MAKE AN AQUASCAPE for One of My Followers/Subscribers - Juwel Rio 180 Planted Aquascape

I'm not a professional aquascaper, so the aquascapes that i make are usually for myself. This time i make an aquascape for one of my followers!
AQUARIUM SPECS
AQUARIUM
Juwel Rio 180 - 100x40x50 cm
AQUARIUM FILTRATION
Bioflow M
AQUARIUM LIGHTING
Juwel Rio LED
AQUARIUM HARDSCAPE
Spiderwood 3 pieces
Dragonstone 8 kilos
SUBSTRATE
Tropica aquasoil
AQUATIC PLANTS
micranthemum monte carlo, staurogyne repens, eleocharis acicularis, cryptocoryne wendtii brown, cryptocoryne beckettii, hydrocotyle verticillata, anubias nana, anubias nana petite, weeping moss, microsorum trident, juncus repens, bacopa colorata, alternanthera reinickii mini.

[@Ram3s]

Magnifique superbe Aquarium 👍

[@robinjonas1803]

wauwww!! beautiful! what a cool project

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah was really fun to create an aquascape for somebody else!

[@Egyptian02]

Amazing. My next aquarium will be looking like this. Very impressive

[@bradtate10]

Looks great, will look even better once everything begins to grow!

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah can't wait to see how this will look in a few weeks!

[@niwla1982]

Great job!

[@MJAquascaping]

Thank you!

[@aurikarusnak8872]

👍👍👍😍😍😍

[@JordanTait95]

Wow the two day growth was insane, a stunning layout as usual 👌 I would keep Apistogramma in it as I love these fish 🤷‍♂️😂

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah some Apisto's would look great!

[@JordanTait95]

MJ Aquascaping how’s the wood with the moss and yogurt coming along ?

[@MJAquascaping]

Very good actually! I will do an update on it soon!

[@BenMcNally137]

Thanks for sharing how you created this. It looks like a lovely setup. See if you could have a fixed-focus on the camera. At the beginning the focus was often shifting in and out of the tank, and I found it hard to concentrate.

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah sorry about that Ben, should have turned off the auto focus. Thanks for watching though and happy you liked the setup!

[@gregvickers3633]

Great video - can I ask how you maintain the plants? Do you need to add co2 or nutrients to the water? Also assuming minimal fish whats the water maintenance schedule? Thank you

[@greensapling342]

It looks so good! I've just finished scaping my 125l today. Not as good as your's but it's not too bad

[@MJAquascaping]

Thank you! goodjob on cleaning that used 125! curious what you made of it!

[@greensapling342]

@@MJAquascaping did you watch my video? If you did then thank you! I'm working on the scaping video now as we speak

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah i watched it! Cool I'm gonna sub!

[@SpiritAquatics]

That's cool! I made a video of aquascaping my juwel rio 180 too about a month ago for my chanel haha. It's even the same colour as your friend/subscribers rio 180. 😊

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah i watched that one! nice hardscape and plant selection! any update coming?

[@SpiritAquatics]

@@MJAquascaping Yes I actually uploaded an update a few days ago! Mostly some shots of my new fish but also has the whole tank and plants. Its the most recent upload on my chanel. "relaxing ram aquascape".

[@MJAquascaping]

Nice one! I will check it out!

[@SpiritAquatics]

@@MJAquascaping Thanks for checking it out :)

[@mCtoNi00]

@@SpiritAquatics hey, I have Rio 180 aswell and it looks similar to this video. I have roots and silverstone, but after 5 days something around the wooden root formed and it looks like milk or spider web. You can see it on this video in top left branch at 9:52. I cleaned it all by hand and water became muddy. I can't explain but it looks like milk in water, or spider web in water. Not much, filter cleaned it up later but i wonder what that is. I was told that one month needs to pass for it to be formed properly and bacteria to create a good balance of eco system. Is that true or I fked something up :D

[@olestapelfeld2351]

Lovely layout! Thank you for sharing and congrats ;) I would probably add some floating plants such as Phyllanthus fluitans and keep Epiplatys annulatus, Aphyosemion australe 'gold' and Poropanchax luxophthalmus plus 20 Yellow King Kong Caridina...

[@MJAquascaping]

Interesting fish choice! i like it!

[@olestapelfeld2351]

@@MJAquascaping If you can, post an update about how things are developing... all the best from your neighbours in Cologne :)

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah the owner will keep me updated on how things are going! Oh nice Cologne, i need to go there!

[@olestapelfeld2351]

@@MJAquascaping always welcome!

[@bogdancarp8714]

Hello all, good job MJ, looks very nice. I have a question ... i want to make back my old Rio 180 too :) Question is about the substrate - how many kilograms do you use in this setup ? Thanks alot, keep bringing the good job.

