The Ecosystem Bowl: * 2 Month Update * (Insane Growth!!)

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[@sazidahammed7590]

Make a tank only densa plant

[@Venomousbeardy]

I’ve been watching your videos lately and I have a question. What type of glue do you use to glue the plants down an how long do you let it dry before putting it in the tank?

[@SilverwingStudios]

HOW can I get a giant fishbowl? The link doesn't go anywhere! :(

[@cocotte9104]

Fun fact : the "mini" water lettuces are actually exactly the same plant as the big ones, they just grow smaller because there's less light and nutrients in aquariums. If you pick a very big water lettuce and keep it in an aquarium, it will start producing smaller ones, and those smaller ones will produce even smaller ones, until eventually you're left with tiny water lettuces. So it's not a different species or a dwarf variety, it's just the same plant. They also can't live in aquariums with a lid because they suffer from too much humidity in the air and just rot.

[@capuchinosofia4771]

Super cool to know, thanks for sharing!

[@macbook802]

What if the lid is vented? On an 18x18x18 cube a 2 in hole?

[@AG-wf4mu]

On the brink half a mill - that’s one hell of a milestone in such a short time, providing some element of peace for everyone one aquarium at a time 👍👏

[@nathanvarghese.]

Wow, didn’t even notice that. Honestly he deserves much more.

[@forgxtnsoulx8450]

what tank size is it??

[@remhk6672]

I like your philosophy of self-sustainable aquascaping. Creating mini ecosystems and allowing natural growth to occur with minimal interference. You continue to inspire me and motivate me to create such setups. No frills and no pretentiousness with you whatsoever. I'm glad to support you brother!

[@smplantedtanks8869]

There really is something charming about your "overgrown" tanks!

[@jayparker96]

i just want to thank you so much for your content.. u inspire so many of us in the hobby

[@ma.isabelperez2104]

Trueeee 🥺🥺🥺

[@Geezman1977]

You've inspired me with this to have a Fish Bowl too. It is about 2 months, with Guppies and pond snails and loads of Cabomba and 1 floating Frogbit and some Malaysian bogwood. The Guppy parents have both regretfully passed (they jumped out and dried!) but not before leaving behind wee guppy babies. Had to trim the bowl 3 times now. The greens grow a riot! All i did was do 20% water change (and turkey basted out the solid wastes) weekly. Loving it so far.

[@pinkdream5361]

It’s decided. I’m about to go watch every single one of your videos. Thank you for your content holy moly

[@rhyssutherland149]

Love the moss in the rainbow tank. Would be cool if you did a Scape with just sand then wood intertwined everywhere covered in moss just like that.

[@77slate]

MD is the moss whisper 🤣

[@navancognac3227]

What kind of moss is that?

[@77slate]

@@navancognac3227 weeping moss

[@philcarlino6942]

MD, you should try a siesta period on your ecosystem tank as set out by Diana Walstad. The idea is that your plants use up all the CO2 after the lights come on after a long off period, then for the rest of the time the lights are on they are not growing as optimally because of the lack of CO2. Algae can grow with no CO2 but plants cannot. (All tanks have CO2 even if you're not injecting it.) The siesta allows the tank time to regenerate its CO2. It's suggested to have a blackout period of 4 hours or so in between your light schedule. For example, you could do 6 hours in the morning-4 hours off-6 hours in the evening. Or 4 hours morning-4 hours off-6 hours evening. Something like that. This also helps so you can enjoy the fish when you're home. If you're away from work all day you can set your tank to be on in the morning, off while you're at work, then on when you come home. In my own experience with trying this in my ecosystem tanks I have noticed no algae and healthy plant growth, even seeing pearling from my plants. All my other low tech tanks do not do this. It has to be from utilizing the siesta. Worth an experiment on your end. Thanks for reading my rambles, take care.

[@AccessibleCruises]

That's very interesting. Thank-you for all the details. I'm going to give it a try. @MDfishtanks that would be a fun experiment to watch you do.

[@philcarlino6942]

@@AccessibleCruises Yeah no problem, I've really enjoyed experimenting with it, and will definitely incorporate it into all my future builds.

[@danielledavenport9907]

The purple flower and rainbow fish are beautiful 🌈

[@dansaquaticplantsandtanks7482]

Hi MD it's Dwarf water lettuce (Pistia Stratiotes) Used to grow loads of it in my outdoor summer tub I put shrimp and cloud white mountain minnows out there they loved it You should try that one day in the summer do like a out door tub for those who do that

[@thewalters694]

MD, I'm not Sure if you are reading this, but if you are, I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy watching your videos. I hope you and your family are well.

