ADDING ARCHERFISH to the 4ft Paludarium Build!!

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The paludarium / aquaterrarium is built and ready to add more plants to the top section, fix some filtration and finally....add the fish!!! This was one of those builds where everything just went right and the tank turned out better than I imagined. These are some of my favourite tanks to make as well because the ability to add the plants coming out of the tank really makes a huge difference to the overall look. I hope you have enjoyed the build and I will update in a month when everything has grown in even more and do some final shots for a compilation video :)
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@MDFishTanks Жыл бұрын

The paludarium / aquaterrarium is built and ready to add more plants to the top section, fix some filtration and finally....add the fish!!! This was one of those builds where everything just went right and the tank turned out better than I imagined. These are some of my favourite tanks to make as well because the ability to add the plants coming out of the tank really makes a huge difference to the overall look. I hope you have enjoyed the build and I will update in a month when everything has grown in even more and do some final shots for a compilation video :)

@aperson336 Жыл бұрын

EDIT!!!: I am incorrect. CLOUDED archerfish do not need brackish, god I just love ichthyology where the only constant is there is always an exception! I already made a comment on this video and the past one, but archer’s REALLY NEED BRACKISH!!! It’s very important for them to live a happy, long, healthy life!

@kartikgupta1422 Жыл бұрын

Wont the barb fish nip the fins of archer fish?

@aperson336 Жыл бұрын

@@kartikgupta1422 only if the tiger barbs aren’t kept in adequate numbers

@pencilpauli9442 Жыл бұрын

Looks fab. I enjoyed the way the tiger barbs do their thing so there staccato movements sets a different rhythm to the archer fish. The torpedo barbs are super cool too.

@averyspeedbuilds8237 Жыл бұрын

Can we have a update on your marine aquarium

@zyankhali2105 Жыл бұрын

This is so far my favourite tank of yours. The fish really seem to be enriched by the environment. Since there is so much surface above water (plants, wood), they seem to be constantly looking for play. Something that obviously didn't happen at the shop. Let's see, how spitty they get. :)

@racbailey Жыл бұрын

The hunting music is hilarious! It aids in creating a cinematic experience. The shadows among the hardscape give the tank great depth and mood. This is an enjoyable series of videos, next level, into story telling. Looking forward to the next one!

@Trains-With-Shane Жыл бұрын

It's always so captivating to watch a fish with this level of intelligence. You can see they're thinking, searching. It's more than just instinctual feeding. They're figuring it out. It's that kind of behavior that I really love about the larger American cichlids such as Oscars, etc. I was in a fish store today on the way home from work just to see what they had on hand. And I always stop and look at Oscars to reaffirm why I love the charismatic little beasts but unfortunately they were sold out at the moment. lol. I have to say I am a real big fan of the archer fish now that i've seen these.

@uroscokl Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos. Building from scratch to the end. Especially when leaving more time to observe fish at the end of the video.

@philcarlino6942 Жыл бұрын

Great selection of music at the end to accompany the video, really felt like I was on a hunt with those archer fish. Great setup and can't wait to see as the tank progresses. Take care.

@curtisdesign Жыл бұрын

Beautiful tank- loved the long fish shots at the end, plus great choice of music. This video is another step up in quality. Well done.

@TheSerialH0bbyist Жыл бұрын

I just got some archerfish too and "trained" them to spit using red flakes and aqua scaping tweezers. I just left the tweezers on the edge of the tank (I have a rimmed tank but you could attach the tweezers to yours somehow). I left the room and came back, and they were spitting the flakes off the tweezers. These are smaller fish than yours but same species, and it was amazing to watch. Now they do it all the time regardless of when I'm there, the only time they don't is when I'm trying to show people.

