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Forgot to ask do I need to add anything to the filter out take since bettas don’t like a lot of flow ? Or is it fine how it is
Yooo! Im a scaper and i can tell you its a great scape for a beginner! I had problems with the grass too at tje beggining. Dont worry you did realy great!
Thank you I’ll be watching it right now lol
Please PLEASE make a series on this it would be so cool to see your progression on making planted tanks and just falling in love with making them
For all it's worth, I agree! I'm surprised John didn't use epiphytes.
John, guess you can’t say that you aren’t good at aquascaping anymore. Beautiful tank!
I always feel that people just get too intimidated by the pro scapes. They look incredible, but it is not happening in my tank. I like simple, natural stream setups. Some rocks, some driftwood, my favorite plants (crypts). And I am good. And the best thing is, you can always change it. Experimenting is fun!
I’m not a pro aqua scaper myself. The most I’ve done is put some plants in my tanks with some hard scape. So this is pretty cool to watch. Y’all were the reason why I truely got into this hobby. Keep it up!
I have to admit, when you put that huge rock in the back I was like, why are you using such a big rock in here? But, as it turned out, it looks amazing. That rock ended up looking like a cool mountain back there. And the other two just accent it more. Great job John. Ohh, I thinking you might put some White Clouds in the tank.
Scape's looking great John! Some tips:
Be ready to trim that rotala heavily! Rotala is a plant that tends to explode, and grow at least 6-8 inches a week in optimal conditions. I've got several varieties in a 29 gallon without any CO2, and it reaches the top EVERY WEEK lol
The Cryptocorynes won't need much care, except for a root tab (you mentioned you added Tropica's product; they work well!) every now and then once either the Stratum ages, or the crypts get huge.
Littorella is going to be relatively easy, it will spread like a grass, just don't let it get too much light since you're not adding CO2. LOL planting grasslike plants that small is a challenge, and best to do it in clumps.
The plant came out looking great! Can't wait to see what fish you add, and the bobbleheads around the tank are a great addition :) House of Tropicals is a great store, I go there quite often (in MD so it's not a long drive)!
Been a while since I commented on one of your or Lisa's videos, I've just been too busy to do so. I lurk in your weekly streams though, and occasionally (once every two or three weeks) get a chance to say hi to everyone in chat
Hi Jon I'm happy that you did the "plant scaping" today. I must be honest, I never really paid attention to live plants in aquariums~~I prefer to look at the fish. BUT--recently, I noticed myself checking out the live plants, and now , (especially since you did it) I want to "scape" my little 10 gal tank that I plan to set up soon--- yeah, I'm getting anxious wanting my bigger tank!!. So this 10 gal is going to be my fish ICU. I can't tell you how much I love your videos and all that I've learned. I'm feeling kinda brave right now. LOL. OK, I just wanted to let you know how much I get out of your videos. OH~~ and yeah, the plants and decorating came out awesome! 😂 I 'm sorry that I missed Lisa's. Hey, that awesome fish store that you're always talking about in MD., do they ship fish?? The selection of fish around here isn't very exciting. OK you all have a great night! Stay WARM~~ we have a BIG winter storm coming in with some snow accumulations, very cold temps and 50 mph wind gusts!!! The whole EAST COAST!
Celestial pearl danios! That’s what I’m going to put in my 20 long! I’m getting excited about fish again, so I’m trying new things. It helps. Your aquascape is very cute. I’ll check out your site for some driftwood.
I’m very picky when it comes to liking other peoples scapes but I actually really like this. You did a great job for it being ur first time just be careful with the crypts leaves because they melt when you put them in a new tank.
Such a great hobby. I started back in October of 2021 accidentally after trying to buy my mom a larger tank for her fish-bowled betta fish. I made up this little 5 gallon tank with some rocks and java fern, super basic and didn't practice any proper aquascaping skills. In December I ended up buying myself a 10 gallon tank and scaped the sh*t out of it, it's basically a dragonstone mountain off center to the right with some driftwood protruding behind it and extending across the tank to the left. Moss all over the wood, Rotalas, Crypts, Pogostemmon, and more planted around it with a large sand area across the front of the tank. It was such a fun experience and I definitely agree to the calming and focusing aspect it can provide. My mom saw my new tank and scape and she actually decided to try it on her 55 gallon community tank which up to this point had no live plants and just Petco/Petsmart decorations. I got her enough driftwood to extend across the entire tank and she's already begun wrapping it in moss. This is another part of this hobby: once people get exposed to it, it is super addictive!
