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As a newby I appreciate those little tid bits like finding out java fern doesn't like being planted in substrate !

For Beginners who aren't used to scaping with rocks. Try to decide on how to fix the rock formation in a box or cardboard outside the tank, take a picture so you know how it should be. And now place it inside the tank with the reference.

@kaycgrocks

7 ай бұрын

Great idea, thank you 🥰

This video couldn't have come at a better time for me! I bought a 10gal tank too and want to make sure I'm making the right decisions for a good environment for plants and fish/shrimp.

@AquariumCoop

Жыл бұрын

You can't go wrong with live plants :) ~Lizzie

Beautiful scape! Personally I think a nice colony of bright red cherry shrimp would be a perfect fit for it ❤ For livebearers, I’d say endlers, maybe endlers and cherry shrimp. Makes for a nice combo and some potential breeding! (One thing I feel the need to mention is that even smaller fish like neon tetras for example generally need plenty of space to move around and to be kept on large groups, so I personally like to keep/suggest only fish species that grow to an inch or less in size for a 10 gallon, with the exception of bettas of course)

This video is serene. I dig it.

Very nice - Thank you Lizzie and AQ team💕👍

Great video!! Perfect tutorial! Thanks you!!

Perfect. Simple, direct, and clear. Good job! Also, I think the forktail blue-eyed rainbow fish would be cool in there. I've never kept them but I'd like to.

Beautifully done.

Wow! You make it looks so simple. Very good inspiration for my next project.

amazing scape!! You've given me some ideas on what to do for a 10 gallon I'm going to set up in a few months

🎉🎉❤❤ what a beautiful scenic and calm video .. loved it. I would love to see a groups of white cloud mountain minnows in this setup along with few corys . The reason of this selection is simply because white cloud minnows are hardy and will look stunning in this tank.They will not require heater as well.

Platys for sure would look amazing here. And there's a lot of hiding spaces for new fry not just in the plants but the nooks in between the rocks too.

Great video, Lizzie! I love it! Great skill and tutorial!👌

Always enjoy Lizzie's aquascapes

If you take the first section of this video. The exact same set of rocks.... You can set-up an island style hard scape, iwagumi, V shaped, triangle shaped, etc. It would be really cool for people to see all the different layouts and that you can do it with the same materials!

@AquariumCoop

Жыл бұрын

You're definitely right, I've been using the same set of stones for years in tons of different aquascapes ~Lizzie

Turned out beautifully!

The planted tank look great, thanks for sharing

Wow really love this idea!❤

Simple is always best in aquarium hobby👍

Got some cool ideas for my next tank 😇

Definitely got this video saved

A small group of chili rasbora would look nice in that set up. Great video!

Great video guys. Call me weird but the video itself was relaxing to watch and listen too. Thanks.

So helpful!

Wow! Looks so good. A nice school of chili rasboras And a dwarf school of cories, would go great together and look really awesome against the plants and rocks. 👍❤️👍

Lovely work 😊 micro sword is such an underrated carpeting plant.

@AquariumCoop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I totally agree! It's a great alternative to dwarf hairgrass, which can be tricky in low tech setups ~Lizzie

@nirvanaquatics

Жыл бұрын

@@AquariumCoop yep! I regularly recommend it for folks who don’t have CO2 but still want a grassy carpet 😊

Looks nice. I love chili rasbora or CPD’s. I think a big school of either of these would look good.

@lacrosseguy108

Жыл бұрын

i just got some CPD after a year of looking for them lol. i ended up with 11 i think and they are amazing. they are still pretty young so not too much colors yet but you can see all the spots alreadY!!!

Great video Lizzie!......More please!

Beautiful Tank!

Beautiful scape!

Great video...really helpful. Getting ready to set up tank #2 ... o.o lol

Looks great

Good work

I would put a beautiful betta in here with a couple of snails, and maybe a small school of something that gets along with bettas. it’s a beautiful minimalist set up. I love it!

This was so helpful, I loved this. Can you guys do the next video of the process where you cycle and test this tank before adding fish.

I feel like some kind of platinum colored fish like halfbeak, rice fish, or guppies would look great if you put a lid on it. I feel like those pop way more than the colorful counter parts of those species specially if you put a black background on the tank. As a center piece fish either dragonscale or oapl betta or honey gourami. Bottom dweller pygmy corydoras is a must for this tank. kuhli loach and other smaller cory like tail spot corydoras, salt and pepper corydoras come in a close second.

