I’m about a week into this very expensive hobby and you sir are the reason I’m spending so much money and spending so much time on TH-cam 😂 your videos are always awesome and entertaining/relaxing to watch. Can you do a budget planted tank soon? That would be great for new people who are just starting and are unsure of their capabilities. Maybe set a price limit and make it a challenge🤙
Thanks for this video! I can always count on you for excellent details on your scapes--design thoughts as well as specifics of plants and hardscape and technique. So inspiring too :)
I think you will find the cherry shrimp in the vase are magnified by the curve of the glass I keep my shrimp in filtered 15 L jars and it makes them appear much larger
It made me so sad when you tore down that beautiful tank, but this one is going to be just as lovely in a whole different way. You do such great work and you capture it so beautifully to share with us. Thank you!
I've always wanted a nano desk tank, so i could see life next to my study desk. however my dad is a pond person and we keep everything in ponds outside,. Which to be honest is probably a more open area for the fish but definitely not as aesthetically pleasing when all you see are the floater plants covering up the wood tainted water.
I suggest making “ a best of both worlds” -style nano desktop tank,am starting a few like so now, combining a natural pond ecology (no tech, a biotope : “father fish method” ) + MJ inspired aesthetics under water gardening masterpiece. with natural pond soil capped with undisturbed 2inc sand layer for planting, and some dead leaves and living pond water , added in the water column. never need for gravel, -vacuuming, self cleaning, never water changing, unless overloading the water with fish, -food or fertilizer. the water is living and harmonizing - only top up. No chems. Minimum fish food & No fertilizer in the water column = no algae. Living substrate = natural waste processing for fish & natural CO2 source for plants, more plants = more oxygen and no ammonia & nitrate. & natural base of self feeding living water ecology for the shrimps & all involved.
Please make a video on small tank Co2 and filter - what brands do you use? Where do you “hide” them especially on the open shelf - amazing videos - thank you !
Not gonna lie bro definitely one of my favorites so far, I keep honey gourami's at the moment and I'm planning in a setup for these beauties. Of course keep us posted
It’s another great video! Btw it will be great to make a video on how you made this really good stone setup as shown on 2:45. I have such stones and was wondering how you plant on them so nicely. The other topic is the size of the shrimps. I also have the same experience- I have some very big cherry and at the same time in a separate aquarium another group which are very healthy but not growing at all. I am very puzzled with that. If someone knows what might be the reason please share. Thanks 🙏 😊
Just got back from my local exotic pet store with materials for my own tank this size! Super excited for it, and then I see you upload! Suck a gorgeous tank per ususal🥰
Hi MJ, great little scape. Love the sparkling Gourami's, such interesting fish. You will get some hunting behavier from them when the shrimp start to reproduce. Got three sparkling Gourami's with cherry shrimp in my nano tank, they only hunt the tiny shrimp though. Keeps the amount of shrimp somewhat under control.
Yeah that’s what I was thinking as well. These orange shrimp are breeding really fast in one of my other tanks, so if the sparkling gouramis catch a few that’s totally fine.
Hi mark, About the cherry shrimp in lenght i have multiple neocaradina shrimp and some tanks have smaller shrimp then others i did some research and found something about genetics in the shrimp if you have "smaller" shrimp you always have that lenght as an adult. I never mixed my shrimp (same species) from different shops/breeders. Because of this "DNA" in the shrimp. Have a great weekend! Groetjes Stefan
Congratulations on reaching over 100K subs you deserve it 👏 just a word of warning I’ve tried unsuccessfully to keep Sparkling Gourami and Shrimp together, eventually the Gourami will take out the shrimp even the bigger ones! But I do love and still Keep Sparkling Gourami 👍
Geweldig om te zien hoe je met zo weinig ruimte en materiaal zo’n mooi landschapje kan maken. Ik ga komende week mijn Trigon 350 opnieuw scapen maar heb nog geen idee hoe of wat ik ga doen. Tips? Vooral met het selecteren van planten heb ik wat moeite
Ik raad altijd aan om eerst de hardscape te maken. Nadat je een mooie layout hebt gemaakt met hout en/of steen kun je een veel beter plan maken voor de planten.
