Congratulations on the new baby in your family. Love the scape it looks fabulous, you did a great job. 👌🏼 Not sure if you’re aware of the youtube channel “MD fish tanks” here in the uk, his scapes are fantastic too. I think you would like his tanks John, he packs them with plants too and they always look great.
Great scape! Question, tidal vs. Aquaclear ? Pros and cons? I've used aquaclear religiously for years. I moved up to canisters and thinking about adding additional filtration and revamping my aquascapes. I have a 125 gallon and some think it's a waste I have goldfish in there but they are rescues and hand me downs just like most of my fish. This video is awe inspiring and can't wait to redo my tanks now. My only issue is finding balance as far as algae is concerned. I scrape weekly and use excel. I'm no snob to the hobby even with years of experience I still keep beginner and basic fish.
Oh my gosh, grandkids are the best. Your life will never be the same. and I share your passion for neons. I am a long lover fan of them. That flash of red and blue against the greens, brown, and black will be beautiful. congrats again on the granddaughter.
Congratulations on the new grandbaby!! She is adorable!! I absolutely love what you did with the tank. I can't wait to see it in a few months when everything grows in. I love the plant choices and the different greens and reds look amazing.
Congratulations on your new family member - granddaughter. 🥰 I like your aquascape John. 😉 Love the idea of a school of neon's, they are my long time favorite tetras. I think I would add a few corydorus and maybe two apistogramma's. 😃
The scape is absolutely stunning and to mention congratulations to y'all with the new granddaughter, and many more vid's, if they're repeats of the same subjects, who cares? Just do them.
I found your channel many many years ago. I since then, went to keeping reef tanks. For the exact reason you have started venturing out in the hobby lately. Thank you for the work you do for this hobby. Stay well!
Congratulations on the arrival of your granddaughter! That aquascape is beautiful! Neons will really make it amazing! You know, you're going to walk into that room one day a find a rescue beta smiling at you. Right Lisa?😉
Hi John! My vote would be for assorted danios and white clouds. I always keep leopard, zebra, and pearl danios together. As well as looking great, they have so much personality like having teeny tiny goldfish and they're so cute! 🥰 I would also pop in a few corydoras to help clean up the substrate plus also for the cute factor. Maybe a centrepiece dwarf gourami? Ok now I'm just describing my own tanks here 😆
👍😎 Looks great John, I think neons is good choice. Congratulations on Izzy to you and Lisa. Don’t take this wrong, not complaining at all, good job making a commercial not feel like you’re watching a commercial. ✌️
This tank in inspiring I had given up on learning to Aquascaping because I suck at it. Seeing this and knowing at one point you didn’t even do plants makes me want to start again, this tank is so beautiful.
That tank is super pretty! It always cracks me up when you say you're not an aquascaper. I understand what you mean by that, but perhaps, what you don't see is that you're very artistic and talented. I like all the tanks you've decorated. Thanks for sharing and thanks for your chanel!
I'm jumping into the hobby full speed. I just got a 46 gallon bow front so I am looking for all the inspiration right now. Keep on doing what you do! I currently only have 2 nano tanks and can't wait to get my bigger tank.
YESSS NEON TERAS BABY! I got a 55-gallon neon tetra tank that I'm gonna have a valisanaria jungle gym in there, too. Thank you, John. Neons are the best!
John, I am not typically a fan of the color yellow but your yellow lab tank has inspired me. I am looking for a cheaper, unheated version with plants. I'm going to set up a 75 gallon tank with black background and black substrate with some plants and Gold Barbs. I'm hoping for a similar look at a much cheaper overall cost!
Congrats guys on the grandchild! Amazing news! Could I ask you plant a tree for Izzy too? When she's 18 it will be amazing to take a picture under it 😉 (It's not like you're planning to move out again 😝)
Congrats on the new grand baby! The tank looks great and look forward to what you’ve got coming up. The space is going to look great. Love neons, I’ve been looking at Cardinals so very similar. I have a 30 gallon tetra tank that I’m slowly adding fish too. I decided to go with black neon tetras as my main fish and I’m loving the look. Black skirt tetras were the first tetras I ever had many years ago and I have a few in my tank as well.
I've never had nor wanted neon tetras, but I don't think there's anything wrong with even the most experienced aquarists wanting/having them. That's one of the great things about there being so many different kinds of fish in the hobby - there's something to suit everyone. BTW, John, I LOVE your oscars. I don't care if they're not upscale or whatever naysayers claim. They're great fish!
