NEW MERCH CLICK HERE: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/md-fish-tanks I brought some stunning gold rams a few weeks back and have been wanting to make a black water scape for them ever since. I think we have achieved a really awesome naturalistic environment for them. Equipment (all links affiliate): GOOD BUDGET LIGHT:: US amzn.to/3alJWnk UK amzn.to/3iYlfQQ SMALL HANG ON BACK FILTER: US amzn.to/2Mw63OO UK amzn.to/39rx3b5 NANO INTERNAL FILTER: US amzn.to/3oxGBWm UK LED FLOODLIGHTS: US amzn.to/3t6HOHD UK amzn.to/3orIdRv CANISTER FILTER: US amzn.to/3iNeVtW UK amzn.to/2Fo774a GOOSENECK CLIP ON LAMP: (similar as product is now discontinued) US amzn.to/2IlwLVA UK amzn.to/2LNat13 MINI WATER PUMP: US amzn.to/2oAmf5y UK amzn.to/2mjHDez TANKS: US amzn.to/2SOocHG UK amzn.to/2SPA24i STRIP LED LIGHT: US (similar) amzn.to/2SNgbm7 UK amzn.to/2Fn9aW1 ASTA LED LIGHT: US amzn.to/3k9EmpY UK amzn.to/3p5XUPY AQUARIUM RACKING: Shelving: US amzn.to/2SrYZ5k UK amzn.to/2GFWKJ2 AIRPUMP (FILTER SYSTEM): US amzn.to/31z8FA9 UK amzn.to/37GIoUa FILTER SPONGES: US amzn.to/3dQLUfM UK amzn.to/3dS2k7K MEDIA BAGS: US amzn.to/34Kaf2N UK amzn.to/3lAj3z1 STAINLESS LILY PIPES: US amzn.to/2FqHpvR UK amzn.to/2RlfrnC BOWL AQUARIUMS: US amzn.to/2M4FwFO Amazo UK: amzn.to/2Vx73CL HARDSCAPE AND PLANTS: www.aquariumgardens.co.uk/
hi sorry to bother, but can you please tell us where you buy your fish, in my experience the chain pet shops aren't very good at all, but I don't know do you use them and then quarantine or something?
One of the best things of my day is coming home after a 13-hour night shift and immediately seeing if MD posted a new video. Thank you for always brightening my day and making me look forward to some beautiful new creation.
Oh interesting! The SAs I knew pronounced it as "Roo-ee boss" I know it literally means Redbush and boy it is the nicest tea ever, I don't even like tea and didn't drink it until I met those guys.
I saw your wood float up 😂 😂 i think you shouldny cut that type of thing out its really good for us to see your mistakes as well and know you are human like the rest of us.
If you feed super fine flakes or baby brine shrimp that pair will start laying eggs super soon. Keep both parents fed and introduce tiny bits of baby food. If the parents knows there's food for the babies, they breed super easy. Love the tank. I live in South Africa and honestly did not know I could use Rooibos tea to create black water. Such a clever idea!
@@alexchang7828 well yeah I know, about 4 or 5 in the rack are scaped but looking at it do you still think it's scaped? It's like a pearlweed tank lol. And look on the other side in the side of hell boys tank most of them are scaped and it's pleasing to the eye don't you think?
Hey MD great tank all your black water tanks look amazing but I was wondering if you would consider a video showing us your tank maintenance on the different tanks
Also emerald rasboras/daino would look good as well. But school CPD's I can't disagree that with the activity and the color it would be good option. I like both not to much difference in requirements as they do come near from the same area. The Emeralds do like a plant mat at the surface. As the come from a large lake that has grass mats of vegetation floating on the surface and CPD's are more slow moving streams and pools. You can put them together however they may cross bred.
To achieve black water you should try using dried walnut leaves. I use those leaves to feed shrimp. I let those leaves soak a few days before I put them in the tank just to be sure they sink. But those leaves turn the water pretty dark. Plus it makes the water quality better. So it's a win win :)
The hardscape, the detail, the dappled light, the dark water, and of course the fish. Everything works so well together. You know I'm a sucker for blackwater setups. This is my new favorite scape of yours. Excellent work MD, thanks for sharing this beauty. I think we will need MD channel 2 where you film your tanks for 20-30 minutes, show them off with some subtle music. Would be an awesome thing to have on in the background while doing work. Cheers!
I have 1 golden and 4 blue electric rams - this gives me inspiration. So far my aquascape, i am trying to give a wild riverish look - heavily planted. But might to rescape and try something new. And, oh, subscribed. Thankies!
If you're looking for more nano/dither fish, that will look great with those rams, get some coral red pencilfish. I just got 6 and they are equal parts amazing & gorgeous! They're a bit pricey for how little they are, but they would really pop in that tank. I have zero regrets!
