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Lot's of you have always asked what my water parameters are....so here you go. I've tested everything available with the equipment in this JBL test kit.
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[@MDFishTanks]

JOIN THE BEHIND THE SCENES CLUB: kzbin.info/door/3uQXzXSPspf2LoGdtYGiHwjoin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot's of you have always asked what my water parameters are....so here you go. I've tested everything available with the equipment in this JBL test kit. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/md_fishtanks/ For business enquiries: [e-mail] Amazing TANKS from: www.aquariums4life.co.uk/ All my plants are from Tropica: www.tropica.com All my hardscape is from Aquarium Gardens: www.aquariumgardens.co.uk/ Items i use regularly: Tropica Aquasoil: US: amzn.to/2JSU4qe UK: amzn.to/34GQsjp Tropica Substrate Powder: UK: amzn.to/2JROmVT Tropica Ferts Premium: amzn.to/2CaTakS Tropica Ferts Specialised: amzn.to/2WLgOxV Tropica Nutrition Capsules: UK amzn.to/36xqMau US amzn.to/2JQSfKp Opti White Nano Tank & Light: amzn.to/2pwuy3h You can buy the bowls i use here: Amazon UK: amzn.to/2Vx73CL Amazon.com: amzn.to/2M4FwFO Gooseneck Clip on lamp (similar as product is now discontinued) Amazon UK amzn.to/2LNat13 Amazon. com amzn.to/2IlwLVA Mini Water Pump: Amazon UK amzn.to/2mjHDez Amazon. com amzn.to/2oAmf5y LED FLoodlights: Amazon UK amzn.to/31KQwgQ Amazon. com amzn.to/359rp9J #plantedtank #aquascape #mdfishtanks PATREON: if you want to support future builds or possible help fund a bigger studio to make more videos, then you can here: www.patreon.com/mdfishtanks

[@AussieAquatic]

Great to see these results!! My water is virtually RO level out of the tap, and plants have nothing to "consume". If I don't feed them, they waste away.

[@Mountain_Aquatics]

If I try to join the behind the scenes club it doesn’t have an option to join?

[@MDFishTanks]

@@Mountain_Aquatics if you are on apple then you need to go into the safari browser whilst logged into into your google account. Apple doesnt allow the join on the YT app because they suck.

[@BlueLighteningGojo]

I’m a member of the MD Club!

[@MDFishTanks]

@@BlueLighteningGojo awesome. Welcome aboard

[@SerpaDesign]

"...make sure you buy a lot of plants, make sure you're enjoying your fish tanks..." 💯 That's the real secret not your water. 😉

[@MDFishTanks]

Thanks for watching to the end Tanner. I know you're a busy guy :)

[@severalracoons9315]

the fact tanner watches other channels that do this sorta stuff makes my heart happy. :)

[@MDFishTanks]

@@severalracoons9315 we all watch each others to be honest. Great for inspiration and ideas for our own setups. We are all learning just like you guys and enjoying every one elses work :)

[@amatohalenda1571]

No way! @SerpaDesign @MD Fish Tanks my two favorite aquascapers! Both so inspiring

[@meaganhammer9025]

I took a 5 year break from planted tanks but I'm making my way back in. I discovered your channel over the weekend and had to stop binge watching your videos for a second to leave a comment. 1. I can't believe all the awesome content on youtube like yours. This didn't exist a few years ago and I love to see new people trying planted tanks. 2. When you start trying to pronounce the Latin plant names and then end in gibberish I laugh out loud EVERY time and 3. How in the world have I NEVER figured out that placing some paper towels in the bottom of the tank prevents mass substrate disturbance?? BRILLIANT. Thank you for all the inspiring content!

[@mikeykany1973]

This is a great video. Been having a nightmare battle with black brush algae for the last 3 months, despite doing everything that is advisable, water changes, having lots of plants, minimal feeding etc. Turns out that here in East Anglia the water is full of phosphate and as hard as 15 GH. Since addressing this by using 50/50% rainwater and tap water algae is now finally disappearing.

