I made INCREDIBLE SLOPED RIVER TANK | HILLSTREAM AQUARIUM Step by step AQUASCAPING TUTORIAL | EP1
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2024
- I build a sloped river tank for river aquarium fish. In this inclined Hillstream aquarium step by step aquascaping tutorial I will show you how the slope was built and how I placed aquarium wood and stones on it. The plan is to slowly introduced mostly river species. I added some WCMM that are in my care for 2 years and this is their third Hillstream aquarium. Next video I am planning to introduce another schooling fish to this aquarium.
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00:00 Intro
00:18 Tank dimensions and volume
00:44 LED light
01:07 Placing egg crate
01:35 Creating the slope
02:43 Wooden "backbone"
03:53 Placing round stones
04:52 Adding aquarium gravel
05:36 Placing flat stones
06:20 Adding round pebbles
06:53 Hardscape is completed
07:16 Planting
09:11 Adding water and cycled filter
09:30 24 hours later
11:04 Adding 7 White cloud minnows
11:53 Minnows climbing the "Slope"
Aquarium - 120cmx45cmx30cm (47inx18inx12in)
Optiwhite glass 10mm | Tank Volume 162LTR (43GAL)
Filter - External with pre-filter basket (1000L/H (264GAL/H))
Light - LED Power: 53W | Luminous flux 4800lm
CO2 - NO
Heater - NO
Plants - Cryptocoryne wendtii green, Cryptocoryne undulatus red, Vallisneria, Anubias barteri var. nana "Mini"
Music - Epidemic Sound:
Guustavv / Coloration / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
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Ebb & Flod / Threads / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com www.epidemicsound.com/track/x...
Polar Nights / Forest Pond with Stars / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
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Below are affiliate links of the equipment I use (shipping to ALL EU countries). If you buy anything by clicking on the below links I will receive small commision without additional cost to you. Please note I have not been given any free products in exchange for mentioning them.
LED LIGHT
30cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/twinstar-light/twinstar-c-line-iii-300c?aff=19
45cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/lighting/chihiros-aii-series-aii451?aff=19
60cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/lighting/chihiros-aii-series-aii601?aff=19
90cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/lighting/chihiros-aii-series-aii901?aff=19
120cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/lighting/chihiros-aii-series-aii1201?aff=19
FILTER, SKIMMER AND PUMP
Oase 75: www.azaqua.nl/en/filters/oase-biostyle-75?aff=19
Corner filter: www.azaqua.nl/en/filters/nano-hoekfilter?aff=19
Skimmer: www.azaqua.nl/en/filters/eheim-skim350?aff=19
Pump: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-pump/oase-optimax-300?aff=19
Wavemaker: www.azaqua.nl/en/stream-pump/oasis-streammax-classic?aff=19
Stainless steel: www.azaqua.nl/en/inflow-outflow/stainless-steel-skimmer-set?aff=19
HEATER
Nano: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-heaters/dennerle-nano-thermometer-is-compact?aff=19
SOIL,GRAVEL AND SAND
Soil: www.azaqua.nl/en/aqua-soil/aquarium-soil?aff=19
River gravel: www.azaqua.nl/en/cosmetic-sand/plantahunter-gravel-river?aff=19
Rio Xingu gravel: www.azaqua.nl/en/cosmetic-sand/plantahunter-gravel-rio-xingu?aff=19
Sand: www.azaqua.nl/en/cosmetic-sand/aquarium-decoration-sand-1-2mm?aff=19
STONES
Round flat rock: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/round-flat-rock?aff=19
Black river boulder: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/black-sky-rock?aff=19
Black seiryu stone: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/dark-seiryu-stones?aff=19
Petrified wood stone: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/petrified-wood-fur?aff=19
Gray mountain stone: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/gray-mountain-stone?aff=19
WOOD
Ancient root: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-wood/ancient-root?aff=19
Corbo root: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-wood/corbo-root-m-30-40cm?aff=19
Manzanita wood: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-wood/manzanita-wood-m-40-50cm?aff=19
Spiderwood: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-wood/spiderwood-s-21-30cm?aff=19
FERTILIZERS
Micro+K: www.azaqua.nl/en/plant-fertilizer-and-additves/2hr-aquarist-apt-1?aff=19
FOOD
Regural: www.azaqua.nl/en/fish-food-aquarium/dr-bassleer-biofish-food-regular?aff=19
Garlic: www.azaqua.nl/en/fish-food-aquarium/drbassleer-biofish-food-garlic?aff=19
MAINTENANCE
Gravel vacuum: www.azaqua.nl/en/cleaning/dennerle-nano-soil-cleaner?aff=19
Aquascaping set: www.azaqua.nl/en/tweezers/nano-aquascaping-set?aff=19
Glass scraper: www.azaqua.nl/en/cleaning/window-cleaner?aff=19
VARIOUS
Terra tape: www.azaqua.nl/en/necessities/dooa-terra-tape?aff=19
Moss cotton: www.azaqua.nl/en/necessities/moss-cotton-200m?aff=19
Superglue: www.azaqua.nl/en/necessities/superglue?aff=19
Pipette: www.azaqua.nl/en/plant-fertilizer-and-additves/pipette-1ml?aff=19
WHY DO I WATCH THESE VIDEOS!? Now I want to build ANOTHER tank. 😢 Stunning scape though! Bravo!