Great video MD! I must say I was a skeptical at first when you added the millfoil but once you added the tannins it came to life! That shimmer effect is awesome and makes me want to do a black water tank! 🤔
great vid :) i love blackwater tanks , i added indian almond leaves to hot water and let them soak and cool down and then added it to my dart frog tadpole tank aswell as my cherry shrimp tank lol
Love the channel ... I've used your idea of using the Rooibos herbal tea to darken the water, the reason being is my tiger barbs tend to hide a lot when the main light is on and they come out if I have a less bright light on, so my thinking was to darken the water like in their natural habitat, and a few days later (after giving them some tea) there is a good noticeable difference in their behaviour, oh and it looks good.
Great timing! I’m actually planning to rescape my 40gallon (151 liters) and make it a black water sort of realistic ram rank. This gives me lots of ideas. Looks great!! As usual
Looking forward to seeing this, I am experimenting with compressed coco in my substrate in a cycling tank,, and haven't seen the plants in there for about a month 😄. I might want to dilute it somewhat before adding fauna.
Great tank, like many others I love rams and ember tetras! Stunning combo. Those stones too! I was a little sad to see the milfoil hide your nice placement of Java fern.
Maybe you can just plunge the tea bags in the tank while you wait for it to set in a day, it will be more efficient and let the tea color dissolve by time
One of the very few occasions we see you change out one hardscape you first pick out for another! Great choice on this one, that large piece of wood was too definitely too large
I just searched up a hexagon tank and no TH-camrs that really know what they're talking about or are really known have ever actually done an aquascape with a hexagon aquarium I'am suggesting you should do one that would be quite interesting
Not sure if you’re aware ( I wasn’t ) with the wood, stone & glue if you use a cotton wool ball ( unbleached organic if you are at all worried but I just use the generic brand ) between the wood and stone and put the superglue on that you will get a much much better hold 💕 Ps your channel is just awesome, really enjoying it to the point where I have watch a couple of videos twice
love MD tanks... but felt this one was a bit mediocre... plus i feel the Rams colours are lost in the blackwater... just my 2P.... again love MD - very talented Geeza
Still watching your vide ? I starting a 6' x18 " x 24 " deep tank . Can you you aquascape it ? Where do you get your visions and grow so prolific ? How and what do you use to get your plants so robust and healthy ?
Hi MD, I really love Mikey's carpeted tank but couldn't find a video on it. Would love a talk through vid on all the plants. I came to watch this but it's already in my history because my five year has basically adopted you as his best mate. He calls you D lol! Greetings from Germany, we love your work. :-)
@MD Fish Tanks Ur missing out on lillies my friend! There perfext for a realistic blackwater! With deep rusty reds and The dwarf ones dont shadow out you other plants
Simple, elegant and so majestic! Love it 😍💯. I got a qns tho, how do you clean off the poops from the fishies and do water changes without sucking out the sand/substrate too much?
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I brought some stunning gold rams a few weeks back and have been wanting to make a black water scape for them ever since. I think we have achieved a really awesome naturalistic environment for them.
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Gorgeous as always, You should try and find some cpd’s
hi sorry to bother, but can you please tell us where you buy your fish, in my experience the chain pet shops aren't very good at all, but I don't know do you use them and then quarantine or something?
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Hey md rooibos thea sounds like dutch im dutch so i now probaly know how to prenounce it right it is r o i b o s i think you prenounce it
One of the best things of my day is coming home after a 13-hour night shift and immediately seeing if MD posted a new video. Thank you for always brightening my day and making me look forward to some beautiful new creation.
I love waking up drinking a coffee and watching these
Epic video as always! Shoutout from South Africa. Rooibos is pronounced like “roy - boss” (like a name and someone you work for) 😅
Rooibos is the Afrikaans word for "Red Bush," a local tea quite popular in South Africa.
As a fellow South African this post just has me feeling patriotic
Oh interesting! The SAs I knew pronounced it as "Roo-ee boss" I know it literally means Redbush and boy it is the nicest tea ever, I don't even like tea and didn't drink it until I met those guys.
I thought it was more roy bös, myself (and the chai version is just lovely). Cheers!
South africa has 11 official languages and even more dialects so pronunciation is tough here but the original comment explains it quite well
I havent seen a sand go with warm toned rocks until now. And you just mixed it in a bucket. Skills.
I saw your wood float up 😂 😂 i think you shouldny cut that type of thing out its really good for us to see your mistakes as well and know you are human like the rest of us.
If you feed super fine flakes or baby brine shrimp that pair will start laying eggs super soon. Keep both parents fed and introduce tiny bits of baby food. If the parents knows there's food for the babies, they breed super easy. Love the tank. I live in South Africa and honestly did not know I could use Rooibos tea to create black water. Such a clever idea!
