My FISH ROOM WALLS ARE DONE!!

[@RyoWatanabee]

What would you do with the walls? If you’re wondering about the windows being single pane and non insulating, I have a solution for that so don’t worry about that. Also ceilings don’t look insulated but they are.

[@fallpond4920]

I think you should paint the walls, I like your idea with the white and brown .

[@demonprince5960]

Definitely paint the walls that way you won't need to put backgrounds on the tanks maybe a darker shade so the wires are not as visible maybe a darker shade of gray will look nice with the ceiling lighting anyhow awesome video ✌️

[@The_Mythical_Potato]

You should paint your walls white It would look much cleaner and your tank will stand out more :))

[@crimdelacrim3014]

I think you should stain the walls so that when you implement the green plants it will add more contrast to the room , It will make it seem more like a actual jungle which is your intention. Correct?

[@RyoWatanabee]

@@crimdelacrim3014 urban jungle my friend. I don’t want a full on jungle 😅

[@toneluy8343]

The guy who fitted the boards around 10:20 is so good at it. And it looks great!

[@JamesWon6]

My asian parents still have their broken suitcases from 30 years ago. I like that the construction worker has a towel on his head just like in the anime and I love his aircon jacket.

[@cinnamonsparrowdesigns]

I need an air con jacket here in Okinawa. This heat is no joke. I'm dying haha

[@naomiwaters]

Great progress! I would suggest if you are going to stain the walls to use similar color to the stands so that the stands ‘disappear’ and the focus is on the tanks. I think darker background color behind the tanks will also help with filming. Try an oil based primer (cover your tanks for VOCs) like Kilz to hide the stains for the door to the bathroom and exterior door and then repaint . Keep up the great work!

[@Natquascape]

That's an awsome idea

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

I am so excited for you Ryo🥰💪 It's the best feeling in the world when you start seeing everything come together and your vision come true. I think the post/pillars would be nice painted white and a natural stain to the paneling... Whatever you do it's going to be amazing!! Have a blessed day my friend 🌿🐟🌿💚🙏

[@amandatuner4677]

I like the white with brown pillars idea. It’s very exciting for you!

[@vernonc.t.kamiaz9265]

I'm very impressed with your construction energy and creativity. And for such a young man. Good for you.

[@sarahbelmonte8888]

You need to seal the plywood and when you talked about the white wall brown posts and plants I thought that would look amazing. And REALLY bright! Also there are many types of plants you can have in your tanks to help clean the water - which I am 100% sure you already new about. But you could get some LED grow light strips (you can get white ones they don’t have to be pink) and place them along the outside edges of the roof for the plants and it will really bring the room alive. Oh I love it 😍

[@bunni5811]

I agree

[@ZeepDr]

YESSSS love this lighting idea

[@wesleymayes]

Agreed! Love the idea of white and brown with plants

[@Recarco03]

Ryo, apply mirror tint to the windows to reduce sunlight entering!

[@joshhibbs_nola]

Def. paint the walls white and the pillars brown. It will look so good! Also remember when you paint the walls you need to fill in the screw holes with probably wood filler since it is a wood wall and then sand the filler down when it cures and then paint the walls. It will look so much better with it all painted. 👍🏼

[@tvPnchr]

Yes!! Stain the walls! I think that would look really good.

[@ZeepDr]

Oooh, I love the idea of staining the wood!! Very cool. It's clear you put a lot of work into this, and it's looking great!

[@Zenmatrixx]

I suggest clear or light tinted coat for wall to retain the natural wood texture with brown beam & white ceiling. If use those color like your fish tank stand it will amplified the dark & become too dark.

[@lukeo85]

Walls look great. It looks like you hired the right crew for the job.

[@LeilaSoleil]

yeah. Paint the walls white, and the beams the dark shiny green. Beautiful!

[@tommyriemenschneider3276]

I would keep an industrial style feel especially to honor the history of your Grandfather's work that was done in there.

[@SlickNick3]

I vote white walls and brown pillars! With all the colorful fish and plants it will look amazing!!

