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I've been keeping aquariums periodically since 1980. I grew live plants then. I recently just started trying again in a small tank. I was good at it but I sure didn't take the steps they do nowadays. Just fertilizer and lighting. I'm always envious on how real and natural these tanks look compared to mine. Years ago before there was electricity people kept tanks even when electricity came about there was really no filters or air pumps and people kept tanks. It is a balance of how many fish were kept and how many plants. Very natural environment sustaining itself but there's always maintenance involved but it's worth it to have something that beautiful in your home. A little peice of nature that's enjoyable and educational. I actually at that time became more interested in keeping the plant's than the fish. I like growing things. My mother always said I have a green thumb she sad now that it just moved under water. That was yrs ago though. She passed recently and always enjoyed my tanks but said she wouldn't have the patience to take care of them.

Full list of plants used 22:30 Vesicularia, montagnei 'Christmas' moss 25:18 Anubias barteri 'Petite' 30:13 Microsorum pteropus 'Trident' 31:25 Eleocharis montevidensis 31:54 Limnophila aquatica 40:00 Mini water lettuce 40:18 Blyxa japonica

How do the videos keep getting better and better! A true inspiration!

Have you ever thought about doing some slow TV? Just aim your camera at a tank for a couple of hours and then post it. You've got some beautiful aquariums and I would enjoy just watching them for a while. Especially Timmy!!

A great beginners step by step guide for those who want a planted tank. It was really enjoyable to watch MD. Thanks for posting!

Beautiful tank! I love how you don't overpopulate them, but instead just focus on a few very beautiful fish. It allows the scape to get some well deserved attention too. Very inspiring! 🐙

MD, I love your channel so much. Your channel is addictive as heck. Please keep up the good work and don't ever get tired of making quality contents.

Thank you for another great video! You teach me so much every time I watch one. One thing I have learned doing dirted tanks it that seems to have about a 1 to 2 or a 1 to 3 ratio when it comes to the soil to the sand The other factor is how rich that soil is. I'm like you I'm learning along the way because I had no real experience with planted tanks until over a year ago when I first started watching your videos! Then Father Fish and I became friends and he started teaching me about the deep sand cap. Making sure that soil was sealed underneath a deep layer of sand never breaching the soil underneath of that cap so the nutrients don't escape. Then being careful to plant roots only into the sand and letting them make their way into the soil.. Then of course lots of plants to take in all that nutrition!! So far I've had great success, with little to no algae!! Between watching and learning from you and sitting down with Father Fish a couple of times a week, talking and doing live streams(Plus all the incredible fish keepers and creators here that put in their input) you guys have made me enjoy the aquarium hobby so much!! No more days of the fruity Pebble gravel and plastic plants 😂😂 He and I also love your Channel and talk about your builds all the time.❤️ His solution to an algae breakout like this... if somebody didn't want to take the tank apart....would be to recap the existing substrate adding more sand on top (at least an inch) And I do realize that some people don't care for that deep of a sand bed especially when it comes to a professional look or a show tank!! But for someone like me, it's been a great solution!!! I'm so grateful for you MD and being able to watch all your incredible builds from your first videos till now you have been one of the best teachers I've ever had!! I've been collecting things for a while to do a real Aquascape! You have taught me how to relax, don't overthink it, get creative and just go for it when it comes to making beautiful planted and Aquascaped tanks that look like our own personal and natural looking show tanks in our homes. I combine your style with the Father Fish dirted deep sand capped substrate and for me as a hobbyist it's made it a lot of fun!!! That's how each and every one of us creates our own systems and I think that's really cool! I haven't been writing my long comments lately 😂😂 who has time to read them 😂😂? I think it's kind of my way of journaling and of course fan mail 😂 So if I ever figure out how to make incredible videos and tutorials like yours and so many of the other greats here.. I will be basing what I do on who I learned from you guys are my senseis and I am your grasshopper 😂😂 I just hopefully one day hope to have my own studio or fish room to do these things and hopefully get to start breeding some beautiful fish because they're happy in their natural nature style aquariums!! Much love always you MD and your family!! God bless and have a great day!! PS. You were one of the people that when I lost my baby grandson last year, your videos and kind comments would make my day and encourage me!! I also wanted to tell you that my family was blessed the day before Thanksgiving and my birthday with a new baby girl! (I put her pictures on my community page of my channel if you would like to see her)❤️🙏 Thank you from the bottom of my heart for just being here and being awesome!!!🙏🌿🐟🌿💚

The tank looks fantastic!!! Especially the bright red/orange of the fish against the greens of the plants. Yep. Another great tank. You never disappoint MD.☺️

The bright color of the fish is just perfect

discovered your channel yesterday (after watching a video about the world's most venomous sea creatures) and I've absolutely rinsed your videos. great content. I've no real interest in aquariums but the production is fantastic, your enthusiasm is infectious, and these really help my terrible mental state rn so thank you.

My turtle loves listening to your videos! It's part of our morning routine to eat breakfast and watch a new MD video 😁 I think Colby has a crush on you

Absolutely STUNNING 💚

I honestly loved how green that rock looked at the beginning

I love how you throw plants in a bucket of water and they grow n I place them in my tank n half of em die... Great tank as always!

