This video is 10 years old!! I just bought this exact aquarium, but I think it's the updated model. Seeing it being set up was helpful. I also have a 10 w heater, about the same size, so its good to know it will work fine in this aquarium. I still haven't decided what to put in it, or how I want it to look, still collecting ideas.

@pecktec

Жыл бұрын

Lol I know it was so long ago! I set up a bunch of these over the years.

Just bought a fluval spec V and it was just worth watching for the truck of using the net to push the pump down! Very cool! I love this tank and thank you for the in depth unboxing and review pecktec! One of the great Freshwater fish youtube channels that I continue to watch 👍

thank you so much for posting this! as a visual learner, the instructions were damn near possible to understand. very helpful video and my fish loves his new tank! keep up the amazing work 💖

Great setup video, thank you ! I just ordered this tank online, it is my first aquarium and I plan to put in : one Betta fish, two Anubias and another short-ish plant, a floating plant, pieces of driftwood, one or two water snails and maybe one shrimp. Wish me luck !

Also found this then years later after getting that tank as my first one ever after keeping triops and brine shrimp for multiple years in more rudimentary makeshift tank, so your explanations and additional tips for beginners were incredibly helpful. You also have a super nice way of presenting everything and I was stoked to see you're still uploading to this day - definitely a channel I will keep coming back to!

@pecktec

10 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch! But I kind of think your a Francis. :)

I love your Fluval aquarium vids! I'm loving the different styles Fluval is releasing.

@pecktec

8 жыл бұрын

mee too!

Thank you so much for this video. I received my Fluval Spec on Tuesday and there were no instructions at all included. If it had not been for watching your video, I would have been in tears. As it is, it is set up and I like the tank very much. Thanks again!

@pecktec

9 жыл бұрын

Sandra Lake Ow wow cool im glad I could help. I started making these because I hate to read instructions.

Thanks for this video. It is great and I loved seeing yours completed. I haven't had a tank for over 20 years, but now diving back in to it. My youngest son has been asking for fish for a while now, so for his birthday I am getting the Spec V.

Nice looking little tank! Thank you for your time and effort you put into these videos.

I like that you reply to everyones comments, really appreciate it! Im gonna get one of these in white! Keep up the good work!

The plastic screw is to level the LED Light so it is parallel to the top instead of hanging slanted. Just hold the far end of the light level and tighten the screw.

@nom3nnescio

4 жыл бұрын

hes not the sharpest pencil..

@Bright-It

3 жыл бұрын

@@nom3nnescio It is painful to watch. ThinFrog is near to perfect.

very helpful. I just got one for Christmas and you put a spark under my ass to do an awesome scape. Thank you for all of the inspiration. Keep up the amazing videos...I count on you!

It's a nice set up . I like the angles how everything is laid out, and the way the gravel varies in colour.

Thanks for this, just bought this tank and waiting for it to be delivered. Very helpful!

Hey, just want to say thank you so much for all your help. Also, a garden in your fish tank would be a helpful video I think!

Love to see more on the fish and the experience of what has worked and what has failed when it comes to your tanks.

Thank you so much for helping me set up my first fish tank. I appreciate your time and expertise.

Thanks for the great video. We "inherited" a poor betta from friends who are moving across the country (in an overcrowded, unheated, unfiltered about half gallon vase), so I've started to dive into all info on the web. 5 gal seems the healthy minimum for a betta, and we like this tank. Let's hope I can get it to set up well and get the fish happy in his new house. Nice channel, thanks for the informative high quality vids!

this video helped me make my decision to purchase this setup. thanks man! keep the interesting and informative videos coming!

Great Video :) I liked how you included both the unboxing and the setup of the aquarium

Thanks for posting this vid. Will be setting up a tank soon so I'm checking out vids around here... especially need the heads up on cycling tanks. Never realised tanks needed that much time in prep.

I had to stop myself from buying this spec for the 50% sale +15% employee discount on black friday. They are really neat aquariums! love how you set yours up

Great video, really helps a lot with making my mind up on a purchase when they are done like this.

