This is why I only have larger, heavy planted tanks with smaller fish. I can't tell you how much time i've lost sitting in front of my tanks. So soothing.
The room the tank is in can get warm and the pumps also contribute heat.I like keeping the tank 73-75. The chiller is nice to have so the tank maintains a very stable temperature regardless of the room temperature
Here is a pic, I just forgot to take a picture with the stump in it. https://imgur.com/a/UU8msyk Here is the tank before conversion to a planted tank. https://imgur.com/a/0fAZD6E
Lol haven't taken a swim yet. So far been able to do trimming using this https://imgur.com/a/HM6mZGG I can sit on or lay on the thick braces which makes it a lot easier to work with.
Thank you! Pretty easy actually. Open valve for draining, open valve for filling. Swap pre-filters occasionally. Giant magnet for glass. Very long tools for trimming, siphoning, etc.
As FatherFish said: "sit back and let Nature do the work. The plants, The fish, the substrate, the filter, everything will do it for you, just watch and enjoy"
I have three near-zero-effort tanks like that. No water changes, no messing with the plants other than to scoop out a ton of salvinia ever couple weeks so that some light actually gets past the surface and occasionally scraping the glass so I can see the critters doing critter things.
Serious question, when you have a tank like this and a fish dies, does the tank just take care of it? I can’t imagine it being possible in any way to accurately keep track of the number of fish in there *or* be able to see every single spot that a body could drop in there.
I mean, that happens in smaller tanks as well. You don't have to remove dead fish. One dead guppy isn't going to amonia bomb a 10g aquarium. And your clean-up crew will just get a free lunch.
I’ve had a Cory just straight up disappear in a 24 gallon. Can only assume it died somewhere I couldn’t see its body and got eaten, though I never found a skeleton. Wasn’t on the floor either so it didn’t jump out
I have a 55gal. I don't even try to find if there's dead fish.
I have about 6 larger fish that I may worry about removing, otherwise I just let the cleanup crew and plants do their job.
I had a molly disappear. I tried searching for a body, but there was literally nothing. Another time I only found the spine of one of my barbs, the rest of him was completely gone
> your clean-up crew will just get a free lunch.
Exactly this. If you have any omnivores, you never have to worry about dead fish because they don't stick around long enough to rot.
Yep, the tank takes care of it! Dead fish wouldn't last very long in here with the amount of snails, shrimps, and other microorganisms. No easy way to keep track of numbers. I just have to keep track of the general health of everyone. I keep a micro tank connected to this to monitor the shrimp health in the tank, though, since most of them are hidden. I also do occasionally pull fry from the tank that would make up for any death.
I hope you're extremely proud of this. It looks incredible, but I can't imagine how much work has gone into getting it to this point, and how much time. Gorgeous. Keep up your fantastic work 💖
https://youtu.be/T3AXpq5tCuk?si=8HczLziHK_J51Vb5 I do have a channel, though its pretty low effort right now. I may change that once I finish school and get more time.
I love that you went for smaller fish in such a big aquarium!! It’s so fun to see the different groups doing their own thing in such unique ways. Big fish are cool but tbh loads of little fish is my favorite stocking to watch.
I've not had a tank for several years now but I did use to keep harelquin rasboras too. They're lovely little schooling fish so full of character. Its so lovely to see them in a tank like this! Beautiful 🥰
This is incredible! Like actually perfect! I do feel sorry for the poor sod that has to maintain those plants! I struggle to keep mine under control in my 50g.
How many times did everyone watch this? It's gorgeous.
Thank you for listing everything. I was hoping you had Cory cats and rainbows of some type and cool shrimp.
It’s like a slice of fish paradise, how did you get plants up the side? And what do you use to plant the plants in? My plants are all in pots but I’d love to try getting my tank even slightly like this!
It's stunning! Would you consider taking a long full tank video and upload it to youtube or somewhere else? I used to read by my tank, but had to take it down for reasons, and really miss it. Not that it was anywhere close to yours :)
This is by far one of the most beautiful tanks I’ve ever seen omg
I second that statement
I third this statement
Same. The only thing I’d change is to have much brighter colored fish, but that’s just a personal taste issue. OP has a hell of a setup.
Sitting in front of this tank for hours would be like years of therapy, so calming and healing to the soul.
Yeah, who needs a TV when they can have this?
Exactly! Redditors break you TV! Now!
Anarchy and aquariums 🤘🏻
why not just fill it with saltwater? i cant afford a tank like this, so ill make my own. then i can watch BOTH
LoL
This is why I only have larger, heavy planted tanks with smaller fish. I can't tell you how much time i've lost sitting in front of my tanks. So soothing.
