Adding Fish to The 350 Gallon Paludarium (Build Part 4)

[@SerpaDesign]

Hey SerpaSquad! I hope you all enjoyed seeing this tank now and the fish I chose. Let me know what you think! Also, if you have suggestions on a few other fish I could add let me know. Lastly, what should I do with the empty 150 cube aquarium? The possibilities are endless! If you missed the build series, be sure to check out the link below. It outlines the entire process! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6LGiauZbdeKh5Y

[@Chris-it2uc]

Hi

[@sydneyshugart6544]

For the 150g, you could do a saltwater community reef tank. If you dont wanna go the saltwater route try a freshwater potato puffer fish or fire eel. They are pretty personable and would make a great addition to the tank.

[@coralocto1380]

Reef tank pls

[@jensodotnet]

my dream with this kind of tank would be a paludarium, with an island in the middle of the tank with waterfall and river and nanofish swiming around 360*.

[@andiegilson4666]

Design for viewing from all sides! If anyone is up to the challenge of hiding the filtration system with a center scape (or terrarium equipment) it's you!

[@bravesirrobin5892]

Tanner, that opening 12 seconds has made my day lad

[@lizardlover420]

same here, i had a miserable night and this cheered me up considerably

[@Jartopia]

If i didn't see the sides of this paludarium I'd think I was watching footage of fish swimming by in a rainforest river.

[@solalelfassi7020]

I can't unsee it now

[@Kaalokalawaia]

Yep they look soo comfortable. It's beautiful

[@SubiGoRacing]

You in the cabinet cracked me up lol you should do a shallow brackish mangrove tank with archer fish and crabs or go full salt and keep it a shallow/tide pool tank and keep the mangroves. Idk why but something about the height of that tank says mangroves to me.

[@SerpaDesign]

I could see that! I definitely need to capitalize on the height of the tank in some way.

[@JoeNoodle]

I was picturing the same with the addition of bumble gobies and mudskippers. I like the idea of crabs too. Not many folks have done tidal tanks to simulate low and high tide. I figure it would be cool if Tanner could set it up with fiddle crabs being able to burrow in sand. I was going to build a tidal tank but ran out of room to build one.

[@boymcfacto5832]

Damn man that’s a great idea

[@remblish4401]

That sounds like a great idea

[@joni5074]

@@SerpaDesign I dig this idea

[@dal6548]

I believe stocking that 150 with some coral and reef fish would fit perfect

[@owendewaal9805]

Saltwater could be cool yeah, all the other tanks seem to be freshwater so it would definitely be unique in the room.

[@MiniaturesMinicat]

Saltwater are the most beautiful thing but very pricey and alots of care.

[@unawesomesauce]

He could stock it with a little manderin or clownfish with shrimp and nassarius snails.

[@95pak]

Absolutly i would love to see a coral reef at the centre

[@jasepoag8930]

Agreed. I love this channel, but I'm a reefer at heart. I'd love to see what Tanner could do with his skill for aquascaping.

[@jackadair6225]

Gosh this looks so much like something you’d see at a public aquarium. So mesmerizing.

[@salvi1398]

His aquariums look way better than the stuff I see at zoos and marine worlds tbh

[@daschenner]

Hey Tanner! I love your videos. You inspired me to rescape some of my aquariums and I started an isopod colony. All because of you! My fish and isopods are thriving. Thanks for all the videos! Greetings from Austria. I almost forgot: It's an amazing video as usual!

[@willstruck2975]

You should Do a macro algae saltwater tank with the 150 it would look sick and be awesome to see

[@MrReedMiester]

Saltwater all the way! Maybe a porcupine puffer?

[@willstruck2975]

I think a ton of cardinals would be sick

[@okayatpivot]

make the 150 gallon a turtle tank! would love to see some little musk turtles

[@Leelee-po2wy]

Yasss musk turtles lol

[@jpemydura4860]

Stripe necked musks in a southern US "hillstream" habitat would be great in that 150. Keep some rainbow shiners and madtoms with them. Maybe a smaller species of sunfish that doesn't mind a little flow as well. Longears, orange spotted, etc.

