When To Give Up

Some tanks are great for years, some never looked right. Its time for a little purge. Some I'll be redoing some I'm putting aside less tanks means more time and thats what I need right now.
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[@MASSAquariums]

Congrats on 30k. You deserve 300,000 broski. I agree. I downsized from 12 Tanks to 3 when I moved and it was a blessing. 🐟👊🏼

[@pecktec]

I bet!

[@maddawgzzzz]

i went from 17 tanks to 9, im so happy now, and so is my wife

[@klcpca]

I always told my kids when they played sports "play until it isn't fun any more...when it stops being fun, you don't enjoy it".... when you have "too much and too many" it's no longer fun... don't feel bad about trimming down your tanks until you get to where you can enjoy them again... When you enjoy what you do.... we enjoy watching you!!!! :)

[@samuelgreenslade1245]

I loved this film. A couple our tanks need a makeover you gave us motivation to get on with a tank sort out.

[@ErikSaturn]

I have a 1 gallon tank sitting around I no longer use and thought about planting it & using it inside of another tank myself! You beat me to it! Bahahaha! Love it!

[@andrewmabbott]

Love the videos Shaun! Thanks for putting so much work into sharing your tanks with us.

[@johnjwedrall4290]

This video helped me make tank decisions more easily. Thank you. 👍

[@michaelgeorge4780]

This channel is the reason why I recently restarted the aquarium hobby, I took down a 10 gallon tank a year ago because I was busy with college. Now that my first four years are up, I've reset it and stocked it with ember tetras thanks to your vid on them.

[@johnaitken7430]

I think there is a balance between fishkeeping and those who have furniture that happens to be an aquarium. I enjoy the labour part..to a point..and really do like the satisfaction of a long lived tank..but you are right that it’s fun to do a big tear down and rebuild

[@katzpyjamas]

love your channel,i used to have a tank in a tank but then i inverted it,put it up above the water level,sucked all the air out and my endlers look like they're almost flying. keep up the good work but take a break if you need too.you work long hours,you deserve to take time out and just enjoy your fish. x

[@lelanidixon7941]

I took my 9 gallon Flex to work to replace a little 5 gallon I had there that had a noisy filter that I couldn’t manage to stop the rattle on. I’m loving the Flex on my desk as it is silent and really beautiful. I also have two 15 gallon Flex’s at home and I reallly love them. I find that maintenance is much easier on the Flex tanks, but I don’t have the algae problems you’ve run into. I know what you mean about MTS, sometimes the aquariums become a chose instead of an enjoyable hobby. (She says as she sets up a new 16 gallon Flex.)

[@shesellsfish]

It makes perfect sense to cut back on tanks. The whole point of having them is for you to enjoy them. When you are relaxed and happy, cutting jokes and having fun, we are having a great time watching you and along for the ride.

[@msawchyn]

What was that massive tuba blast at 7:56?!?!?!? That was the best thing I've ever seen. Also great that you didn't even acknowledge the sound! Hahaha! Brilliant!

[@chrmats4]

That was a good watch, thank you. A year ago I started a new tank after more than a decade. Now I want more hehe, but seeing this makes me think.

[@karenruiz4891]

Thank you. Thank you for all the hard work you put into making these videos, and all of the neat gadgets that you break down and explain out for us. Thank you for trying new things with your fish tanks. I love watching how ideas play out over time and being as I can only have one tank it was InSaneLy helpful. Your family is awesome and I can't wait to see what you've got planned for the future.

[@MBMCincy63]

my 10 gallon with all the snails collapsed. all snails died- saved the 5 cory cats and the betta- currently living in a 4-gallon icing bucket until I can rebuild the 10-gallon tank. I may be absent from the 'fishfam ' scene as I took on a new job to make ends attempt to get close... thanks for being a great channel to watch. Love watching you!!!! you are so NORMAL I like it.

