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I want this. One of these in my home, one in every classroom, hospital room, day care center, senior home, work place. Everywhere. It is the best one. So much to see and learn. Would stare at it for hours and hours. No more phone, just this.

MD! I think you might have out done yourself with this tank and that's saying something considering how many beautiful tanks you've already made. I hope you will give us updates on it and more views of the fish which are really a lovely selection. You have every right to be proud of this tank. Thanks so much for sharing.

I don't have an aquarium, but I just LOVE to watch your video's. They're so peacefull! Keep up the good work boss💙

Large tanks with small fish are always my favorite! I love this one.

I love that you always emphasize how much work it takes to do a fish-in cycle and it requires doing daily water changes. Love this scape can’t wait to see more

Absolutely epic. What a gorgeous scape. So much going on I’d be sat in front for hours!! Tbh you should just set up the camera and leave it running and then post a 2 hour loop I’d definitely watch it🤪

This is my favourite stocking you've done so far! The tank is stunning!! Would love to see some clown killis in there too, and though not as rare (depending where you live), some green neon tetras for a pop of blue and pygmy corys for their size - a big group of them. Just love all these extra small nano fish - I have most separately in my small tanks but my dream is to put them all together in a big tank one day!!!

10:51 - Matts beard is evolving 😯

Ah, when MD drops a build video, you know it's going to be a wonderful day! :) Cheers from Tennessee!

This is by far my favorite tank you've ever done, and there was serious competition. I've always wanted a huge tank like this with multiple schools of nano fish. You have done it to perfection. I just know these fish are going to love their new home. When this tank matures, it will look even better. In a couple of months I'd love an hour long video of just the tank with some nice background music like you did at the end of this video. What a treat. Thank you, MD.

9:53 - I don’t know why that made me laugh 😂 a tank half filled with sand

Love those red neon rainbow, beautiful tank.

You can also liquid cyanoacrylate super glue. Just take a little bit of paper towel, wedge it between your rocks and wood and then squeeze a little of the liquid super glue, works way better than the gel for larger setups.

I love how you say “this is probably my most favorite fish tank I’ve ever built” on every single fish tank you build. 😂 it would be sweet to see you get a 6 foot aquarium and build a biotope.

It looks like a bustling fish city! Everyone hurrying on their way, off to do their fish business!

I stopped aquariums about 30+years ago due to moving homes in my early 20s but it is a hobby I did enjoy and now in semi- retirement needing something to occupy the grey matter have started thinking of fish again, I will probably get myself an aquarium as of the enjoyment aquired with the hobby so I'm just watching videos as a refresher something not available in the 80s it will save me time effort and money when the time comes.

This is a gorgeous tank! I love the appreciation for the nano fish, giving them a nice large space to play in! I also really appreciated the outline of about how much you spent and how much seems reasonable to budget for for a personal tank -- that's super helpful for planning!

Every video requires a mandatory fish shop visit.

The driftwood to the left is literally Amazing!! It looks like a Manta Ray sculpture, with the mouth and gills and eyes at the knobs, unmistakable wings and it even has its tail!

45:27 Don't mind me. I am just leaving this here for when I come back. Thank you MD! You inspired me to not only get back in the hobby but to give aquascaping a go! I have a huge tank I am waiting to have delivered...so excited!

I couldn't envision this tank when you started, then it turned out looking magical! Fascinating how the species school together. I could definitely see a tank like this in my home.

Beautiful tank mate. Love the idea of lots of micro fish for a big tank.

One of my favorite hardscapes you've ever done. So dramatic and so balanced!

I really like how much room there is for these nano fish to swim around in. It looks spacious in a good way, it really highlights how active they are!

I got back into the aquarium hobby because of you and finally bought myself a tank because of you so thank you and and up the amazing work

Awesome work, man. With large tanks, everyone’s inclination seems to be large fish. But this tank is living it’s best life just like this, with these large groups of small fish! Thanks for the long cinematic segment there at the end, where we got to better appreciate the beautiful way they school through all the beautiful planting. Love it. I’ll tell you what would be an incredible rare addition if Matt can find you some - Asian Rummynose! Their blue bodies and bright orange-red noses would look amazing in this tank.

Md has learnt the deep substrate key to success

I absolutely LOVE this! Most people get a big tank and put in big fish, but this big tank with a community of nanos is brilliant!

Appreciate all the effort you put in MD!

Amazing build, great replacement for the discus, recently built a lake Malawi scape, simply bec i love the fish & my water is very hard so most plants will fail. Inspiration to many! Really appreciate the content.

I agree with you, MD. This really is your best tank so far. I am absolutely loving it. For years I've wanted to do a setup like this: a nice big aquarium filled with tiny little fish, scaped to look natural. This is a real inspiration for me. Thank you.

