Ive used the polymer beads, it’s great for stability but a lot of the rock work doesn’t stick together but more or less allows a lego style to secure them, which makes it easier to remove a rock for fragging corals and can be put back into the exact same place, but I wouldn’t recommend them to make all the rock work a solid single piece!!
I agree. You have to use quite a bit and have a really good spot to wrap polymer around if you want it to hold together. I managed to get some pretty good bonds but had to use much more polymer than I would have expected. A few spots took a few attempts to get just right.
I really liked this scape too. Unfortunately this is the system I was talking about in the Pokemon Build announcement video that was damaged and taken down. :(
Very nice. I personally love the look you had at 3:00 with something more shallow added to the outside of the scape on the right. But that bridge is pretty epic. Also congrats on getting the computer up and running.
Thanks! And yeah, I had mulled over going back to that scape but in the process of trying to make something better I took a hacksaw to that particular arch and it was no longer the same and the other arches were just thicker in ways that weren't working. Ultimately though, I am pretty happy with what I managed to make!
really loving the rockwork! It is going to look super awesome! Also thanks for answering my question on the saturday live feed about working in the fish department. I am stoked to geek out. But I did have another quick question. Can you use flourish and fourish excel at the same time?
I used the moldable thermo plastic on part of my plumbing. I will warn you that the plastic very slowly dissolves. I've had to remake my overflow covers twice in a year and a half.
@@NaturalAquaria The overflow itself is PVC and the bulkheads and screens I believe are ABS. They are fine. I however used the moldable plastic to fill in half of the slats on the grills. This turned one drain into siphon and the other into a trickle. i.imgur.com/TQRut64l.jpg after 8-10 months they looked like this. i.imgur.com/6ncYVtBl.jpg (Not the actual photo but representative of how it looked after most of the plastic started dissolving
Hello Thomas! I asked you a good while ago about good beginner fish for a 20 gallon tank, and have what you said in a notepad, but as it turns out im actually getting a 30 gallon tank instead. So i was wondering if that broadens my options for good beginner fish or if you would just reccomend the same ones as for a 20 gallon? I'll just give you some quick details for what im planning on the tank; Freshwater tank, no live plants (i want to keep it simple since its my first ever tank) i would like a variety of fish (within reason ofc, im not planning on 20 different spiecies) but as many as you would see fit. And some shrimps and snails if possible, i got the impression that shrimps need live plants but i'm not certain. I would really appreciate your advice and opinion, I see you kind of as a fish guru so i thought i would ask you. You are after all what really got me into this and ultimately why im getting an aquarium! Love your videos and will watch the tutorials as i set up my tank for sure! Keep tanking ;)
Hey Niklay!!! 30 gallon is a great size! Ultimately my favorite beginner fish for a 20 also work for a 30 gallon. Livebearers, zebra danios, white clouds, cherry barbs, etc. Shrimp I do recommend live plants for. They also do best in species specific setups where they can reproduce without the pressure of fish praying on their babies. A nice alternative are Mexican dwarf crayfish! I'm stoked to see what you do with your tank!!!
@@NaturalAquaria Thank you for answering my question! I have put down those fish and Mexican dwarf crayfish (which looks like a little lobster, which is awesome!) I will do alot of research on all of them and try to make a cool colorful variety of fish. I'm so excited now, this is gonna be great!
Honestly, I've done both, and I really like the Caribsea Liferock. It is just so easy to work with and doesn't go through that really awful algal stage that the white rock I used went through.
Hey Stryder! Simply put, I am a creator for their channel as well. The video content is conceptualized/written by me, and then Brian films and produces the video while I perform the on-camera work. If I was Big Al's, I'd be financially much better off 🤣
Ha! Someone noticed he was missing... ;) He is just outside the door of my office. You will be seeing more of him soon! Got everything I need to start making his ridiculous new pad.
@@webjr1981 So far Goober has been extremely easy to keep. The toughest part is just keeping the water cool. My basement is particularly cool so that has been a breeze. I think the system I have planned is going to be a ridiculous and unnecessary upgrade that will be crazy cool and fun! Goobs will dig it, and I think it will make maintenance even easier.
looks great!
I'm not going to lie. That rock work looks super good!
Thanks :D
@@NaturalAquaria 🙏
Ive used the polymer beads, it’s great for stability but a lot of the rock work doesn’t stick together but more or less allows a lego style to secure them, which makes it easier to remove a rock for fragging corals and can be put back into the exact same place, but I wouldn’t recommend them to make all the rock work a solid single piece!!
I agree. You have to use quite a bit and have a really good spot to wrap polymer around if you want it to hold together. I managed to get some pretty good bonds but had to use much more polymer than I would have expected. A few spots took a few attempts to get just right.
Nice rockwork plan. Haven't quite got to happy with mine yet. 🤔
And sweet looking computer. 🤩
I really like it. The arch kinda looks like a spine
I really liked this scape too. Unfortunately this is the system I was talking about in the Pokemon Build announcement video that was damaged and taken down. :(
Very knowledgeable/ experienced information. Thanks. 👍
My pleasure! :D
Nice scape I threw rocks in my tank and went with the "naturalistic pile look"...