Hello John and Lisa, once again you made the best video on TH-cam! I wanted to congratulate you on your cute granddaughter and give you a suggestion on a fish that Lisa loves. Truly I adore neon tetras I even keep some myself, but I do think that a betta sorority would be an absolute fantastic fish for this scape.
Love what you did with the tank. Was pleasantly surprised you did a planted tank. I’m a big fan of neon tetras. Do a nice size school of them. Before you decide, consider a school of glowlight tetras, gold neon tetras, or ember tetras for a pop of red. I would also put some gold lazer corys. couple of snails, a bristlenose or a couple of otos
Neons are great. But an assorted color of male guppies would make the colors of plants, background and substrate pop like crazy. But whatever you go with John I'm sure when little IZZY is watching this video years from now she will love it 😊 Congrats on a beautiful and healthy granddaughter 🎉
Awesome episode, great idea of neons - nothing wrong with the simple, common fish....how about a school of glass catfish, some red swordtails, can't wait to see the tank after a few more months.
I can’t wait to see your update on this tank. TH-cam does suck. I’m still learning and always looking for detailed info on topics. It’s as if the people I’m following have given up. A lot of info is several years old and maybe the info hasn’t changed but it would be nice to see updates on things like growing plants or the current method for the most effective way to lay substrate to get plant growth. Took me a year to figure it out by trial and error piecing together info from different people. I finally figured out the best way to vacuum my nano tanks before syphoning out all the water using my syphon and turkey baster at the same time from bits and pieces of a couple of videos. And I’m still trying to figure out light for a low tech tank. What people say may make sense to them but not to a novice such as myself. I know it requires slow adjustments to find the balance between time versus algae but it took me a year to figure it out before so called fast growing plants started growing. It’s kinda frustrating and I almost gave up on the hobby a couple of times.
Aquarium looks great brother, congrats on the new edition to the family, I've been a cichlid guy for some time now,but I just did a planted 20 gal. Long with brilliant rasbora's a clown pleco,mystery snail and 4 different kinds of dwarf gourami, I think it's my new favorite tank.
Yeah… I think there is a lot of burnout and a feeling of “been there done that” among many of the FishTumers I follow. That said, I love your tank! It will look fantastic in a few months as it grows in. Also, there is nothing wrong with neons. I might suggest a trio of platties and you can show your Izzy all the babies…😊
Completely agree about the neons. I'm currently scaping a 30 gal the same way...lots of plants and lots of neons and panda corydoras. Not sure what to do for a centerpiece fish...or if I'll even have one. But there is an amazing beta at my favorite LFS that I've got my eye on.
@ 15:00: I fell in love w/ black tetras, but for your mono-spp.-tank, neons would be gorgeous. Can you add some shrimp though…? 🙃 Blue Dreams would be fine w/ neons.
John, I remember when you said, I don’t care what anyone says, I like simple tanks where the fish are the focus and there aren’t any crazy scraped areas to distract from them! 😂 Love seeing you finally come over to the dark side!
Oscars are my favorite fish too never stupid there 1 of the most intelligent fish there actually called water dogs bc they are just like dogs they know their owner you could train them they greet you when you go to the tank an enter the room they're extremely smart curious they all have personalities I love yours I look for them in your videos sometimes I get so caught up into them an what their doing I hv to rewind what u said lol ❤❤❤ what ur doing an congratulations to you and Lisa on new grandbaby she's adorable what a lucky little girl to have all you as family she will be loved that's for sure an ik you all will teach her ur love for the hobby she might even pick up the family business later on she will be master of it best teachers ever to guide her 🎉🎉🎉
Neons are great, though I prefer Cardinals. What I would love to see though is some fun loach stocking to go with your tetras! Maybe some panda loaches or a good bunch of Kuhlis since they will love the planted scape!
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Congratulations on the new baby in your family. Love the scape it looks fabulous, you did a great job. 👌🏼
Not sure if you’re aware of the youtube channel
“MD fish tanks” here in the uk, his scapes are fantastic too. I think you would like his tanks John, he packs them with plants too and they always look great.
Lamb chop raspboras, sparkling gouramis, honey gouramis, maybe a dwarf gourami or female betta.,and khuli loaches would be awesome in here.
