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I quite loved the first scape. More wood and less plants in the middle. Your jungles are beautiful - always! - the first part of the video just got me excited. Hoping for more of that style as well.

MD got replaced in Matt’s last video! 😂😂 Super cute

Come on guys, why hasn't fish shop Matt got more subscribers. He should have, you know what to do!

Makes me so happy when you show us your "oopsie" moments as well as the beautiful results! Absolutely love your videos MD 🥰

Thank you for leaving in the mistake and the backtracking. Really humble and lets us know that its not the end of the world if we do make a mistake.

If that was me and the wood came apart I would swear at the aquascape for 10 mins straight then I would just sit there and be sad for another 10 😂

I like how you showed the foggy water and the driftwood floating back up. Helps show the work that goes into an awesome aquascape is trial and error even for a pro like yourself. Love watching and learning from your videos.

Thanks for showing the floating disaster that we’ve all experienced! I simultaneously gasped in horror and laughed 😅

Im Soo happy that your wife is part of the gallery now. I ass'umed she wasnt into your thing. I was Worried that you guys may have "issues".. NONE of my business, right. But it was an honest concern for my man MD! I've, honestly, prayed for you guy's. Its a relief and a joy to see maybe I was ass'uming too much..

I love it when you start a build saying you're not gonna hide too much of the wood... and then promptly cover up virtually every bit of wood 😂 (joking.. there was the 'floater' problem to deal with). The end result was still a fine example of your work 👍

Aw all that beautiful wood and you covered it all up with Anubias. It's a beautiful tank, don't get me wrong- but the wood was woven together in such an interesting manner. It's shame that we can't see it any longer

“I’m not going to hide the wood” *proceeds to hide the wood* Looks great as always regardless!

1st idea was better. In the end its ok i guess but would look better with visible wood and small plants. Cheers

I woke my hubby up from his nap when I gasped as you hit the wood and it floated up😂. So glad you kept that in the video. Life happens to all of us 😄

API has really come through. I know I let you know I was cut unboxing the master test kit. But I called them and they sent me plastic and let me know they are switching to plastic test vials! They are the BEST!

In my opinion an African themed aquarium with Butterfly cichlids with other fishes from Africa as diether fish could be very very interesting to watch

Yo MD! I'm not even 10 minutes in and I am so happy to hear you say that "...if you are on a budget you can get away with just the sand and root tabs..." I honestly didn't have the slightest clue you could make a successful tank with all the extra nutrient layers! After years of watching you , I am going to go to a fish store to see what's available... Thanks MD for your content. And I also wanted to let you know that I am loving the longer format of your videos lately. When they were shorter I honestly didn't get my fill, but with the 30 minutes, I can get really into it and relax. I save to watch them when I know I can enjoy the whole thing without interruption. And when I do get interrupted I always come back to finish them. Thanks MD for years of amazing content.🙏🏽

Another excellent looking tank and another example that shows the humble guppy is often under rated.

Just the stress buster I needed this evening. Thanks MD. Ultimate chill out. 😊

I am a big guppy fan, especially with all the color forms that have been developed now. The tank looks amazing, MD! Thanks for sharing another wonderful build and great fish. Say hi to Katie, in the background there. :) Good to see a couple doing things together. Thanks again!

Not sure why I took so long to find your channel, but glad I did. I’m more into breeding fish for profit but I love using plants in my tanks, it’s been a long learning curve but I’m learning a lot from you. Propagated a couple of my plants for the first time the other day 👍🏻

21:15 just a faint shot of the wife darting out of the shot in a "Damn it he's pointing the camera in this direction again" fashion, lol

In previous builds, you have planted the foreground in wetted or reused substrate and then made a point of filling the tank before planting stems and taller plants. This time was completely different. Why? Still great results, just wondered. Always interesting and enjoyable. Take care

Would love to see you do a tank where you collected the hardscape from nature for us people that can't afford to buy it.

