MY FAVOURITE WAY to Start a Planted Tank - Step by Step Aquascape Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- Everything I've used for this scape (Affiliate links)
45P Aquarium
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Twinstar Light
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LED background
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APT Root tabs
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Everything I've used for this scape (Affiliate links)
45P Aquarium
EU: bit.ly/3S3y9ht
US: bit.ly/3CthyxM
Twinstar Light
EU: bit.ly/3SiCjTH
US: bit.ly/42s2WKD
LED background
EU: bit.ly/46izkzE
US: bit.ly/3u5rhcB
APT Root tabs
bit.ly/3tAQM5k USE CODE MJAQUA FOR 15% OFF
Aquasoil
EU: bit.ly/3qhHDt4
US: bit.ly/3Rea86F
Spiderwood
EU: bit.ly/3QbjC1g
US: bit.ly/3X0gWHc
Titan stone
EU: www.wio.eco/product-page/titan-stone Use code WIOMJAQUA and get a free gift with your order! (first add the gift to your basket)
US: bit.ly/3UlB6Oj (similar)
Super glue Liquid
EU: bit.ly/3rC0rY3
US: amzn.to/408UAqi
Super glue Gel
EU: amzn.to/46B3L52
US: amzn.to/3J2owwM
LIQUID FERT
bit.ly/3tIVFsv USE CODE MJAQUA FOR 15% OFF
🚨Watch this next!🚨
Inspiration playlist! ruclips.net/p/PLrlvf56gZy-ipL3105SdfKsUBrMUSttoh
CO2 buying guide! ruclips.net/video/dIVrr1yS3sU/видео.html
How to SETUP your CO2! ruclips.net/video/qSHZ4F2PI2o/видео.html
Simple fertilizer dosing! ruclips.net/video/I_KBOUM1RXM/видео.html
👉🏻Cool Aquascaping T-shirts: mosscotton.com/ Code: mjaqua10
👉🏻15% off 2hraquarist.com with code: MJAQUA
👉🏻Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my RUclips channel: RUclips.com/mjaquascaping
#plantedtank #aquascape #mjaquascaping
question: how much liquid fertilizer you dose a weak???
Mj have you seen the all in one outlet and inlet called the hermit it skims and inlets from the bottom its only 20 pounds on aliexpress it looks amazing but there is no videos on it any where
@@aarondavies8486 can you send me a link here or to my email: mjscaping@gmail.com
@MJAquascaping sent you a email mate with the link and pictures for around 25 euros it's don't look bad love how it's a all in one would love to see your opinion on it thought
Heyy MJ!
Question - What type of filters do you use for your nano tanks? What did you use for this one??
Love your Videos!
Looks awesome. I prefer no light screen
Agreed
i think 2024 is the year you get a studio and take the hobby to the next step! 😊
No kidding! His quality already impresses, both the cinematography and content
I did not know there was bucephalandra moss! There are so many plants I don't know about. Anyway, I think the background light is pretty cool, and the scape looks great.
To my knowledge it's called: Plagiochilaceae sp. "Cameroon Moss"
Atmospheric rivers in California Bay area perfect watching RUclips on rainy days 😊
Beautiful scape MJ. But prefer without the background light
Mj i have a great idea for your next tank, get a really good looking bit of driftwood and turn it into a bonsai with the weeping moss for the leafy area
I followed your dark start method on my tank, and so far it doing great!this channel has been so beneficial and inspiring for someone who just started aquascaping.
Do you think you can make a Hillstream loach breeding tank ? They need fast moving water and smooth rocks and some algae from high light .
Love cryptocoryne nurii. The color...the pattern...
😍
For me, "dark start" is the only way to go. It gets the biological/chemical processes started and the only algae appearing after that are easily taken care of by a couple of Otocinclus.
That said, today I spotted a bit of Staghorn algae on one partical branch of wood (high up, right under the light; tank is a couple of months old). Investigation is on its way.
As for the background: although I can appreciate the effect of a light colour, I always go for black myself. It just makes the fish stand out more.
Hi MJ, I love your scapes. Have you thought about doing a tour and showing all your scapes collectively? I think many people would enjoy it.
So glad you did a new dark start. I’m doing my first dark start. Been more than 1 week since I started. Glad you taught me to be patient when setting up a successful tank. Is there a discord or subreddit for your channel would love to share my results with the rest of the community
Nah I don’t have a discord or anything like that. I might make one in the future if enough people are interested
Love it, absolut amazing ❤️
Nice work as usual. Thanks.
Beautiful 🎉❤
Great little set up mate, and I think off with the back light
It's looks awesome ❤
Thanks for the calming adventure!
Great tutorial 👍🏻
Hi ,MJ :) Your videos and scapes are beautiful!
Your channel is very inspiring, including those who just started aquascaping.
