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Wishing we all had a "scaping buddy". I really do prefer videos that the two of you do together. The interactions between you both really brings something special to the videos.

I got a chance to pop into the shop and see this tank first hand. Looks fantastic. Thanks Matt for the tank advice too!

With that setup it doesnt matter if the tank is leveld or not as long as you dont have an outlet in the glas on the lower site. Thats why you dont see a constantly flow at the filter outlet. There is no gravity working on the water downwards when it still remains in a closed system.

Very neat to see a replica of a different type of aquatic environment than a conventional tank would showcase. Super interesting, and highly educational too! Would love to see you continue to explore this sort of concept, playing with scapes to replicate environments that I think a standard fishkeeper may either not think of, or feel they have the tools/knowledge to do!

Super interesting tank! Love the call on zebra danios. They show their real energy and personality when you put them in a tank like this. You're really getting me into these sparsely planted river scapes, new tank urges are building quickly.

I tried it at home. I used flat sandstone rocks and let the water cascade over it making pools after each pour over. My hillstream loaches and the two small plecos I put in it loved it. I created a bit of an undercut beneath one of the stones in one of the pools, and similar overhangs on each side for each of the pools. The fish in the pools would go under the overhangs part of the time, then would come out to the main current to feed. I had to have the sandstone cut to shape so that it would fit properly into the tank. I also planted the overhangs with mosses. I did not put any sand or soil in the tank. I did put some mosses in the flow of the water as it went over the sandstone. I placed three water intakes about a foot upstream in the bottom pool. By placing three in, and putting them upstream I was able to limit the suction on of the outlet intakes so that fish would not get sucked in. I did not use a power head. There was plenty of flow generated by the slightly angled sandstone. The idea was inspired by a stream which I had seen in Colorado in the United States. It also has a sandstone bottom with little sand or other substrate, and it hosts lots of cutthroat trout fry and some skulpins. In my tank, the bottom pool had sand in it, but only in the bottom of it. As in the stream in Colorado, no plants were on the sandstone, and only a few mosses were growing on and next to the water. I had the water coming out from two pieces of sandstone placed one on top of the other at the top of the stream a bit like a spring. On the top piece of sandstone I put some moss. I put a little soil behind that, and put in a sliver of mountain bluestem grass. Except for the fact that when it goes to seed, the seeds are a bit messy, it perfects the look at the top of the aquarium. As it is in your tank, the hillstream loaches are always in the flow. From time to time, some of the other fish will fight their way up or downstream to get to one or another of the pools. Though sandstone is in short supply in Great Britain, I'm sure you could find plenty of slates which could be cut to size and used to the same effect. I did not have nearly the amount of water in the aquarium as you did in yours. As a result, the pools went from small at the top to large at the bottom. Further, the water depth going over the stone was not deep. it was enough to cover the backs of the hillstream loaches, and that's about it. As the other fish ran the flow, their backs were out of the water. They ran it fast though, and if they ran out of juice before making it to the next pool, they just let the current was them back from whence they came. I witnessed trout fry doing this same thing in the little stream in Colorado which inspired me to make this aquarium. If I live long enough and can amass enough money, I hope to build a much bigger and longer one with a heavy duty chiller on it to make a true Rocky Mountain style creek complete with cutthroat and brook trout, as well as the little skulpins which are the clean up crew of those real creeks and rivers. Dreams dreams dreams...

My floors aren’t level and my tanks are off level by about half an inch and I’ve been freaking out about it being too much pressure on the front of the glass and here you are doing it intentionally. 😆

I just love the dynamic and friendship between you two. The videos are calming and fun and bring a smile to my face. Love these continued collabs ❤

Got to visit the shop yesterday and saw all the tanks in person. They all looked amazing and been inspired to change up one of my tanks. Matt was so friendly and gave some great advice 😊

Lovely! just shows how much benefit there is to be had by balancing everything to it's natural habitat. Love it.

Hahahaha the not level fish tank! 🤣🤣🤣

I love all these combinations of tank builds, the friendship you pair have really comes through on screen, as I follow both channels I would love to see MD in Mats channel,if what I heard is true if MD is getting a bigger fish room sometime soon, you should both work together on both channels from There

Nice effect with the sloped tank. I would be a bit worried about the uneven pressure generated. A level tank has even water pressure against the glass on all sides. A sloped tank has a much higher pressure on one side. I don't know the formula for calculating how much more... might be worth finding out?

Look good…… could the same effect not be got from leaving the tank level and building up the substrate at the “shallow” end, so the slope is in the tank?

I really like the interaction of you and your fish shop friend. Setting up tanks at the shop makes sense and is entertaining.

Fabulous build as always MD & Matt! The tank is shallow enough that the silicone seams should be able to withstand the tilt in applied pressure. If that turns out to not be the case, you can get the "tilted" sloped substrate of a river with bags of dirt/soil supporting egg crate light diffuser, then cover with your substrate and boulders. Looks fabulous and fish look so happy!!!!

Even before the caveat I was thinking this wayyyyyy beyond my skill level. I do love how it turned out. It's absolutely stunning. Great job!

I love that you've become good friends with the workers! so cool that they allow you to build tanks with them.

