My Special Recipe For An AUTOPILOT Aquarium!

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[@AQUAPROS]

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[@psychedelichippocampus6226]

I really appreciate these kind of videos. I take care of 30 goats, 4 horses, 6 dogs, 3 guinea pigs besides my 2 aquariums. Anything that frees me up a little time is great.

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

Exactly. And often times it can also mean it's actually healthier for the fish! Less feeding = less water changes, possibly less algae and healthier fish! That's one for sure. Another could be to setup a food web!

[@asaphhy]

As someone who lives in a small country and city, I envy your life. I love farms and farm animals and the farm life 😢

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

In the beginning doing a super-ton of work helps us learn but yes, over time, we want to scale back on the maintenance...

[@Vincent-kx9ze]

Look at how those rainbow fish. They really did color up. Rummy nose tetras-always perfect! Good recipe. It dovetails with Cory’s mantra about wait-give-your-change-time before trying the next thing.

[@brantonlightcap6599]

Love your outlook on things. I am equally surprised that cork bark still looks great after all that time.

[@AQUAPROS]

Ya its kinda crazy, they do suck up a bunch of water but float I think.... 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ good long term material apparently!

[@kristiemowry3267]

I have started using spot lights which are full spectrum plant lights on my aquariums. I think this looks more natural and mysterious. The fish seem to be more comfortable with shadows to swim in when they want to also. My plants have adjusted to this situation, and it does cut down on algae growth if it is a problem.

[@user-rk3ue9wz8l]

Out of the 10 tanks that I have my 40 gallon is the best, somehow I found the perfect balance with no gravel vac, no water changes and only top off once a week or so. I believe is because of all my pothos, peace lily and lucky bamboo growing out the tank with massive roots providing really good natural filtration. All the fish look very healthy.

[@AQUAPROS]

awesome!!!!

[@user-rk3ue9wz8l]

@@AQUAPROS I'm currently working on my 75 gallon trying to find the balance between plants, light and fertilizer combination without getting to much algae growth.

[@IvansGuppies]

Thanks for the video! Its wild how much everything works together! Its such a draw back that most microbiology research focuses on a single organism at a time. Its always a treat when you see people looking into the interactions of microorganisms in co-cultures or even multi-cultures.

[@OceanLife6977]

Tank looks freaking amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[@AQUAPROS]

Thanks!!! 😁😎

[@kenthanna]

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing your experience with that huge aquarium. Very interesting.

[@TheYoghurt42]

I thought your sign above the tank said "LESS fish food" lol, good advice most of the time

[@lucabrasi3039]

Really nice tank, nice to look at, did not see any Cory cats, algae eaters, or snails, is there a reason for this?

[@assiahinarkansas]

Great video. Totally agree. I really need one of those feeders you just used! Love seeing this scape mature. I wish I could grow Java fern, it just doesn’t like my water. But dwarf sag and lots of other plants do well.

[@gr_aquatics]

Love the honestly and perspective

[@AQUAPROS]

😇🤠

[@markfranklin8831]

Great advice Thanks for sharing

[@AQUAPROS]

Cheers Mark! 🤠🤠

[@janemarriott3389]

Lots of EXCELLENT information. Thanks

[@petejeau]

Lots of good info there thanks. Apart from my large cichlid tank, I'm working on heavily planting all other tanks including terrestrial plants. My longest running tank, although negligible nitrates and could probably run forever without a WC is a green hair algae factory. I think part of the cause is it used to have C02, so plants were growing faster and taking up most of the nutrients. Now taken away for a while it has given room for the algae to grow. I'll try your tip first off and drastically reduce the lighting. None of the plants have high tech requirements in any case so nothing to lose.

[@mingbritson]

Real great info -- thanks as always!

[@AQUAPROS]

thanks! dig the profile pic ;)

[@the.medaka.lair.]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 looking great man

[@georgeballentine1045]

Great advice

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

it sounds like small changes are okay, and keep an eye on the tank, because things can go wrong. 😊

[@moonbear897]

thanks some good advice I hadn't thought of before.

[@travisdeshotel8894]

Love the advice! Keep crushin!

[@AQUAPROS]

Thanks Travis 😎😎

[@dh4767]

Where can I see the assembly of this scape? Thanks for sharing

[@spoudaois4535]

Do you vacuum the substrate?

