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Please don't take this the wrong way, as I mean no ill intent when I say this ... But I found myself getting really sleepy, whilst watching this, and listening to MD ... It was just so relaxing to watch ... and MD has such a relaxing voice 🥰🤗🥰

There's something very relaxing about watching pearl weed get trimmed!

I can't really explain it, but this has the same feeling of a Bob Ross painting video. So relaxing!

This was a very different from your usual video but i really liked it. I'd welcome some more maintenance and chat vids.

Tank Nerds, pond Nerds, and fish Nerds walking the walk and triming the Lott!!!

Maintenance and a chat, its a chill vibe. 👍

Hey MD, I really enjoyed this video. Obviously I love the build videos but here lately you've been putting out more content that's just going around the studio, taking care of different maintenance bits, and talking to us and I've really been enjoying them. I could listen to you talk all day!

Loving the inquisitive fish 😂. ‘Oooh, new carpet. Such fashion’

Another great video, keep it up MD, i first started keeping fish in 1982 and always had a tank of one size or another, for the last 2 years my health has taken a bit of a hiatus holiday but luckily im close to full fitness now and Christmas 2023 i didnt have a tank at all, i stumbled across one of your videos during Christmas holiday and now i have 4 tanks on the go, so i would like like to thank you for helping me fall back in love with this great hobby, Thankyou .

As content goes doesn’t get much better than this guy always so much information and showing how to do things

I started scaping and fishkeeping for the first time about a month ago, and I’m up to 5 healthy tanks 😅. I credit MD with how healthy they all are and how happy my fish, shrimp, and snails are. I even decided to run co2 on two of them, but his videos are super helpful for the low tech setups too! I think this was the first channel I stumbled across when researching. Now I’ll never go back to the silk plants of my childhood. And it’s so clearly explained! Thanks, MD 😊.

Lol. Feel free to send your pearl weed clippings my way bro.

My job is all go no stop for 8 hrs. I have a hard time settling in at the end of the day. It’s maddening. This is so relaxing and actually works to give me some peace. I want to thank you for doing these types of videos every so often. I don’t think like them but they matter MD. Thank you so much. ❤

MD Fish Tanks therapy, works a treat! Keep good going MD!!! 👍👍👍❤❤❤

A few years ago you posted a video of trimming and maintaining a tank, there was very nice LoFi music in the background while you worked and the video was almost 45 mins long…it was perfect!!!! This is also awesome, PLEASE post more videos like this!!!!!

This was one of my favorite videos- so peaceful. I love trimming pearlweed; it's so satisfying! MD is like the Bob Ross of aquascaping 🌿

I actually really enjoyed watching this video of you trimming while talking MD. Need more videos like this.

Pearl-weed and Pearls of wisdom...very nice. Having had many different aquariums over 50 years and living in different locations (with varying water parameters) has taught me that matching the plants (and fish) to your pH will always give the easiest, most rewarding experience. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.

I remember years ago you had a guest come to your prior studio and when he trimmed a tank of yours you freaked out! Now you are in there doing as big a cut back as he did! You've come a long way for sure!

This is by far the best channels for fish keeping!

I listened to this today at work. Then came home and watched it again!

I'm obsessed with this tank of yours! So unique, different from the rest and looks so awesome with the solid black and orange fish

This was legit so soothing and insightful to listen to, ASMR and a motivational Ted Talk all in one. Keep up the good work brother.

I love this this type of videos! Do more tank maintenance type regularly please!

It’s so nice to see the hardscape again! Good job pruning the plants.

Really loved this video. Love your candor and watching you work. Maintenance videos have become some of my favorite

Proud of you for tackling a major trim! Awesome job, and it appears as if you really enjoyed it. I love when I have the time to dedicate to a good trim session. Easy to lose yourself in the process and everything else melts away.

Loved the gentle, chatty commentary while you trimmed. Very different from your build videos, which I find so inspiring. Maybe have maintenance videos for less experienced aquarists, can always learn something new! Thanks!

This was a very chill way to start the day (after watching your new video). I love doing plant maintenance, turns out it's relaxing to watch too!

This is a dream tank for me, so relaxing and rewarding, like my dad cutting the grass to show the neighbors his grass is "better" hahaha

That tank is gorgeous. I set up a tank modeled on this one back a few months ago. My pearl weed has not grown this well so far but I’m sticking with it. Thanks for the video MD, very enjoyable to watch.

I love me some pearlweed. Makes a fantastic plant for everything. Fantastic carpeting plant. Let the carpet grow a few inches and shrimp, shrimp babies, and fish babies disappear. Great for egg scatterers. Makes nice walls and it'll grow while floating making a nice hide for free swimming babies. You can wrap wood and rope with it and it will grow new shoots. Shits fantastic yo!

yep. Used to have pearlweed in my tank. They grew so quick I was tired of trimming them down every week. In the end, I decided to grow dwarf hairgrass.

I love how interested the fish are in this. Both in the tank you are trimming and in the tank next door.

