My First Ever “NO WATER CHANGES” Aquascape! Here’s What Happened 

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I was immediately thinking blue shrimp. I think they would complement the rice fish beautifully.

The moment I found the water changes are optional was when I put some floating plants in my smelly, swampy resurrection jar. Within a few weeks the jar showed no ammonia and no nitrites. Plants are miraculous!

I've not done a water change on my tank in maybe a year. I have to top up for the evaporation however as it's an open tank. I don’t have tannins to remove and I've still no algae, I’ve healthy fish and plants. My water is clear & tests show near perfect numbers. With good substrate, heavy planting, surface plants, suitable lighting & filtration the tank will look after itself as it’ll be in balance. Finally don't overstock & you should have perfect water quality. You do all of those anyway so you'll be fine. I'm sure you don't overfeed. Give it a go as if your water quality is clear, no algae and all your numbers are good, why does it need changing ?

Wish you would have done a side by side experiment with a tank with filtration. Great video!

Blue shrimps will be great with contrast colours. 👌

How I do no water change… -Canister filter -CO2 -1 Amano / 2 gallons -1 Nerite / 2 gallons -1 Hillstream Loach / 5 gallons -APA Quick start -Substrate: Stratum, choral, root tabs, bacteria tabs, thick sand cap -After 2 weeks shrimp (neo c’s) -After 3 weeks, livestock -Water: Start with dechlorinated tap, the RO. -Feed: 4 days a week I plant dense by buying my plants early and propagate them for 2 or 3 months, and by using cuttings from my hospital tank.

Man mark 😂 I'm jealous you have and find sooo much time to aquascape....and u show such passion..... truly extraordinary....what's your secret 😂😂😂

The bamboo tank next door looks amazing. Love the perspective.

I have no water tank myself, but i really enjoy watch your videos, they are so cosy and relaxing. And also, your aqauscap skills are next level, look so good! Gotta respect the grind. Cheers from Denmark ✊🏼

Wow, I love the plants so much

Blue Velvet shrimp for the win!!

Your right the colors are insane!

Excellent looking tank. I still never get tired of looking at ample amount of lush plants...

the tank looks amazing!

The plants look amazing. The colours with the light look stunning. Can’t wait to see the studio 😊 and definitely blue shrimp

Beautiful tank mark. Rlooks awesome. And the platinum nedaka are beautiful. So a stunning fish underr that light especially

Looking forward to the new room unveiling 🎉🎉

Great experiment👍🏽

Very cool setup! Totally grabbed a screenshot for inspo. I think the yellow neos are the way to go! Or the snowball variety

We need a fish room tour of your new house!!!!

Thank you for your videos they are realy inspiring.

Hi MJ! I think the "Caridina Blue tiger orange eyes" is the best option. Because it makes a beautiful contrast with the red plants, the black stripes and the orange eyes give's it a special shine. Thanks for the video!

amazing tank man

It’s so good

jade neos! i thought blues at first too, but you almost never see the jades as they would blend in with the greens. great opportunity to show them off and do something different!

Great video. Every tank is a science experiment. My tanks are not CO2 added, and I use low/medium light plants, with moderate stocking. I do water changes when my nitrates get 40ppm or higher, which is pretty rare unless I add nutrients. Or if my tannins turn the water too darkyes I know it's good for most of my fish, but I'm not a big fan of the look of fish swimming in tea. 😸. I average a water change every 5 to 6 weeks in my one 40, two 20 and two 29 gallon ranks and replace the evaporated water which added together run 10 to 15 gallons for each tank.

Blue jelly shrimp. Lighter blue color than velvet or dream blue, would pop!

Some blue jelly shrimp would look really nice in there! Light blue against the red.

White fish are always good next to the red plants. I have the same cute rice fish! But I am in love with the bamboo tank next to it❤. Keep up the beautiful work mark. Greetings from utrecht ✌️

Wow, the colours turned out amazing! I love the white Medakas in the red plants, and I think I would stick by that concept. So white pearl or perhaps blue jelly Neocaridinas would be nice in there

Thank youuuuuu

Nice one for doing this. Been waiting a while! Haven't done a water change on any of my tanks, been running the longest for almost a year, definitely for the best. My plants, fish, snails and shrimp are all thriving and breeding well. Canister filter, soil+nutrient base, sand cap, fluval plant 3.0s👍

that's a very crazy red tank!

I think Crystal black shrimp would do great as well and Waiting for your New room Tour

THAT is a cool experiment :-))

What I can see is that your new room looks great. Are you going to post a tour - or did I miss that video?!... I would go for blue shrimps!

Can you me tell me species of fully bright-red -throughout -its leaves plant, ( not semi green) with large wide leaves? I want to use it in the. back ground for show peace? Thank you. You have an amazing aquascaping skill!

If I ever move into a bigger apartment where I can have a second tank, a miniature Dutch style scape is definitely goals :D I think high grade (i.e. solid color, mostly white) crystal shrimp might look cool in this tank? I have ten mid-to-high grade crystal reds in an aquascape with mixed red and green plants plus terracotta brown decorative sand, and the whites are visible across the room. (Although I don't know if they'd make good tank mates to rice fish, considering how submissive they behave around my sweet and shy pygmy cories lol)

@MJAquascaping can you suggest a WRGB2 setting for green and red plants?