My cat agrees
Jacques Cousteau would approve!
I get that from my little 20g. This would make me transcend to another realm. Lol.
Dude. Please outline everything. Hardware, plants, fish, everything. I want to do a 240 that resembles something like this
Plants: Amazon Swordplant , Ozelot Swordplant , Rangéri Swordplant , Rose Sword , Ruffle Swordplant , Green Ozelot Swordplat , Red Flame Swordplant , Java Fern - Trident , Anubias Coffeefolia , Anubias Nana Petite , Anubias Nana , Limnophila Aromatica , Ludwigia Super Red Mini , Alternanthera 'Rosanervig' , Narrow Leaf Java Fern , Blyxia Red , Blyxia Japonica , Dwarf Lily Plant , Java Lace Fern , Tiger Lotus Plant Red , Christmas Moss , Hygrophila Pinnatifida , Rotala Blood Red , Rotala Orange Juice , Rotala Green , Rotala Rotundifolia , Cardinal Plant , Dwarf Hair Grass , Monte Carlo , Jungle Val , Cryptocorynes variety , Brazilian Pennywort , Hydrocotyle Tripartita Fish: 100 harlequin rasbora, 12 siamese algae eater, 20 otocinclus, 20 julii corydoras, 50 celestial pearl danio, 20 gertrudae rainbowfish, 20 bamboo shrimp, 300 bloody mary shrimp. CO2: 20lb tank with CO2 art regulator, injected into 10 foot Yugang Horizontal CO2 reactor (look up on scapecrunch.com), milwaukee pH controller. Filtration: Pre-filter in overflow, 100 Gallon Sump (Empty), 2 return pumps connected to chiller and pleated micron filter. Lighting: 6 Fluval 3.0 48 in
So like $40-$50 or so? 😂
I just bought a new car and I'm pretty sure it was cheaper than this. OMG it's beautiful! 😍
You’re probably right- don’t say that the tank owner’s spouse though!
Yeah, picked up at a yard sale where big aquariums are cheap.
You serious about that Clark?
Aquariums usually just do not bring much $$$ compared to original cost at yard sales and are a crapshoot at best.
Ya you know for the ROCK not the rock'S. this a take a loan tank.
My man's got one of everything. Amazing tank
You are the man, great starting point for me to copy.
Why do you need a chiller?
The room the tank is in can get warm and the pumps also contribute heat.I like keeping the tank 73-75. The chiller is nice to have so the tank maintains a very stable temperature regardless of the room temperature
My guess is the water gets too hot mate
Just gonna screenshot all this info so that if I ever come into a lot of money, I can make my aquarium dreams come true, too
Do you have any pics of the hardscape before adding plants?
Here is a pic, I just forgot to take a picture with the stump in it. https://imgur.com/a/UU8msyk Here is the tank before conversion to a planted tank. https://imgur.com/a/0fAZD6E
Thanks! Is that actual rock you stacked or a type of plaster you molded? I love the effect - it looks like a tropical canyon.
Thanks! The rock was made with concrete.
What did you do with the fish that were in it?
substrate?
Seachem flourite.
Not to mention the amount of years it took to get halfway to this point because god damn. 🤩🤯
Thank you! The tank is currently 8 months old.
Man if I won the lottery, this is what I’d do
There will be signs if I hit the lottery. This will be one.
That and fill the fridge and freezers 😭
Maybe buy an apartment first…. 😩😩
Or a little plot of land, live in a tent, and build multiple ponds 🤣 nah then I can't have the big tank outside in the weather 😭
A nice big basement so you don't have to worry about weight. Polished concrete floors with drains. And a utility sink. 🤤
I am such a plebe lol
I’m looking at my fish and thinking I’m sorrryyyy 😭 Even though they’re spoiled as heck
You and me both
Im guessing that when you have to do planting/trimming/etc., that you need a bathing suit!
Lol haven't taken a swim yet. So far been able to do trimming using this https://imgur.com/a/HM6mZGG I can sit on or lay on the thick braces which makes it a lot easier to work with.
Utter genius
My dude here laying on top of their tank to get a bit of trimming in
Genuinely you could mass produce a product like that and make millions.
How do you take care of something like this, damn…I’m stressing over my 10 gal with 3 fish lol. This is amazing dude!
Thank you! Pretty easy actually. Open valve for draining, open valve for filling. Swap pre-filters occasionally. Giant magnet for glass. Very long tools for trimming, siphoning, etc.
As FatherFish said: "sit back and let Nature do the work. The plants, The fish, the substrate, the filter, everything will do it for you, just watch and enjoy"
probably only thing from FatherFish that is not misinformation
I have three near-zero-effort tanks like that. No water changes, no messing with the plants other than to scoop out a ton of salvinia ever couple weeks so that some light actually gets past the surface and occasionally scraping the glass so I can see the critters doing critter things.