Will probably be buying this to own on top of my 20 gallon Marineland that I already have. Love you videos they are a lot of help!!!

this is an extremely useful video! im glad you showed what kind and size of heater to add. i would have just ended up using one of those bigger cylinder heaters and stuck it to the side and put the cord through the top hole

I love your videos. Thank you for your knowledge. I am learning so much to start my first planted tank.

Thank you I for the information. I am waiting for my aquarium to arrive, exactly like the one you demonstrated with here.

thanks for the videos again I have the fluval spec 2.5 gallon it has been going for two weeks now thanks to this video i realized my sump intake was not in or near the right direction i also noticed in the 2.5 I have more room for a heater inside the sump bay I also installed a heater too much watage and cooked my shrimp and gave my tetras a bit of a shock thanks for taking the time to do these vids im hooked on planted tanks all the help i can get the better.

My planted Spec 5 makes a perfect shrimper. The biggest drawback to this tank is the sub-par lighting. The biggest plus is easy maintenance. I've had it up and running for 8 mos.

Hello and Thank You I have actually changed the fish tank and agree with your comments Have brought Aqua 30 for the goldfish. Thank you again for all your help. Take Care.

I tried the exact same heater in my tank, put it in the same spot, and my water was a nice chilly 68 degrees the next morning. So I got out the dremel cut a beautiful little u-hole in the black plastic section separating the filter area from the main tank, threw a better heater in the larger side of the tank and ran the heater cord through the hole and out the open section of the lid. Worked like a charm.

Very informative and nicely produced, thanks for posting

I bought the same tank and this was a great help in setting up! Thanks....

Great video and methodical process you went through with the tank. Thanks for sharing.

@pecktec

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I don't put much in maybe a quarter cap full. I just started using the flourish tablets that you put in under the gravel. Its working great. I dont vacuum the gravel in any of my tanks the plants use that stuff to grow.

Nice video, Thanks for taking the time to unbox. Found your video very helpful. 👍🏻🐠

The way the light backlit the aquarium at 15:29 was actually quite interesting. Very cool.

@pecktec

8 жыл бұрын

+crazycatlady39 Thanks!

Your Fluval spec review video pursuaded me to purchase one for my cubicle at work because I love the detail you put in the video. I have a 60 gallon tank at home with live plants and it's thriving and so as the green algea. I set the timer to 6 hours per day and see less green algae on substrates. Here's setting 1) Canister filter with inline heater set to 75 degrees 2) PF40-UV Power Filter (HOB) With UV Sterilization 3) 20% water change with RO/.DI water. I notice there's zero algae.

I love this tank. I bought 2 of them. I wish they have a bigger 2 ft type tank. The filtration is the quietest and easiest setup.

Just bought one today! Thanks for the video it has been a great help!

Great presentation ! I would like to talk about keeping red (blood red) crayfish and their limitations and what to include in a Fluvial 5 spec aquarium...

Watching in 2020 LOL Almost 2021

This is a great review. It's solidified my decision to go buy this tank today to keep some shrimps in, maybe a few tiny fish if I have bio-room.

@pecktec

6 жыл бұрын

+johnb300m the new version of the tank is even better light wise. I love it.

Excellent video. I've been keeping fish for over 50 years, and have had tanks up to 250 gallons. I decided, for the first time, to go with a small tank, and I liked this one. Your video did the trick and I ordered it from Amazon. Thanks.

@pecktec

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Scott Glad I could help thanks for dropping by!

Thank you. Just bought this tank for a Betta and was thinking about which plants to add. Welcomed your advice.

@pecktec

8 жыл бұрын

+Katherine Hyde cool beans!

Very nice set up for 5 gallon..

I'd love to see a video on this! Also, stocking levels for specific tanks.

Hi, I'm a newbie about fishkeeping and aquarium stuff. Thanks to your videos, now I know a lil bit of things and it kinda helped me a lot. Subscribed, and please keep making good videos. Cheers.

