API® products Subscribe to API on KZfaq: kzfaq.info USA consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.com/stores/page/2193F555-CE5F-4A6B-BDC4-F315CB7F175D?channel=MDTanks UK consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/25663644-6C8C-432C-9E6A-0A85082C3E3C AQUARIAN® products Follow AQUARIAN on KZfaq: kzfaq.info/love/NxaNWKoWr_ztSgXgPj9r8A Purchase AQUARIAN products here: aquarian.co.uk/where-to-buy/ 👇👇MD MERCH CLICK HERE👇👇: THICC CORY: md-fish-tanks.creator-spring.com/listing/md-thicc-cory FULL SHOP: md-fish-tanks.creator-spring.com In this video we make a habitat for a fish I've never kept before....Tiger Barbs. I did not realise they stay relatively small and don't just destroy all your plants. I really love these guys and can see myself doing something much bigger at some point in the future as well. School of 100 would look pretty cool right! Equipment (all links affiliate): LED FLOODLIGHTS: US amzn.to/3m3cEz9 UK amzn.to/3orIdRv GOOD BUDGET LIGHT:: US amzn.to/2MDfjk1 UK amzn.to/3iYlfQQ SMALL HANG ON BACK FILTER: US amzn.to/2Mw63OO UK amzn.to/39rx3b5 NANO INTERNAL FILTER: US amzn.to/3oxGBWm UK CANISTER FILTER: US amzn.to/3iNeVtW UK amzn.to/2Fo774a GOOSENECK CLIP ON LAMP: (similar as product is now discontinued) US amzn.to/2IlwLVA UK amzn.to/2LNat13 MINI WATER PUMP: US amzn.to/2oAmf5y UK amzn.to/2mjHDez TANKS: US amzn.to/2SOocHG UK amzn.to/2SPA24i STRIP LED LIGHT: US (similar) amzn.to/2SNgbm7 UK amzn.to/2Fn9aW1 ASTA LED LIGHT: US amzn.to/3k9EmpY UK amzn.to/3p5XUPY AQUARIUM RACKING: Shelving: US amzn.to/2SrYZ5k UK amzn.to/2GFWKJ2 AIRPUMP (FILTER SYSTEM): US amzn.to/31z8FA9 UK amzn.to/37GIoUa FILTER SPONGES: US amzn.to/3dQLUfM UK amzn.to/3dS2k7K MEDIA BAGS: US amzn.to/34Kaf2N UK amzn.to/3lAj3z1 STAINLESS LILY PIPES: US amzn.to/2FqHpvR UK amzn.to/2RlfrnC BOWL AQUARIUMS: US amzn.to/2M4FwFO UK: amzn.to/2Vx73CL API® products Subscribe to API on KZfaq: kzfaq.info USA consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.com/stores/page/2193F555-CE5F-4A6B-BDC4-F315CB7F175D?channel=MDTanks UK consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/25663644-6C8C-432C-9E6A-0A85082C3E3C AQUARIAN® products Follow AQUARIAN on KZfaq: kzfaq.info/love/NxaNWKoWr_ztSgXgPj9r8A Purchase AQUARIAN products here: aquarian.co.uk/where-to-buy/ AWESOME MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY kzfaq.info/love/3uQXzXSPspf2LoGdtYGiHwjoin FOLLOW MY INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/md_fishtanks/ FOR BUSINESS ENQUIRIES: admin@mdfishtanks.com #plantedtank #aquascape #mdfishtanks

Last night I was thinking about tiger barbs for some reason and wondered if you had any, I wake up too see this, what a wonderful scape! you've come to a point where you have the amount of tanks where every week or so one's been around for over 6 months so you can re-scape it which works so well, meaning your videos are consistent and inspiring, keep up the amazing work!

My tiger barb tank is probably my favorite. They are so crazy and energetic and hardy. They like to lock lips and circle each other sometimes like 'sparring' but it'd harmless. Awesome choice!

Tiger barbs were one of my first fish. Along with swordtails and dwarf gouramis, neither of which they ever picked on. I loved them. Would like to have them again.

Love Tiger Barbs. The tank always looks active, using every part of the tank.

I've done the media bag routine with my most recent setups, and I love it! So easy to use, and if I have to move plants, no worries about mixing up the substrate and making a mess. Thanks for the tip on that!

Tiger Barbs hold a special place in my heart. I had a species only with all different types of Barbs. Such a fun tank. There are some beautiful Barbs in the hobby. You should enjoy their personalities.

What a lovely scape! Suits the barbs perfectly! Now I'm thinking I might need some of those cute fish!

Really like how you're including more informative details to your videos, like the fish profiles. Excited for the store build!

Hey man you got me to buy damn near every API product! 😂

I couldn’t help but see that platy disappear in the dirty water. I bet you got it. Great video as usual.