I really like this almost RAW video, I would definitely love another video like this. This video feels like a maintenance podcast while you clean you just talk about stuff and I absolutely love it!!!. I never knew you are only 4 years into this beautiful hobby, the amount of incredible scapes you make and the experience and knowledge you have is amazing for four years.

Thanks for this. I just planted a heap of pearl weed because I loved how fast it grew for you. I needed to know how to maintain it once it takes over, so this is perfect. I have some Hydrocotyle and all the leaves have melted, but I understood that now it should grow it’s under water leaves, but it’s a hard plant to trim when it’s so young and small, but you have inspired me to have a go at removing the melted leaves today.

I got a breading pair of orange and white sward tails the other day they are delightful to watch they move so beautifully together , I’ve been thrown into the hobby after being given a tank with black mollies and guppies in after her autistic so put his bubble wand in, thinking they might like a bubble bath unfortunately some did die but they others are doing amazingly well and bearding so now they’ve settled in giving them a few friends, finding your channel has helped a great deal thanks MD

not wishing my fish away at all, but i definitely can't wait for mine to age out because I want this black and orange mix! I'm obsessed with it. I have a dalmatian molly boy who LOVES when i put my hand in there...he is NOT shy and flirts hardcore with me.

The jet black of the mollies contrasted with the bright orange or the swords will never not be striking.

Nice video! Relaxing to have on while i was cooking. Fried up a double cheeseburger to this video and happy with both the burger and the video! Keep on keeping on MD!

At the end of the day it’s what make you happy everyone has their away of setting up a tank that’s the way it should be if it make you happy then nothing is wrong with that MD love the happy accidents keep on keepin’ on MD Ross 😂😂

I never imagined watching someone trim would be so interesting and therapeutic :)

I enjoyed the learning experience. I've been watching your videos lately, and I have been wanting to set up a 10 gallon tank with plants. I'm thinking about getting a female betta tank. I'm making sure I have the funds and everything first before I buy the bettas. Thanks for sharing. I love your fish tanks. They are beautiful.🐠🐠🐠

Personally love this and trimmed up my tanks with you! I don’t know how much other people would love full like trim up / update videos but would be a great idea for live streaming. Keep on with the great videos! All I know is your way works beautifully. Haha 👋

Very Bob Ross, i liked it. Great video after a crap night shift to help me chill out

I like this! You should do more chill maintenance videos where you just chat with us. They’re fun videos for us and you seemed to enjoy the process more too

I really enjoyed this video. It's nice to hear about you experiences and pass on some general advice. I hope people pick up on the comment that not all plants will grow for everyone in the same way. I've got green fingers when it comes up vallis and swords, but until recently I've really struggled with java fern. Mine only seems to grow well with co2 and high level lighting.

There's a little Rock down here just a happy little Rock!!!

Loved the vid. I like to hear what your thought process is as you do the thing. Next best thing to actually being there with you and picking your brain.

That was so relaxing to watch & I needed that today, thanks 😁 My Ph is 6.4 and it’s rain water, I have to trim stems every other week once they take off & everything else grows fast as well. I also keep cooler temps of 24-26 which they seem to prefer. 😁 Only thing that’s ever melted was Echino then it took off. 😂😂😂 Val is the bane of my life, forever having to pull loads out because it spreads in 5cm of sand.

I have really enjoyed this type of “vlog style”video MD, really informative! ❤️

Just bought a 15 gallon cube. Cannot wait to set it up

I think this video came at the right time. I've been meaning to redo my tank cuz it's really have bad cloudiness and bacterial bloom. Never thought of using pearl weed, now I'm going out to get em. Thank you MD

Thank you so very much for showing this process... I have been afraid to plant a carpet because I wasn't sure how to trim it!

I loved owning a piranha - they're so personable and smart. I got one for free off Craigslist because the family was renovating and Chairman Mao lived with me for another 5 years. You really should keep them with more of their own kind, but hanging out with him in my free time became my hobby, and he lived in the living room where a lot of people came in and out and interacted with him, so we all became sort of his "school". They also recognize individuals. We found that out when we owned two similarly-patterned pitbull dogs, one of which was a puppy at the time - one day they walked by his tank, one after the other, and the puppy was large enough to be finally seen by him at his eye level and I tell you what, he did the fish equivalent of a double-take. He was FASCINATED by the fact that there were TWO dogs and he spent the whole day following the younger dog around when she walked by. Completely charming fish.

MD, that tank looks really clean now, not that it looked bad to begin with. The amount of growth that tank has shown is ridiculous! But the haircut makes that baby shine!

I've watched you for years,I've kept fish for 40 years including Piranhas...this must be the best video you have released keep up the good work many thanks...

Such a beautiful tank. "Less is more" and two species, two colors is easy on the eyes. Love it.

Looks amazing, you must be very proud of this tank. Thank you for taking us along as you work on it, really inspirational.

This is one of my favourite tanks you’ve done recently - it’s so cool to see you maintaining it because this is the sort of tank I’d like and it’s useful to see what the aftercare looks like! And as an added bonus I feel completely chilled out following the video :)

Thank you very much for doing what you do. I learned alot and when I lost my tank because of Ian and losing my place. I watched your videos to remember that one day, I will get my beautiful tank back.