Hmm…my guess is either Chili Rasbora or Clown Killifish. Great job on the nano tank though!!! I just did an 8 gallon tank for a Betta and it was so much fun!
When I first started in the fish keeping hobby I started with a nano tank. It was a 7.5 gallon rimless. It started out o.k but quickly turned into a green algae tank. Not knowing enough about plants at the time I had low light plants and a high light. I've gotten better since then and I mostly keep easy plants, crypts, annubias and moss. I love the hobby and your tank looks amazing!
Amazing job John!! I did everything wrong for my first tank in terms of aquascaping 😅. Maybe guppies, platies, swordtails, tetras, gudgeons
, honey gouramis, shrimp or dwarf gouramis. Great job!!
Good job John, I’ve never done any Aqua scaping but I’m going to give it a go. I’ve looked at the plants and and going to pick a tank this week. I will post once done. Keep us updated with the progress on yours and Lisa’s Aqua scapes
Hey john, I’m a landscape architect and install full landscapes; I have had quite a difficult time aquascaping but as I have been into the aquarium hobby, I have seen improvements with time. I have the same aquarium and have the blue shrimp, with neon green substrate and white rocks with a brown driftwood, Anubis. Pretty cool color combo for the contrast of the blue shrimp!
John, I think this looks really nice!! Would love to see any new planted tank setups (or follow ups) you both do! It’s helpful to see what works and what doesn’t, especially in low tech.
Great job. You need to black out the back to hide the filter. You're getting shrimp or chillis' or maybe green tetras for it. Love you guys and your content. Peace x
Huh. I appear to have accidentally hit the lottery, because I live 20 minutes from House of Tropicals. I'm about to set up a new tank after not having one in over a decade and have been watching all the videos (including several of yours without seeing how close you are until just today!) and reading all the things in preparation for trying to plant it this time. It sounds like I might be able to get most of what I need locally, which is exciting! If you haven't yet made the trek up, I'd be delighted to try and go when y'all do.
Celestial Pearl Danios! They would be adorable in there. I’m getting some for my 20 long as my next project. I’ll check out the website for some driftwood. Thanks, John!
They are my favourite looking little fish. I’m busy trying to set up a tank just for them 😁
Finally a realistic aquascaping video! I struggle so much with the smaller plants too lol It turned out so nice.
I'm guessing shrimp?
John! Great job man! I feel you on that "grass" style of plants, I can never get them to go in properly lol. Christmas and Java moss are more my speed I found and they will grow like grass! I'm thinking you are going to go with a nano fish or shrimp.
Who ever coined the phrase, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" LIED!!! LOL!!!
John, in all honesty, Your Aquascape looks AMAZING!!!
I recently just finish my very first You Tube video, and OMG!!! It takes a lot of patience to accomplish!
So, I completely understand the "OOPS" moments!!!
Thank you SO MUCH for taking the "DIVE" into Aquascaping for us little guys, that have no idea WTH we are doing!!! Much Love Always!!!
Please stop saying 'Cavity'. LOL! Seriously John, part of the amazing equation that = your success is adaptability; the joy you brought me watching you scape a tiny tank!!! I SO appreciate you keeping your content fresh. You're human, you're funny, you're real, you're talented. 'There's no traffic on the extra mile'. :)
Watching you take the same journey I took a few months ago has been fun to watch. I got back into the hobby and started off with artificial plants but soon got the itch for live plants and its been a blast ever since. Like you said, the manicuring and constant "Maybe if I move that an 1/8 of inch that way it'll look better" just makes the hobby so much more enjoyable.The calm I feel while escaping is amazing. Your humility is admired bit the tank looks great man.
Dang it, John, now I want another tank. Maybe this summer. I have had the worse luck with plants recently. The ones I've ordered online have all died so I've resorted to getting them at Petco. They are in so much trouble and I'm not sure why. The fish are happy and healthy in my 6 1/2 gallon aquarium. (4 little neons and 2 snails) but I'm sick about the plants. I would love to order from Tropica. Do they have a US distributor so shipping isn't out of my budget? It would be a dream to have their plants. Great video, love the tank and yes, do some more of those little suckers.
