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I've kept planted bowls for years with nano fish ... not a problem. I actually loved the biofalls bowl aquariums when they were available... they were amazing little bowls for tiny fish
thoes stones you talk about are rio xingu dennerle, and you took them out of the bag they came from, you did not saved them over time, cuz thats how they come, dirty all same color, once you wash, they become beautifull, why confuse ppl? you made it look like we cant get them, but dennerle can sponsor if you want to
@@homegeographic5351 there are some dennerle along with a load of other stuf I scraped out of a tank. Just being honest really. Mix of what I scooped out.
It amazes me that you've only been doing this a few years. I've been doing this for about 40 years. I enjoy my success doing your methods. You are amazing 👏
Always appreciated your work ,i learned a lot throughout your vides and setup my own bowl, still learning a lot . Thanks and keep doing the good work. Love from India ❤️
Nicely done MD! I think we should always be mindful that the health and wellbeing of the fish matter so you must keep the size and behavior of the fish in mind when choosing a tank or bowl. These tiny fish with shrimp and snails are in a wonderful oxygenated healthy environment that takes their growth, size needs and well being in mind along with the tankmates. Responsible fish keeping will always have that as a cornerstone and that is what keeps the fish and the plants healthy as well as brings joy to those in the hobby.
Such a beautiful scape. Who says you can’t put fish in a bowl? It looks awesome. It looks like fish, shrimp and snails are happy, just as long as they have room to roam free so to speak. And the size of the bowl look like it suit every type of living room - it just fits in a small corner where you don’t know what else to do with
Love the video mate. Started watching you about a week ago as I’m starting up myself by getting 2 musk turtles. Your vids have helped and taught me so much already and can’t wait to see more 🎉
Thank you for doing this. I had someone in a Facebook group last week get onto me for saying that a 3.5g was good for a betta. I pointed out that as long as water parameters were good, then it was no problem. But this guy said that we “Americans need to learn about proper fish care”. 🤷🏻♂️what you do is amazing. Keep up the great work!
Man you should sell "ecobowl" kits!! The bowl, enough plants needed to thrive, and already bagged soil. (If possible) The customer gets their own decorations and gravel for their own touch. I bet that would be a big seller!!! I'd be your first, I know that much!!
Look at MD showing restraint and all that! This is a an elegant scape, well done. It looked more balanced before it was filled and the water magnified the stone so much. Now that it’s such a focal point, what would it look like to attach a small piece of beautiful Buce to that focal stone?
I seriously hope you don’t get much slack about keeping fish in bowls. Anyone who thinks you’re not being considerate of the fish have obviously not seen all your videos which show just how much love you have for your fish. Your tanks are all extraordinary!
I SO completely agree with you, MD, about fish in bowls. There are some tiny nano fish that work well in those 5g or less bowls. Goldfish, NO. Bettas in little 1g or 2g bowls (common thing I see), NO. Tiny nano fish in a 3-5g bowl? Absolutely. Especially when it's a balanced, planted environment.
I have gound your channel couple of days ago and i must say o get a bug from you about setting aquascape🙈 i have already set up one small and try to stabilize it and today i have got 5 little fishes because i can imagine it would be hard to keep plants alive without them( idn-still on learning process on your channel). I like to say BIG THANK U! You have positive vibes and are so passionate about aqua life so i feel brave enough to get started. Ps. I was trying to get some stuff from your amazon but it was out of stock but i'll be checking regullary. Cheers
@@luukvandijk5171 room temp. I’m in aus so it can get warmish but cool in winter. Only have Medakas and some white clouds in there so don’t need the heater.
You inspired me to do a eco system vase, planning on upgrading to a bigger bowl cause it’s doing well. The only problem I have is with my trident fern. It shows some nutrient deficiencys but I don’t wanna use fertilizer in it. It’s a small vase with only ramshorn snails and 3 small cherry shrimp.
This is veryvalidating M D! 've kept several bowl aquaria in the past, and in fact have had a very successful one going for almost three years now. Great video. 👍
I think the reason Pearl Weed works so well is because it’s such a fast grower. My tank is so happy when there is a veritable jungle of the stuff! Platys can’t gobble it up faster than it grows!
I really like MD video and scape, watch all his videos. But the thing that amaze me the most is how can MD make his shrimps survive in uncycled tank, even with the daily water changes and testing. Cos before the daily testing/water changing the shrimp will react and die off first. I understand fishes can survive but shrimp even for Neocaridina are way too sensitive to water perimeter. The only reason I can come up with, his area does have very good/suitable water for fish/shrimp keeping.
I've done fish/shrimp in cycle and they grew like crazy. As long as you test every day and prepared to do a lot of water changes, for me it was getting a lot of RO water, then it's worth it. Lots of shed skins and eggs and fish fry.
