DISASTER Favourite Fish DEAD!! Painful Return To The Studio 

👇👇MD MERCH CLICK HERE👇👇: FULL SHOP: md-fish-tanks.creator-spring.com A lot of my favourite fish died whilst I was away in Texas. It was a fluke accident that has never happened whilst I have been in the studio...or any studio for that matter for the past 4 years! My wife was in charge but didn't know what to look out for and over the phone, I couldn't work out the problem. Equipment (all links affiliate): LED FLOODLIGHTS: US amzn.to/3m3cEz9 UK amzn.to/3orIdRv GOOD BUDGET LIGHT:: US amzn.to/2MDfjk1 UK amzn.to/3iYlfQQ SMALL HANG ON BACK FILTER: US amzn.to/2Mw63OO UK amzn.to/39rx3b5 NANO INTERNAL FILTER: US amzn.to/3oxGBWm UK CANISTER FILTER: US amzn.to/3iNeVtW UK amzn.to/2Fo774a GOOSENECK CLIP ON LAMP: (similar as product is now discontinued) US amzn.to/2IlwLVA UK amzn.to/2LNat13 MINI WATER PUMP: US amzn.to/2oAmf5y UK amzn.to/2mjHDez TANKS: US amzn.to/2SOocHG UK amzn.to/2SPA24i STRIP LED LIGHT: US (similar) amzn.to/2SNgbm7 UK amzn.to/2Fn9aW1 ASTA LED LIGHT: US amzn.to/3k9EmpY UK amzn.to/3p5XUPY AQUARIUM RACKING: Shelving: US amzn.to/2SrYZ5k UK amzn.to/2GFWKJ2 AIRPUMP (FILTER SYSTEM): US amzn.to/31z8FA9 UK amzn.to/37GIoUa FILTER SPONGES: US amzn.to/3dQLUfM UK amzn.to/3dS2k7K MEDIA BAGS: US amzn.to/34Kaf2N UK amzn.to/3lAj3z1 STAINLESS LILY PIPES: US amzn.to/2FqHpvR UK amzn.to/2RlfrnC BOWL AQUARIUMS: US amzn.to/2M4FwFO UK: amzn.to/2Vx73CL API® products Subscribe to API on RU-vid: ru-vid.com USA consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.com/stores/page/2193F555-CE5F-4A6B-BDC4-F315CB7F175D?channel=MDTanks UK consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/25663644-6C8C-432C-9E6A-0A85082C3E3C AQUARIAN® products Follow AQUARIAN on RU-vid: ru-vid.com/show-UCNxaNWKoWr_ztSgXgPj9r8A Purchase AQUARIAN products here: aquarian.co.uk/where-to-buy/ AWESOME MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY ru-vid.com/show-UC3uQXzXSPspf2LoGdtYGiHwjoin FOLLOW MY INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/md_fishtanks/ FOR BUSINESS ENQUIRIES: admin@mdfishtanks.com #plantedtank #aquascape #mdfishtanks

''We don't need any more tanks'' - said no fish keeper ever.

Sorry about the losses you suffered MD. People would be surprised how attached on can become to their fish, but it does hurt when you loose them. I'm glad you posted so we can all learn from this. You'll come back stronger and now wiser.

Your Rainbow tank issue is common and is exactly why I run very coarse sponge pre filters on all of my intakes. I also always run an airstone somewhere in the tank. Placed discreetly of course. Sorry for your loss.

The oxygen thing happened to me too while I was away. Luckily no fish died but they were stressed. I quickly installed a sponge filter I got while I was away and problem solved. So sorry for your loss

I am so sorry for your losses. It is one of my biggest fears when I leave for 10 days every year. I now have a list of things I will be discussing with my mom(the one who takes care of my tanks when I'm gone.) Thanks for sharing all of this with us. Great learning experience for us all.

My sympathies for your fish loss. I've lost my male betta this week. Had him for 4 years😢 nice to see Matt and can't wait to see what you do next!

I lost five neon tetras, two panda gara's and a betta during that hot week, I've been guessing the same thing - lack of oxygen, I added an air pump and air stone but that was after the fact. Sad week, but hopefully I've learned from it, my water tested fine too, I was pulling my hair out trying to figure things out.

