The Red Forest Betta Aquarium (no filter, no water change, planted tank Aquascape Tutorial) 

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My man, you offer the best tank build content on RU-vid. Thanks for giving ways to save money and ways to accomplish complex looking tanks in a step by step process. Thanks so much. My mum was a scouser from Liverpool but moved to the states, got married and had a family. She and my dad let us keep ALL manner of pets to include fish, snakes, tortoises, just to name a few. Cheers sir.

You are the Bob Ross of tank creation. I feel like I'm watching his paint show and seeing art come to life.

Oh MD. Another GORGEOUS tank. You are soooo inspiring. Your enthusiasm is contagious, yet your voice and presence is so soothing. I actually save your videos for when I really need them the most. Therapeutic, really. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you give to all of us. I have been feeling some tank burnout, and you truly help me. In your next tank, the wee one, I would love to see something kind of minimalist perhaps. Not your usual style, I know. Maybe with epiphytes?

I don’t know why, but pearling aquarium plants are one of the most beautifully satisfying sights I’ve seen. I love it!

Reds are my favorite... and this tank turned out absolutely delightful! It's perfect for that gorgeous white betta!

I'm waiting for a pygmy cory build. A few panda cory's at the bottom and a school of pygmys makes for a surprisingly fun to watch tank!

Just got home from work and now I get to unwind to a new MD video. Love the builds you do. Such an inspiration!

I actually cannot put into words how incredible this tank is.. You continue to out do yourself, thanks for the continued inspiration

MD, I have to say that this is my favorite tank you’ve done. The initial video when you put in the betta, stunning. And the reds bring out the reddish pink of the fish. Well done 👍

Never clicked so fast

I’m so glad you’ve been experimenting with the different soils. I used compost trying to do a walstead inspired set up and couldn’t figure out why my plants were rotting at the root until you figured it out for me. Thank you! Love your content

This is my favorite setup you’ve done so far, no question. Might be the best build I’ve ever seen, period.

Love this tank. I gotta say man I’ve been following for about 2 years now and this has to be one of my favorite builds you have created. All the reds and pinks to browns and greens. Very nice contrasts. Keep up the great content!

This is my favourite tank you've done. It looks so natural and vibrant. I find your videos so relaxing as well

This is one of my favorite builds so far! I love how everything ties in perfectly at the end. Your energy is something I always look forward when I click your videos and your content definitely one of the best on the platform. One day I hope to make a giant ecosystem tank like yours! Keep it up MD!

I've been feeling really overwhelmed while trying to figure out how to set up a tank in my room and this really helped me. Thank you so much.

Thanks for sharing your craft. I've been out getting mud, soil, sand samples to start a dirted tank. Spent all afternoon getting aquatic plants from local ponds to try my first micro ecosystem tank.

Hey, I just wanted to say thank you, MD! I really enjoy your videos. I have watched sooo many videos about scaping, aquariums in general and was always feeling not good enough or not knowing enough (even though my betta and shrimp do great :)). And I always felt like I had to chase after so many things: A better light, a better filter, better soil, plants, do I need co2?... You name it. But your content just really makes me happy. It's so relaxing and inspiring. And it makes me think about what I can change in my tanks without having to spend tons of money. I really feel how I get creative and into my own projects. This weekend I will finally start rearranging my betta cube. I bet he'll thank you, too :) Greetings from Germany!

You tank really looks beautiful. The buc with the red plants, red wood and the green front plants really does it. Well done MD. I love it.👍👌🤗🥰

You've been super busy the last few weeks! I love red plant builds! Don't see them very often!

MD, I’ve been following you for a while now and this is by far your best scape. Well done man. You’ve inspired me to scape a 3.5 gal bowl, 10 gal, and I’m waiting on plants to start my new 60 gal! I wanted to try something like this too, super red!

You my guy, are a Mad Scientist & Artist in one! Watching this tank build in 1440P and SHEEEESH, MD! 🔥 I recommend turning up the resolution to anyone watching, the colors pop much more louder as if your there👍🏼

Perfect fish for that scape. Normally I hate scapes with floating plants, but in this case they match the Autumnal feel perfectly, and because of the wood you've used, look like low-hanging leaves. Don't know if you intended it to look like that, but it certainly gives it more of a diorama feel than just another tank with stuff in it. Well done :)

I had a betta for 3 years 😢 And know I wanted to get another one, I want to give a nice life for a new one, and by wanting to get more information about them I stumbled on to your channel. Thank you so much for the educational videos, and I am here planning on how to make a super natural looking tank before I even get my fish ❤

This turned out amazingly beautiful! Well done! It's really inspiring. As for a new build for the old tank, I think you should ask Matt to choose a fish, and you make a scape inspired off that.

The most beautiful build! Gorgeous red forest, you out did yourself MD!

Looks so good with the white betta against the dark background and red plants. I'm sure that wood is going to release tons of tannins. A small mesh bag of charcoal hidden in the back can help pull them out reducing the need for multiple water changes during the first few weeks. Or letting it go completely black water might look cool too! For the small tank how about something you haven't done in awhile like a small paludarium? Maybe mixed with a minimalist mountain scape jutting out of the water in the corner very rock heavy with small plants carpeting? I can't wait to see what you come up with!