I love the look of this aquarium! The green covering all the rocks looks amazing, excited to see more builds 🤪

It’s absolutely beautiful. I’ve always wanted a tank like this but had no idea how to get started. Think I’ll give it a try. Thank you so much for sharing!

Those fish look gorgeous in that tank! Thank you so much for sharing your tips, techniques and expertise!

You're seriously one of my favorite aquarium youtubers. Thank you for being so amazing and informative/helpful! The experiences you share here on your channel have helped millions of people I'm sure! Keep it up👌💚🐟

The attention to detail and the lighting information garnered is the clincher. It's always low tech beginnings with high tech results, for you! Thanks Mate

I love what is becoming your "signature style" - your tanks look fantastic from day 1 - such an inspiration MD darling - keep them coming

I redid my 128L nature tank recently. The scape is inspired by everything I've learned watching your channel. Love every scape you do!!! 😍

You’ve really outdone yourself this time MD! Looks breathtaking and is so inspirational!

Wow! I’m so inspired by what you did here. I haven’t had the best of luck with plants and only have two that I’ve done well with but because of this vid I’m going to give it another shot. Thanks!

Congratulation to 400k subscribers, you deserve every single one! Thank you for unpretentious and honest videos! ♥️

So relaxing and satisfying. I love the way the fish look so happy at the end. And the roots of the surface plant is gorgeous. Thank you.

Really enjoyed this tutorial. I’m in the process of doing my first nano aquascape and this video has helped me immensely. Thank you so much for your amazing content.

Beginner Aquascaper here, This was such a great video thank you for sharing! Having things explained so well has really helped me get the confidence to go out and fix my scape!

Another fantastic setup. I found this one very relaxing to watch unfold as well: the background music was very mellow 👌

I love the old school MD camera shots. No talking, pouring sand. I'm glad you're doing as well as you are! It just hit me in the memories.

Another amazing build! I love how you made it a lengthy video and showed all the details. I am gonna love to see this tank here in a few weeks when things really settle in! Keep up the amazing work MD! 👏

Another awesome video!!! I love watching the longer builds in the am with my coffee..

Do ‘blow your own trumpet’ because YOU are the one making it look good!

Such a refreshing aquarium channel!! First rate and super informative. I’ve been keeping aquaria since 1984! I love learning new techniques. I’ve enjoyed learning so much from your amazing videos. Thanks!!!!!

Just wanted to say thank you. I followed this tutorial and watched a lot of your videos before I did my tank. Now, I have this great looking tank that turned out beautiful and is thriving. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

OMG I'm in love with this tank. It's amazing what you can do with a nano! And those barbs are something special...

I am….. SO JEALOUS of your collection of driftwood wow ✨

I just want to say I love watching your videos. They are so peaceful and filled with your gentle spirit and wonder.

Absolutely Beautiful ❤ Thank you for showing us step by step and showing exactly what you use 🙏🏾

It doesnt matter how good the materials are if your a bad artist like I am. You make amazing scapes

Thank you MD! This is going to be my first proper build. I've had a little tank I've been playing with but this will be my first from the ground up build.

The new tank for the albino cherry barbs is stunning. Love your work MD. 👌💯💚

'I lit'rally can't even'. LOL You always make me laugh!!! Thank you so much for being so genuinely You!

Congratulations on getting to 400k! Been a sub since you were at 160k, amazing how far you have come. Lets get too 500k by January!

Truly enjoy your channel. Your concepts are great, and your mindfulness towards budgeting is spot on. Cheers.

I love the algae! I think that rock covered in it looks so beautiful and so natural.

That's a beautiful and really natural looking tank .... It feels so good to c the fishes so happy in their new home ....

By far one of the best educational videos for aquascaping. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!

Loved seeing this longer explaining scape build video! Beautiful scape

If you deal with a problem one at a time, they will all sort themselves out”. Sage advice for bonsai

I learn something new from every video! Thank you, MD Fish Tanks, for all your insights!

Incredible tank. I'm going to rescape my 240l soon and your tips will be very useful. My favourite tanks are your african river tank, your amazon tank, the acara tank, and this one. Keep up the good work!

Hey MD, I just wanted to thank you cause your the reason I got back into fish keeping

Man that red plant only tank with the white betta should win an award 👌

beautiful tank. Recently subscribed to the channel and I've loved every video I have seen so far. I really hope that you would keep us updated on all your tanks, this tank in particular. I wish you the very best with your future projects.

Absolutely loved this one dude, loved the pace and explanation too! Thanks for awesome content!

You have found one of your many talents. Thanks for sharing, teaching, and caring. Keep it up.

You sir are an artist. It looks like nature created the Aquarium.AMAZING !!!!

You never cease to amaze! Your aquascaping skills are amazing. The tank looks awesome! How long does it take for the glue to harden when glueing plants to the hard scape like wood, rock and stones? I can’t seem to wrap my head around that the glue doesn’t ruin the roots of the plants or plant itself. And great tip to use a fork to peel of the rock wool of the plants from tropica

LOVE THESE GORGEOUS FISHHHH!!! Wow. they just pop off the greens and pale browns.