John , You did a great job putting this tank together !!! I hope you and your Beautiful Wife and family have a Wonderful NEW YEAR 2023
Hahahahaha MD is my inspiration! Seriously. RE: 4:30, "... doing this wrong..." As MD would say, " who cares about rules...".
But, not sure if you did so, I'm commenting before watching, but root tabs are essential. Seachem FTW. I mash them up with a mortar and pestle and place smaller chunks throughout the tank, then spread dust at bottom or about 1-2 inches deep.
From a stick, a rock and a pvc elbow scaper myself, that little tank turned out beautiful. I'm watching and learning. Thank you
I am enjoying this series watching you both doing aqua-scaping, it helps with showing my son some ideas and he's not the only one learning. Also have to give a shout out to HoT...love that place. Use to live in area, went there a lot, and it is awesome. Based on there selection it's any bodies guess what would go go in your aquariums...Chile rasboras.
My experience with the Stratum substrate was that it leached a lot of ammonia for several weeks, even with water changes every day or two. Great substrate for plants and keeps the pH nice and low. Just test often for ammonia before adding livestock. Great looking scape!
The end result looks incredible. You did a great job John and if this is the start then you will be creating stunning big tanks in no time at all. Love it
Now you've done it. My two favorite things are aquariums and gardening. This brings them both together! A new obsession, and it's your fault! 😁 I think you'll keep shrimp. Or pea puffers.
Everyone starts somewhere and taking that first step is the hardest 💪
Trust me little tanks can get just as addictive as the big ones! Aquascaping is definitely therapeutic and fun! I'm still learning myself and I love it! If you haven't already decided on fish yet some chili raspboras and shrimp would look amazing in there
I would like to see a video on the tanks themselves, you did a short piece as part of new products. I see this as good tanks for MTS that you do not want to spends hours on. My one tank has a good pattern (5 minutes per day check out, a couple of water tests per week as I am famous for crashing tanks, bi weekly water changes, once a month filter).
As far as live plants, I am slowly introducing them to my 29g Betta and snail tank. Once the plants are in, a few shrimp to complete the look. I am using the type that do not anything other than gravel for substrate and are already attached to rocks, driftwood, lava rocks, etc. Find a place, put in tank, remove artificial plants, and use fertilizer with the water and filter change. Time will tell if my black thumb will come into play here.
For what to do with the cube. I said Oscars (lol) for the rectangle, so this one should have Koi.
WOW it looks incredible! Crazy especially for your first one! I am so supportive of this new project-- trying something different for yourself and seeing what else you like in the hobby. And your enthusiasm is infectious! I am suspecting chili rasboras or cherry shrimp might go in there!
Nice looking aquascape. Those little aquarium kits are fire. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
Looks awesome! I hope we see updates of these as they mature! I had generic planted tanks growing up but when I got back into them some years ago I was in awe of the pro/competition tanks. They're beautiful but I stressed if I was getting everything right design rules wise. Then I stopped and just started experimenting to make an enjoyable home tank for the fish. My 3 planted tanks now are low tech small tanks and would be considered 'done all wrong' in terms of artistry but I enjoy them every day, the plant grow like weeds and a fair few fish/shrimp etc who are happy and healthy and most of them a few years old nowThey're beautiful but I stressed if I was getting everything right design rules wise.
I'm also about to start my 1st scaping tank. This was awesome to watch. Thanks for the great video!
Your scape looks so good!! Plants can be difficult sometimes.
I thoroughly enjoyed scaping my 55gal and can't wait to do my 150 in a few months once it goes through its first of many cycles! 🙌 I think you're doing neon/Cardinal Tetras or Pea puffers!!! Great video as always dude! Tell Lisa I said " hey girl hey! "
Love the scape! I'd love to see more. Keep up the great content, looking forward to seeing the fish store shopping spree!
You did great and I love the tank! Just finished a scape last week for the most beautiful purple alien betta I’ve ever seen (yes it was me who ordered him yesterday 😁)! Don’t worry, the filter was seeded from one of my other 6 tanks lol.
