Building a LOW MAINTENANCE Angelfish Aquascape

[@ameenm6289]

simple yet beautiful

[@Plantedaqua1]

Beautiful scape 😍👏👏

[@gracebromfield9070]

Thanks for sharing your experiences with the setup. It will help others avoid some errors.

[@stephenmanning3978]

We’re all learning together!

[@thomasbarnes8827]

Love this scape!!! I’m going to have to do something similar.

[@stephenmanning3978]

@@thomasbarnes8827 LMK if you need any advice!

[@andresp9020]

Gorgeous tank, thank you for sharing!

[@stephenmanning3978]

@@andresp9020 appreciate that!

[@rustyfan89]

I agree I love the clean look of the ceiling hanging lights with the rimless tank

[@akvaristugur9479]

Hello, it was a nice share, my friend, thank you for showing us this nice share.

[@rustyfan89]

I agree, I have a small creek/ stream going through my property in the back and I’ve been slowly searching for cool stones and sticks for the new build

[@kmaguire7161]

Just setting up a few new tanks this week using the dark start method. Fingers crossed it works out.

[@stephenmanning3978]

Just make sure you wait long enough for the tank to cycle and test your water before you plant!

[@pattykake7195]

Lovely tank…I love the clean lines and choice of fish…👍🏽

[@stephenmanning3978]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@rustyfan89]

I’ve never tried it this way but I have a new tank I’m getting ready to set up and this way makes sense so I might have to give it a shot

[@stephenmanning3978]

Give it a try and let me know how it goes!

[@Azk.Studio]

Very neat setup 👍

[@rionbioscience]

Interesting about the length of dark start. Did it before for a week with wood and then moved over to the snail-in-cycle method as explained in a Shrimply Explained vid on YT. So many ways to skin the cat these days. Lovely scape

[@stephenmanning3978]

@@rionbioscience yea it will vary, which is why testing is helpful. But you can also visually see pretty easily once you get through cycling by looking out for diatoms and waiting for that phase to clear up. I’ve found even with a biological starter it takes several weeks for the tank to properly cycle.

[@oilpatch432]

@rionbioscience i like the snail in cycle also. good amount of plants.

[@politicalgarbagewater]

Cool video

[@dubstepison6861]

Looks awesome!!!

[@stephenmanning3978]

Thank you! 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@rustyfan89]

Looks good bro

[@stephenmanning3978]

Thanks! 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@bhabenneog2120]

Hello sir..your aquarium setup is very beautiful. Please tell me, which plant is used in your aquarium.

[@stephenmanning3978]

Everything is listed in the video! 😀

[@AkbarZeb-p6f]

Love the look of the space & tank. I see those shelves & all I see is room for a couple more tanks (10+ long). 😎 I've got deep-planted, natural, jungle tanks & each one is different - even with the same plants, over time. I like seeing all the layers of the tank evolve from the clay, soil, sand - all the way up through the top.

[@stephenmanning3978]

Appreciate the comment! The idea has definitely crossed my mind to turn those room dividers into big vertical built in aquariums, but that’s a little outside my budget at the moment and being on the third floor of a condo water weight is definitely a consideration. 🤣 I’m thinking of doing a few nano setups (like

[@stephenmanning3978]

Hey everyone, this is my first video in a LONG time. Please drop me a comment with your feedback and give me a like for the algo. If you’d like to see future updates on this tank or more of my builds, make sure to subscribe!

[@cahcilik-v5z]

I like you tank mister, beatiful

[@tfns2021]

beautiful

[@stephenmanning3978]

Thanks!

[@MorningDriftwood]

Those first vallisneria are thiCCCC

[@thommie.thefish7598]

What’s your light setting? Red blue green %?

[@stephenmanning3978]

At peak: - 60% red - 54% green - 48% blue It’s quite a warm mix.

[@thommie.thefish7598]

@@stephenmanning3978 thx!

[@halo2something]

it looks nice, but is it really low maintenance? aquarium of that size i think cannot be the one, one glass scraping session or 10-15% water change are already a big chore it equipped top notch and dark start method took very long time, i mean with vallisneria, you could just really put it from the start with very mild light regime it would establish and grow easily anyways, thanks for the video, looking forward to see how this project progress!

[@stephenmanning3978]

@halo2something I would say this is about as low maintenance as you can get in a tank of this size, unless you’re trying to do a no water change setup or something like that. Of course a smaller tank will be easier. Val’s will probably be fine without dark start but crypts are notorious for melting, an issue I didn’t have here, it’s also the safer method for fish imo.

[@oilpatch432]

my ocd mind cant not see that your lights are not sitting level to each other or the tank left side of left light needs to drop. but the hood you have on them is still going to be off. Grrrr. lol

[@TamilAquariumHobbyist]

watch in 1.5X

[@stephenmanning3978]

Efficiency, love it!

[@oilpatch432]

hell, now your stand isnt level either.. what the heck brother? you went to far from the middle of video to the end.

[@stephenmanning3978]

Stand is level with the floor, floor isn’t level.

[@peteduncan-um4kx]

way out of my league

[@stephenmanning3978]

Have to start somewhere!

[@tonyktuan]

Please consider showing more direct shots of the tank and less of your face. It’s unnecessary to do selfie shots

[@stephenmanning3978]

@@tonyktuan I’ll keep that in mind!

[@Gtn2it]

Nothing wrong with showing your face while talking about setup and explaining different things, you are showing the tank when setting it up, included enough of the finished tank. I see no problem with how you executed the video. You have an easy to listen to voice and I was interested all the way through 👍

[@Honestandtrue]

The definition of a dark also involves adding the sand along with the aqaurium soil. The sand is full of silicates and promotes diatoms which in turn can hinder fresh plant growth. Please educate yourself before putting out a video to the world on HOW to dark start a tank.

[@stephenmanning3978]

My friend, had you watched the whole video you would have seen that I did dark start the tank with the aquasoil. The layer of sand I use is extremely thin and therefore any impact quite minimal. I’ll also add I’ve used this approach on multiple tanks and had great success each time. Keep in mind there is more than one way to be successful in this hobby. Best of luck and let’s enjoy the hobby together respectfully!

[@christiansetzkorn6241]

Does not make any sense. No waste e.g. ammonia from fish no beneficial bacteria

[@stephenmanning3978]

Plenty of organic matter in the soil and on the hardscape to get the process started, you’d be surprised. Using a biological starter also helps speed the process, as I said in the video.