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@durst101

2 ай бұрын

Video 33 of asking for a tank with some freshwater dolphinfish please.

Those guramis make bubble nests. So maybe you wanna see if they can get a corner with no flow at the surface and some floating plants. Duckweed works well.

@MDFishTanks

2 ай бұрын

of course they do!! How did I forget. I've actually seen it with a pair a few years back I had!. Makes sense why they are setting up base camp the opposite side of the tank from the flow 👍

@stoneysscapes7544

2 ай бұрын

​​@@MDFishTanksI've definitely learned some of the best bits of useful information about this hobby over the last few years from reading your subscribers comments ! Of the things that are not necessarily applicable in what I have which currently it's just good to have the 7 tanks and a growing collection of low tech glass bowls and several random fishless displays that I have for plants , RCS & snails that I have enjoyed watching how simple setups done the MD way take care of themselves with top offs and the occasional root tabs and wiping the glass now and then. The Harlequins I have are going on 4 years and of the 12 I have 10 and ironically the 2 that ☠️☠️ managed to get stuck in between the intake sponge and the back of the glass . So now I found a L shaped connection for my intake tube so the sponge is not vertical 🤔 Can't wait to see the way you do the African rock layout especially having the caves at different levels. Made me think how some of the different creators are able to incorporate plastic pots and cork bark , driftwood and strategically placed lava rocks before they use expanding pond foam , or some do cement on styrofoam sheets ,then brush on thin coatings etc that can be colored with some powder mixed in , which is then sealed up with Dry Loc . Now that I think it would be a huge blessing for you to get a phone call to or from Aqua Decor and see what happens 🍻

@gbeeshrimp

2 ай бұрын

Love the 1st tank. Those dwarf gourami look fire 🔥

I think both of your dwarf gouramis are male. There is plenty of color variation, but the wild-ish males have red and blue stripes, while females have a silvery blue color all over. But the most noticeable difference that doesn't change with the color is the dorsal (top) fin. Males's fins are long and pointy, while females fins are short and round, usually not even close to the base of the tailfin, while males' reach is longer than the tailfin base. That's a very common difference in labyrinthfish species (gouramis, bettas, paradisefish, etc.).

@amstrange1

2 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@TankItEasySG

2 ай бұрын

I agree too! Looks like both are males

MD just in case you havent worked it out yet the little rasbora at 4:15 is an Emerald Dwarf Rasbora, I have 8 in with my betta they are lovely fish colours are less obvious but i love their stripes 💚

The male dwarf gourami will build a nest at the surface by spitting out bubbles and combining them with bits of leaves. Adding some floating plants will create a space in which he can do that. If all goes well the female will lay her eggs there and the male will look after them and protect the wrigglers. Good luck!

@The_Crucible714

2 ай бұрын

Both Gouramis and Bettas are in the Anabantoidei family of “bubble nest builders.” If you’ve successfully bred Bettas then Gouramis should present no problem.

I love your videos! The best part is that you don’t know the names of all the fish, or how to pronounce the plant names sometimes. It makes your content more relatable than many others. I love how down to earth you are! I look forward to watching all of your videos and you inspire me to rescape my tanks when they are no longer bringing me joy, or no longer properly serving the fish in them. I love your style!

I had a dream where I was trying to put the one last thing in one of your aquariums to make it perfect. They already are, mate! So cool to see your creations after over 4 decades of aquarium experience myself. It's a whole new hobby now, and you are showing how it's done. Thank you, sir.

I hope the dwarf gourami live happy and long. I've genuinely only ever heard horror stories of them, but they've been on your rack for a while. Good job

I really adore Chunks 🥰 He and Timmy need some extra screen time!

Hi MD both pearl gouramis are male the females are duller in colour have a smaller dorsal fin and usually have a plump belly

Nothing wrong with a good forest scape 😀😀 I just added Celestial Pearl Danios to mine.

That's two male Dwarf Gouramis. The females are almost half the size and mostly silver in colour. Also bubble nest breeders. had some success in breeding with dense coverage of jungle val.

@porcu12345

2 ай бұрын

you can get females with very high colouration these days, especially powder blues. Dorsal fin shape is the real giveaway.