Two Pairs of Neon Tiger Barbs or Yellow Widow Tetras Nice Tank Setup ....👍👍

I love this❤

Nice that a 10 gallon does not require a heater. Thank you for teaching us simple single small tank owners. Looking forward to your updates

@mattgray9297

Жыл бұрын

Depends on what you put in there. There’s no fish yet. 😉

@garden_creature

Жыл бұрын

If tropical fish are added it will absolutely need a heater.

This is very helpful for beginners! I was wondering, are you able to add substrate/decorations/plants to a tank that already has water in it, or only to a dry tank?

Would like to see some CPD’s. Great looking tank.

Scarlet endlers and blue dream shrimp. Nice scape!!

Thank you for this timely video! I’ve got my 10 gallon tank, bought the same activ-flora substrate bag and am in prep mode to get the planted setup started soon. I’m always worried that I’m doing everything right so this precise step-by-step video was EXACTLY what I needed for confidence.

@IronPsyde

Жыл бұрын

I would get sand and cap it. And put some gravel under the aqua soil so there are more spaces for bacteria.

can we get more videos like these please :D

Very nice result. I do wish Aquarium Coop made their filters in all black.

a few red wag platys and a mystery snail would be great for that tank.

incredible video.

This video is almost ASMR-esque. I love it. ❤️ also good job showing how to set up the sponge filter. I'm a bit embarrassed to say it took me a minute to figure out how to add the air stone and set up my 1st sponge filter. 😊

Chili rasbora, and a Betta. I love the CO-OP, expecting my plants this Saturday🤗 Love from Georgia 🥰

I would 100% put neon tertra's in here. It might seem a bit basic put the blue and red colours would make the tank pop! Love the video btw 😊

Love this video! I’d personally put a few Cory catfish, white clouds (or angelfish if it were a larger tank).

Very nice work Lizzie! Beautiful setup and the plants really work well in this setup.

Chili rasboras would look wonderful!

Is the time for the nitrogen cycle different for planted tanks vs non planted tanks? I have a 20l thats become overcrowded due to my fish spawning frequently. Ive purchased a 50 longform and plan on planting this time around. Any suggestions?

Thank you very much for your useful information. I'm using a triangular cube, will it be a problem for reproduction? I have been looking for fish for a long time, but I did not get any fry. I mean pleco L201 and L333.

Hi! How long would it take till the tank is ready for the fish? Are there sign I look out for?

For a tank like this, do you have to use a gravel pump to clean the substrate? How do you clean the substrate?

I have a 36 gal. bow-front planted tank with Amazon sword, El Niño fern, and a species of anubus fern so far. Hoping to add Cory cats, tiger barbs, and a German blue ram in the next two weeks, when the new tank has completed the cycle.

I love spongefilters.. but it's a real eyesore in a scaped aquarium.. 😳

Beautiful tank! I would choose a small livebearer, like endlers or maybe guppies, since I have angels in another tank to help with population control. These fish would do a good job of cleaning up food themselves, so I would only need a few copper shelled pink ramshorn snails as clean up crew.

The key thing not explained here is, where is the ammonia source to come from in order to feed the beneficial bacteria introduced from the Fritzzyme 7? The tank won't cycle without a food source(ammonia) for the beneficial bacteria. It won't come from fish as you stated to wait till cycle completes before adding fish.

@kaylagarcia9905

9 ай бұрын

I was watching videos on the different types of substrates and i’m pretty sure that the one she uses already has ammonia and bacteria.

@Lkjhgfdsa848

7 ай бұрын

You can just put some fish food for ammonia .. pretty easy

@willoliver9036

5 ай бұрын

Like others said, fish food or even plants shedding leaves naturally will produce small amounts of ammonia

Nice creative ideas of adding the plants and rock but im not satisfied with the filter cuz I like HOB filters

Can you use this substrate for cherry shrimp? I saw that on the bag it said it contains copper. Any advice?

For that aquarium size, I'd get some chilli or mosquito rasboras, some otocinclus and lots of neocaridinas. I think they would look great with that aquascape!

would this substrate need to be replaced over time?

my all time favourite would look good in this tank: Ember tetra's

I think that Flame Tetras might be a good idea.

Beautiful centre island scape for some chili rasboras.

Great Scape, I would do a small school (10) ember tetras, and a albino bristle nose pleco! in face maybe i need to set up another tank LOL!