[@DanDannyDanielleBob]

Thanks for your commitment. I hear you on the streamlining. I had 3 projects going on at once and then I began to hate them all and have all empty tanks now lol. It's time to purge my tank and equipment collection too

[@MBMCincy63]

I LOVE THE TANK CEPTION ! THIS IS SO COOL! I like the painting objects too. And I would love to see you actually painting [ time lapse] objects. I love the bloopers~!!!!!

[@fishtales2597]

Hi congrats i always get a buzz setting up a new tank, i only got one but it is a learning curve and sometimes it doesnt always work out. But thats the fun. Thanx for all your hard work and good advice.

[@Elysian777]

You are amazing Peck. I have enjoyed your videos for some time but I hope you take it easy and do something fun for yourself.

[@philipbengtson7185]

I’m in a similar situation but with only six tanks! I am thinking about breaking Dow a couple and rebuilding them just as you are, just on a smaller scale. Timely video for me. Also the obvious Get a bigger net answer! I always tried the smallest net possible. Big net wins every time!

[@dracon642]

Awsome video great explanation on why to restart a tank

[@alyssaloyet7187]

Thank you for making this video. I've been neglecting my tank for a while just because I don't like the way it looks and I don't have expendable income right now to change things up.

[@jasonmvallance]

wow this hobby has been revolutionized by utube, i have been a fish freak since i was 11(got a 36*18*15 tank for xmas), and fishkeeping is more addictive than heroin. i kept every kind of fish until i found the south american cichlids, and cichlids in general african too. i turned my hobby into a business by breeding cichlids for 5 years when i was 15-20 y/o. made good money at doing specalist fish that were not readily available in the hobby in the late 80s early 90s. with the help of some of the coolest,most generous and thoughtful ppl in the hobby in Ireland(dave whelan of trop shop) to name 1, talk ab a fish guru, this guy embodied all the good in the hobby, any1 who knew him knows what a true gent he was!!! am getting back into it to show my kids the joy of fishkeeping.. love the good info and tips available on channels like urs, so ty

[@jerryishcomer7175]

I love decorations I don't have any of my own man I love white knots and decorations and stuff like that that's some pretty cool things you got there

[@PuganPoo]

Thanks for your reply! Yes, i am sure you know best/ Good Luck with your tanks.

[@shesridindirty]

Love the ideas your throwing out, I sometimes look at my aquarium and it’s not exciting anymore.....then as soon as I’m cleaning it,I get inspired again...sometimes it’s your ideas! Love this video❤️💕

[@bobsculpher9533]

Sean, great video, always look forward to your uploads. Congrats on the 30,000 .

[@ShawnHineidi]

WE LOVE YOU SEAN. We appreciate your super cool content and creativity. Follow your bliss and keep them Sundays coming!

[@troyprosser4890]

I have only come across your channel 6 - 8 months ago and i have watched most of your back catalouge and wait every week for your new video! Tou have a great family and have a great personality for this platform and i hope your never go away. You have a saltwater guys wanting to try a planted tanl😉😎

[@vicaroo001]

Those bloopers.....you're such a natural at narration on these things, it's hard (very hard) to imagine that you're ever tongue tied.

[@tudoemaisalgumacoisa2743]

Congratulations for your 30k. You really deserve it!

[@panache113]

Love your videos. Thanks for all the advice.

[@richardfuentes4204]

That small white Azoo surface skimmer you unboxed should help clean up the duckweed.

[@sonyajohnson3917]

I think the tank in a tank , looks good. I think I might do one . Thank you I enjoyed it.

[@pecktec]

Your very welcome!

[@malys2002]

Hey bro, Deep honesty, your peeps go through alot of these same day to day things. You should record more day to day stuff with less production with more what we should do/ your ideas, we love it!