Do be aware that the Rosy Barbs grow up to six inches long. As for the Pearl Gouramis, you can determine their gender by looking at their dorsal fin, females have a more rounded dorsal fin. It's the same for all Trichopodus species.

Looking awesome, really getting a thing for aquascaping at the moment.

@MDFishTanks

2 ай бұрын

Awesome. Go for it. Get 10 tanks 🤣

You most likely have two male pearl gouramis.

@Populiervogel

2 ай бұрын

Nah, a male and a female, look at the anal fins, completely different.

Hello Md, beautiful tanks. But the left tank isnt a good home for the gouramis. Too much waterflow and not enough plants at the top. You should reduce the waterflow a lot. Otherwise they won‘t live long.

I am very excited to see what you do with the ricefish. I like viewing mine from both the top and the side so it sounds like your plan for yours is right up my alley.

@The_Crucible714

2 ай бұрын

I wonder why Rice fish aren’t allowed outdoors in the UK(?) It’s not like they’re “walking catfish” or mudskippers that can just take off on land for the nearest body of water to invade. Honestly, even if they did they’re so tiny they’d probably wind up as food for a native species. 🤔

5:30 i thought the gouramis do not lay eggs but build a foam nest

The 8 ft tank is looking amazing. The colours of the plants are incredible

Hi MD, another awesome setups. I'm thinking you can make a long shallow tank setup on one of the layer of your aquarium wall. Maybe a fast flow tank like you made in Maidenhead before or the pond type for the ricefish

Those are lambchop rasbora not true harlequins, and the extra rasbora is a dwarf emerald rasbora- but they look great!

@Scaperoot79

2 ай бұрын

I was wondering about that since my Harlequins are bigger and more plump lol.

@Milesoman

2 ай бұрын

@@Scaperoot79 yeahp they are more blocky and have alot less orange if any!

Always great when fish are added!! Think you have 2 males dwarf gourami and these are Trigonostigma espei, lambchop rasbora. Like them more than the regular harlequin rasbora

@frjvaneechoud7085

2 ай бұрын

And 2 pearl males, one looks quite skinny and maybe you should consider de-worming.

13:58 how he was touching her by his ventral fins 😂❤

Chunks looks great!

Is it capable of you to do a tank with an underground access? For the fish to go in and out of

Love your channel. You have inspired me to set up a natural cube for shrimp. Keep up the good work 👏🏻 from Australia 🇦🇺

Im confused about the dwarf gourami because of the dorsal fins and coloration, not sure if they’ve been bred for color, but in the states females are mostly silver with a rounded dorsal, again im not sure if these have been enhanced but it looks like two males to me

@nateveith9812

2 ай бұрын

Came here to say that. Dominant male and sub dominant male. Never seen a female with that much color before.

@MDFishTanks

2 ай бұрын

@@nateveith9812 yeah I think you guys are right looking at things closely in the edit. 👍

My cherry barbs are so mean. Mean to each other, mean to snails, mean to the shrimp.

Awesome MD xx look forward to the puffers new palace xxx I just bought some new fish, 3 glass cat fish ( all they had left at my local store), would be lovely to see you do a species tank for them xxx

The pearl gouramis are male and female :) You can see it easily on the fins :)

The 8ft is evolving so fast ❤

Looking at the dorsal fins the pearl gourami are both boys

What is going on with the saltwater tank?

@The_Crucible714

2 ай бұрын

I’d personally like to see more marine aquariums, especially invertebrates with perhaps only 1 or 2 “feature fish” in each tank. Tbh when I began keeping salt-water the hobby was in its infancy. Protein skimmers, UV sterilization units and tons of other “high-tech” was unknown. Talking with other hobbyists and taking certain precautions helped insure our tanks never crashed or presented major problems. I was also involved in a 2 year work-study program during high school at the NY Aquarium (which didn’t hurt either!) That’s when I thought I was destined to become a marine biologist. What’s that saying about “the best laid plans” *>sigh

Hope you see this MD! We recently came back from holiday to find that our house sitter killed our tank which was rough, we have since dismantled and started begging the process of rebuiilding and found that we were just constatnly referencing information we learnt from yourself so much so we thought it would be really useful if you made a "how to" book on fishkeeping and aquascaping. I highly recommened you look into writing your own book based on your tanks as a guide to fish keeping, planting and overall design. I would definitely be the first customer!

