BREEDING 100'S OF ELECTRIC BLUE ACARA BABIES | FULL TANK BUILD

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[@graffic13]

Move the last 2 mollys with the rest ... put your sword tails in the 8 foot ... and redo the carpet tank in pygmy corycats emerald eye rasporas, and honey gouramis. You should get electric blue jack dempseys!!....

[@durst101]

Video 57 of asking for a tank with some freshwater dolphinfish please.

[@jamieclements-u2p]

morning just started watching you was gonna get a saltwater tank but now thinking of getting aquascaper could you recommand a tank and also can you mix the fish up ive notice you only keep the same breed in a tank and its best to use co2 thank you

[@francoismarion-eu3jq]

Any tips or tricks to sexing blue acara?

[@ryandonnell3671]

Thank you for the knowledge. I’ve been out of the hobby for about 15yrs but just bought a 300 gallon acrylic tank (I totally blame you😂). We spent about 4 hours sanding and buffing out any scratches. It’s reef ready but we’re staying with freshwater and I’d like it to look like your 8’ tank. I really appreciate all the advice.

[@harrycase3782]

I’ve been watching you for years and have been checking in now and again. Last month I caved and finally bought a tank. I now have 2 tanks and I’m working on my third. I used to have 2 tanks when I was about 14 but it didn’t go very well. Probably because your channel didn’t exist yet :) I had no real direction back then and felt quite defeated so thank you for reigniting my passion and teaching me the many things I wish I knew when I was 14. I’m 21 now and I think this really is a lifelong hobby

[@MrHenrikjorgensen]

A good tip when they have babies is to leave them with the parents, but make sure there is always a little light on around the tank, also at night. i usually have my light set to 1-2% brightness on at night (blue light only) This means that the parents can see their own young at all times, so you avoid them eating them themselves. and that they can defend them from other fish. when they have reached a good size, you can turn off the light again at night. that way, I always get a lot of babies out of it when my fish have babies.

[@emmasmith9808]

18:48 omg i can’t believe you got them both at the same time!!! Great work 😂

[@Tonyflags3323]

I can't wait to see chunks in the 8 foot tank!

[@Scaperoot79]

Aquafleur gets the best advertising for free. If MD was greedy, he'd make these plant farms fight for the opportunity to sponsor his videos. Stay humble! Beautiful scape🙏

[@kyallen7401]

Great work! I'd think about putting some sponge over the filter intake for those babies!

[@MDFishTanks]

Yeah will do. I didn't in the other tank and no problems but this one is smaller.

[@hymelgain]

​@@MDFishTanks How to know suitable light for my planted aquarium. and we can use a flat LED light for planted aquarium. We can use that light to how to use how kind of light use. Please make a video sir ❤❤❤❤❤

[@fortunesfishing4766]

Shout out to keeping fish simple

[@chemistrykrang8065]

Love this "planted contemporary" look - going to be aiming for something similar in a 500L when it arrives in a few weeks. Got some massive feature driftwood that's going to look amazing with a bit of anubias on it and a few lava rocks.

[@stuartchristie64]

glad you mentioned keeping fish simple, a really knowledgeable young lad, really enjoy his stuff 👍

[@Levhshiver616]

he used to make fun of Australians before meeting Kaity's cichlids ahhahah

[@Only1Sosa.]

Agreed he is so knowledgeable I really enjoy his breeding videos from start to end in one post

[@stuartchristie64]

@@Only1Sosa.another good one for breeding vids is marks aquatics, a chap from Wales tho he doesn’t post much anymore, pretty sure I’ve even heard keeping fish simple talking about his breeding vids b4

[@stuartchristie64]

@@Levhshiver616really?

[@Only1Sosa.]

@@stuartchristie64 Thanks for that, shame he hasn't posted in a while but there's enough there to keep me going 😊

[@danieldook9602]

Absolutely stunning MD I can remember watching you when you was in the garden shed it really is unbelievable how far you have come you should be really proud.❤❤

[@leigh-annabrayton4916]

He 👏has 👏 a 👏 plan 👏 I love bingewatching your vids! Thanks for working so hard to provide awesome content! Fav channel to help me relax and spark my inspiration and creativity!

[@ShrimplyAquascaping]

6:31 I'd love to see a 6 foot tank scape lol 😅

[@Mattcc3]

Your killing it Md love the videos. Do another shrimp video soon. Love the shrimp tank builds.

[@laurasainsbury196]

I am regularly outsmarted by fish.

[@amx1820]

Yay!! Finally. Waiting ages for this kind of scape for 'strictly' American cichlid pair. Awesome scape as expected.

