The effect of "black water" ("brown water") was achieved by adding rooibos tea. Like other herbal teas, rooibos tea contains tannins, which can help mimic natural water conditions. Rooibos tea helps boost the immune system of fish as it contains strong antioxidants, it also helps against microbes and fungus.

@ricardosalinas4973

28 күн бұрын

I’ve read that also using just organic black tea can work for black water, what do you think?

@rolandtraynor

28 күн бұрын

Thats a great tip . i also started to use Rooibos tea to great affect , I learnt that from a Great you tuber called Rachel O Leary who has a great wealth of Knowledge on Nano fish keeping .

@IMaqua

28 күн бұрын

@@ricardosalinas4973 I guess it could. All that matters is that the tea has tannins and as far as I know black tea has tannins.

@IMaqua

28 күн бұрын

@@rolandtraynor I used to watch her videos while she was still making them. Her nano fish species profiles are very good.

Wow wari buteful 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻😶😶😶😶👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@IMaqua

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching.

This is beautiful! I think that he will be so happy here!

@IMaqua

18 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Beautiful tank! Looks like youre showing off your rare crypts collection!

@IMaqua

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching. Cryptocoryne are my favourite plants and they are so easy to take care of.

Well done 🌿

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching.

great start to my day...

@IMaqua

26 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Blackwater and Betta perfect combination ❤.

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

Yes they are. Thanks for watching Lorenzo.

I miss having a blackwater tank! This one came up really nice! Looking forward to seeing it in 1000 days ;)

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

Will be doing another one after the summer ends for a different fish I got. Cheers

Beautiful black water

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

I love blackwater tanks. Cheers

Sooo pretty 😍

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

Shout-out to Mr. Frustrated.

Just what I needed, a simple blackwater setup! I was already overthinking a setup for my UNS 60U, but I am going to turn it into my first ever blackwater tank. Thanks for the inspiration this, and previous blackwater tanks have provided! 👍

@IMaqua

Ай бұрын

Thanks Frank. Make sure to stock up on botanicals.

@frankvermeulen4621

Ай бұрын

Will do. 👍 I already was gathering some supplies (soil, mesh nets for filtermedia) but held off from buying wood and rocks because I was unsure about what I was going to build. Good thing too. 😅

@IMaqua

Ай бұрын

I had the same "problem" with an aquarium that I was building this week (will be published in June). I basically changed my mind one day before doing the aquascape.

@frankvermeulen4621

29 күн бұрын

Watching again, because why not. It's great. Went out today with a better idea of what to put in the 60U. Came home with something entirely different, for both the 60U and the Dennerle 30cm Cube. Both are going to be blackwater, but I am going to make the 60U dark-start-ready before moving on to the Cube. I will add botanicals once the plants are in.

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

@@frankvermeulen4621 give it a few more days and you will change your mind again haha...

Opasno dobar video, kao i skejp. Sta planiras od zivog sveta? Neonkice bi legle bas pravo.

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

Za sada u ovaj ide Betta sa pocetka video, malo jato Chili rasbora i Red cherry shrimpovi. A za neonke cu bas raditi jedan blackwater akvarij nakon ljeta malo veci od ovoga (60x30x30) a tu planiram jato neonki, jato Gold laser corydorasa i Apistogramma hongsloi red gold.

@milanm5776

29 күн бұрын

@@IMaqua Srecno s' projektima

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

@@milanm5776 hvala puno. Pozdrav iz suncane Dalmacije.

@milanm5776

29 күн бұрын

@@IMaqua Pozdrav iz Niša :)

Is it possible to turn an already established planted tank into a blackwater tank by adding botanicals (or rooibos tea hehe)? Love the video, youre my aquascaping goat.

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

The 🐐 replying; yes it is possible. I would advise removing hardscape and plants (if you want) and leaving only the soil. After you can add botanicals and new plants (if you want new plants). Filter and soil are already cycled so you can add the fish day 1.

@acesgamer49

29 күн бұрын

@@IMaqua thank you! How much volume of rooibos tea would you add per liter? 🙏

@IMaqua

29 күн бұрын

@@acesgamer49 I just pour it haha, maybe 0.1-0.2L per 40L. Just add it in slow increments because you won't notice the effect right away, it takes a couple of minutes for the tea to spread evenly.

Chihiros AII light?

@IMaqua

24 минут бұрын

Yes you are correct.