Sorry to hear about your rainbows. Just FYI, there’s an easy way to prevent losing your fish like this in the future. Just hook up an “old school” air pump with an air-stone as a backup when you go on a trip, they keep working even when the filter get clogged. (I have some vague recollection of a filter getting clogged when I went on vacation 30 or so years ago, and I’ve never trusted them to keep running when I was away since then.) P.S. I made my fist visit to ADG here in Houston yesterday thanks to your videos! For some reason they weren’t showing up in my online searches for aquarium/fish stores here locally and your video helped me (but not my wallet) out tremendously!

15:18 Are you crazy? Boring content??? ABBsolutely NOT! Love it!! The lovely old pair, shopping together, yapping about if stuff will fith in the car... It's PRIME content. (Sorry about your Rainbow-loss, looking forward to you getting them a new setup with proper swimming space and preferably you getting a few replacements)

I always have an air stone in my tanks. Even the ones that have expensive canister filters. The surface agitation is excellent and it’s a great backup in case the filter loses flow.

might just be me but audio seams alot cleaner and high def than normal. great video as always and sorry for your loss's

I feel for you. I have had similar things happen to a couple of my tanks, and each time it happened while I was out of town. It hurts, but we can't beat ourselves up over it. We mourn, we learn from it, we make "cautionary tale" videos about it to help others, and we move forward. That's what I appreciate about your channel. You share both your triumphs and your setbacks. Blessings to you.

that was a WILD music choice in that first little bit. like reading the words "my fish are dead" to such a funky bop was a whole experience, not gonna lie

It's the right approach - learn from what happened and move on - you are clearly a owner who cares about their fish and it's not neglect or mistreatment. It is a lesson in not overplanting (because filters break and got wonky even without dead fish blocking them). One other thought is maybe when travelling for a good length of time doing a good trim back on all the tanks - need it or not - so no over oxygenation and, more important, Kate can clearly see and describe potential issues throughout the tank when you check-in (like fish clogging intake). Cheers! Good Luck On New Build/Variation.

Suggest putting a strainer/cage on the inlet pipe of the filter, this will allow the filter to operate even with a dead fish stuck to it.

For your larger tanks, the inlet of the filter is a single point of failure.. maybe you can split the inlet into 2.. so that even if one is clogged, the other would keep things running

I’m really sorry about your fish, that’s a bummer. I love a Fish Shop Matt cameo, he’s so cute. The footage of you two driving was hilarious. I loved the Houston videos but I’m glad you’re back home so we can see your stuff again. Great video, thank you!

Ty MD for being so transparent and showing the good and bad in the hobby, warts an all xxxx

Beautiful tanks!! The greenery just pulls me in! Thank you for the inspiration

Hiya. Sorry to hear about your fish loss. Lessons learned unfortunately. Luv watching your videos and how brilliantly your aquascaping is. Your so talented. Also chuckle when you and Matt get together, both like 2 schoolboys having fun. Lol.

Sorry for your loss.

I found over the years that a lot of shops believe that they do not have to deworm or quarantine fish when they get them from main suppliers because they believe that they do it.. And I found over the years that main suppliers do not deworm or use illness preparation because they believe that the shops use producrs to deworm them, quarantine them and use other products to treat any health issues.... I lost so many over the years that i quarantined.A biology friend professor friend looked into the ones who passed away in a short time period in quarantine and he did say that the stage of the disease the fishes had indicated 'months' of having been infected...

I'm so sorry! It's nerve-wracking to go on vacation sometimes because I worry about these things happening. I always do substantial trimming before I leave and put in air stones with back-up pumps because I'm so paranoid.

Oh, tut mir leid mit deinen Regenbogenfischen. Bevor man in Urlaub fährt, sollte man immer seine Pflanzen kürzen und die Gerätschaften kontrollieren, Filter, CO2, etc. Des Weiteren brauchen Regenbogenfische ausreichend Schwimmraum, daher solltest du in diesem Aquarium öfter mal einen Pflanzenschnitt durchführen! 😉

MD your emersed plants were blocking majority of the light to your submersed plants. The oxygen being produced was just diffusing straight into the air. The fish, plants, inverts and bacteria are constantly respiring, using up more oxygen in the water. If the rate of photosynthesis was less than the rate of oxygen consumption for too long, plus no surface agitation to increase gas exchange they sadly would definitely have suffocated.

Thanks for the words of encouragement about moving forward. My Betta actually passed this morning due to Droopsy, and I was unsure how to move on with the tank. I'll keep pushing on, and learn from what happened.

Hope you had a great time in Texas dude!

