16 FOOT AQUARIUM BUILD - DIY fish tank stand - The king of DIY 

Still can't believe you're going this long and not opting for a river. "Big Ass River Tank" is like top of my fish hobby bucket list.

Joey, to make life easier on yourself, put plant substrate in mesh bags and hide it under the sand. And you'll need a lot of it as you have Geophagus and a stinging ray your tank. Make "plant islands" here and there along the bottom with mesh bags under the sand. It'll keep the substrate under the sand and there'll be no mixing. Some big swords and some jungle val would look good to in a tank that size.

Joey will decide to move the 16 foot tank when it’s 3/4 full of water.

King and queen of DIY love the tank Joey looks awesome. Shouldn’t change the thing. Can’t wait to see the big tank come together gallery is looking amazing. Keep up the great work and congrats on that wedding day. Coming up very soon. You’re a lucky man keep up the great work.

That's going to look amazing! I love seeing massive planted tanks.

As a fellow builder, I'd build the viewing panel to fit the walls of the tank. That should allow you to complete the three sides and then affix front of the tank seal it and 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 when you pressure test!!!

Love watching 👀 your videos from Colchester Essex UK 🇬🇧

I think you should put in ONE PAIR of guppies. Wait a few weeks and see if you're overstocked, lol. And for filtration, fifty HOB filters all in a row!

This tank is going to be epic with that combination of fish! Hopefully, we'll see some large groups of schooling fish in there also!

Yeah monticarlo plant will grow on wood and rock to just like an Anubis 👍

Ahhh joey please keep all the Aquariums they all gonna look great !

This build is going to look amazing when complete. Looking forward to watching it come to fruition 👏

It's gonna be phenomenal

Loved the video dude. Going to be sweet. Excited for what’s in that box from Aqua decor .. members only get a sneak peak tho!

Epic! Can't wait, Joey! ❤

Love the vid king imma start mine soon

I love your enthusiasm, Joey

Great job and Fantastic informative narration.

A baby arowana would be sweet in that giant tank.

Brilliant ideas from all of us in London 🇬🇧

I may have to visit once it's planted...🔥 epic

Can't wait!

Fishroom looking a little cleaner, thank goodness

Love it ❤

That Lilaeopsis will grow fine, I have it in a low light, low tech tank and it thrives. Looking forward to this new tank!

The community 2k was BY FAR the best rendition. The whole water column full from top to bottom. Made me want to concrete a tank in my basement 😅.

keep up the good work

i love ur videos sm

The ray is going to destroy those carpeting plants, ideally you’d have him elsewhere. Joey you need a bigger gallery haha

Can’t wait to see the 16’, should be epic. Can ya give us a video fish tour, it’s been a bit…

To answer your question, yes the Monte Carlo can grow as an epiphyte attached to things. I've had it in a low tech tank without co2 and still managed a carpet so hopefully you get some luck too!

That’s going to be amazing ❤❤😂😂

So I built a 14 ft tank on my own, I could lift one end enough to add pipes under to push it in front of the stand, then used a car jack and a combination of blocks and off cuts of plywood to raise it up, then I pushed it onto the stand.

Will the ray and the severums not destroy the plants ?

Wow... what a built its gonna be

That tank is going to look awesome, hell yeah!! I have an 8ft tank and I thought that was great but 16ft phew' fantastic, can't wait to see that one finished 👍💯

Hey Joey. We at Aquarium Services LLC can ship you those plants for a fraction of the cost. We'll special order whatever you like. Located SoCal.

ANOTHA ONE 🎉💪

Did you cement the concrete blocks?

What type of paint did you use, and did it cover the wood in 1 coat?

Your Geophagus will need sand rather than soil Joey.

I could recommend you easy plants as I only have like 1 inch white quartz sand bottom on my tanks and mediocre light and I use no fetilizers or anything and have tried many plants. Ones that grow really well are Limohpila Sessiliflora(stem), Crytocoryne Beckettii Petchii - its quite a big leafed red stem, green and red leaf one, for me it grows quite big and bushy just in pure sand. Echinodorus Belheri(Amazon sword) grows really tall and dense, in like 5 months its almost 15 inches tall and about 40 leafs all growing out from the middle of the tank and Vallisneria I think I have Gigantea but it grows small for me, when I bought it it was like 1 inch wide but it only grows in like 1cm wide now and is thinner but grows really well. Should add I have soft water also, from Glasgow Scotland, really soft water, so really soft water and no nothing but sand these plants grow well.

TEAM JOEY!

