NEW MERCH CLICK HERE: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/md-fish-tanks In this video I am stripping things back and creating a Diana Walstad inspired aquarium in a vase. The mini planted tanks do not require a filter as the plants do the working of not only pulling nasties from the water column, but also providing oxygen for the fish. Fascinating little setups and fully recommend you give it a try. Equipment (all links affiliate): DESK LAMP: US: amzn.to/3hx43mE UK: amzn.to/2T49Mqw VASE: US (nice alternative): amzn.to/2TPVSZA UK: amzn.to/3qYKoyM SMALL HANG ON BACK FILTER: US amzn.to/2Mw63OO UK amzn.to/39rx3b5 NANO INTERNAL FILTER: US amzn.to/3oxGBWm UK LED FLOODLIGHTS: US amzn.to/3t6HOHD UK amzn.to/3orIdRv CANISTER FILTER: US amzn.to/3iNeVtW UK amzn.to/2Fo774a GOOSENECK CLIP ON LAMP: (similar as product is now discontinued) US amzn.to/2IlwLVA UK amzn.to/2LNat13 MINI WATER PUMP: US amzn.to/2oAmf5y UK amzn.to/2mjHDez TANKS: US amzn.to/2SOocHG UK amzn.to/2SPA24i STRIP LED LIGHT: US (similar) amzn.to/2SNgbm7 UK amzn.to/2Fn9aW1 ASTA LED LIGHT: US amzn.to/3k9EmpY UK amzn.to/3p5XUPY AQUARIUM RACKING: Shelving: US amzn.to/2SrYZ5k UK amzn.to/2GFWKJ2 AIRPUMP (FILTER SYSTEM): US amzn.to/31z8FA9 UK amzn.to/37GIoUa FILTER SPONGES: US amzn.to/3dQLUfM UK amzn.to/3dS2k7K MEDIA BAGS: US amzn.to/34Kaf2N UK amzn.to/3lAj3z1 STAINLESS LILY PIPES: US amzn.to/2FqHpvR UK amzn.to/2RlfrnC BOWL AQUARIUMS: US amzn.to/2M4FwFO Amazo UK: amzn.to/2Vx73CL HARDSCAPE AND PLANTS: www.aquariumgardens.co.uk/

Came to your channel to watch aquascaping vids. Now I'm here for aquascaping vids and your personality. What a bubbly guy :')

Looks like a mini garden, love anything thats miniature and sustainable. The plant selections are so adorable as well! Nice work!

Gotta say bud your page got me hooked on doing fish tanks again. I've always wanted to build a natural tank and I recently got my hands on 3 for free. One is a 10, a 2, and a 55 gallon. I got them running last week and the knowledge I've learned and ideas from your page is priceless. Thanks for getting me into the hobby bro.

I feel guilty for saying but your small builds bring me so much joy. I always cheer when you drop the one ramshorn in. I know its a strange delight.

i love this as a little desk build, but I do agree with others, not so sure about the fish. That said, I know you'll keep a good eye on them, and the parameters, and make sure they're moved when they need to be. My main worry is people following your initial example then getting lazy LOL Love the scape as usual though, and it's given me a fun idea for if i need to take my sparkling gourami fry out of the sparkler tank!

MD is now a huge fan of that stand and light setup

A set up like this is so tempting. I would love it on my desk. Sadly not enough space with everything else I've got on it and that's probably just as well as I'm overwhelmed with the critters I already have to care for (ducks, cats, adult children).

I don’t know about the fish in there but I trust you to do something if something goes wrong

This shows that even grow out tanks can be beautiful!! I love it!! ❤️❤️

This one needs a follow-up, MD! It's been over a year. Is it still u p and running? Problems? Solutions? What would do differently? Etc.? Thanks!

I like to watch your videos when im studying. Could you upload a five hour video of your fish swimming? I would love to turn that on when im studying or trying to meditate.

The way you cut the wood is genius! I don't know if I would've thought of that. Looks elegant.

Hello greetings from Spain, it would be great if your videos could be translated into Spanish, we are a large community of Spanish-speaking aquarists and I am sure you would reach more people, I also have to tell you that it is surprising what you do I congratulate you and please never stop uploading content to KZfaq, you inspire many of us.