[@GenRN]

I just got 6 EBA this weekend. I’ve wanted them for so long!! They are stunning!!!

[@gerrit7128]

Im gonna get them as well, do you recommend 6 or less? I have a 180liter tank

[@bethanysummers3377]

The driftwood is what the bristlenoses need to help with digestion too, the actual wood aswell as algae they eat.

[@nightlite9009]

Love this simple way of scaping a tank. I'd like to see you do a nano-tank in the same way as a 'starter' video. It'd be great to be able to share it with beginners,

[@russdmusicofficial]

Learned so much from your videos. You are the reason I got into the hobby 🔥

[@marktopp745]

I’ve also bred a few batches and kept what I thought was the best . And my new stud of a male one is an absolute beast and electric blue from mouth to tail. Gorgeous.

[@ms_katia2267]

Love the rocks with wood and plants. ❤

[@steve-adams]

7:00 you did great. I used to be obsessed with fine finishes on things I built (I worked in joinery for years), but these days I think the best thing you can do is just build. You did it, and a lot of people didn't. That's a huge success in and of itself. Even better though, you did a nice job. I always tell people: you won't get good at projects like this without trying first. I'm sure you had some ideas that wouldn't work, or have tried building stuff that didn't work. That's what it's all about. Wood working KZbin might convince some of us otherwise, but it's a total mess. You do a great job of showing people you can do things without being pretentious or over-the-top about it. I mean, some of your scapes are crazy, but you keep it real for most of us a lot of the time. You might not realize it, but showing people a cabinet you built might be even better inspiration, and more realistic inspiration at that, than a ton of builders on KZbin. 9:35 what kind of stones are these? Did I miss it? I can't seem to find you mentioning what they are. They look great. 10:11 Soak it with glue? In this economy?

[@tokiosoldier41]

22:45 plecos are not just chewing on algae but in fact on wood!! it seems not essential but it wouldnt hurt either. just place it under/behind rocks where only the plecos can access it and you cant see it (to keep the rocks only scape)

[@fabiansfish]

You are so lucky to catch those two like that 😂 I put in a net and they disappear completely. They literally dig themselves into the substrate to hide.

[@giggiwidit5638]

4:20: I was thinking to myself ... " Why would MD want to pull that tank apart ? it looks great ... " And then I remembered ... " Oh yeah, the Acara's like to dig ..." lol 🤣🤤🤣

[@rebeccaampuero2347]

That is a gorgeous tank! ❤

[@DaveAkaCeladris]

I can't believe that net technique worked! Brilliant! I'm looking forward to the results. :)

[@MrVovansim]

5:34 haha him sucking on the tube unlocked a memory of when I was little and we had a couple fish tanks. Drank my share of aquarium water, doing water changes. 😂

[@lexirose8189]

The hand pump on my siphon broke ages ago and I’ve procrastinated getting a new one. It’s so long I’ve never come close to getting water in my mouth. Till Saturday… 🤦🏼‍♀️ Kid distracted me right when I was getting it started and sure enough I was choking on fish water a second later.

[@ashamane]

Hopefully! Fingers crossed. The little babies you do have are pretty adorable :)

[@wirtification]

(This, lol, i need to do this type of scape. Glue n go. It works.) I always tell myself, I'll just watch one and then go to sleep. Sigh. LOL! Lies. Though I do have a meeting tomorrow, so I need to just watch this and catch up on the newest with coffee in the morning. ☕️

[@rickymurray]

I swear every channel I watch is currently the proud owners of Electric Blue fry!

[@stoneysscapes7544]

Kate loves Mr Chunks 💚💙🍀

[@frforaquarium]

So beautiful 🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃

[@cgrey2638]

so exciting!! And LOVE hearing kate jump in ! (also - funn RE: house tank - bringing work hoommmeee)

[@anotherslave3302]

the fish like her more too

[@ElgatoUnamused]

3.2.1 omg i got em ! Love it !

[@jeffreytrespeces4708]

I’ve heard the same about the breeding stopping also. I think I heard a few dither fish helps to restart it. Nice looking tank as always my friend.

[@The_Crucible714]

Damn! It’s already been *FOUR YEARS* since you were -poor- thrifty and built that white base cabinet? Crazy how fast time flies!

[@Boja23]

MD caught the fish he was after AND he videoed it. 1 million Acara babies and 1 million subs!

[@jeffersonkingkoi7662]

You don’t just need flat rocks for the acara to breed! My pair have laid the eggs on a leaf of one of my Amazon swords 🙌

[@BryanbFLYin]

I have always lived EB Acaras. Such a pretty fish

[@agoobwa2297]

Time for a tutorial on how to make a stand!

