GONE! Destroying My First Aquarium in the Fish Studio 

MD: “6 months is perfect it’s done” Me: *looks at my 1.5yr old reef tank that’s not even a quarter full

So the Rainbow River has gone...but not forgotten. I already have a great plan for something to go in it's place...

Always a shame to loose a scape, but it's even better to start a new one! :)

I was like nooooo when I saw the title but then I remembered that it’s MD and the next scape will be even better 😂👍

6 months in the new studio already?? Wow! That went by fast!

“Organic, free range worms” I did a coffee spit take on that one. You crack me up! Yeah leave that tank sticking out for all the reasons you mentioned. Plus, having at least one tank viewable from three sides is a unique Aquascape design challenge, one that obviously excites you. You have my permission to proceed.

Can’t wait for the reef tank and great vid

Saw the posts on the reptile shed, is there a building video coming up for that? And dang, I really liked the rainbow river but I guess the next build will be even better! Looking forward to the coral reef as I am fairly interested in saltwater but have never done it.

Honestly MD is so underrated. This man needs more subs!

What are we really learning about a planted tank when you have unlimited top quality plants and you tear a tank down in 3 to 6 months avoiding all long-term problems with a maturing tank.

Wonderful video !!!

Hey, MD! Not familiar with the dimensions of your fish room. But I think you should go ahead with your initial idea. Swing that big tank to the side of the room. But then, get yourself a racking system which can act as a divider and can house around say 6 nano tanks? Then you'd get more tanks and multiple viewing angles. Just a thought. But you do you. Would continue watching either way. Love your videos!

Also you should get a worm grunter. Then you can charm your organic free range worms 🐛

Organic, free range worms... 😆 The fish in the Rainbow River, except for the Rainbows, are all Asian fish. Gotta say, not huge on you returning fish to the store. Fish get stressed with being moved and that can even kill them. Just not a fan of that being done.

Rest in peace rainbow 🌈 river you will be remembered 🙌🏻

amazing video

biggest mistake you ever made...you killed your best tank...i DISAGREE

I may be the only one with this opinion but I don't believe in returning perfectly good fish to the store because I'm bored of them.

I like the idea of moving that tank to the wall and then you could put something really cool in the middle- like a reef tank that has lots of beautiful corals which we will be able to see it whenever you do your videos!

Get a gulper catfish and watch it grow

Make a 4ft big Aqua Terrarium!

first! :)

Are your hillstream Loaches ok? I saw I think 2 but I think you had more. I keep em as well, if you need tips let me know

Destroying first aquarium? Were did the cave aquarium went then?

The rainbows look really cool in the angel tank! Great ideas as usual, go for it. Can’t wait to see!!

Good move leaving it as a divider I think!! Looking forward to the new scape. 👍

Personally I was thinking that would be the tank to do your reef set up. You made the point that that tank in it's current position is an awesome backdrop no matter where you are in studio, so how awesome would it be to have a reef tank as the backdrop? Also, it would create a very cool divider in the room, having freshwater on either side and saltwater in the middle. Just my 2 pence worth :)

You are good my friend look all you've got done! The best line of the whole video was Poncho likes "free range organic worms..." That made me laugh so hard coffee came out my nose... More tanks, more content, and more fun!! I like the Asian fish idea with the 3 islands... And grow the carpeting first!!! I'm with you MD go for !!! Have an amazing day!!! And you're right this is definitely going to be fun! ❤️👍🐟🌿🌱

nooo you took apart the best and my favourite tank!!! that was such a neat idea with the streamflow. awww...... :-( :-( :-(

Put the small tanks next to it

You've destroyed the only scape that I liked and subscribed to,

I just remembered when MD used to have a reef tanks (saltwater)

At first ,when u drain the water from the dirted tank,I thought you are going to destroy that too...Don't destroy that tank ,it's a beautiful scape...Love from Malaysia..Keep scaping...

