Medium Tech & Budget Guppy Nature Aquarium (Full Tutorial)

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[@johnwright6139]

Low on wood ... Then you go to a shelf with more wood than my three local stores combined !!! Always fun - thanks.

[@odd830]

"I am currently a bit low on wood," proceeds to walk over to giant shelves of wood

[@silash.5535]

My thought exactly 😂😂 I'm so jealous

[@Squarebear_]

My grandpa recently died and my family is trying to get her a pet so she won’t be too lonely and we decided on fish but my family got a .5 gallon tank and a betta with one plant so I had to give them some pointers and told them to come look at your channel for how to do a proper tank without water changes

[@dawidjk]

So sorry for your loss, I know it’s a hard time for everyone in the family. You’re doing a really beautiful thing. For a tank without water changes, you generally need a bunch of plants (tldr - fish produce waste, bacteria convert waste to plant food, plants consume what was previously “waste”). You just need to come in and trim the plants once in a while (ie once a month or so?). You’ll also need to refill water into the tank every week or two (it evaporates). Make sure you have a light to let the plants grow, you want it on for about 8 hours a day (I keep mine on a smart plug that just auto turns on/off). I’m not sure if 0.5g was a typo, but a betta would be happiest in a 5 gallon tank. Hope this gives you a good primer of what to look for in MD’s videos!

[@Ren_1986]

Sorry for your loss but this isnt a good idea with a beta

[@jordanbeagle5779]

0.5 gallon is cruelty. Needs 3+ gallon minimum.

[@csharpe5787]

@@jordanbeagle5779 he said a 5 gallon tank, not a .5

[@ReginaK2]

Bettas are lovely pets. They are personable and give you some of the peace that they seem to have.

[@xxsid1979xx]

I don't know why I'm so attached to guppies but I am, and you just made the perfect home for them. Can't wait for updates about babies!

[@artandgrow9240]

me too!!! i love my lil guppy and endlers the best :)

[@WarrenFahyAuthor]

My GOD, Man! You can't deny you make a beautiful aquarium. (Every time!)

[@kristyburton3519]

MD I have a Suggestion: Talking about budget etc is great however I’ve watched your videos for a long time and as you admit you like to end up with a finished product straight away however for a lot of us this isn’t the achievable straight away, would you ever do a budget project based on A more realistic budget for plants etc and grow it out as we the poor growers would do at home 😂

[@stephanies9689]

Maybe a 5 plant species challenge? That way, he can pack it like he'd prefer for the views, but it's something you could cultivate at home over a period of months on a budget

[@trixie1636]

Hahahah yessssss I feel this. I’m buying things as I go and I feel so dumb when I watch these videos like “whoops! Was meant to do it all at once eh?” Currently cycling new 20 gallon so I can transfer some fish into a bigger tank, has the substrate, some water lettuce, a tiger lotus from the small tank and two pieces of driftwood that refused to sink 😒 I boiled and soaked them for hoursssss the other day, but let them dry out because I got distracted with other things… and now they won’t sink! One is being held down by a water glass 😂 and the other is just floating around the top. 🙄 so it’s not ready for the fish but they neeeddd to move because they were babies that grew up and are now crowded. Have a cart open for new plants and haven’t pulled the trigger yet cus I’m comparing prices…and I’m still researching stones and if seiryu stone is gonna kill my parameters or not. 😅 so yeah……. That is a great idea lol “how to half ass a tank setup over a months time” 🤣

[@kristyburton3519]

@@trixie1636yes! Exactly this! I’d love to see MD go to the shop and buy 1 pack of pearl weed, 1 anubias, 1 java fern and maybe 2 different stem plants. Then he can build them from that and do what we have to do by cultivating 😂 I’m a poor fish keeper and even after 6 months my tank looks sh!t still 😂 give me a year and it’ll be awesome!

[@thekitchencoven8374]

​@@trixie1636 glue a rock onto it or screw a heavy screw into it & stick it in the substrate. That's what I did 😂

[@trixie1636]

@@thekitchencoven8374 they finally settled, I crammed them into the substrate and the glass trick worked! I had one final piece I ended up taking out cus it was obnoxiously buoyant. It’s been in a pot soaking and is finally settling.