I love the look in these tanks. The rockwork is quite different, and it looks amazing 👏🏻

Dude, that sucks. I had a similar issue many years ago. Now, in my larger or heavily planted tanks, I usually put a powerhead that comes on at night. It's set on a reverse timer to the CO2 system, pointed up at the surface. Works.

Always nice to see Matt!

Good morning sir thank you so much for your upload. I also want to thank you for showing the real stuff that goes on when you have fish tanks. Just think yours are so good it over-grew everything.

iv had a few of my fish pass on me and its NEVER easy. they are my babies. you have my condolences and I hope you get new rainbows that make you happy and remind you of good memories of your past ones.

I too am a rainbow fish nerd MD. See if Matt can order you some Kali Tawa Rainbows. Mine are gorgeous and by far my favourites!

Very sad for the loss but as you say there is something that can always be learnt. My take is that the inlet to the filter seems to be more good looking than functional; thinking about the standard Oase one, it's big with a lot of surface to absorb water and probably would have been able to sustain an efficient water flow even if partially blocked.

Appreciate this video! Coincidentally just a few days after seeing this my 10 gallon had the same thing happen (filter impeller jammed after power outage blip) I didn’t notice for a day or two but thanks to your video knew exactly what was going on when I saw all my fish gasping for air the next morning. (Its also densely planted) I was luckily able to get everything back on track without any losses; thank you so much for sharing some of the harder parts of fish keeping and staying real and vulnerable :)

Sorry for your loss, great attitude about it. You do have to learn from it. Enjoyed your vids from HTown, my hometown, they were really great. Thanks sharing our city to your audience…❤❤❤

Sorry for your loss. I loved that tank. I’ve had that happen where a fish blocked the intake. Not sure if it got caught and died or if it died and got sucked in. I would cover the intake with a prefilter since the plants seem to hide it.

Nice car, glad you are back. We missed the studio and you and Matt together.

You have way too many tanks to properly maintain on your own especially if you're away for a week. Even if those fish didn't die the swimming space was woefully inadequate.

I've had it happen, always have a type of filter over the intake. Im sorry for you, they were my favourite fish of your also.

Sad to hear that MD. I lost a beautiful Congo tetra a couple of weeks ago, he managed to somehow jump into my skimmer and get stuck down the pipe into the filter. Unfortunately I realised too late where he was and he died. Fully grown and beautiful colour. I was proper gutted. After 35 years of keeping fish, it still hurt badly...such a freak accident. Nothing worse than losing a nice healthy fish through sheer bad luck. I know how you feel. Onwards and upwards. These things are sent to test us. 👍

So sorry for your rainbow fish loss, and I had a similar thing happen while I was away with one of my tanks, no flow and top covered with floating plants.

Oh man. That's my nightmare. That's partly why i run sponge filters in all my tanks as filter backups. 😭

I’m sorry, that sucks 💚

Sorry to see that your beloved fish have passed, always sad to see. I am glad that your back in GB though. This style of videos just resonates better with me. I love your enthusiasm and those Americans are just bleh…

I love Matt MD: do you think I need another fish tank? guy who sells the fish tanks: no... buuuuuut... btw MD, if you're looking for more tank ideas have you ever seen any of the non-splendens species of Bettas? they havent been bred to be "Fighting Fish" so they still have the personalities of a small Indonesian Gourami. Dan's Fish posted an Oddballs tour the other day that had a tank of Betta Simorum and they are gorgeous!

That's heavy. I'm very sorry. Just today I've lost 5 harlequin rasboras (the entire school) and 4 neon tetras in two separate starter tanks very suddenly. I have no clue why. Everything thrived for a few solid days and the test numbers were OK even as the fish were dying off. One theory is "PetSmart" syndrome. No mum and pop stores in my area.

I’ve never seen anything match their name better than Timmy

Boesemani rainbows are my favourite darlings as well, I'm gutted for your loss. I lost a couple earlier as well. I suggest you to get some friends for that lone Boesemani rainbow. He needs atleast 2-3 more to feel happy again.. Maybe rescape a bigger tank for them later on...

We're not breaking the speed limit.... no just hitting the weeeeee limit lol😂🎉

im v new and lost some fish recently and it is really disheartening! all the checks were fine so, im not sure what happened but. thanks for sharing the hard parts of the hobby too

I have an air pump with battery backup and an air stone in all of my tanks. I don't particularly like bubbles in my tanks but it is a fish lifesaver.