Just another one...
Lol I can't resist I'm doing it 😂
The quality of your materials is outstanding. What a beautiful scape 😍
Thanks for watching. Cheers
Knocked it out of the park with this one! Great work!
Thanks.
Bb
Looking forward to seeing how this develops.
Thanks Martin.
Izvanredan.. I am from Scotland but googled Superb and i hope this is correct. been watching since you were only a couple of thousand and love everything about your channel. best of luck with the breeding program. all the best.
Thanks buddy. Your pronunciation is excellent. Breeding is going good; next week new breeding setup. Cheers
The return of a classic! This is still one of my favourite tank sizes as well. You do some of the best hillstream river style builds.
Thanks buddy. It is personally my favorite type of aquarium. And wait until you see the fish I have for this one...
@@IMaqua will be tough to beat the gobys from the last one 😉
Red lipstick goby is going back to this one but also a couple of new species...
@@IMaqua that's the fish! They are super cool!
I am thinking of getting one more, they are my favourite fish.
Thank you!
You are welcome.
This architecture is very interesting! I think it's quite similar to real life
This is exactly what I was trying to recreate. Thanks for watching.
超正😮好有感覺，正是我想要
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Congratulations, the first video with 200K views
Thanks Baba. I am sure Mr. Vigor is watching the number of views as well.
The minnows are natural to watch in your set up. Loved the video
Thanks.
I quite like the layout
Thanks for watching.
Schönes, naturnahes Flussaquarium! 👍
Danke.
Love the cohesive effect of only using blue/grey rocks and gravel, complimented with the red oxide wave of branches🤩 Less vallisneria would enhance more of it's beautiful flowing movement but what an incredible tank! Hillstream Loaches would go nuts to live here!😉
I will add a couple of loaches soon. I was expecting some Vallisneria to melt as it was transplanted from another aquarium so Vallisneria will thin out. Thanks for watching.
Great job , a real piece of river ❤
Thanks Lorenzo.
Wow! I love the idea of using volcano rock inside filter mesh bag! I didn't think of that when creating slope. Would love to try it. Thanks for such great video! ❤
Glad it was helpful! Cheers
A nice build and you will be able to see all of your fish. In my tank I went for a rocky river bed with rocks on top of rocks. I found that my loaches are often hidden as they live under the rocks but interesting to see my minnows under the rocks looking for food or shelter from the flow. Glowlight Danios were perfect for my tank - I am interested to see what fish you add.
Your build is good for Hillstream loaches to breed. Thanks for watching.
Extremely impressive!
Thanks for compliments
Very cool design. From lighting to color palette you did amazing job capturing the hillstream!
I really love Hillstream aquariums in general. I will be making a new one but on a much smaller scale.
@@IMaqua One day I might work on a similar project. I love the high currents. Plants moving with the water gives so much movement and life to the aquarium. + hillstream loaches are super cool. I do recommend one to this setup 🤌🏻
@@aritosoto I already added two loaches in one of the videos.
I love vallisneria soooo much!!! it looks sooo great! 🐟🦐
Vallisneria is one of my favorite plants. Easy to grow, spreads like weed, easy to trim and always look so green and lush.
@@IMaqua I need a dedicated Vallisneria tank!!! its so pretty! Also, those window blinds are AMAZINGGG!!!! Where did you buy them??