The enthusiasm, expertise, and empathy that goes into making these beautiful and healthy tanks is really inspiring - thanks guys!

Seen this earlier in the week in the shop, definitely something different! Especially testing the limits of aquascaping! 😀

Amazing tank guys! Love that you made it with the fish in mind, glad that they seem to really be happy in there ❤

A perfect example of how a simple hard scape and a single plant specie design creates a truly natural looking presentation. Well done Lads, well done.

Yet again MD and fishshop Matt build another great aquarium I really am loving these joint build video's hopefully we get more in the future

It's a fantastic build BUT my only worry is when you tilt the tank the complete water mass weight moves towards the lower side instead of the be base. If you really do the math, let's the water quality is 300L which would rest on base glas of 4ft by 2ft after tilting the tank the weight of 300L now moves to lower sided glass wall that is let's say 2ft by 2ft. Gravity does play its role, not the complete weight is shifted but this causes problem to the tank in long run, problems like wall silicone leak or even side glass break( I pray none of this happens to this tank) but I hope you got the point. Love you guys. Once again fantastic build!!

I love hill stream style tanks. This concept is literally my dream tank. Great job MD!

Great tank! I'd be shitting myself that the end panel will eventually explode with the amount of pressure on it.

Love the hill stream loaches. Awesome build guys 😊

Love the idea! Not sure tilting the tank does much for the aesthetic, feel like you could get the same result without tilting and a cleaner look overall

Amazing video because you guys were having so much fun being creative and pushing your limits. It really seems to make a difference in the fish behavior when they are introduced to their natural habitats. It is good to see that change, then you know that tank is a success. I am looking forward to the next collaboration:)

Wow this was off the chart. What an amazing idea and such a centre piece . I was so concerned the glass wouldn’t take that pressure but it obviously does. Great project .

Super interesting tank, but with that water depth, I think you could get the same effect by building up one end inside a level tank. I'd think the angled tank would only be necessary if the upstream rocks are not submerged and the water is running down the substrate, not flowing through it. Picture a shallow stream vs a deep river. You'd also be able to increase your water volume substantially that way.

I thoroughly enjoyed this build video! I had never seen an aquarium like it before, anywhere!

Nice little sunday video! The fishbois in action!

That tank would be great for keeping mudskippers😍. The way it naturally gets deeper. I would love some mud skippers. Keep up the hard work MD your tanks never fail to amaze me!

Another great video! I have a tank in mind for hill stream loaches but I've been putting it off due to my current lack of space 😅 gotta get that sorted out so I can set that tank up after seeing how beautiful this turned out.

I love this video just the attitude of you two gentlemen make people excited to watch your video. Thank you so much for the video.

I love how professional both you guys are plus now Matt in the MD fish tanks he a part of it now sweet big wins from the USA

Amazing! Came out very natural looking!!!

I’ve ALWAYS wanted to do a tank like this for some hill stream loaches!! Totally cool you guys

Well done fellas! It's really cool to see something a little different. It really looks amazing and I always enjoy the content with you guys working together! Keep-'em coming!🐠😎👍

This is my favorite build yet! I've been inspired to try a "temperate" scape with a spare tank and some parts I've been wanting to put together. You guys make such a delightful team and I love seeing the bits of the shop in each video so a full store tour sounds just what I'd enjoy.

MD, I could listen to your music choices all day long. Super chilled and relaxing!

I love watching these fish take videos! Thank you for making them!

I really enjoyed your banter in this one. And the tank turned out great!

When u can’t see MD through the dust 😂😂😂😂😂 I rarely chuckle out loud but that got me

“Cobble is probably a small boulder” “That’s a NICE boulder” - Matt 😂😂 @ 12:05

Keep up the grind. MD and FSM!!!! Great work as always.

this was really cool! loved the energy of "let's just try this and see what happens" and also not cleaning the tank glass before water

Still loving the aquascaping bromance files! - really cool tank too

Looks fantastic , and I love seeing the new set-ups you try. Seeing the stream loaches moving through the flowing water over the rocks is awesome. My only question is whether the angle of the tank will stress the seams at the deeper end and could potentially lead to a failure of the tank? I was thinking you could have the base of the tank level, and have a long "wedge" underneath the substrate to introduce the slope you want. Maybe by using old under gavel filter plates stacked and cover with a fine mesh? This would also allow you to use closer to the full capacity of the tank in terms of water volume, as the water would still go under the wedge. Whereas here, a portion of the tank volume is lost as it rises diagonally above the water line. Many years ago I worked in an aquarium, and we had a tidal flow tank. they could have gone with a closed system and used electronics for the rising and lowering the water levels. But since the aquarium had a flow through system, the simplest method was to have the substrate move up and down instead. It worked so well the kelp was happy to grow there and the fish loved it. But, as above, there are many ways to achieve the same thing. I love your aquascaping. But that angle has me terrified 😀😀

Neat. Those 2 plants... Elodea and the other one. I had not seen here those plants in this area. I had them back when I had my big tanks between the early 80s and early 2000s. Thanks for the memories.

What an amazing tank, love the fish in there!