[@patrickgould1535]

It’s looking very nice. I think the walls would look nice painted.

[@busyniss]

Ryo your room is looking amazing. My recommendation is paint the ceiling a ( gun-metal color ) it will look industrial and won’t be as dark as brown. Do not use Eggshell paint ... Use “glossy paint” So it won’t get dirty , paint the beams gun-metal color As well as the doors glossy paint ( gun-metal Color too ). No need to replace the doors try the gun-metal color paint and see what you think. The walls I recommend a light dark grey so it contrast and makes the space feel bigger and airy. If you want to make the place feel earthy you can always add some wall art. Either way good luck with the build ‘ P.s glad you left the beams !

[@gilbertlebon4587]

Am so excited to see you transformed your studio like Nature Aquarium Studio, which will be nice and good job man, keep us posted.

[@charliebright12]

Great this will be a wonderful room for you to continue your magical journey.😎🌿🐟✌️

[@NeonSoul777]

Looks awesome!....if it were me I would paint the walls white as it will brighten the room up and give the illusion of more space.

[@sokihagiwara9655]

I think the walls and pipes look good as they are! If you paint, dont paint the metal! the green looks good! Keep it up Ryo

[@ibesam7170]

Looking fabulous. Love the industrial look of the ceiling....I think it would look great with a dark color on ceiling (gun metal gray or mat black) and seal/polyurethane or stain the walls. Can't wait to see what you do.

[@aquasha2799]

White walls, red oxide metal, white epoxy flecked floor, looking good so far,will be a super fish room when finished

[@papasmerf6453]

Nice start. I like the green pillars. Paint the walls white.

[@BeerBellyDK]

I think staining the wood a dark color would be a good option, maybe with some cream colored or black beams? But i also think your idea with white walls and brown beams would be great. Definitely paint the ceiling white, to brighten things up. Before you start staining, i'd suggest that a lighter colored room not only looks brighter, but it also feels a lot bigger, and a lot more open and less "heavy", than a room with dark walls. :) I don't think leaving the wood as is, would look very good either way. :) Might i also suggest that you go to the home center, and pick up some cheap shelving for all your uncles car parts. Having them organized against the back wall would be a nice thing to do for him, it would also look less messy. Best thing i ever did was invest in shelving for my garage and all my parts. Also, totally incidentally and completely not an agenda at all, it would also open the room up more, giving you more usable floor space, that could be taken up by, oh i don't know, more fish tanks? XD Or at least it could give you a more open space in between the ones you have. :)

[@AndeeKiss]

Hi Rio! Go with the white wall - dark brown pillers/ceiling! It would be sooo authentic! 😲♥️

[@terminalspines]

Black ceiling will look amazing with the dark green pillars!

[@millehdk]

Looking super nice ... I would paint the walls and ceiling white and contrast it with brown beams. Would look cool I think and brighten up the place.

[@rraquatics9942]

I would paint the walls white and the beans green Great job love the room keep up the good work 👍

[@adhithmathewjacob]

Great video Ryo can't wait to see the fishroom completed 🥰 Keep doing your great work Ryo always appreciate it ❤️

[@aquariumplantman]

The fishroom is coming along nicely mate 🌿

[@davidtse8041]

White walls will brighten the room and make it feel more spacious. The wood looks great but distract the eyes. Also if you paint the metal beam black, this will nail the look. White walls, black frame and heaps of natural green plants. I don't mind the green you used for the beams at the moment that said

[@richardwaldhouse8067]

Your room is looking Awesome Ryo! Painted wood help it last longer. Lighter color will reflect light better.

[@TheNanoAquariumGuy]

Egg shell white for all. It will make the room look much bigger and brighter.

[@moetrymwm7807]

Congrats on the new space. I would say leave the pillars as they are, green. Paint the walls white as you decided but, I would paint one of the walls a different color, maybe the back wall a light green or powder blue.

[@MridulSinghMusic]

I'd paint the ceiling white, so you can easily monitor any mold growth.