[@Christodophilus]

This was going to be my suggestion also. Glad you put it up. If I had the room for a tank like that, turtles would be the new tenants. :)

[@bruhsselsprouts3986]

That cube aquarium is literally perfect for a reef aquarium

[@squeakyd8850]

Best set up from any youtuber I've seen by far. and I have watched a lot of KZbin in my time.

[@fionastewart2085]

I would love to see you do a reef with corals in the cube. Never had a salt water tank but would love to learn more about its challenges. Thanks for your inspiration and enthusiasm.

[@kimsapp1791]

Thanks for letting us watch your fish/ critters.. I’ve enjoyed watching fish in tanks ever since I had endless nights rocking sickly twins in front of one. Now I’m too old and crippled to care for one, but you tubers to the rescue! Thank you.

[@maxpuissant1079]

definitely : saltwater ! your talent, combined with beauty of sea corals and fishes ... can't wait !

[@jessicas.6235]

I love the depth and interest the broken shafts of light lend to the water. It makes it look mysterious.

[@alexblanco3697]

I would love to see the 150 as a planted fish tank. But you do what you think is best.

[@TheZombieRebel]

Looks amazing with all the fish added! Can't wait to see what you do with the 150!

[@phat_steakz4069]

A brackish mangrove setup for the 150 would be really cool. There are lots of great fish you could fit in there like mono angels, scats, or archerfish.

[@marywilson9660]

I love the tank and all the plants growing above. It's so dark in there it looks like the fish are emerging from the deep dark depths.

[@alienation5118]

I would love to see you turn that empty tank into a peninsula vivarium like the one Justin Grimm used to have. Something like that would be absolutely beautiful and the fact you can see 3 different angles means you could have an awesome centrepiece with lots of epiphytes. You could even possibly get a lizard or dart frogs! It would be really cool.

[@markhalliday3703]

I love that the silver dollars aren't bouncing around the tank,they are very relaxed and comfortable in there new diggs, great job mate 👍👍👍👌

[@maverickstclare3756]

A graduated Neutral Density filter on the lens, dark at the top, will even out the light. Add too, a polarising filter and you can reduce many of the reflections

[@mat1988ize]

"I don"t really care about keeping fish that are exotic or expensive. If I like the fish, then that is why I keep it." Best advice I have ever heard about fish keeping! keep fish that bring you joy not what others say you should keep of my 8 tanks that have fish in them my all time favorite is my sunfish (blue gill/perch) i love its personality

[@SCElphilis]

Hey Tanner, really love how the tank looks. You can get a graduated ND filter for your lens. That will reduce the exposure on the overexposed areas and allow you to balance the image a little easier.

[@hayhay8347]

This tank is INCREDIBLE. I love the low lighting in the water, those fish livin their best life

[@dansturt]

I'd love to see a salt water reef tank in the 150. It would great to see how you set it up your great design and artistic eye.

[@maniatikoleal]

I find it amazing! The look in the water is so natural, like nature! If it were to me I would change the fish selection to bright and colorful ones due to not having enough light in the water so they could be easier to film and make it more attractive, but hey, as it is is SPECTACULAR.

[@felixgla30]

Idea for the tank: instead of a peninsula I would love to see some type of hill in one corner, which would allow you to build a cave underneath that is only visible from one side (and theoretically the back)

[@felixgla30]

Maybe saying a slope with the highest point in a corner in the back would be better to explain what I mean

[@pocholodelapena7224]

I love this set-up! From the plants up top to the dramatic lighting down to where the fish are. The species you chose rock! Just awesome!

[@nmewjcs9389]

I’ve been dying to see someone do a beach style scape.

[@JoeNoodle]

A beach tidal tank with mudskippers?

[@jpemydura4860]

And Ghost Crabs !

[@DavidmatthewLloyd]

This is my favourite so far. The natural lighting really makes those dollars look so cool and at home. I’d love to see your take on a reef tank with the 150. Something completely new that I can only imagine you’ll use your outside of the box thinking to completely change how we scape reefs.

[@cullinf2077]

By far my favorite project you've done. I appreciate the hard work man.