I like layers and observing roots also

Ur tiny scapes are my favorite tbh. Atm I am living in a 6 qm room and as I miss my actual apartment where my aquarium is, I might get myself the exact thing u did there *-*!! Also, did I ever tell u that my husband always randomly whispers "click subscribe" hahahaha. Love it!

Looks like your getting help with your videos, good for you

This channel is so enjoyable to watch and you always learn something new. Thanks for posting MD.

I must admit I was disappointed 😞. I watch a you tubevideo or two while I’m getting the household ready in the mornings. MD fish tanks is my fav and first go to. I looked at this video and I was 😞, I though, no just a little vase! I’ve been looking forwards to a good long MD video for days. I set the kettle on ( I’m in Australia so you’re always posting very late here) and started on breakfast, popping on the video ( had to rewinding twice cos I wasn’t interested and was distracted,) but hey I’m an ikea fan, so that caught my attention. I love the glassware for terrariums. Wow what an unexpectedly beautiful little video. Something about your enthusiasm, the general funny and sometimes deprecating humour, the beauty of your fish and flora, not to mention really elegant simple additions like the half moon base, just make this a really nice video to watch. Not to mention the absolutely fabulous camera work and editing. We’d love to know your secrets there! I burnt everyones breakfast by the way as I was so engrossed 😝! cornflakes it is for my tribe ( won’t be happy as it’s winter here ) but you videos are sometimes just like a sleeper car ( not a car person but you get the drift ) this video was a such a great surprise Thank you 😊 ( yet again 🙏)

I have just discovered this channel. Love it. So easy to watch. I have a kept a zebra danio in a 2 pint vase before. Just had gravel that I took from one of my existing tanks. No plants. I was pretty lax with water changes, but maybe did a 50% every two weeks or so with tap water that I left out over night. Zebby lived for 3 years. Anyway, as a result of seeing this, I think I’ll get a bigger vase and do something vey similar. Thanks!

Oh my god seeing this pop up in my feed was such a strange feeling. I was just watching your walstad / no filter bowl video with the UG, and you mentioned having to keep on top of trimming and I started thinking "What if I used a vase". I made wood stand, bought a vase, clip on lamp, and the plants are being shipped.. Parallel thinking is so cool :)

I love the fact that you can't remember plants name but you are a very good aquascaper/aquarist. How cool is that !

Haven’t watched yet. Just wanted to say you’re tanks are awesome! Keep doin what you do!

Love this MD! The bricks in the background look awesome 👏🏼

Awesome commentary, clean and smooth while staying natural!

Hey MD, I really like your videos and watch most of them, but never feel the urge to comment as, well, I just don't like most comment sections on the internet. But for this video, I really have to write a comment and give you some criticism for it. While your scape is fine and all, I think it is a mistake to put fish in such a small tank, even if they are really small or still fry. You MAYBE could argue, that very young fish would be completely fine in there for some weeks, until you move them, but please keep some things in mind. First - even if you COULD do something, doesn't mean you should do it all the time. A tank like this would be (at most) the bare minimun for those fish and while I totally undestand that one can keep fish without going all in on animal wellfare, it should still be our focus as pet owners to offer those animals we keep the best possible environment. Second, and I guess this is way more important - like I said above, it might be ok to let some fry grow out in such a tank for some time and move them. If that is the case, that would be totally fine for everyone to do at home. BUT. You are a really big and influancial KZfaqr with a huge community. And as such, many people will take you as an example or even an excuse to do something. And while active followers, who watch videos till the end and listen closely to what you say will most of the time get all the "ifs" and "whens" you talk about, there are even more, who just consume some content here and there. And those people will get a completely wrong idea of how you can keep fish at home, if some KZfaqr with a community this big does it in such way. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to accuse you of anything here, after all I really like most of your content. But please think about the consequences it could have, if those examples are seen by people who don't see "the whole picture" or maybe are just kids who don't fully understand everything you say about keeping fish in such a small tank.

That would be so perfect for a work desk... however I would never be able to get any work done for staring at it! I definitely want to try one!

