The Iron Throne Tank: Aquarium Build Tutorial 

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My heart sank when you added that big stump of wood - I thought, ' oh no, that'll never work' - but you proved me so wrong. What a brilliant tank, Well done! Plus that overhang at the back looks so good, and so natural for the fish to hang. If I had a big tank I would do that now. too. Super.

I think this is the most dramatic tank, absolutely love it. I'm going to try it on my next build.

I'm haven't even made it to the end of the video but this is already a brilliant build! ... I'm far too old to be a "fan boy" but, damn, you have created a masterpiece! You're moving up into a nature doco videographer as well - that bit at the end with the music and great shots of the fish enjoying the environment was mesmerising! The only thing missing was narration by Sir David Attenborough!

The tank is amazing!! The fish blend well. My wife and I, have learned more from you in one month, than all the books and programs out there!!

I think this one has to be my favorite tank of yours this year. Really dramatic! It's like an art piece!

Absolutely stunning. You continue to outdo yourself always pushing the boundaries to create true aquatic works of art. As always I look forward to seeing what you create next.

Yes! More themed tanks please

Man you really have outdone yourself with this tank. It is beautiful!

OMG ! This is soooo beautiful. The tree stump, so little plants and dragon stone, this is amazing, you got a talent and keep surprising us. Thank you.

This is one of the most beautiful tanks I’ve seen so far. Your progress since the shed days is incredible, I can’t wait to see what you come up with next!

A tank that will grab everybody's attention ,one of the best you have done in my opinion

i believe this is the best one that you have setup..loving the colors

That was exceptionally breathtaking. No matter what the na sayers say. Amazing taking notes.

I like naturalistic tanks best, but this one looks really amazing. I never would’ve thought I’d like red sand so much.

Love the build! Just one safety suggestion - try putting rocks inside of a sock or something similar before breaking them. Not only will you keep everything together, minimizing clean up, but you also significantly reduce the amount of shrapnel/dust in the air, making the process safer overall. Hope this helps! Goggles also aren’t a bad idea 😁🐠💕🥽🔨

11:53, there is a face of an old man on the lower right side of the hardscape. Looks awesome. Even more when the scape is done.

Like someone already said this is a great scape for very silver fish they'd stand out great ! Loving this concept

I think some really shiny silver colord fish would be great in this tank.

A spiny eel would look awesome in this tank, and though a fire eel would fit the vibe and look cool,; would get too big. I'd love to see MD do and eel tank just once :)

I love the more natural heavily planted tanks but as a nerd lol,this is AMAZING!!!

Beautiful build! I really appreciate the way that you never settle, and keep working and tweaking until its just right.

This is definitely my favourite red tank you've ever done!

This is now my favorite aquascape. Awesome tank design!

I cannot stop watching this tank. It's mesmerizing. The darkness beneath the overhang, wow, what an area. The drama!

I really love the all red design theme. I just did something like this with a small 6 gallon tank. Also - I can't be the only person who thought the duck sound was hilarious....

I really didn't think that that HUGE bit of wood was going to look good. But as always MD proved me wrong. Which just reinforces what MD says ... 'Trust in the process' ... GREAT VIDEO !!!

cutting the wood inside on a coffee table and smashing rocks with a hammer on that floor is..... insane lol. Tank looks great though

Love the Elden Ring comparison. This is very much a piece of Caelid lol

I am just going to say it, straight away it is eye catching. so beautiful❤

Thats gotta he the most unique looking tank and aquascape ive ever seen! Spectacular!!

This is beautiful. I'm a beginner and have been following you for inspiration and WOW!!!

Beautiful tank mate, next level, this is now my favorite tank that I’ve ever seen you do, the drama is amazing.

Red is my favourite colour and I love this tank 😀 Great work MD.

Not something I'd do with my own tanks, but I can still appreciate the beauty of it!

Daaaaamn those bites you've smashed on the floor fits sooooooooooooooo great! It's amazing aquascape! When i'm thinking that you litteraly cannot scape better you comming with another video with better aquascape every time! GREAT WORK! BLESS YOU!

I love this coloration. May have to try this on a smaller scale with one of my nano tanks!

Michael Scott reminded me to hit the Like button, though I would of smashed it at the completed scape anyway. It is an absolute piece of art that! I have a two week oldish red colour themed tank with the plants only just starting to settle in nicely when I just couldnt find that je ne sais quoi that seems to be missing. It wasnt even the Chili rasbora I decided against getting to go with the red cherry neocaridina in this 40L tank; it was the soil. Definitely popping a red gravel cap in that scape tomorrow! Never thought I'd be popping any caps. Look what you made me do. And cheers for that.

Ignore the negative comments-you are a great artist 😊

That's a statement tank! Wow, really beautiful and different. It's amazing how you can use all sorts of materials that you've used before and create something totally new.

Cool tank. Love the choice of slate detail stones.

I had my doubts when you started this tank but it turned out great!

Now that is one gorgeous tank! I really like this one. I usually like everything you do but this one is special!! Nice job!!

Stunning! The other red tank was cool but this one is very dramatic

I love this one! It turned out great. Sometimes you have to just trust your artistic vision and see it through. Even when it seems risky.

I think this is my favourite tank you’ve done. The colours are amazing and so calming. Great job .

This tank is amazing! Strong work my friend! 💪🏻

Absolutely stunning tank looks unreal . If the fish seem happy then they are happy .

Always loved the Synodontis. I'm so glad to see you have some.

