The end of HILLSTREAM AQUARIUM journey | EP15 HILLSTREAM AQUARIUM

[@IMaqua]

Below are affiliate links of the equipment I use (shipping to ALL EU countries). If you buy anything by clicking on the below links I will receive small commision without additional cost to you. Please note I have not been given any free products in exchange for mentioning them. LED LIGHT 30cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/twinstar-light/twinstar-c-line-iii-300c?aff=19 45cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/lighting/chihiros-aii-series-aii451?aff=19 60cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/lighting/chihiros-aii-series-aii601?aff=19 90cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/lighting/chihiros-aii-series-aii901?aff=19 120cm: www.azaqua.nl/en/lighting/chihiros-aii-series-aii1201?aff=19 FILTER, SKIMMER AND PUMP Oase 75: www.azaqua.nl/en/filters/oase-biostyle-75?aff=19 Corner filter: www.azaqua.nl/en/filters/nano-hoekfilter?aff=19 Skimmer: www.azaqua.nl/en/filters/eheim-skim350?aff=19 Pump: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-pump/oase-optimax-300?aff=19 Wavemaker: www.azaqua.nl/en/stream-pump/oasis-streammax-classic?aff=19 Stainless steel: www.azaqua.nl/en/inflow-outflow/stainless-steel-skimmer-set?aff=19 HEATER Nano: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-heaters/dennerle-nano-thermometer-is-compact?aff=19 SOIL,GRAVEL AND SAND Soil: www.azaqua.nl/en/aqua-soil/aquarium-soil?aff=19 River gravel: www.azaqua.nl/en/cosmetic-sand/plantahunter-gravel-river?aff=19 Rio Xingu gravel: www.azaqua.nl/en/cosmetic-sand/plantahunter-gravel-rio-xingu?aff=19 Sand: www.azaqua.nl/en/cosmetic-sand/aquarium-decoration-sand-1-2mm?aff=19 STONES Round flat rock: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/round-flat-rock?aff=19 Black river boulder: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/black-sky-rock?aff=19 Black seiryu stone: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/dark-seiryu-stones?aff=19 Petrified wood stone: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/petrified-wood-fur?aff=19 Gray mountain stone: www.azaqua.nl/en/stones-per-kg/gray-mountain-stone?aff=19 WOOD Ancient root: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-wood/ancient-root?aff=19 Corbo root: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-wood/corbo-root-m-30-40cm?aff=19 Manzanita wood: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-wood/manzanita-wood-m-40-50cm?aff=19 Spiderwood: www.azaqua.nl/en/aquarium-wood/spiderwood-s-21-30cm?aff=19 FERTILIZERS Micro+K: www.azaqua.nl/en/plant-fertilizer-and-additves/2hr-aquarist-apt-1?aff=19 FOOD Regural: www.azaqua.nl/en/fish-food-aquarium/dr-bassleer-biofish-food-regular?aff=19 Garlic: www.azaqua.nl/en/fish-food-aquarium/drbassleer-biofish-food-garlic?aff=19 MAINTENANCE Gravel vacuum: www.azaqua.nl/en/cleaning/dennerle-nano-soil-cleaner?aff=19 Aquascaping set: www.azaqua.nl/en/tweezers/nano-aquascaping-set?aff=19 Glass scraper: www.azaqua.nl/en/cleaning/window-cleaner?aff=19 VARIOUS Terra tape: www.azaqua.nl/en/necessities/dooa-terra-tape?aff=19 Moss cotton: www.azaqua.nl/en/necessities/moss-cotton-200m?aff=19 Superglue: www.azaqua.nl/en/necessities/superglue?aff=19 Pipette: www.azaqua.nl/en/plant-fertilizer-and-additves/pipette-1ml?aff=19

[@GirlTalksFish]

Thanks for sharing all the tips and tricks you learned from this tank! Really looking forward to the hillstream aquarium 2.0.

[@IMaqua]

Thanks Irene. New one is just around the corner....cant wait.

[@michalpaulovic]

The whole Hillstream show was amazing. I'm not an aquarist, and I don't have any aquariums, but I thoroughly enjoyed your show. Thank you for it.

[@IMaqua]

Thanks a lot for watching and for being so generous. Greetings from Croatia

[@Jeremiah.Awesome]

Great series and I appreciate how you wrapped it up with lessons learned. Thanks!

[@IMaqua]

@@Jeremiah.Awesome I am glad you enjoyed it. Cheers

[@rebel1980warrior]

One of the best part of the this video are the the tips and tricks. Thank you for sharing.

[@IMaqua]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tigana6773]

The storytelling in your videos is amazing! Glad I found them. Great inspiration!

[@IMaqua]

Glad you like it.

[@QuesoCookies]

Sad to see this. I was really into aquariums as a teen but never had the funds to fulfill my fantasy of a river aquarium of white clouds and hillstream loaches, so this was like a dream come true. Maybe time to get back into the hobby...

