what your tank is standing if someone walks in your room and watching all around not on your aquarium he is not in aquarium hobby 😉 greetings from Poland ❤
Beautiful tank. Well done sir 👍🐟
Do you ever watch father fish? He's tremendous 🙌
Yeah he’s great a little too low input
I like pushing the environment with technology a bit more then father fish
I love your setup. Just setup my 29 gallon tank. I dont have much decor in it lol
take your time. Ideas come out of know. you know it takes month for a tank to develop the "living water". or "the cycle" of waste and then cleaning itself. floating plant are great way to help balance the tank too. Have fun!
@@Thedevontree Yeah i dont have any fish yet. Im just starting the cycle process. Will be a while until fish are added
The 29 is a great size, but limited long term in what you can keep. I recommend a 40b every time over a 29 just for that reason. However, I do have a soft spot for the size. It's a really great showcase tank for some of the smaller fish. It's the same reason I really like my 45 tall, even though it's so hard to work on compared to my "standard" tanks.
Ah the height
I’d like a breeder too
with gravel no less! lol
I love the look of the larger river pebble as a top layer.
@@Thedevontree Yes. I do too. A sand base?
@@Thedevontree I have done very well with my sand cap over this same exact type of gravel, same size tank as well.
I find the gravel works great in combo with sand.
Nice set up great job 👍💯
I love your tank! It's amazing! Question though, i have a 29 gallon tank as well, and i notice you have a glass top!!! I have a top fin 29 gallon, and i cant find ANY glass tops for my tank that fit properly. Is yours an aqueon tank? Thanks for showing!
I noticed you have a lot of filtration. Im running a fluval flex *15* gallon. Run a 500~ish gph pump that is adjustable in 20% increminents with about 5-6x the bio media the sump came with, also have a massive bag of bio balls in the second chamber and some ammonia reducing mechanical media. I have 10 kuhlis, 1 clown pleco, 2 chili rasboras, 2 celestial rasboras, 8 red eye tetras, 5 glo danios, 1 betta, 15 orange shrimp, 5 amano shrimp, and 6 nerite snails. The tank also is heavily planted and i have a pound of crushed coral in the sump. I am doing 30-40% water changes per week/week and a hald. With all of that said, i was REALLY struggling before i got the stronger pump and revised the filter media. Im pretty sure my tank was basically not cycled with all of the fish minus the shrimp. Once i made the changes in two weeks i was fully cycled 7,0ph
cool looking setup! I'm re-thinking everything after testing and having high nitrate. Cycling is time and having the right media. Plus bacteria supplements. I think ideally mechanical and biological would be separate systems, but hay. I think biological should be very low flow through dense media. All this has just dawned on me in the last day or two. Checkout the confession video I just posted.
Beautiful aquarium! And you have a Betta in there with all those fish too!? That's fantastic. Nice job!
Nice tank setup
Thanks!
Check out the other video I did on the denitrification box. Super cool thing I found at the fish store. I think it’s the next video up. You can just go into videos and search for it.
Im about to move my 20 long to a 45 octagon should i rinse my original substrate? Or put all the dirty bits back in?
I would rinse it some the good bacteria should survive the rinsing, but anything you don’t want make it washed away I would rinse it.
Hey, where did you get those glass plant holder's?
Almost sounds like my 30 gal where I have a canister
for a 75 gal on it & I have a 100 gph hang on back as well
on it too so it stays pretty clean but I do water changes
so it doesn't get nasty to make the fish sick.
Yes the fish healthy is first. It really takes months build biologic activity
Interesting concept. You never mentioned your water parameters. I too have a 29 gal w a 207, pothos and planted. Normally a 4 -6 week before a need to change as Nitrates rise above 50 ppm. What were yours ?
That's a good question. I was thinking the same thing too. Show that in the video. I'll do video with that soon.
Wow! This tank rocks nice job.
Beautiful
How long do you leave your lights on for?