A cult classic!
awesome
Awesome please keep up the videos !!!!
Very nice. I personally love the look you had at 3:00 with something more shallow added to the outside of the scape on the right. But that bridge is pretty epic. Also congrats on getting the computer up and running.
Thanks! And yeah, I had mulled over going back to that scape but in the process of trying to make something better I took a hacksaw to that particular arch and it was no longer the same and the other arches were just thicker in ways that weren't working. Ultimately though, I am pretty happy with what I managed to make!
really loving the rockwork! It is going to look super awesome! Also thanks for answering my question on the saturday live feed about working in the fish department. I am stoked to geek out. But I did have another quick question. Can you use flourish and fourish excel at the same time?
My pleasure!!!
And yes, you can. I wouldn't pour them into one another, but dosing one into direct flow and then the other is A-OK.
Really nice ✌️✌️✌️
I used the moldable thermo plastic on part of my plumbing. I will warn you that the plastic very slowly dissolves. I've had to remake my overflow covers twice in a year and a half.
I've never had PVC go crummy on me. What were your overflows made from?
@@NaturalAquaria The overflow itself is PVC and the bulkheads and screens I believe are ABS. They are fine. I however used the moldable plastic to fill in half of the slats on the grills. This turned one drain into siphon and the other into a trickle. i.imgur.com/TQRut64l.jpg after 8-10 months they looked like this. i.imgur.com/6ncYVtBl.jpg (Not the actual photo but representative of how it looked after most of the plastic started dissolving
Hello Thomas!
I asked you a good while ago about good beginner fish for a 20 gallon tank, and have what you said in a notepad, but as it turns out im actually getting a 30 gallon tank instead.
So i was wondering if that broadens my options for good beginner fish or if you would just reccomend the same ones as for a 20 gallon?
I'll just give you some quick details for what im planning on the tank; Freshwater tank, no live plants (i want to keep it simple since its my first ever tank) i would like a variety of fish (within reason ofc, im not planning on 20 different spiecies) but as many as you would see fit. And some shrimps and snails if possible, i got the impression that shrimps need live plants but i'm not certain.
I would really appreciate your advice and opinion, I see you kind of as a fish guru so i thought i would ask you. You are after all what really got me into this and ultimately why im getting an aquarium!
Love your videos and will watch the tutorials as i set up my tank for sure!
Keep tanking ;)
Hey Niklay!!!
30 gallon is a great size! Ultimately my favorite beginner fish for a 20 also work for a 30 gallon. Livebearers, zebra danios, white clouds, cherry barbs, etc.
Shrimp I do recommend live plants for. They also do best in species specific setups where they can reproduce without the pressure of fish praying on their babies. A nice alternative are Mexican dwarf crayfish!
I'm stoked to see what you do with your tank!!!
@@NaturalAquaria Thank you for answering my question! I have put down those fish and Mexican dwarf crayfish (which looks like a little lobster, which is awesome!)
I will do alot of research on all of them and try to make a cool colorful variety of fish.
I'm so excited now, this is gonna be great!
Looks awsome! Any updates on the tank?
I'll do a video shortly. Some awful news unfortunately :(
Thomas B uh oh :(
Yeah... that said, there may be a silver... nay... gold lining to the situation. I'll try to get that video up in the next day or two.
Great looking scape! And that computer, wow. Did you end up finding your adobe program for editing? Looking forward to seeing this tank come to life!
Hey Rachel! Thanks :D
And yes, I did manage to revive my old copy - HIP HIP HOORAY!
Awesome!
dope!
I wish I used those rocks instead of white dry rock.
Honestly, I've done both, and I really like the Caribsea Liferock. It is just so easy to work with and doesn't go through that really awful algal stage that the white rock I used went through.
Wait, aren’t you Big Al’s
Hey Stryder!
Simply put, I am a creator for their channel as well. The video content is conceptualized/written by me, and then Brian films and produces the video while I perform the on-camera work.
If I was Big Al's, I'd be financially much better off 🤣
Daddy? You still haven't been back from the store! Were they out of cigarettes ,?
Where did you move Goober?
Ha! Someone noticed he was missing... ;)
He is just outside the door of my office. You will be seeing more of him soon! Got everything I need to start making his ridiculous new pad.
@@NaturalAquaria looking forward to it. One of the fish stores here has axolotls and I'm intrigued.
@@webjr1981 So far Goober has been extremely easy to keep. The toughest part is just keeping the water cool. My basement is particularly cool so that has been a breeze. I think the system I have planned is going to be a ridiculous and unnecessary upgrade that will be crazy cool and fun! Goobs will dig it, and I think it will make maintenance even easier.
@@NaturalAquaria When I research them online, Lizard keeps say they are really difficult, and Fish keepers say they aren't bad. :)