How I Keep a Pristine Low Tech Aquascape

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3 жыл бұрын

Many of you have been requesting videos on tank maintenance. Here's one! This is typically something I reserve for off the camera so I can focus on what I'm doing. Hopefully, this gives some insight into how I keep what I consider to be a pristine tank.
My best advice to spend time with your tank and discover what it takes to keep it clean. The level of maintenance required is drastically different from tank to tank and changes over time as the tank matures. I'd say that most mature/stable tanks are far easier to look after than new ones.
Let me know if you like this sort of video. If so, I'm definitely open to doing more in the future for other enclosures I have in the animal room. Also, if you missed the original build video, be sure to check out the below video!
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@TannerSerpa 3 жыл бұрын

Many of you have been requesting tank maintenance videos. Hopefully, this satiates you for a little bit. 😉 Let me know if you want to see more like this in the future for other enclosures. I hope you all have a great week! Enjoy the spring weather 🌿 🌻

@Charlotte-wk2nz 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the spring weather too!

@AquariumsandTerrariums 3 жыл бұрын

MORE CONTENT THANK YOU! 🙏

@rat_dragon 3 жыл бұрын

You made a crucian mistake. It's "let minnow", not let me know 😂

@parkertaylor4288 3 жыл бұрын

Your channel has inspired me to make my very own terrarium! Thank you for your channel and all your helpful videos ! I do have a couple questions that would really help my out with my terrarium project. I understand you can make a closed terrarium that needs very little to no maintenance. I am attempting to make a coffee table with a closed terrarium in the table itself. I will be making it air tight and have a florescent light cycle built into the table. I'm not sure if this is possible due to the size of the terrarium. So I guess what I'm asking is, if I make a closed terrarium in a big glass box inside a table instead of a jar, will it have the same effect? Or will I need to add air holes? And if I need air holes what maintenance would be required? Thank u for you help!

@bellebelle7462 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tanner :) may I ask where the ghost knife fish is?

@ericpohlman5131 3 жыл бұрын

I like the way the fish are familiar with you and are bouncing around as they wait for you to finish cleaning.

@TannerSerpa 3 жыл бұрын

Haha I know! They are not shy at all.

@KurtisPlaysGames 3 жыл бұрын

danios too theyre so skittish

@LifeinJars 3 жыл бұрын

This is a really pretty scape and those flowering hygros are awesome. I really like the established ecosystem.

@TJ-et8sw 3 жыл бұрын

Love seeing a thriving low tech setup. I'm not ready to throw in the towel and jump on the c02 bandwagon.

@TannerSerpa 3 жыл бұрын

I don't even think it's practical if you have a lot of tanks. CO2 = faster growth, which equates to more maintenance.

@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058 2 жыл бұрын

@@TannerSerpa I agree why rush in to things like this when it goes a lot better when you take your time at it.

@johannessordfarne4553 3 жыл бұрын

Your choise of music and keeping it down when you speak is very helpfull when one has (some minor) hearing problems. Somehow your videos are both zenlike - and intresting and informative. Significant to a true teacher. Your love for the work shows. ( English is not my first language so if I choose words poorly, spell badly, or somehow offend you - or anyone else - it is not my intent, and I apologize sincerely)

@greenaquariums5675 3 жыл бұрын

I I’m getting better ever thank I set up but hopefully I can be on your level one day

@TannerSerpa 3 жыл бұрын

All in practice.

@benfisher22 3 жыл бұрын

Tanner you’re such a G. The world is a better place because you’re in it. Keep doing you homie

@Who_diss811 3 жыл бұрын

Water changes are the most relaxing part of owning a tank for me. It just feels good to have a clean tank with happy fish.

@rat_dragon 3 жыл бұрын

7:02 "And down here, I don't like this one" Shrimp: WEEEEEEEE!!!

@lseica 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice aquascape. This shows again that low tech aquariums can be very beautiful too, and a lot easier to maintain than hi tech ones.

@madusalove1560 3 жыл бұрын

Tanner, there is nothing you that I have not liked. I live the aquatic dream life through you. Keep those videos coming!