Awesome tank! Can you possibly do a nano with ONLY sand and root tabs? I want to start my first tank soon with an inert substrate so I don't have to worry too much about substrate affecting my water parameters, especially pH since my tap is mid-high 7.
Rookie question. Can you use a normal air pump to add CO2 to the water? Instead of pure CO2 , air has around 0.04% CO2 but of course the pump administers it at ~100 times the volume maybe even 24/7...
I noticed that when I moved some of my baby cherry shrimp from my 7 gallon that has little algae to a tank that has more algae, they seemed to have gotten bigger in the tank with more algae. They got bigger than the babies in the 7 gallon and they were the same age.
Thanks for the beautiful scape! I am curious (if you happen to see this comment) whether there is danger of the sparkling gouramis jumping out (as there appears to be no lid). I am getting into keeping them myself and have been told that they will jump, but they are still new at my place and I haven't seen that behavior yet. Wondering if I'm going to need to make a lid for my setup or not
Just picked up the uns 30A all in one tank. I remember in another video you said the first 6mo you just dose potassium and trace minerals would you share what you use? Great video!
At the moment I'm using this one: www.2hraquarist.com/products/apt1 It's basically potassium and trace minerals in one bottle. And code ''MJAQUA" will give you a discount on that website if you want to try it ;)
@@MJAquascaping thank you sir! I will order from them the website is very informative and the discount will be helpful we all know how expensive this hobby is.
Beautiful planted tank! CO2 makes huge difference. I'm thinking to give it try too. Can I ask if you doze any fertiliser in tanks like that or just aqua soil with root tabs is enough?
In new setups with soil and root tabs i will use very little liquid fertiliser. Usually just a bit of potassium and some micro nutrients. After several months i will switch to a more complete liquid fertiliser
in the tank that you teared down, how did you make Pinnatifidas that were on stone grow that compact? mine grows very tall like a stem plant. I love Pinnatifida but I want it to be compact like yours
Isn't a 30cm cube too small for otocinclus? I want some for my 30cm cube but I read everywhere that you at least need a 60cm size.. Also what's the water temperature in your tanks? Are they all without heater?
Very Nice! I am just getting into aquascaping, but I have done hydroponics for several years now and know how to propagate from seed to complete using different hydroponics systems using rock wool. Is it easy to get seeds of these plants?
MJ: I'm hoping you or anyone following your channel can help me with a question. I purchased some red root floating plants. I purchased in cup as they are supposed to be better. After about 3 weeks I am seeing tiny snails. They are very small. I've seen many comments about snails in new plants but I have not seen anything that says "take them out " or "ok to leave in". Can anyone give me some guidance on this? I'm setting up a new 20 gal long. Don't want to put anything in it that's going to cause problems. Thank you.
@@shuesgen87 I have found that to be very true! Never got a response from anyone but also couldn't find anything telling me to take out. So I left them in. Thanks for telling me what kind of snails they are. I appreciate.
Lol I was quite literally on Horizons web site yesterday looking for plants and snails. What’s the chances. Thanks again for your help and I’m looking forward to your next videos. Will there be any chance of a studio in the near future?
How are your gourami's doing with your shrimp? I have a similar size setup, only with more plants. My shrimp are to big for my gourami's to predate on, but they seem to want to stalk and harass the shrimp non stop. Just curious if yours does the same?
Hey MJ I’m doing a dry start atm in a 15l bowl I have an emersed Hygrophila pinnatifida that has 3 strong stems Can I cut them and plant them back in the substrate Will they strike?
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i cant find the terra tape anywere please can you send me a link thankyou love your creations
have you got your sparkling gourami jumping?
When he teared out that beautiful carpet my heart died
*tore out ❤
I’m about a week into this very expensive hobby and you sir are the reason I’m spending so much money and spending so much time on TH-cam 😂 your videos are always awesome and entertaining/relaxing to watch. Can you do a budget planted tank soon? That would be great for new people who are just starting and are unsure of their capabilities. Maybe set a price limit and make it a challenge🤙
I agree, I like aquanscaping but I am tight. 😃
I love Sparking gouramis. Got few of them recently. They are inquisitive little fish. Cheers MJ
The shrimps coming in were like "So much to do, guys. Let's get started" 😀
I love the orange shrimp with the sparkling gouramis. Such a good combo! I wanna see updates on this one ❤
Beautiful! I like your small high tech tanks the most. You’re doing great!
