👇👇MD MERCH CLICK HERE👇👇: FULL SHOP: md-fish-tanks.creator-spring.com We decided to make a better and more interesting grow out tank for our Malawi Cichlids. It needed to be simple but more interesting than just flat bottom. We went for a design using several colours of rock which we haven't done before after seeing it utilised in an aquascaping contest at Aquashella. Find @Fish Shop Matt here: RUclips: ruclips.net/user/FishShopMatt Insta: instagram.com/matt_swfishkeeper/ Equipment (all links affiliate): EHEIM FILTER: UK amzn.to/47RrihP SPOTLIGHTS: US amzn.to/3HClCgZ UK amzn.to/494TMWB LED FLOODLIGHTS: US amzn.to/3m3cEz9 UK amzn.to/3orIdRv GOOD BUDGET LIGHT:: US amzn.to/2MDfjk1 UK amzn.to/3iYlfQQ SMALL HANG ON BACK FILTER: US amzn.to/2Mw63OO UK amzn.to/39rx3b5 NANO INTERNAL FILTER: US amzn.to/3oxGBWm UK CANISTER FILTER: US amzn.to/3iNeVtW UK amzn.to/2Fo774a GOOSENECK CLIP ON LAMP: (similar as product is now discontinued) US amzn.to/2IlwLVA UK amzn.to/2LNat13 MINI WATER PUMP: US amzn.to/2oAmf5y UK amzn.to/2mjHDez TANKS: US amzn.to/2SOocHG UK amzn.to/2SPA24i STRIP LED LIGHT: US (similar) amzn.to/2SNgbm7 UK amzn.to/2Fn9aW1 ASTA LED LIGHT: US amzn.to/3k9EmpY UK amzn.to/3p5XUPY AQUARIUM RACKING: Shelving: US amzn.to/2SrYZ5k UK amzn.to/2GFWKJ2 AIRPUMP (FILTER SYSTEM): US amzn.to/31z8FA9 UK amzn.to/37GIoUa FILTER SPONGES: US amzn.to/3dQLUfM UK amzn.to/3dS2k7K MEDIA BAGS: US amzn.to/34Kaf2N UK amzn.to/3lAj3z1 STAINLESS LILY PIPES: US amzn.to/2FqHpvR UK amzn.to/2RlfrnC BOWL AQUARIUMS: US amzn.to/2M4FwFO UK: amzn.to/2Vx73CL API® products Subscribe to API on RUclips: ruclips.net/user/apifishcare USA consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.com/stores/page/2193F555-CE5F-4A6B-BDC4-F315CB7F175D?channel=MDTanks UK consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/25663644-6C8C-432C-9E6A-0A85082C3E3C AQUARIAN® products Follow AQUARIAN on RUclips: ruclips.net/channel/UCNxaNWKoWr_ztSgXgPj9r8A Purchase AQUARIAN products here: aquarian.co.uk/where-to-buy/ AWESOME MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY ruclips.net/channel/UC3uQXzXSPspf2LoGdtYGiHwjoin FOLLOW MY INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/md_fishtanks/ FOR BUSINESS ENQUIRIES: admin@mdfishtanks.com #plantedtank #aquascape #mdfishtanks
the tank is fully opti white, and you want a black background, so you turn the tank and later do it again :p why turn the aquarium? you could do the front and only turn it 1 time :D
You ever think about streaming your tanks to Twitch? Making passive income from copywrite free music and people enjoying the fish. And making income from people giving tips to the stream. Just a thought.
I love that yall go through your thought process for aquascaping. Alot of beginners doubt themselves or overthinking and seeing a good process helps a ton!
Been keeping fish for over 40 years and got into a slump , but watching you has truly inspired me to get my 450 lt juwel tank sorted and get my mojo back into the hobby
My first tank was a disaster when I set it up, I didn't know what I was doing. When I decided to retry I was doing research and found this channel and have had a lot more success using set ups like this. Now I have 4 tanks lol These 2 are inspiring and educating fish people everywhere
Love the change up from the normal planted tanks, the way the light hits the rocks is absolutely amazing. Cannot wait to see the fish grow into the tank!
