Starting a New Hobby in Korea: My Aquarium Journey 🌿🐠 | Silent Vlog

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Join me on a serene journey as I seek refuge from the summer heat in a Korean mall and embark on an exciting new hobby: setting up an aquarium. This relaxing video captures the beauty of everyday moments and the joy of discovering new passions.
🛒 First, we cool off in the mall before picking up a fish tank from a friend. Then, we visit my favorite fish store to gather essentials: plants, aqua soil, sand, chlorine remover, and decorations.
🏡 Back home, my husband and I create a beautiful underwater landscape together. The next day, we enjoy a cozy rainy day and end it with a delicious samgyeopsal dinner.
📚 Once the water settles, I'll give you a glimpse of my transformed office space, perfect for self-study and making more videos.
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[@elyes_hma]

welcome in the hobby ! Just you must had fast growing plants like myriophillium, cabomba , hygroophila etc... otherwise algae will take over your tank especially in the first month and with only having Anubias which are very slow growing, do it asap it will save u a lot of time

[@nathynseoul]

Thanks for the tips!

[@longlee1100]

first, welcome to the money pit that is fish keeping lol. Now,there are a few things you need...if you are new and choosing fish that doesn't "chew" on leaf or root (*cough* cichlid), you can get java fern instead of anubias if you like how anubia look. java fern can be glued to a rock or any weight to keep it at the bottom. you can also let it float. both java fern has the rhymzone horizontal green thing at their root. DO NOT cover that or your plants will rot. for that size of tank, I am guessing 6+ java fern should do it. You can also put a pothos plant on top of the water. Pothos is godly at absorbing nitrate waste.
An additional easy thing you can do to increase the nitrate filtration by plant is to make moss carpet. It is literally glue java moss to plasic sheet (number 5) and sink that to the bottom. trimming vertical will make java moss grow horizontal . you can use two sheet of plastic mesh to sandwich the java moss in middle to create a moss wall. To glue plant, you can use cyanoacrylate-based . Make sure it is gel based superglue and is non-toxic. Most cyanoacrylate-based are non toxic imo since it doesn't react in water after cured (dried).
On to needed chemical, make sure that you have water conditioner, and carbon dioxide source since this is planted tank. best water conditioner is seachem prime imo. carbon dioxide source...you can go with seachem excel-which also helps to control algae. medication wise, the holy trinity is probably enough. fritz maracyn, ich-x, fritz paracleanse. I also recommend fritz maracyn 2.
Fish wise, pleaseee get a cleaning crew for your tank. that means a combo of 6 Pygmy corydoras and an algae eater. You can choose between snail, cherry shrimp, or bristlenose pleco for algea eater. the bristlenose pleco is king in term of cleaning algae.
Before you add fish though. make sure your planted tank is cycled. that mean the nitrifying bacteria has seeded and become active-this can be accomplished with tetra safe start plus as easy option. if u want the classic way....add in a bacteria source, crumbled in some fish food and wait...potentially weeks.
Last but not least. after the tank cycled, please add fish little by little. meaning 3-4 a week. don't put in like 20 fishes at once. you will crash the bio system of the tank. add little and check for nitrate.
Just a few things that I learn . Hope it help