All you need for the no filter - acara tank is a powerhead for flow and surface agitation! For sure no filter needed!

Always nice to see Matt!. I’m sorry, that sucks .

Airstones are your friend! Really no reason not to have one in every tank. They can easily be hidden out of sight 99% of the time. On a side note, my brain freaked out seeing you drive on the wrong side of the road😂 nice whip tho!

Microphone is been dead since 😂 you came across the pond! And visit Tanner Serpa next time, Sir! Darn it! 😎🙏🏽

Hi MD! I had the exact same thing happen to my community tank with the Oxygen. My filter failed and at night the oxygen got too low and I lost a tetra and everyone else was up top trying to get air. I've since added an airstone that's on a timer to run at night just in case. If you want a backup for any future oxygen failures this could help you.

Please do more videos with matt i love those types you both definitely vibe of each other

A real bummer to hear that MD. :( 2 or 3 months ago my cats managed to turn off my surge protector & I woke up to a bunch of dead fish because my air stones were off and my surface plants were able to block the entire surface. Just like you and what I have read from a few comments, it was my biggest fish that died with the exception of my weather loach. If I would have been gone a week, my whole tank would have been dead!

I’m going to the Keystone Klash next weekend (fish convention) and now I’m all nervous about leaving my fish. My Dad is old and doesn’t see well , so I don’t have him do anything . It’s only a few days so they can go without food . Sorry about your Rainbows . They’re my favorites too . Been planning on setting one up for the past year . Fingers crossed ! .

3:14 we want an update on angelfish fish breeding pair in 200 tetra tank 😁

Recently I lost all six of the Congo tetras I had in my 30 gallon tank and was devastated. The day prior I had done a water change and I'm pretty sure the problem was just something with the filter, though I couldn't be entirely sure. I was absolutely devastated, I love them like my other pets, and felt so guilty. Truly it unfortuntely sometimes happens and there's no use beating ourselves up for it considering there's nothing that can be done after the fact rather than learn and do better in the future. Now have a thriving 75 gallon community tank without any (knock on wood) losses over the past couple of months since it started. I'm sorry for your loss, please don't let it destroy you and know you're not alone!

So sad to hear about the rainbow fish, they had quite fun chasing you around. With that in mind, maybe you can build a scape with swimming room for the new ones. Your builds have some interesting 'tracks' for them to swim around in. Looking forward to that video!

sorry for ur fish loss bro, the audio was a bit awkward especially when matt joined, but aside from that, sad but awesome video as usual... cheers mate

Shame of your fish! You have some very cool tanks, would love one like that!

So sorry for your loss :( It's always hard to see fishes we care so much for pass away. I lost my beloved plakat betta a few weeks ago. He was my favourite fish and I understand how you feel as I feel the same. Mine got constipated out of the blue, even though he eats high quality pellets and frozen foods. I put him in a hospital tank and got him frozen daphnia. He hate a bit of it, then I fasted him for a few days. Unfortunately on day 4 he started to pinecone and become lethargic. He passed away the next day. I think I know why since I keep finding baby bladder snails. I knew I had some as I would pick the adults and eggs whenever I found them, but I never found babies. With the betta gone, after a week the tank had lots of babies. Which makes me think he was eating them and had some kind of blockage. I got a few assassins snails (15 gallons) to help me keep on top of things. His harlequin rasboras buddies were fine and still are. They are the oldest fishes that I have. I since got another betta (half-moon) and as beautiful as he is, it's not the same. My plakat was super active, swimming all day in his tank and was very inquisitive. The new guy is very shy and laid back, he enjoys lunging in the plants all day. I'm sure that in time, he will learn to recognize and trust me. I wish I had been able to save m plakat :( To brighten things a little big, my otocinclus had babies in two different tanks. That's quite the achievement!

Great for you to shoe the ups and downs. Plenty of rescapes ahead. Bring on the great content!

MD Fish Tanks. You have the best looking aquariums I have ever seen, its why I subbed and watch you. I am also pro, but I watch for looks, not so much for advice :)

Ngl, that title and that music combo was unintentionally hilarious.

Sorry for your loss md. I feel you I just lost my betta due to water parameters

I get scared if I leave and come back with fish dead in my tanks. But my live plants come in handy at times. But do big water changes and pray for the best when i come back.

