What makes an aquarium successful? (all 6 wild betta come out!!)
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2019
- Today we admire my atypical algaescape and see five wild bettas at once! A first for this tank!
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What do you think makes a successful aquarium? I find my algaescape absolutely riveting! I think its the combo of the fish, the colors, and the textures.
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Omg!! So gorgeous 😍
The algae looks amazing!!! How are you keeps it off the plants ?
Can we get a fishroom tour ?
How do you grow green algae like that on purpose? I would like to do that so my fancy goldfish can graze on it
A successful tank is when the fish thrive, and are healthy. Other than that everything else is a bonus.
"you don't have to follow the rules to be successful"
ain't that the truth. My most successful saltwater tank was a 20 gallon reef that rarely saw water changes.
I like the algae. I like the wild tanks more than the totally sculpted tanks.
I MHO, a successful aquarium is one that supports life.
If you don't have that nothing else matters.
I think that when the inhabitants of the tank are happy and healrhy... it's successful! Thanks Rachel, I have learned so much from you!
An 'algae scape'?! Even though I'm a fan of more vertical elements, that is a sweet tank
I enjoy the softness of the scape. I am so glad to see rounded shapes. I find it visually soothing.
I love how chill you are about some stuff, not fussing and forcing things to be "perfect." Makes for a much more organic and enjoyable tank. I think if the fish are happy and healthy, and the tank is stable and doesn't require constant tweaking to keep it in balance, that's a success.
With animal husbandry, I've found that "rules" are more like "loose guides". Especially when I engaged more with Permaculture, I've learned that nature can adapt in ways that are unexpected. Sometimes good, sometimes to our detriment.
Success is subjective, imo, it depends on what your goals are as a hobbyist~
As a breeder, I personally like to create planted scapes that emulate natural environments for specific species, to encourage natural breeding and social behaviors. To me, if I can achieve a natural and aesthetically pleasing breeding tanks, I'm happy. :)
nothing against breeders that do bare tanks!
I love the Algae scape, it looks like a flooded field. :)
Wow! Great tank! It looks like a mossy walk in the woods. I love the fish too. They really compliment each other.
Love the wild bettas and the leopard danios~~~ What makes an aquarium successful is having goals for the tank, and achieving those goals. If it turned out how you wanted it, it's successful~~
Beautiful tank! I think apart from its uniqueness, it gives off a very natural feel that's why people are gravitated to it. Happy healthy plants can fend off algae naturally.
I heard that from someone.
Your next t-shirt: A pic of the male Betta with 'sexy piece of fish' written on it LOL
I agree! lol
i think the way the algae grew is awesome
Yay, algaescape ftw! You can tell its a successful tank by the color of those chili rasboras. You can tell they love it with how colorful they are. Some of my favorite tanks are algaescapes.
I actually find that algae sublimely beautiful. The contrast of colors with the scape and the inhabitants as well as the subtle lines and geometries are breathtaking.
That Algae growth is Beautiful! What makes an Aquarium successful is it’s beneficial for the fish 1st and aesthetically pleasing 2nd. But I agree thats its in the eye of the beholder.
🌵So glad to see you still have this tank going! What polite algae and sexy fish you have. It seems like a magical gift.🌵
Nice Footage!! A successful tank is what you put into it, and is working for you....
Thanks Rachel...
Oh dear.... that's beautiful algae you have there... so fluffy, dense and bright. I want to run my finger through those fluffy algae.
Definitely beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder..... the tank is awesome.. as long as the fish are happy.. and the tank looks different the hobby gets more successful..
I LOST IT AT "THAT'S A SEXY PIECE OF FISH" 🤣
It's TRUE though
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Check in each week... are you kidding! I check in each day, love to watch and learn. Thanks!
That algeae is probably the most effective filter you can have.
As long as there is a balance between plants and the fish the looks really don't matter. That is an amazing looking tank!!
i love the algae scape tank ! for the first 10 years in the hobby algae was the plant i grew....................
Wow! What a beautiful tank!!! I think it's amazing and it is a very successful tank full of life. Everything is working together for the benefit of each other! Awesome!