@pecktec

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks LAR! Will do.

Great videos. You do a great job speaking and explaining everything!!!

I love that you have an "In Bruges", poster!

@pecktec

7 жыл бұрын

+Thomas Ostien one of my favorite movies ever. If you haven't seen Baby driver you should catch it.

Great review, I appreciate the detailed info from someone that seems "Normal" if you know what i mean. Props!!!

Great job. Awesome video

That sounds like a good use for it if you can keep the biolgical part good between brods.

I love watching all of your videos. Quick question, when it comes to buy aquariums online (nano tanks, specifically), where do you recommend? Where do you do your online business when buying nano tanks?

Love you videos you. And because of my home it’s to small for big tanks. So have small tanks some time challenging but rewarding. During lockdown. Have had more time to challenge trying to keep live plants . Have a great Christmas keep safer

Very informative vid... I really like my spec v. I had to turn the flow all the way down though. You barely have to turn that little screw to take the light on & off.

Thank you, this video helped me figure out how to put my tank together!! great video! :)

@pecktec

8 жыл бұрын

Your very welcome

I'm glad that heater works for you. My house is cold in the fall and winter and that heater couldn't get my 5 gal above 71 degrees.

Very helpful setup tutorial. Thank you.

Surprisingly its doing pretty well. I put a flourish tab near the base of it and it seems to have reacted well. I haven't been able to find these around town so I'm hoping it will do well in here.

Mines working well so far. I was worried it was a bit week but then it only need to bring the temp up a few degrees in my house. Remember to area you put it in makes a big difference in the wattage you need.

I was just looking at this one yesterday at Petco! I want one for my desk.

Nice unboxing mate.

Love your unboxing videos

Thank you! That helps, I will be doing some water changes and see what it looks like after a month maybe.

Watching in 2018. Only issue with this tank is be careful with fry. The small intake is perfect size to trap them. Easy fix is a small piece of mesh which does not restrict water flow else the tank will overflow. You made a nice job of this little tank. I use mine as a hospital/quarantine tank as it has a good pump for size and is very easy to maintain

Yes I have two edge videos. they are pretty neat tanks indeed.

Another great vid....keep up the good work! The monthly update (once a month) good be good.

The Spec V is a great little tank. My only complaint is the pocket space they give you for pump and heater. The pump is so cramped in and then the wire from the pump is jammed against the glass. Of course I always do my 3/4 week water change with vacuuming the gravel (grounded fine gravel.., better to lower the ph).., plus the fine gravel looks like real sand. Not too mention, MUCH better for Corys. The 3rd month I pulled the pump & heater to clean muck on bottom of tank and that's my complaint. Very hard to reach. Fluval should expand the depth by 1/2" to 3/4". This would allow for easier access to clean and not have pump so crammed in there. But overall.., Great Little Tank...!! Would like to see Fluval come out with a Spec 7.5 or even a 10 gallon. BTW.., love your very informative KZread videos. I am new to this hobby and you, Mr. Pecktec.., U Da Man...!!! Thank You

Yes although you can keep them well in larger bowls, a fully functional aquarium requires much less maintenance for a constantly healthy home. I just put a betta in my 5 gallon spec. The new one in the two gallon is doing well also but no tank mates to help with food.

finally getting back into having fish getting a bette tomorrow. Hoping to get one of these fluvals for my birthday this December :)

@pecktec

9 жыл бұрын

Jacob Morales Good luck man! I got this one at a blck friday sale so pick up some pet smart adds and slip them to your peeps.

Thanks man, this really helped me out today!

I like the longer look to the tank.

Nice looking tank and I love Fluvals attention to detail. The only area that world concern me would be putting a heater in the pump sump as it looks as though there would not be sufficient circulation. A fix I have seen elsewhere is to put a small heater at the bottom of the pump well, install the pump above it and cut the return pipe down to size. Nice.