I think i can speak for everybody that we love when Matt is in your videos , doing whatever , keep them coming. One of my favorites is the rainbow tank gutted already want to get rid of it. That scape is beautiful sorry about the fish ☹

Gutted for you mate, sorry for your losses, I guess try and focus on the positive, could easily have been a total loss if it weren't for all those plants dealing with the ammonia so you still have some gorgeous rainbows in there 🤗

MD, been watching for ages. As a audio engineer, noticing that your audio is.... odd as of late. Not sure if it's the lapel mics? I noticed it when you were in the US and as a sound engineer, your not supposed to "notice" sound. Just my 2¢. Love your stuff

Sorry that you lost some of your fish. I love you as a RU-vidr because you are always telling us what has happened even if it is bad news

I have a sponge before my intake...its covered behind plants so the reason " doenst look good" isnt there

Great content as always MD! The audio has seemed off the last two vids! Almost like you’re dubbing it! The studio looks amazing and always love the Matt collabs!

I think we all learned something here, thank you for making this vid

That's devastating, MD 😔

So sad...those ur rainbow tank is my favourite in the studio. I went and got my own rainbows a year ago after watching one of ur vids. I would be gutted if I lost some

Made my Day seeing you in Primark in Taunton the other day dude, sorry to hear about your fish.

Hey md just a suggestion You done something with noise canceling. I dont like noise cancelation because the voice of matt looks like lipsync or something like done with AI voiceover. Actually that looks fake We can manage echo if your studio has that but it gives naturally kind of vibe. We appreciate this one 18:47 a natural one Please dont do that noise canceling thing. It can spoiled the video Request 🙏 Hope you read !

I was expecting to just post a "Sad -Face" emoji, but you got the new car, are setting up to set up new tanks and overhaul other tanks... C'est la vie, and all that - life... Fish life, goes on ✌💪😁

I thought the driver was filming! I was freaking out but then I remembered... British 😅

The new tank by the entrance and good earth water tank would look good and be something different and work with some of the hard scape only tanks

That's sad to hear that you lost the rainbows ;( I can feel with you. I have just room for some nano cubes and with this size of aquarium i have a lot of fish losts. Mostly if i have to go away for one week.

Ugh. So sorry! I just lost one of my original fairy cichlids (not sure if it was the male or female now that I don't have them both to compare the tails) and an Indian mudskipper. My air pump had shorted out in the mudskipper tank but I have no idea what happened with the fairy. The rest of the colony is just fine, parameters on point. I was sick for a bit and just popping in to feed everyone so now I feel bad because I should have been paying more attention. It's crazy how quickly things can go sideways.

I'm sorry about your fish. Your tanks are always beautiful...

Sorry for the fish loss, but i think if you had a normal grille style inlet tube cover, it would not have been blocked by the dead pleco.??? Anyway, lessons to learn i guess and thanks for sharing despite the sad news.

you should get a large group of Red rainbows, they start off mostly silver and grow to quite a size with deep reds. stunning fish.

Make a metallic net cage (preferably a cubic one) around the intake and mount it every time you need to getaway. So your wife won't need to bother herself with that, she has a house to manage until her half comes back.

If you’re looking for A stunning rainbow fish I’d recommend the desert rainbow (Melanotaenia splendida tatei) they get to A decent size (biggest one I’ve seen would of been 6-7 inches) could be hard to get pending location and who you go through, thankfully in my case I just have to drive west for about an hour and catch my own 😅

Why do you use hanging CO2 difusers instead of the inline ones? (the kind you just put them inline with your filtration pump)

Sorry for your loss. What are the rainbow fish with the red edged fins? They are stunning

I have a pre filter on my fx6 and other filters on my 450 ltr, I have large rainbows, boesemani, irian reds, recently got some bleheri, honestly see if you can get some, they are absolutely stunning, only 2 inches at moment but will get to same size as male boesemani, they are called the oarty animals of rainbows, I feel your pain for the loss, its absolutely heartbreaking ❤

It makes sense that the biggest fish were the ones who died because they needed the most oxygen. The smaller fish could survive the lower oxygen environment. I had the same thing happen in one of my tanks recently and had no idea what happened until I saw this video. Thanks for the video!

What sort of light are you using for your fish bowl?

The sound was weird on this video. Sounded like you dubbed it. 😂 Also, why not use an airstone? Though it might not be esthetic, it definitely improves air exchange .

Shame about the loss. Love the rainbow fish tank is lovely and doesn’t need re scape thing it just need all the for ground plants taken out ie the dwarf sag