Nice to see a different kind of fish, a barb for a change, tiger barb.. even better. Can’t wait for the updates :)

Hello MD, very happy to see you've gotten tiger barbs. I've been attracted to them since I was young and I've been debating on getting a school of them for my new 60 gallon tank. Seeing this video just helped me reach my decision. :)

Wow i love that scape! Its a very light scape with many gaps but the plants just give the tank such a big sort of character and that works amazing with the tigerbarbs! Very good job keep going!🔥🔥

I would recommend a cover for the top of the tank because they often jump out when they have the opportunity.But it looks great this is exactly my dream tank.

Your dirted tank videos were superb. I tried it and the plant grows very good. Thank you

Tiger barbs are the most fun to watch out of any fish i have kept, when they start displaying and chasing eachother around the tank

You’re going to love these fish. They nip your fingers when you do maintenance. The tank looks great, as always.

It’s 6am here and this is a perfect way to wake up

I while back ago, I did Tiger Barbs in a 75G, loved them. Had 30, along with 5 Silver Dollars, and cory cats. My plants did not survive the silver dollars, lol. Wiped them all out. But the Barbs are wonderful.

Love the way they group together!

Yes the Barbs look absolutely fantastic I’ve not seen them in a school before

Wow, I really love that woods coloring. Great setup.

I liked at the end that you did a nice commentary about the tiger barbs instead of just showing b roll. It’s an addition I would like to stay so I have more time listening to your beautiful voice!!!

I love tiger barbs and yours are stunning. Nicely done MD!

I like the new bit at the end where you talk about the fish featured. Thank you for your videos!

Wow thanks! I'm getting into my first aquascape tank and my second go at planted and this video was helpful - right down to the Tiger barbs which is what I want to keep in it!

Another great tank my friend. Loved the shot where all the tigers swam through the archway. Cheers MD.

Tiger Barbs were the first fish I kept. They were in a group of 6 or so. Later I got a handful of tetras and loaches. Everyone played nicely together. The barbs would eat out of my hand and always welcome me at the front of the tank. In hindsight, I probably over fed them because of it. Might have kept the peace as well. Maybe? Either way... They are fun fish.

Love your tanks, you always keep it simple and make it beautiful

Finally! I've been thinking why you haven't kept Tiger Barbs, they are great in a group. These are my all time fav fish. Great work as always!

So Helpful and Beautifully Scaped. I'm using bags from now on. God's Blessings to you and your family. Enjoy Your Weekend 😎

My tiger Barbs are 2inch long plus, and nearly as big depth wise. They do get quite big but Ive had no problems with them and they haven't bothered my plants at all. Lovely fish to keep

You are extremely gifted... Makes my feeble tank look like a kindergarten project.

I think it's good that you show your aqua soil bags. You may have new viewers. Can't wait to see what you do with this tank. I know it will be awesome!!

Always wanted to try a tiger barb biotope...thanks for sharing your ideas

I love this thank u MD Fish Tanks, from Vietnam

Hi! You inspired me to start a small online fish business! I have 16 personal tanks and all of them are inspired by you!

Such a beautiful tiger barb tank, very informative video, thanks for sharing

Those are amazing fish really good too just see them and they make my stress go away

I was inspired by all the great videos on this wonderful channel and wanted to try my hand at a new tank build. Imagine my surprise when I realized a couple dots of glue didn’t keep my brand new driftwood down 😅 took me days to figure it out!

Thanks, I always take inspiration from your hardscapes 👍🏻

Love your idea....gonna take note for my new project😎

I never had any luck with Tiger Barbs on planted tank, in my experience they behave similar like my Buenos Aires, pretty naughty especially to my Dwarf Sagittaria carpets. I know some individual fish could have a different personality than the others who kept them. I gotta keep them fed enough with high grade pellets, frozen tubifex, and some spinach and floating frogbits (which they really like) to reduce their lawn-mowing behavior on my bottom plants

I love matts beard its like a big fluffy comma

Every time I'm watching your video I'm thinking to start keeping fish again😊

Good morning everyone. It’s 5 am here in Houston TX. Love your videos.

can't wait for the store build, hope it's awesome

Regarding dying bacteria in your canister filter when turning the power off, this process starts after 30 min! If you leave it off for a whole day, all will be dead. If you then turn it on again, you will put all this dead bacteria in your water column, hence the white murkiness.

Another beautiful scape MD! That fungus is annoying but I was amazing at my four ottos how quick they got rid of it on my spider wood! I’ve never thought about keeping tiger barbs until now 🤔 keep up the amazing content!

Another excellent tank. 👌

Store building with matt is a great idea!!!

Tus vídeos son francamente inspiradores, eres un genio del acuarismo

Hey MD, just wondering - when you drain the tank down and pull all the decor and that substrate bag out, would that not release spikes of ammonia and other nasties , for the fish that are chilling in the bottom inch or so of water? I guess they’re not in there for long, but still.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Absolutely beautiful

I love that instead of "toot my own horn" he said blow my own trumpet 😂 great build video I love that wood its so cool!

