Hi all, A few of you are concerned about my male Betta, Nimrod in here. Firstly, thanks so much. I’m grateful that you care. Secondly I am continually monitoring this aquarium. I even have a webcam now set up! Thirdly I am setting up a dedicated aquarium for him soon. Thanks again and keep on scaping 💚

Even George gets algae I feel human again

Great video George. I almost gave up on the hobby due to algae issues. I was battling algae for several months, but I dug in and was committed to defeat it. I learned a lot through this struggle and realized that bad things in the hobby are sometimes necessary if we are going to expand our knowledge and appreciation for the hobby. I later found out that my blue light was too high, didn't have enough plants at the start of my aquarium, and not enough water changes.

Biotopes and great if you WANT a biotope, but I see nothing wrong with having all your fish in one tank if they all need the same parameters. Beauty is what's appealing to the individual eye. I love your fish combo! You can spend you limited time at home on one tank and more time for family. ROCK ON George!!!!👍💞🌱🐠😎

A dozen amano shrimp and a week or so. Always works for me, good luck.

Thank you for sharing and being authentic George. This gives newbies like me alot of hope!! :)

I'm currently struggling with algae in my scape too. It's reassuring to know that even the professionals get algae.

I love the variety of multi-species tanks. The stillness of the scape is complimented by the energy of the fish.

Watching Nimrod, I see a lively, inquisitive betta using his whole environment. Looks very happy to me. I've found that short finned bettas are not bothered by flow in the way the long finned varieties are. Aquarium looks fabulous.

George, thanks for taking us along for the good times, as well as overcoming difficulties! I think all of the fish in there look great! Thanks! 😀🌿🐟👍

I love that you share your algae with us, a lot of people would hide it.

Was really happy that you were the responsible hobbyist and kept your fish. Glad to see Nim Rod in the big tank he looks happy in his new big home. I remember when i set up my 135 gallon planted and had algae coming out of every angle.. i had elkhorn algae and it was a pain to get rid of it but i eventually did 3 months its what it took, reduced the lights to 3 hrs a day, covered the tank ,water changes twice a week,planted heavy

Nimrod looks perfectly happy, healthy and sassy. I have faith in you that the algae is only a temoorary glitch that you will balance out. The music was lovely, chillax jazz, so peaceful and mellow. 👍💕👍

Awesome set up, can't wait to see all the plants start taking off. Keep up the great work!

Good to see people owning up to problems and then sorting them. A big thumbs up from me👍 looking forward to seeing the results. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing your process. I’m struggling similarly in my 90P and this gives me hope I’ll eventually turn it around. :)

Always happy to see algae issues happen to professionals like yourself. Thanks for the content and another inspirational video.

Thanks heaps George for setting such an excellent example of dealing with disappointment. You just calmly go about assessing the cause of the problem without panicking and get back to work to correct it. The ideal way to resolve all my issues which I don't always manage. Cheers.

Get the Tropica Hygrophila 'Siamensis 53B' planted George!!! Best plant in the world. Mine is rampant. In a gratifying way I’m glad you have a few algae problems, I thought it was only us amateurs who got it! Keep on scaping.

Good luck, I had a longish Algae battle that lasted about 8 weeks. Like the fish, nice to see a fish tank!

Algae is with the quality of your setups just a matter of time till it's gone 💚 yes the pipes on the back is better :D great update, it's nice to see that even you have troubles sometimes, not just us normal mortals 👍😅

Great video, George. I appreciate that you show everything, including challenges with algae. You’ll beat it and I’ll keep an eye out for more updates. Cheers!

what I love about your content is that you share everything with your audience even the mistakes. You are an honest and credible aquascaper. Love the mix of fish and I bet nimrod is doing perfectly fine in there. Add some water wisteria as it is the perfect, fast growing plants which you can also float!