Feeding the fishes with biscuits will be perfect !!! Amazing video.
Really like the way you talked through the whole build this time
Ultimate blackwater fishtank when MD drinks tea 😂
Exactly the kind of video I needed for a chill Sunday 😊! Thank you!
Rooibos (Redbush) is an indigenous tea plant from South Africa.
Day 11 of asking MD if he can scape all of his shrimp tanks or the nano tank racking system. Great content again by the way!! Have a great day mate.
most of them are already scaped
@@alexchang7828 well yeah I know, about 4 or 5 in the rack are scaped but looking at it do you still think it's scaped? It's like a pearlweed tank lol. And look on the other side in the side of hell boys tank most of them are scaped and it's pleasing to the eye don't you think?
The marbling effect on those rocks is gorgeous! Love this tank.
"Yeah, you can tap all you want ...." 😂😂
Awesome black water tank. Black background really makes the shadow effect.
Thank you for sharing tea bags idea to dark the aquarium water color, really helpful.
frosted background with led lighting behind it and a white foam board sometime
The blackwater is such a cool look with the right fish and setup
Hey MD great tank all your black water tanks look amazing but I was wondering if you would consider a video showing us your tank maintenance on the different tanks
I have never had anything good to say about blackwater tanks, but that is really cool.
A celestial pearl danio tank would look beautiful in your studio 😍
Also emerald rasboras/daino would look good as well. But school CPD's I can't disagree that with the activity and the color it would be good option. I like both not to much difference in requirements as they do come near from the same area. The Emeralds do like a plant mat at the surface. As the come from a large lake that has grass mats of vegetation floating on the surface and CPD's are more slow moving streams and pools. You can put them together however they may cross bred.
To achieve black water you should try using dried walnut leaves. I use those leaves to feed shrimp. I let those leaves soak a few days before I put them in the tank just to be sure they sink. But those leaves turn the water pretty dark. Plus it makes the water quality better. So it's a win win :)
Yet another “best tank he’s ever done” tank. Love it!
I love blackwater specially when there is a black background because then it appears just dark not a weird yellow colour :) It looks very nice indeed!
The hardscape, the detail, the dappled light, the dark water, and of course the fish. Everything works so well together. You know I'm a sucker for blackwater setups. This is my new favorite scape of yours. Excellent work MD, thanks for sharing this beauty. I think we will need MD channel 2 where you film your tanks for 20-30 minutes, show them off with some subtle music. Would be an awesome thing to have on in the background while doing work. Cheers!
I love gold rams. They are one of my favorites I've ever kept. Nice tank!
German Rams and apistogramma are my favorites. Great video and content
I have 1 golden and 4 blue electric rams - this gives me inspiration. So far my aquascape, i am trying to give a wild riverish look - heavily planted. But might to rescape and try something new.
And, oh, subscribed. Thankies!
If you're looking for more nano/dither fish, that will look great with those rams, get some coral red pencilfish. I just got 6 and they are equal parts amazing & gorgeous! They're a bit pricey for how little they are, but they would really pop in that tank. I have zero regrets!
They definitely like the smooth wood, my pair spawned in the same spot 3x in a row
What a wonderfully satisfying video, start to finish! Ok, now I'm inspired to work on my tanks! Thanks MD!
Another beautiful scape and great relaxing video 👌 anyone else see the fish face in the large stone on the right?
Finally using the tea pot for tea
I didn't know you could keep fish in tea. Love your creativity.
Don't get me wrong but that look it got before adding the botanicals, it looked like a shed under a jungle 😅😍
Great video MD! I must say I was a skeptical at first when you added the millfoil but once you added the tannins it came to life! That shimmer effect is awesome and makes me want to do a black water tank! 🤔
great vid :) i love blackwater tanks , i added indian almond leaves to hot water and let them soak and cool down and then added it to my dart frog tadpole tank aswell as my cherry shrimp tank lol
Love the channel ... I've used your idea of using the Rooibos herbal tea to darken the water, the reason being is my tiger barbs tend to hide a lot when the main light is on and they come out if I have a less bright light on, so my thinking was to darken the water like in their natural habitat, and a few days later (after giving them some tea) there is a good noticeable difference in their behaviour, oh and it looks good.
Great timing! I’m actually planning to rescape my 40gallon (151 liters) and make it a black water sort of realistic ram rank. This gives me lots of ideas. Looks great!! As usual
Rooibos helped when I had covid. It's amazing tea you get in many many flavours
Just finished making coffee and sat down, always a great day when md uploads ^_^
Cupa tea for fish. Ive used that stuff. Amazing gold colour
Great work as always MD. Really enjoy watching your tutorials, you make understanding the hobby so much easier.