[@shaynesin7173]

"im not gonna pretend to be some sort of expert" has like 15 aquariums with like A LOT of plants:)

[@MDFishTanks]

the plants are the experts :D

[@shaynesin7173]

@@MDFishTanks 🤣

[@daxxie1661]

"im not gonna pretend to be some sort of expert" YAS❣️ that's why I love MD

[@MDFishTanks]

...maybe one day haha

[@daxxie1661]

@@MDFishTanks yup, soon!

[@betterthantelevision]

Congrats on 90k, that's what? 10k subs in a month? Good stuff brother, well deserved.

[@MDFishTanks]

Yeah this month. Was 16k last month.

[@FireandDesire]

Thanks for the heads up! We are now going full tilt at aquascaping because of you. But, you hear that all the time!

[@mandyminshull2351]

Really great video. Love your honesty and plain talking. It makes me feel that I’m doing ok with my tank rather than watching some of the pros where sometimes I feel a bit amateur. Cheers 👍🏼🙂

[@MDFishTanks]

I bet they are winging it as well :D

[@mandyminshull2351]

MD Fish Tanks hope that didn’t come across as me implying you are amateur 😱

[@MDFishTanks]

@@mandyminshull2351 I am lol....I just film it all haha

[@alexk8771]

Dam don’t think the wife’s gonna be happy when I say we’re moving just to get magic water, sound a bit jack and the beanstalk 🤣

[@terrywilliams5810]

Great video today , lot's of good info, plus your fun chat . Brill, keep it up. 👏👏👏

[@lauren-ru6tw]

What you said about still being able to grow plants well despite having different water parameters is so true. I live in the South East and we have very hard water, but I've still been very successful with a lot of plants! Especially with the simpler ones you mentioned in the video. If you keep the water clean and pack the tank out with lots of easy-to-grow plants, you can't go wrong.

[@allycat01134]

Wow. That test kit is way more involved than my API master test kit. Interesting! Now I want one. Lol

[@MDFishTanks]

was fun pretending to be a scientist lol

[@-WingedPoet-]

I desire one as well! Makes the API test kit look like a toddler's toy.

[@karlt1987]

Nice tanks. .Keep an eye on the Bamboo shrimp though. When they start feeding from the substrate that usually means they arent getting enough food. I lost a few not long after they started doing this in my tanks.

[@MDFishTanks]

thanks. They are filtering now.

[@AleeshaSattva]

@@MDFishTanks if you put some fry food (it's almost like dust) in the tank once a week it'll feed those bamboo shrimp!

[@MDFishTanks]

@@AleeshaSattva yeah i grind up my fish food between fingers and it goes to dust.

[@wmarian5027]

I use Bacter AE regularly for filter shrimp....but my tank is so much smaller/lower flow...not sure.how to.scale.up the feeding for two Tiny shrimp.in huge tank with river flow.

[@-WingedPoet-]

MD's next way to make money: "MD's Exotics - Magic Water"

[@itschazz8331]

On KZbin I don’t usually laugh out loud but ur comment made me😂

[@77slate]

Class, you managed to turn a nerdy topic into an entertaining vid. So I basically just need to move, no worries I'll start packing 🤣 Big yes to the contrasting scrapes on the big tanks, you'll love chiclids they have so much character. 👍

[@MDFishTanks]

looking forward to it

[@Jack_beginner]

Very fancy "little chemist" suitcase :D This is right movie in right time for me, I set up my tank with water soil and stones and this week I am about buy plants, so I gonna follow your advice

[@nanoreaper5002]

It's harder to fix your hair when you go to other parts of the UK, classic MD. And love your layman definition of water types. I have Hard water because I am on well water.

[@MDFishTanks]

Layman???? I thought this was really involved haha! know what your saying though

[@nanoreaper5002]

@@MDFishTanks Yes but you made it informative without me having to Break out the old University Chemistry Textbook. :)

[@platyadmirer]

Get a nerite snail!! Those guys are AMAZING at keeping all algae at bay. Once I got one I never saw algae in my aquarium again. Only down side is if you get a female then she'll lay eggs everywhere but they won't hatch unless if you have brackish water.

[@jcaqua1736]

Platy Admirer can definitely second this!! Also, those eggs are really tough to get out of nooks and crannies, they’re pretty tough!