Hey, this is going to be good for people to see how to rid the tank of algae. Showing the natural low risk method needs to be talked about more as people are often encouraged to buy the "cure". The long term benefits of the natural method far outweighs the off the shelf method. Glad to see you covering this. Just takes patience and some learning. Cheers

I have recently added two Siamese Algae Eaters to my 55g community tank, they are doing such a great job of ridding my spiderwood, driftwood and plants of algae. It is really incredible, I didn't think they would clean it up this quickly, it has only been two or three weeks. I have honey gouramis in with corys, tetras and one betta, they all get on really well. Love watching your videos and learning new things George!

Great video George! Always learning from your experiences. Thank you!

Thanks for showing the cabinet, making me lean towards also auto dosing.

Fair play George putting in that graft! Good luck with the algae battle! Still in love with that hardscape!

Great vid mate. Looking forward to seeing the algae subside and the scape grow in. Thanks for sharing the challenges we all face 🙂

Hey George - I recently had an algae explosion in my 30l QT which does get some daylight. Did as you've done - removed as much as I could manually, couple of big water changes and then dropped in a couple of big handfuls of elodea densa (just floating, not planted), cut the LED lights. After a couple of days, I think we've defeated the algae! The elodea is growing like crazy - it's fantastic for outcompeting the algae. Best of luck! Also we have a marble plakat similar to Nimrod (called Hector) living in a community with some rasboras, CPDs, rosy loaches and cherry shrimp. He's great - he bothers no one and no one bothers him. I ordered the Aquascaper 900 (12 week wait for re-stock sadly) and the Oase thermo 600 and Twinstar lighting from AG based on your recommendation in my last comment. Can't wait to get set up :) Thanks!

Been waiting (im)patiently for an update :-) Tank's looking great, love the mixture of fish. I have Cardinal Tetras and Harlequins together and they look awesome! I'll be following your algae battles with interest. I'm currently battling hair algae in one tank and the dreaded return of the cyano in another. I did notice Nimrod and fretted about him straight away when I saw him in that current but actually he looks happy in there! My crowntail has tankmates and they all live happily together :-)

Cant believe you don't have more subscribers this channel is GOLD! Love watching your videos gets me excited about scapeing. Just got a bunch of more cool plants to add to my 40gal. Don't know why people don't do live plants!

Excellent again George

Can't wait the growth!

Great video. Thank you for sharing! And thank you for going into more detail about algae and how to address it. More. More. More! Sorry, I am American.... what I meant to say was "Please Sir, I want some more." - Little Bobby

Scape looks amazing George! My Siamese Algae Eaters devoured all the BBA and other algaes in my tank. 2 or 3 should do the trick.

I've also learned the hard way that a newly set tank needs plenty of dedication, especially for the 1st 3 months. I'm confident though that you'll pull this one through. Best of wishes.

Loved the music in this one, thanks for listing the song/artist at the beginning

I am in awe allways looking at your aquariums you make magic happen with your skills.😀😃😊😆

Your tank is still amazing!!!

Looks really good George 👍

I am so glad you moved those pipes to the back, I don't know why everyone puts them on the side because personally all I wanna see is aquascape not hardware. Great Job!

Love that you moved the tubing... MUCH better :) I'd put in some catfish/bottom dwellers and some Amano shrimp... but then again... I love catfish and shrimp so that's just my opinion...I couldn't have a tank without them!!... Like that you are sharing your algae issues, helps us to learn how to take care of our problems!

Hi George, thanks for sharing this , it's always frustrating when algi appears, one treatment I found worked was a total blackout for several days, after uncovering the tank I was amazed at the growth of the plants. I know this does not get to the root of the problem, but it certainly helped with my 550 ltr tank. I finished off with a massive water change. I'm confident you will solve the problem, and look forward to seeing how you do it . Thanks again for sharing.

Good luck Mate, Nimrod looks happy. Keep on scraping ;-).

