I made a TWO STORY fish tank
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- čas přidán 22. 01. 2021
- In this video I make a two story fish tank! This eye catching aquarium uses the physics of water pressure to make a second story. The zebra danio's love the additional real estate. If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe for more!
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Hi all! So since there isn't much information on this video except what she shows, I actually tried this! And I wanted to share my process just in case others want to do this project.
Firstly the tank: if you're going to do this you MUST have plants in your tank that help release oxygen (preferably plants reaching into the 2nd story tank). Even if you got a good filter that pours in oxygen ITS NOT ENOUGH! (I learned this the hard way). I don't have an air bubble machine in my tank so I can't say for certain if that'll work but hey plants never fail. The size of the tank doesn't really matter, I decided to use a classic round fish bowl tank for mine(I'll get into how that went) and it looked cute for like 2 hours😅
Secondly the tiles: it was kinda a pain finding the right tiles for this buuut the tiles you want are going to be NON GLAZED and NON TREATED with any chemicals. Like paints and such. So look for TUMBLED tiles. Shape is up to you. Take them home and give them a good soak in plain tap water (I left mine overnight). Doesn't hurt to give them a little mix just to get off any unwanted dust or oils.
Third the silicone: the silicone is still holding up good, I still have the tile columns being held together by the silicone in my tank. Only thing I would mention that she doesn't really say in the video is PLEASE do this in a well VENTILATED area. It's shouldn't be toxic but holy hell I swear I was seeing double and it just STUNK! It was easy to find just look for fish safe silicone on Amazon.
End result: like I said before, you need a LOT of sources of oxygen for this to work. My fish found the fish bowl tank just fine however got disoriented due to lack of oxygen and bellied up. (Rip 4 of my babies) so I took out the classic fish bowl all together and just kept the columns in my tank. The columns are holding up real nice, it's been about 2 weeks and there has been no change. I feel like once you master the oxygen part your all set.
These are my findings, and hope you found this useful 💛
that’s awesome. good job for attempting it! thx for sharing also
how did you remove the air from the second tank?
Honestly I'm sure you can extract the air from the second tank through some kind of pump but if you're like me and cheap I just stuck a long thin tube into the tank, so one end outside the tank and the other is inside the pocket of air in the second tank, then just slowly sucked the air out. Ofc keeping in mind the water level as it rises.
Not all hero’s wear capes I was literally planning this for turtle setup
Most aquariums have aeraters to keep the water oxygenated. Make sure you dont put an airstone so it bubbles into the upper tank. If you do, it will lessen the vacuum holding the water in the upper tank and as it fills with the bubbled air, the water level in the upper tank will drop and overflow the lower tank. I would guess that would take only a few minutes!
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Done correctly, this seems like a really awesome idea. I could see this working well in my pond. 🤔
Thanks for sharing!
I did added an aquarium and turned it upside down. The fish love it
This is cool as hell 👍🏻
wow that is VERY cool
i saw this this on FB and i love it!
Thanks Namreh, appreciate the kind words
@@AquariumInfo ur welcome
same
Interesting grace
you have configured 🎯
Wow,it's so creative 😍
one great piece of work
Came beee from TikTok and I just love this so much. Have a beta of my own and your tanks are awesome🙌🏾
Thank you so much :)
Wow like it verry much.
Que show... Muito bonito. Parabéns.
Great idea
Beautiful
Love ur work
That is so awesome. I want to do it!
My favorite part is when she adds the fish
Wow amazing
Love you 😍 so much innovative
Amazing
all the best for your future projects
Appreciate it!
You are one of my favorite people in the world!
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Thanks so much!! 😍
Woo so cool
Wow!
Nice
How do you do a water change, aka, how do you get the water out of the second tank without it completely dropping? Do you need to first add air in?
Nice!
I was so inspired after seeing this so i made my own.
Can you give us an update on your setup
Awesome👏✊👍
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I wonder what kind of substrate you used as I imagine was rich in minerals like iron to feed the plants.
What are the chances of the water coming out at any point and flooding?
Looks awesome just want to know if it's safe from going wrong.
Your vids have inspired me to do things with an aquarium that yt wishes I posted videos about so they can generate more revenue with TikTok adds
Seems this is more common in ponds, its interesting, you probably could use some plastic adapters as the ones for lights to support the second aquarium in the borders of the first one, without pillars. For pillars theres more simple ways but without them it's better. Seems that bigger Woods can be used to the top, besides plants. For lights seem tricky but I guess focal points in the top work OK. Maintainence require more work and the base aquarium glass should be strong enough for the extra water, surface water is decrease so air pump should help to mix more oxygen. Anyway, I think it can be worth a try. Great experiment.
Great comment! Really appreciate all the input and the time you took to write this up 😊
Dude you're cool af
You were given a gift
Hi hi hi I love your videos 😋
How much gallon did you used for this tank?
Where did you get those hexagonal stones you used for the pillars?
Where are the lights for the tank or is it just the room lights that we are seeing?
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what kind of thing that you stack and add on the silicone glue?
How stable is the second story tank? I want to do this with a 20 on my 75. My wife is telling me not to, because she doesn't want it to fall and break on the kids or dump 20 gallons on the floor.