Have you tried leaf zone by API or root tabs? they work wonders and the plants come out so vibrant and healthy

If I am correct you are on a well for your water source. I am moving to a well from city water and looking for advice. I been reading that water that goes through a softener is not good for the fish but then others say they do it with no problems. Just like to know what you do because it seems to be working. Thanks

I thought it was 21ft! 😂 just kidding Joey

glue the monti to anything with some superglue, works great on rocks

Am I the only only one hearing what he said at the end? 😂 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

MC will grow in soil,on wood and as a floating plant. Could plant helanthium quadricostatus will carpet and is very easy to grow.

Maybe do jungle to desert from one side to the other

monte carlo can grow as a mat with no support even, especially if the mat is anchored somewhere

Joey we need a guide on how to build a rack for big tanks, like 3x 120 gallons or bigger 😊💪

I was wondering why you don’t just buy steel stands then I remembered your channel name

What kind of wood was that again Joey? Really Big😂

I cannot wait to see what that stingray and geophagus do to thse carpet plants🤣

Have Rod help you move the tank after you build it!

4:30 The whole weeping moss thing surprised me 😲 . The video reviewed and edited? who are you??? 🤣

I would love to see a giant school of rummy nose tetra!

Damn Joey, what are you made of Mr 🤯🤗

Thr balans between light, Co2 is important. I never use extra nitrate. I use the lean method.

That tank looks amazing Joey just asking did you consider doing it saltwater lol that would of been epic

Saw you send in a comment on the whatever podcast 😂 heck yeah!

How to u think carpet and a stingray will work

Monte Carlo grows also as an epiphyte.

Concrete stands are definitely one of the strongest and easiest to build the strongest of course would be metal according to thickness. But most of us don't have a welder and heaps of metal laying around LOL

C’mon joey that aquasoil is gonna be super expensive and take absolutely FOREVER to get all the nitrates out of your water. Just put a thin layer of soil in the bottom with some root tabs and stuff then cover it in sand. Your geo’s will like it too.

there's a dude, I forget his name now but he used to wear a lab coat in some of his videos and I'm pretty sure his name uses the word aqua somewhere… But he used to use Monte Carlo a lot. And he made a lot of really cool tanks too, you guys should Collab actually that would be sick lol lemme see if I can find his channel edit: his channel name is aquapros

Underwater waterfall will look sweet in that new built

Hi from Malaysia

i have monte carlo on rock, so far so good

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Joey get a bumblebee Oscar!

Aquapros did Montecarlo in trees in his avatar tank. He did have CO2 and liquid fertilizer going though, so I don’t know if they could grow passively not in soil

Dwarf sagitarria will actually get quite long as it gets older. Even under higher lighting.

Yes yes

Monte Carlo grows on wood, too.

Had geos and soil a few years ago.. It didnt last long😂 Ended up going back to black sand.

How much does it cost to run this thing

So aren't the sting rays going to rip up your carpeting plants?

Stingray and geophagus on soil?

Wow fast

Montecarlo will grow anywhere in fact you can grow any plant as an epiphyte iv grown crypts on wood as long as you dose ferts in the water column

Damn dude straight lifted that whole frame! You are the kang!

Put a very dirty fish in the plant grow out. No water changes. Let the nitrates climb up high and they'll grow a bunch

i am rarely coming there, it have been couple months now. but nothing changes, new builds, nothing constant, walls moving, aquariums moving, fish come and go..

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When you think the building of 16 feet will Finished?

My Monte Carlo grows on wood and rocks

Joey no power tools.

That type of aquascape/soil/plants seems horrible with the fish you have in mind. The geos will sift and dig. The ray would like to do the same I imagine. Why use soil and carpet plants with these kinds of bottom dwelling fish that like to dig? The fish you have in mind for the tank are epic, but would be so much better off with a nature style setup with thinner wood like manzanita and a sand substrate. You could just do a load of floating and rhyzome plants and that would work great

Yo

Thought it was gunna be 22 feet

Bro really??? Geophagus and plants?? And aquasoil??? Your geo gonna be so happy to mess everything up🤣🤣🤣🤣

Why would you scape it thinking of what happened in there when you first set it up.

So this will be a 16ft "plywood tank"? Didnt you build a plywood corner tank a while back? What happened to that one?

Waiting for you to have a new plan before you complete this....

Ah bro…. How you going to get the tank in the building? It certainly looks like you won’t have space to somehow get that length tank into the building…

I don't think the Ray should go in there.....

I completely disagree... I had Dwarf hair grass grow like crazy without CO2.

Joey don't over scape .. it would be a shame to run ot of space in such a big tank