My First Ever “NO WATER CHANGES” Aquascape! Here’s What Happened

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In this video I'm setting up my first ever ''zero water changes'' aquascape! I'm making a red plants only Dutch style layout for some beautiful rice fish!
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@MJAquascaping Ай бұрын

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@adeptusmagi Ай бұрын

did i miss the plant link ?

@zyydra8472 25 күн бұрын

Hello Mj do you know BRS Fresh ? its a channel that took one of your video "Top 10 nano fish for your aquarium" and uploaded it on their channel.

@MJAquascaping 25 күн бұрын

@@zyydra8472 it’s a new video I made for them 😊

@zyydra8472 25 күн бұрын

@@MJAquascaping oh ok mb sorry !

@MJAquascaping 25 күн бұрын

@@zyydra8472 no problem 😉

@bigben8369 Ай бұрын

I was immediately thinking blue shrimp. I think they would complement the rice fish beautifully.

@peaoat3608 Ай бұрын

The moment I found the water changes are optional was when I put some floating plants in my smelly, swampy resurrection jar. Within a few weeks the jar showed no ammonia and no nitrites. Plants are miraculous!

@malliber Ай бұрын

I've not done a water change on my tank in maybe a year. I have to top up for the evaporation however as it's an open tank. I don’t have tannins to remove and I've still no algae, I’ve healthy fish and plants. My water is clear & tests show near perfect numbers. With good substrate, heavy planting, surface plants, suitable lighting & filtration the tank will look after itself as it’ll be in balance. Finally don't overstock & you should have perfect water quality. You do all of those anyway so you'll be fine. I'm sure you don't overfeed. Give it a go as if your water quality is clear, no algae and all your numbers are good, why does it need changing ?

@kelvinmok10 Ай бұрын

If you have hard water, how do you handle the ever increasing minerals in your water if there is no way to export it?

@rossallen738 Ай бұрын

@@kelvinmok10 You are correct that with super hard water the water hardness will continue to climb, unless you can find a way for the plant matter to use all of the calcium and magnesium at the same rate that you add it with top ups... Probably very unrealistic. The same issue can happen on RO water, where there will be a depletion of calcium and magnesium that was originally available in the substrate or added into the tank as fertilizer, but the plants use it up and it no longer is bioavailable for new plant growth. The issue you bring up probably won't be a serious issue for people that have softer water with small amounts of water hardness.

@Huebie 29 күн бұрын

@@kelvinmok10 I too only do a water change maybe once a year, maybe twice a year if I feel fancy. If you have enough plants, I never had an issue. Floaters really helped and they grew insane. But maybe my tapwater is different, but I measured it to be pretty average. Oh, and shrimps and snails probably take up a lot of the minerals too as I got a good amount of both.

@tolgagurcimen2957 27 күн бұрын

When you finish the tank planting etc.. go to a pond and get mulch decaying material from bottom and some mud with water add it to your aquarium but no fish for 4 weeks then add fish add evaporated water of course that's it a life time perfectly balanced aquarium and maybe a few weeks 2-3 weeks add more leaves that's all

@metaldesire4 26 күн бұрын

@@kelvinmok10 duckweed removes TDS. and every week or so you will have to remove duckweed, since it grows like crazy - there you go, no more TDS.

@shlomithardy5734 Ай бұрын

Blue shrimps will be great with contrast colours. 👌

@markedoutdoorsmitigation2387 24 күн бұрын

Wish you would have done a side by side experiment with a tank with filtration. Great video!

@smashingamin Ай бұрын

Wow, I love the plants so much

@priyankardas2668 Ай бұрын

Excellent looking tank. I still never get tired of looking at ample amount of lush plants...

@tracys.6033 Ай бұрын

Your right the colors are insane!

@tombarb2864 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to the new room unveiling 🎉🎉

@rhondafitzpatrick1646 Ай бұрын

the tank looks amazing!

