Super simple, totally affordable aquascape tutorial.

[@daveybond]

One of the best parts of following your channel is seeing how much more confident you’ve gotten in front of the camera over the years between your channel and MD’s. Quality and editing of your videos has gotten a lot better too. Love seeing it Matt, keep up the good work!

[@FishShopMatt]

That's so great to hear you say! Thank you so much!!!

[@gkp1595]

Exactly. Samuel Tarley (G O T) AWESOME TO SEE YOUR VIDEOS 😂

[@krawlspace]

With the popularity of crazy jungle style tanks, it is awesome to see how cool a more simple scape can be. Nice work, Matt.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! I aim to show as many types as I can so everyone can find something they like on my channel. You wait until you see some of the ones I'm currently working on.

[@krawlspace]

@@FishShopMatt I’m sure I speak for many when I say, we are excited to see it all!

[@twunderaquatics1770]

You should try one with the bigger rocks in front going smaller to the back. It gives it an illusion of a greater distance. ✨️ This turned out gorgeous ❤

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you for the idea! I always get worried when trying that, because I'll probably message up the perspective but maybe I should give it a go.

[@richardhall4093]

Great video Matt the editing was mint!

[@judeebaysinger5920]

I always enjoy watching you.😊

[@mgl63823]

Nice Simple setup, Love it, great job matt. you and MD should do a video again. Be nice to see both of your ideas come together now that you are establish.

[@darrenderousse4804]

This looks awesome Matt! Great job 👏 🔥

[@faedoyle4147]

I love the simplicity of the hardscape combined with the beautifully complex planting. The textures are a hard contrast and I just love it. Well done. ❤❤

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like how it came out!

[@-EJ00]

This scape is something i want and can do! Beautiful job Matt!!! Something about the simplicity and beauty of it at the same time.

[@FishShopMatt]

Exactly what I wanted to show off! Thank you!

[@TheCottonman]

River Cobbles have become my absolute favorite Aquascaping rocks... I have two of my tanks now using them... Brilliant Scape Fish Shop Matt... 😎🤙🐟💙🐠

[@FishShopMatt]

They are brilliant to work with.

[@achevsyed6858]

Very attractive Looks great Best wishes From beautiful California

[@Mattcc3]

Because of you and md I got into aquascape myself made my first tank a few weeks ago what an amazing hobby

[@morneschaap2944]

Love it! Looks amazing!😊

[@pagewhite61]

It’s so pretty Matt, I love it!

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! 💜

[@angiebear8727]

Like when stones are varying shades. Looks more natural. Fun simple scape. 😊

[@karenburchell4918]

Lovely scape Matt. Those cobbles are really nice, and the planting really compliments them 😊

[@eltonrachman919]

Looks great

[@FishShopMatt]

Thanks!

[@billbush1270]

I like the sense of diagonal movement from the rocks.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! I think it created a cool sense of a river.

[@andreagalda28]

I would love any pond or patio pond videos. Especially how to transition fish and plants from hard indoor tap water to much softer outdoor rain water mix. Keep the videos coming!!! Love your channel ❤️

[@alanmalcolm8055]

Im going to get fish tank no6 tomorrow. Thanks. No more holidays.

[@cindystimson3632]

Beautifully done, I love the cooble stones as well. Can't wait to see what fish they give this beautiful home to. Thanks again Matt.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you very much!

[@thearrogantcorndog5704]

Beautiful, novice scape Mateo!! Well done!

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DaffCookie]

It reminds me of the sand dunes in Norfolk. Great scape, needs shrimp 😂

[@megmills4798]

Love thetank😊

[@sharonpoyle1177]

Lovely ❤

[@madhatterjones4781]

Looks great What a awesome simple but beautiful elegant scape

[@sparrowsfish]

Gorgeous

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! 💜

[@KeithJD]

Nice job Matt.

[@FishShopMatt]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@abcd-jq1sy]

Really nice scape

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@joefy200]

when I first saw you in MD's videos I saw you more as the fish guy who knows all the scientific things about the fish whilst MD was more of the aquascaper but lately in your own videos I feel like youre becoming a great aquascaper yourself!

[@Scaper_Girl]

Nice simple scape, love the clean look!