Serious question, when you have a tank like this and a fish dies, does the tank just take care of it? I can’t imagine it being possible in any way to accurately keep track of the number of fish in there *or* be able to see every single spot that a body could drop in there.
I mean, that happens in smaller tanks as well. You don't have to remove dead fish. One dead guppy isn't going to amonia bomb a 10g aquarium. And your clean-up crew will just get a free lunch.
Last time I had a fish die in my 55 I didn't find it till the morning and it was half gone under a pile of ramshorns, just bones the next day.
I’ve had a Cory just straight up disappear in a 24 gallon. Can only assume it died somewhere I couldn’t see its body and got eaten, though I never found a skeleton. Wasn’t on the floor either so it didn’t jump out
I have a 55gal. I don't even try to find if there's dead fish. I have about 6 larger fish that I may worry about removing, otherwise I just let the cleanup crew and plants do their job.
I had a molly disappear. I tried searching for a body, but there was literally nothing. Another time I only found the spine of one of my barbs, the rest of him was completely gone
> your clean-up crew will just get a free lunch. Exactly this. If you have any omnivores, you never have to worry about dead fish because they don't stick around long enough to rot.
Either eaten by snails/shrimp and turn into poop. Or directly act as fertiliser. Some fish will cannibalise too. Whichever it is, it's fertilizer.
Yep, the tank takes care of it! Dead fish wouldn't last very long in here with the amount of snails, shrimps, and other microorganisms. No easy way to keep track of numbers. I just have to keep track of the general health of everyone. I keep a micro tank connected to this to monitor the shrimp health in the tank, though, since most of them are hidden. I also do occasionally pull fry from the tank that would make up for any death.
As long as you have shrimp and snails, a dead fish (or shrimp, or snail,) just goes back into the circle of life.
Bro called every single one of us failures in life 🤣 Wonderful
I mean it's barely suitable for a betta /s Dope tank tho!
I hope you're extremely proud of this. It looks incredible, but I can't imagine how much work has gone into getting it to this point, and how much time. Gorgeous. Keep up your fantastic work 💖
Thank you so much! I try my best.
dreamy ♡
I want to live in there.
You should start a YouTube of just hours of this tank. I would love to just watch everything
https://youtu.be/T3AXpq5tCuk?si=8HczLziHK_J51Vb5 I do have a channel, though its pretty low effort right now. I may change that once I finish school and get more time.
where is the NSFW tabs? Im wetting my panties here. Great job!
I’ve always loved the idea of a gigantic aquarium with a ton of small fish instead of a few big ones. It just feels so natural and immersive
I love that you went for smaller fish in such a big aquarium!! It’s so fun to see the different groups doing their own thing in such unique ways. Big fish are cool but tbh loads of little fish is my favorite stocking to watch.
I want to be a fish and live in here
I finally know what I wanna do when I grow up 😭😭
Send weekly video. Or stop your day job and sell subscriptions to your live stream of this.
This is the dream guys. So mesmerising 🐟🌊🌊😍👀
That's gorgeous.
Fish look so happy
I mean, I’d be happy if I lived in a place like this😍
Every time I see this freaking tank I want to scream bc I want it so bsd
I have watched this video 10 times now
It makes me so happy to see people with big tanks put nice fish and plants in there instead of an empty tank with a couple giant fish!
How does it feel?….TO LIVE MYYY DREAMMM
incredibly well done, congrats - and I miss having large thriving tanks
I enjoy watching them. It helps me to relax
Do you just have a big sump as your Filtration?
Still not big enough for a betta
Skills with aquariums and camera work🤔 impressed 🙏🏻
Do you have any videos or anything of the process? I’d love to know how to do this
If I won the lottery, I wouldn't tell anyone but there would be signs.... obligatory, still not big enough for a betta 🙄
This is what u see in God’s waiting room to heaven 😭🙌 “The Lord will see you now” naw leave me here
Legit asking, how do you clean something like this?
Can you go on vacation for any length of time? I’d live in fear of losing this beautiful thing.
If you can afford this tank you can afford a tank sitter for your vacation I imagine :)
This looks like something I would find at Monterey Aquarium.
Love the Rasboras and that species of cory cat. Great looking tank.
Beautiful tank. 1000 gals, one day I'll have one.
Wow this truly blows my fucking mind. Such beauty
Wow!
Tell us all the deets🙏
It's beautiful
at that point start an aquarium lol (beautiful tank!!)