I love hearing the croaking noises the sparkling gourami make!!! Beautiful scape.
Thanks for this video! I can always count on you for excellent details on your scapes--design thoughts as well as specifics of plants and hardscape and technique. So inspiring too :)
Glad you like them!
I really like the simplicity of this… and yet it is so pleasing on the eye.
I think you would love his CPD river scape, go check that one out
man is a magician with aquaecapes. Looks effortlessly brilliant fr
I think you will find the cherry shrimp in the vase are magnified by the curve of the glass
I keep my shrimp in filtered 15 L jars and it makes them appear much larger
Great set up! The plants look so beautiful 😍
The additional info of the plants used are very helpful, thanks man!
Love the red colour of the San Paulo !
It made me so sad when you tore down that beautiful tank, but this one is going to be just as lovely in a whole different way. You do such great work and you capture it so beautifully to share with us. Thank you!
Looks excellent! I love how densely you planted this scape.
Beautiful setup! You are such an inspiration!
Just about to setup my 35c cube. Thanks for the inspiration MJ. Beautiful setup as always ❤️
What a fantastic nano. Great work!
That pinnatifida is just amazing.
Wow another magical scape
A joy to watch with my Sunday morning coffee
Cheers from Australia ☕️🐠🥰
Lovely tank and lovely fish. Thank you for sharing. Congratulations again on 100k dude.
Thank you very much!
Another stunning tank!
Thank you for displaying the plant info. 👍
I love it! They always have your touch. If we lived closer I'd pay you to scape my tank!
I've always wanted a nano desk tank, so i could see life next to my study desk. however my dad is a pond person and we keep everything in ponds outside,. Which to be honest is probably a more open area for the fish but definitely not as aesthetically pleasing when all you see are the floater plants covering up the wood tainted water.
I suggest making “ a best of both worlds” -style nano desktop tank,am starting a few like so now, combining a natural pond ecology (no tech, a biotope : “father fish method” ) + MJ inspired aesthetics under water gardening masterpiece.
with natural pond soil capped with undisturbed 2inc sand layer for planting, and some dead leaves and living pond water , added in the water column.
never need for gravel,
-vacuuming, self cleaning,
never water changing, unless overloading the water with fish, -food or fertilizer.
the water is living and harmonizing - only top up. No chems.
Minimum fish food & No fertilizer in the water column = no algae. Living substrate = natural waste processing for fish & natural CO2 source for plants, more plants = more oxygen and no ammonia & nitrate.
& natural base of self feeding living water ecology for the shrimps & all involved.
This setup is crazy!! Well done!!
Please make a video on small tank Co2 and filter - what brands do you use? Where do you “hide” them especially on the open shelf - amazing videos - thank you !
Simple layout + healthy plant growth = beautiful scape!
Loved the plant info, thank you ❤️🇦🇺
I love moss on hardscape
Nice setup, great job!
Hope i can be as good at aquascaping as you one day :)😀
Not gonna lie bro definitely one of my favorites so far, I keep honey gourami's at the moment and I'm planning in a setup for these beauties. Of course keep us posted
I have sparkling gouramis, they are beautiful, secretive, and I love their blue eyes..💗
Very nice set up.
Beautiful! Heel mooi 😊👍
I love version 2 Amazonia
Noooo, I loved this setup!
looks sick...nice job!
Nooo that was my favorite tank you had scaped
wow amazing
I love your set ups 🥰🥰
Looove this scape ❤
It’s another great video! Btw it will be great to make a video on how you made this really good stone setup as shown on 2:45. I have such stones and was wondering how you plant on them so nicely. The other topic is the size of the shrimps. I also have the same experience- I have some very big cherry and at the same time in a separate aquarium another group which are very healthy but not growing at all. I am very puzzled with that. If someone knows what might be the reason please share. Thanks 🙏 😊
Looks great!
Only 3 weeks… wow ❤
Anda begitu hebat dalam karya ini
Gz for 100k subs!
Thanks!
Just got back from my local exotic pet store with materials for my own tank this size! Super excited for it, and then I see you upload!