[@carolebraswell982]

Loved the ease of the style of this tank... and the guppies have a blue or purple color on screen, just beautiful. They remind me of a guppy called mosaic.

[@cking8776]

🎄MD & Matt: May you & your families have a lovely, joyful Christmas & Happy New Year. Your content ROCKS...plants, fishes, woods, substrates, filters, lights, tanks, etc.!!!! 👍💯👍

[@pink_alchemist]

i don't care what anyone says, as you mentioned someone says your stuff all looks the same. It doesn't! I notice the differences even in "similar" style ones. You manage to make them all uniquely interesting.

[@stephencox6012]

Our guppies love a good flow. They go into it on purpose. Its good exercise for them.

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

Yep! And if they don't like it, there's plenty of space to move away from the flow. We often overfeed fish in this hobby, and a bit of exercise and less feeding will prolong their lives by quite a bit!

[@ivanaranas3235]

Those are beautiful Mosaic Guppies. Another amazing tank setup.

[@markhamilton2329]

Another aquatic masterpiece by your talented self.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

I've HONESTLY got no more room for another tank - I'd love to - but being an artist I've got my art ALL over our house! Can't even use our dining table anymore! I'm going to send you some that you might like - it's all water proof - to maybe hand or put behind your tanks xxx

[@melissadalke6548]

Always a good morning if I have a MD video with my cup of tea 🇨🇦

[@pagewhite61]

I love it MD, well done! It looks fantastic, I love the plant selection. The wood and rocks look so natural, it really does look like it’s been there forever. Thanks for the video.

[@Fingle_Fleetfoot]

Lovely tank again 🤠Something I would mention but only because it triggers myself, The strata on the rock went in lots of different directions. To my eye I would have preferred if you had lined up the strata so it looks like one solid piece of bedrock. All the same it was a great overall finish and this is not a criticism but a point made for some consideration or discussion. Keep up the good work.

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

He mentions it though. He just doesn't care. Neither do I!

[@Scaperoot79]

Back to the basics, I love it!

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

Exactly. Much more relatable to the majority of people!

[@Chinco_NL]

You make it look so, sooo easy. But that's your talent showing, bc it's definitely not easy to make it work like you do. Thanks, MD!

[@maureenk-farmhousecharms903]

What a great tank build and those guppies are beautiful!!

[@flamingadventures4200]

Tank looks AMAZING. I wanna replicate it sooo bad

[@christyjuranic-hw2zs]

I do love your giant spectacular tank builds but I love love love these builds because these I can aspire to.

[@tylerjohnson0003]

Build video woohoo!!! I'm so excited got my coffee tanks all fed time to sit and enjoy lol

[@lindakochan774]

I love the scape in fact I have loved every one you have done. Have a very merry Christmas MD.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

You could be a land scape gardner you love plants so much!!! Haha

[@belafishhobby]

Loving your content all the way from Johannesburg South Africa

[@The1BlackKrow]

That turned out beautifully. Excellent job.

[@homefishmedia]

the environment so clean and beautify suitable for them to living

[@dzonz4274]

Every time I was a md video I think "what a beautiful hard scape.... Aaannnddd it's gone" 😂😂

[@MDFishTanks]

🤣 harscape is for plants to attach to...I won't have it any other way haha

[@danielholmkristensen365]

One of the best videos you have made. Good inspiration

[@taylorhale1035]

I think i heard a shoutout to my “cowboy western” idea! Lol hope that’s on the docket for the near future. 😉

[@henrybonner8388]

i would love to see him do this with just a regular tank you can get at the pet store not the scaping ones. love what he does and thoroughly enjoy watching though.

[@Sophia1991sd]

this setup looks absolutely amazing😍😍

[@xPapio]

mid-tech, woo best of both worlds

[@yashtapase3821]

Im gonna do this this type of scape to my rainbows ❤😂

[@chrisweston3029]

Should try get your hands on some of the nano rainbow fish. There’re incredible for colour and really active. Done my 90 litre tank with them and based it on an old angelfish scape you done a few years back and it’s amazing. Or so I think 🤣

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

I bet it really is amazing!