@@SwyTashee I don't remember exactly but somewhere online. If you go way back to my first fish room tour that I did last year in July I showed them briefly there (end of video).
Thxxxxx!!! I'll go check it out! @@IMaqua
You are welcome.
Very nice, - the broken bricks chipp away to form natural rock looks and then to rubble and sand to glue in between the gaps !! VERY NICE AND WELL DONE, - Thank you for the video and the ideas, - it will help my slow experimental project !! I will be continuing to follow your videos from now . Jason °//
Thanks for watching Jason.
Now I have an idea of how to do a setup for my small snapping turtle. Great build
Yes this kind of setup would be good for turtles. You can even add a couple of stones in the shallow part that stick out of the water.
@@IMaqua he’s pretty small maybe the size of a baseball. Did you consider a sandstone for your hard scape ?
What is a sandstone?
@@IMaqua it’s a type of sedimentation rock I’ve used it in several tanks. It doesn’t slip and it can have nice striations that give it character. Only downside is that it’s heavy
It is the first time I hear about it. I will have a look.
Amazing setup love the tank & your channel ❤
Thanks for watching.
You deserve 100k subs, love the videos
Working on it! Just a couple of decades more haha. Thanks for the support.
@@IMaqua Better late than never
Thank you professor.
Looks great, the val really ties in the look following the flow :^)
Glad you like it!
Very nice! 🤩 I love the "flow" of the roots between the rocks. It's also good to see the minnows back in action.
I was half expecting you to tilt the entire aquarium (there are examples on CZcams), but that would be silly and this works great.
Looking forward to see how this develops. 👍
To be honest I was thinking about tilting it but decided not to; I prefer having it in one piece. Cheers Frank.
Love...Love...LOVE!
Thanks buddy. I really enjoyed making this one. River aquariums are the best.
So, what other fish: hillstream loaches? @@IMaqua
Yes I will add loaches and red lipstick goby from the previous setup. Also I will add two completely new fish species that were never featured in any of my Hillstream aquariums before.
I'm guessing Danios and/or Rainbowfish. A group of Neon Dwarf Rainbows would look awesome! @@IMaqua
Well let's see if you were right, the next update is in a couple of weeks where I will introduce new fish.
Amazing 🙌🏽
Thanks for watching.
Meus parabéns!
Ficou incrível!
Ótimo projeto!
Abraços aqui do Brasil!
Obrigado.
After watching this video, I feel like taking a nap.
Enjoy.
So Inspiring. Thank to make this video..
You are welcome.
What an awesome setup
Thanks for watching.
What a beauty
Thanks for watching.
Awesome build
Thanks!
I'm thrilled!
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MD be proud
Thanks for watching.
A shrimp cave in the unused space uphill would be amazing
I added a single Bamboo shrimp. He is "glued" to the filter inflow and basically doesn't move from there. He is there 0-24.
Odličan, gušt za gledati 👍👍
Hvala na komplimentu. Pozdrav
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really enjoy your videos 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching.
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OMG such of beauty👍👍👍👍 good job sir
Thanks for watching.
This is gorgeous! Definitely my favorite Hillstream tank ever! Any hints on who else will be joining this tank?
Couple of new fish species but also Mr. Bulldog is making appearance is his third Hillstream aquarium.
@@IMaquaI am so happy to hear that Mr. bulldog will be in this tank!!! 🎉🎉🎉
He is coming soon...
Sweet man 🤙😋
Thanks for watching.
Marvellous
Thanks for watching.
very nice
Thanks.
I assume like a lot of people I really appreciate you posting these videos showing how you build the displays. Thank you! Would you mind letting me know the brand and model of the filter mesh bags you used to hold the volcanic rock please?
It is just some cheap generic "no name" brand I found on Amazon. Just search for "filter media mesh bags for aquariums". Thanks for watching.
Bravo from Romania Dracula land ❤🎉
Greetings from Croatia.
I like it! Only thing id change is the choice of gravel, would have gone with something more sand like along side small pebbles for detail.
Thanks. I did that in my first Hillstream; very fine sand so I wanted to try something else. Plus sand is fine and it compacts; If i used it I would need much more sand than gravel. I will think about what you suggest for Hillstream ver. 4.