@taylorhale1035 Жыл бұрын

Mate...FANTASTIC JOB on this one!!! I could watch this tank all day. The community fish look amazing against the substrate and detail stones, the plants look amazing and naturalistic as they sway in the flow, and the archer fish are so interesting to watch on their own. A++

@fruast Жыл бұрын

Who’s day get better when Mb fish tank posts

@frittibreezedancer Жыл бұрын

It's looking absolutely gorgeous! And I know it will only continue to improve in looks as the tank and the plants mature. Little tip; once you've gotten to the point of training the fish, what you might try is leaving a piece of fruit or veg sitting above the water, like on one of the pieces of wood, and it'll start attracting fruit flies for the archers to spit at. Honestly, dunno if it'd work, but it'd be worth a shot I reckon ^_^

@pesky_fool7714 Жыл бұрын

It would work done it before but you would want to keep the fruit fresh

@antznnfx9922 Жыл бұрын

I suffer greatly from insomnia so your uploads are very much so appreciated at these times! I can already see this entire scape coming together!

@TruTxn82 Жыл бұрын

I worked at petco when I was 17yrs old. I remember getting these fish and trying to see if they would spit. I put a couple small feeder crickets on a branch. They all immediately shot at them after I stood back to watch. One of the coolest things I’ve seen a fish do. I have no doubt these guys will figure it out in no time.

@peaoat3608 3 ай бұрын

That seeding with a sponge scene got my adrenaline real high. It's hard to believe the sponge gunk is good for the fish.

@weaverbee2808 Жыл бұрын

Especially good job with the music on this one! I was on the edge for the last 5 minutes waiting for something amazing to happen 😆

@shiefke89 Жыл бұрын

MD, your quality of content is getting better and better by the week! I absolutly love the creativity you bring to the screen! I've followed you a while now, but these episodes and the way you handled them are just EPIC!!! Please keep doing what feels best for you and what you love to do because it really shows! Cheers from across the pond (The Netherlands)

@basildestiny Жыл бұрын

I'm so excited to see someone setting up their archer fish to feed as they do in the wild. I have watched three other channels with archer fish who say they want to set them up to eat naturally and then they never do. Thanks, MD! You've done it!

@chriskay66 Жыл бұрын

The aesthetics of this tank are superb, best looking one to date and the archerfish look stunning. Can we just have a constant live feed webcam on this tank please 😂

@emmacavalier Жыл бұрын

Your tanks get even more perfect each time!

@jerrychamtyoo9795 Жыл бұрын

Very natural looking, love the time given at the end to observe the fish and appreciate the tank having watched from the start of the project. Great work

@stevenpavan327 Жыл бұрын

The paludarium is fantastically beautiful. I love the Radiohead-like music. Spot on perfect.

@reginaphalanges7331 Жыл бұрын

MD! I am so happy that you got Archers! I've kept them and found that they are very easy to teach to spit, I used a long pair of forceps and held a small live cricket above the water, the fish see the wiggling insect and spit at it , immediately drop the cricket into the water and it's an instant reward for the fish!

@TheLili2431 Жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my favourite tanks of yours to date. The archer fish are absolutely hypnotising. Would like to see the addition of some chunky floating plants with roots danging down into the scape.

@codylyon5639 Жыл бұрын

You have outdone yourself my friend, I’m speechless 😮

@charlieswallow3614 Жыл бұрын

The hard scape is unreal love it

@GenesisJames Жыл бұрын

Gotta be one of my favorite tanks from you! Taking it above the rim is one of my favorite types of tanks, and it looks great here. You should definitely do it more often! Not to mention those archer fish; they're super cool and I loved watching them slowly scan the area above the water for food! They look like they're gonna be a lot of fun to watch!

@michaeljones348 Жыл бұрын

This is why I like you men you always care about your fish 🐟 😁😁👌

@anilmakwana5783 8 ай бұрын

Best, most informative, professional MD video to date. Period

@sandrabattye8689 Жыл бұрын

Looks amazing. If you want to let them try catching wild flies try breeding fruit flies (generally small enough to ignore and you can disrupt their breeding if it doesn't work for you). Usually all you need is a banana skin or apple core, leave it somewhere warm and the flies will appear. If you are happy with it you could even put the fruit in an open jar (keeps the fruit from contaminating the water and allows you to clean it easily) and hide it in the plants for the flies to randomly drift out over the water.

