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Hi, just wanna say I love fish and I wanted to have a fish tank, so after watching your videos for months I have improved so much in my aqua scaping. So I now have three tanks😂. I’m only a teenager and nobody understands how great having a fish is in a natural environment. I try in involve my friends in what I do. Thank you for letting my fish thrive!
hey MD, i have a baby brisbane river turtle it's 5 weeks old now but i have not seen it bask on it's basking rock, do you know why, or is it to young to bask.
@@dallaslinnett1918 are you certain that species needs to bask as much and also im pretty sure they do bask less when young. Good luck with the little guy
I've recently gotten interested in Aqua Scaping as a hobby to move away from all the electronics in my life. Of all the channels I've checked out, I love yours the most. I love the enthusiasm you have for the hobby, and your dedication to mentioning even little things even if you've probably repeated them 1000 times over the course of your videos. Can't wait to get my first tank, and thanks for the enjoyable & educational content!
Hey MD. Greetings from across the pond from South Africa. First time commenting, but have been following your journey since you were still in the single shed studio in your back yard. All I wanted to say is THANK YOU. Thank you for such stellar videos and for your quirky humor. In times when the world is on its head, switching on some MD videos always makes me smile. Please keep the videos coming, you mean alot to so many of us! Cheers mate
If I bought my dream house, it would have one huge room just of fish tanks. I love aquascaping. When I was in school, I used to do the reptile and amphibian enclosures. I redesigned everything in the herp house. Now I have three tanks of fish, frogs, and shrimp. 2 tens and a twenty. I love watching you do set ups. This one is really special.
Absolutely love this. So therapeutic and simple. Rice fish are criminally underrated in the states; super cool “dither,” it’s great to see them get such a perfect tank. Keep it up!
It's so interesting to hear other folks experience with bettas. Mine is exactly the same. Sometimes they're great, sometimes they are absolute jerks. Male, Female...doesn't matter. Even if I'm sure they're cool with other fish, I still float them for a day in a drilled out floating plexiglass box. I'm probably paranoid though...
To make it more realistic, you should've had dark colored mystery snails instead of ramshorns, maybe the brown or black ones. Although they're pests, some rice fields have apple snails, the family which the mystery snails are from. Not even sure if mystery snail is a specific species. Either way, they're almost the same, if not exactly the same, and they may even lay eggs on your pond plants
Yup, they're pests in rice fields but I agree that it will make it more realistic. And with how thrilled he is with his fishes' eggs, he might also find it great when his mystery snails come out of the water to lay theirs. Also the pic he showed where ducks are in the fields, farmers sometimes just let them loose cause they eat the snails, well at least here where I live
Nice to see some Mekada/ Japanese rice fish on the channel. I recently started keeping some as I picked up some good quality white platinums (they're very pretty!) and it's been an interesting experience. I originally put them in my shrimp/ cory tank as needed something in the upper part of the tank and to eat up the ammano fry. But turned out the Medakas are absolute eating machines. Not only did they eat their food but if I put food on the bottom for the corys, they'd immediately spot it and scrum around the food and drive off the corys. So they were getting massively overfed while the corys/kuhlis were going hungry D: In the end I took the Medakas out of the tank and set them up in a small tank of their own with some shrimp that are large enough to not be predated by them. I did think about re-homing them but they've really grown on me. Because they are so food motivated, they're always active and super friendly. As soon as they see me anywhere near the tank they swim straight over and they soon learned tank maintenance wasn't anything to be afraid of and are more curious about it than scared. While I didn't want another tank, I found myself not wanting to part with them XD So yeah, if you're looking for small but interactive and friendly fish then I'd suggest them. But i'm my opinion you need to keep them in their own tank so you can control their food intake. Mine have been fine with otocinclus, snails, cherry and amano shrimp as tank mates (though as previously mentioned, shrimp need to be large enough to not be eaten as Mekada are micro predators and will absolutely eat fry/ small shrimplets).
I was able to make multiple no co2 no filter fish bowls for different strains and kinds of shrimps by just watching your uploads every now and then. Thank you so much for the inspiration this has been my dream since i was a kid
This is absolutely breathtaking 💚 I always love how open and honest you are about materials and equipment. You make it feel like something I could actually achieve. Keep up the amazing work!