[@CrazyAquariumGuy]

I totally understand Sean. I have 14 planted aquariums. It is a lot when you have another regular day job! 😃👍

[@CJBlack265]

Enjoy your videos, following your channel (among others) is how I follow my bliss...just make sure you keep following yours! 👍

[@ericwood3709]

I also like having one large, awesome aquarium. I've dabbled in the nano tanks you seem to love so much and have not had good fortune with them. Maybe the included filters were just not very good. I know that one small mechanical filter unit I had only seemed to make water quality worse and not better. But my one running tank now is a 75 gallon loaded with fish, crustacea, snails, plants and rocks and other mostly natural decor, and it's pretty nice. It's stable and does not even have algae growth. Incidentally, it's also one I had been using for saltwater for a while prior, and I basically just made a rapid transition to fresh when the time came. Even kept the sand.

[@willemschipper7680]

Brilliant Video, inspired me to do some re-organising of my Tanks. Have an awesome day. Willem from the Netherlands

[@ciaravanderwoning9950]

Great video as always! I like the tank-ception! I’ve also been enjoying the bloopers at the end of your recent videos, haha 😆 I always watch your videos as soon as I see it uploaded, or as soon as I can. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the tanks!

[@kevinbrislawn5918]

I have had aquariums all my life and I decided to do a paludarium at age 66..it changed me to see and appreciate terrestrial plants and try to grow emmersed water species I already have.temple plant or hygrophila cambrosa is growing in IT out of the water..but staying wet from roots up on leaves due to humidity and dripping water from the fake foam background with plants showing growth.I'm digging it

[@johnlogan1022]

I agree. At my height I had 10 aquariums and spent a chunk of time every Sunday taking care of them. I currently have two, a 65 gallon and a 72 gallon and I'm going to consolidate them into a 125 gallon and have just one really nice display tank and set up a quarantine tank and call it good. After over 30 years of fish keeping, I'd rather have one good tank that I can devote my time and attention on instead of spreading it out among multiple tanks that are only so/so at best.

[@nancyware7282]

Board games = fish tanks = Chess board tank. A tank I've always wanted to do is to set up a chess game, either in-progress or at checkmate, inside a tank. My thought was that as chess -can- take a long time to play, the setup would reflect that by havind the tiles of the board "broken up" by plants growing between them. When I first thought of this, I knew practically nothing about keeping plants in an aquarium, so I put the project onto the back burner. Now though, I have all new ideas for this project... just have to come up with the right chess set and a tank large enough to set it up properly. South-East Asian tropical fish to stock it, because, Chess. ;) If you want to use this concept, Sean, go for it! Cheers!

[@intox69]

You deserve way more than 30k subs, you're one of my favorite aquarium channels. I totally agree with the one big tank thing, I had several small tanks and I prefer maintaining and enjoying the one bigger tank and it's probably better for the inhabitants since I pour all my energy into the one tank. My apartment was slowly being taken over by aquariums it was pretty crazy, when I get a house I plan on building one giant tank into a wall and that'll be it, maybe a saltwater tank as well. I know it's a lot of work making content on top of your day job but know we all appreciate your videos and insight. When I was first getting into this hobby I used your videos and others to help me get started. A lot of the channels I follow that helped me get started are commenting on this very video lol Mass Aquariums is one of them, I followed Rachel O'Leary since her channel was made and learned a lot from her aquascapes back in the day and many more. Anyway, know you're appreciated!

[@michaelwarner4105]

That's funny, my coworker and I were just talking about putting a tank in a tank earlier this week!!

[@bagofwalnuts6583]

At the risk of sounding a little weird, I have to say I love how relatable you are Sean! The bit about becoming so obsessed with things it occupies every conscious thought made I chuckle, as that's exactly how I am! Looking forward to seeing the board game videos, it's a bit random, yet very interesting!!

[@fishywishes8150]

Wow! 30k! Congrats! A few years ago I downsized to 10 tanks. Now I'm back up to 13. I guess I'm a fish tank addict! Haha!

[@Ourfrenchiegirls]

Love your content... and you keeping it real!

[@michaeljcoulter]

Great common sense video! Loving your videos, relaxing to watch. As much as I love Dustins fishtanks, it's nice to have a quiet narrator sometimes haha.