Just remember, a lot of these plants are started out of water. Once they are planted it’s normal for die back. They then seem to get a new lease of life then.
Love this John I would love to do this but i have goldfish who are their own aquascaper's plants always floating on the top they even dig holes under the rock. Keep up the great work from Australia
I'm glad to see you get into aquascaping, John. I'm going to try to set up my first aquascape soon as well.
Great job John! Your scape looks beautiful! Don’t give up!
Great job. I like it. GO John GO, GO GO GO. You're on your way. 'For fish, I would go with small nano fish to keep the sense of scale. Chili rasboras, Exclamation Point rasboras, pygmy Cory's. They provide color and contrast to everything you have in that tank. Plus it's cool to sit and stare and watch them swimming through all those plants. Here's to you becoming the American MD or George Farmer.👍
So good to see a nice change and have you doing some aquascaping! Brings aquariums to life so much more.
I wasn't sure about the placement of the hardscape, but once you put the plants in, the vision came together. So nice, John!
Just went to House of Tropicals to pick up some Cory's and plants. Best fish shop ever! I found it a few days before I watched your 2020 visit, glad its a local shop for me!
Awesome vid. Love planted aquariums
Love this video John. I was waiting to see how Lisa's tank is doing (growing) . So cool this little cube I have one but not thrilled with it. I will get over to your website to purchase the one you are selling. Ty for your honesty about scaping, I can totally identify how you feel. MD is awesome but I watch them and still don't understand fertalizing and stuff like that in a bigger tank. Looking forward to your video of a 60gal or bigger scaped tank.. ALSO i wish you would do a video on substrates only.. :) I need help!!! Keep the videos coming 🧡
I had a cousin get married and lived in Glen Burnie, MD years ago. Can't wait to see that video as its a long commute from WI.
John maybe a 6 school of neon tetra is nice to see swimming in your acquarium
A big thing about planted tanks is the new plants you get from growing em out and propagating. i love pothos and amazon swords plus root tabs for being hardy. Also hornwort for days. be careful with dosing meds in your planted setups. algacides hide in some treatments and they off things like valisineria.
Great job John,
what about green neon tetras or chilli Rasbora?
tons of colour but stay nice and small compared to a neon or cardinal?
maybe a few bright red cherry shrimp too?
No CO2. I have so many plants and the growth is amazing. "Deep multi-layer substrate" and frequent water changes give me jungles in my 6 aquariums. Lots of wood and rocks in my tanks. I don't make a piece of art like some it's a more natural layout.
I’d love to get more information on the little tank. I’m interested in maybe setting up a tank about this size for shrimp. Goodness knows I’ve got enough moss to fill like three tanks. 🤣🤣
Looks great - you are on your way!!!! Lots of planted tanks to follow - you get hooked on trying different designs!!!! Looking forward to seeing which fish you pick for the tanks!!!! K
Ur getting there John 😁🙂 love the design , I'm trying to get better at aquacaping, it seems so much fun. Love the plants and the drift wood , with bigger tanks yes its a little frustrating but also more wiggle room to get the design you are looking for. I'm still trying to decide exactly how I want my 55 gallon tank I redesigned it 6 times and still not wat I want or envisioned for my angelfish.
Love the videos so glad i subscribed must have watched so many over the last few weeks, find them very relaxing! Keep them going! From the UK cheers!
I’m guessing chili rasboras, the scape looks great man👍 I’d be interested in a follow up in a few months.
White clouds and Cherry Rasboras? Looks good man!
I just bought a 75g tank so that Tuesday I'm gonna start it out as a planted tank. Just ordered a bunch seeds, i have a 4' light, I have a bag of soil, a bag of fluval shrimp stratum, and a bag of sand, putting soil on bottom, stratum mid with seeds right under top layer and then a layer of sand to try to lock the other layers down, not sure how it's gonna work but wish me luck
Looks great. I'm from Maryland, but live in Maine now - sure do miss House of Tropicals.
The scape turned out really good! Definitely go for rasboras for that size of tank!
I keep trying aquascaping. Getting better but it's tough. But wow you did well.
Hey John! I really do hope that the plants grow healthy so that you'll get inspired to do more aquascapes!