@mandyminshull2351 Ай бұрын

The plants look amazing. The colours with the light look stunning. Can’t wait to see the studio 😊 and definitely blue shrimp

@madhatterjones4781 Ай бұрын

Beautiful tank mark. Rlooks awesome. And the platinum nedaka are beautiful. So a stunning fish underr that light especially

@zyir7962 Ай бұрын

amazing tank man

@noodlechild666 Ай бұрын

The bamboo tank next door looks amazing. Love the perspective.

@geertm4493 Ай бұрын

Yeah right? It's so beautiful

@kobezklutch Ай бұрын

Same thoughts, currently looking for MJs build video on it!

@BMW.535d 20 күн бұрын

I have no water tank myself, but i really enjoy watch your videos, they are so cosy and relaxing. And also, your aqauscap skills are next level, look so good! Gotta respect the grind. Cheers from Denmark ✊🏼

@valentinpichler4199 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your videos they are realy inspiring.

@kjudestevens1519 25 күн бұрын

Blue Velvet shrimp for the win!!

@GardenEvolution Ай бұрын

Very cool setup! Totally grabbed a screenshot for inspo. I think the yellow neos are the way to go! Or the snowball variety

@geertm4493 Ай бұрын

White fish are always good next to the red plants. I have the same cute rice fish! But I am in love with the bamboo tank next to it❤. Keep up the beautiful work mark. Greetings from utrecht ✌️

@nate6390 Ай бұрын

Man mark 😂 I'm jealous you have and find sooo much time to aquascape....and u show such passion..... truly extraordinary....what's your secret 😂😂😂

@givetanks 29 күн бұрын

that's a very crazy red tank!

@PetswithMicah123 Ай бұрын

It’s so good

@jeffncompany 28 күн бұрын

jade neos! i thought blues at first too, but you almost never see the jades as they would blend in with the greens. great opportunity to show them off and do something different!

@Ankescapes Ай бұрын

Wow, the colours turned out amazing! I love the white Medakas in the red plants, and I think I would stick by that concept. So white pearl or perhaps blue jelly Neocaridinas would be nice in there

@Aqualicnature Ай бұрын

I think Crystal black shrimp would do great as well and Waiting for your New room Tour

@IC_Hennessy Ай бұрын

Some blue jelly shrimp would look really nice in there! Light blue against the red.

@henrikmadsen2176 28 күн бұрын

THAT is a cool experiment :-))

@jackjmaheriii Ай бұрын

How I do no water change… -Canister filter -CO2 -1 Amano / 2 gallons -1 Nerite / 2 gallons -1 Hillstream Loach / 5 gallons -APA Quick start -Substrate: Stratum, choral, root tabs, bacteria tabs, thick sand cap -After 2 weeks shrimp (neo c’s) -After 3 weeks, livestock -Water: Start with dechlorinated tap, the RO. -Feed: 4 days a week I plant dense by buying my plants early and propagate them for 2 or 3 months, and by using cuttings from my hospital tank.

@jorgesilva2985 Ай бұрын

Hi MJ! I think the "Caridina Blue tiger orange eyes" is the best option. Because it makes a beautiful contrast with the red plants, the black stripes and the orange eyes give's it a special shine. Thanks for the video!

@patriciaserrano2537 Ай бұрын

I agree, those shrimp are beautiful

@MJAquascaping Ай бұрын

Very nice indeed!

@TalisaAquarist 29 күн бұрын

We need a fish room tour of your new house!!!!

@joaswijma6864 22 күн бұрын

Blue jelly shrimp. Lighter blue color than velvet or dream blue, would pop!

@DashDrones Ай бұрын

Nice one for doing this. Been waiting a while! Haven't done a water change on any of my tanks, been running the longest for almost a year, definitely for the best. My plants, fish, snails and shrimp are all thriving and breeding well. Canister filter, soil+nutrient base, sand cap, fluval plant 3.0s👍

@DashDrones Ай бұрын

Forgot to say, Get rid of the Co2, add a sand cap and you'll have no issues.