[@ChallengetheWild]

congrats on 30k :D

[@anthonyragan2696]

GenCon? man, that brings back memories. I went for over 25 straight years from 1984, including years behind a booth: you'll have a blast. And congratulations on 30K!

[@LeslieF0330]

Congratulations on 30,000 Sean. That's a huge milestone and I have to say it's well deserved. I've been watching your videos for the past year and you always inspire me to try new things with my aquarium hobby. 😊 Matter of fact, I too recently decided I've got too many tanks to "enjoy" so I bought a new 40gal at PetCo in an attempt to maybe combine some of the smaller ones. Not sure if or how that's gonna work. Or if that was even a good idea. After watching this video I may try the "tank-ception" somewhere. HaHa 🧐 Thanks again Sean and have a blessed week!

[@Katseye102]

The idea of a tank in a tank is interesting, kind of like the reverse of an above tank tank. You know one that brings the water level above the base tank, those are cool.

[@pecktec]

Yeah I love those too huuuuuum May have to do a zero edge one.

[@joakimhjelm-svennesen8984]

If I had the space in my apartment, I wouldn't mind a bigger third fish tank. But like you said you never really have time to enjoy sitting down and watch the fish and shrimp in the tanks. Sometimes I feel the only time I watch the tanks, is when I do water change, add new plants, fish, shrimp etc. Or when I feed them. I'm amazed that you have time to maintain the fish tanks and enjoy all the tanks you have. Obviously you have a KZbin channel, so one or two fish tanks probably wouldn't be interesting to watch for us that follow your channel. Is the large aquarium in your basement or hobbyroom in the basement? I would probably bring up the large aquarium in my living room up on the first floor to sit and enjoy it while watching or reading a book, and the smaller ones you breed various fishes and shrimp in or use for KZbin channel bring those down in the basement

[@johnjwedrall4290]

Good encouraging video 👍

[@doragon3329]

Shrimp and most inverts tend to get depressed and suicidal without substrate. That's why they're often shipped in bags with plants or a sponge. That's probably why they are congregating in the small tank within.

[@pecktec]

Makes sense

[@dereklambourn822]

Great video , I like your honesty . Keep up the good work !

[@crazyaquatics71]

one of my fav channel sir. love your work.

[@joakimhjelm-svennesen8984]

Wouldn't the shrimp die out in the pond due to cold temperatures? I also have two questions about my own fish tanks. I have an approx 14 US gallon heavily planted fish tank with an ancistrus catfish and x amount of red cherry shrimp and some 15- 20 Amanda tetras. Can I add more Amanda tetras into the tank without damaging the existing community or group of Amanda's and not damaging the environment in the fish tank? I also have a 3 US gallon planted fish tank with red cherry shrimp. How many red cherry shrimp would you recommend in a 3 gallon tank?

[@Stuartone7]

Another great vid. Make sure you make time for you mate.

[@sagrath1982]

You have a tank problem! Lol I set up a nice wall for my premium small aquariums like biorbs, specs and chis that wall looks amazing. I wish I could send a pic.

[@Hornbyttgingernerd]

Too many tanks can mean everything starts being done badly due to time constraints good idea to cut back

[@MikeV607]

Focus Shawn....Focus! If you burn the candle at both ends, the wick gets short.

[@OceanLife6977]

Great video brother. That's my dilemma as well with making any videos, work! Love your video man, you hit the nail right on the head.