[@platyadmirer]

JC Aqua yeah the eggs do seem to get into places you wouldn't think possible. I have a Scarlet temple plant that's super dense but she has been able to even more densely put eggs all over the stem. I have noticed that the eggs seem to be disappearing a bit... Maybe my shrimp are eating them? Idk

[@jcaqua1736]

Platy Admirer oooh you know that’s a good point. I actually haven’t noticed them as much anymore either. Maybe they go through mating cycles where they alternate from putting out loads of eggs to chilling out every few months or so.

[@Platypus_Warrior]

People get crazy with CO2 but you don't your plants to grow as fast as possible, otherwise you have to trim all the time... You want your plants to stay healthy and that's it. And YES the voice you make for the axolotl fits perfectly ;0)

[@-WingedPoet-]

With all these new voices you're doing, you'll be qualified for voice acting in no time! 😉 I love it!

[@lynnbonica4342]

Discus tank looks much better now. U can see all the fish and they have lots more room 2 swim around in. Awesome job! 👍🍄😎✌

[@kwahanui]

That's great my mother's hair is harder to fix in other parts of the country.😁😆 Very scientifically based. I'm going to go with that too. That test was way to fussy so lucky you and where you live.Location, location,location 🙂👍🏼

[@MeYunior]

I'm glad I watched this, I thought we had the same water because I also live in the south of England but my pH is in the 8+ range, so I will have to buffer the water a little specially for breeding, the iron in your water would also boost your plant growth I.e. yellowing. Definitely magic water.

[@Guikrazy]

I’m trying really hard to pay attention to the video topic, but I can’t stop staring at how your eyes look lilac with this lighting. 🙂

[@horticulturist_karlos6908]

Limnophila sessiliflora is a must for any tank. I absolutely love it! And also Anubias. I'd like to see an only Anubias planted scape, there's so many species and varieties, they look great.

[@MDFishTanks]

yeah the simple plants are also the best which is good.

[@AussieAquatic]

Have to agree :)

[@jcaqua1736]

Y’all what am I doing wrong! Every anubias I get dies immediately, yet I can grow other much more difficult plants with ease! I feel like im going crazy lol

[@mann1zee]

Md African cichlids I think like proper hard water. Will u be buffering your soft water with added minerals ? If so I think you should defo show us how u do it as your water is so soft. U r now my new fave channel ! I cant wait to see the tank your kids do

[@milkweeddreams8828]

Great advice here and the proof is in the visuals, amazingly simple and honest...AND beautiful...!

[@ruralliving4034]

Ph of our water out of the tap is 7.4. we live in the North East USA on a 60 meter deep well. Just set up a new tank with plant hope it does as well as yours. Thanks!

[@GoldenAuraAlchemist]

New to your channel, so starting at your oldest and working my way through. I'm so fricken jealous over your water it's not even funny! My water is ridiculously hard. All my plants melted. Even my java fern started to die lol. Finally got the api master kit plus GH/KH test kit. Turns out, all parameters were high but especially KH which was over 200ppm :O So now making attempt 2 at bringing in some live plants after playing science lab and making my own water. Found a countertop RO system from APEC which is perfect for a 2 gallon betta tank. Thanks for what you do! Hoping you teach me some good stuff!

[@matthewsmith22]

Really interesting stuff mate, so many people just stick out videos on low tech tanks but they definitely miss half the story. My water is mega soft similar to yours but with lower pH. I run limestone in all my filters just as a buffer to avoid pH crashes, might be worth thinking about for your goldies 🤔

[@mrstevo32100]

I'm quite lucky to live in Scotland, our water is soft no matter where you live, all that lovely rain we get lol, never had a problem growing plants without CO2 👍

[@aldinviray2970]

I tried learning about KH, PH and all that but said just said the heck with it. Which is why watching your channel is so relatable.

