Buying EVERYTHING You Need for an AQUARIUM on a BUDGET
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Are you looking into buying your first aquarium? In this video I share how you can get a new aquarium going on a modest budget.
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If you are new to keeping fish, was this video helpful in understanding what you might need to get started?
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Although I am an experience hobbyist I like these kind of videos b/c they help new fish keepers out
I hadn't had fish for like 20 years. I got a wild hair and got a couple fish tanks. Started off with 2 female guppy's. My wife asked if I wanted anymore fish for the tank. "Nope they are garaunteed to be pregnant. I'll have more than enough in a month." She was surprised that in a months time I managed to stock 2 tanks with 2 guppy's haha
Water Bunnies!!
So you did provide the best care for them. Guppy fish could fill a whole rice feel in a couple of months.
My one boy & three girls stocked four large tanks and a pond….most of which AFTER I segregated by gender! 😖 I love them, the females are every bit as friendly to me as my goldfish, only they stay so much smaller! The males ignore me completely, so I may stick to the girls hereon out.
Good that I like them; I’ll have them at least two years still.
We have aquarium plants, so we need a light too. I recommend 2 clamp lights with a daylight flood light bulb from the hardware store for true budget lighting on a 20 gal. I would also recommend water test strips for ammonia and the multi test strips or a master test kit so you can measure the nitrogen cycle.
Awesome video! I'm planning a presentation similar to this for our local fish club, and this gave me lots of great ideas.
Pool filter sand from your hardware store is $5 for several tanks worth. Also for livebearers you would want some guppy grass or Java moss free floating for babies. OR you can use plastic Easter grass or yarn tassels for giving the fry someplace to hide.
Or, if you want black, Black Diamond Medium blasting grit from Tractor Supply is like 10 bucks for 50lbs
@@justinholmes4333 and you get A LOT!
Love this type of content. Keep up the great work!
Was very excited to see that the Co-op has partnered with my lfs - April’s Aquarium in Vancouver BC. No more driving down to Bellingham to pick up my Easy Green!
It again was so awesome to see my local LFS in your video! Jeff, Jason and their staff are the best 🔥🔥🤗 Their Co-Op supply area looks real nice!
Same. Love that place, as not many stores in the area stock American Cichlids.
@@JBSampson88
Agree. I could feel the vibe there.
Great video! I might suggest mentioning things that could be used for cleaning the tank as well, like a net, buckets, and a syphon. All of these things are also things a new fish keeper will need.
Good info for the beginner
Might want to add a hood and light
Thanks
Very necessary video. Nice topic
im looking to start and this helped me realize it wasnt gonna break the bank to get a beginner tank and learn!!
Pea gravel from the hardware store is about $4 for a 50lb bag. Such an easy way to bring down the cost for a new small aquarium set up and you’ll have plenty left over for when you get multiple tank syndrome.
great content as always :D
The onscreen link went to "Any given Sunday" LOL!
Hello my brother… your setup is unreal. Great work. Where do you get your rimless tanks?
3:31 I will say a way cheaper way of getting substrate is by buying gravel from somewhere like tractor supply, it's way cheaper and you generally get more of it, granted it does take a little bit more washing but just have patience and it will work out.
first timer for our kids!.. thanks for this video
great vdo thx u.😍
I love that store! Shop there all the time! Jeffery is awesome!
Those are beautiful aquariums!
This is so cool love fish 🐠
I'm living in the tropics. Is there a way to keep the water cool in summer? Or do I have to turn the air conditioner on all the time?
On a budget means I have to create everything from my styrofoam boxes 😅
When I started breeding to pay for my hobby, styrofoam coolers were my secret to successful breeding, and hornwort hid the babies.
No heaters, no air pumps, simple bare bones until I sold enough fish to buy better gear.😉
@@traumahealingandprevention That's a very similar story here. Now, I am building a tiny fish farm to breed more strains and species.
How about a bottom feeder catfish?
for that budget I'm getting a 75 gallon planted tank setup. I'm lucky fishkeeping needs are fairly cheap here.
$50 budget buy a walmart 10 gal for $15 tractor supply gravel for $5 food and water dechlorinater for $10, filter for $10, a plant or two for $10, have patience to wait two weeks for the tank to cycle, go and catch wild minnows for free.
no fish should be kept in less than 20 tbh
I love the video. But it should have been about the cycle instead of picking up a cycled sponge. There's not many places that sell cycled sponges. God , sorry Zenzo. I sound like all those haters.
Maybe if we talk about getting the whole set up except for the fish, take our aquarium home to set it up just right with the plants,gravel, scape. Then head back to the fish shop in 2weeks. Honestly in my opinion if you are too impatient to wait for the cycle you probably will end up killing the fish in the long run. Fish keeping for me has always been a waiting game.🙂. Once again sorry for the comment. Love your work.👍
20 US gallons is about 76 liters, right?
The only thing forgotten was a tank light, how do you expect to keep the plants alive?
Next to a window 😅
@@TazawaTanks this video was fantastic!
There are cheaper options for people not able to buy a glass aquarium.... I have helped some disabled individuals on low income set up tanks for under $50 thanks to the ACO Test Strips😁
Of course, the $$ saved is offset by the time/energy expenditure. But it can be done.
Really enjoying the content this year!
@@TazawaTanksa lot of fish including bettas hate being in direct light like that.
Weird question, but would the guppies eventually be inbred? Are they already? Is that a concern? Thanks.
probably not but it’s suggested to euthanise any with spine defects or blindness
I think u need som kind of light to se the fish
hiii
Muito difícil. Aqui no Brasil um aquário como esse não sairia por menos que R$2000
You forgot the light and lid
More brackish videos?
You forgot the net, siphon, heater, thermometer, test strips, glass top, lights, and a bucket totaling $279.50 ?!
Same thing I was thinking.
You had a whole 20 gallon and you didn't get a few sturgeon? Come on man
Next video. LOL