[@IMaqua]

Hillstream and river aquariums are one of my favourite. Enjoy your "new" old hobby.

[@hifikla]

Спасибо, очень интересная история очень красивого аквариума 🌹

[@IMaqua]

Spasibo.

[@simonetonini2538]

Thank you for sharing those beautiful videos and your experience with your beautiful aquariums

[@IMaqua]

Thanks Simone for watching. New fish room is coming soon with many more videos...

[@clementbellande8720]

Awsome series. Cheers from France and thanks for the inspiration ❤

[@IMaqua]

Thanks for watching. Greetings from Croatia.

[@SirSkipdogg]

You’re very welcome and thank you…

[@IMaqua]

Thank you for following the journey of this amazing underwater world.

[@oVisionaire]

Can't wait to see the new one. This is a very inspiring tank for me.

[@IMaqua]

I am glad to hear that.

[@ObiTonyKenobi]

Thank you for this journey, you inspired me to make my own Hillstream Aquarium. looking forward to seeing your new tank!

[@IMaqua]

Thanks Tony. Good luck with your new tank.

[@cherellzandell]

So sorry to see you have to take this one down 🙁 It's my favorite. Looking forward to the new version though!

[@IMaqua]

It was simply too heavy to be carried around. New version will be out soon...

[@rajadey4919]

There's no end to a purpose. And a new journey begins. Maybe a Forest or jungle type biotope with some inspirational thought and approach?.

[@IMaqua]

Next week new version of Hillstream is coming out...

[@fredrikjensen2596]

Kind of sad! But looking forward to the next Hillstream tank! 🙂

[@IMaqua]

Me too...

[@marcuswhitmore6622]

Looking forward to seeing the process of you setting up your new hill stream aquarium.

[@IMaqua]

Video will be published very soon...

[@kenjiro2676]

I can’t wait for the hillstream to make another grand entrance

[@IMaqua]

In approximately 2-3 weeks time. First I have to present the new fish room...

[@Nomadistar]

Sad to hear this, gonna miss it

[@IMaqua]

New one will come soon.

[@Nomadistar]

@@IMaqua Looking forward!

[@IMaqua]

Me too.

[@grimsbyaquariumsstuff5931]

This series of vids was very good 👍 Won’t be long and you’ll be in the tens of thousands of subs

[@IMaqua]

Thanks for the compliment. New fish room video series is coming out in few days so I am very excited about it.

[@rodrigoss8061]

Best shallow tank in KZbin, 😥

[@IMaqua]

New one is coming soon...

[@HeyItsJA]

Can't wait to see the new fish room and what you do with this tank!

[@IMaqua]

Fish room with many many tanks...

[@HeyItsJA]

@@IMaqua That's my dream!

[@The_Sovereign_of_Dawn]

Damn this is bittersweet

[@IMaqua]

Yeah I know. Unfortunately cant carry it to the new fish room. But I will make another version of it. And definitely use some of the fish. Would love to get Stiphodon atropurpureus for the new one.

[@philcarlino6942]

Wonderful update and of course I stayed til the end, as always. Great thoughts on the life of the tank. There are always positives and negatives of every tank. Looking forward to see the new fishroom and the changes you make to hillstream 2.0. Take care.

[@IMaqua]

Thanks Phil. Without the negative I guess we are not able to learn...

[@rebel1980warrior]

we need more stories

[@IMaqua]

I started uploading twice a week; on Tuesdays and Fridays. New builds and updates of the previous aquariums are coming soon.

[@musk-eteer9898]

got to have hillstream loaches for the title

[@IMaqua]

Hillstream loaches were the title few videos ago.

[@themarkedman72]

Great series. Just watched the whole lot in one go.

[@IMaqua]

Thanks a lot. Hope you enjoyed.

[@yifanyin9845]

You could try a cold water community tank, danios, white clouds, rosy barbs.

[@IMaqua]

Yeah I had white clouds and I moved them to my other Hillstream I did recently. This aquarium is currently empty and still brainstorming what to do with it.

[@yifanyin9845]

Hi, I have some suggestions for a nano No filter, No heater and No ferts fish: These can live perfectly in above 18c. Cherry and amano shrimp All types of danios, dario danio is cool Most types of pygmy sunfish Most shiner fish like rainbow shiner Some types of killifish like clown killi Certain barbs like odessa, gold, rosy barbs Wild type guppies/ endlers? White clouds and paradise gourami and empire gudgeon. Clean up fish are: Hill stream loaches, asian stone catfish, dojo loach for big aquariums and few species of corydoras like the panda cory. In my opinion for a smaller tank, you could get a pair of pertty Gudgeons, dario danios, or paradise gourami along with a small group of smaller fish like odessa barbs, zebra danios, killifish or shiners. Two panda cory along with some amanos will be awesome. I personally think 2 paradise gourami, 5 rainbow shiner (or similar), 2 panda cory (or similar) with a few amano shrimp will be best.