[@dkfornow5008]

The 350 looks even more beautiful now that it is stocked! 😍 Not sure if you want to get into salt water aquariums, but a coral middle would look beautiful from all sides... Or maybe some sort of a "mountain scape" - be it aquarium or terrarium.

[@rikhihundle8815]

Would love to see the 150 turn into some kinda coral reef of other saltwater themed tank

[@gregedgerton3390]

Paludariums are the solution to the " I can't really decide if I want my terrarium or my aquarium " problem. The larger it is, the more stable and self-sustaining it will be. I've had in mind, everything from - a jelly jar, - to something a bit bigger; the room in your house, where one side is devoted to 18 by 8 1/2 ft. And of course it need not be only fish. It can get kinda crazy though. They're beautiful. They build some real show pieces I seen abroad. Go at it not just as an aquarist; but as an artist, ecologist, plant-freak, and everything that turns-you-on. Your finished product will reward you very well.

[@BarrysAquarium]

You don’t know how long I’ve waited for this video! Great job

[@lilymoscow3684]

Same!

[@gusgurtonio28]

I clicked on this video so fast

[@mistrallle]

I am deeply amazed that a three-year setup is in no way considered long-term. In my books, three-years is definitely long term, but what do I know, really. Tanner, your patience is out of this world.

[@hahaj2747]

You should try salt water and do mangroves sticking out of the water

[@esotericLobster]

This looks like a setup you would see in a museum!! So gorgeous and feels like a piece of nature put right into your animal room... you can tell how happy the fish are too :)

[@14mirjam]

Hahshahah that introduction. I did not expect that. That was so funny!

[@iherzmusic]

Seriously, I am always impressed by your setups, but this one is especially mindblowing. Looks like you cut out a cube of nature somewhere and put it in your room !!!!

[@christopherweldy]

I think a volcano in the 150 would look cool, you could have the volcano dispense water and cover it with moss

[@honeybadgerisme]

O! Now that sounds awesome! Don't natural volcanos form lakes in them?

[@christopherweldy]

@@honeybadgerisme yes

[@dynamoterror7077]

That 350 gallon is certainly the most incredible piece of nature I have ever seen behind glass, great work! Also, concerning the cube tank, I think that a bonsai tree, especially an aquatic one like a cypress, would look great on an island. It could be stocked with cricket frogs, least killifish and cajun dwarf crayfish to mimic a southern swamp.

[@aims_plays]

Would love to see a salt water experience out of one of those tanks! Thank you for all that you have done. Great work!!!! *commented, liked and subscribed*

[@gabethomson6568]

Love the fish choices. Don’t worry about the filming, some tanks are just meant to be seen in person. I’m glad it turned out how you wanted!

[@plantenby]

Oh my gosh, a turtle in the 150 tank would be incredible!

[@shadaemallory5539]

Definitely needs to be a turtle tank!

[@chosetec]

Hi Tanner, the paludarium looks so lush and grown in, I can't believe it's so newly set up. With the lighting challenge, I think the best way to film it is to set up some diffuse or ambient room lights for the purpose of filming the water, while dimming down the overhead lamps temporarily. As long as it doesn't spook the fish, of course.

[@snowqueen8365]

I'd love to see you do a marine tank. I know they arent easy but im sure you would do a great job.

[@cathyhendrix7552]

This tank is awesome! It looks really good. I love the way the wood is in there. And the way the silver dollars swim in and out of the crevices. Looks like the fish love it to. Great job!

[@tvdants2026]

I’ve been waiting for this video!

[@SerpaDesign]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Jezidka]

The lighting is beautiful. I can really see this environment for each fish. It looks better then those big blue lights.

[@mountainshadowknives9787]

Saltwater! I’d love to see what you could do with coral and marine life!

[@AliciaLatzer023]

Your passion is so clear and beautiful to see in all of your videos. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@christineherrmann205]

Tanner: "I was very excited to get those fish into the new setup." (Fish hide behind rocks) Announcer: "The fish, however, were _not_ as excited." Looks amazing, as always. I have a 50 gallon that I've been putting off setting up, wishing I had half your inspiration to design something special. I'd at least like to plant part of it.