I light my tank only at evening for 6 n half hours. During the day they have daylight, but its indirect light because i darkened one side of the tank. I never have algae, not a single spot. I also have one fastgrowing plant at the side where i can easily remove it, and a bunch off slow growers all over the tank. Its 240 liter with only nano fish and some ancistrus. Always clean and acitve healthy fish. I find keepin it simple is the best method in the hobby.
nice bowl again, how are the big Bowle doing? I am amazed at how easy and beautiful a planted bowl is. thanks for the inspiration mine has been running since Christmas. it is always the one people admire when having guests, even though I have 3 aquariums in the living room and 2 bowls😅
that "stones" is rio xingu, by dennerle, cheep and beautifull, BUT it comes with broken quartz, sharp, and cory might get hurt, thats why you need to take it out. the quartz is white most of it
Awesome video. I have recently became a fan and have watched so many of your videos like this in the last 2 weeks. I have a question, maybe you have done a video on this. What are some of the top 5 or 10 nano fish that can be placed in a Nano bowl and the ratio of fish? this has really opened my eyes, and I appreciate your work and dedication.
“Made the mistake putting pearl weed in it...” 😂😂😂 Totally.... it is one of my favorite plants though. If you have the time to trim it, it is amazing for bowls because it’s pretty much a filter.
I would love to see you break out of your shell and try to keep something you dont think you can or that would be challenging. You have shrimp and nano fish down.
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I wonder what a 3D image of this bowl aquarium would look like on an MD shirt.!!
I've kept planted bowls for years with nano fish ... not a problem.
I actually loved the biofalls bowl aquariums when they were available... they were amazing little bowls for tiny fish
it is so annoying that the uk left the EU. so it gets so expensive with customs. so I stopped ordering from UK 😥
thoes stones you talk about are rio xingu dennerle, and you took them out of the bag they came from, you did not saved them over time, cuz thats how they come, dirty all same color, once you wash, they become beautifull, why confuse ppl? you made it look like we cant get them, but dennerle can sponsor if you want to
@@homegeographic5351 there are some dennerle along with a load of other stuf I scraped out of a tank. Just being honest really. Mix of what I scooped out.
A balanced system smells like a fresh pond A cross between the smell of freshly cut grass and the smell of rain💯🌱🐠💙🔥
Awesome scape, I always thought bowls looked meh but you make every scape look good. I reckon a rainbow or red tail shark scape would be epic 👍
I've got a red tailed shark I'd happily gift away 😅
The thing that makes you different from the other people who are using bowls is you put enough plant so that the plants do all the filtering
It amazes me that you've only been doing this a few years. I've been doing this for about 40 years. I enjoy my success doing your methods. You are amazing 👏
I LOVE your fish bowl builds!!!
Also, the music you chose for this video had a good vibe
You are my favorite aquarist. Love everything you create. You are bringing up my confidence to try what you do. 👍
I love bowl scapes! This one is cute it really looks like its own little world in there, love the cute fish and shrimp and snails
This is such a lovely bowl, and I love how the fish, snails and shrimp go so well in it.
You always inspire me... this build turned out perfect, and the mix of the fish, shrimp and snails were just lovely!
Always appreciated your work ,i learned a lot throughout your vides and setup my own bowl, still learning a lot . Thanks and keep doing the good work. Love from India ❤️
Nicely done MD! I think we should always be mindful that the health and wellbeing of the fish matter so you must keep the size and behavior of the fish in mind when choosing a tank or bowl. These tiny fish with shrimp and snails are in a wonderful oxygenated healthy environment that takes their growth, size needs and well being in mind along with the tankmates. Responsible fish keeping will always have that as a cornerstone and that is what keeps the fish and the plants healthy as well as brings joy to those in the hobby.
You've made it look easy to do. Thanks a lot. Got inspired already to do this in my living room.
Such a beautiful scape. Who says you can’t put fish in a bowl? It looks awesome. It looks like fish, shrimp and snails are happy, just as long as they have room to roam free so to speak. And the size of the bowl look like it suit every type of living room - it just fits in a small corner where you don’t know what else to do with
So relaxing viewing your bowl aquarium and stress out
thanks just what I needed, right now 💚.
the only thing you forgot to say is about the heater ❤️🔥
Wow, that’s impressive. I’m definitely doing this, thanks for posting the Amazon links👍🏼
Chili rasbora's such beautiful and yet simple fish.
Yes! These are my favorite vids from you!
Love the video mate. Started watching you about a week ago as I’m starting up myself by getting 2 musk turtles. Your vids have helped and taught me so much already and can’t wait to see more 🎉
The actual name of that "pasta" is "tortellini". Awesome italian food 😉😂.