Dang :( just noticed this video... That was my fav tank. Looking for 150x55x53 myself but need to incorporate pleco caves and sand for Corys with good rock, manzanita scape island

MD you’re making me jealous! I’ve currently got a South American Biotope (which is ruined due to me not being at home during lockdown) and I’ve always wanted to do an Asian to compliment it! Side Note: I don’t think Rainbows are South American? I think they’re Asian/South Pacific and I think some even go as far as Madagascar!

Hey MD! Could you tell me whats is the best way to aclimate our fish? I accidentally killed some of my new fish during a aclimation. What did i do? i left fish into my aquarium in the package from the aqua shop, passed 10 min i opened them and dropped a little bir of water, than again when passed 15 min. I did 15 by 15 minutes until i checked the time, it was 55 minutes. Do you think it was ir that have killed them? my temperature was 28 degres and the shop was 22-24 degres celsius.. Loved the video!! A big hug from Brazil!

Oh no! My favorite tank is gone :-( Well, I guess the Angelfish tank is next in line as the new favortie ...... until you surprise me again :-)

MD, do you ever get aquarium stands that aren't sold as such, like bits of IKEA furniture etc to hold your tanks? If so, can you recommend any? Looking just for something suitable for a little 60cmx30cm tank that doesn't cost loads. Cheers!

Your LFS had Glowlight Danios. Didn't you say you would like to get them at some stage. Build the former Rainbow River around a massive shoal of them with smaller loaches and peaceful barbs Cherry, Pentazona, checker. Most available plants are Asian too.

A new fish shed a new fish and most importantly a new fish video

Few ideas for the new scape: 1. A biotope with one super rare, spectacular fish species 2. Hi-tech heavily planted scape with proper planning of hardscapes etc, Lots of details. Like an IAPLC scape. 3. An arowana or sm exotic fish tank. Plants might be 🚫.

Rainbow river will be missed. What if the tank swing to the wall but have a stack of mini tanks with different coloured plants to replace the space as a room divider? One tank featuring red plants and another featuring pinks and purples that would look so cool. You still get light in the middle of the room, have a backdrop, and lots more tanks to explore!

Bye rainbow river 🌈💚 I love the tank as a divider as it gives you that different type of 360 scape, its a different challenge. I love gourami but wouldn't keep them with barbs as they are fin nippers. Gourami also are bubble nesting fish and labyrinths like beta so don't like high flow. The 3 island idea would be good for them as they are territorial. You could keep vlad with them, rasbora, danio, tetra, if you want livebearers mollies would work. Bottom crew you have the usual suspects but a yo yo loach would be cool. Barbs are awesome fish though I've kept most of them sawbwa barbs are neat but hard to find, I just wouldn't put the two in a community tank.

As an indoor plant enthusiast, it broke my heart to watch it come down. Now seeing the rainbow fish in the angle tank however, it made me realise, the river tank didn't really provide optimal viewing of the fish. So it was a good move to revamp. It's been a while since I kept them, but I loved my gouramis (reg Pearl's) and I would compare them to being like big Goldfish. Only with antennae on their chin. They dart quickly, then stop, dart...stop - move their antennae around. The males can get a little territorial when building bubble nests, but I found having lots of floating plants with long roots, prevented them from harassing tank mates.

African cichlid tank... although u limited in your niche regarding limiting plants due to african cichlid desctructiveness, maybe just java fern or semi emersed plants but maybe something new for you...

Basically your river tank was Asian style. Keep the danio's, move the rainbows out of the angelfish tank. They look great, but ruin the South American theme. And i don't think limiting to asian plants limits you that much. Most of what you use is asian, expect valis and anubias. The angel tank is far form South America plantwise.