[@SerpaDesign]

LOL

[@CyclopsRat]

Tanner the 350 looks phenomenal, love the wildlife in there. Looks life a very friendly community tank.

[@effy_kujo]

Puffer fish for the cube! 🐡 🤗

[@effy_kujo]

They're so derpy looking (in a good way) and super personable xx 🐡

[@effy_kujo]

Oops! I edited my comment to add the puffer emoji and lost my serpa ❤ 😭

[@lisacampbell9257]

Wow. It has been so fun watching this build grow. I really love how relaxed the fish are. They move so much more calmly in there, and it looks really cool. The jungle has really grown in up top!

[@wheelerdealer8337]

Maybe you could do something involving fungus like a undergrowth biotope with some inverts love your work btw

[@southsidecarly7427]

I love that tank, so cool. I like the low light. I think the fish are all happy. Thanks for the video

[@mitchl5220]

A peninsula vivarium sounds amazing! They're so beautiful!

[@jetzac]

It would be awesome to see you do a saltwater sps reef in the 150 g tank.

[@sarahbelmonte8888]

I’d LOVE to see what you’d do with a reef aquarium... your creativity and attention to detail would make a reef tank incredible and as always stir my own creativity. Love the 350. It’s awesome but a touch of colour in the fish stocking would be nice - to me! It’s your baby so you do you!

[@moontahimkhan2990]

MAKE A SALTWATER AQUARIUM ON THE 150 GALLON TANK!!🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Miinifish]

I'd go with saltwater, like a tidepool tank. that could look pretty great. btw, that intro of you in the cabinet was hilarious! I loved it!!

[@hary71]

That 150 looks great for a saltwater setup, anyways i love the vids keep it coming tanner!

[@demon.that.draws777]

I haven't realized how much I really like big tanks until I saw how epic they can be. I love this channel.

[@ameliegallant356]

never have i clicked something so fast

[@Landgraf43]

A paludarium with multiple waterstreams and little ponds would be awesome. Or a reeftank with corals would also fit perfectly in this and would make a nice contrast to all the freshwater setups.

[@biglyboyzak3173]

I would love to see your take on a saltwater tank in the 150

[@aSinisterKiid]

Incredible tank setup. It's absolute gorgeous. The stock in the tank fits the overall environment really well and they compliment each other. It's beautiful overall. Great work as always.

[@tinkabinka3407]

Definetlly a turtle for cube aquarium

[@timmorel79]

Smallest North American turtle species

[@bjk12385]

Those submersible lights look so cool. It looks like natural sunlight.

[@nafreal]

7 people said they were first, something doesn't add up here

[@TheSwiftCreek2]

7 way tie for first place.

[@honeybadgerisme]

It has to be a glitch in the Matrix...muahahaha

[@aSinisterKiid]

Widespread commenter fraud

[@dylanlubbe8081]

I think that the cube will look awesome with some sort of an island in the middle. I bet a semi-aquatic animal will enjoy a setup like that.

[@hej9601]

150 to saltwater

[@Parakeetwilds]

The Silver Dollars seem to really enjoy the extra space and the Congo Tetras really add to this setup real nicely! A mangrove-reef (with small fish only) combo or a Mangrove with Macroalgae (with Seahorses) combo aquarium would look fantastic in the 150 gal cub set up! I think this addition would complement your gallery real well, as well as balance out/ add a nice contrast to the Paludarium. However, I look forward to any decisions that you end up with. You inspire me everyday!

[@SkyrimTheshrimp]

can you do a desert take for a texas horned lizard?

[@honeybadgerisme]

Oh Wow! What a unique and cool suggestion!

[@Beakedcube]

Love the channel! Keep up the work. I think a saltwater reef tank would be really cool to see for the 150. I’d love to see how your artistic capabilities portray with the coral live rock anemones and livestock you add. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

[@hi.587]

Roses are red, Violets aren't blue Who cares if you're first, Just watch the vid dude.