@comando8919 Ай бұрын

Thank youuuuuu

@rickyabdullah4758 Ай бұрын

Nice share

@i_nvade8098 Ай бұрын

Green shrimp 😊

Ай бұрын

Great video. Every tank is a science experiment. My tanks are not CO2 added, and I use low/medium light plants, with moderate stocking. I do water changes when my nitrates get 40ppm or higher, which is pretty rare unless I add nutrients. Or if my tannins turn the water too darkyes I know it's good for most of my fish, but I'm not a big fan of the look of fish swimming in tea. 😸. I average a water change every 5 to 6 weeks in my one 40, two 20 and two 29 gallon ranks and replace the evaporated water which added together run 10 to 15 gallons for each tank.

@redbaron2342 Ай бұрын

What I can see is that your new room looks great. Are you going to post a tour - or did I miss that video?!... I would go for blue shrimps!

@MJAquascaping Ай бұрын

A room tour is coming soon 😏

@suvinuoska Ай бұрын

If I ever move into a bigger apartment where I can have a second tank, a miniature Dutch style scape is definitely goals :D I think high grade (i.e. solid color, mostly white) crystal shrimp might look cool in this tank? I have ten mid-to-high grade crystal reds in an aquascape with mixed red and green plants plus terracotta brown decorative sand, and the whites are visible across the room. (Although I don't know if they'd make good tank mates to rice fish, considering how submissive they behave around my sweet and shy pygmy cories lol)

@simianlife5949 29 күн бұрын

Blue neocaridinas would look amazing in there.

@MandyJane123700 Ай бұрын

I love the red plants! Someday I will get a light that can grow red plants, but until I can save up for it, I will just dream about it.

@mistervgw8307 Ай бұрын

Well, how much money have you saved up so far 😂😂

@olivereisenbarth5476 Ай бұрын

While saving for a high quality LED, you could use good ol' T5 bulbs. If electricity is cheap in your country it's an option.

@MandyJane123700 Ай бұрын

@@mistervgw8307 I keep spending my fish money on other stuff for the fish! 😝

@MandyJane123700 Ай бұрын

@@olivereisenbarth5476 I actually have those in one of my tanks, but I forgot those were the original grow lights! I have lots of anubias in that tank, because I thought they were "low" lights. lol

@huntergreene3453 Ай бұрын

Try red tiger lotus I heard it's red no matter what

@mustafacemturkkan5976 Ай бұрын

Maybe Black Rose Shrimp fits well !!🖤

@norbipuhl111 Ай бұрын

Pearl Danio ( Galaxy Rasbora ) ❤

@rhondafitzpatrick1646 Ай бұрын

blue neocaridina!!!!😊

@florentincioaba7989 29 күн бұрын

Bravo from Romania Dracula land ❤🎉

@jasongoodwin8702 23 күн бұрын

Before i finish watching this video, I'd wager no water changes do just fine. I have a pair of 75g tanks going on 2 years without any changes. One is heavily stocked with a variant of plants. That particular tank looks stunning. My other is lightly stocked with a few plants and it looks ok. The later hosts a Frontosa so, I'm constantly fighting the fish on how it should look. I also have a 37g heavily plants tank with a variety of plants and it looks equally amazing. The 37g is only 6 months old as my previous 20g sprung a leak. Forgot to add, I stopped using Co2 a year ago as I found it unnecessary.

@wadday Ай бұрын

@MJAquascaping can you suggest a WRGB2 setting for green and red plants?

@thraciensis3589 18 күн бұрын

Can you me tell me species of fully bright-red -throughout -its leaves plant, ( not semi green) with large wide leaves? I want to use it in the. back ground for show peace? Thank you. You have an amazing aquascaping skill!

@SouthAfricanWanderer 27 күн бұрын

Would maybe do crystal red or crystal black caridina or even some tigers. Did you get an ammonia/nitrite/nitrate spike at any stage?