The challenge of a biotope aquarium has always interested me. I bet you could really do the concept justice! Hoping to see another paludarium style scape in the future too 😉

Accidentally came across your channel recently. Beautiful tanks. I've liked and subscribed

I used to be heavily into the hobby but life and other things got in my way and I shut down my last tank - a 125 gallon African cichlid tank 6 years ago. I’m presently growing out plants before getting back into the hobby and have been enjoying your channel since it started. The small bowl and vase aquariums just got me. I fell in love with the channel and the passion you exuded and continue to exude. I understand that the bigger tanks offer more possibilities but I wish you’d do some smaller ones more often. Unless you feel the challenge in those is gone. It would be interesting to have you talk about the channel and what you want it to be. I think it’s changed quite a bit from the beginning. Or maybe that’s just my feeling. The swiftness of changes to the tanks has surprised me. I expected a longer stay for any given tank. I did think with the new studio you’d let the tanks grow out and discuss how each was doing. I just find that they just get established. I want to watch them evolve and ... boom ... they’re gone. You have to do what you feel is best but I’d love to hear what you have planned from a strategic perspective. Are any fresh water tanks staying long term? Are you cycling each after 6 months? Etc. Thanks.

Not sure if you'll see this or if you already know this, but just wondering what type of worms they are? I have newts- newts and axies don't like dendrobaena worms because of their taste. They will only really eat lob worms/ canadian night crawlers/ earth worms. If you need some just look for a bait supply place. There's also a website called worms direct that sell them if you're ever in need!

Yeah MD sounds good love the idea of a full carpet, what about Bonsai Trees drift wood and cover it with moss. Dunno if it’s your thing 😂😂 Did you find earthworm Jim 😂😂😂😂

I loved the rainbow reef, but I'm totally confident that you'll construct another totally awesome tank whatever you decide on, your plants are amazing...!

Now..we are so excited to see new setup ... empty tank..new setup...se idea...md tanks is awesome...cool work

Don’t scape more small tanks, with the big tank you have or get another one and put decent sized fish in there, maybe do an African Cichlid tank? Some oscars or just some bigger cichlids in general, your whole studio is filled with small tanks and you have so much more potential

nano reef tanks are awesome and u like challenges, so itll be right up your alley! and yes more tanks and yes LOACHES!!

If you did move that tank to the wall you could do like a walkaround low boy tank. Maybe even something your kids could put their hands in. Speaking of... what happened to the tank for your kids?

What about a sort of shelf with 60cm (typical starter size), different scapes and different starter species! Perfect for people just starting out, would bring lots of new people to the channel and go really well there I think.

I don't know if it works in this space, but what about flipping that massive tank 90 degrees and put it in the center so you can walk around it entirely. It'd literlaly be a centerpiece with 360 view.

definitely keep it where it is so you can observe it from 3 sides. have you thought of getting cichlids for a tank? i think you would make an amazing home for apistos. also you could do a scape that include mostly hardscape like a pebble wall for some african lake cichlids too. can't wait for the next video

You could build a wall in the middle of the tank, out of a flat sand stone have a white substrate and tons of male peacock cichlids.

For me personally keep the tank in the same place. It will give you more room for tanks as you said. Would love to see a long short height aquarium, made to look like a British river/stream. With plants running either edge and rocks running down the centre. With good flow.

Asian biotope style - heavily wooded but with thin contorted twigs and broken lines of sight, a bit mangrovey - creating a silhouette contrast when viewed from both sides 👌👌👌

Make it your reef tank. Review hang on back over flows.. sump setups.. wave makers. It’s my next adventure in a 120 gallon tank! Love your channel.

Hey MD , could you do a video about how you keep your tanks that clear, like how often you change the filter media, what kind if at all additives solutions you used and how often you used them, also when do you change your water. I would really appreciate it not just me but those who watch your videos and have tanks of their own, reason why I am asking is I have a fish tank for years now but idk what I am doing wrong, I tried and tried but I can't seem to get it right, my tank always looks like a slight milky, sometimes I feel like giving up on the tank, idk if it's the filter I have since I have two hang on, I don't know what to do

look, don't take this the wrong way, but I hate you for doing this!! This was my favourite tank, MD!!

Taking fish back because your bored of them is setting a poor 😔 example to others watching. Real shame you do this as I like your content. A dog is for life .. .....

12:43 Did you just say "I can fish-ualice It"? 😂😂😂

I'm watching your videos if your tanks are lovely I just love them I have a 10 gallon aquarium with one betta female fish artificial plants I'm in love to learn how to do live plants how to grow them how to take care of them I don't know how to do it here in California

Recently pulled down my tank as well and you make it look WAY too easy with your sped up footage 😂 Great video though, as always MD!