[@sdqsdq6274]

ermm there anti mould paint

[@otanaknanarluq6764]

I think that dark green colour looks really good

[@---nw9qu]

I would paint the walls white, to brighten up the room. Good, strong, LED ceiling lights will make a lot of difference too.

[@fromsouls]

Love the industrial look. Would do flat black walls and keep that green going on the steel imo Fish studio🙌

[@giuseppemariapedrosa293]

White will definitely look good for the ceiling. White also makes an illusion that you have a bigger space.

[@rsaxtellartist]

Paint the metal ceiling and beams, either that same dark green, or maybe sky blue. That might help with lighting. Good luck!

[@officialtl96]

Go with your plan dude, paint it!! ❤️

[@sgveera]

White walls will look good. It will also reflect the light in to your fish tanks

[@martinschmidt2843]

White is very good

[@bjarnehelsaa1626]

Cool room 🤩paint White and light Grey 🙏🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@Cgraseck]

凄い! Definitely paint the walls as the paint will help to protect the wood from mold. If you go white on the walls, you will probably need to do tank backgrounds. Fish hate white. 頑張ってください, 芝峠

[@RyoWatanabee]

I will always have backgrounds on my tanks. I can’t do a tank without a background 😅 Thank you. Definitely going to paint these walls

[@LeilaSoleil]

Ok. my idea and vision is different from the rest. lol. Soooo, I LOVE THE METAL BEAMS. Please keep them all. This is Ryo's EPIC Fish Room. No gray, or black. White is nice. I think keep the metal beams the dark shiny green color. It is actually natural and beautiful! I would either do white, or cream colored walls, or even a pale green. Green IS your favorite color. My bedroom walls are pale green and I love them. Your mini studio has it's own look, the light natural wood and white. It is perfect. But this room is INDUSTRIAL. Which is unique! And super cool. It is ageless. Unlike other places that do gray and modern; those will age and go out of style. If you work with the unique qualities of this room, it will last forever. So cherish its industrial vibe. Dark green shiny metal beams and all. And paint the walls cream or pale green. That's my take on it all. It is gonna be GORGEOUS!!!

[@LeilaSoleil]

If you go pale green don't go tooo minty. Keep it warmer I think.

[@LeilaSoleil]

Or white with green beams. The green will connect it to the gardens outside. And the plants. I think it will look super cool and organic. And still industrial. :)

[@LeilaSoleil]

Also you can paint those cement floors, then you won't have to worry about the stains.

[@jordandixon125]

I think white will look great or staining darker would look good too. Plus will help seal the wood. Match the ceiling with the dark green pillars will be nice.

[@dgrwd]

White walls, dark brow pillars 👍🏼

[@Natquascape]

Nice one Ryo....Good to have those walls. What about the floor now 😆😆😆. Great job. Hopefully it won't get too humid in there. I really need to look into an extractor fan in my studio now. Too humid. Can't put an extractor so going for lids on tanks and dehumidifier for me. Great stuff. So happy to see this room coming on strong.

[@aprilking9863]

Green is a favorite color of mine. Is a v. relaxing colour.

[@leobelcolona4721]

stain the walls instead. it'll give a popping effect to the tanks.

[@njzynj]

I liked the idea of white and brown. Maybe a nice cream.

[@will300c]

Paint the walls Ryo, it will protect the wood from moisture from the water from tanks. Otherwise, you could get some swelling. In lew of paint use a wood oil if you want the wood look.

[@cinnamonsparrowdesigns]

What about staining the walls same as the racks, then painting all the metal an oil rubbed bronze/dark brown color and it'll give it a cool industrial look. Then with all the plants you want to hang and the planted tanks it'll give it the natural vibe you want. I think staining the floors or adding some type of flooring would be cool even. One of my fish stands is darker stained wood with metal pipe legs spray painted that bronze color I mentioned and it looks so good with my natural scaped tank. Regardless what you choose it's looking good so far! You moved fast with this project!

[@XxLEW1SxX23]

It's looking so good man!