@avilacanario 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, enjoyed watching you maintain the tank. Especially all that extra leaves and plants, and combining the extra stems to thicken the growth.

@aquariumplantman 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful layout in this scape, love the plant density. 🌿

@sovrappensiero1 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad your video came up in my feed. This is a really super video...you have a great presence and I’ve really enjoyed this maintenance session of your low-tech tank. The tank looks amazing, too! Really inspirational! Thanks!

@faedoyle4147 3 жыл бұрын

I just absolutely love these kinds of videos!! Idk maybe it’s the instant gratification but I could watch them all the time.

@laurag1076 3 жыл бұрын

I just watched myself on a Sunday tank spruce up day through you!!! Looks so lovely

@TheZombieRebel 3 жыл бұрын

This has always been my favorite tank on youtube! Exploding with life!🌿🐠

@JasonSmith-ot5pq 2 жыл бұрын

This is now my favourite low tech planted tank. Beautiful 👍🙏

@brewkeepyr4647 3 жыл бұрын

So relaxing and therapeutic! Thank you so much! Have a wonderful day 😊

@Willkutcherisbetter 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work! Love the new channel! If you could post more in-depth vivarium and tank diy’s (like your 10 gallon conversions/ custom glass work etc.) on this channel that would be much appreciated!

@joethompson11 3 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful, thank you 🙏 your videos always give me the confidence to try something I haven't before 😃 I started a terrarium business in my spare time because of your terrarium videos and now I will tackle the tidying of my 6 month old tank 🌿 I've been nervous and put it off but now I have a good idea of what I can get away with. Really appreciate all your knowledge you share so freely ✌️

@cayteowands 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Im enjoy your more casual, f2f vibe. As always information, articulate, beautiful & restful. Namaste 🖖

@ericpohlman5131 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tanner for responding. I was having one of those days and you just made it. Thank you again.

@jaa7286 3 жыл бұрын

I could watch these tank maintenance videos all day. Epic scape on that tank

@bryanrynjah3307 3 жыл бұрын

very well done! Thank you for showing us the right way.

@aeowid 3 жыл бұрын

So helpful to see the maintenance 👍 Thank you!

@alliegator1372 7 ай бұрын

Loved this ! Just found this side channel,I would totally let videos of you just maintaining your tanks run , very calming and inspiring !

@munkeyco3193 3 жыл бұрын

This second channel was such a good idea. Keep it up dude! Its a beautiful world.

@dianewarde6074 9 ай бұрын

Lovely tank scape and great instructions. I am a beginner who found this very helpful. Thank you.

@mymysticaqua2952 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching your videos. Thank you for sharing. 😊

@SandyTag 3 жыл бұрын

Love this video. The tank is beautiful and the music is so nice!

@tomeez69 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see that you do generally the same things like I do. So I am not that far from proper routine. Just my tank is smaller, without mechanical filtration (total silence next to the tank is fantastic), but it require 1 - 1,5 week water change (about 30%). Only red cherry shrimps there and few Heterandria formosa But generally the same routine like yours! Cheers mate!.

@kim99may Жыл бұрын

Since watching you last year I e been waiting to have the energy to set up a planted tank. You have inspired me to set up 3! Go big or go home 🏡 I guess! Thank you for so much valuable information and true inspiration! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@kyrasharp7048 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful tank and video my friend❤

@localhost4460 3 жыл бұрын

That Amano shrimp is HUGE!

@darrenderousse4804 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely would like to see more of how you maintain the tanks! Haha yes the flourish tabs fo smell like that! I use those also!

@a.n.6617 3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful Tank which will deliver hours of interesting things to watch. I think -honestly - this ist best solution of enjoying the hobby instead of a difficult scape wich needs lots of work to look good. greetings from germany.

@horacesuffredini9356 2 жыл бұрын

Im going to try and recreate this tank like how people recreate Michelangelo's work

@masstrapper7645 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this. Seems like your fish are very attuned to your presence. Swimming right up to ya. Very cool. You can really see the difference afterwards. 👍👍😎

@ESF19791111 Жыл бұрын

LOOKED GOOD AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING AQUARIUM MAINTENANCE :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

@dougdombeck3776 2 жыл бұрын

Your tank looks amazing!