1:00 I'm so sad to see it go, this is by far the best river style aquarium on RU-vid! I'm going to take inspiration from it and make my own permanent river.

Sounds awesome! But if you choose gurami, just remember that they like very slow waterflow :)

Love all the new tank setups but to be fair most people can’t or don’t redo tanks every 6 months. I would like to see at least one of your tanks ( no filter would be good) set up for the long haul to see how your way of aqua scraping would hold up for the average aquarist who would leave it up a couple years.

I’ve just got my new reed fish called Bowser he’s a beautiful mesmerising fish

I dont think you need our thoughts cos everything you just said sounds awesome! I definitely think you should leave it where it is cos more tanks and it is a nice partition and backdrop for you videos

Just put your new worms to a container with potting soil and feed them veggie scraps, and in a week Pancho should be happy with them too.

MD I think you could get amphibians in the old river tank like more axolotls and some aquarium frogs have it an all amphibious tank

Oi first off all I love your videos really inspiring. For the tank don't move the big one leave it where it is and the Asian idea its something different tho Wel cheers from the Netherlands and keep the vids comming

I have always wanted to ask,but what are the dimensions of the tank that was once the Rainbow River?Does it have the same dimensions as the Angelfish Tank?

Asian fish tank idea sounds great. Love your videos, knowledge and entertainment at the same time. I would love to see you get a pond in your backyard 😁

Would love to see you do a brackish tank with Mangroves and add some archer fish and fiddler crabs or mudskippers.

I agree with the Asian fish theme 🥰 do exactly what you planned because it sounds amazing 😚🐠

You are by far the best fish/aquarium youtuber I have seen so far! You take good care of your fish amd create such amazing scapes 💪😍

I still like the idea of rotating the tank back against the wall. I feel like if we must lose the rainbow river, then you should go full change all the way. It makes the space seem smaller to me, and maybe with it out of the way, you can still fit in more tanks in the middle without getting too cramped.

For worm drive metal stake about 1 feet deep into your ground and soak the area with water 1 ft by 1 ft area. Then just hit on stake with hammer side to side the Vibration will help Attract worms. I use rebar for metal stake

Any chance you could do a tank for spotted salamanders. Currently working on doing one for my daughter as she has two spotted salamanders like the newt tank you did as well

If you don't do an Asian tank, you could always make it into a large paludarium for turtles, or some other semiaquatic animals.

What if you make it a real island? Big sand beach with hermit crabs sloping down to a planted aquarium.

Definately missed but not forgotten. It was my favorite, hope the next ones gonna be better

Idk what to do... I have water from another tank that I use.. I set up my new tank and no matter what I put in it, doesnt matter if it is cycled or not... everything dies in less than 24 hours

Leave the middle tank and put a big half circle tank in the space. It won't take away any view from the angel tank and the middle tank then 👍

Yeah dude, just get a tub and make a worm farm! Good way to get rid of table scraps too! I'd recommend buying red wigglers so then you can use the castings in your garden 👍 not sure what kind those ones you have are.

Maybe make the islands realy tall, like near the surface avatar style, and put loads of epyphites like buces and ferns on them.

You read my mind.. asian fish and full carpet planted tank with island of stem plants.. i want one of this... go for the asian yeahhh

Yes definitely leave tank. Just a nice new scape or maybe get a larger fish or fish.

Or.... You could do a rock scape and get a couple of nice Oscars 🤔 get some of the bigger boys in there 😁

I think a lot of people don't like the idea of taking fish back to the shop because of the fish's shortened lifespan from someone having kept them for a while.

Can you recommend a mail order shop for plants? You have inspired me to take the plunge into a planted aquarium.

Build a rack against the wall. You could then stack two tanks which are the same size as the one in the middle in that space. That or one big tank up top, three on bottom or whatever. Think a rack sort of thing would be the way to go to maximize space.

Hey MD Fishtanks, what is the best light you can imagine I can use for a 55 gallon tank

Do whatever you want and whatever makes you happy man! it was nice to see Blad again btw i love when you make the voices.