[@SelbyRadabah]

Nice to see Mrs. MD

[@puzzledrock]

I’d love to see what you do with a tank that has a smaller footprint but more vertical space. I think it could make for some interesting scape and species choices.

[@TheRealTMar]

I agree it´s a nice cabinet. I´ve got my Superfish 90 sitting on a Juwel Lido cabinet. The cabinet´s surface is a little wider (1 cm) but they're easy to put together and do the job. And is actually cheaper here than a Superfish cabinet.

[@LordChumbley]

You need one of those design dojos that fish shops have. Really like the breeding setup tank hopefully you do more.

[@jordangregory8157]

Love the videos on breeding projects!! Great content :) keep it up

[@LUCKY-uz6fq]

Good video amigo i'm breeding EBA and they are amazing fish pet for me 😊

[@qweenkaii04]

love Kate making appearances really a fan of your channel, beautiful set up as always bruh👌🏾💯

[@craigquinn8225]

you'll probably need some dither fish. but the tank looks awesome 👌

[@NicolasMartin-l5g]

YAY!! Acara updates inc!!:)

[@yeashanbanks281]

I love that you watch KFS too

[@simonbuck6619]

11:51 " Living Ornaments " 79 or 80 !

[@mikemeets8873]

It works, leave it there, looks stunning

[@jkgcank9]

I have a big male Bristlenose that is a pervert! He just won’t stop! He tears up my tank constantly. I’ve had to tear the tank down almost completely several times to get the babies out. I can send him to you if you want. I’ll put him in bubble wrap so he doesn’t break on the flight over.

[@pineapple5180]

Set up a breeding tank and profit. You have a gift use it!

[@jkgcank9]

@@pineapple5180 I got it to help clean the tank. He’s a slob. I don’t have space for all that.

[@jacquelinemcmillan2793]

I've constantly got albino bn babies and 2 of my beautiful angels have paired up i have 40 plus 2 week old fry in a tank and she has spawned again so they have wrigglers now it's constant

[@Saiprakash0156]

What do you feed for fries?​@@jacquelinemcmillan2793

[@ngothienterrarium]

❤😊🎉

[@kbye5323]

Well done!

[@SJLamb-te3dt]

I bet if you put your aquasoil/root tabs in a mesh bag so the acara can’t disturb the nutrients even if they excavate the sand on top it won’t be a huge problem. Could put s line of mesh bags in the back for stems and then just rely on epiphytes in the front and pothos to fo the heavy lifting for nutrient export.

[@stringer1818]

they dig up the sand to put the babies in the hole when they come. plus they put some sand on the eggs

[@scottyk5748]

In the wild they lay their eggs on large Catawba or Almond leaves digging is a last resort for them it also allows them to move their eggs around easily.

[@GenRN]

Only MD’s “grime” algae looks like intentional carpet plant spreading.

[@SJLamb-te3dt]

I’ve been seeing 15 gallon tall tanks on the internet lately, they seem like a challenge to scape. Want to try your hand? It would be interesting to see what you come up with and how you stock it.

[@CleverNerdPun]

Great concept to be able to pull out and replace the hardscape easily for cleaning the tank! Looks really nice. Would floating plants be appropriate in there for a bit more cover and help with keeping the water clean?

[@MoxOwl]

Great stuff....keep it coming

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

Cichlid's are funny in that if they are happy, they *will* breed. It's not a question of if they will breed, but when. If they feel safe and are well fed, fry will be the result.

[@samuelmillers5709]

Have you ever or have any advice on collecting hardscape from nature like wood or rocks from the beach ??

[@ashamane]

Also curious about this. As a kid I found an awesome piece of driftwood along Lake Ontario and with all the jovial ignorance of being a teen just tossed it into water and it worked fine lol. Now I'd be very interested in learning more about how to test stones for fish safety as I've found a lot of pretty stuff hiking that would be neat, but knowing how badly it can all go and not wanting to harm my fish or inverts or plants, I can't just chuck it in lol.

[@nirajmahato102]

floating plants must be always present in breeding tank in order to give them a sort of close environment

[@James_NatureAquatics]

Just have to start the tank with a plan for fish!

[@SplatoonSamus]

Will you ever do a brackish tank?

[@michelrood2966]

1 million babies and one million subs !!!

[@hymelgain]

How to know suitable light for my planted aquarium. and we can use a flat LED light for planted aquarium. We can use that light to how to use how kind of light use. Please make a video sir ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dastiles1]

Nice video! My Electric Blue Acara is doing great. I am still waiting for my Electric Blue Acara t-shirt from your merchandise website. I am not sure of the problem.