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@Shotsbyflo]

💯 nice work!

[@rimmakh7559]

Absolutely gorgeous scape! Thank you for this wonderful idea🐟🐟🐟 and this nice background music creates a beautiful and pleasant vibe in your videos, thank you for that :) It's such a pleasure to watch!

[@peterwinstonaldredge6927]

Looks great! Can't wait to see it fully stocked with fish.

[@eatmynoobfood7461]

Simple but looks awesome, nice job 😜✌️💜

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! 😊

[@Jbooth96]

Amazing scape, would have loved to see you add some inhabitants tho! 👌🏻

[@ErikJuan0319]

This looks amazing. I will try make something like this in my 6th tank lol

[@FishShopMatt]

You should!

[@Fixup1000]

Glad to see you back

[@Adam7FishTanks]

Great simple setup Matt!

[@FishShopMatt]

Thanks! 👍

[@ricardotolosa2671]

Hi Matt, wow simple and really cool aquascape, kudos mate!

[@FishShopMatt]

Glad you like it!

[@Kidarcana]

another inspirational build

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you so much!

[@charlottegilbey6160]

Stunning tank! I love it 😀

[@FishShopMatt]

Glad you like it!

[@marcelvanmechelen]

Simpel en mooi goed gedaan 👌

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@lynnrobertson4657]

Hi Matt tank looks awesome watching from🇦🇺

[@FishShopMatt]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@adamsayre2166]

One of my favorites you’ve done🤙

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@beverlyjensen443]

Lovely!!! I really like this tank!

[@Dudukina]

This is lovely! And so tasteful

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you so much!

[@giggiwidit5638]

OMG I LOVE IT !!! cant wait to see what get's put in it

[@FishShopMatt]

Yeah it's going to look awesome with some fish buzzing around!

[@DarkSitesChannel]

New aqauscape video nice.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@patriciahenderson2375]

Can we have a list of products you used for this build, like what type of mesh bags are those? What kind of substrate used etc?

[@Soccerchick66]

Looks great!

[@FishShopMatt]

Thanks!

[@BLUEGREEN65]

BEAUTIFUL 😍

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! 😊

[@DaveCook-j8i]

Great tank Matt, just a question where do you get the large cobbles from? Just your LFS?

[@FishShopMatt]

They're normally from the landscaping department of a garden centre.

[@elc2468]

I love it!

[@chriscyr4982]

looks great dude ......

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Badwilly]

Please make a fish file on apistogramma cacatuoides please 🙏🏻 wishing you all the best and success in the future

[@FishShopMatt]

I'm going fish shopping tomorrow so maybe one to pick up hahaha

[@Badwilly]

You are the best thanks it would help me so much I’m trying so hard to keep them but no luck and no one in the Internet have good experience like you that can give us the correct information again thanks so much for your support and your reply 🥰 keep going on and you will be where you want and deserve

[@caroljordan2886]

How long after building this did you place critters. What type of critters. Thanks for sharing this

[@dennisplummer5370]

Please can you let me know where you purchased the substrate bags?

[@Vincent-kx9ze]

Another great landscape! I particularly like tha medium blue stone. What kind of stone is that? If you said I must have missed it.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! I think it's a type of granite.

[@alanthecat59]

😻

[@FishShopMatt]

💜

[@Spacebaby420x]

I've just been gifted a planted eco system full or guppies and so many babies, so I'm on a whole new journey! Can I just add plants to sand? There's already planted ones and some stuff floating on top but I'd like to make it prettier

[@Bondy1980]

Are those real rocks from an actual river can they be used for an aquarium? Thanks

[@eddieington6243]

What tank is that, Mat? I like the depth from front to back as it still looks great when filled with water. I'm so pleased you have branched out on your own.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! This is a custom aquarium to be honest they wanted that deeper look!

[@eddieington6243]

It looks great. Thanks for responding, Mat.

[@ariellicon2796]

Nice bro fr. Phillippines

[@FishShopMatt]

Thanks 😁

[@TitanSummers]

Can I enter the competition from Australia?

[@FishShopMatt]

Yeah I believe so, the prizes may change slightly depending on rules of what you're allowed into the country.