[@MDFishTanks]

yeah just pay attention to what is working and do more of it :)

[@heaven7360]

yeah....I haven't heard why to do KH, etc. readings as yet. ...only what is in the API test kit. In videos I've watched people leave off certain things on subject matter. It's like they don't feel it's as important. When I first got into keeping glass boxes with large amount of water in them...even just 5 gallons..I got to thinking of safety issues. What about aquariums during earthquakes? What about keeping aquariums level? Does foam padding keep aquariums level? Then I thought what about working next to outlets with lots of plugs...and putting a heater right in the water, or lights hanging right over an aquariums? How to keep that safe like with GFCI adapters and which ones to use. These things and all the KH, GH...etc. may mean something very important, however I haven't heard anyone talk about it. Everything I've mentioned as far as safety and practicality/long term keeping of aquariums, keeping fish alive; keeping plants alive all have a lot more to the "science" and people don't find it either necessary or not that productive to present it in videos as far as people choosing to watch their videos on YT.

[@raveG244]

@@heaven7360 It's probably one of the most important water parameters for your fish/shrimp and your plants. In one sentence: The higher your KH, the more CO2 will be buffered (absorbed, taken away) and is not available for your plants and can also make life for your fish/shrimp hard (no pun intended) or impossible.

[@jupekai4601]

I'm up in Scotland and we have nice soft water and my plants always do well and I rarely use ferts and never use CO2. I also have that test kit and love it. I use JBL test strips weekly and if I notice an issue I break out the big kit. Edit: I had a Betta sorority with 15 females in a 120L with lost of tall plants and 2 male Endler guppies that broke up females squaring up to one another. Sadly the girls started dying off after 2 years as Betta are so inbred they don't live as long as they used to. The tank is now a nano community and doing great.

[@namesbinge3073]

Hey, do you dechlorinate the water or just pure out the tap.

[@haitch04]

Rock hard water here in the East of the UK but still plenty of plants and fish that can adapt. I read somewhere you can spend a lifetime adjusting water to suit your inhabitants or a week adjusting your inhabitants to suit your water. Okay this is not strictly true for some species that would never adapt but it's the way I go. Using RO water and forever chasing the correct water parameters is not the way I like to work. Sooner choose the fish/plants that will adapt and there's lots.

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

Hey MD have you ever heard of a Berkey home water filtration system?? My daughter invested in one before this quarantine and It's been making me some magic water 👍😂 thanks for amazing tips..p.s. I know it's basically against the law in the fish keeping community.. but I have a 5 gallon tank with four(I rescued them from my local Big box co)😂 female bettas and two Corys.. I kept it simple and plan to change it,but it's been working for about 8 months and it's a really fun tank to watch! Not to mention how cool it is to see bettas together. I believe you should definitely try it!

[@faedoyle4147]

My request is that the next time the Discus tank needs trimming, make that video and slowly go through the thought process of why your trimming in the way you do. You eye for it is amazing and could help those of us that don’t know what decisions to make during trimming.

[@youssefachouri8800]

11:50 I SAW IT

[@alindifourie1986]

Great video! Helpfull info, thank you so much.

[@chinchou012]

O man was watching your other videos and bammm! New video XDDDD big fan! love your work and videos. ^-^

[@MDFishTanks]

perfect :)

[@chinchou012]

^-^ ❤

[@laraivanovit9554]

Thanks for the video. Congratulations for 90K.

[@stephenvictor3949]

This is my favorite "aquarium" channel on KZbin. I really like your design style and your videos are excellent, informative, entertaining, funny and just well done. Can you let me know what temperature the Discus tank is and also the River tank? Thanks and Enjoy!

[@MDFishTanks]

thanks very much. Discus tank is set to 28 degrees c and the rainbow river is 22 degrees c

[@garydavies9774]

Hi what lighting do you use and I also keep discus on a big scale pretty successfully I may add. I love you scaping ideas and could learn a lot from you. I have 2 Kessle a360x brand new and brilliant but what I didn’t realise when I was programming them that the blue leds were ramped up to high this was leading to unhealthy algae on my plants even though I have C02 being pumped in. I would also like to know what scaping substrate your using I can’t see any during your film demo I’m currently using aqua soil with enhancement"s . Looking forward to hearing from you. Gary from Liverpool

[@UncalBertExcretes]

You got good tap water, here in surrey im getting 7.5ph, nitrate around 30-50ppm it varies day to day. My water is super hard which is good for pH balance and resistance to parameter fluctuations but it means if I did want to alter the pH its going to take alot of product to work. The upside with hard water for scapes means the pH fluctuations are far less in heavily planted setups between day & night when the plants are absorbing, or releasing co2 which can stress some less hardy species of fish and shrimp.