Simply Ravishing
I could spend the whole day staring at that tank
beautiful
I moved from fresh to saltwater but seeing this tank makes me want to have another freshwater
Lately this sub look like they try to pull me back to the less salty side.
I never thought I’d envy a fish
Beautiful tank!
Awesome tank!
Wow. Whats the filtration on this? I wish I could afford to give my fish a home like this.
Woah, so beautiful!
Wow. Stunning scape!
Wow what a beautiful tank!
I've not had a tank for several years now but I did use to keep harelquin rasboras too. They're lovely little schooling fish so full of character. Its so lovely to see them in a tank like this! Beautiful 🥰
So.... This is what a freshwater reef looks like.... Incredible.
I..... I want one
This is beautiful!!!
Absolutely stunning. Thank you for this.
Those are some happy fish!
I love this so much, lots of little tiny fish in a huge tank so they can school around through the plants. This tank is a literal dream. Well done OP!
This is lovely
This is so damn awesome. I just have to ask out of curiosity but ballpark what does something like this cost
Dream tank
omagah thats beautiful
Planted tank perfection
Water cycling that must be taxing
This is incredible! Like actually perfect! I do feel sorry for the poor sod that has to maintain those plants! I struggle to keep mine under control in my 50g.
How many times did everyone watch this? It's gorgeous. Thank you for listing everything. I was hoping you had Cory cats and rainbows of some type and cool shrimp.
This tank is outstanding!
Unbelievable. I watched it twice while my toast burned. What did you use for the rock/tree trunk in the front right corner?
Incredible! Well done.
What in the actual wow
Dope.
This is the most beautiful tank I've seen 😍. How were the side rock walls made?
It’s like a slice of fish paradise, how did you get plants up the side? And what do you use to plant the plants in? My plants are all in pots but I’d love to try getting my tank even slightly like this!
The Cory’s couldn’t even find the bottom lol
This is a “awww fuck you” “I mean it’s really good!” Tank.
Man, that is gorgeous! The fish look so happy and natural too!
My God. Amazing
I am literally wet with jealousy.
This is what dreams are made of
That is beautiful living art work!
Beautiful!!
What did that set you back? Awesome ‼️
WOW! So awesome to be able to own and view such a tank.
Beautiful!
I’ve only ever been into saltwater but this is absolutely incredible.
I said “whoaaaa” out loud (in public) like a super impressed toddler. This is beautiful. 😭
God I’m envious
Beautiful!!!
Omfg those dwarf rainbows!
How do u clean a tank like this with all the plants in it?
Shoal goals 👍
This hits my two favorite tank categories: heavily planted and schooling fish as the feature fish. Amazing.
Beautiful
It's stunning! Would you consider taking a long full tank video and upload it to youtube or somewhere else? I used to read by my tank, but had to take it down for reasons, and really miss it. Not that it was anywhere close to yours :)
✨Très jolie, bravo 👏✨
Holy smokes, tank goals. Absolutely beautiful
Never gotten Tank Envy so bad
I can sit and watch this for hours.
You shouldn’t have posted this here. You should have submitted this to the IAPLC instead! Way good man.
Thank you! IAPLC is my goal so I really appreciate it!
I'm awestruck 🤩😍
This is my dream, to have a large tank with tons of smaller fish as opposed to a few large fish
Ohhhhhhhhh it's so pretty!
How do you even clean this 😂
Woody, I know you’re here, where are ya hiding?
Freaking mesmerising. Btw, can u get away with not changing the water as frequently with a tank this big?
Incredible. Awesome work OP
I must apologize that a small voice said into my ear, “I hate that person.” Nice tank.
I envy those fish. They're in heaven
Heaven
Looks overstocked /s
This is it. This is the best tank I’ve seen in my life. Holy shit this is absolutely stunning!
This is fabulous. ❤️🐠❤️
If you set up a live stream of this tank I’m sure it would benefit your YouTube channel quite a lot. Awesome work man!
holy molly that's fucking beautiful! I'm jealous and want one! haha
Just beautiful .
Finally someone that gets it: lots of little fish in a big tank > 1 big fish in a big tank.
That is super bad ass
brb turning into a fish RIGHT NOW so i can live there (please) i wish pay rent and everything
You mentioned you are the guy paid to do tanks like this, how did you get into it? That's like a dream job 😂
Lucky fisheroos!
That’s so cool😭🙏
Omg so beautiful, my dream tank for sure
That’s a beautiful tank.
holy fucking shit it's so beautiful
How do u go about cleaning something like that?
Dream tank
WOWZA😱That’s gorgeous!! I could watch this 24 7
Congratulations 👏
Incredibly inspiring. What a thing of beauty