I really like how this tank turned out. It’s very unique looking. I agree with the marsian / moon vibe, or a piece of the deep ocean floor. The lighting sets the mood as well.
25:15: Oh please do lol !!! A half-and-half scape would be amazing, especially if it was across a 6 or 8ft tank. Different styles, rocks, plants etc on either side, and then merging together in the middle ... and maybe each gets to pick fish too 😁😁😁
only problem with picking fish is they have to be combatable, so maybe pick a style and each make there own version with the expectation of said fish group.
Gorgeous. Loving the cinematic ending Very natural looking scape and the low light makes it even more natural all the shadows and bright upward faces. That’s my favourite of yours for a long time 👍👍
I've been keeping a reef tank for over 17 years, but this freshwater build has inspired me. Great work. Your builds are beautiful but uncomplicated. Love the channel!
MD I know you are struggling with this simple look, but I have kept these fish and I promise when they grow up you WILL love them . African cichlids are the most beautiful and fun fish to keep ❤ Cody from Texas 😀
Awesome work guys, as always. Definitely a proper environment to grow out these beauties. And thanks for providing a nice long Cinematic at the end. This is one of those tanks you can lose yourself in for a long time. By the way, if you did a compilation of all your Cinematic clips, I would pretty much keep them running on loop all day long. I think it could be your first 1 million view clip.
I really love how this turned out. You can see all the subtle variations in the rock colors and the fish look great in there because you can really appreciate them without competition from plants. I really like it. The ending is lovely. Great video, thank you.
I'm stoked to see this tank of fish grow out. Definitely give updates as time goes on and we get to see their colors develop!! Great job on the tank design and scaping.
Love the different use of lighting! Makes me think, maybe you all should play around with different types of lighting or different angles- it looks awesome!
Really was taken by surprise at the end, the channel between the rock piles and the different lighting created a really awesome viewing angle! I could really see the highlights along the fins as they swam towards the front of thev tank, it's quite beautiful. Great setup video as usual, love you and Matt together, many chuckles and great vibes.
Gorgeous rock tank guys. Looks like a live water color painting. I love the different colors that show off the different types of rocks. The lightling really enhances the rock formations and color. Makes me want to try this in my tank now.
Me at 8:02- oh look! It's a stegosaurus! MD at 8:03 - I’m not happy with it. It looks like a stegosaurus. 😂 It's also so cool to hear you talk about Aquashella. I was there!
Loved the piano music at the end, great aquascape it's just like u see it and there's some type of meditation going on and everything is just clear.... Thanks for sharing this
At first I was like what on earth but then with the scatter gravel and subtle lighting I absolutely love it it’s so different and absolutely love it 🤯😍
I really like the look of this tank in the final shots. Looks very moody and fits the scape and the fish. Great work guys. When will the 8ft be scaped?
This tank is gorgeous, guys. I love the scape without the plants. I really hope you leave it this way, MAYBE floaters. Lets see how it goes!! I just love it.
Admittedly I wasn't sure I would enjoy this one as much due to lack of plants, but the end result is amazing. Between the rocks and lighting, the colors remind me of a sulphur spring, or maybe even oil slick, it's almost a rainbow effect. The fish look beautiful against those colors!❤
Best tank yet. The compilations of the mixtures in the tank correlate beautifully in harmony. synchronously coinciding with each other. The different types of rocks and textures along with the shimmering from the lights. The way it has it strong highlights with some darkness in places with medium lite areas as well. Along with the coloring of the fish, the over head lights and the rainbow coloring of the shimmering. A master piece I could enjoy for ages to come never getting tired of it. Bravo mate on taking your time. It shows how much you love your scapes and craft. Should do way more takes like this. Taking your time composing the right configuration for everything. Please do that for your big tank you just got. I would love to see you make a unique landscape for the tank adding techniques and possibly blends of other escapes in it since it has so much room to create areas for maybe a water fall over flowing a scape similar to this one with some plants. That would be nice! Having your overflow falling down rocks into the tank with plants above.
i think doing a half and half tank would be great!!. bit of a devide to keep it secret. aslong as you agree on fish before hand so nothing gets munched.