I love the red plants! Someday I will get a light that can grow red plants, but until I can save up for it, I will just dream about it.

Blue neocaridinas would look amazing in there.

Before i finish watching this video, I'd wager no water changes do just fine. I have a pair of 75g tanks going on 2 years without any changes. One is heavily stocked with a variant of plants. That particular tank looks stunning. My other is lightly stocked with a few plants and it looks ok. The later hosts a Frontosa so, I'm constantly fighting the fish on how it should look. I also have a 37g heavily plants tank with a variety of plants and it looks equally amazing. The 37g is only 6 months old as my previous 20g sprung a leak. Forgot to add, I stopped using Co2 a year ago as I found it unnecessary.

Nice share

I'm doing the same with my high-tech tank. Whenever water level falls, I just fill it up with new water.

Green shrimp 😊

Maybe Black Rose Shrimp fits well !!🖤

Would maybe do crystal red or crystal black caridina or even some tigers. Did you get an ammonia/nitrite/nitrate spike at any stage?

Hey mj what do you think about the new chihiros universal wrgb ?

What bench is it that you have the nano tanks in this video on? I need one

I wish I could have the skill you have

I've gone about 4 months without water changes on a tank in the past but you start to get insanely high TDS and mineral build up over time from doing top ups. I'd say less water changes is good but none isn't the best idea if you have quite hard water.

is that possible to have a cyano on that type of set up of plants?

blue neocaridina!!!!😊

is it possible to do a Brazilian style in a 35cm cube?

Pearl Danio ( Galaxy Rasbora ) ❤

Bravo from Romania Dracula land ❤🎉

I do same no water change in my Office high tech aquarium, but i do dark start 1month with substrate and scape with filter, after month i do 50% water change and add plant and wait 2weeks for planth grow, and after this 2 weeks i add snails,shrimp, fish and now 4 month no water change, zero algae. For me its work good. My tap water is around 7,5ph and 24/7 co2 and light 7,5 hours a day and in week go light only 4,5hours. U can try this peaople 🙂😀

Not sure if i missed you explaining why you waited to plant the pink flamigos but ive had lots of failed elements.. is there some flamingo secret im not aware of ?

please add green jade neocaridina they will stand out so well against the red foliage

I have a question, when you first planting the plants, it's green because it's emersed or they just come like that? And do you re-plant them to remove the green leaves or just trim the top part?

I would choose black carbon rilli neos or dark green hulk neos.

Which fertiliser is better the APT all in one or masterline all in one? Thanks

I'm setting up my first 55 gallon and I noticed seiryu stone is used a lot- does it actually mess with your tank parameters like crazy?? I love the look of the rock but I'm scared to ruin my tank.

In between Masterline all in one red and Apt Zero/1 what is your recommendation? Which one have better growth? Thanks in advance 🙏

Technically of course your tank water shouldn't change much but the plants will take up K+, Ca, Mg and some other which would make your TDS go down if you top off with just RO water and do not fertilize. Also, the microbial activity in the substrate should have some impact (reducing mineral content) as well as the soil which binds Ca and Mg.

Add blue neo caradina shrimp and Balck guppy fish

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Eu não uso esse troço. Quando dá pau, começa a entrar ar e não dá pressão (não puxa água) eu vendo com silicone pra aquário e pronto hehehe

you should start being a bodybuilder after lifting all those tanks around!

sometimes i go months without a water change, i go by filter flow rate and water clarity over most things i have heavily planted almost all my tanks and i think that really helps. also depends on what sort of fish you have.

Has anyone tried carbonating tank water in a soda stream and using that for top ups or water change? Like a concentration 😏

is there any benefit on using red plants with no water changes?

chocolate shrimp!

What’s the easiest red plant to start with ?

You dont need that Stability, just get some dirty sponge from other tank and squeeze inside of aquarium.

Plants consume calcium and magnesium so the water might become soft (low GH) over time.

Blue shrimp

😍😍😍👍👍👍

I agree with the water changes. Fish and plants really like water changes. Blue shrimps will be nice.

Light name plz

I only have experience with no waterchanges in a saltwater tank. But i can imagine that it should be possible to go without any waterchange with this tank. The only thing you must do, like i did with the saltwater, is every week testing the water and add supplements where needed. I was using the DSR method (Dutch Syntetic Reefing). See this example.. A tank running 12 years without water changing: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u_0EcNbcktQ.html

400 euros for Wrgb pro 2, 90 cm😢😮

I couldn't not possibility do water changes on all the aquariums I have. Yes you will get some algae if you do not do water changes, but remember algae is a plant it will do everything a plant will do. Like use ammonia, phosphate and nitrogen. Was well as use CO2. Without algae most natural ecosystems would collapse👍

I'm all for no water changes. hardly ever do on my tanks.

People on the internet either religiously do waterchanges or religiously don't do waterchanges. Rarely I see anyone recognize waterchanges as a tool they can use when needed.

You will lose minerals. Beneficial bacteria uses carbonates so your KH will drop even tho you're only doing top ups.