🌺Thank you for this update video. Nimrod looks quite happy in his new home. Try adding 1 or 2 Siamese Algae Eaters. They're great at eating many types of algae & it'll be a more natural way of controlling your algae. 😉

Looks like fun -- algae and all. It happens along with life and sometimes we just don't have the time. Its all part though of how we become better fish keepers and aqua scapers.

The fish are a perfect addition to the 1200 my 135gl has 4 geramies sorry about the spelling. And 10 or 12 zebra danios loads of live plants co2 and great flirtation thanks for all you've taught me George

Hi George, nice tank, some Nimphaeas looks great in that type of aquascapes Congrats for the channel, is excelent "Saludos" from Chile Guillermo Barrientos

Love that scape !!

Good to see you George.. Glad you kept all the fish. Now you have a big community tank. For sure a forest in the back, crypt spiralus between the larger rocks and maybe some grasses up front. Also, the light looks great but maybe after it settles in and the algea is gone, i wouldn't complain about the kessels making a return 😁.. Anyway, I'm sure you will turn things around. Keep on scaping and thanks for the update 👍👍👍 p.s. thanks for moving the pipework to the rear

I Setted up aquarium at the same time like you and get algea to so now i got tutorial 😀

Another smash hit vid George thanks for taking the time to help us in our own alge battle can I ask about the ferts 10 ml in that sized tank seems very little why is that Cheers Jay

Looking forward to this follow George! I'm going through the exact same thing on a 6.5 gallon cube. Same algae issues. Tried the Hydrogen Peroxide for three days, then a black out for three days. Neither worked. Literally smiled when I saw this video as I unveiled my tank after its black out while I watched this. I am not as patient as you. I really feel my Malaysian wood is a huge cause it's causing a heavy amount of mulm. That is sad, this is my pea puffers tank (so I cannot use snails to help unfortunately) and she loves her log. It has a hole all the way through it and I think she considers that her home. Doing a breakdown on this side. Looking forward to this follow for sure.

this should be called The Dream Setup!

Crystal clear eye popping tank

Good move changing the filter pipes to the rear. 👍🏻👍🏻 makes a big difference.

Very nice man. Nimrod seems to love it.

Good video, beautiful tank 😉

I’ve recently set up a Fluval 155 Osaka with spiderwood and plants. Spiderwood had the dreaded white fungal growth which kept coming back even after constant removal. All the plants were covered in a brown growth of some sort so I decided to try out 5 Nerite snails which helped with the spiderwood but couldn’t clear the stuff on the plants. Tried 10 yellow shrimp but still not much difference. Waited for my nearest shop to get restocked on Amano shrimp and took 10 home with me to see if they could do the business. Immediate difference on the plants within one night and now all my plants are green again!! I’ve just bought myself an EA Aquascaper 1500 as I’ve caught the aquascaping bug!!! I’m definitely going to stock the new tank with Amano shrimp!!

My favorite topic. Algae wars!! I have all 3 kinds same as you 😂. I think there should be more series on this topic. Hope you cover any dosing regimen changes as well.

Nimrod looks great in the 1200. It gets boring to see a bettas in a small tank setup. Bettas community tanks are extremely interesting but the fact he's in there with some Gouramis is perfect. I believe they are within the family line.

It's amazing: a pro showing his aquariums also have algae instead of showing only perfect tanks. I apreciate it a lot. Thanks. Also I'm not a big fan of the tetras or ciclids there. I think rasbora axelrodi blue could be nice for that tank instead of the simulans. I also would consider choprae, kubotai or micagemmae. Un abrazo.

I like the all the plants in your the 1200. I think it look more natural with the kessil lights.

Hi George. You should use more algea eaters in your aquascapes. Especially with your frequent travels. Don't forget they do 50% of our maintenance. I always see only shrimp in your tanks. If you add bunch of otocinclus a nerite snails with 2-3 siamese algea eaters they will work wonders for you and help to maintain your scapes when you are gone. Along with amano shrimp every type of algea will be covered.