[@angiebear8727]

I think lava rock would look good, work just as well for a retaining wall, and can be a more budget friendly option for some if bought for fire pits or something of the sort. Beautiful build.

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

In my experience, Lava Rock also makes a great anchor for epiphytes, as they connect to all the little indents and holes quite rapidly. It is also a good base for beneficial bacteria.

[@angiebear8727]

@@Krishnath.Dragon absolutely 👍

[@littlemidwestrebornsdolls]

I always love your tank builds. Truly wish I could just hire you to do a tank for me. I'm not at all currently happy with my tank. I'm redoing the entire thing. Thanks for the inspiration. Gina

[@tinchytarantula]

Yes another great build by the man himself Mr MD

[@RickVerzijden]

cool to see the plants you are using are from aquafleur, i used to work there a couple months ago

[@tw1stymint]

'"I am currently a little bit low on wood" cuts to two whole racking systems full of wood. Jokes aside though I only discovered your videos about a month ago and I have to say I'm a huge fan of how you get your scapes to look with how the plants and hardscape tend to tie together extremely well. I've caught up on all your videos already though and am halfway through matt"s so keep up the good work.

[@vanessacassidy6846]

Love this tank its very authentic looking. The fish are beautiful. Do your angels have enough swim room with all those plants 😂

[@adeptusmagi]

Good one Ive been using superfish products for a few years now and they are the best value for plant lights that actually work the only problem ive found is life span but if you dial them back to 80% or lower with the controler they sell this greatly improves lifespan and the lights produce more than enough PAR to grow almost all plants even at 80% plus less algae problems basically LED lifespan is greatly effected by heat generated but since the heat curve is expotential even a 10% reduction in power can double the lifespan of the LEDs the retroled tubes superfish make are more affected by heat (being sealed in glass so no heat dissipation) than the scaperled i think but time will tell anyway cant recommend Superfish lights highly enough very underrated IMHO they even give you a PAR rateing which many manufacturers seem to not want to give out oh sorry but i think your female guppies look more colourfull mainly because the males are a bit drab try magenta x snakeskin or lace strains if you really want bright coloured fish

[@MDFishTanks]

strange, I've had them for about 3 years now and never had a single LED go out??

[@adeptusmagi]

@@MDFishTanks Ive had the RetroLEds for about 4 years now and although no LEDs have blown 3 or more of the center ones in each tube now have a delay effect on lights off a sign of a problem developing but as i said they are now on the controler so life span should be greatly improved but im changing over to scaperleds anyway as one scaperled is equivilent to about 3 of the retroleds so declutters top of tank very pleased with scapperled and led controler and at the less than half the price of other makes where i am in Europe

[@fredlysmoothgrass5534]

I love your videos love the content just love how you keep everything so dang neat and tidy .......I know your busy but water those dang plants ubove the tanks near the ceiling it sticks out so much lololol

[@markzig1429]

I have guppies like that. I think they are called Purple Dragon Mosaic Guppies. Also, if you ever get the chance to get some Kamaka Rainbow fish, I would suggest those. They are my favorite rainbow fish.

[@rickbooher8224]

MD and Matt may you both and your Families have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I really like the aqua scape. I had a 33 gallon long once with nothing but guppies and live plants had several varieties the produces some very interesting colored babies. The biggest problem with guppies they are so prolific so I put a smaller cichlid to predate upon the babies but I grew so fast it go big so fast it begin eating the mature adults. I know that a cichlid was a bad choice but it solved the over population rather quickly had to move the cichlid before it ate them all. But it wasn't long and the guppy tank became over populated again. But this time I saved the best color and shape and culled the as live fish food for my other tanks. And having live plants in all my tanks some of the culled guppies survived to adulthood. And glad some did as they grew up to be beautiful fish so I would return them to the guppy tank as they deserve to keep their genetics going thorough survival of the fittest. Actually it provided stronger babies genetics I believe. Sold a lot of beautiful males as trade offs at my local fish store at the time for store credit, merchandise and other new fish. I did that with other fish as well over time it keep my hobby going and growing without spending much money. I didn't make a lot but had a lot of fun and learned a lot. I truly like watch you channel it reminds me of those days. Had to move so took down all my ranks with the hope of reseting them back up so put in a temporary storage that ended up getting broken into and they took all my stuff including all the aquariums. But watching you channel has give me the urge to try again after 30 years without major tanks. I kept Betta tanks for my kids but they have all growed up and thinking of one large community tank. And watching you and Matt has caused me to want to step back into the hobby again. So many new things and techniques it getting over whelming and the varieties of aquatic creatures makes it hard to decide which way to go.