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Great scape! Question, tidal vs. Aquaclear ? Pros and cons? I've used aquaclear religiously for years. I moved up to canisters and thinking about adding additional filtration and revamping my aquascapes. I have a 125 gallon and some think it's a waste I have goldfish in there but they are rescues and hand me downs just like most of my fish. This video is awe inspiring and can't wait to redo my tanks now. My only issue is finding balance as far as algae is concerned. I scrape weekly and use excel. I'm no snob to the hobby even with years of experience I still keep beginner and basic fish.
John has sure come a long way since he needed Cory to hold his hand through his first planted tank
Congratulations on the birth of Izzy. May she have a life filled with health, happiness and adventure ❤
Izzy's already won and she just got here. Proof grand kids are awesome.
That’s one cute baby! And one nice tank👌🏼
Oh my gosh, grandkids are the best. Your life will never be the same.
and I share your passion for neons. I am a long lover fan of them. That flash of red and blue against the greens, brown, and black will be beautiful.
congrats again on the granddaughter.
Congratulations on the new grandbaby!! She is adorable!! I absolutely love what you did with the tank. I can't wait to see it in a few months when everything grows in. I love the plant choices and the different greens and reds look amazing.
Beautiful job and congratulations on your new grandaughter!! They are a blessing. I'm a grandmother of 2 teenage boys!!
Congratulations on your new family member - granddaughter. 🥰
I like your aquascape John. 😉
Love the idea of a school of neon's, they are my long time favorite tetras. I think I would add a few corydorus and maybe two apistogramma's. 😃
The scape is absolutely stunning and to mention congratulations to y'all with the new granddaughter, and many more vid's, if they're repeats of the same subjects, who cares? Just do them.
Congratulations on your granddaughter. The Izzy tank looks great. And I'm with John neon tetras will look amazing because neons are awesome!
Congratulations on the addition of your Granddaughter... Tank looks great...😎🤙
I'm happy you picked a 29 gallon tank for your new project. I'm a fan of 29 long or high gallon tanks. 😊
Great job John looks fantastic Lisa's got some competition😂
Congratulations on being a grandpa there's nothing like it I became one 8 years ago and there's nothing like it it will change your life
I found your channel many many years ago. I since then, went to keeping reef tanks. For the exact reason you have started venturing out in the hobby lately. Thank you for the work you do for this hobby. Stay well!
Congratulations on your new grandbaby, she is beautiful! I love the scape in this tank and I think neons will look amazing in it.
Congratulations on your granddaughter 😊I appreciate your content and it was great to see you make a aquascape for a change.
Superb video, great job with the scap! Love the plant room setup. Congratulations on the new family arrival too!
Congrats on the newborn Grama & Granpa 😎 I knew it was only a matter of time before you had a tank set up in the house 😅
Great Job John. 🎉 Congrats on baby Izzy. 👣👣👣
Congratulations on the arrival of your granddaughter!
That aquascape is beautiful! Neons will really make it amazing! You know, you're going to walk into that room one day a find a rescue beta smiling at you. Right Lisa?😉
Hi John! My vote would be for assorted danios and white clouds. I always keep leopard, zebra, and pearl danios together. As well as looking great, they have so much personality like having teeny tiny goldfish and they're so cute! 🥰 I would also pop in a few corydoras to help clean up the substrate plus also for the cute factor. Maybe a centrepiece dwarf gourami? Ok now I'm just describing my own tanks here 😆
👍😎 Looks great John, I think neons is good choice. Congratulations on Izzy to you and Lisa. Don’t take this wrong, not complaining at all, good job making a commercial not feel like you’re watching a commercial. ✌️
John the Tank looks Great, and I think Neon Tetras are a wonderful idea for stocking. I can’t wait to see it in a few months after it has matured ❤
🎉🎉🎉 congrats on the new grandbaby! I'm sure she will love the tanks just as much as you and Lisa. You did an awesome job aquascaping the Izzy tank 😊
That tank is going to be amazing when the plants fully grow
This tank in inspiring I had given up on learning to
Aquascaping because I suck at it. Seeing this and knowing at one point you didn’t even do plants makes me want to start again, this tank is so beautiful.
Wow, awesome video! Adorable granddaughter, beautiful aquascape, and I can’t wait to get some of your new plants. 😅
Nice job John 🤓🐠🎸
Neons are a great idea they're absolutely gorgeous
That tank is super pretty! It always cracks me up when you say you're not an aquascaper. I understand what you mean by that, but perhaps, what you don't see is that you're very artistic and talented. I like all the tanks you've decorated. Thanks for sharing and thanks for your chanel!
Congratulations on the new grand baby! She's beautiful!
Congrats to your whole family on the arrival of Izzy!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! IZZY is SO cute!!!!