@usmc187 Жыл бұрын

Love the serpa design logo on the tank 👍🏼

@Charlotte-wk2nz 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video and I hope you have an amazing day!!!

@ADHDAquatics 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video, I'm adding this to my aquatic plants video

@SwatejK 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing looking tank

@noracastellblanque4195 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u si much! Ive defenetly learned some new things!!

@darrylmoore5847 3 жыл бұрын

That was really nice.

@neventurkovic4392 3 жыл бұрын

Great looking tank

@rat_dragon 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, just what I needed!

@rat_dragon 3 жыл бұрын

Oh...I just liked the video and now it says 666 XD

@14mirjam 2 жыл бұрын

I like this! More maintenance video's please :)

@a4fishsingapore305 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing content. You got yourself a new sub

@JordanBeagle 2 жыл бұрын

"Gives you time to be intimate with your tank" Haha, love that

@KkCreatures 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always!

@steve852011 3 жыл бұрын

wow that tank is NICE

@CobraCreates 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh I love how curious those little cherry shrimp are

@nadinehackman2358 3 жыл бұрын

A water lily in a planted fish tank! How clever. Does it bloom. Love your channels.

@michaelwettstein4424 3 жыл бұрын

amazing tank!

@jaystube7713 3 жыл бұрын

You're fish tanks are awesome. Every tank I've had with live plants gets algy ridden. Our one tank now keeps getting black beard algy big time. Yes, pulled everything out,scrubbed everything with peroxide. Water changes. It looks great for awhile and then bam...black beard comes back lol.

@TannerSerpa 3 жыл бұрын

Some of my tanks get stuck with it for awhile. Often times, a single plant brings it in and ruins the whole system. It thrives from an imbalance, such as light to nutrient levels. You just have to pin point the source and dial in the tank until you hardly notice it.

@dawn7882 5 ай бұрын

I hope you use the water you took out and use that on your indoor potted plants and your outside plants. Then you can use the excess on your trees and yard, since you have so many tanks. My plants love the aquarium water

@Getsitdone Жыл бұрын

I have tinwinni! Love them

@deeo2417 3 жыл бұрын

Damn dude , that’s impressive

@nataliravn 2 жыл бұрын

I love all of this. Have been following you forever it feels like, I love how you always take the living parts of the tank into consideration in a proper way. Not everybody does sadly... I was wondering, do you have any reccomendations as to how to keep a bucket filter running in a bedroom? My tanks are so darn noisy and I have tried everything; vaseline on the impeller, made sure the tubing isn't vibrating against anything, installed soundproof matts in the cabinets and styrofoam under the filter. Still hear that annoying buzzing sound. Am I to give up? 🙈 halp lol

@Willkutcherisbetter 3 жыл бұрын

Tanner is secretly a great hair stylist

@badmotherhumper 3 жыл бұрын

tanks a bunch

@colinwylie8813 3 жыл бұрын

I finally feel like my moss isn't just a mutant! it has been super straggly, and all the other tanks I have seen (higher-tech) have had these perfect bushes. that tank is looking so strong as well!

@WorldAquariumSingapore 3 жыл бұрын

Nice i like the packed and forest look cheers, anyone else?

@NYCityCichlids 3 жыл бұрын

Looking good.

@joannecummins5265 3 жыл бұрын

lovely tank...

@riteshfamily369 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video and channel friend love that video new friend here❤️😃👍

@crazyswimmer12 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Wind Waker Link

@gagnydiallo4838 3 жыл бұрын

Love all of your content man!

@_KingQuinn_ 3 жыл бұрын

Hey tanner love yours videos and I wanna thank u for taking the time to make these for us. I have an algae problem which I'm sure is due to the excess light from my windows but I can't move the tank anywhere else sadly. How can I Combat this issue? My tank literally is covered in alage after like the 3rd day from the last water change

@martinamalaskova4491 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Tanner, this tank is absolutely beautiful and I love it that it's low-tech. Very nice and soothing video. Thanks

@connorhill3144 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@laurag1076 3 жыл бұрын

This would totally do well on your main channel.