Looking forward to seeing this, I am experimenting with compressed coco in my substrate in a cycling tank,, and haven't seen the plants in there for about a month 😄. I might want to dilute it somewhat before adding fauna.
Hi im brazillian and new on the aquarium thing, i just love watch you taking care of your aquarium
You should look at the black rams. They’re so pretty that I got them even over the gold ones.
Great tank, like many others I love rams and ember tetras! Stunning combo.
Those stones too!
I was a little sad to see the milfoil hide your nice placement of Java fern.
Very nice. I have one black water tank as well and im loving it. Love the light
Maybe you can just plunge the tea bags in the tank while you wait for it to set in a day, it will be more efficient and let the tea color dissolve by time
Im from South Africa, and Rooibos tea is awesome. you pronounce it like "Roybos" tea, its Afrikaans for Redbush
i love this video. very entertaining. keep up the good work
Awesome aquarium!
One of the very few occasions we see you change out one hardscape you first pick out for another! Great choice on this one, that large piece of wood was too definitely too large
They look very content, expected them all to go hide! Beautiful setup!
masterpiece! never seen anything more beautiful. Thank you.
im south african and watching you using the tea hurt me soooo much. its hilarious but hurt full :)
I just searched up a hexagon tank and no TH-camrs that really know what they're talking about or are really known have ever actually done an aquascape with a hexagon aquarium I'am suggesting you should do one that would be quite interesting
That's one of your top 5 tanks!!!!!
You are so inspirational. Every time I watch a video I want to set up a new tank XD.
Not sure if you’re aware ( I wasn’t ) with the wood, stone & glue if you use a cotton wool ball ( unbleached organic if you are at all worried but I just use the generic brand ) between the wood and stone and put the superglue on that you will get a much much better hold 💕
Ps your channel is just awesome, really enjoying it to the point where I have watch a couple of videos twice
I was surprised when u uploaded cause I thought u would upload the eco system aquarium vid next.
Love this dark water aquarium!
I love black water tank 😍 it's amazing 👍
I know i have stayed up too late when i catch a md vid in the first hour when i am american
Bro your house is amazing 🤣 love it
Another solid setup bro
love MD tanks... but felt this one was a bit mediocre... plus i feel the Rams colours are lost in the blackwater... just my 2P.... again love MD - very talented Geeza
Beautiful tank! Might be my new favorite.
I left this video at the end still trying to pronounce"regularly". Lol. Liked😂
One of the best blackwater to date 👍
You should do an actual river bottom tank with the mats you collect from ur local river
Always look forward to your videos mate . Keep them coming!✌🏻
I'm from south Africa I drink that tea all the time it's pronounced roy-boss
The disc be like cook me hahaha, i like your aquarium design i wonder how many baby will u get in the future
What a beautiful build. Keep up the good work.
Heyy, nice tank. You can brew Alder Cones also to a similar tea also! Does a very good job.
Still watching your vide ? I starting a 6' x18 " x 24 " deep tank . Can you you aquascape it ? Where do you get your visions and grow so prolific ? How and what do you use to get your plants so robust and healthy ?
Idk why but i dont like de java ferns on top of the wood it looks a bit like its floating or something like that
Yooo thats crazy I went to check if there was a new video and a minute later bammm crazy lol
Hi MD, I really love Mikey's carpeted tank but couldn't find a video on it. Would love a talk through vid on all the plants. I came to watch this but it's already in my history because my five year has basically adopted you as his best mate. He calls you D lol! Greetings from Germany, we love your work. :-)
So realistic and beautiful!!! ❤️❤️
The teapot is actually being used to make tea!!
Love the scape, but I think you might need more amber tetras and a abino brisel nose pleco.
Great looking setup, best so far I reckon!
Are you ever planning to do live streams so we can drive you crazy? LOL
I'm going to watch your video soon!
@MD Fish Tanks Ur missing out on lillies my friend! There perfext for a realistic blackwater! With deep rusty reds and The dwarf ones dont shadow out you other plants
Simple, elegant and so majestic! Love it 😍💯.
I got a qns tho, how do you clean off the poops from the fishies and do water changes without sucking out the sand/substrate too much?
MD is gettin juiced up!
I love that tank, you have inspired me to do something similar 🤗
Aww yes another MD Tank
This is exactly what I wanted to see! I love Rams! And I love the look of blackwater!💕💕 Awesome!
Must be British Rams swimming in tea! Lol
Anyone else try not look at the thumbnail so you can see the build at the end of the video
They look like palm trees from Queensland Australia
Make sure to throw in something for that oto since there is no algae. He might starve otherwise D:
really creative 😍
Looks like a dragon sticking it's head out of water
Stunning as always!!!
Best! I love this!!!