[@SerpaDesign]

LOL You forgot the line about liking the video and subscribing if you've not already done so. 😉

[@northernplantucky]

A black ghost night fish would look amazing in that tank and probably be very happy because it's so dimly lit! They're a beautiful fish with lots of personality👻

[@willieverusethis]

Lovely tank. I think the fish choices are ideal. The congo tets and the silver dollars light it up and it's incredibly dramatic.

[@trinitygrover445]

This is literally my dream tank, it's so pretty! I would definitely add some sorta of halfbeak. That would be so cute.

[@callumhermon2907]

Love all the fish and the lighting! Makes it for a more interesting tank in the long term I reckon🙂 The plants a great too!

[@L0GANTP]

Speaking on the 150, you had a post recently saying you had a desire to keep turtles again, the 150 would be perfect for a musk turtle paludarium. You making a palu for a turtle would be a dream come true for a lot of us.

[@braria9855]

The coolest for me is the dark cave-like lightning. Everything else ofc looks great, love the plants, and the stock. As you yourself said, I'm the type of person who doesn't like mixing too much. I'd likely try to purchase a few more congo tetras as I absolutely adore schooling fish.

[@shazzorama]

It’s so beautiful ❤. I’m in love withe first thing you installed, that rock wall liner. After adding all the plants it looks so good!!

[@Leijon83]

Fantastic results Tanner! An absolute stunner of a Viv.! Well done indeed!

[@ianrubin7263]

AFRICAN BUTTERLY FISH IN THE 350!!! They are perfect fish to keep the mysterious and oddball scheme going!

[@Frankje01]

Great job! The nuanced light really gives it a natural look and you can tell that the fish feel very much at home this way. If I could critique the tank as a whole...maybe the planted area could have bit more variation of color? A dream tank for anybody in the hobby, so well done.

[@sston506]

The way that red or other light shines through the underneath is awesome! Everything about it looks so natural that it soothing to look at. Makes me wanna set one up. On what you'll do with the empty tank I'd go saltwater with a giant nepthia with a couple fish blennies and what not. I know you like the freshwater though so maybe a brackish set up lol.

[@caldaque7354]

Looks wonderful, very Amazonian. Cories are my favorite bottom feeder, so active and fun to watch. Great set up.

[@cadengarbaccio7913]

I like the idea of a central spire type design to the cube take that can be enjoyed from all three sides!

[@honeybadgerisme]

The fish really rock that paludarium!!! I hope you do find more opportunities to showcase the social behaviors. You have some really interesting fish in there!

[@niciplettenbacher7795]

Omg, please turn the 150 cube into a saltwater tank😍😍😍! That would look sooo cool!

[@rolitadevidal1192]

I loved how you get out of your furniture. so adorable!

[@Ash_Wynn]

Great! Now add kuhli loaches!! There are brown ones, yellow and black ones, and orange and black ones!

[@graysonlangham4579]

I think a saltwater tank would be awesome! We've seen some blackwater and freshwater setups, and lots of vivariums. I'd love to see Tanner do something new and exciting :)

[@joakimhjelm-svennesen8984]

The 350 tank looks amazing. Almost something you would see at a public aquarium. Even though you said that it’s not a South American theme, I still imagine it to be so - well except from the Gurami fishes that are native to Pakistan and India I believe. To me the 350 looks like some slow moving backwaters or tributary of a main South American river system The 150 tank I love to see a heavily planted jungle style aquarium with leaf litter, driftwood and dark substrate filled with one of my fav little fishes - the Ember Tetra fish

[@felixmakesart]

Tanner, one thing I have found works well to help with exposure issues while shooting tanks is to get some light diffusing fabric and layer it a few times under the lights, which helps to make them a little less intense. You could also get some little LED panels to put on either side of the water feature, just for filming. (Both the fabric and the LED panels would only be used during filming, and would be absent most of the time)

[@torquess454]

I would LIVE to see a saltwater Hawaiian 🌺 themed tank with a small volcano in the middle , we’re building a coffee table fish tank but I think we’re going with fresh water and a more mangrove look to the set up, but it’s not feasible for our tank Love your 350 setup!! So calming! I dig the more natural setups for sure, even though darker viewing, it’s more like actual nature