Beautiful tank set up

Many fish will munch on that slime, especially bottom feeders. My corydoras and loaches love it.

You inspire me sooo much 🙏

Just beautiful... Watching the tank come together with substrate, sand/rocks, wood, plants, moss is stunning and very therapeutic.. Once the fish and other animals arrive.....WOW!!!.... I can't take my eyes off the tank. The part of the video that was the second day and the fish's colours had popped, I went back to see the colours when you first put them in to see the difference. It looked like you had enhanced the colour on your camera somehow but it was just the dish settling in to their new environment... Love love these fish.. so pretty and cute to watch in their little gang. Great tank set up again... Would love this tank as a screen saver. You could take a HD picture of your tank set up, enlarge and laminate it and sell them as backgrounds for people to use behind their fish tanks. 😳😳😘❤️❤️❤️I'd definitely buy one.

Thanks for this video. Informative 👍 and gorgeous looking ❗️

Just stunning. Luv the videos. Keep up the great work my friend👍🏻👍🏻😃😃

I like that you tried a different technique when planting. Doing it with the tank full probably took longer but it turned out great.

beautiful scape as always

You've done so well. I remember when you didn't even know all the plain names and couldn't pronounce them.

MD psycho therapy session - thanks mate 👍👍👍

That snail went on a mission when you cleared the water on time-lapse 🤣

A lot of API products are essentially fool proof. It's ok that their ferts are on the whimpy side, because it's tailored toward people who want to avoid risking any problems. API is very helpful to beginners, now we just need aqueon to stop making anything smaller than a 20 long, and everyone marketing oversized cartridge filters to beginners to start pushing smaller filters when appropriate and sponge filters which are just pure bliss once you finally get to know them them. Sponge filters, root tabs, larger tanks with more plants and gentle stocking, and API's different tank startup chems like quick start and essentials. Also, gorgeous aquarium build man :D

You don’t like (fish), You just like plants, lol😁

So good outro, well done MD

Beautiful tanks.

Great work Bro 😀 . Man sees the devotion to this hobby with you and I find the pelvis with the Betta the hammer 👍

For ur kind information we saw a glimse of this in ur last video 😃

that moss looked amazing. id make a tank dedicated to just seeing how far you can take one giant patch of christmas moss

Hi md. Tiger barbs are really cool fishes to have . I am having them for more than two years now. They school well and once you put your hands inside they come and start touching you.

Beautiful video Informative ❤️😊🐟

Wauuu beautiful setup ♥️ very interesting way you did the presentation of the fish, lots of good information - im never been interested in barbs, nov I am 😄 think they really is looking their best in the type of setup you did ♥️

10:27 omg look at that betta

Snails in my experience have no issues flipping themselves over, takes them some time but they get there.

One of my fav fish

Looking good 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Mopani wood when first used always produces it, but only once and the fish LOVE it.

Makes me wanna have tiger barbs again

I basically left my 29 gallon go after I had some bad luck and lost everything in it save a SAE and a Synodontis catfish. It was an algae covered mess for many months that I just did my best to ignore. Fast forward to this year where I've upgraded to a Fluval 307, bought some new plants, and bought a school of 12 of these beautiful barbs. I went with 4 albino, 4 green, and 4 striped and it doesn't seem to affect their shoaling behavior so maybe they determine con-specifics based on silhouette shape or pheromones. I occasionally turn the filter flow to maximum as I've noticed they love swimming in the high current from time to time which brings me great joy.

I love this man

Such a cool vid.

Gorgeous 🐎

The soil bags seems like a great idea... I use pots but some people online don't like the pots.

Most underrated fish

Glad you got some Tiger Barbs. My absolute favourite fish and they get an overly bad reputation. As long as you keep them right and feed them right you'll be rewarded with some awesome fish. Nerites can definitely turn themselves over btw.

Molly loves those white thing. I heard some call them biofilm.

Tiger barbs are one of my favorite fish I have a tank with a few of them

I had Green Tiger Barbs as a youth, lovely fish. Kept nibbling the hairs on my arms every time I changed water

MD is the best

I have mopani pieces almost identical to yours!! Crap. Now I have to go get another tank and some tiger barbs 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ this was a sick scape!

Your tanks are amazing 😍😍 I love your videos I wish I could get my tank as clear as yours 🥺 I've done everything you do but still it's cloudy 😭 I've used internal filters, sponge, now canister, frequent water changes nothing seems to work siigghhh one day it will be clear again 🙏 love your videos and the tiger barbs are 👌👌👌👌👌

Nice one pal

I have some tiger bards in my tank and it’s beautiful

Love these vids, thank you so much, really inspirational. How about three cube tanks ,positioned next to each other with an image continuing from left, centre and right, just an idea?

We can avoid the gooey fungus by soaking the wood in hot water for sometime. Works for me everytime🤘🏼