Amazing. It’s a serious skill to make it look already mature from day 1.

End result looks fantastic - I like the way we see it shaping up and how you say ‘it doesn’t look like much at the moment, but just wait til….’ Really helpful to know roughly what the plant spend is on your builds. The fish look amazing against the green and the black background

Another beautiful scape MD. The fish truly "pop" against the green backdrop of plants.👍🏼🇨🇦✌🏽

I just watched The whole video then saw the time and was like wow i just watched 48 minutes straight without getting bored or even thinking about how long that was. I never can sit and watch one video so long and recently I’ve done that to all of yours that have popped up so keep it up. 🤙🏼

Bob Ross of aquascaping ! 🍀 High quality videos .Thank you for the tips and the inspiration! 🤩

Absolutely stunning. Love the background music, sets it all off.

Another great setup, MD, you always give me so many new ideas for both the planting layout as well as fish stock. Amazing colours on those fish.

Always looking forward to your videos! And I'm really loving the music on this one.

This is beautiful and so calming to watch

Such a stunning tank! After 12 months of owning a 180l Juwel vision which started out with the classic first time fish owner over priced ornaments and brightly coloured fake plants 😂 I quickly decided I wanted a more natural set up. I spent around £400.00 on some dragon stone 2 pieces of bogwood and plants. I used TNC root tabs, with the existing hugo kamishi fine black glass gravel. None of the plants really grew and I was soon overtaken by hair algae a! Tried blackouts, adjusting light timings, TNC liquid ferts & co2. Removing with a toothbrush, added amanno shrimp. Nothing was working it just kept coming back longer and stronger. Water parameters were spot on etc. I did weekly gravel vacs/water changes. I was about ready to give up after months of battling with the dreaded hairs! I have finally got rid of it by literally removing everything and scrubbing it all away. So now my tank looks bare as lot of the plants were in such poor health they had to be thrown away. I’ve spent over £1000 on this tank already 😳 and I’m really keen to get it right this time. I’m going to follow this method and see how I get on. I just have a couple of questions for you or any of your lovely subscribers if that’s ok. Are the Juwel led t5 bulbs a good choice for growing plants? I have 1 day bulb & 1 nature bulb. I do have a blue one that’s in the box but was advised not to use this one. Or would I be best buying a new light. I am running a fluval 207 cannister filter with the spray bar is this adequate or again do I need to upgrade as I never have clear water i always have lots of floating particles in the water. I am thinking this is filter floss particles as my water parameters are spot on. Lot of people in fish forums told me to Chuck this in my filter for clearer water, clearly it’s not working or the stuff I have bought is poor quality. Finally what is the name of the small decorative pebbles you used last. Thank you in advance and thank you so much for your wonderful easy to follow videos x

Love your work so much I am into aquascaping cause of you keep up the good work 👏

Congrats on 400k! Well deserved! Greetings from California 💕💕

This video feels like a mini spa retreat! love it!

I've just discovered your youtube site and I love it. The inspiration you give me is amazing. You make it look so easy. My problem is I am short of space and can only have 1 tank. I don't know which of your styles to use.

Awesome video! Definitely enjoyed the step by step description of materials and things to do.

How inspiring and humble. The best so far for me.

Awesome scape . I found this step by step guide as one of your best ones yet! I’m setting up a tank shortly with a similar theme and I guess this one resonates with me . Well done MD 👍🏼

This might be your best scape yet, exceeded my expectations.

Wow so amazing 🤩 your videos keep getting better, great work MD! 😀

i saw the tour you did of your home and its awsome to see people working on there dreams.. sleep is for the week.

So inspiring. Watching your videos helps me learn new things and get ideas for future tanks.

Beautiful tank!!! I could sit and watch it for hours....

Very good job! Inspire me and, certainly, everyone who see the essential instructions for beginners. Go ahead!

Do check little guides on how you set up your filters. ?! So guides on different soils ?! And basic plant guides. ?! Where do you get your spider wood ?!

Love the build. Heads up, those Cherry Barbs you have seem to be a group of all-male, longfinned (or tailed) albino Cherry Barbs. They are stunning.

Love API products, they stood out to me from day one and I’ve been using them for the past year of my aquarium hobby

How did I only find this channel just a few weeks ago, love it!

Dude, you were already rocking these video's, but this background music creates such a good vibe. Keep it up

Another great video. Great that you're getting sponsors and having success!

Absolutely Awesome once again, I'm learning so much after each tank setup....

I love how consistently MD posts

A passionate true craftsman at work. Beautiful result.

Absolutely stunning mate!

Thank you for all your help, knowledge and just awesome vids! I now have 4 tanks and they all are doing so well!!

Your videos are amazing man, also a legendary fish keeper and aquascaper keep up the good work lad

Watching your videos brings me so much peace.. And your way of talking and presentation is really homely. Love from Bangladesh .

Nice. I'm just getting back into aquariums and you show high level for relatively easy and cheap.

the last 2 tanks have been amazing!!

That algae in the beginning looked awesome