Hey MD. I notice that many of your tanks don't get past the 'honeymoon phase'. I always find plants start to look a bit meh after about 6 months - 1 year. I get that it's not usually your thing to have long term tanks but it would be cool to keep at least one tank long term, just to teach people how to get over that hump. Beautiful ricefish tank btw!!
ive had lots of tanks at the 6 month to 1 year mark my friend. The way to stop what you are talking about is root tabs. All the way. Sounds like the nutrients in the substrate have been used and need to be boosted.
They normally start looking meh because of a lack of nutrients. Even nutrient rich soils will run out of it after some time, which is why supplementing with things like root tabs is very important after the plants are out of nutrients
@@MDFishTanks ah thanks for the advice! Would love to see just one long term tank though. I'm talking multiple years. Or if you already have one, would love an update on the maintenance. My tank turned four today, just as interesting as they day I made her.
Your substrate has run out of nutrients and minerals, or the plants aren't getting enough from the water column. As MD said, use root tabs and you can dose the water too.
I really enjoyed this video, I'm always fascinated by the rice fish in gardens in China,they put them in any pot it's no wonder the little guys are chilled out,the pond plants look great 👍 ☺
While I wait for my tank to cycle, I’m glad I get to watch your beautiful tanks and fish doing their thing! So relaxing and inspiring! Thank you for sharing!
So satisfying 😍 Whenever I visit this channel, it never fails to surprise and encourage me. I always learn something new with each video. Thank you Inspiration ❤️
One of my favorite setups so far. I also have just set up a barrel pond and have some rice fish eggs in the kitchen. Make sure you plants are planted at the right height though and aren't too deep/shallow. I'm sure Matt talked to you about this or it says on the plant label.
You literally read my mind. I've been thinking about setting one of these up (just a small one). I even bought the brown rice to try germinating the rice myself.
After watching, the only thing I would do differently is use aqua soil or something dark for the substrate. Having grown up in places like Cambodia and Thailand, I'd love to recreate a paddy field scene. I would have opted for a betta with the rice fish, but the rice fish on their own look great.
You have just done the style I am hoping to do, including the Cyperus. Only difference will be I'm using a large ceramic pot, and probably no rice fish because I can't find any here. Your best design yet although I might be biased in my view.
Hey great looking tank!!!! Of course. You've got the magic aqua-fingers. Oh mighty master.🧘. Teach on, teach on. LOL. Looks awesome MD. Thanks so much for sharing with us. I have been watching you for a long time and I've never seen you do a bad tank. They always look fantastic and different. Each one has been unique in some way. Amazing.
I have three different color rice fish white,blue and orange but I have them in stock tanks outside I really never thought about doing a realistic tank like the one you just did I really love it and I think I’m going to give it a try 😁
Found your channel this week and it's hella informative/fun to watch. I love your Tetra aquascapes and would be thrilled to see a Lemon Tetra vid. Take it ez brother.
I have a plan/pipedream to do something similar but with UK native plants and stickleback, like an English countryside riparium. It will be interesting to see how those outdoor pond plants get on in a heated room with artificial lighting.
Me, returning from a rice field... usually there's no stones and the water isn't that pristine, but it's not a rice field haha 50% realistic 50% scape👍🏽
I wish Maidenhead Aquatics was in America, all these videos make me wanna visit lol, all my local fish stores either have the fish living in bad conditions or are petco/petsmart, that don't have the fish I usually want, they just have the basic popular fish.
I’ve been trying to get rice fish here in Australia. I thought it would be easy being closer to Asia, but no luck so far. I want to do an outdoor pond just like this. Great job ❤️🇦🇺
I know so many people would hate to witness it, but I would love to be able to see you squeeze out that sponge at the very end 😂 I understand showing the tank off in all of its glory, but last time you said you’d squeeze out the sponge after showing it off I was gutted that I never got to see it, I watched all the way to the end just praying you’d end the video that way
Beautiful! Love this channel, it got me back into fish keeping. Do you have any plans to set up a tank with some Swordtails? Would make a great live bearer tank with Platys