Your videos are a much needed oasis of calm, beauty, and gentle humor. Thank you! 🙏 🙂

Looks beautiful. Imagine a koi pond filled with neons and cories

My order is in for the Green and Blue Rasboras. I can't wait for them to come in. Love the look of them from when you first shown them on the Shrimp video

I feel like MD carries two bags of gravel at the same time to show off his muscles lol 😂

i love it when any sort of hobbist vloggers are transparent about channel finances, not to mention when its aquarium bloggers, this tank is BEAUTIFUL

This is really beautiful. You have outdone yourself sir!!

I love your videos, and you inspired me to get my 20 gal up and running again after a move two years ago. I am so happy with it! I did have a lot of trouble with gravel and all of the silt attached to it, and the first one, I didn't rinse the gravel, so I had to take it all out and clean the gravel. There was so much silt! I was terrified of putting it down the drains, and I dumped the silt outside on the gardens (which were covered in snow so it's not pretty!) I saw you put it down the drain, and I just gasped. Then you explained how you flush out the drains, so I guess it should be okay, just people at home, beware! Great videos though, you're my favorite aquarium guy.🐟🐠🐡🐠🐟

Now that’s what I call a true Community Tank! It’s so cool to see them all in their little groups with all the different colors! 😍❤️

I absolutely love watching you set up new tanks! They're just so satisfying to watch coming together, and so beautiful when done. Thank you so much for doing these videos!

Nice bud. Soon I will apply your techniques to my backyard fish pond. I've had years of algae problems. I've never tried plants because it's concrete. Now I have ideas. Thanks.

That's one hella 🔥 community tank. The planting on the wood and foreground are all my favourite plants, I try others but always seem to go back to those 'core' plants. Awesome job. 👍👍👍

This combination of rare hardscape style with precise yet uneven scattered aquascape has my eyes glaring it for hours, even though I am rewatching after two years this has the same harmony to it. Doesn't matter how well I try I can never seem to get it like this, the difference is like a simpleton locusing paint brush on a canvas compared to Picasso doing the same.

Wow, this tank is spectacular! I love the impact of the huge hard scape with the super tiny fish. It looks like its own little world!!! 💕 ♥️ 💜

Beautiful, mate. Fantastic 👍 Your aquariums are and have been so inspiring. Thank you.

I’ve just recently found your channel and have slowly been going back and watching your videos and feel greatly inspired in a tank I want to do in the future! Love your videos, would be really cool if you just did a feeding feeding video going around to all the tanks

Pygmy hatchet fish are very cool little fish.

That is a very nice setup! Absolutely peaceful and tranquil. Thank you so much for sharing this!

That is an awesome tank. Loving it.

Some happy fishies in there 🐟🐠🐡

Stunning tank, I love lots of tiny fish in a big aquarium! I did a small aquascape a few days ago using a lot of your methods and I really like the result. Thanks!

You spend so much time doing your hardscape, adding little detail rocks - and you're quite good at it - getting it all schmick, and then you just cover it completely in plants. It makes me cry.

Big fan from india (kerala)😁😁 u r dhe only reason i become a hobbyist of palnted tank.... U r defiantly something Else 🥰 love your work. Keep going for us🤗

Hi MD, Thank you for all your content, it is really inspiring. I just started with fishtanks a month or 3 ago. I was planting my second tank today when I saw your video and I must say the hardscape looks a little bit similar :-) Mine is the scaper90, but I have 2 islands and a lot of rocks. Hope mine looks just as good after planting!

I keep coming back to this. I even took notes on the stock & substrate. I love this tank!

I highly recomend going to your local creek/river to get cool completely natural hardscape for your aquarium, its super cheap (just the cost of the gas to get there) and you can get some amazing rocks of any size you want for free. Make sure you're on public property and not taking too much or selling what you take (so you aren't breaking the law). It is also incredibly fun to do.

Yes, a new video! Keep it up!

That looks fantastic! Wish my 250L aquarium looked like that! I do have a question though if possible, you may have covered this but when you want to re-scape and completely change an aquarium decor and substrate. What's the best way to do it with fish already in the tank? This year I plan to redo my 250L EA freshwater 900.

By far the best aquarium builder on KZfaq, it's not even close...... Salute

funny cleaning sand inside the kitchen and blow drying rocks ..... how good is living in the city 👍 Sand beds and the wood is awesome, tank is an inspiration

U make the best tutorial video. Hats off to u 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Hey Md, I’ve got a question for you since I don’t heare you alot about liquid plant ferts. So do you use them or is the aquasoil providing enough for your builds? And if you use them how do you determine how much liquid ferts to use? Grtz from the Netherlands!

That is what I’d love, a big (ish) tank with lots of nano fish. Love it.

Man I think this is the most beautiful tank i've ever seen in my life. Just WOW with all the colors and fish at the different levels... amazing

Really I love your videos it's many relaxing and it just feeling fresh , My dream is also a make an room of aquarium which is fully a planted tank but now I am studying but I enjoying your videos ♥️♥️♥️ Thanks and Keep It Up 💪🙏🏻♥️♥️ Love from INDIA ♥️♥️

Love your musical choice with Dusty Pink.