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Needs some swellias and some buces. Nice work
You are right about buce; I had a couple of extra in my spare tank but they are so tiny that they would be almost impossible to see in a tank of this size. Sewellia is coming soon...
OK. I understand. So not all plants need a complete cycle co2 and the cost is different.👍👍
Yes I like to use mostly low demanding and easy plants that don't need CO2.
Great! Amazing layout, amazing tank! But why not putting more current into the tank. The aquael hypermax 4500 is currently the strongest canister filter. I would like to copy the concept and stock the tank with Atyopsis shrimps, some Danio species and Sewellia lineolata...
Unfortunately money was the issue. I had a spare Aquael Ultramax 1000 so I used that one. Your comment makes sense and this aquarium would look even better with a stronger filter and more current.
good aquarium sir and all video 👍👍👍 my name rohit Sharma ❤
Welcome to the channel Rohit Sharma.
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What other type of stones could you recommend that could replace these river stones? Difficult to find the same kind of stone at my area.
If you want to build something similar I would recommend round stones. It was not easy for me to find these stones because round stones are hard to find in my area.
These would be the ultimate videos if you mic'd the sound of the scaping
Do you mean if you could hear the ambient sound? That is a good idea.
Very nice tank. Where can I find the materials you used for the hardscape? Specially the river boulders and the river drift wood
All the hardscape I got was bought at the specialised aquarium store.
@@IMaqua Do they sell online as well?
@@tmontana6715 That is correct but the shop is located in Europe.
@@IMaqua Thank you
You are welcome.
Can you tell us what that tool is you use to add water to the tank? I see a lot of dedicated aquascapers use the lily pipe with that attachment to slowly ass water. Where do I get one?
I have 80L plastic container with a water pump plugged into a smart plug. When I press the button on my mobile the water goes into an aquarium. The only bad thing is that I have to manually fill up the water container.
nice. but very heavy tank on the floor. did you estimate the total weight in advance?
Yes I did. It is 30kg of gravel, 20kg of boulders and 30kg of lava rocks. That is 80kg and that is the weight of a human being. So yes it is heavier than what it would be without all the extra stones and gravel but it is not that heavy.
The woodwork is very nice, it has a lot of flow. But I don't like the amount of gravel in the foreground.
Thanks for watching and for your honest opinion.
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For what the soil in bags like like in the video
I don't understand the question.
Cool as fuck that
Thanks for watching.
Doesn’t the egg crate and the bags create air pockets?
No they don't.
It turned out very beautiful😍😍. but why didn't you use the co2 capsule. the plants don't lose their freshness!🤔🤔
What do you mean by CO2 capsules?
@@IMaqua Carbon dioxide gas system
All the plants can grow without it in this aquarium plus CO2 costs a lot of money.
noice.
Thanks.
i see somewhere on your other video, you only use 20% light intensity on your low tech tank without co2? do you prefer siesta time on your tank?
(sorry for my bad English)
I never use siesta time in my aquariums. You are correct; I keep between 10 and 20% brightness on all of my aquariums.
thanks for answer, can you tell what fertilizer your use? and what a routine and how much? im forget on which video, but if im not mistake, you tell its a just pottasium and trace with weekly dosage..
Depends from aquarium to aquarium. I use K+micronutrients (product is in a pinned comment). The more plants I have the more I will dose; usually weekly and for aquariums with less plants every couple of weeks. In this particular aquarium I will not use any fertilizers because I have only Crypts and Vallisneria.
I just subed maybe you won’t have to get rid of these fish and can start a different tank maybe even rent an office space with some friends just for fish stuff ❤
Thanks for watching and don't worry I am not getting rid of my fish.
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hello what is the water you put in the aquarium is it tap water or oz?
It is tap water. I use RO water only in a couple of breeding aquariums.
thanks a lot of @@IMaqua
You are welcome.
I cant wrap my head around where the intake is on this tank. Its either well hidden or under the rocks
Intake is on the right side of the aquarium behind plants and the big rock. If possible I always try to hide equipment with plants or hardscape.
Will the rock elevate the PH?
This kind of rock will not change the water hardness or elevate pH.
@@IMaqua great!
what size is the aquarium?
All the details are in the video description.
The pump makes the flow, not the slope.😊
Thanks for watching.
