My birthday tank build! 75g Lake Tanganyikan Aquarium *Part 1*
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2018
- Today we discuss Lake Tanganyika, and the tank I am building to house some of the fish for my much anticipated 40th birthday!
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Thank you for this! As a biologist/conservationalist, it makes me really excited to see individuals taking their own initiatives to help out the environment. I know you’ve specifically pointed out in the past when you’re working with endangered and critically endangered species in the past, and I find that to be so inspiring on many levels. Decreasing reliance on wild stock by captive breeding not only preserves the natural environment, but when the fish become widespread enough through a hobby such as this there is a real possibility of re-introduction into the wild by professionals from private collections. Captive breeding is so important if we want to have a hobby that remains sustainable. Also, Happy Birthday!
LOVE Lake Tanganyikans! Tank is gonna be awesome.
Happy birthday to her majesty the Queen of fish tube😁
The tank is going yo be so cool looking when your done.
Rachel, I saw that you didn't want to look at the comments on your other video released recently on this tank... I'm so sorry. I know how this feels. But please don't give up, you've given myself and so many others so much inspiration and knowledge in this amazing hobby. It wouldn't feel right if you weren't apart of it anymore.
Stay awesome 🙂
i really love the way you have the rockwork in this tank! stunning! also that underwater footage! wow!
Beautiful setup on your 75g. Love your videos. Thank you for your time.
I'm so glad your TH-cam channel Exists, every time I get the notification of a video posted I get super excited and will typically stop what I'm doing and watch it😊. You are super awesome and keep doing what you are doing!
I love the initial setup. Can't wait to see future development.
Such a brilliant advocate for the hobby with your focus on ethics and encyclopaedic knowledge. Long live the Queen of Nano 👑
P Vella Are you from the U.K.?
gotta love those shellies. I hope to have them again. can't wait to see them doing their thing
I am SO excited for this tank! I love the rift lakes and appreciate the conservation attention you are bringing to light here. Happy birthday!
I love tanganyika cichlids, most of them are somewhat peaceful, they’re beautiful and such interesting animals, so sad to see this happen to them
Happy birthday. Honestly u are one of the most knowledgeable aquarium youtuber.
Happy birthday!! Our daughter turned 40 earlier this year. Take care and I hope everyone is OK and getting better.
Hey guys! Make sure you show Pam Chin some love for her help and advise on this build!
Pam Chin's Channel: th-cam.com/users/PamChin100
Stuart M Grant Conservation Fund: caresforfish.org/?p=797
American Cichlid Assocation: cichlid.org/
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Glad to see that your getting back at it Rachel 👍
I regret that I have but one like to give this video. Thank You so much for spotlighting the fascinating and beautiful biome of Lake Tanganyika. I also think the cichlids are mostly comfortable in the lake:)
Happy Birthday Fish Pimp. Tank looks real nice. Stoked to see what fish your going to put in there.
The hardscape is gorgeous! I really like the look after you added the slate on the left! Happy Birthday! Love the moniker Her Majesty the Queen of Fish Tube. I think that's gonna stick!!
It looks really beautiful! I can't wait to see it with the fish in it...
Lovin This Tank Already ! Awesome Job !
THE BIG 40 !!! Happy Birthday Rachel !!!!! Thanks for all the great videos.
1978 babies are the best!!!!
Happy birthday Rachel. Party hearty 🤘.
Love and best wishes for your B'day Rachel. I fishkeep vicariously through you great keepers now. So fantastic to see. I bred Glossollopius Insicus and Praecox back in the day
Looking forward to this, is going to be so cool.
Your tank look very good.
You won't have any trouble with the weight of the rocks.
I have 260 pounds of limestones on light diffuser in my 75g Mbuna tank and it's fine.
My trick to clean the mess between the rocks without removing them all the time is to blow water on them with a pond pump that I also use to do my water changes.
I can't wait to find out which fish your going to keep in this tank!
Happy birthday!
I like the scape the big boulders look really nice ! nice sand too !!