By far my favorite tank so far!

huge improvement than how it was before

Another magnificent scape. Very striking! I was so excited with that piece of wood and then the placement of the dragon stone. Bravo sir!

Music selection is top tear

Knew I should have ordered the mesh bags, 😅 I disturbed the layers by accident with the chunky wood I put in, it was a disaster on my first build, eventually everything leveled out but I'm going to break it down and redo. The only diggers I have are crayfish, and they are satisfied with the wood pieces and the hollows in them. I'm planning on just making one half the plants and sorting out my tank and do a rebuild and learn from my mistakes 😂 this looks beautiful MD! 🎉 Yikes, I thought my wood ratio was chunky for my tank, but that's massive, ok, I feel better about my choices going with the wood more than the rocks in my hardscape lol.

One of if not my favorite set up that I someday want to mimic. But with my twist! Awesome job!

I would love if you made a few recordings of your fish tanks like you did in the last few seconds of this video. A few hours of tank and music that we could put on as background noise and TV. Your tanks are lovely to look at all day long.

Haha! Gettin jiggy! Technical term of course.

this is beautiful!!!! probably the most beautiful tank i've seen

I finally took the plunge and got a good light that you featured in the recent video series, and got 4 new plants for a well-established tank with Rainbow Fish and a couple green corydoras. I'm looking forward to seeing how the plants do with the new light! Thanks for the inspiration! Also, I'm so glad you mentioned not to bury the rhizomes! I had to dig mine up and attach them to things the right way. :)

Awesome build!

i love to see people using red substrate, i’ve done a build like this with mostly dark black slate stone type rocks in a 5g with a betta

One of your best setups❤

This looks so good! Now I want a red one too.

🤣😂🤣 .. no worries.. just go steal a coaster from your favorite place and glue it over the hole. Or put it on a pivot and you can run a wire if you need to. Then you have a "secret reminder"

Literally just started rewatching GoT a couple days ago lol. Love your tanks man!

Love the scape, but not the red. Having said that, it does fit with the scheme you were going for!

Not gonna lie, was really liking the wood standing straight up creating an island feel. But still a stunning scape as usual!

A tank with a 100+ rummy nose tetras would be cool!

This is such a cool fantasy/scifi build. I ADORE it for how creative it is

This is one of the top 3 tanks you ever done. ✅ super sick I still like the archer fish tank a lot as well! We need an update on that tank!

this looks amazing it makes me want to start my tank again

MD!! I would definitely recommend Cryptocoryn Bronze or red! Or tropica It would go so great for fires!!🔥 This tank looks so unique and refreshing! I love it. Good job Md!

Cool looking tank, its gonna really stand out in the fishroom😂. Can you do a lovely darkwater tank at some point. I know you did one accidentally b4 but a deliberate one would be good😅

Wow! That must have been so much fun to create. You just keep coming up with new and unusual things and it works! Visually it’s a stunning tank, and so different from everything else you’ve done so far. You never cease to amaze me!

ive watched soo much MD i recognize all the (most) hardscape individually

Amazing tank ! And finaly somethink different than just stuffing the tank to the rim with free plants

Yeah, I like the aquasoil in bags for those diggers. ^^ I imagine you can do the same with compost soil by making landscape fabric bags & putting those inside the mesh bags, since the former are a bit fragile, so that it would contain most of the tiny bits.

I won't lie, for a minute there all I could see was a graboid(Tremors movie ft. Kevin Bacon) lol. Still, love how it ended up. Another great scape!

Love it! Only thing I don’t like is the gray detail stones. Throws it off for me.

He is the Bob Ross of the aquariums!!

It really does have some Elden Ring vibes. I imagine some areas could make for really good inspiration (although Caelid would certainly work better as a desert vivarium for some outlandish animal)

One of the most dramatic tanks you done . Very cool 😎

Gorgeous tank!!! I loveeee when a tank has hardscape that makes it look like it's own little world, you really captured that here

Nitrate limitation boosts red colors. Both they don’t have enough. I always reduce nitrates on competition tanks and increase light to get more reds right before submission time.

Wow, this is one of the most beautiful tanks I have seen!

when are we getting a salt water tank update??

Прекрасный аквариум, очень круто получилось! ❤ 💥💥💥

Simply stunning ❤

Traditionally, people saw stuff on a work table or even work bench, outside or in the work shop. It keeps living spaces cleaner and free from so much damage that way :).

This is my favourite tank this year so far ❤ great work MD! Amazing build, just what I needed to relax tonight 👌

I really liked this Fantastic use of hardscape

This is a sublime scape

I love the red! Definitely going to use something like that in my next tank!

Chunks would look nice in there. 👀

Nothing but 100 Paracheirodon Innesi in this tank would be absolutely magical. Maybe once your Mbuna need a larger tank? Please do not tear this down without trying to make it a Neons only tank 😊. Plus, Innesi in large groups are very brave fish, you would be seeing a lot of them. They are not hiding as much as the Simulans type. ...aaand Blue Jelly Shrimp look otherworldly on red plants.

I always thought plants were a nogo with Mbunas. Beautiful tank and it does stand out from the others.

I’ve been using the eheim 4+ for well over 8 years now and they are super solid filters. The plus just means it has an extra media basket compared to the regular 4 version

Thank you for all the knowledge all your work is stunning!!

Gettin' jiggy wit' it (Na-na, na, na, na-na-na-na) (Na-na, na, na, na-na)🎶🎶

nice build MD!