[@otallono]

Is visible algae bad? I have it only covering my driftwood and it adds a lot more green and looks natural to me and the fish like to eat it. Glass and water always clear. But since you mentioned the cyano bacteria, I had it on my dwarf sag specifically like you, and it started to spread like crazy and picking it out seemed to make it spread faster, it all came back in a day, so I had no choice but to use the blue green slime remover and it's been gone for a few weeks now :D

[@Sinserg]

No if It's not getting out of hand. 🙂

[@itzame2127]

Eally bad, if anything, its beneficial to the aquarium, most People dont lije the way it looks but as you say, makes the tank beautifull when the hardscape its green

[@AQUAPROS]

ya, the bg slime remover works suppppper good. Ive used it a bunch of times over the years and most of the time, it dosent come back!

[@stormzycoinlife661]

I don’t believe you that this aquarium wasn’t touched for many weeks till you did this video tho…😊

[@user-wb1qr6vh3y]

Double edged swordy sounds like a cool plant

[@AQUAPROS]

hahahha ya it does!

[@galejohnson8086]

Love watching your channel. Would it upset the balance if you vacuumed the bottom. I am pretty OCD about things, can you gravel vac too much?

[@AQUAPROS]

just removing the top layer of lose mulm is no big deal, but if I went in and "gravel vacced" the whole substrate it would def. not be great.... *doesn't always mean something bad will happen though

[@galejohnson8086]

@@AQUAPROSthanks so much

[@bksmotherman]

Great video. This industry needs more encouragement that you can awesome. Thx!!! Did he mention anything anywhere about ferts or a schedule?🤷🏼‍♂️

[@AQUAPROS]

No ferts, no co2. Just fish food :)

[@johnborgmeier695]

Do you have some good books that you recommend for the microbiology of aquariums and micro organisms, plants, etc.. much appreciated

[@AQUAPROS]

ohhhhh ya, "ecology of the planted aquarium" by Diana Walstad. Its the bible for all that!

[@cweber9112]

This is what I am trying to accomplish with my 20g tall tank. Something that just keeps itself going without really messing around it, and let the fish be a part of the room. Tank is still being cycled, but after a year I’m hoping that the tank becomes hands free.

[@1markymark1]

I have also learned to turn down the lights. All 4 of my tanks are on auto pilot

[@tkaiser2086]

What was the name of that substrate again?I like the look of it

[@AQUAPROS]

Uns contosoil 🤙

[@pdmckinn1961]

Do you have any noise issues with your Oase canister filter? I have the 850, and it is SO noisy.

[@AQUAPROS]

not really, every once in a while ittl suck some air... thats about it

[@johnjwedrall4290]

What filtration are you using on that tank? You have no top water movement?

[@AQUAPROS]

very little, just an under powered canister. I used to have a wave pump on the other side but removed it cause it was scaring the fish....

[@johnjwedrall4290]

@@AQUAPROS thank you for answering my question 🙂 👍

[@bluesdog645]

Would you recommend (or not recommend) using soil in addition to the contrail substrate?

[@AQUAPROS]

Probably overkill, i wouldnt do it just for that reason (and cost)

[@bluesdog645]

@@AQUAPROS Thanks.

[@noahcromer6317]

I changed a light because my old hood led lights went out so I went to a 4 ft led shop light and I had a huge green algae Mat across the glass and substrate so now I’m slowly getting to go away by moving the light up a foot

[@-AndrewR]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@AQUAPROS]

😎

[@shanegoodwin3886]

Think those little plastic pipes are so you can add charcoal to your sponge filter, think insaw that ages ago??

[@galejohnson8086]

I am wondering if a non planted tank would be less maintenance. That’s what i had yrs. ago. Had an under gravel filter. Would do 20% water changes once every month or two and some gravel vac. No algae either. Had a fluorescent tube light. The gravel was about 1 1/2 inches, so no anaerobic issues i am sure. This was the 1960s. Guppy breeds were stronger, probably. Never knew to check water parameters. I tried again in 1980s and was a disaster. Want to try again. Want to try you magic guppy water. I have a pH of 6.5 to 7 with gh of 2 and kh 2. This time a HOB filter.

[@laattardo]

When I was a kid I had a similar setup as you. I went with a planted tank when I restarted a tank. I don't think it is much of a difference. Even a low tech tank needs to be babies as it matures, so imo it's really not much of a difference and we'll worth the effort for live plants if you really want them as I did. However, there is nothing wrong with less stuff if it is how you want to go.

[@ericmmelin]

Java fern is the best

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

The fact, you don't have nitrogen in water, doesn't mean plants and algae consume it.

[@thebreakingwinddialoguessh7801]

I only got into the hobby for the stress

[@steve852011]

not me, my tanks are my best source of stress, i want them to kick my ass and keep me up an night...