Hope the surprise specie is the Lamprologus ocellatus, they are so interesting to observe, good luck and happy birthday Rachel!
The tank looks awesome
Happy birthday Rachel! ❤
This is exciting. Obviously there are going to be shell dwellers, but what will the other fish be? Hmmmm, have to stay tuned and keep a close eye out for updates.
Happy Birthday Rachael!
You've had a very tough year, and I'm glad things are looking up for you.
Great stuff on *Lake Tanganyika* . Perhaps, addendum on what's been happening to *Lake Malawi* , next time?
It's going to be great!
It's difficult to imagine people eating cichlids - given how we treasure them in our countries. Great looking tank Rachel. lemme guess 'similis' shelleys perhaps.
Tank looks great so far!
Happy Birthday Rachael 🎂🎂🌷🌼🐟
Happy birthday.. Greetings from Germany 🎂🎉💐🎊
Damn nice set up! Love the rocks !
Happy Birthday, it's mine in a couple of weeks too. I'm working on my outdoor pond as it is almost Spring and I want to encourage the goldfish to breed. I need more aquatic plants!
Really cool looking aquarium. Great way to celebrate your birthday
happy birthday ! Mine was last Sunday.. Ive got a few years on you, young lady..
happy birthday rachel
Very nice happy early bday!!!! Love the channel btw yours and joeys are among my favorites!!
Happy birthday 🐠🐟🐬🐳🐋🐡🦐🎂🎂🎂🎂🇬🇧 from England
Happy birthday!! Wishing you all the best 🎂🎊🎁🎉
Happy birthday Rachel!
Hopes you got a great day with lots and lots of presents and gifts and I hopes your family made your day the best! 🍾🎂🎈🎁🎶 From your friend Mikael take care Rachel! Have a great birthday Rachel
Happy birthday Rachel!! I love the new tank theme, you are so inspirational.cheers!!!
Loved the tank and Pam's channel looks amazing.Thanks for the suggestion. May the Force be with you.
Saw the thumbnail and it looks great already!
Can’t wait to find out what fish you’re getting!
Happy Early Birthday i just had my 38th annual 21st birthday dinner in August. Love the shellies to. But have never found them.
thank you for spending your time making videos for us :))))))))) and happy birthday to you Rachel, I hope we are going to enjoy your channel for many years from now on :)
*colour* 😂😂😂 and Happy birthday love your tanks!!!
This is exactly what I am trying to do with the Multies tank I'm setting up! Still in the gathering rock stage. Didn't realize other types of shells might work well...I'll have to look into it.
Can't wait to see this tank unfold. Might find more ideas to implement besides different shells! Will check out your friend's videos for aesthetic inspiration as well.
Hi Rach, happy birthday and glad to see you giving some love to Tanganyikans! Given the shells and rocks I can imagine some directions you are likely going (gold ocellatus, perhaps, to go with your multis?) complemented by some rockdwellers, but I can't help put in a word for a few of my favorites. One you could actually do in there would be a goby cichlid. I used to have Tanganicodus irsacae, and they bred for me and are really fun, rock-hopping characters, and less shy that some others I had (like A. calvus). I also really enjoyed xenotilapia and enantiopus sp., though you would want lots of sand for them to play in. If you are enjoying the cyprichromis leptosoma you might consider some cyprichromis microlepidotus if you still have some open water. I had the bulu point variety for a few years and they were larger and really stunning, and generally peaceful. Anyway, lots of cool fish to choose from--will vicariously enjoy whatever you pick!
I think you will enjoy this tank! I look forward to hearing what you think
As far as I'm concerned, the epitome of fish-keeping is to allow them to exist in an environment which is nigh-indistinguishable from their natural habitat.
Nice looking tank!
Happy Birthday!!!
I'm very excited to see this tank take shape! I've definitely been eyeing shell dwellers.
Pam's channel is great... though if she could be pushed to make more videos... hint hint hint!
Can't wait to see what critters appear in your birthday tank - setting up my first Tanganyikan tank as we speak - starting with gold ocellatus shellies... as soon as I find some.