Day just got better

Excellent vids Mr. MD on non filtered tanks. I'm very thankful for your kind links to the same or similar materials you use in the U.K. for here across the pond in the U.S.

Love these smaller scapes. Would love more bowl scapes too!

Your giggles make me so happy! :D

i dunno about the fish, but that would be perfect for a group of shrimp. You wouldn't have to deal with water changes too, just top it off every now and then

He's an expert on these small tanks.

You are an artist MD! This built was beautiful and just perfect in every which way. Thanks for doing this...

Looks fantastic as usual. And a quick glimpse of one of the boys. Miss seeing the fam since you're not in your backyard anymore. Keep it up. We all wait for your next video.

the aesthetic look of MD and his Vank = vase tank haha

I have been think about doing something for a year now thanks for the inspiration

you could also stain the light stand so it matches the base

I forgot to like this video and have been looking for it all day, lol. Liked.

Awww that tiny net which you used to catch those teeny tiny fry was so cute

I absolutely love this little fun size set up. I think you should stain the arm of the lamp too.

I love it. Please please please can you do a hexagon aquascape tutorial? It's such a challenging shape to make look good, but I'm sure you could!!

Very cool! A little Biotop in a vase, we have a "vase" to and its amazing that life one year without Filter and heater 🤔 Have a nice Day!

Coolest tank there cheers, any other people had tried this as well?

I personally have something like this set up to keep extra snails and to quarantine new plants. I have bladder snails, which I want to keep in my tank because they don't eat live plants, only algae and dead plant matter. There is also a species of small, flat spiral snails that I havent identified yet, but I have noticed chunks of plants missing like a snail ate them, so I'm trying to take out that second species to see if that is the culprit. I have no other tank to put them in so I set up a large glass jar with dirt and a gravel cap to grow out plant cuttings, quarantine new plants, and hold my extra snails. No fish is ever going in there, and the snails shouldnt over reproduce due to low levels of food source, and I can keep the water quality very hard and high in calcium to make it the best home for snails. My actual tank has 2 guppies and moneywort so far, definitely a work in progress, and I'm adding duckweed soon. Please dont put fish in a jar as a home, it is simply not big enough.

Nice little setup. But too small for any fish or even shrimps! I’ve done the same a year ago for ramshorn snails and quarantine plants. Yours will be overgrown in at least 3-4 weeks 😂

I got into it through George farmer High tech stuff, Md has put me right off all that stuff now. Fair play if you can be bothered with CO² but this is my next project.

Like the idea but would definitely not put anything but snails in

It's funny b/c I just fixed up the planted vase thing I had today too! I actually made a platform for a few terrestrial plants to set on. I think they're begonias...but there are a couple pieces of asparagus fern and some moss, and some tiny ficus plumeria from some trees in my neighborhood. Inside the vase is the piece of wood that has had some anubias nana on it for ages and some rocks. You adding the floaters to yours made me realize how good mine would look with some too so I stole a few from my betta haha It's so cute and I love it. Oh and I put a couple tiny toy dart frogs I saw today in my LFS and it's perfect :) I'm not adding any fish to it tho...too small. I might put a couple snails to pal around in there.

The next time you do one of these small tanks you should consider some different fish, like scarlet badis or least killies. Think it would be awesome !!! Thanks 😊

Fish In is the way to go, glad you discussed this for those unwilling to understand.

Md vocab: nasties, fred algae 😁 ❤️❤️❤️Loved the cute lil build. And the blue endler is going to be a stunner!

Awesome , I’m going to be making a planted tank and your demonstration was very useful, so great full you could help 😁

Love planted nano tanks. 👍💓👍

perfect love it!!!!!

Now this is a proper vase tank that paul cuffaro shoulda used

Nice bro ,after long back small/ mini setup!Number of tanks u maintain 👌

I live in America and I get a kick out of the different terms and abbreviations people use in different countries I know people in other countries feel the same way about Americans💯😂

Wow!!!! Looks amazing!! Thank you so much for the video MD!! ☺️🥇💯Please, Can you make a video: Feeding my fish

Best stress release if you alone

Who was sitting in your computer chair in your studio when you went from one room to the other?! Sorry I’m nosey haha 😂

really nice Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share it

I will be so glad when I finally get my plants to grow I found out that the rain water we collect in our cistern causes plants to melt and not enough calcium for the fish to grow strong bones. So I’ve gone across the street to my old house because my well Has very hard water do to living in the village of Limeton

It look awesome.... and it would be even better if you stain the wood for the lamp stand the same colour as the base 😋.... but it would be so much work to do so... so just leave it like that

Thank you 😊

I love your intro. Beautiful

Pretty amazing job well done😊

I love your channel soooo much... I found it a week ago... Please could you a make 8 gallon tank with pebbles as the main decoration..planning to buy a tank..