Good to see you’re an aquascaping legend like me, I have a tendency to put plant where the light won’t reach them too 😂
Looks good. I’m about to start a planted 8 gal Hygger Horizon. Let’s see who’s plants die first🤣🤣🤣 With tabs there’s a chance they’ll make it.
Will snails be part of this?
BTW, love the Breaking Bad bobble heads 🤣
Good for you! The live plants are a lot of fun to work with.
You did great John!! Anxious to see what you two put in your 'nano scaped tanks' have fun!
Pigmy corydoras, Chili rasbora and Scarlet Badis would look cool in your scaped tank.
I think ember tetras will look beautiful in this new tank 😍
Now you know how people get so addicted to gardening 🥰.
Love this! I got a few live plants for out first aquarium we recently set up but looks like I didn’t get nearly enough 😆
Awesome tank 👏. I'm thinking of reshaping my 60 gallon soon
Loved the video. Looking forward to do my first nano aquascape.
Nice triangular composition. Very gorgeous green with the dark gray and black.
You have recently talked about Rasbora. I'm thinking any of them would be great.
Well your aqua scaping definitely turned out quite nice! For as far as the fish I know your favorite ones are white clouds and for that small of a tank would be a perfect fish!
I guess on celestial pearl danios.
Anyway, I have always done ok with non-scaped planted aquariums, and I think it'd be safer starting with such kind of a tank. But I'd say problem is fishkeeping (and plantkeeping...) has all rules and no rules, in the sense what's on paper is apparently made to be defied by reality and practice, so it eventually might be a long chain of trial-and-error.
That looks really nice John. I said before and I'll say it again...those little fish you can't remember the name of will be populating that tank.
It turned out beautifully John. After 3 years I finally have success with my plants and I'm obsessed at this point. Lol My guess is Harlequin Rasboras.
I think that you did a great job putting in the plants. Makes us novices not feel bad when we see the experts. You did it nice a simple for all of us to observe and try to do. Excellent!!!
Hey we were just in Glen Bernie this morning! Played in Tri Annuals at The Green Room! Spent the night in Glen Bernie. So mad we left early to get back to West Virginia before the snow and didn't get to go to House Of Tropicals. They didn't open until 11:00 and we were scared to chance it and stay that long! Just maybe 🤞 we will get there soon!!
Great video!
A bit off topic; I have a cycled tank with the Aquaclear power filter. I recently bought Seachem Matrix. I would greatly appreciate if you could walk me through the best way to safely add it to my filter without crashing my cycle. I have the filter media that usually comes with the Aquaclear.
Absolutely love it..... Keep going with these projects it inspires me to enjoy my re-entry into the hobby just seeing someone else who never did it but goes for it.....
It was nice meeting you at HoT today! Your videos have helped us out so much with setting up and troubleshooting.
It was nice to meet you as well 😊
That's awesome. I was just there yesterday for the 1st time and really enjoyed the place. Grabbed some pygmy corydoras! I really love the Kubotai Rasbora and those would look cool in there, however as of this weekend they didn't have any in stock. Scape looks great btw, really enjoy your videos as a new fishkeeper.
Nice job. It looks like a nice place where to start a small shrimp colony... will it be your choice?? (My first shrimp colony is almost 3 years old and keeps thriving. Blue dream Neocaridinas!)
This will be a neat series. Wetting the aquasoil first with a mister will make it easier for you to place the plants.
I did that and it definitely makes it easier
John, you did a great job on this tank! Give yourself more credit. I may have to get one of these. Thank you and Lisa for all you do ; I truly enjoy your videos.
I have the same tank and I love it. My plants grow like crazy even with the light that came with it. Excited to see upcoming series on adding fish to this tank.
I'm going to guess chili rasbora or kubotai. I actually love the scape John looks good.
Beautiful!! I think something blue is going in there.... 🤔
Always enthusiastic, always informative!
that looks really good! nano tanks are my favorite to aquascape.
The scape looks good. 😊
As, for the fish...hmm...chili rasbora?
Looking great. Best luck with the plants. Perfect for some awesome snails or some ember tetra.
Came out amazing. When you look into getting more plants. Check out Dustin's fish tanks. He is a small company like you guys, but just live plants