I’m surprised this is the first tank they’ve spotlighted. My brother and I have been doing it all along, even with plant lights. It looks especially nice at night with just one spot casting ripples inside the otherwise dark tank, almost like a full moon might. Really nice work gents! 👍🏻
It really looks much more harmonious now. Before I thought the tank was called Ankylosaurus because the hardscape reminded me of the back of this dinosaur 😅
Loving the shots at the end. Have you ever thought about making those cinematics an hour long for any given tank in your studio. I'd assume it'd be fairly easy to setup, and for people like me who currently can't afford a tank it's nice to be able to watch one of your amazing tanks prosper and simply exist.
Great scape! I think this is great because it shows that If you have a bunch of different types of rock-you can mix it up and get something amazing! It reminds me of that Aquashella tank from this past year. And congrats on having 795 thousand subscribers!
Eheims are great filters. My family has been using them on both freshwater & marine aquariums since the mid 1970s, so almost 50 years. The great thing is if a part wears out or breaks you can just order a new one, as long as you supply the model # of the filter.
Creating that opening between the two rock islands makes it way more interesting for us and the fish. I'm obsessed with that polka dotted catfish. I saw a video of someone keeping Millenium Rainbows and Silver Dollars and found them both mesmerising. Wondered if you ever thought about keeping either of them?
On lighting. If you have more colorful cichlids you want to pop. I recommend a light at the front of the tank, lower lumens, because they spend so much time at the glass. Then some interesting off angle high lumen spot lights at the back. This should create the light/dark contrast and light shafts while letting you still appreciate the cichlids when they rush the glass every time you appear.
Hello, I wanted to thank you for inspiring me, I always see the aqua scapes and the amazing builds, I am in the process of making a 120-gallon tank with live plants and am using some of your ideas that you have made in the past, along with your knowledge. thank you so much I plan to make a natural river kind of feel.
Wow, your grow out tank is better than any of my scapes :) This has turned out amazing and would definitely look beast in a living room/entertaining area or virtually anywhere in someones house. You have both nailed it yet again 😀
I like the mix of stones. Although I did like the 1st scape. This one is so much better due to having a break up of line to sight for the fish. It is amazing what lighting can do. Went from flat to a masterpiece 👌 ✨️ 🙌 👏
I really like this one. Not that I dislike any of the others. It looks like the bottom of a lake! Really nice 👌 Well done to you both for creating yet again a marvellous scape 👍
Team MD love the video guys keep up the great work you guys seem to be having so much fun with the aquarium hobby love all the tanks in the studio. I get such a kick out of you and Matt doing things keeps everything fun and enjoyable. Keep up the great work guys hard work that is specially that eight footer. See you on the next one.
Like the little tease shots of the 8 foot tank standing empty behind you. Fill it up and put in 1 pregnant Platy, see how long it takes to get it overstocked
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Brilliant! Great color palette!
the tank is fully opti white, and you want a black background, so you turn the tank and later do it again :p why turn the aquarium? you could do the front and only turn it 1 time :D
@@kevine7390 the back had more scratches.
I tried to message you on Instagram about some advice. Is it possible to contact you via email?
You ever think about streaming your tanks to Twitch? Making passive income from copywrite free music and people enjoying the fish. And making income from people giving tips to the stream. Just a thought.
I love that yall go through your thought process for aquascaping. Alot of beginners doubt themselves or overthinking and seeing a good process helps a ton!
Been keeping fish for over 40 years and got into a slump , but watching you has truly inspired me to get my 450 lt juwel tank sorted and get my mojo back into the hobby
Nice to read that! I just started, got my first two little Tanks from eBay to cultivate water plants in
My first tank was a disaster when I set it up, I didn't know what I was doing. When I decided to retry I was doing research and found this channel and have had a lot more success using set ups like this. Now I have 4 tanks lol
These 2 are inspiring and educating fish people everywhere
@@DragonLady465 always so nice to watch people doing the things they love, especially if they are as chill and funny as these two!