[@MDFishTanks]

yeah sounds like pros and cons to both

[@REscapes]

Your mums hair comment had me laughing 😂 😂

[@PSNeXisTenZ]

When I lived in Cornwall the water was amazing! I’ve moved upto Wiltshire for work and this water is really hard can literally just taste the difference. You don’t want to see the state of the kettle haha!

[@mann1zee]

I live in Wiltshire too, water is bloody liquid rock it's so hard, I struggle like mad with plants

[@PSNeXisTenZ]

Zoe Mann my plants also melt! Thinking about trying RO water set up but who knows. I’m in the bulford area near amesbury

[@naqibjunaidy6782]

however soft water makes it hard to keep some types of shrimp... and then u need to buy some more GH solution to increase the GH value... i wish I had hard water in my area.

[@ludvigsaquariums5801]

This video is brilliant! By the way amazing choice for cichlids (:

[@nsta6408]

I am your subscriber since you were 12k...Top notch creations and your level is way up...keep growing....🍺🍺Cheers

[@sammoss147]

I love your content, so inspiring, could you do one on your filtration please? Seem to be really struggling! 😕

[@g3niusnagat310]

That video is so cool ! A lot of aquascaper can't do something without co2 and you proove it's possible to have incredible aquarium without. Just incredible :O PS : You speak so fast, i think you can rap like eminem ah ah XD

[@MDFishTanks]

haha. Thsanks. I actually slowed down for this video lol

[@TheRealTMar]

I've also got a JBL case! Smaller one though. Makes for easy testing! :)

[@jburtlanders]

bro i love this channel. love your personality

[@MDFishTanks]

thanks Burt

[@dabblingwithbonsai]

You do have a beautiful do. Haha 😂 I love Panchos speech 😍 our dog also has really funny voice... 😶

[@dan27govier]

Nice one Mark, have you got two discus now? South America biotope?

[@nixequestrian3721]

Ooooh, betta sorority would be awesome.... trying to decide what to do with my 215L/55g tank but just can't decide- nano fish, bigger 'statement' fish (quite like EBA, but also love planted tanks so not sure that will work :p ), try blackwater, higher flow fish, heavily planted with tetras or rasboras, single species tank etc.

[@richardportelli1983]

Good strong lighting to help plants grow well including floating plants also along with a good sand or soil substrate goes a very long way. Another thing is a tds meter to gauge how polluted your tank is getting. If I see my tds increasing more than 5 or 10ppm then I know it might be time for a water change. If not then the plants and bacteria are doing the job.

[@MDFishTanks]

ok thanks richard. I'll order one. Any you recommend. Does it need to be expensive or are the cheap ones still good as a rough gauge.

[@richardportelli1983]

@@MDFishTanks just beware of eBay jobs. I have heard most of them are factory rejects. If you get one from a reputable shop or online aquarium retailer then you will be good. Should prob cost you about 10 to 15 pounds. If it's like 3 pounds beware it's likely a fake.

[@MsDragonfire1992]

I'm jealous. I have really hard water here in the west Midlands and my nitrate levels in my TAP water are 50ppm!! So water changes make my tanks worse for the first 2 or 3 days.

[@TheReefIndy]

Keep testing!

[@1LavenderLace]

Our water in San Antonio, Texas is so hard you can stand a spoon up in it! Okay, maybe not ... but it IS the hardest water I’ve ever experienced!

[@charligc8904]

Malawi chiclits would be amazing with all the colours Xx

[@MDFishTanks]

yiiiiis!!!!

[@elementkx]

Dang you and your magic water!!!! LoL. My water iso so bad I cant even grow amazon swords.

[@alecsblayde13]

I love the voices you use for your water pets. Pancho and Timmy. Please do the Ranchu crew and the bettas.

[@cardude5323]

Was always so easy to grow planted tanks when I lived in Cornwall with the soft water. Moved to London. Total nightmare. Water is hard as nails.