[@dazzac2708]

I always learn something new watching MD. By far the most accessible (normal person!) aquascaper on KZbin.

[@aroidaddiction]

Well I wouldn't say it's normal to be sponsored by api or other brands funding your builds

[@Pierce.h.]

Hey buddy, Your video kind of popped up on my feed randomly so i gave it a shot. After watching several hours of your videos, i got to say that this/you calm my mind. I could have watched more but had to head to bed. The shrimp tank just tipped my thought to make one for myself. Thank you very much for sharing and being authentic about this. Keep it up!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@tropicalfruit4571]

Damn, this is pretty interesting. I used to have some fish back in the day but the constant water changes and cleaning were so annoying that at some point when the fish passed away I just hid the aquarium away. Not to mention the cost, this is quite a lot of water to change out per month. This is not only very interesting but also eliminates all of my problems I had with my aquarium... When I move out of my current cage, I might actually revisit having fish, this is looking great apart from just... growing everywhere but hey, a trim is not as annoying as water change and tank cleaning.

[@Ausiekid]

Hey MD you should do a build where all the fish are from your native country!! PS everything looking so good hope you can get some more discus again

[@ollielloydjones5774]

he’s from the Uk so they’re going to be pretty dull (i’m also UK)

[@DaffCookie]

And big....

[@shannond5203]

Those aquariums are breathtaking. Wonderful work!

[@bowie.90]

I really want to make a betta ecosystem tank. It was the chore of water changes that kept me from getting another one, and I miss having a little guy around

[@DaffCookie]

My nano tank is 3 weeks old too and suddenly got loads of that thread stuff, it's like spiders web all over. Waters good so ordered some floating plants as my light is like a mini sun :o

[@nancypatterson374]

Sure wish I could do a bowl tank that looked like yours, it’s beautiful and doesn’t take up a lot of space!

[@noahloop2105]

pls do an update on the ecosystem tank with the predators! love the work

[@dallaslinnett1918]

i absolutely love your dedication. now i have a 70L shrimp tank, 65L shrimp tank, 16L shrimp tank and a 1200L angel tank with bamboo shrimp

[@DieDannii]

The BowlVideo is THE video that brings me to your Chanel :) Since than.. i love it sooo mutch *-* but i never thought it was only since 2 Month i've found you ^^ It feels like 6 Months or so ^^

[@madmommiem5214]

Question: If the water lettuce roots grow so long down into the sand & gravel mix so quickly, why didn't you trim the roots back on the few that you did return back into the bowl?

[@shesellsfish]

So close to 1/2 a million...next stop 1 million subscribers. Whoot whoot! Love seeing these tanks how they're progressing. 👍❤👍

[@SmokeyPhil123]

It is so pleasant to escape with you... You made me stop watching the news right now, which is very upsetting. Again showing us how beautiful these little water worlds are. Thanks little Aquaman ;)

[@terrificterrariums3201]

I was waiting for this update for some time , awesome video!

[@colleenew3351]

Wooow!!! New subscriber here, my son-in-law sent me the link.. I've had fish tanks for years, recently I had to quick due to shoulder issues. I am loving these tanks a whole lot, no frequent water change is a dream. Especially love them for the plants, I love plants . I would definitely love to own one. Truly amazing!!! 👍👍

[@maryglover8283]

Lovely❤” I love what you’ve done to the place”🤣

[@carolebraswell982]

I loved this video, I always learn so much! And the plant that is flowering coming out of the top of the cherry barb tank is spectacular!!! 😍

[@victoriaandrzejewski4132]

What was the purple plant growing out of the top? It’s beautiful

[@GBLecci]

I really like your kids drawings framed at wall, it's really nice haha

[@candic1432]

Thank you for the updates. Your tanks are gorgeous and motivating!!! ❤️ 🐟 🌱

[@NaturalBiotopes]

I love watching your videos, they are very interesting.

[@mollya4600]

Thanks for all your helpful tips! So glad to see everything going well with minor fixes! :)

[@dr-k1667]

Another great video and some bowl and tank maintenance. I wonder how man shrimp are in your studio now?! Thanks MD.

[@jesperdahl6324]

Once again they looks AMAZING

[@nathanvarghese.]

How are your dwarf lettuce so healthy?! They have such long and thick roots!! Mine are struggling.

[@lumleymike]

Absolutely love your content, you set the benchmark !!!