[@ThanosPantelis]

What kind of temperatures do you have there and you don't use a heater. In Greece, in my town the weather is not cold and never passes 40° or under 0° of Celsius but we still use. Now in the summer the temperature is about 36 and in the winter 18-24

[@watchingwatches2758]

Do the walls a bright blue. Natural background for the tanks. The green steel posts will look like trees.

[@BossAquatics]

*Fish Room Looking Great! Loving The Process*

[@edwintang2794]

Super white good!!! White is better. Bright rooms

[@NicolasRix]

I'd just leave them as is and paint the green green metal parts. It looks so nice with the wood. Just give them a clear coat :)

[@turningcursive2255]

Great video! Love seeing this progress!

[@makoandtheshiba7184]

Fish room looking good ryo!, try water proof paint I screwed up my basement walls due to the humidity from my tanks and terrariums haha.

[@madhatterjones4781]

Looks awesome so exciting for you long time coming

[@stevengrape2281]

If you stain the plywood the stain will absorb at different rates so you will have light spots here and darker spots there. Plywood is basically scraps of different types of wood, pine will soak up stain quickly as where oak or any type of hard wood will soak up the stain so much slower. Please talk to the people at you home center, I'm sure they will agree. I would paint it a light tan. It would give the warm feeling your after and it will look nice with the green metal work.

[@madhatterjones4781]

Are they good ? Quiet silent filters? Do they raise the water temperature as motor is in the tank

[@thomasbarnes8827]

Can’t wait to see it finished.👍🏽

[@aprilking9863]

I think painting walls is a good idea, it will look more finished. A light colour will make the room look larger rather than a dark color. How about white but with a very very pale green tinge? Flat white can look a bit stark and cold.

[@mildnomsed]

Ryo, I think you will need to paint the plywood. Either white or some kind of varnish/preservatives. It's a fish room with high humidity. Natural wood won't last long as raw wood. If you decide on clear varnish, you may want to fill the screw holes with wood filler, it will look much much nicer... 👍🏻😊❤

[@richanthony2914]

A nice deep natural stain, BLACK painted beams and replace any struts / screws with shiny silver (metal) new ones. Don't want too much light bouncing around. You want any excess light to be absorbed. I say black beams bc when you think about storage for rocks and wood, the nice stuff is black.

[@tanngke]

I would paint the walls since they are wood and the room would be humid and water could possibly mess it up. also I like white walls/lighter color walls on camera because it makes a space look bigger. But that’s completely up to you!

[@boomxwin1956]

Paint them white would look so much better!❤️

[@Jammilogy]

You Should Paint The Walls For Extra Protection And Charm! It's Very Nice To See A Descent Wall You Know? Hehe YKWIM 😅 I'm Super Excited To See How You Set It All Up In The Future, More Power To You! Watching Here From The Philippines 🇵🇭

[@FishHive]

I think brown varnish on the walls and dark green pillars are great.

[@idkman7483]

Stain on wood with the metals(pillar ) paint something that can transition . I mean it would be dark and the focus would be with the aquarium but i like it that way :D

[@jerrygonzales4006]

Look into using a Danish style stain/sealant. Gives a beautiful natural look. Also, have you thought about installing some overhead storage for your uncles car parts and the luggage that they can’t get rid of.😂

[@LeilaSoleil]

overhead storage is a brilliant idea.

[@Dylamos]

You probably need to insulate and add drywall to those walls, will be much more economically efficient for winters insulating heat. Plus drywall will look better.

[@crazydude172]

I think you should paint it! The wood grain is a little busy in my opinion, might draw attention away from the tanks. If you paint it, you could also put up some aquascape posters and such! Those would look good against the white.

[@Abovethesoil801]

Looks great but you should paint the walls dark blue or grey

[@travisv.6283]

Dark brown metal supports and seal the plywood with polyurethane.

[@lebenmitdererde266]

Thank you for the video again 🤗👍

[@PavanKumar-fk9gk]

You need to paint the walls, it will look great

[@sharronmiller451]

Looking great Ryo!

[@akaileywin2276]

This weekend kinda sucks, i dont have any problem yet i don't know why I'm emotionally unstable. But this video made my day, it somehow made this week tolerable. This is probably my most favorite video in this channel. Great video Ryo❤️🙌.