Great video as always, beautiful looking scape. As you asked for input and if we like to see anything else in the tank...maybe some red plants? I love adding Rotala rotundifolia to the back ground, especially during initial setup as it helps export some excess nutrients while the other plants get established as well. Easy to grow and prune to shape. Xxx

Pogostemon stellatis octopus would look good in your scape George. Love your videos, keep up the good work

I have a similar fish selection in my 90cm tank. 3 Pearl gouramis, rasboras, neon tetras (relocated from another tank due to being too small), a bunch of cherry, amano and bamboo shrimps and some nerite snails. The nerite snails are the ones that although great at eating algea have given me headache with moss. They crawl under the moss thus detaching it from the wood. Every month or so I have to empty the tank 80% to reattach the moss with super glue. As for your betta it might not be suitable for him. The water movement, brightness and heavy population will tend to stress him although hybrids are less prone to these specific environmental requirement compared to wild bettas which will immediately show signs of distress. Have fun with the algae ;)!

Recently had the same issue in my nano tank had to do a 4 day blackout after manually removing most algae !! Best of luck George hope you beat the algae’s ass haha 👍🏽

That's musik u listen to while watching the tank sipping wine smokin on the greatest nice vid bro

Thanks George, I took your glasses U bend idea 💡 for the auto doser

Please keep this tanks progress updated. Its a very good idea to show people that algae is a very common problem and one that can be hard to take, but that it is beatable. How many BPS are you running via the Co2 system? What is the PH of the tank currently? Love the videos!

Lol my main planted "community" tank has a ridiculous variety of fish in it that don't belong together..over time I would come across many different species in the tanks of fish stores that were going out of business and were either giving away their stock or selling them very very cheap so I would snatch some up and I've created a weird mix of fish..the tank looks too damn good and grown in for me to tear it apart separating them.. You would never know how stocked (maybe overstocked lol) the tank was due to the plants being so thick and grown in.. It's a weird tank but it totally works for me.. Love the work you do.. Keep it up!

Yes move to back and have clear viewing

For such a big tank, I recommend using a chamber sump. And laying of wires in aquarium, as you would do it in Germany. To save time and energy during maintenance. It also looks nicer if there are no cables hanging outside on the glass wall.In toto a beautiful tank!

Aquarium looks so much better with filter tubing at the rear, will be interested to see how you get on with your algae problems, I had this problem for the best part of a year but I have persevered and it gradually came good, I have a very low tech 150ltr setup, really enjoy your vids 👌👌👌👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

the flow wow, i just tried UGF and it work great no cyano issue so far.. the biggest factor for algea is lighting, and second is waste organic

Nimrod!!! awesome

Heres a tip for you,the Oase inline UV filter does wonders in controlling algae in my 70 gal planted tanganykan tank.

Yess #rambling #nimrooooooood he seems fine in there. Still love the tank the algae will disappear. And yes move the hoses!

I actually had some insane issues with algea in my iwagumi scape, i actully made a movie showcasing what i did to fix it, and the setup I have. But eventually i was able to get rid of it :D

I have bba bad man, have cut down and removed every single leave and piece of gravel that it was on and in one week it was back, stopped overfeeding, I have a huge blue angel that is a pig! ...twice a week water changes, 50% at a time....and still has come back....hoses definately in the back george!....your tank is beautiful brother!

Put in some Amano shrimp and a few Otto cats to help with the algae?

Lovely set up. Takashi always said the substrate must ideally be filled with as many roots as possible from the start, I would have less filtration, check your NO3 Fe, K & only turn the CO2 on 1 hour after the lights go on & off 1 hour before the light goes off. I also have lots of snails to eat up the debris. Personally I aim to make the fish food part of the plant feed once converted to nitrate. The snails do well with that if you have fewer fish. I personally find these things help, but I am no expert at all. Only going by key advice from Takashi & others, not to say I haven’t had algae in the past & a little on a new set up before the plants take over. :-)

Very good

Nimrod will love, specially, the cherry shrimps :D Just kidding. Have the same light. Its quite powerful so i would suggest turning it down to 60-70% and keep the photoperiod low as you have now since the soil is fresh and you might get some ammonium buildup. If you can purchase an S2 Pro dimmer. Its like 10€ and has 8 personalised intensity settings. Its really a game changer. It works great with twinstar.