@@DragonLady465 haha, well gotta start somewhere :D
Love the change up from the normal planted tanks, the way the light hits the rocks is absolutely amazing. Cannot wait to see the fish grow into the tank!
I love this tank, so bare and clear. The hardscape won me over in the end. The sun ray rippling was devine. Good job MD & Matt.
Man, I think the ending cinematic shot for this one was your best one to date. Absolutely beautiful tank.
I agree! I could easily watch a 2 hour long video of all your tanks in the studio like this
I really like how this tank turned out. It’s very unique looking. I agree with the marsian / moon vibe, or a piece of the deep ocean floor. The lighting sets the mood as well.
25:15: Oh please do lol !!! A half-and-half scape would be amazing, especially if it was across a 6 or 8ft tank. Different styles, rocks, plants etc on either side, and then merging together in the middle ... and maybe each gets to pick fish too 😁😁😁
only problem with picking fish is they have to be combatable, so maybe pick a style and each make there own version with the expectation of said fish group.
I Got More Excited then usual because I thought it was time for the 8ft to get aquascaped :(
Amazing Work As Usual , Great Work MD , and MATT
Me too. That 8 ft would look awesome filled with Malawi cichlids.
Currently getting supplies. Nearly there and ready to start
It’s that thumbnail! 😅
@@MDFishTanks Discus would be perrrrfect for it with it planted like the betta sorority tank
Haha I thought the exact same thing!!
Love this tank,even without plants there are lots of colour variations and the way the lights are positioned is creating a lovely effect
Really enjoyed the piano segment at the end of the video
At last you managed to scape a tank with no plants… well done you 😉… looks amazing. Love it …
coming soon....😂😂😂😂😂😂
So, to avoid painting the tank you painted a different tank 😂
Hahaha. Absolutely
Good idea 😂
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lol he literally could have painted the background and then just had one that he could peel off if they wanted
Gorgeous. Loving the cinematic ending Very natural looking scape and the low light makes it even more natural all the shadows and bright upward faces. That’s my favourite of yours for a long time 👍👍
This is such a 180 from the usual MD tanks. Interesting to see the all hardscape vibe 😊
That tank just made a R2D2 squeal sound...
In music we have power trios, U guys just upgraded the term to POWER DUO!!!
Keeps getting better an better!
One of the most beautiful non planted scapes I've ever seen, I love the colours.
I've been keeping a reef tank for over 17 years, but this freshwater build has inspired me. Great work. Your builds are beautiful but uncomplicated. Love the channel!
MD I know you are struggling with this simple look, but I have kept these fish and I promise when they grow up you WILL love them . African cichlids are the most beautiful and fun fish to keep ❤
Cody from Texas 😀
This tank relaxes me. There’s just something about the rocks and light play with the ripples. So great ❤
As a crusty old geologist, I really like that tank.
Loved the cinematic ending on this video. Piano music is perfect for relaxing watching this tank. Well done MD & Matt! 👍⭐️💯
Awesome work guys, as always. Definitely a proper environment to grow out these beauties. And thanks for providing a nice long Cinematic at the end. This is one of those tanks you can lose yourself in for a long time.
By the way, if you did a compilation of all your Cinematic clips, I would pretty much keep them running on loop all day long. I think it could be your first 1 million view clip.
I adore the way we finish each tank with footage of the fish.
@@ggoannasI agree!
Yes agreed! Please always do the cinematic ends, MD. As viewers, it's like we get to pull up a chair and watch the details unfold.
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I really love how this turned out. You can see all the subtle variations in the rock colors and the fish look great in there because you can really appreciate them without competition from plants. I really like it. The ending is lovely. Great video, thank you.
This scape build is a total MOOD! Love it, guys! It's always a good idea to venture out of your comfort zone occasionally.
I'm stoked to see this tank of fish grow out. Definitely give updates as time goes on and we get to see their colors develop!! Great job on the tank design and scaping.
Love the added video time of the fish interaction with the scape. What a lovely environment.
Probably one of my favorite tanks you've done recently. I really like the heavily planted tanks, but this one just looks so timeless.
What a great way to start the day. Coffee and you two. Always makes me smile. Another great scape.