Hi. Love your helpful and informative videos! My son and I used them to set up a Fluval Spec V I got him for Christmas. I wanted to share my passion with him. A passion that started with a 10 cent goldfish I won at Coney Island (Yes... long long ago lol) We have the same set up as you do... substrate... a couple of small plants. No outside light.. just from the Spec V ... and we are having a constant brown algae issue. I purchased two small pieces of driftwood from PetSmart and they also are getting a light green mold on them... at times some gray mold too...I've had so many aquariums in my lifetime and I have never dealt with this. Algae eaters and small bristlenose plecos died... a couple of guppies died... we have are original cory catfish we used to start the tank still wiggling around in there. It has been two months. We managed to get rid of the algae with scraping and water changes and keeping the light totally off...but when we started using the light again, it came back. Lights on only 6 to 7 hours. Now one of the plants is yellowing... I'm just lost at what to do. Petsmart sold me some API Algae Fix tonight. I really don't know if I want to use that. The only thing I have ever experienced was a little cloudy water... and then clearing up... I get algae in a 20 gallon now that I have... but it is green and normal... and the algae eater takes care of it... (we are in an apartment now... I had a 40 gallon glass fracture and flood another apartment... so now I stick with small aquariums... LOL .. My older two children were young at the time and I was in another room yelling... telling them to turn off the water!! ugh) Anyway... do you have any suggestions? Is it the lighting on the fluval? I've never had that type of lighting before. Any advise you can give would be helpful and appreciated! Thank you :)

@pecktec

7 жыл бұрын

+Angela Rose Angela Rose the brown algae is normal in a young planted tank. What I have been doing is planting it out and waiting till I can see the plants growing before I add fish. By doing that I make sure that I won't be battling algae while the plants are readjusting. It takes them a while to get going again. When I see growth I add a fish and some liquid bacteria. I know this doesn't help much now. But that's how I do it. Get a liquid test kit and make sure that cycle is over before you add any more fish. Sounds like it's still rolling.

@chfpontiac5849

7 жыл бұрын

As PECKTEC said, the tank is almost certainly still cycling. Research "tank cycling" and choose a method that suits you (with fish or fishless with 100% pure ammonia). Tetra SafeStart or something like that can help, though I can personally vouch for "Dr. Tim's One and Only Live Nitrifying Bacteria" which is pricier but amazing stuff. You will need and EVERY fishkeeper should have an API Master Test Kit to test the water. Once you are up and running, weekly water changes of 25-50% will do the trick. This makes me ask: are you treating your water with a dechlorinator (like Seachem's "Prime")? If not, you are just killing the good bacteria cycle every time you add/change new water and this may be what is happening to you.

@angelatwiford5108

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I was beginning to wonder if it was the lighting system on the Spec V, as I have never had this type of light.

@angelatwiford5108

7 жыл бұрын

When we do the water changes I add API Stress Coat. Should I be using something else? We pet store tests our water for free. I have a larger aquarium of my own and I have had no issues for a few years now. Other than a bully in the tank here or there.

@chfpontiac5849

7 жыл бұрын

Nope. That's a good product and definitely needed. And we can rule things out from there, too. I use Seachem Prime for my dechlorinator but if you are an API loyalist, API Quick Start might also do a good bit of help for a while at each partial water change to get some good bacteria started. I'm not usually a fan of all the chemicals that are sold for god-knows-what but liquid bacteria is usually quite safe. I've been beaten to death with internet expertise about keeping the water stuff simple. Dechlorinator (and maybe some liquid fertilizer for live plants) is all that's really needed. Water changes are cheap, easy and natural. Most importantly though, you NEED the API Master test kit (accept or buy no other brands or test strips!). It is the Holy Bible of water diagnostics. Without any numbers to give, it's very hard to help you. Basically you're flying blind. You CAN and WILL get this thing up and running right! :o)

Can't stop the signal, Mal. Thanks for the video....

This was a really good review. Would you believe 8 years later this has me thinking about a Spec V for my desk? :)

Excellent video! This video has helped me to decide to buy one.