Suck a gorgeous tank per ususal🥰
Where did you get that shelf unit? I love it
Really nice 👍
Hi MJ, great little scape. Love the sparkling Gourami's, such interesting fish. You will get some hunting behavier from them when the shrimp start to reproduce.
Got three sparkling Gourami's with cherry shrimp in my nano tank, they only hunt the tiny shrimp though. Keeps the amount of shrimp somewhat under control.
Yeah that’s what I was thinking as well. These orange shrimp are breeding really fast in one of my other tanks, so if the sparkling gouramis catch a few that’s totally fine.
Nice Tank, From Viet Nam with love
Watching this video from wayanad(kerala,india)❤
Amazing!
Want to get into this hobby, super intimidated 😅
Thanks for your great content.
One of the Anubias developed some Black algae on it. Would love to follow/see how you takle it on this real example
Yeah it had some algae on it when I got this plant. Since I added the shrimp it basically disappeared.
1:06
pinnatifida - What's the secret to growing red?😮😮😮
Hi mark,
About the cherry shrimp in lenght i have multiple neocaradina shrimp and some tanks have smaller shrimp then others i did some research and found something about genetics in the shrimp if you have "smaller" shrimp you always have that lenght as an adult. I never mixed my shrimp (same species) from different shops/breeders. Because of this "DNA" in the shrimp.
Have a great weekend!
Groetjes Stefan
Congratulations on reaching over 100K subs you deserve it 👏 just a word of warning I’ve tried unsuccessfully to keep Sparkling Gourami and Shrimp together, eventually the Gourami will take out the shrimp even the bigger ones! But I do love and still Keep Sparkling Gourami 👍
Painting them paints on still I see!
Awesome videos, what heaters and filters do you use?
Congrats on 100k! Where did you get your stand from that has all your aquariums and plates on? Looks awesome!
Hey man, what is the type of cabinet you use for your tanks?
Geweldig om te zien hoe je met zo weinig ruimte en materiaal zo’n mooi landschapje kan maken.
Ik ga komende week mijn Trigon 350 opnieuw scapen maar heb nog geen idee hoe of wat ik ga doen. Tips? Vooral met het selecteren van planten heb ik wat moeite
Ik raad altijd aan om eerst de hardscape te maken. Nadat je een mooie layout hebt gemaakt met hout en/of steen kun je een veel beter plan maken voor de planten.
Nice work! Quick question: are you for hire (located in the Netherlands) to scape a tank in my new house?
Hey! We can discuss this via email mjscaping@gmail.com
Kalau di jawa dipakai utk pelek dan ruji kereta kuda(dokar).tdk mudah patah dan kenyal/liut.
Awesome tank! Can you possibly do a nano with ONLY sand and root tabs? I want to start my first tank soon with an inert substrate so I don't have to worry too much about substrate affecting my water parameters, especially pH since my tap is mid-high 7.
Can I use ADA Amazonia ver.2 in 2 gallons tank? I would like to make similar scape, but with 1 betta fish
Absolutely
I really like the shelf you have your tanks on… do you remember where you got it?
www.leenbakker.nl/kasten/boekenkasten/wandmeubel-kyan-zwart-naturel-180x120x40-cm
Rookie question. Can you use a normal air pump to add CO2 to the water? Instead of pure CO2 , air has around 0.04% CO2 but of course the pump administers it at ~100 times the volume maybe even 24/7...
Nice❤
The cube looks very good, congrats for the scape. Was it safe to keep guppies in an open top? Aren't they jumpers?
I noticed that when I moved some of my baby cherry shrimp from my 7 gallon that has little algae to a tank that has more algae, they seemed to have gotten bigger in the tank with more algae. They got bigger than the babies in the 7 gallon and they were the same age.
Thanks for the beautiful scape! I am curious (if you happen to see this comment) whether there is danger of the sparkling gouramis jumping out (as there appears to be no lid). I am getting into keeping them myself and have been told that they will jump, but they are still new at my place and I haven't seen that behavior yet. Wondering if I'm going to need to make a lid for my setup or not
Did you use CO2 in this tank? Its stunning!
Link for that shelving unit?