[@MJAquascaping]

If I remember correctly we used two 9 liter bags of tropica aquasoil 😊

[@MJin03]

@@MJAquascaping The Juwel 180 tank fits 2 T5 tubes, do you think it's enough for a planted tank? I see a lot of planted tanks of that size running at least 4 tubes. I am fairly new to this so I am not sure if it matters. Hope to hear your thoughts on this.

[@joostwoertman7224]

Nice to see a follow up on this system. How the tank evolves over time would be really helpfull to see. I started out with a similar setup. But after two months changed the internal filter to an external filter. (They are actually both running at the moment). I find it hard to get rid of debris/fish excrements during water changes, eventhough I am using a gravel vacuum cleaner from Dennerle.

[@MJAquascaping]

Hey Joost! Ik heb zojuist een update foto geupload op mijn KZbin community tab. Het interne filter is inderdaad niet heel krachtig... heb je met het externe filter erbij wel een goeie flow?

[@joostwoertman7224]

@@MJAquascaping er zit een redelijk goede flow in de tank. Heb ook de Eheim 350 skimmer erin. Het externe filter is een biomaster 600 thermo. Ik had eerlijk gezegd een veel sterkere flow van deze filter verwacht.

[@MJAquascaping]

1100 liter per uur zie ik! Ja dat zou wel een flinke stroming moeten geven. Wat voor outflow gebruik je?

[@joostwoertman7224]

@@MJAquascaping nog geen Lily pipes...

[@lukeborg9523]

Hey just bought this tank and have some questions, did you use co2? What was the amount of each plant you used?

[@markohlad9972]

internal filter that comes with juwel's.. does it also work as surface skimmer? great setup btw, will be interesting to see how it will look like in the upcoming weeks :)

[@MJAquascaping]

Yes it does work as a skimmer! I was actually surprised by this myself. Thanks for watching Marko!

[@berndtwiest4571]

Mooi resultaat

[@MJAquascaping]

Dankje Bernd! Ik ben heel benieuwd hoe dit er over een maand of 2 uit gaat zien!

[@berndtwiest4571]

MJ Aquascaping wat vind jij gemakkelijker, een kleine of een grotere bak?

[@MJAquascaping]

Kleine bakjes toch wel Bernd, daar heb ik ook de meeste ervaring mee!

[@marcelklug1456]

So good . What so you have dir a light ?

[@MJAquascaping]

These were just the standard Juwel t8 lights

[@shrpls]

Hey mate, really enjoying your videos. I just got a new tank after not keeping fish for 7 years while I lived in UK. I just got myself a Juwel Rio 180 too. I noticed that you have not installed the 45 degree outflow pipe, is this to mimic a lily pipe? Was this intentional? I have the 45 degree pipe on point towards the front centre of the tank and level. This provides a small amount of surface disturbance. I have my co2 diffuser (pressurised) in the same location as yours. Would you recommend additional filtration or a wave maker in these tanks to distribute the co2? I’m going very heavy planted as you suggest. Mixture of fast growing and slow growing. Hair grass carpet with stems, crypts, swords in the back. Java moss and fern in there on my hard scape. Have used Aquaforest lava soil for substrate. Aqua soil not available in New Zealand. Also have to substitute shrimp for something as can’t get Amano here. Thinking ramshorn snails, can get otocinclus and sae. Thanks and sorry for the long comment.

[@MJAquascaping]

Heya! We removed the outflow pipe so we could point the flow directly towards the CO2 diffuser. I always prefer to have the flow going clockwise or in this case counterclockwise. Sounds like you have made a good plan! I like it! Curious to see your scape

[@shrpls]

@@MJAquascaping Cool thanks man. I cut my outflow pipe down so it's just straight now. Simply removing it created a noisy vibration. Flow and Co2 distribution now appears much better. I get the rest of my plants delivered either tomorrow or next day so would love to share with you once planted.

[@shrpls]

@@MJAquascaping kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6nSl2Waqs2Vm7s Hey MJ, did a really quick simple video with my phone to show you. Just planted it tonight so the plants are looking a bit sad. I think it will go well

[@MJAquascaping]

@@shrpls Just checked it out! Looks great!

[@williamsmarquess8379]

Very good video i love it. Would you come to Austria to make my lido 120?;) My scape always fails after a half year later and i never know why...

[@MJAquascaping]

Sure i will come to Austria! You just pay for the travel 😅

[@williamsmarquess8379]

@@MJAquascaping Well..if you lives in Europe than simple and wont be very expensive...would be good. At least nice video and wait more of them later.

[@flaviomorreale9538]

Great Job! how many liter of soil did you use??

[@MJAquascaping]

Hmm this was a long time ago, but I believe it was 3x 9 liter bags of tropica soil

[@Leon-pj3or]

How many litres of the Aquasoil did he used?

[@ChristianTauchhammer]

What light??

[@MJAquascaping]

Standard Juwel t8 tubes