Awesome scape by the way!!
You know what, I was sure that's how it was pronounced 🤣
@@MDFishTanks Perfect indeed!!
love the way the shrimp look giant compared to the fish... lovely setup..
I love the music on the beginning of this video. I love all your videos, but the music is fun today.
Thank you for doing this. I had someone in a Facebook group last week get onto me for saying that a 3.5g was good for a betta. I pointed out that as long as water parameters were good, then it was no problem. But this guy said that we “Americans need to learn about proper fish care”. 🤷🏻♂️what you do is amazing. Keep up the great work!
But... for a permanent home a 3.5 gallon isn’t enough-
@@nemikoi your opinion is noted.
Terrific, a snapshot of a underwater scenery in a river or stream
i love this deff one of ur best scapes. So realistic, cus most your tanks r overplanted a=but in rivers there r not a lot of plants.
Man you should sell "ecobowl" kits!! The bowl, enough plants needed to thrive, and already bagged soil. (If possible) The customer gets their own decorations and gravel for their own touch. I bet that would be a big seller!!!
I'd be your first, I know that much!!
Love the bowl and love that some of the Neo's are bigger than the rasbora. 👍👍👍
I'll give it a go.
Looks awesome. I just happened to have a bowl like this in my basement. I think I'm going to try this.
4-25-22 MD you always amaze me with your creativity. This latest scape is gorgeous. Thanks for another great video!
Look at MD showing restraint and all that! This is a an elegant scape, well done. It looked more balanced before it was filled and the water magnified the stone so much. Now that it’s such a focal point, what would it look like to attach a small piece of beautiful Buce to that focal stone?
You are right. Something to think about and remember next time. Anything in the centre will be huge. But it's done now so I'll just let it be.
@@MDFishTanks But that rock looks amazing and forms a nice platform for viewing the shrimp who will love to graze on it!
Has inspired me to try thanks again MD have a great weekend
I seriously hope you don’t get much slack about keeping fish in bowls. Anyone who thinks you’re not being considerate of the fish have obviously not seen all your videos which show just how much love you have for your fish. Your tanks are all extraordinary!
A reptile heat mat beneath the bowl works well.
That "cheap" play sand looks freakin' awesome! MTC
Just so Amazed no one has mentioned the Skull in the Middle of the Stone. The Close up view of the tank near the end, It is so Visable! Crazy...
Lovely bowl set up and those Chili Rasboras are such feisty little fish they make a great show! If only large bowls weren't so expensive.
I SO completely agree with you, MD, about fish in bowls. There are some tiny nano fish that work well in those 5g or less bowls. Goldfish, NO. Bettas in little 1g or 2g bowls (common thing I see), NO. Tiny nano fish in a 3-5g bowl? Absolutely. Especially when it's a balanced, planted environment.
I have gound your channel couple of days ago and i must say o get a bug from you about setting aquascape🙈 i have already set up one small and try to stabilize it and today i have got 5 little fishes because i can imagine it would be hard to keep plants alive without them( idn-still on learning process on your channel).
I like to say BIG THANK U! You have positive vibes and are so passionate about aqua life so i feel brave enough to get started. Ps. I was trying to get some stuff from your amazon but it was out of stock but i'll be checking regullary.
Cheers
Love it, I've had a big bowl going for 12 months thanks to your inspiration!
What temp do you keep it ?
@@luukvandijk5171 room temp. I’m in aus so it can get warmish but cool in winter. Only have Medakas and some white clouds in there so don’t need the heater.
I have a planted 0.5 gallon tank, started with 2 shrimp now the female has had 2 batches of babies !! I need to setup my 2nd tank asap !
You inspired me to do a eco system vase, planning on upgrading to a bigger bowl cause it’s doing well. The only problem I have is with my trident fern. It shows some nutrient deficiencys but I don’t wanna use fertilizer in it. It’s a small vase with only ramshorn snails and 3 small cherry shrimp.
This is veryvalidating M D! 've kept several bowl aquaria in the past, and in fact have had a very successful one going for almost three years now. Great video. 👍
Love Bowles ❤
Love this serene scape
Looks absolutely stunning!
Обожаю, Ваши видео! Вы -Супер Аква Мэн!!! 😄
Chorizo is Mexican spicy sausage even just tacos from that is good 👌🏼
Got my stuff ready, bowl, stones, substrate, wood, just need plants and fish 🙂
You've really got the talent MD!!
Trident fern will be my next plant amazing looking little fern
IV bred sticklebacks in filtered bowls over winter and filmed the whole process I have about 40 fry growing on right now 👍
I think the reason Pearl Weed works so well is because it’s such a fast grower. My tank is so happy when there is a veritable jungle of the stuff! Platys can’t gobble it up faster than it grows!
