The shrimp bowl ecosystem for my table (with SKITTLES shrimp)

[@mb1908s]

😂 the water fall the 1st time had me in stitches, Merry Christmas and I can’t wait for next years content

[@FishShopMatt]

Hahaha yeah it wasn't that funny until I worked out what to do!

[@mcwizz]

He should definitely do one 😄

[@scottibass]

It reminded me of those peeing cherub fountains

[@EireFirst2024]

Now technically it's a cascade.

[@graffic13]

Matt do you watch the pet and aquarium supply museum youtube channel??? Go check out his videos and old aquariums youtube.com/@museumofaquariumandpethistory?si=Y3zQ4WOnPuLFeXSD

[@siripremfors8425]

Ah, to be a little skittle of a shrimp, living in a beautiful bowl with a beautiful waterfall, having a kind giant watching over you and feeding you. Damn. These shrimp have it made. Dream luxury villa for them!

[@yebachno1]

One advice. pour some gravel behind under the filter to protect pump head from sand particles. If you leave it like that there will probably be some damage in the near future.

[@JJLewin1]

At first I had my doubts to be really honest. My wife said "its Matt, just you wait". What can I say, its amazing and I love it, well done. Now my mind is running overtime with ideas 🦐

[@sosonic12000]

Ma main man Mat.. It’s good to see you doing your own thang dude!! You are going to do just fine. Relax and enjoy the journey - we will too ❤

[@caroltarantino837]

I laughed when you pulled the bowl out. I've always known those as "goldfish bowls" - oh, the horror! Love the final product, so cool. I bet the shrimp have discovered the algae growing on the waterfall wood, so the more adventurous climb up for it.

[@itzrxnzo]

This just gave me so much inspiration to get back into the hobby

[@elc2468]

I really like it, it turned out great! Neat to see the shrimp's climbing behavior!

[@miniscenesgb]

Absolutely love this Matt. My attempt at a waterfall hasn't really worked out. You've inspired me to have another go

[@FishShopMatt]

You should definitely give it another go! I got lucky with the shape of the wood and the hole that was already there.

[@frozenbluets8774]

Love this idea and the way it turned out. Can't wait to see how you'll scale this up and if the shrimp will do the same thing.

[@FishShopMatt]

Yeah I'm really excited to see how it works!

[@brandhark7935]

Your Dalmatians are so cute! Also I laughed when you first turned on the waterfall! Lol.

[@royd63uk]

These are the type of inspiring videos we need , not only very large tanks. Great job

[@BlackNoteStudios]

Your constant smile says it all Matt. Well done sir.

[@FishShopMatt]

Hahaha always happy!

[@nightlite9009]

This is one of my favourite builds of yours Matt. I love the look of it and the waterfall is wonderful!

[@MegGreeneSmith]

This is the magic of fish keeping - you find an old fish bowl in your garage or maybe one on clearance at a garden supply store, then you add extra plants/animals/equipment you have lying around or donated by friends, but you have a clear vision - when the hardscape is obviously a waterfall (with the extra pump we all have lol). Then voila, you have a beautiful art piece for your breakfast bar AND you learn something new about animals you've kept many times before. Thank you so much for sharing. And have a very happy holidays!

[@FreckledFoxx]

Found you through MD and your content is absolutely top notch as well! Take care and thanks for the inspiration!

[@CrimsonRoses]

Like this one a lot 😍

[@FishShopMatt]

Glad you like it!

[@janetaylor8635]

This is really cool ! A small bowl turns into its own little world, look forward to the big version !

[@doloresmanning9619]

This is one of my favorite builds. Who would have thought a traditional gold fish bowl would become that work of art.

[@leoisso7033]

I know everybody wants to grow, wants to get bigger or more impressive scales. But this little piece of beauty is the stuff I can look at all day and never get tired. Something small and affordable to put in a little empty corner that can give you so much relaxation and entertainment. 🥰 You should try and sell something like these bowls 😅

[@chelsmeister]

Yea I absolutely second on selling something like these bowls! They are actually hard to find

[@Matthew.Henley]

Your dogs 🐶 ❤. Wishing you and your family a lovely Christmas 🎄

[@FishShopMatt]

Hope you have a great Christmas!

[@BLUEGREEN65]

I absolutely love this beautiful little ecosystem!!! Great job!!! 😊

[@lynkin]

❤👏

[@jamiewestover6760]

Me too!

[@randystewart8895]

I've never seen a shrimp climb as it did either! Thank you for the inspirational videos!

[@andreagalda28]

This is my favourite of all your videos so far. I love the end result and the appearance of your dogs of course! It would be great to learn your (and MD's) back story. What did you guys go to school for and what was your career before finding KZbin and each other etc.?

[@neilmartin99]

14:59 Go guys go! Go do shrimpy-snaily things.😁

[@jessl1934]

The hardscaping turned out much better than I expected it to and that peace lily really works wonders.

[@stonepiggy]

I love it!