I love watching your videos , and love the naturalistic way you set your scapes 🥰
My most successful tank is my experiment tank-- no heater, no ferts, water changes only when I accidentally overfeed-- and it's full of happy, fertile guppies and happy, fertile snails and happy, fertile java fern. I also love using algae is an aquascaping plant, trimming and cleaning it as it grows to keep the look I want, because I want my tanks to be beautiful boxes of nature!
I love the chilli Rasboras! Look really good against the algea. 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
The imbellis are just super awesome. I'm just amazed at the fact that the algae, green velvet moss if you want to make it sound cool, that only grows on the hardscape.
I've never seen an aquarium with algeagrowth this beautiful :D So I gave a thumbs up!
I think the tank looks really cool. It's got a very otherworldly look to it that compliments the fish perfectly.
I agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A successful tank, in my opinion, is one that you want to keep coming back to just to look at it over and over, one that you want to spend time relaxing in front of and watching. For some that's lots of scaping. For others it's a sparkling clean bare tank with lots of new fry. I really resonate with doing what you like, what's enjoyable to you. There's so many different ways to do things in this hobby. I also think it's important to respect those who do things differently from you, as long as the fish are healthy and well cared for. There's no one right way to do things. Rigidity and exclusion will kill the hobby. Not anything you've done, but what I've seen from some others.
While growing up in the sticks of Indiana and visiting my relatives farms in Pennsylvania the outdoors is what I love. Your natural looking tanks are just so wonderful to look at. Just about every natural tank you have reminds me of some section of pond, river or lake that I have seen. That to me is what makes a successful tank.
On another note when I set up a tank and tell my children where I think every fish will hang out and I am correct- that also makes a successful tank. My boys wonder how I know and I just tell them I pay attention to nature.
Same for me, and what you see in my tanks is what I strive for- so thank you!
This is it. True beauty.
Active fish that grow to their fullest potential along with plants that flourish are what I consider characteristics of a successful aquarium. :)
My feelings are aquariums are ever changing. Keeping healthy fish and plants make the successful aquarium.
Algea like that is amazing, it looks like soft luch grass.
Thank you so much for sharing. I love the natural look and I am ok with not having crisp clear water. I want my fish happy and if that means some hair algae and and natural space then so be it.
That is the most natural tank I have ever seen. Interesting concept
Thanks. I am oddly infatuated with it
I agree, I think its beautiful!
I live the bushy growth. Missed ya at the Aquatic Experience
This is the most beautiful algaescape I've ever seen.
Thank you for the video and for the beautiful aquarium.
They take a lot of time and care to grow nice again. 🧓🏻👍
I think I saw all six of them. Two were peeking there noses out will the other four were all the way out. So Neet. Looks like they live inside of those nuts. Those chillies are super red! So cool.
Success = healthy, happy fish! This tank is just beautiful! My favorite of all of your tanks. Is that silly of me?
That algae 😍, it's fantastic.
I love love love the algae tank!! It’s doing great!!!
It looks so cool! I love all the fish in this tank.
Love this tank. Beautiful.
Woooooooowwwwww 😍😍 who knew algeae could be so beautiful! 😍😍
I want chili rasbora! And some of your rice fish.... and otos......
And that algae is so cool and different.
ALL YOUR TANKS ALWAYS TURN OUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL🤔
That algae scape though still amazes me how all the algae gets concentrated on the hardscape only🌲
What makes a successful tank for me is a good hardscape, thriving plants, botanicals, happy and healthy fish/shrimps/snails/fresh water clams or mussels, live foods living in the tank like daphnia and cyclops. Stable water conditions in the correct parameters for your tank's inhabitants.
your tank that 1. Looks proper .top notch with Algy .Best way
😍 maaaaan I Wish i had a green fussy landscape like that.. but algae, mosses and anubia's I just can't get to grow, they just die. Anything else grow like bunkers in my tanks.
To me a successful tank is a tank where everything thrives, plants, fish, shrimps etc..
This was so healing thank you
Such a beautiful tank
This is an incredible tank, it’s natural response in covering the hardscape with hair algae yet keeping off the plants is a true wonder.
I love when you have videos that just feature a single tank because there’s so much to observe.