[@CurlyCat3]

awesome video!!! i would love so see a video of you feeding all your fish or even letting them try new foods!!!! or seeing how they react to mirrors ☺️

[@leesapollo]

Another great video. I added my first cheery shrimp to their tank tonight. Planted you with some ramshorn snails for buddies. Let’s see how they get on overnight 😅

[@rebeccawallent]

Oh man I love mini water lettuce, it's my favorite floating plant by far they loom pretty on top and all the fish adore those long roots (pain for me but lol)

[@halfcaf1105]

When my shrimp tanks get the harder glass algae I do continue to scrape it but I do not remove it. I let it fall to the floor and they pile on it and devour it. I do SOMETIMES remove the algae and mix it into a duckweed mash that I bake and crumble into my tanks. They eat it up.

[@vincentruppert5528]

I love pearl weed. I can find it in the ponds in Florida. I once had a tank that was a pearl weed carpet with the back pearl weed growing tall and it was beautiful

[@theresaabshire711]

Love your videos ~ Always so excited when I see them posted !

[@aura-floats304]

Get a wild betta from Franks bettas, they look sooo beautiful and they get older also. Great for a shallow backwater tank with loads of plants

[@jackdyet2902]

Sorry to chip in but I do not think those are planaria but in fact Rhabdocoella, a planarian but aren’t harmful and only stay the same size as the ones you showed! They’re in one of my shrimp tanks and really help with waste matter🙃. Love the growth in this channel over the past year! Ps: I NEED more Medaka!

[@teenagescaper6753]

Love the vid, would love to see a set up for peacock gudeons, great nano fish

[@BH-ul3pn]

Hobby Lobby has the exact same bowl!! Bought it!! Cant wait!! Thankuu👍💜

[@itslukkeee]

Rainbowfish tank is absolutely stunning, thats what I am most excited for

[@BusinessButlers]

Forgive me for this probably naive question, but is the water lettuce edible? I like mini greens and living on my own even a few leaves can make the difference to a human meal (as opposed to one for shrimp or fish lol). If so, are the roots edible as well as the leaves? It would be great if the hydroponic nature of the tanks could yield an edible harvest of sorts. Are there any other aquascape plants that are edible please?

[@treyjasso]

what kind of attachment is on the end of your hose to fill the tank?

[@legendlax5853]

Can you please make a saltwater aquarium please please

[@podboq2]

Every tank you’ve got is worth viewing on its own - have you ever considered using a camera on a motorized rail to film them? Might be a channel all its own. Just relaxing aquascapes…

[@CaptainofmyShed]

Beautiful work MD. Can these aquariums be placed in natural light? Or are they best placed in a dark room where you control the lighting?

[@sneath5142]

Keep up the amazing videos/scapes MD I look forward to when you post!

[@vivekvs1992]

I have the regular water lettuce..the giant gaurami love to munch on them... And I have switched over to red root floaters for my aquarium tanks..

[@vikingaquarium8570]

Beautiful tanks! Thanks for the update!

[@Kiewmoan]

I absolutely love that bowl!! Keep up the good work!!!!

[@taye2427]

What is the plant that grew out of water with the purple flowers?

[@brendanmurphy3571]

Do you need a filter in a tank like this? What makes the water so clear? I’d love to try doing something like this but I don’t even know where to begin :)

[@stoneysscapes7544]

12 + for me seems to do the trick and my Otto's get a little extra Algae 💙💚 The Rainbow tank MD ,what is that moss Spikey ? Hope you are doing Great and your Family too 🐢

[@JVVivarium]

Absolutely love the content you create !

[@brendanm6360]

Great content mate. Very interesting to watch

[@rachelschildman2327]

Once again you are reminding me that I need to trim up my bowl ecosystem…. 🤣😂🤣

[@ahjo9040]

more more more on the shrimp bowl please !!!!! im curious on how its doing !!?!

[@jacobsayles3867]

lets goo 500k just around the corner

[@rayp4008]

Might consider a calcium tab (white stone) just to keep those shrimps happy and healthy.

[@michaelarce633]

Maaaan these are some BUSSIN tanks.

[@bilalabdelkarimder4.vomdri376]

You need to build a bonsai aquarium

[@notflamz6931]

do a short tank next 10 inches height

[@mynala110]

I’ve hear that bowls are bad for fish because of the distortion cause by the curved glass. Is that true?

[@rudolfbergert4604]

QUESTION: Is there enough oxygen in such bowls OR is it maybe necessary to stir up the water regularly to bring some oxygen into it ??

[@joeyr184]

The plants release the oxygen.

[@quasoul10]

Love from nepal bro ❤️🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@dennistucker2138]

What made you decide on freshwater tanks instead of saltwater tanks?

[@rebeccawallent]

I've always been told to still look monthly water changes to refresh the nutrients for plants, is that not actually needed?

[@83Goldy]

Beautiful. I love it! Hi. I hope you are ok. You looks tired, your eyes can tell.