[@williamsearle8187]

Whatever happened to "Under-gravel Air Filtration" system tanks (were they bad ?) - plastic level, gravel on top -- poop collected in the gravel, You could filter 1 side, then the other side the next month ?? ... that sort of thing. I'm old school, but do comprehend new stuff :)

[@jamiehawkins1167]

Would like to enter the competition .bit exclusive tho !! I go to the fish shop alone lol 😅

[@FishShopMatt]

Hahahaha just tag me! 😉

[@chrisg7571]

Anyone else see a face in that front roght rock? Its even got an ear.

[@Chompchompyerded]

If I win, do you really think NT Labs will come all the way up to Cambridge and load my numb arse, and the wheelchair it sits in, into a wheelchair van and drive me down to wherever this give-away is being held? Also Matt, will you and your wife and son go fish shopping with me so that I can have someone that I can say is my favourite person to go fish shopping with? Really, I will be fine with going with anyone, since no one I know will go fish shopping with me. I've never been fish shopping with anyone, so whoever will agree to go with me, will be my favourite person to go fish shopping with. Then we'll need to find a shop which my wheelchair fits in. A lot of fish stores are quite cramped, and while most people can progress crab style down narrow isles, that's not an option for me. We could go to Maidenhead just outside of Coton, which itself is just outside of Cambridge. They have aisles which are plenty wide to accommodate my wheelchair. We will have to figure out a way to get me there. For example, we could tie one end of a rope to your bumper, and the other end to my wheelchair, then whee!!! Maidenhead there is inside a building which also houses a garden centre (aren't they all?), a hot tub shop, and a chippie. The chippie has the freshest fish in the whole area. They taste so fresh you could swear they were alive when they were first introduced to the oil. Maybe they should have left them in a bag and let them acclimate to the temperature of the oil before turning them loose into it. We could also go shopping for fish at the Cambridge Fish Monger, but last time I was there, it seemed to be too late for most of the fish there. I don't know if they just didn't feed them, or if it was the lack of water that ended them. Sad scene though. Aside from that, there isn't much in the way of fish shops in Cambridge.

[@xxxRADEKxxx]

❤❤❤

[@cjl1984]

I don’t want to be that guy but the song at the 10 minute mark…. Is she saying what I think she’s saying

[@FishShopMatt]

Hahahaha I did worry about that but the words are I just wanna fall "in love"

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

beautiful!😊

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

lmao! I went back to listen...., that's hilarious 😂.

[@kbye5323]

Glad you cleared that up because that was what I heard as well. Nice!

[@ericmontoya3447]

I thought she said that she just wanted to fight. 😭😭

[@deb_DC]

Beautiful scape, Matt! Love the simplicity and affordability. Thank you for modeling these types of scapes for all levels of membership. And welcome back! Glad you’re feeling better!

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! That's great to hear as I want to try and cover as many styles as possible.

[@caseyshaw8253]

Lovely scape! Can't wait to see what you come up with next! Side note: Would love to see you do a video on how best to quarantine fish and plants before putting them in your main tank and what things are best to use especially for us here in the UK. Been having a few issues with a few pests in some of my tanks like damsel fly larvae and hydra and would love some information on how best to prevent/treat these issues as and when they do come up. Additionally, some info on quarantining fish and what treatments to use to prevent common diseases would be awesome.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! Funny you should mention this but I'm currently working on a video for hospital/quarantine tanks so hopefully that won't be too long before it's released.

[@MandyJane123700]

I love the way the grass in the middle looks. It's like a valley in a mountain.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! That was the sort of thing I had in my head.

[@GSG-lc5zm]

Stop stealing rocks from your garden 🤣😂🤣

[@FishShopMatt]

Shhhhh don't let Katie know!!!

[@anthonyjenkins537]

I’m going to copy this so hard

[@FishShopMatt]

That's awesome to hear!

