My Easter Island aquarium - Epic Fail 

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“At least the statues look good in green” love how you stayed positive, i would’ve gave up 😂😂

I am glad to know that an expert like you can sometimes make mistake, and can fix it. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

I think seeing someone with your experience still have obstacles and mistakes makes me appreciate the video more though. Not everything works out perfectly especially with plants and nature. Thanks for sharing this!

1500$ Equipment for growing some grass - i love aquascaping ;P

You added too much ferts for UG, the ADA soil in itself is nutrient-rich. UG is a carnivore plant, it doesn't take nutrition from the soil, but from the microorganisms in water. Hence the excess of nutrients resulted in Algae formation. I do believe this would have looked much better with UG rather than the current one.

Your cat was thinking...”A new ADA cat box for moi?. Oh, human, you shouldn’t have!”

I really appreciate seeing the struggle in this video. As someone new to the hobby, it's comforting that I'm not the only one who struggles with decisions like soil and plants and how many ferts to add. I liked the turn out on this build. I am more of a nature style guy, but I think this build is pretty neat in its own right. I also think this build is probably cooler in person than it is on screen. Thanks for the look into the creative process!

Among the aquarium videos I have watched, yours is the most interesting, aesthetic and thought-provoking!

Always love the cinematography.

thank you for the great advice at the very end - never give up! i find that when we start a project we get so immersed in the final result and set high expectations. But when things dont go the way we want we get frustrated / give up .. I admire your persistence!

Thank you for sharing your struggle. Thank you for also showing your success in overcoming that struggle.

I always look forward to your new videos. Your channel is my favorite one on RU-vid. I have downloaded your book and read through. Now got started my own Low-Tech planted tank and I really enjoy how it goes now. Thanks so much for sharing tips and explanation the whole process. Greetings from Ukraine ✌️ ✌️✌️

yeah the ferts are what did it for the UG, I was fortunate in that I already kept other carnivorous plants and knew in general they didn't like ferts. What might have helped mine as well is I had a healthy amount of copopods, I think that's why mine has grown so well as that's where the UG gets it's nitrates from

Thanks bro for those last lines. I was getting hopeless with my first tank with algae problems.. Was doin regular water changes.. Now slowly getting better. Patience...

Another fab vid. I love it when the pro's get algae too. Makes it feel like it's not just us newbies. By the way if you ever want someone to proof read your subtitles for grammar etc then happy to do it for free. I'm a native English speaker from the UK.

The possibilities with 3d printing and aquascaping are endless. I have some ideas I can't wait to implement.

Cool idea. I think the concept is great, but a high humidity vivarium may have been better. Hermit crabs lumbering through the grass, a small pool at one of the front corners to give the crabs a drink and keep up humidity.

Brilliant! very calming to watch your videos, somehow liked the algae on the heads.

I love the idea of this aquascape - my shrimp would revel in it!

I love to watch your videos! So inspiring, always eyecandy!! That you gave the scape a second chance was the wright thing to do, it's beautiful!!!

It was heart breaking to see the algae. But ended up with the good finished product. Looks good . I'm glad you didn't give up

Loved how you incorporated your RU-vid-Award. Very funny.

UG would be the perfect plant for the design. I hope you don't wait too long to give it a next try and look forward to the final result. Thanks for that video and your inspiration.

Very beautiful video! Taught me alot on how not to screw up!

last week I had a large growth of green algae; on all the glass, leaves and on the moss I planted on the bottom of the aquarium (20 liters), a big mess, manually was impossible to remove all of them. So, I moved all the water snails I had from an old aquarium to this one. after less than 5 days there was no longer any trace of green algae; I was really impressed by the unexpected usefulness of those little creatures. sadly I didn't takes photo of the situation 'before' and 'after' to show

One of those statues would be nice for my startup project.. keep up with the videos, they are great to learn from and very inspiring.

the best video aquascape i watch ...true story .. nice my man .. keep it up

When are we going to see the myan temple cube scape

Very nice results! Thanks for sharing.

OMFG that's was a movie ! incredible work man ! keep going !

I'm experimenting with a UG carpet. It seems to be doing fine. I put a layer of fluval peat granules under the substrate which seems to help with stabilizing the UG growth. No melt and no need for dry start. So far no algae blooms. Timed lighting and Co2 infusion.

