My Easter Island aquarium - Epic Fail
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This video shows a long struggle lasting for months with failures and nerve-racking turns but it turned out to be a happy end. I failed against UG, but I don't give up, we will meet each other soon. My plan B succeeded, a nice green, minimal aquarium with the Easter Island Moai Heads. It looks amazing. I could honestly say that in the end all the fight was worth it.
If you try the UG, read and educate yourself more than I did. If I figure out how to keep them alive, I will share it with you. Now let's scape.
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Plants: UG Urticularia Graminifolia
Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis
Parvula mini
Tank: 45x30x20 opti
Light: ONF Flat One 60cm
Filter: Eheim Classic 150 with seachem martix
Glass: Inflow and outflow
Pressurized CO2 system
Gear I use:
Canon 1DX MK II Canon and Sigma lenses
DJI Ronin M
Edited and graded in Final Cut X
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“At least the statues look good in green” love how you stayed positive, i would’ve gave up 😂😂
I think seeing someone with your experience still have obstacles and mistakes makes me appreciate the video more though. Not everything works out perfectly especially with plants and nature. Thanks for sharing this!
I am glad to know that an expert like you can sometimes make mistake, and can fix it. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
It's very helpful to see others' mistakes. Humans learn from them whether we make them ourselves or someone else does.
Your cat was thinking...”A new ADA cat box for moi?. Oh, human, you shouldn’t have!”
You added too much ferts for UG, the ADA soil in itself is nutrient-rich. UG is a carnivore plant, it doesn't take nutrition from the soil, but from the microorganisms in water. Hence the excess of nutrients resulted in Algae formation. I do believe this would have looked much better with UG rather than the current one.
Eh I have never had any luck with UG. CO2 or NO CO2. Ferts or no ferts. Heavy soil or gravel and sand mix. Next to sun lit window or artificial light. I even tried it in pure peat slurry and as a floater and it still melted. Even the emersed setups. It's one of the plants I'd really love to keep but no luck so far. I haven't used RO water but my water if pretty soft with TDS of around 150 μS (GH ~4.7). Dechlorinated though the amount of chlorine is less than 0.05 ppm out of tap so I'm not sure if it even makes any diference. I got the same results even in my previous locale where they didn't even chlorinate the water at all. I wonder what's up with it.
@@Beregar79 Clearly UG hates you... :D
Every rooted plant takes nutrition from the soil and the water column. It's just that U. Graminifolia supplements its nutrition by also being carnivorous, due to its natural environment having little nutrients. In an aquarium it prefers nutrients from the soil, so it is likely that the addition of liquid fertilizer caused the algae to grow.
@@jiin5993 Yes but I imagine, like terrestrial carnivorous plants, the soil does play a great deal. You want very nutrient poor soil, as well as RODI or distilled water for sundews, venus flytraps, etc. For these just a bit of peat moss and perlite is good. Barely any nutrients. So the soil, (and especially) plus the ferts, was the definite failure in this video. It might have worked with just the soil.
I keep my UG in plant-only setups and it's like a weed, like my other Utrics. I have to keep it away from my other bog and carnivorous plants or it'll end up in every pot. (There are certainly more difficult to keep Utricularia species out there, I don't have any of them. I'm far from a Utric expert.)
I tend to keep the TDS under 45, and the planting medium I use is nutrient free. I've never attempted to keep it with animals pooping in the water, or with non-carnivorous companion plants that would require fertilizing. I expect that makes it a lot more difficult. I think in an aquascape, keeping only soft water, low-bioload animals (perhaps shrimp) would probably help it be successful.
1500$ Equipment for growing some grass - i love aquascaping ;P
Absolutely. You could remove the water and the same "scape" would cost you about 20 bucks. I don't understand the appeal of this type of scape and why it has to be an aquarium.
I didn't look it at like that 😅
AcrylDame wait till you see it pearl . Then you would know my friend ☺️👍
@@rohitamonkar1897 you can achieve that without co2
Johny couldn’t agree more . All my tanks have no co2 and I achieve pearling by using a good light and frequent water changes. Just to clarify - I wasn’t supporting use of expensive equipment. Just saying that hairgrass under water looks better than a scape without water 👍
thank you for the great advice at the very end - never give up! i find that when we start a project we get so immersed in the final result and set high expectations. But when things dont go the way we want we get frustrated / give up .. I admire your persistence!
Thank you for sharing your struggle. Thank you for also showing your success in overcoming that struggle.
I love to watch your videos! So inspiring, always eyecandy!!
That you gave the scape a second chance was the wright thing to do, it's beautiful!!!
Among the aquarium videos I have watched, yours is the most interesting, aesthetic and thought-provoking!
Always love the cinematography.
Thanks bro for those last lines. I was getting hopeless with my first tank with algae problems.. Was doin regular water changes.. Now slowly getting better. Patience...
I always look forward to your new videos. Your channel is my favorite one on TH-cam.
I have downloaded your book and read through. Now got started my own Low-Tech planted tank and I really enjoy how it goes now. Thanks so much for sharing tips and explanation the whole process.