@amiraymond8714 2 ай бұрын

Hey Tanner, just found your two channels and have been stuck for over an hour! So peaceful and inspiring! hey, question -- can you use the water you siphon out of the tank for anything? (ie. watering potted plants/outdoor plants, etc.? What do you do with it?

@jordanfaustino 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing! I was just about to do maintenance on my tank

@dirtywhitellama 3 жыл бұрын

That is one enormous amano shrimp!

@samyajitsardar275 3 жыл бұрын

দারুণ । আমিও low-tech planted setup খুব পছন্দ করি। আমার বেশিরভাগ গুলোই non-co2 setup .. যেগুলোর অনেক কম পরিচর্যা করলেই ভালো ফল পাওয়া যায় ।

@AquariumsandTerrariums 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy spring can’t wait to see more amazing content stay cool🤙

@philiptomarchio9098 3 жыл бұрын

The tank looks fantastic...you aqua scape looks purely natural. You mentioned you only use root tabs and no liquid ferts...may i inquire as to why?

@hakankarapnar1872 3 жыл бұрын

i suggest u to remove rear light because its trigering the alge on nearest edge of your aquarium. Other than that very good job for a low tech tank. Grats my friend...

@Getsitdone Жыл бұрын

Very nice! Do you prefer glass or acrylic?

@junrycalvo 3 жыл бұрын

New subscriber here. Very informative video. By the way on 4:43 may I know what hydrocotyle is that?

@simsin6304 3 жыл бұрын

Will this amzing tank go for contest? (IAPLC 2021)

@jaymiller3238 2 жыл бұрын

Forgive me if I'm repeating any previous questions, but what kind of moss is growing on your hardscape? I started with what I thought was Christmas moss, but over the past five years it has gone from thick, dense and bushy to straggly, long and leggy. Is it unusual for moss to change its characteristics over time?

@jargonseeds7511 3 жыл бұрын

I love the cherry shrimp!!

@bennylol4374 3 жыл бұрын

The root tabs smells like blended grass

@iemp7165 Жыл бұрын

Hope you still reply on old videos, but I was wondering how often do you do this?

@ShinjiAyanami. 2 жыл бұрын

What dechlorinator are you using that is allowing to do instant water changes. Does it affect tank life at all (fish, bacteria,etc).

@emmanuelgutierrez8616 2 жыл бұрын

Does the yellowing of leaves mean you need to add root tabs? It takes yrs for the fish poop to actually to actually become useful if the bacteria don't ingest it all completely.

@asifali007 Жыл бұрын

what substrate you used?

@gohbender 3 жыл бұрын

Watching the plants stay where you put them first try fill me with incoherent jealous rage.

@lsxg Жыл бұрын

Do you use heater for that low tech tank ?

@christianrugaardjensen4345 3 жыл бұрын

Where is the light from?

@TheSunIsMyDestroyer Жыл бұрын

what model is that light thank you

@syedaiman8872 Жыл бұрын

Hey, can u give me what substance and plant you use

@pandorag2190 2 жыл бұрын

Feel like I've never seen mystery snails on this channel, have you ever owned any?

@desireechoate7583 3 жыл бұрын

You use these trimming/planting tools a lot in your videos. What are they called and where do you get them??

@ericplunder2744 3 жыл бұрын

My partner is into terrariums etc. She found her equipment on ebay.

@IAmGeeSnap 3 жыл бұрын

tons of information in this one thank you for a closer look but my brain has been preoccupied with visions of Link yelling, "Pikachu I choose you" and the adventures that ensue next i had the giggles at a Donkey Kong v Snorlax battle that ends before it starts with a smorgasbord of bananas, peels flying everywhere and an epic nap lol totally nerding out on your stuffie shelf :@) great video Tanner thank you keep up the aweSome hard work once again your room mates have it made in the shade