This video inspired me! I've been sitting on a 125g 6' tank since last summer. Saw this video and now I've been going mad preparing for a MASSIVE planted nano fish paradise!

3:38 - Hey MD I set up a planted fish bowl recently.. question- How do you remove the bio film when there are floating plants on top?

You could of got 1 more ‘Rare’ in the title there lad 😅😉

thanks for the added B roll - love tiny fish in a big tank - you get so many different schooling/shoaling behaviors.

Your videos are always such a pleasure to watch!! I initially subscribed to your channel for the informational aspect but honestly now I come here because you have such a friendly presence and your enthusiasm for the hobby is infectious. Anything I learn along the way is a happy little bonus! This scape is super cool, the schools of all the different fish makes it such a lively tank to watch!

Awesome video. Had a big tank for 2 decades but was tired of the maintenance. This makes me want to try a new one. Are you not worried about the weight of the tanks on that second floor?

I believe this is one of the best fish tanks you have done so far. I think it was you enjoyed yourself while building it . Keep enjoying what your creating don't force it and we will all love it when your done. Have fun.

Beautiful scape and great selection of fish for it. Turned out beautiful. Well done.

Ahhh bitter sweet the discus tank 🥲 but i know this aquarium is going to be fire

Congratulations MD, truly a thing of beauty! I love big tanks with small, happy fish.

Simply gorgeous mate! Looks bloody fantastic! Been watching since the start and am amazed with how far and how quickly The channel has advanced. Awesome work mate.

This tank setup is absolutely amazing! It's making me jealous and making me think about where in my home could I fit a few hundred liters of water. I love that it looks like the fish have so much room! To be fair, in my eyes the planted tank looked like a finished video too, I would have been content to wait for the next one to find out what fish get to move in there.

"Thirty, forty tanks, I don't even know anymore"; you are POSITIVELY, BEAUTIFLY, clinical!!

Wow, stunning!! As I look at my two little tanks, THIS is what I aspire to one day. Thank you for the inspiration MD 👍🏻

MD is the king of ecosystem aquariums !!

MD , I love everything about it! Very nice selection of small fish, nice DOF and nice plant choise. Well done!

Hands down, MD is KZfaq’s best tank teacher

Bravo! Thank you for this one. Love the look. Love the nano fish. This channel gives me ideas!!! Never quite looks like this, but, I still love what I did. Thanks for the ideas and inspiration

This is absolutley your best scape yet! Looking forward to follow it, and see how it will evolve!

I think the negative space surrounding the two 'islands' really ties it all together perfectly! Sometimes the kind of higher in the back, small plants in the front big along the back can feel a bit full. To my mind this one is Perfect!

Absolutely stunning tank. I have been watching for a while now and this is by far my favorite. Stunning piece of work.

Yep. Best tank yet, my friend. Absolutely stunning! My son inspired my hobby but you have inspired every tank I've done. Thanks brother!!

I previously had a lovely Marine setup before we moved and had children over 10 years ago. The bug for fish has never left me and I have recently been looking at starting a new tank. The cost of setting up and maintaining a good size Marine setup is astronomical. After coming across your channel I have been completely inspired to start a planted tropical setup. Keep up the great work, loving the videos.

Incredible tanks! Having kept high tech planted tanks for 11 years now, I promise 99% of the people in this comment section would be unable to take such a low maintenance approach using tap water. I don’t know if MD uses RO, however, you will never see this sort of health in your plants and livestock while only topping off and using tap water. Mine comes out the tap with a TDS over 500.

Yeah, this is my fave tank. I love nano fish, so this big tank full of a good assortment of them is a slice of heaven imo. So glad for the return of the Green tetras!

This is amazing! I learned alot. Very detailed , alot of helpful practical tips, and clear explanation. Thank you!

One of the best works MD good to see you growing day by day and creating these beautiful worlds and thank you so much for inspiration!!

The Ecosystems are such masterful builds, you’ve outdone yourself! 🌿🐠 Started watching your videos last year and they’ve brought so much joy over the past few months! I’ve built a little nano-ecosystem for the home office with some snails, shrimp, Pygmy Cory, Kubotai rasbora, a pair of Scarlet badis and a whooole lot of plants. I barely get any work done and the badis are incredibly entertaining stalking through the undergrowth, I highly recommend! if they ever make it to merch just shut up and take my money!! Thank you so much for sharing your passion with us!

Looks stunning 🤩 love the nano fish selection. Can’t wait to see it mature over the coming months

I don't even have any fish or aquariums, but i have fallen in love with your channel! The final scene of each video looks amazing, when im older in my own house I a definitely going to be getting into this as a hobby

Absolutely awesome tank md. Such a large scale with the hardscape then filled with nano fish. So so good.

That piece of wood doesn’t look like an airplane it looks like a stingray! It should be the stingray tank!!! So sick!!

The placement of the rocks is just superb.