With the fin at the back the male pearls have a more extendings hence why it looks like it’s been in a fight also males have vibrant orange chin whereas with the females the fin at the back is more smooth and rounded with less orange in the chin area. I love the vids and have been influenced to start a wild forms angel planted tanks. got multiple red manacapuru pairs and starting on the f1 altums now. Then will start on the Rio nannay.

Pearlgourami are both males. the frayed fin is normal as they get older Dwarf gourami also both males

Your Pearl Gourami are two males. Also the Dwarf Gourami are two males

Good luck breeding those gouramis. Both are male.

Yes the pearl gouramis are both males .

All of your gouramis are both male. Both same colouration and fin shape, just a matter of dominance between them hence the slight difference. It can be quite hard to find females honestly [practically non-existent here]. Oh and btw, your rasboras are espeis, not harlequins

Two male gouramis. Need very slow surface water flow and floating plants as they make bubble nests.

Another awesome tank setup/ setups, 5 band barbs and odessa barbs are also a few you could look into. Love the 8ft cant wait to create one of my own, keep the videos coming always anxious for the next one.

Best job ever be MD fishtanks........ Whole take care of fish.. awesome

Rosy Barbs can be temperamental if the numbers get too low. I started with a group of 5 or 6, and once I lost 1 after a while it all went downhill. They're like African cichlids where if there are enough in number they cant be singly picked on as easy. I only have two left and somehow they tolerate each other. They dont bother my other fish like Angels with their long fins, which is surprising.

not harlequins, but actually lambchop (trigonostoma espei) rasboras, I have them in my tank along with hengeli rasboras (trigonostoma hengeli)

I reckon you need to get some altum angels for the 8ft tank. Perfect fish.

The Mbumas need an eight foot tank. They are so beautiful

That puffer tank is going to be awesome! cant wait to see it.

I wonder how many wives and husbands around the world blame MD for their spouse's multi-tank syndrome😅

Definitely not a pair of dwarf gourami. Both male one is just more dominant. Females are a silvery gray or brownish. You usually dint find them in the pet trade. Cause they are dull in color.

In Australia, rosy barbs are sold as feeder fish. I think because from my experience, they are not great community fish

God i wish i had room for something like this in my apartment!

I think those are espei rasboras. I thought I'd be that guy...

Screen in the porch.... Then it's "inside" 😉

Please please do a large triangular corner tank !!

The single "rasbora" that went in with the harlequins is actually a Danio erythromicron. Can be crossbreed with the celestian pearl danios.

what a great collection of aquariums,real nice

I wish we can get these super fish kits here in the U.S

Do you still have your saltwater tank and what camera do you use?

What kind of fish is chunks please?

Funnily enough, my silver gourami is more aggressive than any of my other ones

what is the plant in the middle tank on the middle of the tank? smaller leaves more horizontal growth than vertical.

The dwarf gourami you're calling female seems definitely male to me. The one you're calling male's fins could be female, but its colouration makes me think not. All these answers and more are a google away 👀

It’s so difficult to get female dwarf gouramis. I can only find males in my city. It’s annoying.

Rosy barbs are amazing and underrated fish, they are great algae eaters

Loving the 3 tanks. I use to have a dwarf gourami with the harlequin rasboras too and they were a great match. That tank is awesome too with the big flat rock in the middle jutting out towards the front. Only thing missing from these 3 tanks is some cory cats! Where are the corys? haha.

you should try making a saltwater tank

Look at the growth in those tanks

You are just the best! I love your channel!

The dwarf gourami won’t attack other fish, I have some with tetras and betas and they only annoy each other.

I love his tanks. I just watched a video on rainbow shiner he should try to get them

If I recall correctly you have kept the albino cherry barb before. Seeing them in the videos is what made me love them as much as I do.

Any tips on getting my stems to stay in the substrate better?

hii just wanna ask a question. why don't you build like a montser fish tank? it would be cool I think

I hope you see this but i have a question about your pest snails, i love them in my tank but their shells always start to go white or dissolve. What are you doing that helps keep them so nice looking? or do you get the same problem? Just wondering if im missing an additive or something?