Just picked up the uns 30A all in one tank. I remember in another video you said the first 6mo you just dose potassium and trace minerals would you share what you use? Great video!
At the moment I'm using this one: www.2hraquarist.com/products/apt1
It's basically potassium and trace minerals in one bottle.
And code ''MJAQUA" will give you a discount on that website if you want to try it ;)
@@MJAquascaping thank you sir! I will order from them the website is very informative and the discount will be helpful we all know how expensive this hobby is.
Ik ben super benieuwd naar de kleine rode planten; normaal worden ze best groot en nemen ze een tank over maar bij jou niet!!! Wat is je geheim?
Beautiful planted tank! CO2 makes huge difference. I'm thinking to give it try too. Can I ask if you doze any fertiliser in tanks like that or just aqua soil with root tabs is enough?
In new setups with soil and root tabs i will use very little liquid fertiliser. Usually just a bit of potassium and some micro nutrients. After several months i will switch to a more complete liquid fertiliser
@@MJAquascaping Thank you for the tip MJ👍
Your plants grow like weeds. 👍🏼
(I can’t select a green color for the thumb 🤓). Cheers
in the tank that you teared down, how did you make Pinnatifidas that were on stone grow that compact? mine grows very tall like a stem plant. I love Pinnatifida but I want it to be compact like yours
Keep cutting the stems that grow vertically, and dose very little fertilizers :)
What did you do with the pinnatifida rock? Was absolutely gutted to see that come out. Can't grow it for the life of me in my tanks. 😭
Isn't a 30cm cube too small for otocinclus? I want some for my 30cm cube but I read everywhere that you at least need a 60cm size..
Also what's the water temperature in your tanks? Are they all without heater?
Doesn’t the cotton thread disintegrate in a few weeks leaving the moss unattached?
do you use co2? beautiful tank btw
In this one yes
Very Nice! I am just getting into aquascaping, but I have done hydroponics for several years now and know how to propagate from seed to complete using different hydroponics systems using rock wool. Is it easy to get seeds of these plants?
I only know that wholesalers grow a few plants from seeds in the greenhouse, but the majority of plants just come from the lab
MJ: I'm hoping you or anyone following your channel can help me with a question. I purchased some red root floating plants. I purchased in cup as they are supposed to be better. After about 3 weeks I am seeing tiny snails. They are very small. I've seen many comments about snails in new plants but I have not seen anything that says "take them out " or "ok to leave in". Can anyone give me some guidance on this? I'm setting up a new 20 gal long. Don't want to put anything in it that's going to cause problems. Thank you.
I love those tiny pond snails. They are great at cleaning algae, left over food and decaying organic matter. Master recyclers.
@@shuesgen87 I have found that to be very true! Never got a response from anyone but also couldn't find anything telling me to take out. So I left them in. Thanks for telling me what kind of snails they are. I appreciate.
Do you recommend to use amazonia aquasoil without co2?
Yeah should be fine. Just make sure to do enough water changes in the beginning
What intensity u keep your chihiros wrgb 2? With co2?
Yet another stunning set up. Could you tell me where to get the terra tape from? I need this 👍🏻
Where are you located? I will look for a link
I’m in the Uk (Scotland). That would be very appreciated and thank you for getting back to me 🫵🏽👍🏻
@@Mahonski101 www.horizonaquatics.co.uk/products/dooa-terra-tape
Lol I was quite literally on Horizons web site yesterday looking for plants and snails. What’s the chances. Thanks again for your help and I’m looking forward to your next videos. Will there be any chance of a studio in the near future?
Did you use co2?
Yep!
How are your gourami's doing with your shrimp? I have a similar size setup, only with more plants. My shrimp are to big for my gourami's to predate on, but they seem to want to stalk and harass the shrimp non stop. Just curious if yours does the same?
Hi, what's the name of the tape you used for the Moss?
anyone know what shelf that he has all his tanks on?
Does anyone know where you can buy a shelving unit similar to this?
Hey MJ
I’m doing a dry start atm in a 15l bowl
I have an emersed Hygrophila pinnatifida that has 3 strong stems
Can I cut them and plant them back in the substrate
Will they strike?
Can sparkling gouramis live in that tank? I thought they needed 20 gallon minimum > I could be wrong though