Making a 4ft Carpet Aquarium for Mollies and Swordtails 

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Heya MD. If others agree with me would you be willing to put in a few more minutes at the end of each build video of just the fish swimming with some chill music. That is my favorite part, seeing the completed build with all the critters enjoying it. I would even watch videos of just your finished tanks in action. Some relaxing music and some fish doing their thing. Maybe a separate channel or a stream of some of the more popular tanks could be a hit.

"uploaded 3 minutes ago" *me at work...* Don't mind if I do! Not me just sat clicking refresh on RU-vid until I get an MD fish tank upload notifications hahaha MD and Matt got me so addicted to watching aqua-scaping, in only a couple of months I've watched all your videos uploaded within the past 2 years and bought 2 tanks already, would love to show off my first ever scaped tank, grown in now after 4 weeks and I loveeee it! not good for my bank account though :D

Amazed by how big the swordtail family's grown since those initial 6. Just goes to show how settled the fish feel in the tanks you make for them.

Now that you have Matt to help, you should definitely do an 8ft Discus tank!!😍

Perfect way to kick off the last Friday of 2023 with @md and @matt!!

I really need to get into aquariums, this looks awesome!

You've encouraged me to make my own aquascaped fishtank. Love your content!

Please do the Dalmatian Molly tank. That would be awesome 😍 Love the new tank. Was surprised to see the swordtails weren’t actually that radioactive red. ♥️😂

Yes Christmas has just been made better with an MD and fish shop Matt video

❤❤ Swordtails N Mollys 💚💚 Substrate, Rocks and Pearlweed Wow 🤩 So simple and beautiful! thanks Guys! Now I can’t wait to see a green field and 🐄 Cow Mollys 😂 This has to happen now!

This was a really good viddy guys. Especially liked the section that included the DIY Co2 setup & the transfer of the red swords & black mollies from the old tank (recall they were originally in MD's plant farm tank!). Nice one!

Love that instinctive reaction of Kate coming in to the studio. So uplifting to see your family support your work

That is a lot of green! It makes a great backdrop for the fish. I was holding my breath while you were putting the biggest rock. It looks amazing, but so heavy!

Yes! The orange swords and black mollies, my fave so far! Love it! Looks so amazing.

I've always wanted to see MD doing his version of iwagumi style, and this is it. Well nicely done i love it 👍

Hey MD! Can we get an update on all your Eco tanks? I'd love to see how the big bowl, vase, and other eco scapes are coming along. As always, thank you!

Looking forward to the cow scape 🐄

Cant wait for the cow tank sounds great

This is one of the best looking tanks to me, the colors just PoP.....

Splendid! It’s THE BEST hardscape in the studio (in my opinion), seen the glimpses of the tank in the other videos and was waiting for it to come out. The carpet is always very fascinating to view. Will definitely try something similar very soon… Thanks for your hard work

Ok but Matt lifted that rock like it was nothing!😱 that’s cool 😂

I can’t tell you how much I look forward to your videos, they make me so happy! This tank looks amazing, I’ve loved the Molly Swordtail combo in every tank but this might be my favorite.

Got my first tank having watched your videos , keep em coming brilliant, fish shop matt legend

Just bought myself a 30l cube and currently waiting for the plants to grow. I think i`ll put some shrimp in soon. Your vids are really inspiring and I`m glad I got back into aquariums.

I do fear the glass cracking. I've seen other scapers use egg crate light diffuser under the substrate to help evenly distribute weight across the whole bottom glass panel so that there are no pressure points. Have you ever used that method before?

Love love love, as always, so many ideas, questions and thoughts about all of this incredibleness. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I'm going for an Iwagumi style for my next rescape. This is one of the cleanest Iwagumi scapes I've seen. The pearlweed carpet looks fluffy.

Love every second of this scape. Looks so beautiful and amazing and anyone would want this in their living space. I love the canister priming part, that's everyone's struggle with canisters. The black mollies and sword tails are stunning. Can't wait for the next video 🎉

Your production quality and aquascaping talent is brilliant. A big fan for years brother! Cheers.

Look forward to all your videos, thank you for all you do for the community!

I’ve got one of those co2 reactors and the ingredients are baking soda and citric acid at 200ml for my 2L cylinder and 300ml of water.

Rocks and pearlweed looks stunning. Great choice of lights gents.

Bravo gents, another fantastic build. Can’t wait for more 👍

Love it. U need a box fan with a furnace filter on the back to filter your air in ur room. All that dust and silicon is real hazardous. If u mount the filter 6 inches off the back of the fan will dramatically Improve it. U can use cardboard or anything. Cheers

Hey MD & Matt I did the exact same tank but different set up went for a rock peninsula look with Orange Swordtails, Black Mollies, Black Corydoras and two black bristle nose female and male (which are breeding). Though your tank looks mad and was much quicker growth definitely great set up. Thanks for your inspiration and also Matt for his knowledge ✌🏼

Saw on another channel that you can use a waterproof electric razor to trim carpet. Havent tried it myself but if I were to it'd be on that carpet.

Hi guys, I'm new to your channel. You probably know this by now. The two active ingredients for the Co2 reactor will most likely be citric acid and bicarbonate soda. Love your work!

I use citric acid and baking soda in the co2 reactor as the 2 "components". Also, if you use ice instead of water, you can get the top on before the reaction starts and you don't waste any of the gas. It does take a little longer for the pressure to build but I find that it lasts much longer than when you lose a lot of gas on start up trying to get the top on.

