Thanks man! Was just looking to keep the costs down and find a quick and reliable solution. I'd love to put the Blitz to the test in the not so distant future. I enjoyed your video on it and it made me excited to try it for myself.
I have a question. Whrn you have kuli loaches that like to get up in the stems should you trim really short. I have a 15 gallon. Main plant is lugwigia ovalis. I am trying to let it replace sprites and open up space for a rose sword.
I have a question. Whrn you have kuli loaches that like to get up in the stems should you trim really short. I have a 15 gallon. Main plant is lugwigia ovalis. I am trying to let it replace sprites and open up space for a rose sword.
I love your videos and admire your knowledge but I would like to say something. I know canisters are considered best nowadays but let’s be honest, lily pipes, hoses, leakages risk, inconvenient maintenance, list goes on. How about internal sumps though :)
Let's be honest, if you know what you're doing - as well as servicing the equipment properly, leaks are very unlikely. Internal sumps wasting precious space in the aquarium? No thanks :D
glad to know i am not the only one with difficulty when coming up with a composition out of thin air but able to make up something nice when there is a photo from the experts.
Are you nuts? Before you attempt to kill anything recognise that our planets ecosystems are the result of millions of years of evolution which is a example of complexity far beyond that of the number of neurons in your brain.. TRY LEARNING HOW TO ASK THE CORRECT QUESTIONS......!!!!!!!!!
I am 2.5 weeks into my dark start. I used controsoil and have some seiryu stone in there so far. I have yet to see an ammonia spike or anything to indicate it is cycling. Any suggestions? Was I supposed to add anything to kickstart the cycle like some methods suggest? I am using mostly new filter media but some was from an old torn down tank but it was completely dried out so I don't think it helped start anything much. I put a couple pellets of food in but otherwise it's just the soil, filter, and stone. Appreciate the video and all the info you're willing to share!
thank you for the video, its just not working for me. im not experiencing bobbing, at all, im only experienceing completely sinking of the skimmer or it completely floating on top So apparently as you describe as "the nose" seems to be not breathing at all even with the "mouth" completely closed.. im dumbfounded... water is just squeezing through the cracks... im so frustrated im probably gonna go with another option that saves space and works without dealing with what seems like significant constant fine tuning
Awesome tanks, i have a question about keeping shrimp in a high tech set up. How do you trim and do water changes without cutting/siphoning shrimp & the babies? Id love to put some in my tank but fear it will make maintenance difficult
Siphoning, always be careful and use a siphon guard. Trimming, it's impossible to cut a shrimp. They're evolved to dodge something like a scissor at lighting speed. They'll dart away if you get too close
How In the HECK are you keeping tds at 150 with all that seiryu in such a small tank... I would like to see you check the tds live..because theres no way.
I know this is an older video, but I really liked how you explained your process for finding sollutions! I have a 45P as well, and was curious how you decided how much livestock to get. I like the ember tetras quite a bit and enjoyed seeing how many you used.
I almost always use huge external canisters rated for much larger canisters so that essentially lets me add unlimited small fish from a biological perspective. I tend to add 30+ small schooling fish in a 10 gal like this as you get more natural behavior and it still doesn't look crowded
i think this is my favorite of your tanks by far. i really like the over sized "tree". have you considered training some pothos or another vining plant to grow up it? may be that last little nutrient siphon you need to cut the algae completely. also from socal, so i look forward to seeing your channel get more traction.
I think all of us in the hobby have thought one time or another that it would be really cool to have a shallow tank. I like the shape and size of this one. I may have to get one on a shelf in my office. The only fish I would suggest is 6 pigmy corys and shrimp (of course). I love what you did with the wood work it is really impressive.
Just bought one of these and your video actually really helped. I’m curious though, if you have two filters, would you rather have the inflow on the inside track or closer to the wall ? I have my filter pipes in opposite corners…
Thank you for your video. I just had a quick question regarding the Twinstar light on the 60U: what power setting did you use? Thank you in advance for your response.
I added half a capful to a 3 gallon bucket. Took out the driftwood with Anubias and Java Fern attached to treat the Algae on it. I left it for 5 minutes. 2 days later the Java Fern started to die.
Epic layout! I just did a dark start with Ada soil for 3 weeks and planted it a week ago. No algae and water is perfect ready for fish (still going to wait a few more weeks though)
hey friend- cheers from my fish room in Chicago! I'm a huge fan of your aesthetic and passion for quality it shows. I do have two suggestions. 1) Consider taking the far right rock out of the 60U. this will give you an odd number of stones in keeping with conventions of that style. Stopping the video, I held my thumb over the rock and I thought it looked even better, if that's even possible ;) 2) A great tiny red fish for the tank you asked viewers about: Ruby Tetras.
Interesting idea. That would kill the balance for me personally, but I always appreciate your really thoughtful comments! Thanks for the fish suggestion. Ruby Tetras are beautiful! Hope things are going well in your fish room
@@LoganRandoAquascaping Ruby tetras are inexpensive, too! Not all Iwagumi aquascapes are of the Sanzon Iwagumi type, meaning a ‘three-pillared rock formation’. In fact, any number of rocks can be used, as long as it is an odd number (3, 5, 7 and so on) so as to avoid that sense of symmetry no one is striving for in aquascaping. But I break a million rules in my fish room so there's that!