I love all the hair algae!!
Love that tank
I like the way the algae looks in the tank,looks like using moss
Algae is best and cheapest of aquarium plants!!!
I personally try to grow bright green if not hair algae on all my goldfish tank bottoms since I keep them bare bottom for cleaning reasons.
I think it looks stunning. I have a 65g that, according to the internet stocking adviser, is 199% overstocked! When you look at my tank it looks empty, as all my fish are quite small. I have 10 black skirt tetras, 12 cherry barbs, 8 betta smaragdina and 18 juvenile (1.5”) bristlenose plecos. It’s heavily planted with anubias, has trees made from spider wood and several caves. My parameters are always good and I do a 20% water change every day, removing uneaten food at the same time. I feel my tank is successful but I know that once my bristlenose reach full size I will have to put some of them in a tank of their own.
Im LOVING the algaescape!! 😍😍😍
I have always loved this tank for the simple reason that it highlights Chili Rasboras against the green of the algae! Although I liked it even before the algae showed up. And the fact that it was a 20 long I could more closely relate to. I agree though, it's whatever you like that makes it "successful in appearance." But, for me, I like tanks to have live plants, and lots of botanicals. I almost wish some of my pods would grow algae like that! And I like this tank to watch for the cameo appearances of the embelis...(not sure of the plural embeli?)
Love the hair algae!
As long as the fish live well , it's the most important to me. A tank is a whole thing , like a little univers.
I absolutely love your fish room and all of your Aquariums!!! I absolutely love the look of this aquarium!!!!
Inspirational as usual Rachel 💚
For me a tank is great when you can spend time with it daily and leave you content. There is nothing like it when you can see something that you put together with your own two hands something that did not exist before
I really enjoy that algae. I once had a tank with very similar if not the same algae and could never get it back after I loss it.
Really beautiful!
I love your algae tank 😁
Beautiful!
I really love this aquarium Rachel. I love your aquariums because you set them up for your fish, and for them to live and flourish in their own habitat. Those Bettas are beauties. ❤
I love watching you video they Inspired me to do mine own thanks
I'm in total agreement. That's a sexy piece of fish.
Its so beautiful..
love that tank!!
As always great video! Keep them coming
Looks amazing 👍🏾
Awesome topic.
Beautiful tank Rachael
I love that tank. I think it is stunning. It looks like smooth green velvet.
I always look forward to your video's
thank you!
The work and love you put into it 💗💗💗
absolutely!
The bettas are amazing. The danios and rasboras are so active and healthy. I love your fishroom because you don't try to force uniformity on each and every tank. You let them evolve and be what they are going to be. It's fascinating to see different tanks with the same water and temps grow wildly different. This tank is a perfect example of that. The fish, plants and algae are all thriving, and it looks crazy good.
👍💕👍
The bettas are so cute hiding under the seed pods🥰
happy healthy fish = a successful aquarium! :D
I love that tank!
I really love the look of carpeting algae. It looks really nice without being too crazy. I haven't been able to get this result so I love seeing it in others tanks.
Algae sometimes looks great and very natural if it is in the right spot
Easily my favorite of your more recent builds honestly! Also AH ALL 6 OF THEM WERE OUT!! How exciting 😍
The Chili-Rasboras and Leopard Danios look so good. It shows how healthy the Aquarium's water quality is. Thanks for sharing.
I love this tank it looks amazing!!! a super happy accident!! I don't think that this would be achievable intentionally it is totally just nature doing her thing and being badass at all the things!!! love it love it love it!! and those Bettas are so beautiful!!!!
I got a 10 gallon tank with 10 ember tetras, planning on adding a wild betta as a center piece. My 3 options are betta imbellis, alien, or smaragdina. I’ll take my time choosing as I need my 10 gallon and my ember tetras to reach an equilibrium first before adding my final fish.
Thanks for the great content Rachel. I look up to you so much. Keep killin it!
thanks Meghan!
Very nice tank! I’m in the process of setting up a 15g column. I’m not even sure which of my fish I’ll move in there but I’m really excited for the scape. My vision is a little slice of North American shallow riverbed. I hoped it comes out well!