3 words for you to research.......laminar flow pump. I think this would give you the best river high flow high oxygen set up ever. They are pricey but the effect is amazing. Alternatively you could use a pond pump 700 gph output with a slotted pipe diffuser to spread the flow with a bio fall dumping into the tank. Just some ideas thought you might like.

Cant wait for the full tour , love what u do bro keep up the good work

I recently set up a tank with the same fish, didn’t know they liked fast flowing water, thanks for the tip ❤

what about Danny's tank? we only saw a small glimpse of the hard scape

I have only discovered your channel, I love it. Really enjoyed this video, humours, educational and a pleasurec to watch. Thanks.

Having a hillstream myself it is nice to see one on KZfaq. For some reason there aren't that many on here. Some rhinogobius species would work great in this tank too. They will bring life to the bottom of the tank.

Really awesome tank. Love the river look!

Loving the variation of tank styles! Now I want to do a high flow tank.

Such great tank! I love danios and I'm happy that u FINALLY did something for them 😆

I had a temperate river tank, on the level with hill stream and reticulated loaches. Didn't have shiners BITD. Had twin powerheads feeding through a hidden internal custom made filter set up. Luv Ur tank. If only I too had the space. Looks great.

Now I really want to do this type of tank! This is awesome!

You guys are the best! Keep working together!

Getting actual reticulated hill stream loaches for the tank would look amazing and they would stand out better than those Borneo sucker. A nice little group of stiphodon goby’s would also look amazing!😁

Love this! Before you fished-up, I was yelling "Hillstream Loaches!" at the screen! Can't wait to call in and see it.

Just had a crazy idea for a project: 3-4 tanks in a row and you gradually transition from one habitat at one end to another at the other (i.e. deep river to shallow river, or stream to pond)

First time have jumped to the end of the video to see how it came out before going back to watch in full - crazy sloping set up. Have plans for a long shallow hillstream, mountain minnow, danio temperate tank so cool to see how you managed flow etc. will definitely try Matt’s idea of an air stone in the inlet. Might slope the substrate rather than the tank though 😊

love your and matt’s repertoire. i could watch you two shoot the shit in the pub and be just as entertained as you two scaling a tank. keep up the awesome work

MD, I am not sure if you have a full time job going on, but you should definitely run your own shop! Where you will be able to do all kinds of scapes of your own method!

New to the channel, been binge watching from South Carolina. Beautiful scapes, I'm really enjoying it! Especially the bromance between you and Matt😁.

What fun!!! You two are contagious; laughing together like a couple boys...and I find myself laughing outloud! The piece was my favorite so far...and that tank was beyond innovative. I bet it attracts a lot of attention. Thanks for sharing! Oh, check out Serpa Design here on UT. Tanner Serpa often uses that plastic gridwork called egg-crate to protect glass and disburse weight.

This tank is so cool!!!😎. Way to go Matt and MD!

Another great video. You guys are a lot of fun to watch!

The loaches happily scooting about was definitely my favorite bit XD

Love your videos Thanks Matt for the tank advice too!

This was one of my favorite builds in a while. I think you could end up with the Loaches breeding a bunch, that scape is perfect for them. Thanks for the video!

You guys are great thinkers great job ... planning excellent.... outstanding job

the pufferfish that came up at 18:57 made me cackle. hes just like "oh, whats goin on ere?

how cool, looks so great! cant wait to see it grow in

Friends that bring out the best in you. Lol love it guys great job!

Love the Videos with Matt keep on going, wonderful Content!!!!

A fellow I knew always said "We work till 2, then we get out the beer and start engineering." You guys might need shirts like that.

Novel idea. Well explained and executed. Bravo!

Love a new tank video for Sunday lunch! 💖

super unique design , GREAT WORK MD and MATT!

Very nice tank out of the box idea with ideal fish superb

Love the channel! MD got me into the Hobby!!!

Love watching these videos they are amazing! When i get my bigger tank i'm going to steal some of your designs 🤫

Danny's haircut looks good! Let him know. This tank is really fun. I have a 40 breeder peninsula style where the 2 longest sides look completely different depending on what side you view from. My new favorite style

Yes MD!! Do it!!! Sting rays would be epic!

Absolutely love this tank Have always wanted to set up a tank like this with a river rock stream look You guys need to set up a tank for sticklebacks as thats another 1 ive always wanted to do 👌🏼

Thanks Matt, you bring something new for him 🤣🤣 that's what I hoping for md fish tank 😁

Another awesome video and awesome set up! I'm from South Wales but definitely going to make the 2 hour drive soon to visit the shop!!

my local maidenhead aquatics store needs a matt, i bet its great fun doing these scapes in the shop with limitless supplies.😁

love your videos! Thank you for your content!

This is actually the best scape I've watched, i love your banter, and the tank turned out amazingly. I love it, the fish are beautiful ❤ i hope they love their new home. Well done lads. i LOVE the Madusa Plec ❤❤❤❤❤looking forward to seeing more 😊❤

It reminds me of a pinball aquarium the angles anyway.. love it

Love seeing all the tanks first hand..... had lots of fun finding the fish in some of the scapes ...... keep up the great work guys