NEW MERCH CLICK HERE: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/md-fish-tanks This tiny aquarium has been sat and over run for too long. It's only 2.6 gallons so not really suitable apart from fry, shrimp and i've had chili rasbora fish in there before as well. Anyway, one day I was looking at it thinking "I'd like to do a nature aquarium in there" but then immediately thinking it was too small....well, it's not to small, it's just difficult. And if something is difficult, then we should try to do it...so i have 😃 Equipment (all links affiliate): TANK AND LIGHT SET: US amzn.to/3hVHhow (similar) UK amzn.to/3hU1ATm GOOD BUDGET LIGHT:: US amzn.to/2MDfjk1 UK amzn.to/3iYlfQQ SMALL HANG ON BACK FILTER: US amzn.to/2Mw63OO UK amzn.to/39rx3b5 NANO INTERNAL FILTER: US amzn.to/3oxGBWm UK LED FLOODLIGHTS: US amzn.to/3t6HOHD UK amzn.to/3orIdRv CANISTER FILTER: US amzn.to/3iNeVtW UK amzn.to/2Fo774a GOOSENECK CLIP ON LAMP: (similar as product is now discontinued) US amzn.to/2IlwLVA UK amzn.to/2LNat13 MINI WATER PUMP: US amzn.to/2oAmf5y UK amzn.to/2mjHDez TANKS: US amzn.to/2SOocHG UK amzn.to/2SPA24i STRIP LED LIGHT: US (similar) amzn.to/2SNgbm7 UK amzn.to/2Fn9aW1 ASTA LED LIGHT: US amzn.to/3k9EmpY UK amzn.to/3p5XUPY AQUARIUM RACKING: Shelving: US amzn.to/2SrYZ5k UK amzn.to/2GFWKJ2 AIRPUMP (FILTER SYSTEM): US amzn.to/31z8FA9 UK amzn.to/37GIoUa FILTER SPONGES: US amzn.to/3dQLUfM UK amzn.to/3dS2k7K MEDIA BAGS: US amzn.to/34Kaf2N UK amzn.to/3lAj3z1 STAINLESS LILY PIPES: US amzn.to/2FqHpvR UK amzn.to/2RlfrnC BOWL AQUARIUMS: US amzn.to/2M4FwFO Amazo UK: amzn.to/2Vx73CL HARDSCAPE AND PLANTS: www.aquariumgardens.co.uk/

@Lazy_Fish_Keeper

2 жыл бұрын

@MD Fish Tanks this is awesome! I cried a bit when the nerite went in. I had a nerite go on walkabout last week. I didn't realize it was strong enough to lift the lid. I found it! And had to carefully return it to the tank because nerites' funky shape means they can't actually right themselves 😳 That big ol' pseudopod just stretches and stretches.... without ever righting the shell.😔 Lil' buggers are so darned entertaining, and so stress inducing, all at the same time. I don't mind the egg casings, though. I wish I had room for a brackish water tank to breed them.🤷‍♂️

@TROPIXDAWG

2 жыл бұрын

How many gallons is your nano cubes besides this 2.6 one

@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577

Жыл бұрын

Thinking of doing some of these as gifts. Who wouldn't love a tiny, easy to manage meditation tank with shrimp and or snails?

You are my husband's least favourite youtuber...every time I watch a video I'm like "yeah so I need another tank" 🤣🤣

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

glad to be of service lol.

@brieoshiro

2 жыл бұрын

Haha sameee My husband acts like he's sick of it, but he sits and looks and the tanks at night and enjoys the fish. He even helps feed them and stuff. He just likes to complain lol :)

@ellenm4560

2 жыл бұрын

@@brieoshiro I wish! My husband doesn't get it and thinks they're 'just fish' 😒 while I love those little dudes

@brieoshiro

2 жыл бұрын

@@ellenm4560 Aww :( Yeah mine just likes to fake complain haha He takes me to the fish stores and lets me look and pretends to remember the names of stuff lol

@ellenm4560

2 жыл бұрын

@@brieoshiro That's super sweet of him!

one of the many things I love about your videos MD is that you always show the tank and all its occupants from every angle, wide shots, mid shots and close-ups. I'm never frustrated having to pause the video trying to see something. Too many fishtubers either don't show enough close-ups, or only show close-ups and never what the whole effect looks like. Your videos are just perfectly satisfying 😊 I guess it helps that you've perfected your set-up. The nano rack looks amazing!

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

glad you enjoy fletcher. Yeah nothing worse than not seeing the full tank and close ups.