[@almas7123]

How are your guitars so close to the wall? I like that. The guitar hangers I have seen today place the guitar further away from the wall🤔

[@plips71755]

Thanks for sharing. Wish you lived near me when getting rid of tanks. I need a cheap due to age (not construction) maybe 35 gal+ for young orchids for holding over the winter and maybe a 5 or 10 for sick or weak orchids. I don’t care if it has small leak - obviously no cracks or anything dangerous that would fall apart moving but doesn’t need to be water tight. I have checked our local craigslist, goodwill etc but so far everything has been pretty expensive $100s even into the $1000s due to them not wanting to sell separate from all the accessories you need for fish from stands or cabinets to fancy pumps and filtration systems etc. Most seem to be getting out all together including fish - moving, divorce, etc. I just need a tank, light and cover to maintain humidity, light that can hold full spectrum plant growth bulbs (pref led) and that’s it. I will need to get air circulation somehow with a small clip on fan. Maybe clear visibility non glass so not so heavy but don’t really care if glass or plexiglass or whatever they use now days. If I could just get the tank the rest I could deal with finding the rest though it would be helpful to have the cover etc that fits the tank for sure. Also could use some driftwood - used pref so I don’t have to soak so much - for mounts. At the right price - could use a fair amount of this. Anyone have any suggestions for me - do you think a club would be a good source? Thanks.. PS, if I use say 10 or 15 but on their side to accommodate flower spikes,, does anyone know how to make or attach doors and then what to do with light. If there is something else besides an aquarium that might work, let me know. I will keep looking. I also need a way to aerate my 32 gal rain water storage to increase total dissolved oxygen but want lots of fine bubbles - maybe a wand or curtain. I had tanks and bred betas and angels 30 + yrs ago and boy the fish world has changed and exploded. We just had what the local fish store had...unless you traveled to big shows. No internet in mid 70s-early 80s Thanks

[@king_fisherr]

Sean, congratulations on the thirty thousand! You deserve it! I'm glad I've stuck around all these years. It's really awesome to see what changes you've made, and to have gotten to see you make the steampunk tank, and to see what you're doing now! The amount of work you put into these videos is incredible, and I can say that we all really appreciate it. I think it's a good idea to slim down the amount of tanks you have, it's really easy to get burned out when you've got a large amount of them. Can't wait to see what you do next! Hope you're doing well!

[@LittleLargeMouth]

Great video that you clearly spent a lot of time on!

[@Rncjshentncoshxjsnrnc]

If I’m jealous of your tanks, you’re doing something right

[@JS-gk9et]

Awesome stuff. I’m preparing to tear down some of my nano experiments in favor of larger, fewer tanks. So, very timely inspiration. Played or seen Gloomhaven? A friend of mine has it, and we can’t wait to start. Looks like it can be a simple start, with the ability to add custon figurines as you like.

[@dwainkitchel1316]

Is it bad of me that my fav part of the video is at 10:11 when i get to look at a part of your bookshelf :) Pecktec follow yer passion man, if the love affair is flickering give it space and time to reignite!!!! We will be here waiting :)

[@johnaitken7430]

Both the light and lid are pains. Except for my wifes frogs..helps keep em from escaping and being kitten food

[@SC-hk6ui]

Wow - what a great idea. I loved this video. Some neat ideas :-)

[@Lumpydog]

Thanks for another video. I enjoyed it. Keep them coming. Cheers

[@jordanyang3066]

I think too is that people cant tear down a beautiful tank, but that's what cameras are for.lol

[@jeydondestiny3337]

Was searching for a totally different “give up” but hey, this works I guess

[@teresamatos3194]

It’s great to see your set ups. I have a question... will you do one on the fluval fresh line like the f90? Thank you.

[@pecktec]

You know I’m not sure. I have only seen them a little bit. They aren’t in my local store. They look neat though.

[@AussieAquatic]

Well deserved 30K and always nice content.

[@johnaitken7430]

With the flex out of service, think about scraping the hex pattern, removing the plastic baffle and having regular filters,in essentially a larger tank

[@pecktec]

The only thing I would change is the lid and light. I like that other stuff ok.

[@bebebutterfield1]

I have emptied 2 ten gallon, 2 five gallon and a 3 gallon recently. I am 33 gallons happier.