MD, you should get a blue rainbow snake head fish. Be cool to see a natural scape with one of those in your collection. 👀💯👍🏾

@MDFishTanks

2 ай бұрын

I've wanted one for ages but need to get a tank with a lid first.

@_thesoulsjourney

2 ай бұрын

​@@MDFishTanksLook forward to that video bro and what you create! 👍🏾✨👍🏾

You’re gouramis look so healthy. The tendrils on the pearl gourami female are so long!!

@Poeticfloetic

2 ай бұрын

*your "you're" means you are

@Poeticfloetic

2 ай бұрын

Two boys 😂

Would love a Malawi rescape. Do that one! 😂

What kinds of snails do you recommend putting in planted tanks? Just set up my first aquascape with the help of your channel 😊

@deannakeen225

Ай бұрын

@bbaudo80955 depends what you are wanting the snails to do :) ramshorns (shown in the video) and bladder/pond snails can get out of hand real easy, but are great for helping balance algae, if you have sand for substrate Id say some kind of trumpet or rabbit snail would be a good addition cause they burrow so can help keep the sand or substrate moving, apply snails be very weary where you purchase as only a few species are safe for your plants, I have some pomacea bridgesii and they are great, canalulata however are one of the worst for planted tanks, apple snails are also easy to keep in check as they lay their eggs above water so as long as you find them you can choose to hatch or not. I personally try to establish a balance of all snails in my tanks cause I really like em. hope this helps

The black molly and swordtail tank is my favorite and it's gonna go away 😭

Don't think those are harlequin rasbora.. Look more like lambchop/espei rasbora

03:05 those are not harlequin rasboras, but hengel rasboras. Harlequins are not as golden as hengels. I have the same pairing in my tank. A school of 20 of the hengels and a pair of honey gourami

@bluebird4614

2 ай бұрын

They are not hengel either they are espies

Wie immer wunderschöne Aquarien! 👍

Don't you find that the roots from the peace lily over take too much of the tank? Mine have over taken the tank after 1,5 years.

@leahnichol6665

2 ай бұрын

Has MD Ever let a tank run for a year and a half? 🧐 I don’t believe so. 😅

I love maintenance videos😂

Awesome updates, can't wait to see the puffer tank. 😀

Pond to 8 foot.. Still 100% watch record, LETS GO MD

MD you look bigger now, been hitting the gym more lately? 🤣

6:58 Please tell me what that plant is right in the middle of the tank?

Would you consider making an African butterfly fish tank ?

Do you use liquid co2 or regular co2 on these big tanks?

Wow those malawi cichlids are getting big now arent they!

That’s not a pair of gourami. Males are colorful and females don’t have nearly that amount of color and are slightly smaller

@simulacraet2155

2 ай бұрын

Definitely two males, you can tell by the fin shape 😂 poor MD

@dascudder

2 ай бұрын

Came here to say this. Back when I kept them the females were super drab and no colour

@porcu12345

2 ай бұрын

​@@dascudderyou can get females with very high colouration these days, especially powder blues. Dorsal fin shape is the real giveaway.

@Tahmid-Khan-Talha

2 ай бұрын

A *Pair* is not one male and one female, A *Pair means- two*

@simulacraet2155

2 ай бұрын

@@porcu12345 yes I have the most gorgeous female powder blue!

Gorgeous as always. (I mean the tank obviously 😂)

Those look more like Espei or Hengeli rasboras vs harlequins

I love dwarf gouramis, their such a great fish. Thanks for inspiring me to try out aquascaping, must be something in the water though cause I want to get more tanks.😅

@Poeticfloetic

2 ай бұрын

*they're

@Dragonsearth-Harley

2 ай бұрын

@@Poeticfloetic who cares, it’s just a comment if it was an essay or a novel then sure I’d proof read it before I submit it, it’s just a comment not an exam.

Great looking tanks

The mystery rasbora looks like an Emerald rasbora to me.

Just curious what camera gear you use? Incredible shots!

Looking at the T shirt, are discus coming back anytime soon 🤔