[@86Kera]

Your outlet is in the perfect spot. Looks like a tropical oasis and I love it.

[@NyteFlyer]

I loved this project. It was way beyond what I expected to see at the start.

[@Babyluthi]

Stunningly beautiful:) Your cinemaphotography has grown nicely too:) Thank you for sharing🙂💙🐟

[@Y.F.I.Jason.thecarpetslayer]

Doubles as a drinking fountain if your thirsty....it looks amazing!!

[@peterbain6548]

Waterfall shrimp was super interesting

[@Melissa.1989]

Matt! I really love the content- and it’s been great to see your personal transformation in how you communicate with the audience. I really feel like you’re growing as a presenter, or host should I say, in your videos. Compared to when you first started your channel. You are very genuine and sweet to watch. And I love your laid back- but still good quality content style. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas! And looking forward to new stuff in the new year !

[@karenburchell4918]

Lovely design. The waterfall turned out brilliantly in the end😂 . Very nicely done ✔️ 👏

[@viperstyles9426]

You and MD need to do this kind of build with a shallow tanks. Great job, love your content.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! I think we can squeeze something in

[@gigi3242]

Was wonderful hearing your wife laugh. You and yours have a safe and joyous holiday.

[@darrylmoore5847]

That came out beautifully.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@ausyenlowang1755]

That Dalmatian donut at the start!!!!❤

[@Heterogeneity]

"Don't mind the dalmation, she is doing her impression of an accent cushion."

[@BLUEGREEN65]

Love the bowl, reminds me of the 70’s!!!😊

[@shonhatley541]

You made that dirty little bowl look absolutely amazing. Ya gotta do something like that again on a bigger scale. Wonderful job Matt, and please keep'em coming.

[@crittergirl3647]

Cool vintage goldfish bowl. Same type my family had 50+ years ago.

[@JmbandPandaAquatics-dj3fl]

There are a lot of wonderful fish youtubers out there mat thank you for being and inspiration you and md are the best

[@aengusfoley6694]

Very impressed. Inspirational

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@sammylacey9865]

I love this scape so much. I want to do a little shrimp tank for my house and this is so nice.

[@nancyrood5789]

Wow! It’s beautiful. I bought a little water pump some time ago to make a small garden fountain. I’m thinking about setting up a small shrimp tank now, and I think it would be perfect in a setup like this. You have given me the inspiration to get the project going. Now, to find a cool container like this. It’s off to yard sales I go! 💕

[@billbush1270]

Lots of charm in a small space. Nice.

[@Frankje01]

Really cool, the waterful gives it so many more points of interest that you can look at. Would love to see something on a bigger scale.

[@cathyhendrix7552]

That turned out fantastic. Only you could take a plain glass bowl and turn it into a shrimp oases. And with a waterfall to!!! Well MD could probably do it to. You guys are the aquascape masters. Well done Matt. Well done. I want one. Oh if you do one on a bigger scale you could set it up for some mud skippers. That would be so cool.

[@cooldude44ish]

I must say Matt you’re knocking these out of the park. The last two especially have have been superb!!

[@amuseinthecraftroom6257]

I wish I could like this 10x

[@kieramoore6501]

Oh it looks really zen, and beautiful! Perfect placement too for when you are just starting your day and just need to calm the mind ready for whatever life throws at you. Just want to say, if you haven't already that is, I'm sure you have because you are no noob to this hobby, you might want to flip your nerite snail right way up, as they can't right themselves on their own and will die otherwise. I only mention this because mine died because he got knocked off the side of the tank and couldn't right himself. I didn't know anything back then lol

[@Tikistribe]

I had a bowl like that one as a child that had a festival goldfish live in it for 3 years. This looks amazing, what a great idea for a fun vessel.

[@samanthak7344]

I generally hate bowl aquariums but I love this one!!

[@mofish3601]

I used to have a waterfall in one of my shrimp tanks! Love watching them climb up the wood! They still climb on top of the floating plants looking for missed bits of fish food! Now I want to put my waterfall back in!

[@bbfishkc]

Pretty sweet little mini pond for your bar!

[@lindapeppin2441]

Love that Matt. ❤

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@toothpik00]

This was so different and imaginative, Matt. Loving your work. Cheers!

[@bethanybarron6084]

As beautiful as this scape is, is anyone else really impressed with how chill the dog is throughout this entire set up? Haha. My dog would be up and down like a yoyo lol xx

[@aislingmckee2964]

That was brilliant!! I popped over from MD Fish Tanks, which I've only been watching for a couple weeks. Already learned so much from both channels and I dug my old tank out of storage and getting ready to plant today. Thanks so much

[@mgl63823]

wow, such a great idea for a bowl. Well done mat, love that water fall idea. very very nice.

[@GreenGaiety]

It's magnificent.... exquisite architecture and details....

[@jeffreyrichardson9568]

Nice video! Now time to convince MD to do a waterfall tank. After watching previous videos, I feel like you have brought the idea up a few times, and he shrugs it off. GL!!