Who would even dislike this? 🤦🏼‍♀️ Love your work, my hubby and I love watching your videos in the evening before bed to get ideas and inspiration. Much love from a Canadian in the UK ❤🍁🇬🇧

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

glad you like the vids melissa :)

@Melissa_Lawrence

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks your work truly is amazing, and I love how you dont claim to know everything about fish etc. Keep up the amazing work, cant wait to see more! A video idea (if u haven't done one yet, I'm still trying to get thru all of them!) - an inexpensive 1st aquascape/fish tank ideas.

@MsDragonfire1992

Ай бұрын

People who dislike it are probably the other halves to the people that became obsessed with fish and tanks from the channel 😂

YES!! Have been waiting to see this redone 😁 Love coming home from work to a new MD video.

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching :D

What's better than watching the new MD video while aclimating fish for the newly scaped turtle tank?

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

nice!!!

@jbiz1202

2 жыл бұрын

Yo post it

@kristofnagyvari5498

2 жыл бұрын

@@jbiz1202 It would be a shame😂

@bethanyreid839

2 ай бұрын

watching a new MD video while acclimating fish of a newly scaped turtle tank with a cheeseburger and really crispy fries in your mouth

if he was a saltwater guy just imagine the amount and variety of corals he would have.......

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I think it might be time to get salty...

@kaleo_wong6590

2 жыл бұрын

Yess

@manonthemoons2007

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks Let’s goooo

@elephantpoop2046

2 жыл бұрын

i thought he was gonna make the tank he made into the Chiclid tank a saltwater tank

@sshep86

2 жыл бұрын

Master the fresh my man. 20+ years I have been in the hobby. I had a choice, become one with freshwater or go marine. In my experience, its literally one or the other. Its too complicated to do both. Maybe a small reef nano, but anything above that is time consuming and alternative. I couldn't manage it and I dont have an audience to please. In my experience and speaking to many people in my hobby they cant manage it either. Be a freshwater or salty. You will struggle with both audiences and interests.

12:37 MD: "One, two, three, four, five.... Six.. Seven... Seven " Monica Geller: "SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN SEVENNNNNN"

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

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@missmermaid6249

2 жыл бұрын

OMG I’m ROTFLMAO. That was my favorite episode 😂

Damn, MD - your tanks, even the ones that which you are the most critical, all look beautiful. You’re more than an aquarist, you are an artist creating living artwork - an “artquarist” or something along those lines. Keep on - your aquaria are fantastic and your production quality is truly top shelf all the way.

From India, I must say that I got inspiration to have a planted tank only by seeing your videos. Thanks for helping us to learn ,

Hey MD, I recently started following you because you were recommended by a friend. And I absolutely love your videos. Because of you aquascapes I now have 2 aquariums which I absolutely love, you had given me so many ideas on how to scape them. Keep going!!

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

so glad you are enjoying :)

Jinu, always admire your openness and guts in expressing your views without any bias or reservations 👍👌💪

Great build for a tiny tank! The whole rack looks spectacular! I do enjoy the music you pick for your videos also.

The thing I like about your channel man is that everything is not ADA, Twinstar expensive equipment. Nice beautiful scapes with affordable equipment.

I’ve literally bought salvinia and Java ferns for my beta tank because of you’re videos, you always give me ideas or inspiration for my own fish and amano shrimp

My fish enjoy watching your builds with me. They all gather to watch, we love the videos!

Re: the problem with your shrimp tanks could be your plant fertilizer, the liquid one.. it has copper in it and copper is toxic to shrimp. Hope this helps.

@Gmte

2 жыл бұрын

@@astonphipps2722 still, even the tiniest amounts of copper can be deadly for shrimp and any products that contain any amount of copper should never be used in shrimp tanks especially because the copper can build up

@pedroquinellatodantas9669

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gmte copper is an element necessary for all organisms, including shrimps, but they have a very little tolerance for excess copper. The copper amounts found in liquid fertiliser need to be overdosed >10x to be toxic for shrimps. You are right about copper overstocking, but this only happens if overdosed, the correct trace concentrations is rapidly absorverd by the plants.

@mindlord0013

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gmte I did some number crunching on copper in liquid fertilisers because I was paranoid about putting it in my shrimp tank. While there weren't any numbers on cherry shrimp specifically, the most sensitive shrimp species was the Australian ghost shrimp with a LC50 value of 0.034ppm after 96 hours. Most other shrimp had a LC50 of 0.3 or higher. Looking on the back of my chosen liquid fertiliser, the recommended high dosage for a bright, heavily planted tank with CO2 injection would put 0.0225ppm of Copper into the system. You might have a little bit of die-off if you have Australia ghost shrimp. The "average" recommended dosage would put 0.0075ppm of Copper into the system. I would need to dose 4.5x the recommended "average" dosage of fertiliser (and maintain that level of copper for 96 hours) for 50% of the Australian ghost shrimp to die. For other shrimp, you would have to put in 45x the recommended "average" dosage and maintain those levels over the course of 96hours for 50% of the shrimp to die. Unless you're massively overdosing on fertiliser or have the much more sensitive Australian ghost shrimp, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

@joshrazo2355

2 жыл бұрын

I have been dosing tropica specialized (contains copper) daily in my 10 gallon for 2 years and my shrimp are fine. I think it's only a problem if you overdose by a lot.