@blairlock Жыл бұрын

You and Matt bring out the inner child in each other. Love it

@jman2u50 Жыл бұрын

Yay!! Been waiting for this vid! Good job MD! Also with the fern, the rhizomes (fuzzy bits) might rot with constant contact with water

@sammy9679 Жыл бұрын

This music was a great choice, I felt myself tensing up to see what they would do next. This should be the new standard way to keep archer fish!

@ggoannas Жыл бұрын

I hate going through days without an MD video! 🤨

@bigdillan9612 Жыл бұрын

Its cool to see rare and interesting fish going into your aquascapes

@pandanope7846 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this one. It looks beautiful and great choice of fish! I really appreciate being able to watch the fish at the end and see how they behave, as well as having the time to look over the tank and admire all of the little details.

@peterrehm490 Жыл бұрын

I am becoming increasingly tempted to put together my own freshwater aqua-scape by your videos.

@vgb_ali_official3081 Жыл бұрын

it's worth it

@pandanope7846 Жыл бұрын

I felt the same watching MD! I now have three freshwater tanks and can't get enough of them.

@jlaycnkxcrafter8838 Жыл бұрын

This has honestly been amazing! It’s looks incredible

@robjohn9516 Жыл бұрын

Great Job! Time to make something to cover the tank. We all want to see a cricket feeding video!!!

@richardheudorf2245 Жыл бұрын

You are like the "Aquarium Whisperer". An amazing build! Had Archers once, loved em. The one thing I hate about you is that you make me want to have 50 tanks and I have to daily fight the urge! 🙂

@JesseJames-rq4ee Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the fish finally Made it into the tank And that tank looks really good

@tedkosub8774 Жыл бұрын

if you slow it down around 18:24 you can see the gnat flying around as he jumps to catch it! nice shot!

@dirkbalding6799 Жыл бұрын

Oh boy what a fantastic soundtrack for the Anglerfish, really enjoyed that! And what a great looking tank, love it!

@sierra3830 Жыл бұрын

I think these guys just became a dream fish! They have super cool patterns, and the subtle yellow color is beautiful. I can tell they have a lot of personality too lol I know you don't normally name fish, but I think Vanta would be the perfect name for the one with super dark fins, after vantablack ofc. On camera they show up so dark It confused me for a second, it really looks like a little void lol

@flipsonfire101 Жыл бұрын

This is really cool. I would just start chucking the odd cricket in the top and sit back and watch.

@drewmurphy8999 Жыл бұрын

This is an incredible tank. I love watching it at the end. It would be awesome to have a long video (like you have done in a while back) where is just about an hour of watching this tank.

@leeholt5993 Жыл бұрын

I had a tank with 2 or 3 archers at one time and they were my favorite fish. I used to put live tubaflex worms near the top of the tank so they could shoot them down. Very nice Tank!

@gaivscaesar Жыл бұрын

The bacteria live on the Sponge, all you did was squeeze the waste and detritus which will cause an ammonia Spike. You'd be best off just putting the Sponges into the filter itself or at least just leaving them in the tank for a few days

@keeganchow1494 Жыл бұрын

Yeh md gets excited to set it up and get the fish in straight away but it’s kind of risky especially with big fish like the archers, especially with no established bacteria and water parameters going up and down, surely 90% water changes for a week everyday is stressful for fish

@davidharding1694 Жыл бұрын

I seeded my most recent tank and there was a noticeable difference in how quickly the tank cycled compared to previous tanks. Granted, my anecdotal experience isn't the most concrete evidence but that's my experience in seeding for a quicker cycle.

@MDFishTanks Жыл бұрын

@@keeganchow1494 50% and I've not done any so far. Testing is showing all good 👍

@MDFishTanks Жыл бұрын

Well it's been 4 days now and not needed to do a single water change and parameters are perfect (testing every morning). Not saying it's 100% the squeeze method but all good so far 👍

@MusicBenjy Жыл бұрын

Yeah, squeezing the sponges into the tank isn't a thing, well it might do something but nowhere near as effective as just putting the actual sponge in the new filter. You're mainly just putting a load of dirt into the water column, the vast majority of the bacteria will stay in the sponge.