I'm jumping into the hobby full speed. I just got a 46 gallon bow front so I am looking for all the inspiration right now. Keep on doing what you do! I currently only have 2 nano tanks and can't wait to get my bigger tank.
That is one good looking set of grandparents!!!
I love neons for planted tanks. White clouds or shrimp look really good with the plants too!
YESSS NEON TERAS BABY! I got a 55-gallon neon tetra tank that I'm gonna have a valisanaria jungle gym in there, too. Thank you, John. Neons are the best!
John, I am not typically a fan of the color yellow but your yellow lab tank has inspired me. I am looking for a cheaper, unheated version with plants. I'm going to set up a 75 gallon tank with black background and black substrate with some plants and Gold Barbs. I'm hoping for a similar look at a much cheaper overall cost!
your grand daughter looks beautiful and a tank of neons sounds great
Very nice choice John what an inpact of a small planted tank 👍
Congrats to you both on the grandbaby! She's beautiful! Nice lookint tank you set up. Neons would look great in there!
Congrats guys on the grandchild! Amazing news!
Could I ask you plant a tree for Izzy too?
When she's 18 it will be amazing to take a picture under it 😉
(It's not like you're planning to move out again 😝)
Congratulations on your new granddaughter. Precious.
I think you're right on the mark with neon tetras! Beautiful scaping too John!
Neons always have been, and always will be, my favorite fish ❤
Long Fin Serpae Tetra! I’m obsessed with their look 😍
Congratulations John n Lisa, Izzy is adorable! I really like how you combined the wood pieces 💕👍
Congrats on your new granddaughter John and Lisa..great idea on the new tank..looks awesome!!
Congrats on the new grand baby! The tank looks great and look forward to what you’ve got coming up. The space is going to look great. Love neons, I’ve been looking at Cardinals so very similar. I have a 30 gallon tetra tank that I’m slowly adding fish too. I decided to go with black neon tetras as my main fish and I’m loving the look. Black skirt tetras were the first tetras I ever had many years ago and I have a few in my tank as well.
Neons are a perfect choice! A pair of Apistos would be a nice addition as well! 😊
Congrats on and to Izzy.
You should do a really long book shelf tank on that mantle.
Congratulations on your new grandbaby !! Happy Easter !!
That final shot of the tank shows really great contrasts of color and shape among the plants, I love it.
I've never had nor wanted neon tetras, but I don't think there's anything wrong with even the most experienced aquarists wanting/having them. That's one of the great things about there being so many different kinds of fish in the hobby - there's something to suit everyone.
BTW, John, I LOVE your oscars. I don't care if they're not upscale or whatever naysayers claim. They're great fish!
Nicely done sir 👍
Hello John and Lisa, once again you made the best video on TH-cam! I wanted to congratulate you on your cute granddaughter and give you a suggestion on a fish that Lisa loves. Truly I adore neon tetras I even keep some myself, but I do think that a betta sorority would be an absolute fantastic fish for this scape.
Love it. Looks great 👍
Love what you did with the tank. Was pleasantly surprised you did a planted tank. I’m a big fan of neon tetras. Do a nice size school of them. Before you decide, consider a school of glowlight tetras, gold neon tetras, or ember tetras for a pop of red. I would also put some gold lazer corys. couple of snails, a bristlenose or a couple of otos
Congrats on your new granddaughter! Happy Easter! I love the scape can’t wait to see it grow out 😊
Your granddaughter is beautiful! I love y’all’s videos. Deborah from Texas
Congratulations John and Lisa on the new grandkid! Love the new aquascape! Well done!
Really showing off man! That is gonna fill in great. Congrats again on Izz, and not having to run cable out anymore!
Ludwigia makes a great floating plant too! Use it in all my tanks
Beautiful scape! I love that you named it after your beautiful new granddaughter! 💕
Congratulations! On the arrival of your new grand daughter!
Also l love how you decorated your aquarium..
Your plants are beautiful. This is a great idea for my new Beta tank!
Izzy got the win 💥 🤜🏽
Neons are great. But an assorted color of male guppies would make the colors of plants, background and substrate pop like crazy. But whatever you go with John I'm sure when little IZZY is watching this video years from now she will love it 😊
Congrats on a beautiful and healthy granddaughter 🎉
Awesome episode, great idea of neons - nothing wrong with the simple, common fish....how about a school of glass catfish, some red swordtails, can't wait to see the tank after a few more months.