Really couldn’t stop picturing you two hucking that huge rock right through the side! Glad it didn’t go down like that but it was a little fun imagining it.

Oase biomaster canisters from time to time need lubricant or Vaseline around the ring of the pre filter to hold suction for whatever reason. Once I learn this, saved me a lot of frustration and headache.

I love the Oase Thermo filters. Actually in the process of replacing all of my canister filters with them. The only issue I have with them is sometimes no matter how hard you try they will not prime as you have seen but if loosen the heater and lift it out it will prime. You have to be quick but luckily the canister holds a lot of water so you have a few seconds. Once it gets to the level of the heater just tighten it back up and you are good to know. Hope that makes sense.

Hi Kate! Love when we get to see the Mrs!!❤ Happy new year to you and the whole family!!

Mirando este video, con todo y patrocinios.

I LOVE getting notifications everytime you upload! Hope you all have a happy new year :)

CO2 made using 100g of baking soda (£5 /kg on ebay) + 100g of citric acid (£7 /kg) + 300 ml of water. Colombo refills are £15 for 3 x 200 at Aqua Essentials i.e. 3x the price. Nothing to do with yeast

It's time for Kate to scape her first tank on video 😄

What a great friend giving Matt the light end

wish i had a buddy like matt

This is an amazing tank. something that I would like to do simple Fish simple set up. Thanks for posting.

I always get some inspiration to trim my tank after watching a episode.

I made a tank like this in inspiration but I don't have any plants right now

One of your better tanks in my opinion. The rocks made me cringe when placing them....man does that look good though. My compliments.

Whenever I see a new video has come out from you I get so excited

Was just about to scape a new tank, I'm so glad I saw this

Awesome ! you guys aquascapes just get better and better.

If you use citric acid and baking soda in the reactor instead of the bagged recipe it will build more pressure and last longer.

that does look good, love how the colour pops

The in/out is in respect to the pump. Out from the pump is the input to the tank and viceversa...

I love those massive rocks I would love to do that on my next tank. Looks great.

Holy crap the things we do to scape a tank😂

Hello MD Fish, i would like to ask ,ou, what kind of co2 system do you use? Could you please share few info about it? Thanks, Robi

I was a bit wounded when your mate wasn't in the video at start and then he appeared another brilliant job men

Absolutely brilliant looking iwagumi. The hardscape is to die for, holy mol(l)y. I think you would have saved yourself some work if you went for dwarf hairgrass instead. That doesn't really need to be trimmed, and it grows quickly into a carpet with strong lighting and Co2. I guess different strokes for different folks. Either way, thoroughly enjoyed the video guys.

That mid rock is giving me major Pride Rock vibes 😂

You should do a video "day in the life working at maidenhead aquatics!" Love your videos!!

Another great tank.. wow! Thanks for the upload… I love the carpeted tank… such a good look

Elegant yet simple!

Tank came out amazing.

waterfall will look awesome on that rock

I love it, but the size of that 1st rock…wow!

Amazing pearlweed, gotta get some of that here on my tanks

Very smart to have bags of substrate. I'll copy

Hi MD and Matt, love your channels. I was wondering if you could put the sponge from a sponge filter over the pipe when emptying a tank, so Matt wouldn't have to use his hand to prevent fish from being sucked out.

I've watched this video 26 times. Certified banger.

Cant wait for y'all to wear different shirts one day! That would surprise all the viewers I think.

Oh yeah

Beautiful! Strong Pride Rock vibes from The Lion King. 😁

Love, love, LOVE this one ❤

Oh yeah fyi you are supposed to shake the Co2 a little bit to mix the ingredients

Nice one 👍

Would love to see a “fields of cows” aquascape 😂

Un grand merci pour la vidéo!

My dudes! I would be pooping myself with fear that the bottom will fall out of that aquarium with the slightest vibration of someone dropping a dumbbell next door! I hope you don’t have a street with any pot-holes in the vicinity! Several years ago my brother had the bottom of a 75 gallon salt water tank fall out when a truck hit a bump in the street just outside his office. The tank had a few very large pieces of coral and lava-stone in it but nowhere near the size/weight of that rock! Luckily he was there when it happened so all his fish were rescued. I learned from Tanner at his “Serpa Design” YT channel to use a piece of plastic, egg-crate, light diffuser cut to fit the entire bottom under the substrate to distribute very heavy weight evenly. I’m sure you can find those light diffuser panels (for flouescent tubes in suspended ceilings) at any large “Home Depot”-type hardware store nearby. You guys have some big stones to use such big stones with abandon! 😮 😂

Happy New Year to all fish friends

Great job guys!

Would love to see a 2023 montage and hear more plans for 2024

Just get regular co2 tank and they're more cost effective especially if you have multiple tanks that need it, they can last way longer than a month. and where I'm from it only cost 8 dollars to fill up a 10 gallon tank.

Love it.

Beautiful work!

That's so nice

Is Matt the illest person ever. He’s off more than King Charles 😂

Wow a new video...made my day!!!

It's citric acid and bicarb soda, you can just go to the shop and buy the ingredients for 90% cheaper then you would of been charged

I'm totally here for WHACKING everything up 😂

you can also get a wifi controller for those lights. I have the led bar of the same make

Happy new years for all yours ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

"You ok for a minute?!"... I'm dying laughing so hard... 🤣

It's going to remind me of Ireland.

Thanks to you I got back in the hobby and now my mother aint and grandmother all want tanks 😭🤦🏽‍♂️