I find it very relaxing watching you build these aquariums. It calms my mind and is so enjoyable :)

Work of art. I'll try to do the exact same. Hey, your aquariums are a million times better than your competition. Thanks for working your magic.

You always make it look so easy and so beautiful!! I think I’m going to have my own tank rack soon LOL 😂

You scaping is incredible. I like how you make it doable. Your awsome

Omg!! That looks awesome. I have 4 x 2.5 galons and now im inspired to use them for shrimp haha. Personaly I would not put a betta in anything less than a 5 galon.

Simple setup but so cool. Amazing

Loving the frosted effect, nothing wrong with the black but it's a fresh look and it's nice to have difference 🙂

The interest on that rack is intence so much to look at an appreciate love it!

So motivated right now!!! Going to be changing so tanks up now ❤️❤️

Beautiful tank again man……love the channel. Very soothing

Wow what a beautiful fish tanks Love your the aquascape!!

You did so good on this one. It's definitely my favorite of your last 10 or 15 that you've done. Keep it up!

@vEGan1909

2 жыл бұрын

It‘ll be overgrown in no time 😂

@lvengineerable

2 жыл бұрын

@@vEGan1909 Haha probably true! The java fern and anubias are really slow though so hopefully it won't be too bad!

Lovely little scape!

Can you do a new betta planted tank 🔥

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

just planning one actually :)

@kittencatten7632

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks yessss im excited im thinking of getting a betta

Awesome little Tank

Did you know that salvinia was a floating fern ? So cool isn't it Super scape ! as many of us I was waiting for you to rescape the small tank for days and it turned way better that I expected

No word.... Wonderful. You are the number one Water values?

That's a lovely little tank.

I know this one is going to be amazing!👍🏻💕

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

hope you like

Awesome vid, I have myself a 19L Aquael aquarium that looks very similar to yours, and I've had cycling for over a month now, with a proud-standing dragon stone rock in the middle and can't wait to get it stocked.

@arandomguy2

Жыл бұрын

some chilli rasboras would look awesome 😊

Man I have really enjoyed watching your videos great work !!!

You have to fix that shelf! Not for yourself but for all of your OCD watchers!

My favourite channel on KZread, I do follow all your work ,love from India ....All the best!

Lovely little scape MD.

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

thank you patrick

It’s always great when you wake up to an MD video.

fish tank isn't just a hobby it's an lifestyle

wow The tanks are amazing !

You should start selling your plant cuttings. I would definitely buy some off of you!

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

It would cost me more to prep and send than they are worth.

@maisieboyland794

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks what if we're local ? I'd love to buy plants off you cause I know they're healthy and free of diseases

@grenwood6551

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks you could sell or donte to the local shops. Might even trade you fish/discount/store credit.. new plants.

@ozzy1747

2 жыл бұрын

And he wouldn't have anytime for videos he said this about 5 months ago in a video

@thesunflowerwarrior1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks if I knew they’d survive the journey to America, I’d pay whatever lol

Your videos are one of the best 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

very kind of you to say :)

Whoops, forgot to subscribe XD fixed that! Your videos are both inspiring and soothing, thanks for making them!

to have all this stuff just on standby must be great

Great vid finally a good video on this tank

You are a true artist!

Ahhh really want to try a nano now. Awesome tank MD

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

nano's are awesome

Beautiful tank

Love nano tanks. That one was great!

Sir you make my day , as i'm getting bored & notification of your video makes me feel good.

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing!

@namankashyap5380

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks sir I'm really a big fan of yours from India. Lots of love wanna meet you once.

Legit wait for your uploads ma man !!

One day I will make an awesome aquarium studio like yours u are my motivation bro 💪

Just loved it

Great video! I'm getting ready to do a 2.6 gallon shrimp aquascape with the same dimensions so this was good to see. One thing, that's a Tiger Nerite. I only know because I've nerded out on Nerites recently. The racers stripes look different.

That was amazing.

That whole rack looks sooooo good🥰

That's beautiful

I like your work sir, from Philippines

We call that simply lovely

Love your videos!

Keren banget hasilnya 👍.. Mantap tutorialnya...

your all tank so amazing,,

Aquael is Polish brand :D I'm also made in Poland :D

I would love to see you trying to make an Jurassic tank with Triops and Fairyshrimps!