Yes. Don't give up

OMG, pedagogic video ! it is reassuring to see that even the most experienced aquascapers may face such "horror stories" . Finger crossed for my last nano iwagumi planted 100% with UG !

Damn, the music is really" good 🥰🥰 great tank btw.. i love it so green, great artwork as always!!

1. This soil is very soft and powdery, You used a lot of soil in shallow tank so you should change water minimum 3 times a week in first month. 2. UG really don't like Nitrogen. 3. Soil + liquid fertz killed the UG then dead UG feed algea ( aquarium wasn't cycled and that give additional algea boost) 4. UG is very problematic in fresh aquarium because they aren't consume high nitrogen at the start and as you know that is the main problem with "uncycled" aquarium. Anyway i really like your "story" in videos! You are really PRO videomaker :).

1. Would it be better to use the lava rock in filter bags? 2. I agree on the difficulty in setting the right CO2 levels for small aquariums, do you use the drop checker or take pH readings or both to figure out the optimum bps rate? 3. 10:10 the angle and the reflection of the green from plants and the red from the substrate is just outright beautiful. Wonderfully captured. 4. So proscapes also go though some of the problems of the common folk!!! But yes, the statues look so much better in green.

@ 13:48 I can't stop my laughter and the background music 😂...sorry bro not my intention but because of hysteria

This is a very interesting project! Colossal experience! Thank you very much!

Its my nap time .. but anyways will watch n take a nap !!

It's absolutely beautiful 🤩 ❤️ I REALLY REALLY like the way it turned out !! The Molly is an old staple in the hobby but the BEAUTIFUL BLACK VELVETY SCALES THEY HAVE are amazing !!! yes they tackle algae very well I had lots of algae at one point and they tore up that stuff man!!! Anyways I THANK YOU 💗 FOR SHOWING US THE ugly side of this hobby can be.... BUT THE END RESULTS ARE AMAZING AND SATISFYING!! with a little patience lo😉l like u said!

UG is very fussy plant, not for uncycled tanks. I feel your pain. It is very hard to accept that nature outsmarts you sometimes, when fighting “algae demons”.

Cool music. Grass with dudes is also cool

climax thrilling HAHAHAHA great video making

yeah... last time i facing algae and diatom problem too, and it was the black molly who help me out, chewing up all the algae and diatoms, saving my tank and they breed so fast, their offspring helping me to clean the tank too

Yay you finally got silver medal! Congrats! I’ll join you until you get to the next level!😄

great come back. tank looks amazing and epic!

this is the most epic theme song to a aquascape vid ive seen yet hahaha i love it

I hope you have better luck next time using UG I'm having my strict UG iwagumi running since march and i am nervous to look forward to my final shot in 2 weeks or so

You need to fully cycling the water before planting UG. UG will easily melt during cycling phase due to high nutrient and Ammonia released from new soil.

I really love your work - keep it up!

Vraiment top, un beau tableau vivant dans le salon le top.

Oily film usually means the pump is leaking. In fact,you might not notice until you shut power off..THEN it appears,right? It's like as long as the pump is going,no leak..with no resistance due to power off,water gets in the "sealed housing",and that super light oil gets out. The pump could still work years if its just occasional.

thnx for another great vid! i wonder if you could give me some advice. i set up a 6.5 gallon no-co2 low tech tank with external filter. i used ada power sand advance in the bottom, topped with ada tropical river soil (reddish tone like the powder you use in this vid). my hardscape are 2 large ohko stones and a couple small pieces of drift wood. it's been 18 days now and i'm beginning to see a film of oil on top of water, while most plants are melting away. i've been doing 50% water (tap water with 7.8ph) changes every other day the first week, then every 3rd day the 2nd week. when i did water tests on day 15 i found the ph was at 6, kh & gh at 3, and tds 65. so prob the acidity melted the plants. my local aquarium store adviced me to do a 75% water change, which i did on day 15, and the ph went up to 6.8. then not even 12 hours later the ph dropped back to 6. i replaced new floor grass plants in it on day 15 and they are not looking too good. i use a twinstar led light 4 hours each day the first 2 weeks, and 5 hours this 3rd week. my vision is a heavy planted tank, eventually with a small school of neon tetras and a few shrimp (i'm open to either neos or caradinas). any advice is much appreciated. thnx, david the yogi from san francisco

U are doing everything awesome!