[@ciaranbaldwin8962]

I really like matts vids as there very insightful ive been hoping you'd do your own as ive watched you on mds channel for last couple of years great to see your being recognised more keep up the good work and im sure this channel will take off even more

[@Shirley-t1y]

Awesome job! Does this mean you are back and okay?? Or did you do this before and just uploaded it now? Have been very worried about you!! Your "grandmother" in New Hampshire... Shirley :)

[@FishShopMatt]

Awww thank you Shirley I'm most certainly back!!! 💜💜💜

[@Shirley-t1y]

@@FishShopMatt So relieved to hear that!! Gotta take care of yourself... you have a LOT of big projects coming up (like converting that garage) lol

[@martinrelf5074]

Matt, why is my plant getting a brown covering on it?😊

[@FishShopMatt]

Could be diatoms or maybe lack of flow. If it's floats off when you wave your hand above it I would look at popping a bigger filter or a circulation pump. If it doesn't float off I expect it's algae so you could get some Otocinclus or something along those lines. But if the tank hasn't been set up long it may go away on its own.

[@martinrelf5074]

The tank has been set up about seven weeks and it has a flu level 407 on

[@PomPomPlants]

For extra budget you could swap out the aquasoil for top soil

[@FishShopMatt]

That's a superb idea!!!

[@lisaallran3029]

I love watching your work...it turned out beautiful!

[@alexb_aquatics]

Those rocks really were a great choice, the colours that came out of them were just awesome! Great job Matt 🎉

[@FordyTheConeSmoker]

Awesome build! Might do something similar myself for a smaller tank I’ve got lying around! Also quick question. What was the song you used while showing the finished scape? Would be great to add to my gaming playlist

[@Mikinct]

Great scape Matt, Question. You used 2 mesh bags filled with rich substrate aquasoil bags mostly placed in back left & middle of this tank. How do the plants near the front of tank ever get their roots reaching to that substrate? Or they don't, or you use root tabs? Or they'll simply anchor roots but feed from liquid fertilizers used?

[@beginningofthend]

Really love this simple scape! Definitely going to use the soil bags for my next re-scape. Gravel over loose aqua soil was not a great choice for a long-term setup since you can’t exactly gravel vac. Been battling BBA nonstop! 😅

[@AshleyArmondi]

Glad you’re feeling better Matt! Love this simple but stunning scape!! I actually just grabbed a few white river cobbles and was going to do a scape with them, so great inspiration!

[@mtp6873]

Beautiful aquascape, simple and bold. Is it just me or can you see an ape face in the front grey rock at 10.34?

[@TheBradylands]

My plant are turning gray also.

[@FishShopMatt]

Could be a few different things maybe lack of nutrients if the plant is actually dieing or maybe a type of algae that looks a funny colour?

[@robertconn1555]

Lovely scape Matt although it always seems a waste to me to use expensive aqua soil only to cover a lot of it with big boulders. Wondering if there is a way to target the soil on the plant growing areas and use something cheaper to give the boulders height?

[@justarandum7959]

Cool set up. Any links to where you source the mesh bags from? Thanks

[@tclifton1000]

Nice job. Would be nice to see the list of things actually used though. Filter? Substrate? Also the grasses at the front are just in inert sand? What are they feeding on?

[@Addi--]

Solid scape. Just the right amount of spacing. Round rocks can be a challenge sometimes.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! I find round rocks to be one of those things. Sometimes it works so easily, other times you want to throw them at the tank hahaha.

[@Addi--]

@@FishShopMatt Lol completely agree!

[@GreenGaiety]

Blown away by the creativity and beauty...l

[@matthewsmith22]

Very nice setup Matt, with the rock work and shorter green plants definitely has iwagumi vibes. Glad to see you're doing OK now mate

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! Yeah that was the vibe I was going for.

[@sophianash4209]

I love your videos! Looks great❤

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you so much!!

[@naegwut]

Looks great

[@garethsutcliffe5680]

What is this tank?

[@heckster8017]

Hope you are feeling better Matt and I really enjoy your videos(and pups). 😺

[@FishShopMatt]

I'm feeling much better thank you! Lots more coming up.

[@Diospyros1985]

Turned out great! I really enjoy scapes that use natural river cobble.

[@FishShopMatt]

Me too!

[@littlemidwestrebornsdolls]

Ok Matt, I've decided. You come to the states 🇺🇸 and aquascape my tank. Then I will add fish and maintain it. Deal? 😁 How I wish. Love your aquascapes . Gina

[@FishShopMatt]

Hahaha I'll book my flights later! 💜💜💜