[@namankashyap5380]

Paint the walls white, they'll look good.

[@mangpots7284]

Yeah paint the entire thing white to make it bigger and neat!

[@Richyboomnd]

Yes white wall makes room brighter too

[@Truth-Machine5000]

The best fish rooms and professional aquariums I have seen, are blacked out. Everything is uniform. Forces your attention on the fish and tanks. Makes you feel underground and a in different world. Painting walls contrasting colors with the beams, different colors for ceiling, different color tank stands stained. Way to much going on. All black. Everything matches. Gives off that whole Zen feeling. This is one place you want to abandon all traditional interior decorating design.

[@RyoWatanabee]

Thanks for the advice :) I really dislike black rooms though. I hate the dark feeling and it also makes the room feel small. I’m going for a minimalistic look. White walls, white ceiling and brown beams. Definitely doesn’t seem like that’s too much going on. Oh yeah, all the attention doesn’t need to be on the tanks. I want the room to get some attention too. Look at the ADA gallery in Niigata Japan for example and also Adam Paszcela’s ADA Idea studio. Those are two of my favorite aquarium rooms

[@wigglewiggle3789]

I would look at what are the best colours for filming as well a gloss, semi gloss or matt paint. Personal I would do a matt finish on all surfaces for glare when filming. The other thing is darker colours will make the room feel smaller. But you may want that. I would do the walls a lighter gray. The metal posts a slightly darker gray and the ceiling white. Get a paint that can be easily cleaned as well. Get some sample colours and do some patches on the wall and see how they look through the tanks and especially on camera with lights. I would paint the ceiling first. Clean it really, really well. If they have a product called sugar soap in Japan use that. Excellent for cleaning. Install the ceiling lights then have a look at the room und e r full light. That may very well lead you what colour to use on the walls when under full light. Especially for filming.

[@SteveKirkwood82]

Turned out great Ryo, I think you should go grey. White shows dust and dirt.

[@ps3baws]

I would go white walls with light grey for the steel and tank racks or vice versa 👌

[@viperfanatic13]

Instead of staining the wood, you should do a torch burnt finish. It would make for a fun video too...

[@RyoWatanabee]

I used to like that look until recently. Not liking the burnt look so much 😅

[@viperfanatic13]

@@RyoWatanabee no worries. Another look you might like since you're a car guy... I've used a cheap carbon fiber sheet as the background on a couple of my tanks looks cool and is a little more exciting than plain black.

[@BoneDrop92]

Paint the walls white, and the cieling and beams black, or dark gray! Definitely don't cover the cieling, it looks awesome as it is! White walls are good aquascape backgrouds. The workers and you did an awesome job!

[@dwan270]

いいね！I'd want to build one like this one day

[@calebwatson3023]

You should insulate your ceiling. Staining the wood would look very nice.

[@RyoWatanabee]

Ceilings are insulated already

[@calebwatson3023]

@@RyoWatanabee ahhh good!

[@bruce2valid]

Paint the walls white the the pillars and seeling black👌🏽

[@ricoli81]

I think white look nice for brown also not bad lah But that’s your fish room and you’re the one to enjoy it

[@lee-anne2353]

Black and grey

[@madhatterjones4781]

Hi Ryo, can you please give an update on thise hob filters you have started using. The ones with the motor inside the tank?

[@RyoWatanabee]

They are very good. I like them a lot. They are quiet and I don’t have to fill the hob with water every time when I do water changes

[@madhatterjones4781]

@@RyoWatanabee yes thats cool

[@madhatterjones4781]

@@RyoWatanabee much more convenient. And do you notice they lift the water temperature at all?

[@madhatterjones4781]

@@RyoWatanabee do they have a good amount of space for filter media?

[@RyoWatanabee]

@@madhatterjones4781 yes

[@ONEFUNFONE]

Shou sugi ban- technique on the plywood, burn and sand then follow with a nice clear coat and or white wash to help bring out the wood grain. Far as the posts and ceiling I would paint a semi gloss black.