[@De_Klapperkoning]

Bristlenose need wood not for food but for digestion, I believe...

[@-EJ00]

A little off topic, have you tried Heteranthera Zosterifolia? Stargrass as a carpet plant? It would look interesting

[@armobin598]

I really love the unique scape of chunks' tank. Maybe don't take everything out, just redo some part while keeping the scape same.

[@FinleysNA]

I'm excited for the breeding ark of md fish tanks

[@IEarlGrey]

I reckon if you just adjusted your normal nutrient base to capping layer ratio you could have still had a proper planted scape

[@marct138]

Dont you need a sponge on that inlet? Might suck some fry up.

[@aaronkameric1419]

Is there enough swim space for them dude? Seems a little cramped. Maybe more sand as mentioned above. I’m a rookie so 🤷🏼‍♂️. Stunning build though I must say.

[@cherylharless281]

Diggin up the sand is a courting behavior.

[@roajf]

MD, Loving this tank (of course!). Question: That thingamajig valve and elbow you use to fill up the tank, did you buy that somewhere (if so, where, what's the name of it) or is that one of your creations?

[@Raphael.P.]

Bristle needs wood because they eat it. Not only biofil, but also tiny bits of wood

[@maigpl2]

Taking bets on how many fish Chunks will swallow

[@ashamane]

Heh hopefully none, but his mouth is pretty big vs those tetra.

[@Lucasio24]

Excited

[@gibby6396]

I like the inlet/oulet set up!! What system is this or is it your own set up?

[@ShenanniegansGaming]

What size tank is the breeding tank? It came out beautiful.

[@Nikignjatovic]

My ivanacara bimaculata keep breeding, and I've been able to catch two of the fry before they get eaten. I need to find a way to catch the fry next time without destroying the tank

[@YashSante]

I want to see your tiger barb tank 🙏🏼

[@jacquelinemcmillan2793]

I was planning on stripping my 5 ft tank down this weekend moving it and changin scape but nope my angels decided to spawn again a load of wigglers in the tank and another fry tsnk with 2 week old angel fry they gave me before. Wish i could snip the anubias leaf off with wigglers still on and put them in fry tank but im not sure if tiny 2 week old angel fry would eat the new fry when there free swimming?

[@antonycharlton101]

What pool filter sand do you use? We're looking at capping our aquasoil with it but not sure what grade or brand to go with.

[@matthewwilliams1021]

MD where did you get the round rocks from I’ve been looking in my local Maidenhead aquatics but no sign on them 🙄

[@roberthodgson6803]

Where do you get your filter pickup and outlet from mate I can't seam too find them in any aquatics centers .

[@stringer1818]

they are so easy to breed

[@Chardymc]

24 hour lice stream of mds smooth rock please 😂

[@adelinawarriner6259]

the rhizomes on the java Fern and bolbitis I got last were are brown :/ (USA) wish I could find quality like that, that isnt covered in snails and other pests

[@ashamane]

Same. I have pond snails now from Buceplant. Lots of amazing buce but yeah. Definitely snail infested, and not even ramshorns. Pest snails. Fortunately they are dying off a bit, but I may need a snail trap and give it to the LFS for puffer food if they'll even take them lol.

[@veltain]

i thought bristlenose need driftwood since they rasp on the wood for digestion, rather than just for food?

[@Neptuno22no]

im helping a friend set up her first tank soon! what kind of fish and aquascape style should we go for? :D might also look into shrimp and snails!!

[@Ranger-sl3qq]

Swordtails are a great easy starter fish! I love black ruby barbs too. Very hardy and beautiful

[@Neptuno22no]

@@Ranger-sl3qq black ruby barbs are super pretty! thats a really good choice i think she would really like those! :) thankyou

[@tehlokhao7025]

if i were you i wld do guppies. come in alot of variety great community fish in my opinion so fits a begineer who maybe would want to try getting new fish after awhile

[@brockn7878]

Or why not bag the nutrients for the diggers tanks?

[@CrowBlackHat-po8ni]

Hi MD i have been following you for a couple of weeks you doing great work 👍 i have one question if you can help me with it my male betta fiah i dont know why but he cant swim he juat stay at the bottom of the tank and he is skinny i get it few days ago and i was wondering what is wrong with him he juat get up to get air and sink again and he have bad time swimming up to gt air please if you can help me and thanks

[@MichaelJohnson-ko2wn]

I noticed you use white paper towels. As much as we all hate the crappy brown industrial paper towels at restaurants (because they are awful), in your tank builds might be the perfect place to use them. Hopefully cheaper and easier to hide the brown towels, than the white. As they also aren't bleached and have no dyes.