@PetswithMicah123 Ай бұрын

I wish I could have the skill you have

@IndoorEcosystem Ай бұрын

I've gone about 4 months without water changes on a tank in the past but you start to get insanely high TDS and mineral build up over time from doing top ups. I'd say less water changes is good but none isn't the best idea if you have quite hard water.

@williammcdowell6257 Ай бұрын

I have very hard tap water and a fairly large tank, and in summer a tap water supply which is often too high in Nitrates. I top-up with rainwater, distilled water from my tumble drier and if I don't have either, a common issue in the summer, I buy deionised water for steam irons from the supermarket. In extremis, in the summer I sometimes use a filter jug to obtain soft water, but I find you have to run the water through the filter material at least three times to get soft water, using pre-bolied and settled water and then filtering works, but is a bind. I aim to keep TDS around 150. If I topped up with tap water only, my tank would turn into the Dead Sea in a matter of months. I do change some water, when I have for example really stirred things up after a big maintenance session, about two or three times a year. But I always now in the summer months check the quality of my tap water, just to know what I am contending with. Mark uses a reverse osmosis system and re-salts the water, I am not quite sure why this is necessary, blending RO water with tap water would be cheaper and easier I suspect, but each to their own. George Farmer has hard tap water and just adds extra CO2, that works for most plants, though not all, but if I just used tap water I would at least double the amount of CO2 I use, an extra £50 a year.

@IndoorEcosystem Ай бұрын

@@williammcdowell6257 I have super hard tap water as well I just do a mix of RO and tap when I want to lower levels to a more suitable level. RO and remineralisation is good if you want to hit exact results and get the best stability but it comes with a prices. It's quite interesting how much your water fluctuates over the seasons.

@istoppedlaughing5225 Ай бұрын

I'm doing the same with my high-tech tank. Whenever water level falls, I just fill it up with new water.

@robinstahlbergs 25 күн бұрын

What bench is it that you have the nano tanks in this video on? I need one

@kevinborreman3564 26 күн бұрын

Hey mj what do you think about the new chihiros universal wrgb ?

@knabdank Ай бұрын

sometimes i go months without a water change, i go by filter flow rate and water clarity over most things i have heavily planted almost all my tanks and i think that really helps. also depends on what sort of fish you have.

@thierryfelix7796 Ай бұрын

I agree with the water changes. Fish and plants really like water changes. Blue shrimps will be nice.

@mrblobby8534 26 күн бұрын

Not sure if i missed you explaining why you waited to plant the pink flamigos but ive had lots of failed elements.. is there some flamingo secret im not aware of ?

@diananeri4476 Ай бұрын

chocolate shrimp!

@toxiccity97 Ай бұрын

please add green jade neocaridina they will stand out so well against the red foliage

@yodeym2184 Ай бұрын

I do same no water change in my Office high tech aquarium, but i do dark start 1month with substrate and scape with filter, after month i do 50% water change and add plant and wait 2weeks for planth grow, and after this 2 weeks i add snails,shrimp, fish and now 4 month no water change, zero algae. For me its work good. My tap water is around 7,5ph and 24/7 co2 and light 7,5 hours a day and in week go light only 4,5hours. U can try this peaople 🙂😀

@AUTO.LYRiCS Ай бұрын

is that possible to have a cyano on that type of set up of plants?

@Spyciyuuu 29 күн бұрын

is it possible to do a Brazilian style in a 35cm cube?

@PetswithMicah123 Ай бұрын

❤

@JustMeVP Ай бұрын

Which fertiliser is better the APT all in one or masterline all in one? Thanks

@AquaDragontech Ай бұрын

I think APT is the best

@marcusshhiew5047 Ай бұрын

In between Masterline all in one red and Apt Zero/1 what is your recommendation? Which one have better growth? Thanks in advance 🙏

@MJAquascaping Ай бұрын

I haven’t tried the MasterLine all in one red

@marcusshhiew5047 Ай бұрын

@@MJAquascaping Thank you 👌

@aunaleei426 28 күн бұрын

I'm setting up my first 55 gallon and I noticed seiryu stone is used a lot- does it actually mess with your tank parameters like crazy?? I love the look of the rock but I'm scared to ruin my tank.