Greetings from Ukraine ✌️ ✌️✌️
Very nice results! Thanks for sharing.
This is a very interesting project! Colossal experience! Thank you very much!
I really appreciate seeing the struggle in this video. As someone new to the hobby, it's comforting that I'm not the only one who struggles with decisions like soil and plants and how many ferts to add. I liked the turn out on this build. I am more of a nature style guy, but I think this build is pretty neat in its own right. I also think this build is probably cooler in person than it is on screen. Thanks for the look into the creative process!
I love the idea of this aquascape - my shrimp would revel in it!
UG would be the perfect plant for the design. I hope you don't wait too long to give it a next try and look forward to the final result. Thanks for that video and your inspiration.
Brilliant! very calming to watch your videos, somehow liked the algae on the heads.
great come back. tank looks amazing and epic!
I really love your work - keep it up!
OMG, pedagogic video ! it is reassuring to see that even the most experienced aquascapers may face such "horror stories" . Finger crossed for my last nano iwagumi planted 100% with UG !
Beautiful! I always love your work :)
Another fab vid. I love it when the pro's get algae too. Makes it feel like it's not just us newbies. By the way if you ever want someone to proof read your subtitles for grammar etc then happy to do it for free. I'm a native English speaker from the UK.
One of those statues would be nice for my startup project.. keep up with the videos, they are great to learn from and very inspiring.
yeah the ferts are what did it for the UG, I was fortunate in that I already kept other carnivorous plants and knew in general they didn't like ferts. What might have helped mine as well is I had a healthy amount of copopods, I think that's why mine has grown so well as that's where the UG gets it's nitrates from
It was heart breaking to see the algae. But ended up with the good finished product. Looks good . I'm glad you didn't give up
Damn, the music is really" good 🥰🥰 great tank btw.. i love it so green, great artwork as always!!
U are doing everything awesome!
this is the most epic theme song to a aquascape vid ive seen yet hahaha i love it
Good job, I really laughed with all my feelings we you put you hands on
your head 🤦🏻♂️ , one day you will succeed with UG good luck
Very beautiful video! Taught me alot on how not to screw up!
Always loved ur work
Amazing as always ❤️
Was waiting a long time for this video :)
When are we going to see the myan temple cube scape
Soon
That was my favourite
Yay you finally got silver medal! Congrats! I’ll join you until you get to the next level!😄
Amazing dedication.. keep up the good work..
the best video aquascape i watch ...true story .. nice my man .. keep it up
The possibilities with 3d printing and aquascaping are endless. I have some ideas I can't wait to implement.
Loved how you incorporated your TH-cam-Award. Very funny.
seperti sebelum-sebelumnya pasti keren videonya, tidak sabar manunggu..
Its my nap time .. but anyways will watch n take a nap !!
Waiting for this
OMFG that's was a movie ! incredible work man ! keep going !
Cool idea. I think the concept is great, but a high humidity vivarium may have been better. Hermit crabs lumbering through the grass, a small pool at one of the front corners to give the crabs a drink and keep up humidity.
Really great,i wondered for the end result,love from India
It's absolutely beautiful 🤩 ❤️ I REALLY REALLY like the way it turned out !! The Molly is an old staple in the hobby but the BEAUTIFUL BLACK VELVETY SCALES THEY HAVE are amazing !!! yes they tackle algae very well I had lots of algae at one point and they tore up that stuff man!!! Anyways I THANK YOU 💗 FOR SHOWING US THE ugly side of this hobby can be.... BUT THE END RESULTS ARE AMAZING AND SATISFYING!! with a little patience lo😉l like u said!
Hard work and patience resulting satisfaction 😊😊
This was where I was at with my UNS 5N. I finally got the algae under control and the MC has begun to carpet.
I hope you have better luck next time using UG
I'm having my strict UG iwagumi running since march and i am nervous to look forward to my final shot in 2 weeks or so
I'm experimenting with a UG carpet. It seems to be doing fine. I put a layer of fluval peat granules under the substrate which seems to help with stabilizing the UG growth. No melt and no need for dry start. So far no algae blooms. Timed lighting and Co2 infusion.
1. This soil is very soft and powdery, You used a lot of soil in shallow tank so you should change water minimum 3 times a week in first month.
2. UG really don't like Nitrogen.
3. Soil + liquid fertz killed the UG then dead UG feed algea ( aquarium wasn't cycled and that give additional algea boost)
4. UG is very problematic in fresh aquarium because they aren't consume high nitrogen at the start and as you know that is the main problem with "uncycled" aquarium. Anyway i really like your "story" in videos! You are really PRO videomaker :).
Thank you for your advices mate! :)
Love the idea with the 3d Print. Can you make a Video on how to Do it?
I had the same problem. My Black Mollyes made good job ;)
Amazing 😄👍🙋♀️
Oh, cool! I'll put something in my aquarium too!😃
Well, you learned a lot from this aquascape. It would have looked great and been so much easier on you if you just left the setup as a closed terrarium project. I do like the end result and the black molly looks great in all the green grass.