I really like MD video and scape, watch all his videos. But the thing that amaze me the most is how can MD make his shrimps survive in uncycled tank, even with the daily water changes and testing. Cos before the daily testing/water changing the shrimp will react and die off first. I understand fishes can survive but shrimp even for Neocaridina are way too sensitive to water perimeter. The only reason I can come up with, his area does have very good/suitable water for fish/shrimp keeping.
I've done fish/shrimp in cycle and they grew like crazy. As long as you test every day and prepared to do a lot of water changes, for me it was getting a lot of RO water, then it's worth it. Lots of shed skins and eggs and fish fry.
MD can make a cereal bowl look amazing. Fish or shrimp would be buzzing in it
An idea for the future. A shell dweller tank might be pretty cool. I think you could make an nice looking epiphyte heavy scape with all those shells
Bowls are just beautiful, thinking about picking up a 4 gallon one today. Not sure on stocking yet, but it’s on my mind.
Love your bowl builds you inspired me to make my own I have snails and cherry shrimp in mine.
This would be excellent group science project: design your self sustaining ecosystem
Perfect for betta fish
I light my tank only at evening for 6 n half hours. During the day they have daylight, but its indirect light because i darkened one side of the tank. I never have algae, not a single spot. I also have one fastgrowing plant at the side where i can easily remove it, and a bunch off slow growers all over the tank. Its 240 liter with only nano fish and some ancistrus. Always clean and acitve healthy fish. I find keepin it simple is the best method in the hobby.
Absolutely love this bowl tank.
Beautiful and so relaxing
Your so gifted
Oh no MD put fish in a bowl!!?? And they look happy lol great job once again sir
Once more a stunning scape. Nice one MD xxxxx♥️♥️♥️
Say it loud for the people in the back, MD.👏👏
Just coming from Instagram 😊.
nice bowl again, how are the big Bowle doing?
I am amazed at how easy and beautiful a planted bowl is.
thanks for the inspiration mine has been running since Christmas.
it is always the one people admire when having guests, even though I have 3 aquariums in the living room and 2 bowls😅
Aweome video!
just love whatevere ypu make... thanks brother you are the inspiration to me
Quite new to your channel but your scapes are stunning lol hope I can Scape my new tank as good
that "stones" is rio xingu, by dennerle, cheep and beautifull, BUT it comes with broken quartz, sharp, and cory might get hurt, thats why you need to take it out. the quartz is white most of it
In these eco systems do you feed the fish and shrimp etc? Or is it a completely sustainable eco system?
Cool work Man! Like it 😊
Will you please upload the full video of this whole process of how you grow that much
Beautiful, love the music.
Amazing. What temp do you keep the bowl/room at? Also do you have a video on how you do the daily water changes on tanks like these?
You inspired me to get my own fish tank and aquascape it. Also got the merch. Keep on making awesome videos ❤️
Loved everything about this and I never was a big fan of bowls but you might have changed my opinion.
Awesome 👌 this channel is so informative. Can't wait to get back into the hobby.
WOW! BEAUTIFUL!
This looks great MD! I’ve never wanted to do a bowl scape until now 😁👍
beautiful
Beautiful Bro..
Thank you very much for tutorial
love it, every time I watch one of your videos I'm tempted to start a new tank xD
9:03 - "I don't really struggle myself with bolbitis." You make it sound like a disease!
😂
Amazing as always 🥰
I find myself going onto UA-cam every other night watching these videos until i fall asleep
Really well done, love how natural it looks. Nano fish are awesome.
But am I the only one who noticed the "skull" in the big rock 😅
Well done spotting a skull... now that I've seen it I can't not see it 😀
Awesome video. I have recently became a fan and have watched so many of your videos like this in the last 2 weeks. I have a question, maybe you have done a video on this. What are some of the top 5 or 10 nano fish that can be placed in a Nano bowl and the ratio of fish? this has really opened my eyes, and I appreciate your work and dedication.
No fish should be kept In 2.6 gallons. Not many can even go in 5
Since you had a rare fish tank already how about a rare plant tank? Just an idea 😁
Love your bowl
Can you do a video on test kits and what normal values are?
"It's made its way in there lets keep it there" is something bob ross would have said if he aquascaped
Love this
Maybe Dwarf pufferfish 🐡🤔🤔🤔
“Made the mistake putting pearl weed in it...” 😂😂😂 Totally.... it is one of my favorite plants though. If you have the time to trim it, it is amazing for bowls because it’s pretty much a filter.
I would love to see you break out of your shell and try to keep something you dont think you can or that would be challenging. You have shrimp and nano fish down.