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I dont even know what they are lol. I'll do some research :D

@glowingeyes5567

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! I looked them up and boi! It looks like a moving fossil whatttt

@darkdromeda3739

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks You can look up Triassic Park Triops here on KZread he has some really cool Triops tanks! Your Tanks are awesome always hyped when I see a new video from you!

@christianfox3642

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks if you have book fairs in grade school in the u.k thats where you would normally see triops they hatch like sea monkeys but theyre bigger they look like little horseshoe crabs,they have a very short life span most of the time tho fam

Amazing

So cool acvarium

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

thank you :)

For your stand-metal lip issue bowing your shelf ... I took a router and trimmed off some of the undersides of the board at each end (like an upside-down 'L' ) so the board sits down on the metal shelf but clears the lip.

Amazing!!Going to try it for my table......... You are the best!!! Edit: I have a 30 liters tank and I want to turn it in Planted aquarium. Can you please make one video on it but it should be Budget friendly.

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks very much :)

Very nice 👍

I would say this is too small for a betta. (Btw The tank looks amazing 😁)

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, depends where you are from, I know the eastern countries use even smaller for betta fish and will put any tetra/guppy in this size with no issues.

@heaven7360

2 жыл бұрын

It's too small for a betta.....period. I've had it with seeing bettas in dinky aquariums.

@adoreyou7449

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I’d put anything living but plants in there.

@taqveem

2 жыл бұрын

@@MDFishTanks how many tetra in this size? 6... I looking to setup a small "low maintenance" tank, for the kids and me to enjoy.

Hope you have a awesome day

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

you too :D

amazing videos

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

thank you :)

Although I make a healthy food but I love your channel so much

Your beard 🧔‍♂️ game is 🔥.. 😂 love the Videos Any plans for a new paladarium setup ?? Love to see a reptile setup on the rack shelf’s !!!

Fantastic

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

thank you :D

Precioso tu canal, pero me cuesta traducir al español, igual vale la pena, siempre tienes mi like!!!🤠👌

Water Acclimating inverts takes weeks for it to be effective btw. . . . All one needs is temp acclimation with most inverts.

MD can you go around your fish room and talk about your favorite equipment you have bought over the time of your hobby. no just things that are sponsored. You talk about the flood lights you like but I'm talking tank, filter, lights DIY things you have made... things that have just made everything either better or easier since you got them.

Wow... im gona copy this heheheh i like these 11l tanks for 1 betta n tiny tiny snails.

Good thing about selvinia is you can feed these to goldfish, they love it and you will have a endless supply.

Lovely stuff. Update please!

It’s interesting to see English speaking KZreadr use Aquael products, it’s very popular where I’m from (I may even say it’s the most popular aquarium equipment company here) but I barely see it in the videos made by people from the US/UK

MD, I have been binging your channel for a few now. Every vid is the same BS! It ends! BTW? You are the first to get me to que up (any) let alone 55 vids on YT...However, to be fair? I thought I had watched all your vids & to my surprise, I was wrong.

After watching your videos, I literally got a 2 foot planted tank. And I love it! All thanks to you!

Beautiful set up. How do you handle the shrimp waste on the lighter sand? I have 5 cherries and they poop……a lot

Looks epic bud

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

thank you :)

@aquariclean6351

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome bud. Any chance I can steal you for say an hour to talk over some plans for my new scape.

@aquariclean6351

2 жыл бұрын

Be nice to catch up too

Hey! I just discovered your channel and have been binge watching the videos! lol What kind of stand do you use? and what is the weight capacity for them? also, what does your electrical output look like with all the lights and other things youuse?

Lovely tank! Do you dose liquid fertilizer? Which brand do you use? Thanks!

mmmmm cant stop watch

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks :D

hey md , why don't you make a wooden rack for tanks

These tanks are not really my cup of tea, small tanks with pretty, white sand and a fancy little island scape but everyone has their own tastes! Continue making videos man!

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

yeah some like the full on planted, rough look ones. Myself included...might do that next...

Nice video 👍. How often do you change water in shrimp tanks ?

AWESOME, QUES, no cover to keep the nail in the tank from being on the floor the next day...?

I was just thinking of putting a small tank under my 39 gallon ! This is a sign lol

Dude, I'm so happy you posted but I already set up my 2 gallons nano tank and I put a filter in it... will my shrimp be fine? I'm kinda getting a hard time cleaning it because of the fine sand I believe. Anyway, I love the tank and thank you for being such an inspiration~ Cheers!

@MDFishTanks

2 жыл бұрын

yeah should be fine as long as not high flow.

Could you go slightly diagonal to give more space and depth?