I like these maintenance videos, relaxing, informative, and a great tank update!

just absolute vibes...legit just cutting some weeds yet im so fascinated about what im learning from you at the same time. Subbed! :)

I love this! I always get stuck on shorts/ticktoks where they're cleaning nasty carpets or cutting through playdoh. This is like a merging of my favorite things! Aquariums, aquatic plants, and cleaning 😅

Different, but really nice video. Relaxing. Thanks! Please do it again from time to time.

I really liked this video. It was helpful to me to show how not to be afraid of trim them back. Thank you.

MD has become the Bob Ross of aquariums. This video was awesome! I like this style of video.

nah dude i’ve been in the hobby just as long and i consider myself very smart in the actual topic of fish ya know. you generally focus more on the scaping aspect of things which is perfectly fine and i absolutely love, it’s why i watch you. i would consider you genuinely smart in the hobby because you do indeed specialize in scaping tanks. i try to learn as much as i can from you all the time. anyways keep up the great work love it!

So this has to be the best stream of consciousness content that you've ever done. When you were focused on trimming and not distracted and talking, that was some really legit stuff. So much better than when you're looking at the camera and talking. It's just so natural. Don't get me wrong, I love your stuff, but this was really good.

I got so surprised, and so happy from this video! So relaxing and also really interesting and inspiring to hear all of your talk. And on the subject of putting a lot(!) of plants in most aquariums... Well, the reason you do that is one of the reasons I love this channel. And because of all your videos, I learn more about how to scape my own aquariums. (Yes, I have a few now. And I blame this channel for some of that as well 😅)

Maintenance Q&A videos are my favorite

The Angelfish and Neons in the aquarium on the left watched what was happening like an adventure movie.

Hey MD would you mind putting a big group of Diamond Tetras in one of your tanks? Its my favorite fish, and similar to rainbowfishs, i think they take time to really pop their shimmer. But once they are settled in they are stunning af!

Actually enjoyed watching this. And tank looks well better now that its had its trimmed, (not that it didn't before) I really like it 👌

Imagina Md and mat together in an more bigger and better new studio

I liked this video. I love all your aquascape videos and is a reason I got interested in the hobbie. I have not yet tried but it’s good to see the maintenance needed on your tanks.

Loved the video! Would love more maintenance/weekly maintenance of your aquariums.

Great format, love these type of videos. Would cool to see a whole playlist, with a video like this on each of your tanks.

You inspired me to rescape my 3 foot. Plant and wood from AG. Gonna stock with mollies and swords not that I am copying or anything just really liked the orange and black combo 😂

Die Micranthemum micranthemoides hat sich echt wahnsinnig ausgebreitet! 😮

I really liked this video. I really liked the start to finish maintenence and chat style. I hope you will do the same on some of your other tanks. I think the conversation will naturally be quite different on a mixed plant and mixed fish tank. It was a lovely, relaxing, informative video and I enjoyed it very much! Thank you.

I've got pearl weed and I keep meaning to do a pearlweed-only tank but never get around to it, but I see this tank again and I'm like "today's the day. Imma do that today."

It’s beautiful even overgrown

This is by far my favourite tank love it!

Hi MD, you said you love plants - so do I. So many wonderful ones to choose from, to try out - always good to see how someone else grows them. While I like looking at the minimalist styles like the contest winners with plants and hardscape disappearing into the distance, I like gardens. It's why I like what you do, the combination of the hardscape and the planting, not only plants like the Dutch style. Why do stems have to be relegated to behind the hardscape? If they are chosen for the spot because of how they grow, they don't need to be trimmed all the time, imho. And also great to have more about how different types of fish like to be kept, what others go well with them or don't, if you are looking for ideas of what to show - what do you love about the ones you have? Anyway, great video! I look forward to seeing new ones as they come up, thank you for all of your work in bringing it to us 👏

Different type of video, very enjoyable and pretty zen!

This is my favorite tank! So simple but so stunning!

MD I loved this video! Great idea to tell the tank story during a maintenance session....more please!

I like this (newer to you) style of video. mix one in like this every once and a while.

21:40 the angels and the tetras from the other tank are so interested in you trimming plants lol

I love learning new stuff with your channel with every video, tomorrow am buying plants for my second planted tank ! Am preparing it to be my first ever shrimp fish tank, love your vids !

Trimming Videos should become a monthly thing so relaxing and satisfying

SO satisfying to watch! I love seeing the red devils watching from the other tank, too!

This is a really great video. I've got 4 tanks but always been afraid to waste money on live plants because I'm afraid they'll just die off. I'm going this weekend and get a couple and give it a Go!!

You should release a little Timelapse video of this trim it would be so satisfying to see

this was exactly what I needed for my anxiety to come down. Thank you.

I like how I can watch this man do chores and love every second of it

Best MD Yet!!!

Really enjoyed this video, very relaxing but also very informative. Would love to see some more maintenence videos/ Q&A videos