I love the little tank. I am going to try it. Very cool thanks.

MD - you could’ve just recreated the base completely!

I still have so much to learn about cycling a tank, my first go at this didn't go very well haha

Wow U are The best! Not to much talk, im sorry. Keep it Flowing.. Wow really good

We need the studio tours asap

I have one of those lights they’re pretty cool

I NEED to try my hand on creating this, it's just the most beautiful little tank I've seen, you did an amazing job! I would love to keep fish in one, so I know you mentioned some fish can work for this kind of shaped tank, but you never said which ones. Would you mind mentioning a few? Also, you mentioned you built a wooden tank stand and wondered if you had a video of you making it? I really want to build my own stand for a 29 gallon tank but I'm worried I wont be able to make them sturdy enough to hold that much weight. I'm making it very difficult for myself considering I also want it to look nice and work as a media unit haha. I've just started to tumble down into the aquarium world and I haven't yet bought an aquarium BUT I'm already so deep into this new hobby watching a lot of youtube videos for info and guidance and I have to say your channel quickly became one of my favourites! You do such an amazing job with aquascaping and telling us why you do certain things, it's very helpful and I love that you're bringing humor into your videos as well, makes them very entertaining! Sorry for the long comment, if you made it this far you're awesome and keep up the amazing job!!

Hi! I love your channel. I’m brand new to the hobby (October 2022… found a 3-4 gallon sump type rimless cube aquarium on a curb… I recently added a ten gallon making my cube my nursery for my Endlers and the moms- by the ay I ripped out the back dump filter. I got tired of fishing babies and mom out it floss and filters.. looks amazing and I have better square footage ) You and your builds are a great source of inspiration to me !❤ I’m using a vase similar to that ikea vase but a bit taller as my temporary nursery. I didn’t understand what cycling was and I didn’t do it correctly and now I’m having ammonia spikes in both tanks 😫 anyhow. What about air stones? I worry they are suffocating without one..? Thank you again!!

Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤

Can not wait to watch

I feel like it’s a tad bright when there’s very little refuge to get into the shade, especially for shrimp but also the guppies

Hit thumbs up if any Indian here...:)! Lots of love MD sir.

Love your videos and learning alot!

So cute. Im gonna try it!

Billiant video coming our way :)

What a lovely vozz

Looks great

Love this set up love to try this ... 😍

Nicely done!

I've heard that if you put in a tablespoon of baking soda for every 5 gallons that it will neutralize the acid. I have live plans in my tank I've always had life plans and I've got hardscape and the gravel that I have it's non-toxic when I put it into the water it didn't even fizz up like it did when I had some other type of brand

I love your vids Md you inspire me into the hobby I have a 15g tank but no idea to put in it lol

I Love your creations. but this is way to small for fish..

dude, i love the idea of an ecosystem aquarium, id buy one thatd be a medium size to fit on a table for just zen stuff

Super cool.

I want to try this one

Super cute, love it! I agree, for a short term home for the fish.

Anyone else notice the red T-shirted guy at 16:44? Hello mate! Whatcha doin in this studio with MD?!! Lol

Well done man

Hey people even tho he did a vase tank it dose not meant its a tank for fish abuse

got recommended tools for cleaning the algae on the glass? also...any updates on this little desk aquarium? you've inspired me to put one together for our homeschool desk, but wanted to know what to expect so i can explain to my "students" 😂

I just discovered your channel, and I'm coincidentally in the process of making a tank out of the exact same vase.

Could I let shrimp and snails in there for a longer time? No fish, just shrimp and snails. Could I? Because I am thinking about using the vase my mother bought once but isn't using anymore.. :)