My jaw is dropped!! The most beautiful aquarium and absolutely love this... Speechless mate

About to start my first aquarium/aquascape ever and binge watched 50+ of your videos in preparation. First off, thanks for all the stellar tips and inspiration. Second, this is my favorite scape that you’ve made. Thanks for all the hard work and please keep it up. A lot of us out there look up to you for advice and ideas. 🙏 🙏

They keep sponsoring you because your the reason I buy API products for all my fish needs, and I’ve recommended it to all my friends who are just getting into the hobby. Every time I watch one of your vids with them, it reminds me to check if I need to buy more 😂

I thank you oh so much for this video you had explained everything in details. I purchased my betta a few days ago, I've called them and explained that he wasn't eating. The store reply just feed him every other day and besides we have a 15 day guarantee, this wasn't what I wanted to hear so thank you again for the fish food recommendation. Oh I forgot to mention, I hope you can do a setup of panda guppies or rice fish, they'll look awesome with your creations. Nice work!

A wonderful looking tank as always! Working on a 70 Gal Rainbow tank myself... i would say for the rework, a mini jungle tank! With an imposing focal point such as a chonky root coming right out the tank. Plenty of mosses and some unique dwarf air plants planted on/around the root would look killer! Then to top it off, some dwarf white frogs or other type of frog would be really neat! would bring that vibe together nicely. Keep On Swimming from Canada!

I dont own fish and probably never will but these videos are better than therapy

You’re other betta video made me want a white dumbo so bad when I’ve tried so hard to resist the temptation for new fish. This just made life even harder 😂

I have used the api products for years and years. I absolutely love them.

Would be cool to see you take on a Walstad method tank combined with the dutch styled tank. No hardscape, just lots of stems. Never seen a dutch-style setup without CO2 and filter! Great work!

Bopping away to Freek-a-leek petey pablo in piano form in the background what a g loving the detail you put out MD I’ve not missed a video recently!

youve convinced me after watching for two years to finally do videos of my favorite things, AquaScaping I'm starting with my trusty S9+ as you did years ago hope to get to your level one day

Tank Suggestion:- Baron, cliff like canyon. Think wild west.. Tall earth coloured rocks, pathways.. the odd bit of foliage dotted around. A native american landscape submerged with small fish inhabiting a forgotten land. ✌

My female dumbo betta has, what I call, “lacey wings” too! Lol. Your betta is beautiful and your tanks are always amazing 💯 Keep up the great work, it's very appreciated 💜

Bravo, MDFishTanks! As usual, you've elevated aquarium aquascaping to the level of art, composition, and sculpture. Your tanks always look AMAZING! :)

Aside from the Amazon tank ( we need an update!!!) this is my favorite tank. Sooo beautiful. Nice job MD!!!

Yet another STUNNING creation. You do good work! Thanks for sharing!

I love my little tank, heavily planted and both fish and plants doing well. 🙂

You are my FAVORITE RU-vid channel and Fish Shop Matt is my second favorite. I went back and watched every single video you’ve ever posted from your first short videos; where you didn’t even talk. Did you fix your living room aquarium?

Hi MD just wanted to thanks you for all of your great video. Im from france and everytime i watch one of ur video i want to do an aquarium so much ! Keep Going

I love dirted tanks. All my tanks are dirted tanks, even the high tech ones. Recently I've had a lot of success mixing organic potting soil with the laterite red soil from where I live and a teeny tiny bit of crushed coral.

He looks like such a happy Betta! And how could he be anything but happy in that beautiful tank?

I've got a superfish 45 and I agree, it's awesome, excellent value for money. I use it for my crystal red shrimp.

Very informative. Wanted to do a planted aquarium but was intimidated. After watching your video psyched to start. Thank you

These are some brilliant reds! Absolutely beautiful. It's a great contrast for the betta. This almost looks like an enchanted forest with a little fishy unicorn inside lol. With the spare tank I would really like to see some emerse growth in there. I absolutely love the look of plants growing out at the top of scapes and it's often done in bigger tanks. So I think it would be cool to have something like this on a smaller scale, because I suppose many of us have tanks on this smaller side :)

Another amazing build... You've inspired alor of my builds and can't believe how sweet it looks when done...thank you so much MD...more shrimp tanks please

Hi MD Wow. Straight up the most beautiful tank you've ever done. Nice.

I vote for another Betta for the empty tank!

you always blow my mind!!!!!! what can i say every work its just perfect! i always wanted red plants but all said need CO2 and u made it without just amazing

This is one of my favorite builds you’ve done MD 😍

Wasn't expecting an MD video today. What a great surprise!:)

Wow! Absolutely brilliant, the wood looks amazing. Thank you

I wish plants where cheap in the U.S. after watching your videos for over months I decided to build my own betta tank based on your videos. I use the API root tabs and all. Not as many plants as I wanted. Spent over $170 on plants but let’s hope they grow nicely and cover a lot. Wish me luck and let’s hope my set up works

Wake up to this And my day got a whole lot better Thank you MD😊♥️

Awesome build, MD! Just an FYI you can get the same fast drying glue with a spritz of water to save you some money on the activator spray!