Wishing you all the best on your 4th decade!! Keep up the fantastic job. Warm regards, from the Philippines
Beautiful tank❤️👍
A while back, before surgery, you said you would love to have a guest come and scape a tank for you... Now that you have started the reno, could this new tank be a sneak peek at maybe Joey coming to visit???? I would love to see you guys do a tank together!
Joey is the first to admit that his scaping skills are almost non-existent.
This is sick!
Well happy birthday hope you have a great day
After watching some of Pam Chin’s videos (thanks for the links) I see what you mean about the boulders you use in your tank build. Thanks!
Happy Birthday!
I am loving that light grey, tall, thin-ish, curved rock just behind your favorite rock. It has a lot of character!
I hope you can get some of the brown and gold Tanganyikan Cichlids. Those are small and beautifully colored.
Happy Birthday :)
Some type of tropheus and Lamp Ocellatus gold! Also happy birthday Rachael!
Nope! And thanks!
Happy birthday :D
Happy birthday 😃
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the sexiest fish keeper on youtube !!!!!!!!! please don't tell Joey at DIY i said that though............................
Looks great Rachel. I did locally collected black rock in my shellie tank as well!
Excellent idea for celebrating birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday girl...lots of luv
Happy birthday from the uk.keep up the good work.
Interesting and not what I expected. … When you mentioned the possibility of doing an African tank a while back I thought you might go with African Tetras, Kribs and Syndontis Catfish with Mopani Wood, Anubias and Bobitis.
That will happen too
Nice!!!!!!
Nice tank :)
happy early birthday!!
Love the setup! I may try to do something similar with a 40 breeder I have available. Thinking shellies on one side, brichardi on the other and cyps in the open water.
ore shell dwellers? Or another breed of shell dwellers? Excited.
The rockscape looks great. I'm guessing the shellies will be Neolamprologus hecqui. Although, with the shallow substrate, I dunno because my research says they like to bury their shells. Regardless, I'm looking forward to seeing the newcomers.
happy birthday! the tank looks pretty already! the big rocks are really neat. maybe some rocks in the foreground would be nice? for depth. like a valley or something between rocks in the background and a few rocks in the foreground just a suggestion tho i bet ull make it look nice either way
My guess is Lamprologus Ocellatus Gold or Altolamprologus Compressiceps Sumbu Shell. 😉👍
😋👍
Holy Mackerel, ... How much did that boulder weight?
A fair amount lol
enjoy
I’d add green grass behind the rock
Happy birthday!!! Will tropheus be to aggressive with leaulupi & shellies? It would be cool to have dafidils and shellies, Julies all in the rocks and tropheus swimming in open water?
Rachel el acuario esta precioso. No me gusran los ciclidis pero el acuario esta bello. Suerte.
Tank looks great, are you planning to add any plants?
The Aquascape looks great.
Let me guess, are you adding shell dwellers to this Aquarium?
Hi Rachel...any suggestions or tricks on how to catch multi's out of a tank with a lot of shells? Thanks!
it is rumored that they are afraid of heights, so most folks recommend putting the shells on a plate over of a bucket of water. Supposedly the fish will leave the shell and jump backk into the water, though I have not tested this (yet, though plan to)
Looks great!!! Huge fan! r u going to the aquatics experience this year? Cause I didn't see you last year idk if u went or not.
I didnt last year but had the two previous. I hope to this year but my kids have homecoming that weekend so am not totally sure
@@RachelOLeary oh ok well I probably have homecoming too you reminded me to check haha last year👌
Looks like a snail cementary… 😆😆😆
How do you know how much weight the bottom of the tank can hold? I’m always worried of putting too much hard scape in case it’s too heavy and breaking the tank 🤔
That is why I put egg crate to diffuse the pressure points and protect the glass
You are the same age as my little sister...but way cooler. 😉 Shhh, don't tell her I said that. 😁
Your secret is safe with me hahaha
Heya rachel i was juds wondering if you are from ireland because oleary is really common name here
It's my married name, but his family is many generations removed from Ireland. My mom was first generation American, her father was from ireland.