[@johnu9198]

Rachel O'Leary has a video on getting rid of cyanobacteria. She adjusted the flow and that corrected it.

[@tomoboyle1573]

Interesting. I live in the North West, think my water is pretty hard. Most plants grow well for me (I have 1 c02 injected tank, 1 low tech) I CANNOT however grow Pinnatafida which drives me mad! its such a pretty plant but it just withers away in my tank, next to species that are supposedly more difficult to grow that are flourishing! No hard and fast rule with these things, like you say, do what works. Great content as ever man.

[@jcaqua1736]

Tom O'Boyle I’m often interested in how plant companies come up with these difficulty ratings. Like you said, there are some plants I have that are considered hard, and yet they grow like weeds in my tank. Yet, any damn anubias plant I get is immediately toast in my aquariums. It’s madness

[@jiminsealbeach4536]

My suggestions for the cichlid tank are either go monochromatic, a tank full of blue cichlids. Or go in the opposite direction and fill it with the most variegated, multicolored fish you can find.

[@matthewnolan2408]

Bamboo shrimp don’t really search for food like that unless they’re really hungry. Maybe add some Bacter AE every once and a while, it’ll feed them and as a bonus you’ll get some bio film growing that they can nibble on. I’m no expert though so if I’m wrong someone let me know.

[@EsoxLVCIVS6776]

I'm in Trowbridge, Wiltshire (S. West) and the water here is so hard that you have to be careful getting into the bath in case you break your legs!

[@davidb7684]

Good morning Mark. I live in South Devon and have almost identical water...good times 👍

[@MDFishTanks]

the holy land :D

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[@jamesbarrett3043]

I love you videos! All your tanks mesmerise me. Really appreciate this video! Thank you!

[@LRBaquatics]

Great video! Nice water! Liquid rock water over here.

[@AquaticJournal]

"Alternatively just move to somewhere with soft water" Well MD do you have any houses for sale in your neighborhood?

[@glap8694]

Im no expert, but using a water distiller would make the water soft enough to be prime quality no matter your location right? Might be worth a thought for some of you who wanna try the soft vs hard water idea. Glad you made this vid MD, i always wondered why your duckweed grows 8 ft long while my crab tanks duckweed has stayed 1cm for the last 2 years

[@Roman-wh8zm]

You are very lucky with your water mine is hard!

[@MDFishTanks]

maybe mix 50 50 with RO?

[@Roman-wh8zm]

@@MDFishTanks Sure, worth a try thx!

[@ohrats731]

Well damn I’ll need one of those test sets to see why my water is so bad 😂

[@berndtwiest4571]

The best test kit is observing. If you test to much, the risk of constantly changing the parameters. When you observe your fish and plants, you now what they need.

[@MDFishTanks]

yeah basically what i do. If somethings going wrong though it's good to know exactly why if it's as simple as a silly high value.

[@berndtwiest4571]

MD Fish Tanks correctly, and not putting any stuff in the tank because your test say it’s to low or to high. Understanding what’s going on. Thanks for your great videos.

[@stephaniesmith5326]

Hello and thank you for your cool channel. I'm wondering if I should take my lava rock out of my filter. My water is too high in GH and KH?

[@nathanaelhall6511]

Can you show us the product you used for Cyanobacteria. I’m curious of other methods as I did a 3 day blackout on one of my tanks with Cyanobacteria and it got rid completely and I haven’t seen it since. I would recommend that over chemicals and plants will be fine for 3 days.

[@MDFishTanks]

Ok thanks mate.

[@JurgenBoes]

god I wish I had room for a tank like your infinite river tank... I really want that one

[@MDFishTanks]

get rid of the TV and sofa haha

[@-WingedPoet-]

I support your decision!

[@pacificnwvisuals6483]

PLEASE do a Neolamprologus similis or multis! You will love them. Shell dwellers are awesome and not many ppl have them!

[@GLP_Aquatics]

Hey MD, did you use the ‘K’ test? I’m low on potassium (I think) tried different fertilisers for a few months each. Seen some improvement but still getting potassium issue.

