Fluval Flex 15 Gallon Planted Aquarium is COMPLETED!
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- Fluval Flex 15 Gallon Planted Aquarium is COMPLETED!
My Fluval Flex 15 gallon aquarium is completed! I made this a planted tank to highlight my newest favorite fish, my Schoutedeni Spotted Congo Puffer fish. He's an awesome fish and this set up is the perfect tank to bring out it's personality!
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0:00 Intro
1:31 Spotted Congo Puffer
2:21 Neon Tetras
2:53 Sterbai Corydoras
3:48 Super Red Ancistrus Pleco
4:35 Fluval Flex 15 Gallon Review
4:59 Fluval Flex 15 Gallon Filter
5:20 Fluval Flex 15 Light
6:07 Fluval Flex 15 Gallon Setup
7:17 Fluval Flex 15 Plants
8:17 Cyanobacteria
9:12 Care Guides for Fish in the Fluval Flex 15 Gallon
9:46 Outro
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What do you guys think of the Fluval Flex 15 and my set up?
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Love the puffer as a puffer fan. How’s the water quality going? That’s a pretty stocked aquarium for 15g. I just put my fluval 15 flex together a week ago. Been running a lite fish less cycle with plants in the tank. Going to put the first few fish in it this weekend. Maybe a couple pigmy puffers and a danio type 3-4 small fish max to start. Maybe a couple white clouds with the puffers. So how has the water quality been? Would love if I was able to get that level stock out of my 15g. That puffer you have is a big boy comparatively speaking to other 15g type fish. They have large body mass and poop a lot with big appetites. Anyway man great tank happy you are enjoying it. And yeah that puffer is beautiful. I always enjoyed them. Only kept pigmy puffers and figure 8 puffers never one of the bigger freshwater species. Definitely want to hear more about yours!
Tank looks great!! I love that top to bottom curve.
Thanks Don! I know, the top to bottom bowfront on this thing is so cool!
love your puffer! and the tank looks beautiful!
Thank you! Love this little guys he’s so personable!
Just got my Fluval, and it’s a planted tank as well! I’m starting with 6 small Rasbora Hetermorpha. I hope to one day have a really vibrant tank as yours!
That sounds awesome! Good luck!!
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Thank you! 🙏🏼
Nice. I've got the Flex 57l upstaits and 123l in my living room. Nice stylish tanks
I love the puffer 🐡 I used to have one I’m definitely getting one again thanks for the reminder! I’m also in the market for this tank from AMZ. Thanks for the review! Subbed.
Oh could you also review on the types of feeding you use for your different types of 🐠 plz? & show us your cleaning process for this Fluval Flex plz? Lol thanks
Seems like a lot of fish for a 15. What’s your maintenance cycle like? I have 6 tertras in my FF15G and just waiting on the LFS to restock pea puffers.
The scape looks amazing brother. Yeah; would definitely like to see a spotlight on all those species, particularly the corydoras. I’m looking into suitable corys for my Betta Kingdom that should be shrimp safe (not that the betta is shrimp safe but I’m trying to give them a chance).
Thanks man! Definitely will make the species highlights on all of these fish, especially if it’ll help you and your future plan 😉 Most Corydoras should be ok with shrimp too!
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I’d put a red melon sword plant in the back corner where there’s no tall plants They don’t get super tall They grow more like a bush💯🌱💙💯
You are awesome
Any updates on how all these guys are doin? You’ve inspired me to potentially get a puffer for my 15 gallon!
They were doing fine until the tank got too hot while I was away on a weekend trip in the summer. Tank got to 100 degrees plus upstairs during during a heat wave and lost basically everything in the tank.
good evening , i just got this tank and its first time i have a tank with this kind of set up what level should the water be at? im confused as to how far up to fill.
Should fill it to the honeycombing at the top. I have it so that the outtake tubes still create surface agitation to oxidize the water for the fish!
Such a beautiful tank! I am new to having fish tanks and was wondering do you have to make the water brackish after a while? Also how do you keep your puffer from eating the other fish? Also will you eventually need to put him in a bigger tank?
This specific puffer will never need salt. It’s fully freshwater! This puffer will not eat other fish either, only snails. It may need a bigger tank as it grows, but most likely will be fine in this tank.
@@LongIslandFishGuy thank you for your response what type of puffer is this? I want one :)
@@sunmoongodess It’s a Spotted Congo Puffer (Tetraodon schoutedeni)
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That’s super cool and lucky he can live with all those other fish. Puffers including spotted Congo can be insanely aggressive and territorial. But like with any living being there are exceptions. I have had fish that their species is known for being fish killers and hyper aggressive and were the most docile relaxed fish. Then some that were supposed to be peaceful and terrorized everything in the tank🤷🏻♂️. It is rare that spotted Congo isn’t killing all the other fish in there. Not so much for food but to make the tank for him only. That’s what they will kill for most time. They are smart. And know if they kill what’s in there he will have place to himself. You go lucky he’s cool.