Is the led light a compulsory? And can I put my gold fish and koi in this type of tank

Leopard danios may look cool

How do you know when the aquarium has been cycled? I'm getting zero ammonia, nitrites and nitrates with the pH settling down at 6.6.

Tetras would be nice aquarium tank mates... and corydoras.. around five of them. In each breed. Like five ember tetras neon or cardinal harlequin.. in all around twenty or fiftheen of them. Plus five corydoras.

I'd put shrimp in there, 1 cold water snail such as a mystery snail, and white cloud minnows. Or, if heating, white or striped wizard snails, shrimp, and endlers. Endlers are generally not going to harass snails if they grew up with them.

What about co2 and fan

Cheap fish tank: 1. Used Tank from Facebook marketplace 2. Rocks from outside as decorations 3. Sponge filter (or cheap HOB filter) 4. Rosy red and/or feeder guppy (they’re the cheapest but get whichever fish that match your water parameters) 5. Ghost shrimp (other shrimp if you want too) 6. Medication for the fish

👍🏻👍🏻

I have a question, do we have to rinse through the fertilizer to "clean"? Bc I tried to put it straight from the bag, and very gently add water but the tank still black 😢😢 Second question is do you guys recommend and type of filter for 150 liters tank? My friend recommended Bio filter but it looks kinda ugly to me so I need sth effective, doesnt look too bulky and affordable

Is this sand or gravel and does it have nutrients in it? Looks great

@THandP_org

Жыл бұрын

@00:58 "activflora is great for a planted aquarium as it has nutrients..."

I’ve seen planted tanks with a LOT of large rocks used in the scape, and I wondered about the WEIGHT of these rocks on the GLASS bottom of the tank. Could these rocks eventually crack the glass? Do you put something under the tank?

@mattgray9297

Жыл бұрын

For me personally, when I used a few heavy rocks and lots of heavy substrate, I found aquarium bottom egg trays on Amazon and put them down first.

Where did you get the Active Flora and what plants are safe for fish because I am planing to make my tank as natural as possible

Asmr

I would do a small school of glass catfish and some kind of cherry shrimp or amino shrimp

I just posted a video of my new aquarium. What kind of fish should I add?

I’ve always wanted to have a planted tank, but I used black diamond blasting sand as my substrate and don’t want to get rid of that. Is there an easy way to transition to a planted tank with that substrate?

@toxiccity97

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! Put a layer of sifted potting soil and powdered root tabs down then put your sand on top! Make sure the soil is damp and poke lots of holes in the sand to let air bubbles out after you put the sand on top!

@AquariumCoop

Жыл бұрын

You don't necessarily have to replace the substrate, but you would probably need Root Tabs to give root feeding plants enough fertilizer - the sand doesn't contain nutrients as is. ~Lizzie

What drives me crazy is all the videos about setting up a new planted aquarium. Does that mean you can't transition an existing tank to a planted tank? I'm a big-time gardener & I've been fishkeeping for a long time. Recently, I've been trying some new things in my tanks & I would like to try my hand at a planted tank. I'm not sure if I will enjoy combining the 2. If I like it, then I may set up a tank as recommended in this video. In the meantime, can I try it out on an existing tank with easy low-maintenance plants?

1. after how many days you put the fish in the tank ? or you need to test the nitrate first before putting ? 2. Does the water smell a lot with the plants inside ? because my tank empty right now and does not smell. But I heard it smell with plants ?

My only issue is diatoms, they kill anything I plant as I can't keep up cleaning leaves LOL 😂 even Val gets crushed.

@nirvanaquatics

11 ай бұрын

Diatoms are usually a sign that you have high phosphate or silicate levels. You can control them using phosphate pads 😊 www.aquariumcoop.com/products/phosphate-media-pad

You missed promoting the EayGreen fertilizer from Aquarium CoOp...

Neon tetras

Should the water be conditioned?

5 jack Dempsey cichlid 1koi and 3 commen plecos to keep the glass algy free

Chilli Rasbora

guppies! 'cause I'm a sucker for livebearers

@hkk3656

Жыл бұрын

You can't. NO heater.

@gildedbear5355

Жыл бұрын

@@hkk3656 that depends on the temperature you keep the room at, and adding a heater isn't a difficult thing even if the room is too cold.

Danios or Rasboras

Guppies

oh, please don't tell me that's an Ikea dresser you put both of those tanks on...

Hey, where are the rocks from?

@SnarkyRC

7 ай бұрын

Stone yards have better looking rocks.