[@Tobias611]

I wouldn't recommend mixing your own water, you're going to change some parameters every time you do a water change. Fish and plants can deal with parameters that aren't perfect as long as they stay stable (As the King of DIY said: Don't chase numbers). Unless you are on the extreme side of things (Like super soft or super hard). And bamboo shrimp feed off the ground if they haven't got enough stuff floating around in a tank to filter feed. You can feed them spirulina, they'll love that. For a betta sorority, you should probably ask KG Tropicals? Since they are basically the experts in the field lol. And only 10k subs to go! WOO!

[@Tobias611]

@Christopher Walker IIRC the Bettas died to sickness since there was no QT process, mistakes happen. But it's something they've learned from and something MD doesn't have to repeat.

[@MDFishTanks]

It will def be a challenge mate but I have all the testing kit and god knowledge now so I think i can pull it off well.

[@kamilcyk]

This is not such "magic" water for cichlids from Niasa and Tanganyika. Will you change the water into "liquid rock" or will you leave it unchanged? It will be something new for you, I can't wait. 🤗

[@DjPsYcOtIc]

Did that test not include a test for ammonia? I don't think I seen a result for it when you stuck them up on the screen. I would of thought Ammonia would be a standard test to be included in a water test kit, especially for an aquarium. Maybe I missed it, but good video keeps up the good work

[@HeRo-qd6tk]

Good job. You looked like the crazy chemist with your big test kit. 😂😂😂

[@SpiritAquatics]

I think my water is hard but I can also easily grow hairgrass. And do get ciano bacteria (however its spelt) but I don't get any other types of algae. Maybe the wood and aquasoil makes my water soft?

[@basicbaroque]

I'm excited to see the cichlid aquarium! I heard the trick is to overstock and have hard water. Can't say I've tried it. Let us know tips about keeping these fish, if you learn anything cool!

[@lptrevisan]

whats the parametric of the discos water!? but u have co2 inject on discos tank right ...? thks

[@dezign2the9z58]

that's an awesome kit but does it not have the Ammonia test because that one is an important step in the cycling of the tank?

[@lovebug9386]

With a Betta sorority you can also do schooling fish like tetras that can defend themselves better. 😊

[@Mahhkz]

I heard If your filter feeder shrimp is scavenging the substrate that means you need to feed it through the water column.

[@Yabastara]

Love your tank with the discus. You might want a lid on your new cichlids tank 😊

[@typicallyusual6984]

Snails really love hard water though. I keep nerites and when the GH was at 7-8 and they got she’ll damage. When the GH was 10 and above their new shell growth looked much better. They can live through a lot of shell damage, but I think it’s not fair to neglect them just for my plants. So yeah now my plants grow pretty slowly but it’s worth it for my nerites to be happy :)

[@fantasyfanvii4449]

If your wood shrimp is scavenging for food off the bottom of the tank it's probably starving. Try adding some fry food or any other SUPER tiny food in a couple times a week. They'll catch it.

[@marlonallansupetran7120]

Most sites (well Tropica) says s. repens is an easy plant, but so far it's one of the hardest I've tried to grow.

[@rolandtraynor]

Fantastic ,, thank you , just a couple a questions . im planning on using clay peat balls to feed the roots of my plants , have you or anybody used these,, and im planning on just the two Discus in my planted dark water Juwel lido 200 . at the moment it has 30 green neons which are stunning , after much research i want to take on two discus , and seeing as your two have done well ,, im going for it ,,,

[@RF_HAM_RADIO]

I love your tanks ánd video's man keep m coming 🐬

[@TobyCreates]

My water is super mineral rich and anytime I forget to top off a tank or if I make an aqua terrarium, I always get a super nasty mineral crust that is really hard to remove :,(

[@bryanluigi3955]

Hi md how you Doing so i have a question if your Tanks are without a heater its means that they are tanks with cold water? If yes do plant still live? I leave in italy and its cold i wanted to copy one of your Tanks no heater nor filter tank can you please explain me how it works? Thank you md

[@MDFishTanks]

Hi. As long as the room is a good temperature then that's more than enough for plants. If you have tropical fish in the tanks though, you need a heater