[@FishShopMatt]

That's a sand waterfall that I keep winding him up about. I think he would be game for a real waterfall.

[@eszterkun9638]

I loved this build accessable yet fun. It is inspiring how much you enjoy the tinkering part😊

[@ImperialKneazle]

Amazing, and absolutley delightful to watch. Thank you :-)

[@light1908]

That looks so rad, Matt. Well done!

[@mkloft28]

You have an eye. I am absolutely in love of what you have created with this older glass piece.

[@pameladevera-dulay8983]

This by far is one of My favorite builds! I need now to find me a bowl like that asap and place it in the corner of my room! Thanks so much for making this video🥰I wanna make it, too! KUDOS🤗

[@cglenn1457]

I adore this build! My mind is currently shuffling through all the bowls I have that might work for something similar. Thank you for these creative, affordable scapes to get the creative juices flowing!

[@wesleymayes]

Love this setup Matt! These types of little ecosystems are some of my favorite to set up and the waterfall has my imagination running as well. Great job!

[@krawlspace]

To date, your first bowl was my favorite scape that you had done. This beats it by a mile! Awesome work, sir!!!

[@davidewart5524]

Absolutely amazing, so clever this is something I need to get into but still learning and at 72 it's slow ha. Lovely guy happy to have found your videos

[@moeinatiabi5834]

That was a very cool and easy setup. I enjoyed that.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[@Uathankicks]

Matt your amazing dude 🤙

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! Much appreciated 👍

[@pawelgielata1271]

This looks awesome!

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@neeneets]

You are so joyful, a pleasure to watch ❤

[@moldy13]

that is a super cool build, matt. and the shimps climbing up the waterfall?!? the icing on the cake. bravo.

[@TylaH01]

I absolutely LOVE the way this turned out! I definitely want a shrimp bowl now because of this 😅 and we definitely need to see this idea on a bigger scale!

[@ms_katia2267]

It looks amazing, the water fall makes it. Great work.

[@marymendez4178]

Wow I haven't seen a bowl like that one in ages. The scape is wonderfully made. A huge thumbs-up to you Matt.

[@chrisduell4210]

That is so cool! Such awesome footage of the shrimp climbing!

[@Jordy_L]

The scape turned out amazing, I’ve been watching your channel for about a few months now and I’m really loving your content. Keep up the great vids :)

[@frhaber]

Great scape, and the best use of an old fashioned goldfish bowl. Merry Christmas.

[@PlayfullyPainting]

I really enjoyed this video Matt. Amazing to watch a dirty old bowl transform into something so alive and tranquil. Very lovely and adorable shrimp. Very cool they can climb upstream waterfall is fascinating .

[@Amanda-uc5jq]

That tank is gorgeous, I think it’s my new fav. 👍 🤩 I have a similar setup in a 40cm cube but the water trickles over wood where yours actually looks like a waterfall.

[@kwackytankslap9339]

This is very zen. I could watch that set up for hours

[@ernestTbass23]

Outstanding!! Thx again

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@corncob2701]

This was awesome totally gonna start putting plants in a pot with gravel into my tanks

[@mariannaalysh7826]

One of my absolute favorites so far…totally inspired to try something similar…excuse me while I go rummage through my storeroom now to look for a large bowl..

[@einfachConny]

love this bowl tank! if you want to make the waterfall a bit stronger you can add some small stones/gravel at the exit of the tube so the stones reduce the velocity and it doesn't splash maybe worth a try ;)

[@pagewhite61]

I love this so much! It’s wonderful. Thank you Matt.

[@FishShopMatt]

Awww thank you!

[@DwarfFrogWholesale]

This might be the best shrimp bowl I’ve ever seen

[@aqhan]

Oh my word, the first attempt to turn on the pump... Both my daughter and I were rolling laughing! But the end looks so good, you just inspired me to do something similar.

[@NinoMarcantonio-ry6mh]

Great idea with the waterfall it adds to the look , happy holidays and a happy new year to you and your family.

[@terilynemarroquin8050]

All of them in all their colors. I love them all😊

[@BigShrimpin416]

The waterfall was more like a drinking fountain 🤣🤣🤣 that was great! 😂

[@Melissa.1989]

I love how the waterfall turned out ! It’s amazing ! Great job!

[@JamesCagney-g6z]

Great video, just love that little bowl, love the stone, can't think off a better thing to look at while I'm having my breakfast, to me personally , it looks has good as a 6ft all singing and dancing super tank, at a fraction off the cost. good job.

[@Jorgie1944]

Wow that turned out so well! You make it look too easy, maybe it's the editing. Looks like a lovely little bowl of life to enjoy with your coffee.

[@SabinaGibbs-c7f]

This has 100% inspired me to see if I can do something similar in my bookcase.

[@susannataylor8433]

Really nice Matt! Has inspired me for my desk at work!