Beautiful scape! I’m really enjoying my gold tetras in my 20 high, they are shoal with the neons … it’s a pretty and fun combo !!! 😊
Tank looks great! Super excited yo see what you guys have under your sleeves!!
Yes! Neons are great! You probably know with Neons is the more the merrier.
LOVE it. Baby IZZY 🥰
I have a big-ish school about 15-18 neon and black neon tetras in my 55 with my swordtails. I love how they look together
I can’t wait to see your update on this tank. TH-cam does suck. I’m still learning and always looking for detailed info on topics. It’s as if the people I’m following have given up. A lot of info is several years old and maybe the info hasn’t changed but it would be nice to see updates on things like growing plants or the current method for the most effective way to lay substrate to get plant growth. Took me a year to figure it out by trial and error piecing together info from different people. I finally figured out the best way to vacuum my nano tanks before syphoning out all the water using my syphon and turkey baster at the same time from bits and pieces of a couple of videos. And I’m still trying to figure out light for a low tech tank. What people say may make sense to them but not to a novice such as myself. I know it requires slow adjustments to find the balance between time versus algae but it took me a year to figure it out before so called fast growing plants started growing. It’s kinda frustrating and I almost gave up on the hobby a couple of times.
Beautiful baby girl.....you would be in trouble spray painting in my dining room 🤣
Beautiful scape John!! 😍
And congrats on the grandbaby!
Aquarium looks great brother, congrats on the new edition to the family, I've been a cichlid guy for some time now,but I just did a planted 20 gal. Long with brilliant rasbora's a clown pleco,mystery snail and 4 different kinds of dwarf gourami, I think it's my new favorite tank.
Congratulations on your new addition to the family , love the aquarium ❤ would like to see you do more like this.
The scape looks great, love the choice of neon tetras.
Yeah… I think there is a lot of burnout and a feeling of “been there done that” among many of the FishTumers I follow. That said, I love your tank! It will look fantastic in a few months as it grows in. Also, there is nothing wrong with neons. I might suggest a trio of platties and you can show your Izzy all the babies…😊
Completely agree about the neons. I'm currently scaping a 30 gal the same way...lots of plants and lots of neons and panda corydoras. Not sure what to do for a centerpiece fish...or if I'll even have one. But there is an amazing beta at my favorite LFS that I've got my eye on.
I just got a 20 ...Stand will be here tomorrow plants Wed and coral stone thurs....can't wait to try some of your ideas Thanks👍
Thanks for the step by step. This looks like what I want to set up next after our next military move. Fingers crossed it looks as good as yours!
:D Yeeees! Congratulations!!!
Neons are cool- love the color. I'm a fan of rummy nose tetras!
Love neons and rummynose together.
@ 15:00: I fell in love w/ black tetras, but for your mono-spp.-tank, neons would be gorgeous. Can you add some shrimp though…? 🙃 Blue Dreams would be fine w/ neons.
Listening to John talking about plants is so damn funny. Amazing though, but funny!! Amazing video by the way
Congratulations
John, I remember when you said, I don’t care what anyone says, I like simple tanks where the fish are the focus and there aren’t any crazy scraped areas to distract from them! 😂 Love seeing you finally come over to the dark side!
And welcome to the grandparents club! Your new granddaughter is perfect! You won’t believe how much you are gonna love that little girl. 🎉🎊 🎉
Just a great video and excellent work on the aquascape and it's beautiful. 😊
I have a tank mixed with neons and ruby tetras and they all school together...it looks amazing, just an extra idea...great video
Oscars are my favorite fish too never stupid there 1 of the most intelligent fish there actually called water dogs bc they are just like dogs they know their owner you could train them they greet you when you go to the tank an enter the room they're extremely smart curious they all have personalities I love yours I look for them in your videos sometimes I get so caught up into them an what their doing I hv to rewind what u said lol ❤❤❤ what ur doing an congratulations to you and Lisa on new grandbaby she's adorable what a lucky little girl to have all you as family she will be loved that's for sure an ik you all will teach her ur love for the hobby she might even pick up the family business later on she will be master of it best teachers ever to guide her 🎉🎉🎉
That tank is beautiful 😍
Neons are great, though I prefer Cardinals. What I would love to see though is some fun loach stocking to go with your tetras! Maybe some panda loaches or a good bunch of Kuhlis since they will love the planted scape!
That scape is 🔥
Looks great John can’t wait to see what it grows into
Love this it’s so gorgeous! And love Neon Tetras! I can’t wait to see them in the tank!