[@CamsAquatics]

Great video as always, Love the tank. Happy Holidays.

[@jjhanabal]

I like the way you set up you aquwarum nice one we'll done

[@Madsolav83]

How is the aqua soil your using on lowring ph. Im using tropicas and struggling with heavy loss of ph every week

[@MandyJane123700]

I have got to get some hygrophila pinnatifida for my two epiphyte tanks. It looks so good.

[@madhatterjones4781]

Medium tech I'd the way to go more options for plants

[@stephanieshaw8048]

Hey MD! I stumbled across your channel about 6 months ago. I love watching all your videos. Have you thought of doing a planted volcanic albino fish tank? I think that would look really neat. I hope you and Matt and your families have a wonderful holiday!

[@bryanklitzke9723]

I am newer to the channel, but I have been trying to catch up and learn! I am a complete beginner, so please forgive my ignorance. In this set up when there are no plants in the sand, will cleaning of the sand be required to remove waste since plants obviously won't be using it? Especially with no shrimp, cory, etc. Thinking about the Mbuna tank as well. Thanks for the education!

[@AutumnalSpirit]

Love the tank and I love the decorative sand that was used, need to know where I can get it!

[@darrelldrury257]

Hi, another great video thannkyou. A very merry Christmas to you and your family and Matt and his family. Would it be possible to make a short video showing us how you get electricity to your tanks. It is quiet daunting when setting up how to wire up and hide the cables. Cheers. Darrell

[@jessethabarber]

I always call my full planted tank "medium" tech. It's a 20 long with 2 fluval awuasky lights, fluval canister, and a paintball tank set up for co2. Under $500 getting everything on sale.

[@johnpatterson9219]

Wow, this is gorgeous!

[@TapishnuOP_MC]

its a really good scape idea i might try it actually

[@TomDoddy]

Any ideas where hes got the plastic deflector from for the outflow from the filter?

[@shaymaanburkatally3544]

Loving this❤I hope there be video on the 25th too!

[@mhikedelarosa8256]

That guppy strain is called blue dragon guppy.

[@TheDonRomannn]

Get some Channa bleheris. You'll love em!

[@trevsweb]

the super fish kit is amazing just the filter is super not friendly for shrimp which sucks. basically blended a few of my shrimp before i modded it heavily. superfish please fix the intakes!

[@MDFishTanks]

yeah for shrimp, I would add filter sponge over the inlet.

[@danielcopeland2758]

Nice music selection

[@kweenkitten6207]

Those are elephants ear guppies. I used to buy only females all the time 😂 The way you have the wood up like that, it looks like the side of a hiking trail and like trees

[@zodiak2461]

Can you please tell me a bit about your plant storage? How often do you change its water? Is there liquid ferts in the water? Does it have air stone so the water doesn't get stagnant? Can I use saran wrap as a lid for it?

[@linuslindroth9030]

How much work do you need to maintain your tank? What i mean is that you usually say that they need no water changes and ao on, but do you clean them in any way like removing fish feces and so on, or do you just leave it and trim the plants?

[@Marauder99991]

Whoa whoa whoa, when did this become a tank cleaning channel! ;)

[@DieterHuckstedt]

Nice job 👍🏻

[@ramrajgg]

Hi i like your video, thanks for all the information you provide. Just wanted to know as i am in USA and i don't get superfish setup here, so can you suggest any other brand similar to super fish which i can buy it from USA. Thanks

[@shel.b.1090]

Stunning MD xxx❤❤❤

[@Ragloves]

Are the plants here ok for that much seiryu stones? I did my scape inspired by your tank but now I don't know what plants can withstand hard water since seiryu stones tend to increase the hardness of the water

[@varuna1983]

I would like your opinion on something I notice you use rimless tanks Does anything need to be placed under them or can they sit on a table as is?