You've outdone yourself with this build! By far my favourite one.

Dirtied setup, no filter and red plants. Love love love so much. Ive never have really red plants, so its down to lighting you say. I like it so much im going to save these vids of the tank and use it like a tutorial, so well explained, really appreciate it. Hopefully i get something like these results.

Tank came out great! I highly recommend a RODI filter with Seachem equilibrium (if you are using rock like senryu stone you can sometimes skip the equilibrium). If that API stuff is like Seachem prime, then it removes the chlorine by binding it with ammonia until it can be consumed by biological filtration.

This is one of my favorite builds you have done. When I see MD made a new video I know it will be a great video! Keep it up!

Learned a lot of making my aquascapeing much better, especially on substrate and wood staying down instead of floating.

Subbed already! I found your channel through a recomenndation on the side of one of Tanner's SerpaDesign vids and i'm in love already! You seem to have a very different style to him but it's super clean. I've seen tanks with no filter before but never as good as this. Thanks for the awesome content c:

Another excellent build MD! Your Betta is going to love it!

Wow amazing! Tank looks deep with the different colours- great work MD x

Love the tanks! Thanks to your vids I got the courage to completely overhaul my two tanks, so thankyou! :)

This is fantastic! It really looks like a submerged tree. The color is amazing.

The reds are so pretty! My favourite build to date!!!

Your freshly set up tanks look better than I could ever get mine to after months of trying to grow out plants to fill it in. Maybe someday…

It's a beautiful betta fish! First time I've seen a white betta and it's gorgeous! I'm impressed with your setups thanks for sharing! Jun from Sacramento CA

Been following for almost 2 years now and this is definitely one of the best looking tanks you have put together, nice job man

I absolutely love this tank. Gorgeous! One of your best builds!

If you are going to give him tank mates, I think green neon tetras or kubotai rasboras would pop in that tank. Really creative build, MD. Take care.

I would love to see a simple shrimp cube scap, minimal amount of plants, a piece of wood and enough space to see the shrimps swimming around, we haven’t had shrimp videos in a while, would love another scape or an update at least, keep up the good work amazing content as always

Wow!! Just wow!!! Beautiful tank. My half moon Betta is getting a new tank now.

Beautiful tank, love those bright pink stems! For the old tank I'd love to see you do a new betta setup but this time using tiger lotus plants and showcasing a single female betta! I know the males are stunning, but I recently learnt that a huge % of females get culled as part of the betta breeding process because they're less in demand than the males. I think that's such a shame, as often the girls can also be super colourful and have great little personalities too. I know you've previously done a sorority tank and that was awesome, but perhaps if you used this old tank to do a new aquascape showing off a single female, it might inspire others to also consider giving a home to a girlie betta rather than just automatically going straight for the boys :-)

Wow!!! This tank is stunning!! I think it's my absolute favorite!! 😍

This is an amazing aquarium. You've inspired me to start my journey on keeping tanks and from having just one small cube for my betta ( he's a hellboy too, so yay). I'm from West Bengal in India, and we have an extremely nano beauty named the Scarlet Badis, which I'm sure you know of. They're also called Dario Dario, these guys are just 0.8in fully grown, and they're the smallest cichlids you'll ever come across. So full of character and they just love planted aquariums. I would request you to please please make one set up for them using the tank you've got empty and at hand now.

Watching again…gorgeous, humans tank fir your betta…just beautiful.!

that is a awsome tank i just made my first aquascape after watching so many of you videos cant wait to see more of your videos

love this scape! I wish I could get my red root floaters fire red like yours, but they are green and multiplying like crazy so they are happy

my community tank had a betta who passed away recently.. I was pretty bummed. I wanna try the filter less tank idea! I have loads of plants I keep throwing away since they outgrow my community tank. thanks for the inspo! although i'm sure my husband won't be too happy lol

This is beautiful, and a very manageable size! I have wanted to get a 2ft tank for ages but I can’t find anywhere to fit one in my room- but this might work!

The wood is a really lovely colour. Compliments the red fauna nicely.

One of the most beautiful aquariums I've ever seen.

7:24, for everyone who is reading this just know that everyone makes mistakes even MD, and that's no problem. Don't be afraid to make mistakes but just learn from them! Anyways MD, great tank as always! Keep it going!

I used to feed my Betta girl live scuds from my pond. Man, she LOVED to hunt!

Shout out to API 👏 Loyalty from both sides 😂👍

I want to start doing this when I get a house. Its so peaceful and educational

wow.. ive been watching ur videos for a long time and Ive drawn inspiration for my tanks.. tq for doing u...

Great setup! You are becoming my aquarium youtube hero!

I’m a great fan of API products. I also use the one with rooting hormone.

I’ve watched so many of his videos I feel like I can believe when he has morning face and when he’s just woke up? Maybe I’m completely wrong or maybe I’ve watched so many videos and I’m totally right❤😂

its like he was watching u make it and saw u coming to grab him and got excited