I love how the guppies play in the filter flow. ❤❤❤

Those “Rosetail Guppies” are very nice. They’re quite common in the hobby here in the US (in NYC at least) and have been for quite a while. They call them “Red-Tail Tuxedo Guppies” here. It looks like those were bred for longer dorsal fins, that’s the difference I see. Matt’s right, guppies are hampered by their tails so it’s best not to keep them with “bitey boys.” Also, some breeds like the solid black (“Black Velvet”) are more prone to eat their spawn than most other breeds.

Your videos are really making me appreciate the smallish, more colorful schooling fish!

Yes who doesn't love a cool guppy build video

This one is one of your prettiest tanks! Thank you for walking us through the build, so many undecorated tanks in the world that need help bringing the vision to life!!!

Whenever I came to see your video, you just make my mood happy. Thank you❤❤

Thank you for sharing the struggles in the beginning... very helpful and educational. I love those guppies! The tank turned out beautifully... as always!

I really appreciate you taking the time to show every little step. Because the reality is that things go wrong when we set up tanks. You change your mind when you set up tanks. Stuff just happens sometimes and its ok.

Lovely set up, as usual. So glad you shared the problems you had and how you solved them. It's very helpful to see that stuff!. Those guppies are sweet!

The second that glue broke I could feel your rage! Get's me every single time! Nothing worse! 🤬

I love your energy. Always positive😊

Love the tank done such an amazing job, my only tiny tiny negative about it is the anubias at the front it just looks to big and slightly spoils the aesthetic look just slightly though

Hey hey MD&Matt thank you so much for what you do. I had to give up my beloved tank due to health issues and the resultant ♿ & I miss it so much. Keep doing what you do.

i just switched to leaf zone and my plants have never looked better!!!! thank you!!!

One of your better scapes, imo. The textures alone!

At least you were honest about the screw up even though it was a minor one you didn't try to hide it like most people do. congratulations

This tank is awesome, you really inspired my first planted tank and I’m getting another 2 gallon for breeding shrimp because of your videos, thanks man

I would love to see a tank designated to 1 larger fish channel mascot

This inspired me to get a trio of rose tail guppies. They arrived yesterday. I look forward to seeing them grow and color up!

Amazing how just yesterday i was going through your channel videos, looking for guppy tank ideas. I found 2 videos but this latest one has to be the best. U r awesome mate!❤

The Butterfly cichlids are stunning once they mature especially in a dark tank. Id recommend either a dark tank caused by heavy planting or even a blackwater, i prefered my old pair in a black water. Depending on what way you'd want to go but I'd recommend either them with a massive shoal of lampeye killi fish for the big pop of blue and movement at the surface or personally I'd say a pair of the cichlids, a group of fresh water butterfly fish (very cool looking fish that hang at the surface and are like mini arowana. They swim slowly but can have a massive burst of speed plus hang directly below the surface). Then for the movement a shoal of Debauwi catfish, active shoaling handsome catfish Matt has a bunch in the 8ft. Plus a couple of Rope fish on the bottom and a shoal of upside down catfish (make sure its Synodontis nigriventris as these stay small and other species get quite big). Would make a stunning black water setup plus very different from your normal style as it's weird fish not the usual "generic" pretty fish. Only thing is you'll want a lid as Rope fish will slithet out and the butterfly fish are very good jumoersy, often jumping out the water for insects. And the butterflyfish while they can be weaned onto floating pellets they do best if given some live insects in the mix. But you could just get some crickets from the shops and put them kn a open topped or well vebtilated tub and they'll then last you a lot longer then uf yiu keep them in the tub. Plus if you squeeze and pop them in the water Timmy will love them too. Thus would need to be one of the 4fts though!

Those guppies are gorgeous!

I love all your tanks, but I did get really excited when I thought you were going to leave the front of the wood plant-free. The wood was really beautiful on its own. The fish do look amazing against the plants.

As someone who has dreamed of getting in to this hobby and now finally can begin! these videos are so good :>!

Love your sense of humor 😅❤😊

Clucking for a new MD set up 👊🏻

Awesome job, MD!

I've stopped using all in 1 fertilisers and using API Leaf Zone since I've been watching your videos and I'm having great success. There's been far less algae and the plants are looking more vibrant than ever.

Hope to see an extra episode on matt’s fish shop full tour. Please 🙏🏼

Gosh ur tanks are just amazing!beautiful fish.

another banging video as always!