I made my first hardscape 2 weeks ago with 5 years old helping me :D
Good job! Would submerging the spider wood or even boiling it before setting up help?
Glad to finally see you cycle your tank, atleast waiting 4 weeks before fish with soil as an source of ammonia should cycle it! I can recommend testing with a liquid testing kit as well, before adding fish. :D
Nice tank. Love it :D
You made me want to start with the hobby.
Ty man, you are the best
relly like your nano aquascaping👍
You are truly the best man! As a new aquascaper I just love this content. I have my tank fully setup atm. An Iwagumi, and I havent filled it with water yet or planted. Just waiting for a while to be sure I’m happy with the hardscape. Then I will do just this, dark start and let it cycle. Thank you again MJ! Love your content man.
Beautiful build once again... you are the expert of planted nano tanks hands down...
I quite like the mixed carpet. Tank looks cool with or without the lightscreen
Uit is mooier. Prachtig project weer!
Awesome video particularly because it fits so perfectly with answering questions about how I will go about my planned new scape using the 'dark start' for the first time. I prefer the no light background... that way seems more atmospheric and more depth :)
Hi,
Super Video, und ein sehr schönes Aquarium.👍
Mit der Twinstar und der Hintergrundbeleuchtung sieht es richtig Super aus.👍😎
Die Landschft und die Gestalltung ist KLASSE so wie die Pflanzenwahl.
👍👍👍😎😎😎
MJ style 😎🤙🏼
I like it without the light screen much better. It seems to have
more depth.
What is you water change and fertilizer schedule for new tanks ?
I like it with no light background best ❤️
Nice video, Love what you do. I prefer without backlight
Beautiful scape mate! I prefer no light screen! Sets a better mood!
Really good content Mark and well put together, love the admission that you forget to record at one point. Though too many stones for me - a matter of personal taste.
Dry start (patience) wish I had done that, old media for the substrate, about as good a tip as they come in my experience, though I wouldn't have put in all those nutrition tabs - suspect that might have partially caused the hair algae - though of course, good CO2 levels are as you say important. I am not keen on root tabs - often too much Nitrate (haven't used the ones you showed), find that tabs are only helpful in a mature tank when the plants are exhausting the supply of nutrients in the substrate and, with a heavy fish load even then it is rarely in my experience a problem.
Better without the light screen I feel. You have built up a great audience, very impressive.
Lovely scape, prefer it without the light screen though.
the the lump/ tumour on the betta is most likely caused by tthe irid layer hyperpigmentation usually found in dragons, kois etc .beneign for the most part not much can be done. similar to the scaling getting to the eyes
I've never been a fan of the light screen background personally. So needless to say I prefer with the light off.
Tank looks great though.
Beautiful as always. I think it looks cooler without the background light as it's perhaps a bit too white. Maybe if it had a another hue to it it would look cool but the white seems to wash things out a bit much for my taste.
Hi MJ, pretty cool aquascape, it shows that you don´t have to go too fancy to get a nice one. Definetely I prefer without the light background. It shows beteer collour contrasts. My two cents.
I really like the setup as is, love the mixture of delicate leaves on the right/mid-ground and the fish selection. I assume the orange neocaridina shrimp and the two otocinclus are the only clean up crew here?
With the background light on, I think the tank would look better with bushier background planting, but I prefer a strong contrast, so my inclination would be to add more red than anything 🤔 You do you, though 😄
Ik vind de linker stemplantjes mooier uitkomen zonder het achterlicht aan. De ruby tetras zijn cute. Weer een heel mooi bakje uiteraard. Benieuwd naar je volgende creatie.
Misschien kun je eens een film maken over het licht in het aquarium. Waar je op moet letten en hoeveel watt het moet zijn
Beautiful as always MJ, in my Opinion with LS off it looks better 😊
You can water plants outside with old water good for plants 😊
Ik ben een grote fan van lightscreens. Heb ze overal. Maar in dit geval zou ik er een Ada filter tussen zetten en de intensiteit terugbrengen tot misschien wel 10%. De scape is te open voor speelse plekjes waar het licht doorheen kan schijnen. Leuke tube weer.👍
Also, what brand are the external filter suction and pressure pipes?
nice bro
Nice! I prefer no light background, seems more natural.
Great job, I prefer the aquarium without the light screen.
Beautiful tank, better with light screen off.
Can you do your next one [scape] with pearlweed as carpet?
Sounds like a nightmare to maintain 🤪
you make great videos, i copied your techniques with 45 cm cube. its dark cycling right now, thank you
Is there a way to maybe boil spider wood so it doesnt grow mold?
Hi, thank you for this tutorial. Besides the mentioned lifestock, i‘ve seen some Otocinclus. How many live in this tank? Kind regards Dennis
Hey MJ, what kind of table/rack/stand are you using for this tank? (Or what do you recommend?) As one of your southern neighbours, I got similar resources as you I guess?