@pecktec

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I enjoyed your video but was wondering if the filtration system is powerful enough to clean the rocks on the bottom. Waste settles in the rocks and I usually have an under gravel filter but wondered if the fluval was efficient enough to clean the settled waste. Thank you!

Nice video... thank you for sharing. I'm thinking of getting one of these. Is it still running and how did the plants do?

Yea I saw that as well. I keep my eye on it.

nice tank.nice fish

Great looking tank man

@pecktec

9 жыл бұрын

Danny Carter Thanks!

Thank you for helping us set up our fishtank :)

@pecktec

4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

I really like my Spec 5. I use it as a fry tank (before going to grow out tank) after they leave the egg tumblers. Perfect because the filter intake is way up top and won't suck them in.

Good idea! Mine is doing well at 75F but the quality of any heater can diverge wildly from one to another.

I'm glad I could help!

I'm starting a planted tank with the spec v and I wanted to ask what kind of co2 you used and do you have a cleaning crew?

Hey great videos, did you modify the pump return tube by putting holes in to give more water movement around the heater or did you leave as standard.

@pecktec

7 жыл бұрын

I just left it standard.

The twirly plant is Echindorus Vesuvius, you need quite a bit of light for that plant, and often co2 is required for it to thrive (I speak from experience). But it does look nice. :)

I'm new to fish and had a few questions. I've heard that when it comes to the filtration you really only need to wash the sponge every so many months or when it is discolored and that you only need the charcoal when first starting up the tank. Is this true that you can eventually ditch the charcoal and keep reusing the sponge and biomax rings/stones indefinitely? I'm also curious with this size tank what might be a good number of tankmates (I'm thinking shrimp) with a Betta?

You are awesome thank you for taking the time to capture this. I just bought the same one as my first tank and this video explained everything!!! I had a question though, I have my substrate but do i also need a soil or something else to grow the plants? Any tips will help thank again!

@pecktec

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by. You can use plain gravel with additives of by the stuff for plants. I talk about it a little in the fish soup video I just posted.

Awesome firefly shirt !

loveeeee ur vids. u know what would b gr8 on every vid, is if u always add the dimensions, that's a big thing as to where one will have room to set the tank. thanks for the gr8 vids!

@pecktec

7 жыл бұрын

+Jess Moirben something I wish I had done soooo many times. I always forget.

Just wanted to say thank you for this video!!! MUCH more helpful than the instructions ;)

I got a Spec V as a gift and purchased the Marina C10 as a heater. Water was in the 60s when I filled the tank. After 24 hrs it seemed stuck at 72. I moved the heater from the pump chamber into the main tank area and it's heating up more now. Do you think I can move it back to the pump chamber after the tank reaches 78? Air temp in the room is about 72.

Could i use sand with this tank ( I hear the flow is strong) also can the light grow low light plants?

hello i want to ask if the tank's filter etc produce any sound? because i am thinking of putting it in my room and i hate buzzing noise

really great video I'm sold on getting this tank its a clean set up things are out of site you know

@pecktec

8 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree. I noticed a bunch of tanks are using that design now when I went to the last conversation.

using the same exact aqueon heater and its roasting my 2.5 gal betta tank. 86 F, sometimes hotter. this heater is MEANT for 5 gal ONLY guys. thats the sweet spot. any tank thats smaller or bigger will be too hot/cold

@chfpontiac5849

7 жыл бұрын

That's false. This heater is preset for 78f degrees and should shut off once the water reaches that temperature no matter what size your tank is. 1 gallon or 1000 gallons, doesn't matter. I use my spare 200w heater in a 10 gallon quarantine/hospital tank without any issue. Your heater is clearly defective which, unfortunately, is not entirely uncommon and why a heater should always be tested in the tank without fish (which I believe this guy said he did) or a big bowl of water with a thermometer for a day or two before using it in a tank that already has fish. There's no such thing as a heater that's "too much" if it's working properly (as long as it actually fits in the tank), but there IS such a thing as "not enough" heater because it can't keep up.