[@IMaqua]

Thanks for suggesting. I have considered some of the fish and some not. But will take all your suggestions in consideration.

[@yifanyin9845]

@@IMaqua The purple-blue on paradise gourami and rainbow shiner look awesome

[@IMaqua]

Shiners are not available where I live at (Europe) and even getting gouramis is a challenge. Unfortunately the country I live at is not really developed in aquarium hobby and getting any kind of fish is challenge. But as always I am doing my best.

[@shinkaze21]

feel sad this should end here, but cant wait for another world

[@IMaqua]

I feel the same but unfortunately this one was too big to be carried around. Many more underwater worlds are coming soon...

[@eddie7763]

noooo

[@IMaqua]

Hillstream version II is coming soon...

[@samueljosephfernald4663]

Sorry to hear about the goby passing... good news is you'll probably have the other two for 10-15 years with good care. they end up becoming pets and not just "fish." they live forever and have big personalities. my oldest sicyopus zosterophorus is going on 12 or 13, eyes have started to turn cloudy he's so old. have a 12+ year old stiphodon ornatus too, and he's over 4" which isn't supposed to happen. gobies really thrive in a big colony. the females of all the species aren't anything special to look at, but if you can find them, buy them. you'll get amazing behavior out of the males when girls are around. one thing you should do with the next version of the hillstream aquarium is to seed the substrate with either black worms or bloodworms. they'll dig for them, and there will always be a food source in the aquarium for them in between feedings! love your videos!

[@IMaqua]

Thanks Samuel. I remember your comment from a while ago. Actually the 2nd one also passed away from the same reason. 3rd one (plump one) is going strong since I got him, I think its almost 6 months now if I am not mistaken. I really don't know...only thing I can think of is they didn't really acclimatise well. He is really special, my favourite fish. I already made new Hillstream (video will be out soon). New fishroom build and tour will be published in few days. Cheers

[@samueljosephfernald4663]

​@@IMaqua Oh no... sorry to hear about the other 😕. it's like a dog or cat dying for me when I lose one. Most of the time they're riddled with parasites on import, and retailers don't take the time to thoroughly de-worm them-and by the time you get them they're too far gone in some cases. I'll give you my de-worming protocol if you want. all the sicyadiinae genuses seem to be immune to mycobacterium (fish tb), so that's one thing you can rule out. look into lentipes, stiphodon, sicyopterus and rhinogobius genuses too. all these genuses naturally occur together, in extremely high densities, and thrive together in a mixed species aquarium. the more gobies you have, the more they color up, and the happier they'll be. there are some other tricks, specifically some dither fish species, that get them to color up. my general rule for stocking gobies is 2/gallon, with good filtration and weekly water changes. you seem like an advanced hobbyist, so you probably already know this. if you want to "talk gobies" I'll give you my email and share whatever knowledge I have/answer any questions.

[@IMaqua]

Definitely do leave your email, if I ever do need something goby - related I will shoot you an email. I am not getting more of Red Lipsticks, although I like them. They are extremely expensive and I don't wanna pass trough this again. One is healthy and I hope he we will live at least 12 years. For the new Hillstream I will move only part of the fish from this aquarium and definitely add some new. I will go with Blue neon goby (and Red if I can get my hands on). They are smaller; also I have previous experience with them and never had any issues.

[@samueljosephfernald4663]

@@IMaqua [e-mail]. Any of the pseudomugils make amazing dither fish for a hillstream with gobies. Gobies are very responsive to the colors yellow and red. I’d suggest Pseudomugil furcatus for the next rendition of the aquarium to get the lipstick goby to be in full orange dress. Most people on the internet are idiots and say pseudos don’t like flow, but they do. They just repeat untrue info they’ve read somewhere. They’re drift feeders and move in and out of areas with high flow and thrive in temps 20c-25c. Can’t wait to see what you do next!

[@Dassenkop]

Oh no. This is the tank where I found you channel. Was wondering were do you find inspiration for the tank or do you simply throw whatever pleases you in the tank?

[@IMaqua]

I will be moving soon to new fishroom with...lets say many tanks. Will publish build video and fish room tour of the new place beginning of July. Also Hillstream version II will be out soon. For inspiration mostly I like to use few places. Definitely most used is website biotope-aquarium.info with some amazing biotope aquariums. Also there are a lot of nice aquariums on Pintrest and Reddit. And thats about it.

[@Dassenkop]

Thx for the tip for inspiration. I hope to build my new tank in July. Will be using substrate from existing tank and some other materials so I can do a fish-in cycle.

[@IMaqua]

I hope you find some inspiration there...