Are you sure that shelf can hold up that tank man? I think the max capacity for those shelves is like 50-100lbs or something, that tank is like over 200 pounds
good idea
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Looks amazing
What's that plant in the left corner
Hi is this called as the Reverse flow undergravel filtration?
There is a video with the reverse flow powerhead that I made, but you can always do your canister filter as a reverse flow too
Very nice Tank 💯 Great. Thank you for share, i have subscriped your channel and looking forward for more
Thank I have a cool one coming in a few week’s finish school first
Which hygger led light are you using?
I like your aquarium, I can tell you spent a small fortune on it. Have you heard of peacock gudgeons? I just purchased a pair and they're so fun once they get settled. I think I'm gonna go with a 29 also, I like that you can throw it on top of a dresser and your good.
Pretty fish looks like it stay lower down
29 gallon fits the average room so well I don’t know if you’ve used that more yellow kind of Moonlight but at night it’s so nostalgic. I’ve been very happy with the 29
Nice videos. I subbed.
nice video
Thanks for the visit
What is the length and height of this tank?
Nice tank.. But Overstocked?? Where did the rest of the fish go? Out to School? :)
Just subbed up, I run very similar tanks . Love it
Are you using a slow moving plenum on your tank?
Yes was fast now slow
@@Thedevontree keep us updated on your results. I’d like to set up a dirted FatherFish style tank with a plenum in a basket outside of the tank to get the best of both worlds so to speak.
Put some amano shrimp in there and they will devour that algae in a few days to a week. I had a lot more hair algae in my tank and it was gone in a week
Hard for me to get but I may try to.
I'm not sure that you are that much overstocked because your fish are small. I have a 29 gallon as well, and I have 22 fish in it, plus 3 Amano shrimp, plus about 10 cherry shrimp and according to the metric in AqAdvisor, I am not overstocked. I don't have a filter canister, or undergravel filter; just a hang-on-back filter. I do weekly maintenance; I vacuum and change about 10% of the water weekly. I rarely lose fish in that aquarium.
Hay Fox thank you for the comment.
I probably have 35-40 or so fish small ones mostly tetra and tons of shrimp.
I think the under gravel plays a big part with water quality. I know it’s not really good for the plants roots. I think in time it does get better for planted tanks. I’ve never done a water change. But I definitely would if I saw the fish being in trouble, I have noticed running the air Stone seems to be a part of the equation to.
I’m going to put a video upof just the tank without me standing in front of it, so hopefully more of the fish come out maybe like a five minute video or something check it out.
This is over stocked and a filter on a timer really is not good as and bacteria will die also the water change is to add as well as remove the fish you have in the tank are hardy fish but guppies will end up with arched backs due to lack of minerals and calcium never ever leave a tank more than 6 months without change most aquarist prefer 15% weekly and this ensures longevity the smaller the tank the more toxicity will be apparent
Overstocked?
Do you follow FatherFish?
Yes and I may do a more detailed assessment of his style and where it may deviate from some fish keepers situations for lack of a better word
@@Thedevontree id really love to see that video.
Your stem plants would benefit from some sand
Nice tank! but why are you whispering
hahaha ...define "overstocked"....definitely that's not an overstocked aquarium...I dunno where people get the idea that certain species of fish require this and that amount of water volume. But with all seriousness, that tank is not overstocked.
Yeah there small fish but maybe 35-40 fish and tons shrimps.
Even fish in the wild become stunted when ponds and rivers get overstocked. Idk where people get the idea fish normally live packed in tanks. I don't think the tank is overstocked either, but fish should definitely be kept in bigger tanks. The fish should have a large enough body of water for it to be stable and have enough room to hide and swim around.
Do someone took the words right out of my mouth Why are you whispering ? it's hard to enjoy the video,🤔
Terrible filming, bad sound, poor speech, zero useful information.
Agree
That cladophora is going to destroy your tank, ask me how I know.
I guess tell me what you’re thinking
I looked it up I pulled most of it out seems controlled.
@@Thedevontree It will keep coming back no matter what you do.
You dizzy me with so many camera changes.
Speak up.