Guppies and Tetras and Bettas oh my!

keep up the great work brother, great job on your tanks, they are lovely!

Gosh I'm a little jealous yall having great fish store...living in an island we stuck with petco with half dead fish

I used to give all my plant trimmings to my turtles to eat. They love val plant trimmings. It made me feel like I wasn't throwing away good plants and I didn't have the room for multiple tanks to keep them growing.

@MD love the guppies tank. You have such beautiful tank's. Well done mate

Amazing what you are doing, I just got myself a new hobby cause of you -

Love the tank, keep up the good work 👍

Love the scape but feel like you ended up hiding a lot of the wood anyway... 😊

wow wonderful looking fish and a great scape for them

thank you for sharing this honest video!

MD, anxiously awaiting the Trigger fish and Timmy tanks… really wanna see what you come up with. Last set up for triggers was good to give them places to shoot insects off the limbs

Hey man love the videos! When are the archer fish coming back??? Missing them! Keep up the great work 🙏🏽

I love my guppies and mollies. I'm running an internal filter but have an 207 external filter. Ready for set up would you be able yo make a video on how to properly install one of these. Please.

Love the videos mate.

I soke the wood for a few hours in bucket of boiling water before I put it in the take works great

I would love to see you do something outside of your comfort zone with a desert terrarium similar to dr. plants recent setup with your artistic style. Also the contrast of your first non fish tank being a almost water free setup would be pretty funny.

dont forget the dechorinator.. lol love the tank... 😍

Just like you mentioned I would leave the female guppy in the same tank and not remove her because she'll get stressed out and prolong the birth of frys.

Looks awesome, what detail stones do you use as they blend in well with the grey of the rocks and then the lighter colours with the sand. I am in Australia and find it hard to find detail stones that blend grey seiryu rock with light coloured sand. Most of the gravel I can find has brown tones or black, not grey.

This soon for watching MD is my first time

Love the guppies!!

MD you showed us a outdoor pond install at Martin,s house.any updates planed for it?

Possible video idea, go to Maidenhead Aquatics. Pick someone shopping there who are happy to be filmed to pick you random hardscape pieces (ornaments, plants, wood, stones) that they like, then you have to implement all the pieces into a good-looking MD style aquascape! :)

Hello I have been following you for awhile and I am trying to recreate your water change system and attach it to my python. What are you using at the end to diffuse the water? I absolutely love your channel it has inspired and taught me soo much. Thank you for what you do.

Roses come in every color under the rainbow though... ❤

Hi MD what filter have you used in this tank I like the spray bar. Another beautiful build loving the movement the wood is creating in the space

Mate please post more, I love ur vids

So much for showing the wood... 😉

I do enjoy a guppy tank as well 👍🏻

I just have a question I setup a small 5 gallon square tank with a sand top soil mix I used a coarse sand to cap and ammonia levels stayed high do you need a finer sand to lock it down?

MD I really think you should build a paladerium with thumbnail dart frogs. I think you will be delightfully surprised with this tank variation.

Lol i seen the hardscape of this tank in your last video i was wondering what it was for!!

How many times do you dose leaf zone on low thech aquarium? And what do you does on your CO2 aquarium and how much?

Md you should consider making a bio active terrarium!

MD ...😃 291 k to go to hit that Sweet 1 million...yay...😃😃😃. You deserve every single one of 'em

Cool fish

Hi Matt, you mentioned in this video that you're good at reducing algae. How do you go about doing that? Thanks

How do u keep the water surface clear? i get so much dust and strange thing on it even if i try covering it with stuff

that cool everyone can follow that guide

GOOD JOB BOY

Looks good but I liked it better when more of the wood showed. You always go crazy with the plants. I personally like more swim room for the fish.

Hi man. What kind of background film are you use?? I have one from b&q and always have these small dots all over it. Any advise? Cheers.

What did you do before KZfaq? I remeber from your really old videos you were working out of your shed and I was curious how you got going?

I've always thought when a company sponsor a video You couldnt advertise other brands and manufacturers Obviously not. but a nice thought 😂 Once again, an awesome set up 👍