[@m00nnio]

Great video although I’d love for you to do a genuine ‘budget’ aquascape without using your store of stone and wood.. those pieces you’ve used in your tank would cost as much as the tank bundle itself in my area, and that’s before we’ve got on to the plants and livestock!

[@Sids09]

You should one of the aqua oak slim line tanks

[@lakeshiamills1454]

Hmmm ive got a nice rimless 10 gallon and tons of clippings 😅 plenty of extra rocks and wood too new tank on the way

[@cuwterthanu8087]

we need superfish to ship to the US 😭😭

[@Cowboy01billy]

Do you space heat your studio ? I never see you installing a heater. Thank you

[@Javinomoto]

What do you use to fill the tank without messing up the substrate?

[@lilemmcharles4639]

Question, how high do u put ur water in a rimless tank, and aren’t u worried that the fish would or can jump out?

[@trinitysmate]

14:33 mind me asking the name of the plant with the small round light green leaves, please?

[@xjasm0]

I'm not sure, but perhaps Bacopa monnieri (maybe?)

[@rameazsiddiqui6068]

Your pearlweed phase is back

[@thexnewyorker7284]

Another sweet tank

[@keepingfishiseasy]

i love Guppy Fish 🎉🎉🎉

[@marctimbol8312]

MD, you need to give us an update about these guppies and from your other videos too

[@AhaFishtank]

beautiful tank!

[@jacquelinemcmillan2793]

Hi guys when will yous be going back yo the saltwater set ups?

[@stewste4316]

great as always

[@johnpatterson9219]

Japanese or French Blue Endler Guppies, would also be a great option for a smaller tank.

[@rahuljoshi449]

What kind of filter do you use for such guppy fish tank

[@richardnewton8383]

Lovely tank, but hardly in the medium bracket, at least £50-75 of wood and even more on plants puts it out of many peoples price range? We love what you do but my wife & I feel that you should do a full tank Inc fish for £200 to show it can be done on a budget . . . I challenge you . . . Ps new bought plants, not one's you've been growing on for months.

[@simon9229]

Aquarium keeping is a very expensive hobby, he also talks in the beginning about how there are cheaper options. I get what you’re saying but fish will burn a hole in your pocket 😂

[@KianIsANut]

"I'm a little low on wood" proceeds to go to his two racks of wood (I'm here choosing between 2 random pieces of wood lmao)

[@Marc-qz9sx]

awesome! greetings from germany!

[@chazm9458]

I really wish I had the room to set up another aquarium (I already have 5) for guppies.

[@Yajie_]

This is amazing!

[@theresaabshire711]

MERRY CHRISTMAS !

[@weechong212]

What is the water perimeter for guppies tank?

[@aprilcunningham9997]

how do you get you wood to not make your water brown i love the piece i got but can't get the brown help

[@ronniebiggs4026]

In general you are supposed to soak the boxwood for over a month or so ,I leave main in an outside water butt ….If I am honest on my last two big pieces of wood I left them outside for ages and once in the tank the water was tea coloured every time I did a water change it didn’t really change much although the water I removed was tea coloured ..I eventually lived with it and although I wasn’t really happy I accepted that it looked really natural and something you would see in a wild lake ! So roll on about one year the tank is clear basically with water changes over time and plenty of filter wool and carbon …..don’t rush it or get upset it will sort itself out .😊🇬🇧

[@UNIC81]

Nice setup but i dont like the hang on the back filter very noisy. Once a corydora was stuck in the skeeler and died. But had a nice lichtning. Can you buy the tank and Lightning seperated ?

[@MDFishTanks]

yeah you can...but i've got loads running and none are noisy? trust me, I wouldn't use them if they were 😂. I did recommend to Superfish when at their headquarters last year though that the filter needs a bit of a redesign. I said that even if it increases costs a little, I think it's work it. Get it a bit more stylish like the rest of the design.

[@PredictableEnigma]

Have you ever had the weight of the hardscape cause a crack in the bottom glass of the tank? I know Tanner Serpa Design always puts eggcrate light diffuser under heavy scapes "to distribute the weight evenly so a pressure point doesn't crack the glass" but I noticed you never use anything like that and seem to get on just fine. Maybe it's overly cautious to do that?