@ikanpari24 Ай бұрын

you should start being a bodybuilder after lifting all those tanks around!

@andreagalda28 Ай бұрын

I would choose black carbon rilli neos or dark green hulk neos.

@user-xi4ji5yo1w Ай бұрын

😍😍😍👍👍👍

@HenriqueStrabeli_Oficial 28 күн бұрын

Eu não uso esse troço. Quando dá pau, começa a entrar ar e não dá pressão (não puxa água) eu vendo com silicone pra aquário e pronto hehehe

@indrajitmaity8125 Ай бұрын

Add blue neo caradina shrimp and Balck guppy fish

@cindystimson3632 Ай бұрын

Blue shrimp

@detlefh.7090 Ай бұрын

Technically of course your tank water shouldn't change much but the plants will take up K+, Ca, Mg and some other which would make your TDS go down if you top off with just RO water and do not fertilize. Also, the microbial activity in the substrate should have some impact (reducing mineral content) as well as the soil which binds Ca and Mg.

@DocPBody Ай бұрын

Has anyone tried carbonating tank water in a soda stream and using that for top ups or water change? Like a concentration 😏

@normang3579 Ай бұрын

is there any benefit on using red plants with no water changes?

@Estipi18 Ай бұрын

I think because "high end" tank required things like co2,good light ect. Red plants takes all of that real good and it's more pleasing to watch. Ofc there are green plants as well , but he chose that(he's Scape and all)

@mistervgw8307 Ай бұрын

Well, no. Not really, there aren't many benefits to growing reds with no water changes. Infact there are some downsides, For example, the plants will grow redder with nitrate limitation. This can be done with water changes. (I know some people who change their water every 3 days just so their plants can become redder 😂😂😂). And seeing from them, I do believe nitrate limitation works. Besides that, a strong light and dosing of all fertilizers, not just iron.

@normang3579 Ай бұрын

@@mistervgw8307 yes, but only with ro water. I didnt know that nitrate has a strong effect on red plants.

@elijahjefferson9685 Ай бұрын

What’s the easiest red plant to start with ?

@MJAquascaping Ай бұрын

Ludwigia super red

@marlonallansupetran7120 Ай бұрын

Plants consume calcium and magnesium so the water might become soft (low GH) over time.

@nijattagiyev830 Ай бұрын

You dont need that Stability, just get some dirty sponge from other tank and squeeze inside of aquarium.

@kewalchaudhary5787 Ай бұрын

Light name plz

@MJAquascaping Ай бұрын

Chihiros WRGB 2 Pro

@arrowblue3909 3 күн бұрын

400 euros for Wrgb pro 2, 90 cm😢😮

@Ray47nl Ай бұрын

I only have experience with no waterchanges in a saltwater tank. But i can imagine that it should be possible to go without any waterchange with this tank. The only thing you must do, like i did with the saltwater, is every week testing the water and add supplements where needed. I was using the DSR method (Dutch Syntetic Reefing). See this example.. A tank running 12 years without water changing: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q8VgeMZ_x8nPpIU.html

@nathanmcgrath9038 Ай бұрын

I couldn't not possibility do water changes on all the aquariums I have. Yes you will get some algae if you do not do water changes, but remember algae is a plant it will do everything a plant will do. Like use ammonia, phosphate and nitrogen. Was well as use CO2. Without algae most natural ecosystems would collapse👍

@moonbear897 Ай бұрын

I'm all for no water changes. hardly ever do on my tanks.

@tamerkesenkas1645 18 күн бұрын

People on the internet either religiously do waterchanges or religiously don't do waterchanges. Rarely I see anyone recognize waterchanges as a tool they can use when needed.