@profoxracer Жыл бұрын

Put some baby crickets in on the plants and let them crawl around.. the fish will shoot when they get the chance.. didn’t take mine longer then 3 days.. man I miss those guys… hope you like cleaning the glass.. lol but it’s fun. And amazing to watch them hit with accuracy!! Thank you for another great video!!! Got me wanting archerfish again…

@ruudvoeten Жыл бұрын

My first job (16) was in a aquariumshop and sold Schuttersvis (dutch) could not see the beauty in them as i see them today. Thx for this great episode and updates welcome.

@nathanial_summers Жыл бұрын

If you've got a tackle shop near you see if you can buy a dozen or so maggots, good bit of movement and protein in them to get the archers instincts kicking in, place couple of them on the drift wood going across middle. even if they drop in the fish will go for them.

@johngalt6525 Жыл бұрын

👍 Balanced fruitflies and tiny bits of food right on edges of overhanging leaves works . Nice job . Good luck .

@donl7596 Жыл бұрын

I used freeze dried plankton to train mine. moisten the piece and it will stick to leaves or driftwood above the water.

@bowser515 11 ай бұрын

This ended up beautiful! And those Archer fish are awesome! Love it all...

@REscapes Жыл бұрын

awh I really like this set up, it reminds me of the paludariums you did in the old days of the shed and they were some of my favourite builds!

@blucenere Жыл бұрын

Very beautiful! I think that some dried leaves on the bottom could improve it even more.

@TheFakeyCakeMaker Жыл бұрын

Love your dragon stone bit, great to see a "mistake" sometimes this happens to me and it's made me feel like a failure but seeing how professionals deal with mishaps, mistakes and the unexpected is very helpful in knowing how to respond in my own life. 🙂

@VeNoMsEpItApH Жыл бұрын

Those archerfish are so pretty! I’m jealous

@JDS8 Жыл бұрын

Hey MD, have you ever considered using aquarium pumps to build your filters "into" the hardscape like how SerpaDesign does? I think it might offer some more aesthetically-pleasing alternatives to simply adding a canister filter and the necessary piping onto the front of your beautiful paludarium. I've done a few custom internal filters myself and it's a really fun opportunity for a new form of creativity in aquascaping / aquarium design. Lends itself especially well to building waterfalls into paludariums that serve as natural looking filters. I know you've done similar with the small rectangular internal filters but never a fully custom self-made filter using just a pump, as far as I can recall? Just an idea! Love your videos either way.

@imranpatel4612 Жыл бұрын

Wow these fish look amazing. Might be my new favourite fish you own. Alos the tank came out amazing and really shows them off well

@lillianwolfe8314 Жыл бұрын

The way they started to slowly hover around while the suspenseful music played...I was starting to get creeped out. 🤣

@madaboutmilitaria3630 Жыл бұрын

MD The Prince of the Paludarium

@pagewhite8177 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely fascinating to watch this tank. Those Archer fish are really something! I love how this came out, it’s fantastic. Thank you.

@vanissaberg5824 Жыл бұрын

They are fantastic! The tank looks amazing like the edge of a stream. Now you'll have to get some live insects to put on the plants and wood and see if they'll try to hunt them down! Since it doesn't have a lid I'd be a little weary of crickets escaping all over the place lol. Might try some flightless fruit flies they sell for feeding small frogs maybe? Even the smaller fish and tiger barbs would love those too I bet!

@gidge6260 Жыл бұрын

This is EPIC. Had a laugh when the suspenseful music started but it was so fitting 😂👌🏼

@tarasanders1021 Жыл бұрын

Tank Goals! This turned out so pretty. I can’t wait for more videos. I’m curious to see if the Archers start to spit, also want to see how the Rabbits foot fern fair in water.