[@BradClarke]

I can relate to catching fish being a PITA. Two weeks ago I had to do a substrate swap on a tank that I couldn't vacuum well and it got really nasty. The actual substrate change was done fairly quickly, but catching the fish and shrimp (twice) and moving way too many assassin snails took hours.

[@cbcanga]

Ur great man... keep it up.. thank you for your content.

[@deandavies1462]

Hi,, congrats on the 30k. I know where your at with to many tanks. I've not as many as you, but there's a limit of 4 aquariums and the new biopod grand(paladarium setup) in my house.... I have gone over that limit and have had to rationalise some of them, so thought a good idea would to be to combine the volume of the all the 3 small tanks into one new scape and managed to get an ADA 60P and a, complete ADA setup with a big discount which is happening this week. The funny thing is the better half has decided that I must now keep two of the three I was going too reduce as they are too nice or have memories(one was the tank she bought me that got one into aquascaping) so I've not really reduced the numbers, just created more maintenance.... At one point we were chatting about the biopod as your video inspired more to buy one and you said to send images or video of the results. Keep at it and respect for the purge

[@JB-wg9zj]

holy shit look at that shirt~~~!!!!! That was nuts.. it was like an aloha shirt cut but without anything remotely tropical. Funny that motivated my comment.. lol What do you put in those little spec tiny tanks other than shrimp?? I cant even see embers in there... even a guppy could do a 15... I really am asking. I had shrimp in one but it got boring REAL quick.

[@dizzyguy7423]

yooo my 2 main hobbies, aquascaping and guitars ;) nice les paul

[@slichti1]

What you do every week is simply amazing having a full-time job plus putting out all these videos plus maintaining all those tanks would burn out anybody so do what you can to maintain This channel find a way to cut back your workload I’ve seen a lot of KZbin or’s get overwhelmed and I would hate that to happen to you good luck great video see you next week

[@riverclay79]

Thanks for the video, love all your videos, whether fish related or not.

[@StepbyStep-biOrb]

Have been watching your videos on and off for a while. Finally pressed that Subscribe button. Great Channel! Keep it up my friend. 30k Subscribers?... I wish! Best, Mark.

[@Nico-ml5eg]

I've been following your Kickstarter craze for a while now and backed The Faceless because of you. Looking forward to your board game videos.

[@pecktec]

Hey cool! It looks like a neat game.

[@matthewjsherman]

Where did you get that tank at 4:07 ? Really want a small cube tank that is rimless!

[@melissabyers6634]

Congrats on 30k! Curious what that tall plant is at 8:08? Love it. 😊

[@rahulkaushik5629]

Subscribed to your channel in April 2014 still love it... Hello from India 😀😀

[@pecktec]

Thanks!

[@FreshwaterFishFreak]

Congrats on the 30K.

[@RachelOLeary]

hahaha on the bigger net anecdote

[@larrydsAquatics]

Yep if your not enjoying all your tanks it's time to thin out the heard i have one 75 gallon and I'm going to get a 180 and that's all, by the way love the cthulhu ski mask...

[@Zaku186]

Sad you threw those plants out. id gladly deal with algae to keep some plants. the only way i can get pants is online and im usually broke so i value any plants that look like they might live.

[@RicksReef]

LOL. Life of an aquarium youtuber. I hear you. I've found that I tend to take down tanks once they've 'matured', just to move on to a new project that I can document on youtube.

[@pecktec]

Yeah if they aren’t pretty exceptional I get sick of trying to keep them up.

[@FishForThought]

beautiful video as always. And a very important message. Thanks Pecktec.

[@AnnaRengreenlife]

Hi pecktec! I like your video! Where can I buy the small tank on 4:29?

[@teemana8843]

Dear sir, I have watched some of your aquarium videos and I really like your style of setting up those tanks. It inspires me a lot. I just subscribed your channel and I hope you would keep your passions in your aquariums. You have done a great job.

[@pecktec]

Tee Mana thanks I’m glad you’re liking the videos. If your new there’s lots and lot some are very strange. Enjoy!