Any reasonable shops?
I prefer the light off, are you able to change color or brightness?
Do you have a video on some of the other tips like, how you fill it up and drain? Some of those mechanics that’s not specific to setting up an aquascape?
Such a nice work. :) However I would have some questions: What percentage is the lamp operating at? How about the nutrition? When did you start using N/P/K and micros and what is the ration of them? What kind of CO2 system are u using for this setup?
I preferred the light screen off, I wonder what it would look like if you could change the color to a green or blue?
nice scape again and good light :) maybe video about chihiros B series ? :p
im wondering the light screen can increasing temperature water? 🤔
Hi there MJ! I just started my aquarium about 2 weeks ago, so I have to wait like 1 or 2 weeks before I can start planting, can't wait! I was wondering, do you use some start up bacteria with a complete new set up also, and at what dose? Cheers!✌🏻
What size CO2 system (cylinder size) do you prefer on nano tanks? How long between cylinder refills?
It seems to me like the backscreen washes the plants out a bit at least on camera. I will assume its because of the lack of shadows. Without it, there's more contrast between light and shadow, and the colors and textures pop out to the eye much better.
I think the back screen works much better on scapes with really heavy use of hardscape that still allow for shadows to add interest, or for an Iwagumi meant to depict openness and vastness.
It seems to really wash out and take away from your style of Nature aquarium.
Lovely set up! I've been subscribed since you were at 15k. You changed my view of aqua scaping from just something I could admire to something I can actually do. 😊
CO2 hanging checker? I am using it all the time..... That's is why can't get rid of BBA 😮 I just installed new (proper inside) checker and it's showing blue colour. How did you find out that this co2 checker showing false results? Did you compare all of them? If not... maybe it's good topic for your new video? Thx again for tips and tricks! Cheers!
Really like it! I prefer without the lightscreen, the background plants come into their own this way 👌🏻 also their colours are juicier and stand out much better.
Do you use APT 3? I wanna use it in my 11 month old 45P but I don’t know if there is to much potassium and iron in it, so I’m afraid of entering an algae breakout, what do you think?
Can you help on how to remove that mold from plants?
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6:11 just boil our driftwood with water for 10 min easy
If there is a way to dim the backlight, I'd like to see that, but no backlight otherwise!
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
What filter do you use for the 45p aquarium?
I liked it without the light screen. at first I thought it looked really nice, but then as you continued to plant the tank I noticed that it was really bright, then when you did both clips, I definitely was more drawn to the one without the light screen. that is just my opinion.
Two horned snails would eat up that fungus right up
I think the plants pop out more without the lightscreen
Shall we try a 60P Brazilian? ;)
I’m still new to aquascaping and fight algae all the time. Eventually it dominates my tanks. Im curious how many Otto’s you put in a tank like this? I’ve upped my c02 but I think I may need more of a clean up crew.
Bucephalandra moss! I want some. I'll pay shipping!
1st comment...Love from India 💚
Without the light screen looks better
I always have the worst success with invitro products.
It doesn't matter what brand or method I use.
I find pots and even just stem cuttings from other hobbiests work 10x better.
Though I've never tried a dark start. So that might actually be the secret.
Out of curiosity, can't you just boil the spiderwood to kill the mold in it?
what types of fish can go in a 20 gallon tank?
How many fish do you have in this tank? Also I think the light screen would be better if it had color instead of just white.
Hey , how often u recommend water changes for newly planted tank, I am currently doing 50% water changes every alternate days
I think I would get rid of the lightscreen... seems a bit too much
Lightscreen off is way better ;)
Got a question about aquasoil. After how long do they start losing nutrients? Mine is exactly a year old and am thinking to boost it with root tabs. Any thoughts on that? Am using Dennerle Scapers Soil.
Yeah I would say about a year 👍 definitely a good idea to start adding root tabs
what is that black foam called at the beginning?
Hi MJ , I am from India , i just started a planted tank and bought a 13 watt full spectrum light( non dimmable) , but I can't understand whether, I should tape ta light 50% at the initial stage ?? ,
I love yours vids. I just wish I had $200 to spend on plants 😅
I think the light background is too white , I would prefer slightly dimmer with a bit of a tinted colour. Otherwise the set up is lovely. Well done.
second comment from sri lanka 🍃🌿💚
Hi 👋 MJ nice scape after long time you uploaded, just wana ask you that in this tank I noticed some smal things moving around at 12:40 to 12:59 it is Planaria or something else?
What size wood is this on the buce plant website?
what about the issue with using aqua soil and leaching ammonia? is the 2/3 week dark start enough time for the aqua soil to go thru its phase so i can plant or?
Yes
Hello , one off topic question. What camera and lens do you use for filming?
Thank you