@yyyobwoc Жыл бұрын

Another phenomenal scape for some very interesting fish! If anyone can get them spitting, it’ll be you

@simianlife5949 Жыл бұрын

Man, what beautiful and interesting fish. Absolutely mesmerizing watching them in the final montage. Perfect music for that as well. Of course the tank is gorgeous too.

@n.c.3137 Жыл бұрын

Love this aquascape 👍 Possibly the best yet. The patterns/colours of the archer fish remind me of bengal cats. Beautiful fish! Always great content 👌 Thanks again for keeping us all entertained and educated 😁

@peterww3106 Жыл бұрын

Totally mesmerising! And the music choice, very suspenseful!! Brilliant

@tygereyes Жыл бұрын

Beautifully done from environment and tank - wonderful set-up - and gorgeous fish - just beautiful.

@anetaludvikova9793 Жыл бұрын

I´m in love. Those archerfish are so pretty they look like the´re animated!!! :D

@arielroxi Жыл бұрын

I love the paludarium setup and the fish selection. Your videos are inspiring. I always look forward to learning something new and seeing your scaping. Thank you.

@billbush1270 Жыл бұрын

Really like the size of the archers. Proportionate to size of tank.

@dawnt6791 Жыл бұрын

I do my "seeding" the exact same way. Works like a charm every time.

@drnishantharnoji7349 Жыл бұрын

Was just thinking about when you will drop the part 3😁

@martinjenkins6472 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely NEXT LEVEL! They are the best looking fish EVER...you've given me something to aspire to now! :)

@opercula Жыл бұрын

Great, suspenseful background music at end of video. Looking forward to follow-up.

@sharkloving_aquarist Жыл бұрын

16:45 damn he was really giving that side eye 👀

@brettwallis4617 Жыл бұрын

Amazing presumably hunting behaviour, they look like wonderful fish 🐟 😍

@privateportall Жыл бұрын

Very nice! Say hello to Flo, Anette and Justin

@louieloudog8533 Жыл бұрын

What a great job you did with this MD, I'm just shocked you did not bring any bugs home with you! Lol , I could not of helped myself if it was me!

@lizdyson3627 7 ай бұрын

This tank is soooo AWESOME.

@sammydendoncker3980 Жыл бұрын

The music fits so good. Love this video man!

@dirtywhitellama Жыл бұрын

The other thing about bag water is, maybe depending on how long the fish are in there, it's full of poo and stress hormones too. More of an issue going into a smaller tank. It may be fine for you and your situation (seems like you're not super far from your store) but definitely something people should consider. Tank looks great, I'm excited to hear updates on these guys over time! :D they are super cool.

@shawnchong1046 Жыл бұрын

One of your better video series in awhile. Awesome!

@trevorcourtney7457 Жыл бұрын

Your best tank yet MD. Really nice.

@Frankje01 Жыл бұрын

one of your best scapes IMO MD, the smaller fish just perfectly compliment the archers and the overall scape just nails the natural look and it feels very natural for the archers as a hunting ground/habitat.

@amandabyrd9349 Жыл бұрын

As a college student, I worked at the Waikiki Aquarium, and common archer fish were one of my tanks to care for. I always enjoyed them, despite the occasional puff of water headed my direction. It’s really cool that you close to take on these wonderful predators!

@leadbomb5380 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Would you ever consider a British style pond tank with Sticklebacks for example. I think that would be an epic tank. Topstuff.

@ChuckFoxen Жыл бұрын

At the Oklahoma Aquarium we use to stick wet Krill to the front of the dry glass and let them spit on glass to knock off into water.

@hightopshannah Жыл бұрын

Tank looks so good and those fish are so weird! Huge and so cool

@gigi3242 Жыл бұрын

beautiful tank, beautiful fish... love the hunting behavior

@natebuttski3600 Жыл бұрын

You should make a paludarium for a tree frog, it would fantastic with fantastic skills

@calvinbasilio9331 Жыл бұрын

definitely my favourite tank that you own now! what an amazing scape and the choice of plants really make this look like some sort of biotope. I love it! 👌