[@debrasuechenault9406]

Where do you get your plants, gravel, rocks, etc?

[@Mrniceguy2209]

Hey MD! Noticed you never have protein film on your surface water of any tank! Both my nanos have it and I wondered how you always avoid that?

[@slxnova8106]

You ever figure this out? I read it's not good for your animals

[@Mrniceguy2209]

@@slxnova8106 Yeah, turns out I used too much of and didn't properly seal the nutrient rich substrate with something like sand.

[@slxnova8106]

@@Mrniceguy2209 so I refilled my tank 4 times and my neo shrimp ending up dying... This time I decided not to use sand and just used gravel with dirt in between two layers of gravel. I will have an oily film on top of my water. I read it's from water not moving on the top but with no filter how can I make it move? Do I not have enough plants in it or something I'm confused

[@Mrniceguy2209]

@@slxnova8106 I got a surface skimmer filter which helped but it didn't stop it. I had mine 4 years and it never went away no matter what I did. Apparently it's due to excess proteins in the water, usually from your substrate. Harmless but ugly. On my new tank I used a thin layer of nutrient substrate and a thick layer of sand and I've had no problems since. I'd advise starting again my dude.

[@slxnova8106]

@@Mrniceguy2209 where can a filter go on a bowl though? My whole plan was no filter no water change but idk what I'm doing wrong... I'm not using sand because that was just terrible in my experience... If I start over what do I do differently? I have 3 Java ferns sword, 3 anubias and a tropical fern.. They all turning black but I believe they are melting since I just bought them from the store and they feel strong not breaking off when I pull... I've tested the water plenty of times with test strips and seems fine. What do you suggest?

[@vesawuoristo4162]

Your tanks are doing better than the Earth

[@apss5736]

looks beautiful. btw would you do a 4 foot with a convict cichlid pair, some epiphytes and lots of wood

[@anuprai4567]

MD you should shoot Time lapse of Ecosystem Bowl.we can see something cool.

[@nategordon3946]

I'm thinking of making my first ecosystem tank but what type of fish can go in it? Tropical? Temperate? Coldwater? I'm a complete beginner so sorry if it's a stupid question.

[@77slate]

It depends on the temperature of the water, you may need a heater for tropical fish depending on how warm your room the tank will be in. Tropical is generally between 25c to 27c but can vary on the fish. Shortlist some fish first that would be suitable for your tank size /or if mixing fish ones that are compatible and then research what temps you need from there.

[@nategordon3946]

Nice one! Thanks for the help

[@KimberleyEdwardsfacecakes]

I am inspired to try to create my own ❤

[@chrislaw6231]

Have you considered a salt water tank? Or too much bother with water changes etc?

[@kasieb970]

I'm a bit upset with this whole tank. (not at you) but at myself. I've done everything I can think of and my shrimp keep dying. I've check GH, KH, ammonia levels, nitrites nitrates, chlorine levels. PLEASE HELP someone. I dont know what I'm doing wrong.

[@andiarshavin9948]

Can you provide more info about this tank? About the water change frequency, lightning hours, etc

[@kellyanns738]

What products does he use? Soul for example

[@LR-jl7rp]

@MD Fish Tanks, mate seriously, your online merch store is not delivering my orders. I have made 3 orders over 3 months for t-shirts and hoodies, and nothing has arrived. You need to sort this out!

[@0900McShizzle]

New subscriber here 👋 I love how you’ve turned aquariums into art, can’t wait to own one. Quick question: do you need to replace the fish after a while or do they reproduce and keep the population going?

[@john-ht6cc]

watching your video`s is so relaxing thank you

[@TRHardware]

So you do not clean the glass from insider at all?

[@jaw707]

So cool !!

[@victoriahilson1290]

Why don’t you have biofilm on the surface? With no surface agitation

[@LegendaryMom]

So how long will these ecosystem aquariums last?

[@Terra-Acquarioofficial]

Hello Can you recommend a nitrogen and phosphorus based fertilizer?

[@macbook802]

Can this same plant system be isolated to the corner of a tank. For instance an 18" cube tank with a 9x9" corner of similar foliage. And the rest of the tank is open water or other decor? Also is your lighting providing UV properties? All of my house lighting is Phillips Hue and I was hoping to custom set a Hue rope light in a custom lid. Will it work?

[@michaellomax26]

Hi md great video as always what size all pond solutions light will fit a 30 cm cube cheers pal.

[@akfirefly1]

hi. I have just done one of these following your video. do I need to put fertilizer in for the plants? plus it's no heater no light and hopefully no water change 😬. any advice would be appreciated