It's great but how to clean this
I will clean it like I clean all my tanks; remove the water and add it back. If you are talking about gravel vacuuming I don't really do it in 90% of my setups. In case I do it then I gently stir the soil or gravel and pick up any floating detritus. I do it every 2-3 months.
Would be nice if you talked in your video to explain your process so we understand how to replicate somthing like this
Thanks for watching. I am planning to do a talking tutorial "how to" video combining all three of my Hillstream aquariums into one video.
How is this the ultimate sloped tank?
What do you mean?
how is it the ultimate slope ? It’s exactly what I mean . It’s a slope scape but the ultimate really?
Why has no one mentioned the awesome way those blinds closed?
I am glad you noticed that. Cheers
add some turtles here!
I never kept turtles; I am also afraid they would eat all my fish.
Here you go: 🐢🐢🐢🐢
@@davidlacziko1516 thanks 👍
sad you didnt do it rigth, and made the filter. under the sloped area! its so ez! just make a slope, out of acrylic. with walls on the acrylic slope, and on the bottom of the tank. so you make small room, for filter media. then make a small space, for a hoose/pipe to go from a pump to the top.. then the filter is inside, and apart of a natural system
I was thinking about it but in the end I didn't have time to do it how I wanted. Maybe next time...
@@IMaqua heheh do it next time, would be cool. And shows people, a really epic filter system. In tank sumps, or mostly know as backgroundfilters. Are super awesome filtering, and has super low maintaince.
And its shows, that you need to over dramatic With your tank! Nature does a better job, than we could ever do😁
No one seems to quite understand the flow dynamics of creeks and rivers. For that reason, tanks are always put at a ridiculous angle, and there is always a huge pool at the bottom. As a retired extreme water kayaker, I know what those dynamics are, and if I had the money, I'd make a fast water tank with less than an inch of drop, without the vast amount of substrate that most river tank builders put in. The places where they are putting in wood would never happen in real life. It would be good for people who make tanks like this to get out and look at a mountain stream, and to understand it. They need to understand how the force of water plays against surfaces and pins things down, or lifts others up and washes them away. What causes eddies, pour-overs, and holes? Why is some water slack, while others run fast and splashy. When you understand fluid dynamics and who water flow in the natural environment, you'll have a whole other idea of how to build a natural looking heavy current system, but not before.
As a note, some of the world's gnarliest class V white water drops less than 7 feet in a mile. The only places where it drops more than that are waterfalls. Most blue ribbon trout streams drop less than two feet in a mile.
Do the math. in a natural creek or river such as the type which hillstream loaches and other fast flowing water fish live in nature, the slope is less than 0.1 over the length of the tank. If you place your wood and rocks correctly, and truly naturally, you should be able to get your natural river to run like a white water stream with just a tiny shim under one end, and a decent filter putting water in one end, and pulling it out of the other. A water bar at both the top and the bottom will help ensure that the flow progresses evenly, and in a natural manor. Flatter rocks will be your friend in such a tank, and so will wood, but don't put the wood lengthwise in the tank. place the wood either crosswise or just a bit beyond crosswise but with the wood angled downstream. Another thing about wood, and even rock in a deep enough aquarium, is that it does not need to touch bottom all the way across to start backing up water, and then having it pour over. Lots of fish hide under logs, or beneath undercut rocks.
The substrate in this tank would be okay if the water was coming from back to front, but it coming from left to right, but with it going from left to right makes me thing this individual hasn't spent much time in nature, looking at how water works on the environment.
If I wanted to do something more similar to the nature you are talking about I would do this czcams.com/video/QyNLexkuQIA/video.htmlsi=UWO-HEFdHbx7PV27 Unfortunately I don't have space, money or time. The aquarium I created is nothing more than an artistic representation of the underwater world.
I don't understand on one hand people say make sure things are leveled when keeping aqaurium, there is also a leveling mat and on other hand people make hilstrean aquarium by changing the leveling 🙄🙄🙄
The aquarium is still leveled on the stand. The only thing that is sloped here is the hardscape.
@IMaqua not you and this video but other videos I have seen people tilting the aquarium too
@@user-007-wtf I am very careful with that and don't like tilting them and I don't like when the aquarium is overhanging the aquarium stand.
Hmm i don find it nice though
Thanks for watching.
thumbnail makes you look like a devil like a bevil
Aquarium bevil...