I thought the same thing about it being unstable.
My suggestion would be to make a cut in the up pieces. So that the glass of the second story can be put in that cut. And mybe with a little bit of glue (the one extra for aquariums, a safe and waterproof one)?😅
I built a little one ..lol ..thanks for the great idea
Awesome! Glad it worked out, they're super cool
@@AquariumInfo ...lol ...I built it in my bath tub ....first ... It wasn't as pretty as yours ...lol but now all nicely setup
Such great ideas here on this channel! Love it! And definitely one of the prettiest aquarist on youtube!
Where did you buy the tiles from?
Can you please show a video of how to clean this type of tanks?i want to create one too but i am not sure how to do that part
can you imagine the water changes though hahaha
I have GOT to try this!! What are the columns made of? Tiles?
Yes they're just inert tiles! Turned out great
Great design! if you get a air leak in top, you will get wet feets. 😅
where did you get the cup coasters from?
Will the fish get trap at the story and die? Like betta fish they need to go up to the surface to get the air once in a while.
You've been pushing out great new content on both here and TikTok! So beautiful to watch and now I want to do it too haha :)
Go for it! Let me know how it turns out
So beautiful, but Is it hard to clean, and how much does it cost to make this project?
Great questions! Cleaning isn't too hard as I remove the water from the top aquarium and remove it all together for water changes. Then you have access to both tanks. A little more work but worth the end result I think! As for cost, it is really just the price of the lower tank plus price of the top tank you choose! The tiles I used to stack the columns we're about $20 with silicone. The rocks, substrate and plants were around $100 for this tank so not too expensive for a 3ft tank!
I’m new to this, and I’ve heard sand it better for certain bottom feeders so it doesn’t hurt their barbs. May I ask, is there a certain sand and substrate you prefer?
hello.. i tried this idea.. can you share your method to remove water inside top aquarium? i cannot blow air inside it to force water out.. hope you can share your method.
What material are the columns made from?
I love it, but how did you remove the air and is this something you have to keep doing for each water change ?
Great question! I remove the air using a tube which then causes the water level to rise. To clean the tank, I remove the second story entirely. It's definitely a more involved process, but I think the wow factor is worth it. What do you think? Would you make one?
@@AquariumInfo I am definitely intrigued and am imagining how to incorporate it into future plans. Thank you
how did the water not spill from the lower tank?
What kind of tiles are those? PS amazing videos
I bought these from Home Depot. They are inert and they were relatively cheap and cost around $10 for the 4 columns, great question!
How are you gonna clean it?
Whered you get the stones?
I’ve memorized the names of what I think it’s ur fav plants : Java fern and Anubias nana
How did you remove the air?
I'm thinking of trying this. I need to figure out if my 120 can hold the extra water weight of a 20 gallon added. My stand is concrete an is in my basement fish room.
Were you able to do this? Looking to do something similar
Yea bro nobody giving us a long term review on this
Water pressure on the second storey tank is less than 1 atmosphere?
So creative, but I like to hear you talk
Can you do blue gills for the next fish please
Can u tell how to stop my foxtail from withering
how to remove the air? any pump that u use?
Great question! I used a tube to remove the air from the second story which causes the water level to rise
C O O L
Can u upload cleaning video too
What’s the name of your filter?
Ur the Victoria Rachel or Kitten Lady of fish 🐟
Aa i saw it in youtube shorts & search diy fish tank and here i am
Where is that filter from?
Its the SunSun 603B, its small and highly recommended!
My brother has those fish
we have those fish in a aquarium its green
what kind of fish is that?
They're zebra danios! A fun and super active fish
I got my first fish today it is a purple blue and black beta fish.
Now turn it to a third story fish tank by breaking the top part of the second story and also put the same sized fish tank that you put on the second story and this time put it right next the first one you put there and the sides that are fasing inwards break them and the bottom of the third story just break it and the top of the third story is where you can feed them
I'v tried this a while back. Not really good long term keep getting air back in so you contantely have to pump it out
If someone fell into the table wouldn’t the water displace and overfill the lower tank and then they’d all die?
Great question! In the very unlikely scenario you describe, where the top tank did fall over or manage to leak, the bottom tank would overflow but only 1-2 gallons. The fish would be fine as long as they didn't swim over the edge!
three-story aquarium
Let's do it!!
Would be the perfect thing for a beta community tank!
Science science and smarts
Hi
Help! My fish is drowning! What can I do?
Creamy
I wish i could have a fish tank like this but my paarents wont allow me to have one..
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Nice, but the Music is annoying!!!
Don’t do this. Ammonia gases can build up in a tank. Usually this isn’t a problem since they pop at the surface, but if enough get trapped in the second floor it could poison your fish. If you take really good care of it it should be fine
As if this woman leaves the tanks setup long enough for ammonia to build up!
Would adding a bubbler in the second floor work?
@@bee2223 The air would just get trapped in the second floor and then there wouldn’t be any water left, so no point of a second floor?
Are you giving a gift ???
talk!!!!!
Yea so I’m dumb and I don’t understand the physics in it
Why aren’t you saying anything?