Im glad it panned out right for you. But why not buy some grass plant seeds instead? Anyways it looks really nice n ow

Really great,i wondered for the end result,love from India

Beautiful! I always love your work :)

Amazing dedication.. keep up the good work..

Hard work and patience resulting satisfaction 😊😊

Was waiting a long time for this video :)

I very like it,I'm going to built The Great Wall tank,lol,although I'm a newer

Fast growing plants are the key to an algae free tank.

What's the brand or name of the concrete effect spray looking to use it for my own aquarium as well to create that amazing effect

I have had this brown string algae (which I call nightmare algae). It has been in my planted tank for 1 month and no matter what I did it wouldn't go away. Its low tech btw. My other fast growing plants took over and the brown algae is dying off and all my plants are turning red. No other algae. Its way too satisfying to see it die off by itself.

seperti sebelum-sebelumnya pasti keren videonya, tidak sabar manunggu..

Always loved ur work

Great 👍 work....

This was where I was at with my UNS 5N. I finally got the algae under control and the MC has begun to carpet.

me: haha ug loves me ug: yes i do, i grow crazily fast in your tank! :) me: wow this plant is so easy him: ADA Malaya Powder me: 0_0 oh nooooooooooooo TOO MUCH NUTRIENTS him: *adds more* me: X0 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FYI: All utricularias HATE nutrients, give them water with more than 50 ppm and they will POUT! So plant in inert soil, or sand/gravel with no nutrients.

Love the idea with the 3d Print. Can you make a Video on how to Do it?

Well, you learned a lot from this aquascape. It would have looked great and been so much easier on you if you just left the setup as a closed terrarium project. I do like the end result and the black molly looks great in all the green grass.

Five stars for perseverance 👍 I think a more asymmetrical layout would be more interesting though.

I had the same problem. My Black Mollyes made good job ;)

HARD WORK NEVER FAILS :)

UG in a shallow tank was asking for trouble. The finished result with the Parvula works really well if anyone wants to copy this they should avoid UG and go straight to hair grass.

the moral of the story Is to keep trying was literally me yesterday wen I messed up my 1 year aquascape 😞

Actually the scape shall maintain and put tons of yamato shrimp, they will do the job

And then they lived happily ever after !

Cool awesome bro u are one of the favourite utubers in Srilanka!

Why not add amano shrimps and/or otos right after planting? they help a lot to prevent algae in new aquariums. But in the end it could not be sufficient, i think the fertilization and the lack of fast growing plants unbalanced the chemistry of the tank and opened a window to algae thrive

Good job, I really laughed with all my feelings we you put you hands on your head 🤦🏻‍♂️ , one day you will succeed with UG good luck

I think the snail needs some stuff for the gh.. shell looks like its getting bad in the acidic water

Amazing as always ❤️

In the end do you know what is the reason for that film on the water? I constantly have it and algae problems...I really don't know why it happens 🤦🏻‍♀️

do you spray it water everyday?

Do you know the links for the Moai?

Oh, cool! I'll put something in my aquarium too!😃

13:00 As a shrimp keeper I would call this a great success XD

lol hair style #3 for the bear... btw i dont think u failed here bro i have a weird unique taste in aquascaping im an archaeologist so anything related to that i adore and no one really does archae themmed tanks its kinda weird ive seen alot of bonsai japanese style but not much in the way of this, love it bro! i see the mayan was way too light though it would make a mess. cheers for upload

Isn't the oily film on the water surface just bio film that can occur even in healthy, balanced systems? Honestly just wondering.

the lokey flex with the plaque. eheh

One question, I wanna add soil to my tank as well and heavily plant it, dont I need to clean the bottom of the tank then ?? Cause I’m guessing after such heavy planting and decorating it might be pretty difficult

amazing!

Hey buddy! How do i know if a figur is aqua safe ? and how do u threat them before putting them in the tank ? I really dig ur idea here

I can't help but laugh when I saw the words "EVERYTHING SUCKED".

Amazing 😄👍🙋‍♀️

Algae comes because less denced plants you added and CO2 boost the worst situation...you need to add CO2 later once plants grow roots and tank settles..

Cat is like..a box of sand and rock...I restroom here right?

It was probably the biodegradable CORN statues.