One thing that always bothers me about your tanks having the filter inlet and outtake on the side, for me it ruins the view and i am way too OCD for that, but that aside i absolutely love your content your tanks are amazing and can't wait to see more. I have a 4ft 120 gallon placed as a peninsular with the filtration an fx4 and 2 sponge filters placed at the back so the entire length of the tank is viewable from all sides, the aquascape in the middle like an island for the fish to swim around (30 Neon's, 9 Harlequin Rasbora's, 6 Danio's, 20+ Panda Cory's and 2 Bolivian rams). When it comes to algae at first i had issues but then i cut back on the light hours, removing it by hand and with regular water changes it seems to have balanced out to where my algae eaters (Rubber lip pleco and Nerite snail) can keep it clean.

Looks who’s home! What does it say about me that I’m happy you too have algae?!? My 29 gallon is infested. My solution is Siamese algae eaters and Otosinclus. It’s in a window, so the issue is lighting. I’ve no plans to move it. I’m hoping the fish can help me out. Tommy and Nimrod sightings! *pets the puppy and the fishie* The tank looks much better with the pipes moved and the mounting rod out of the way. I also like the mix of fish. I’m a fan of H’Ra. It turns such lovely colors. The tank needs some bling! LOL!

I use the corner of the tank to plant Hygrophilas .... in my opinion a fast grow plant is a must be in every planted tank to help avoid algaes. I think this is the best way to deal with future algae when setting up a new tank.

Still think it looks great. Was in the UK this past week. See you're north of London. Was tempted to make a detour and check out the GF gallery but time was not on my side.

George has algae, thank goodness for that, I thought it was us poor mortals who got! Get the hygraphila siamensis 53b in !

Hi George, great video as always, do you think the Tropica fertiliser could be contributing to the algae problem.

Such a pretty boy that nimrod! Stunning tank, hope you get the algae under control soon. I find frog-bit helps keep nutrients down to limit algae but I don't think frog-bit is classy enough for this tank! It would be the commoner of the tank. Absolutely stunning. How about some hygrophillia or however you spell it? Back left corner for added height....

Another top tank mate. I’ve been waiting for this update for weeks and you did not disappoint. Where could I get that auto doser from looks good. Cheers mate and keep up the good work

george farmer gets algea!! you are human!! ive watched your beautiful tanks and thought "how does he do it"? no algea.i feel better now.your just like us,you get algea too.😂 thanks for sharing your algea problem with us. the tank does look better with the canister hoses in the back. just wondering if such a large water change could cause a mini cycle to occur? great videos as always😊

i would love to see you go over a range of fast growing plants that you could add to the tank before you decide on one, just to give us a little list of plants that we could use in our personal tanks for fast growers. i know personally i am needing some fast growers but unsure what would be good.

My favorite aquarium plant is Lymnophila Hippuridoides, so of course I'd love to see you add some to the back of the scape. Shinnersia "Weiss Grun" is another option. I hope Nimrod will be okay in there. He has what appears to be a nipped dorsal fin. Love the scape. I hope you're able to conquer your algea issues.

I was happy you moved the pipework to the side/back as it distracted from the side view.... especially as that's where you spend your time viewing it 😋 interested see how your war on algae goes. QQ on your floating plants.... if they congregate around the corners and pipework, does this mean a deadspot for the water flow???

Great vid. I've got a massive issue at the moment with Staghorn Algae... 260L tank co2 injected, just can't seem to get rid of it!

Nice fishes