Great 👍 work....
One question, I wanna add soil to my tank as well and heavily plant it, dont I need to clean the bottom of the tank then ?? Cause I’m guessing after such heavy planting and decorating it might be pretty difficult
last week I had a large growth of green algae; on all the glass, leaves and on the moss I planted on the bottom of the aquarium (20 liters), a big mess, manually was impossible to remove all of them. So, I moved all the water snails I had from an old aquarium to this one. after less than 5 days there was no longer any trace of green algae; I was really impressed by the unexpected usefulness of those little creatures. sadly I didn't takes photo of the situation 'before' and 'after' to show
I'm also struggling really hard I keep getting a kind of wooly brown algea that keeps sitting between plants and I can't get rid of it.. Don't know what it is too
Best wishes 🌠
amazing!
UG is a really hard plant, at the start they were beautifull, sad moment, anyways the tank looks nice :)
love video.
In the end do you know what is the reason for that film on the water? I constantly have it and algae problems...I really don't know why it happens 🤦🏻♀️
Cool awesome bro u are one of the favourite utubers in Srilanka!
thnx for another great vid! i wonder if you could give me some advice. i set up a 6.5 gallon no-co2 low tech tank with external filter. i used ada power sand advance in the bottom, topped with ada tropical river soil (reddish tone like the powder you use in this vid). my hardscape are 2 large ohko stones and a couple small pieces of drift wood. it's been 18 days now and i'm beginning to see a film of oil on top of water, while most plants are melting away. i've been doing 50% water (tap water with 7.8ph) changes every other day the first week, then every 3rd day the 2nd week. when i did water tests on day 15 i found the ph was at 6, kh & gh at 3, and tds 65. so prob the acidity melted the plants. my local aquarium store adviced me to do a 75% water change, which i did on day 15, and the ph went up to 6.8. then not even 12 hours later the ph dropped back to 6. i replaced new floor grass plants in it on day 15 and they are not looking too good. i use a twinstar led light 4 hours each day the first 2 weeks, and 5 hours this 3rd week. my vision is a heavy planted tank, eventually with a small school of neon tetras and a few shrimp (i'm open to either neos or caradinas). any advice is much appreciated. thnx, david the yogi from san francisco
What's the brand or name of the concrete effect spray looking to use it for my own aquarium as well to create that amazing effect
Yes. Don't give up
Cool music. Grass with dudes is also cool
I think the snail needs some stuff for the gh.. shell looks like its getting bad in the acidic water
climax thrilling HAHAHAHA great video making
I very like it,I'm going to built The Great Wall tank,lol,although I'm a newer
yeah... last time i facing algae and diatom problem too,
and it was the black molly who help me out, chewing up all the algae and diatoms, saving my tank
and they breed so fast, their offspring helping me to clean the tank too
UG is very fussy plant, not for uncycled tanks. I feel your pain. It is very hard to accept that nature outsmarts you sometimes, when fighting “algae demons”.
@ 13:48 I can't stop my laughter and the background music 😂...sorry bro not my intention but because of hysteria
Five stars for perseverance 👍 I think a more asymmetrical layout would be more interesting though.
HARD WORK NEVER FAILS :)
do you spray it water everyday?
You need to fully cycling the water before planting UG. UG will easily melt during cycling phase due to high nutrient and Ammonia released from new soil.
1. Would it be better to use the lava rock in filter bags?
2. I agree on the difficulty in setting the right CO2 levels for small aquariums, do you use the drop checker or take pH readings or both to figure out the optimum bps rate?
3. 10:10 the angle and the reflection of the green from plants and the red from the substrate is just outright beautiful. Wonderfully captured.
4. So proscapes also go though some of the problems of the common folk!!! But yes, the statues look so much better in green.
Vraiment top, un beau tableau vivant dans le salon le top.
nice job 🤩🤩🤩🤗🤗🤗
the moral of the story Is to keep trying was literally me yesterday wen I messed up my 1 year aquascape 😞
Can't wait
Same
me too, the thumbnail looks insane
Oily film usually means the pump is leaking. In fact,you might not notice until you shut power off..THEN it appears,right? It's like as long as the pump is going,no leak..with no resistance due to power off,water gets in the "sealed housing",and that super light oil gets out. The pump could still work years if its just occasional.
I have had this brown string algae (which I call nightmare algae). It has been in my planted tank for 1 month and no matter what I did it wouldn't go away. Its low tech btw. My other fast growing plants took over and the brown algae is dying off and all my plants are turning red. No other algae. Its way too satisfying to see it die off by itself.
Do you know the links for the Moai?
Got a lilly bulb to grow once...
it remembered me the finding nemo disaster tank
what is the distance between the lamp and the water surface?
what app did he use for editing video on ios
13:00 As a shrimp keeper I would call this a great success XD
Where did you purchase the monuments
what is the fastes way to grow algaein my small little fish tank i hav 3 baby shrimp 1 pleco
Im glad it panned out right for you. But why not buy some grass plant seeds instead? Anyways it looks really nice n ow
What is this right on aquarium?