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Bro i literally just got done dealing with a big cyanobacteria problem its simple do a black out for 3 days so exactly 72 hours or more if necessary mine only took 3 an all gone no chems
I just picked one up. Can I put additional media in the rear left compartment?
Yes!
I have 3 fluval flex tanks 2 15 gallon one white I turned into an aquaterraium an also have the black 32.5...
That sounds awesome! Would like it see that!
Get some easy green from aquarium co op does two pumps every water change. Also make sure the light isn’t on more than 8 hours a day.
I actually have Easy Green! I did an unboxing of Aquarium Co-Op things here: th-cam.com/video/wX0F4M7dgqY/w-d-xo.html Why should like lights not be on for more than 8 hours? Like I said in the video, I’m a little bit of a plant noob! 😅
@@LongIslandFishGuy you will get algae really Bad if they’re on too long. Get a timer so it will auto turn on and off.
@@EpicConspiracy I’d love to put a timer or smart switch on this tank, but without physically hitting the on switch on the remote it won’t turn on the lights 😰 The only downside to this tank in my opinion.
@@LongIslandFishGuy leave the light on and the timer will turn it on and off. I have that same tank. Works great.
Great video... im also from LI just curious where did you get that mini motoro ray im looking to get one for my 210 gal? Thanks for the help
Thanks man! Message me on Instagram for the detail @longislandfishguy
@@LongIslandFishGuy hey sorry don't have Instagram is there another way we can talk?
Send me an email! 😅 thelongislandfishguy@gmail.com
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I didn’t hear you say you put a red melon sword in before I suggested it
Well it was such a great suggestion I heard it before you said it! 😂😅
I bought one for my daughter's room. The white matches nicely with her white (weathered wood) bedroom furniture. One thing I don't like about this tank is the plastic background. It is very hard to scrub the algae of this type of background and ultimately it makes the tank look, in a sense, ugly and polluted. That's because it stands out so much. I am thinking of replacing it with a tank that has only glass sides. And, of course, I wouldn't again buy a tank that has a plastic inner wall. It's the only solution I can think of for having a tank whose appearance is manageable.
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do the neons get stuck in those holes in the tank? I want to get this tank and add guppies+tetras or maybe a different type of fish, but I'm worried that if they're small they get stuck. I had a tetra get stuck and die in my Fluval chi 5gal filter and I don't want my fish to die like that :(
Nope, never! Small fry would get sucked into the filter, but that would happen in most tanks not set up for fry. The holes for the sump in the back of the tank for small enough that most fish would not fit through there and the in take is probably not strong enough to suck in a healthy fish.
@@LongIslandFishGuy Ok! So I won't have to worry about fish getting stuck?
man can you help me? i have 2 jaguar cichlids in my tank 1 male , 1 female , they're still about 2-3 inches, i was just wandering, do you know if somehow when they became adults is the female gonna lay eggs? or do i need to do something before that happens? sorry im still learning.. and i jst subscribed to ur channel, i want to learn more from your uploads man ! keep it up! not all heroes wear capes!
A lot depends on finding a pair. Just like humans, finding the right match isn’t always easy! Also, for fish, breeding certain species is easier than others. Like Geophagus are extremely easy to breed. Thanks for the sub! Key part of the hobby is to always be learning!
@@LongIslandFishGuy thanks man! appreciate it, im new to ur channel , i will keep watching ur videos to learn taking care of my fishes ^_^
Hey, how did this tank turn out by the way? It is still doing alright?
No not really lol giving up on plants!
What kind of puffy fish do you have? And can he be with a betta fish? How big is the puffer fish
Spotted Congo Puffer. I wouldn’t put it with a betta.
5:52 you say it can't be put on a timer. It can. It will remember the last setting when the power is removed and will come back in the same mode when the power comes back on.
Only with a mechanical timer though I think?
Would you pick this tank or a Fluval Edge?? im so torn.
Definitely this tank, the Fluval Flex!
@@LongIslandFishGuy Thanks, ive seen the 57ltr one on Amazon and the footprint is not that much differant so i will probably go for the Fluval Flex 57ltr :)
Does the puffer chew up the plants?
Nope, not at all!
do you regret getting the white tank? Im still torn between the white or black fluval flex
Not at all. I actually got the white one because it was the one one available to me at the time, but it’s a really great tank for the set up I have. Check out my Instagram for updated photos of the tank!
How many neons do you have?
24! I know it sounds like a lot but it’s the perfect amount for this set up!
Nice video.
@@aaronturner5202 thank you!
probably want bigger than 15 for a puffer i hope u ended up moving it
How many fish you got?
Too many! 😅
An thats my same tank fluval 15
Apparently that puffer fish needs 30 gallons
If you have multiple I would say you’d need a 30 gallon, but one should be fine in a 15, especially with the dimensions of this tank.
A puffer in a fluval 15????? Wtf??
Yes lol this species stays very small.
that tank is definitely too small!!!