Love the different use of lighting! Makes me think, maybe you all should play around with different types of lighting or different angles- it looks awesome!
Really was taken by surprise at the end, the channel between the rock piles and the different lighting created a really awesome viewing angle! I could really see the highlights along the fins as they swam towards the front of thev tank, it's quite beautiful.
Great setup video as usual, love you and Matt together, many chuckles and great vibes.
The hardscape on this tank looks great!
Gorgeous rock tank guys. Looks like a live water color painting. I love the different colors that show off the different types of rocks. The lightling really enhances the rock formations and color. Makes me want to try this in my tank now.
Just as I needed something to listen to before bed! Excellent timing 👌
It went from kinda weird to WOW by simply changing lights
The cinematic end with the music choice was perfect! Loved this!
I liked how you guy's used different rock's which added a nice blend of colours to your tank great job guy's.
Wow! I love the simplicity! And the music with the tank at the end was super relaxing. Loved it!
Me at 8:02- oh look! It's a stegosaurus! MD at 8:03 - I’m not happy with it. It looks like a stegosaurus. 😂 It's also so cool to hear you talk about Aquashella. I was there!
Loved the piano music at the end, great aquascape it's just like u see it and there's some type of meditation going on and everything is just clear.... Thanks for sharing this
This has motivated me to finish off a tank I've been umming and ahhing over and get it filled and stocked. Great content, thanks.
One of my favourite tanks of yours. I could sit and watch these guys all day.
At first I was like what on earth but then with the scatter gravel and subtle lighting I absolutely love it it’s so different and absolutely love it 🤯😍
Such a cool scape! The fish seem to be much more active in this scape than the plain tank. GREAT b-roll footage too at the end.
This is really awesome! I loved the sun rays playing on the rocks and how you got inspired by it. The ending is really nice and relaxing. Thank you.
love the scape, and its so different from every other work. New studio is looking so diverse, its amazing
That sunlight glistening through was stunning❤
I really like the look of this tank in the final shots. Looks very moody and fits the scape and the fish. Great work guys. When will the 8ft be scaped?
This tank is gorgeous, guys. I love the scape without the plants. I really hope you leave it this way, MAYBE floaters. Lets see how it goes!! I just love it.
Thank you for using metric in the tank size!!! I love you guys, it's the light of the week when your video's come out!
Oh, and I liked the stegosaurus. The end result was better, but still, I liked it.
Admittedly I wasn't sure I would enjoy this one as much due to lack of plants, but the end result is amazing. Between the rocks and lighting, the colors remind me of a sulphur spring, or maybe even oil slick, it's almost a rainbow effect. The fish look beautiful against those colors!❤
The main rocks worked out awesome. One light one dark.
Best tank yet. The compilations of the mixtures in the tank correlate beautifully in harmony. synchronously coinciding with each other. The different types of rocks and textures along with the shimmering from the lights. The way it has it strong highlights with some darkness in places with medium lite areas as well. Along with the coloring of the fish, the over head lights and the rainbow coloring of the shimmering. A master piece I could enjoy for ages to come never getting tired of it. Bravo mate on taking your time. It shows how much you love your scapes and craft. Should do way more takes like this. Taking your time composing the right configuration for everything. Please do that for your big tank you just got. I would love to see you make a unique landscape for the tank adding techniques and possibly blends of other escapes in it since it has so much room to create areas for maybe a water fall over flowing a scape similar to this one with some plants. That would be nice! Having your overflow falling down rocks into the tank with plants above.
I’ve used that Eheim filter for 5 years, very happy with it. Great video, as always!
The two rock types actually go really well in this scape.
I was pretty skeptical at first! Well played!
This is quite stunning with just the rocks and the perfect lights!
Should we start a pool on how long you last before "just one plant" goes in?
Absolutely amazing MD and fish shop Matt you two absolutely smashed it honestly you both have gotten me through a period of mental health problems ❤❤
Absolutely crushed it guys, I would love to try something like this. Also the camera work at the end is on point, had a great time watching!
That has given me the impetus to change my large corner tanks thank you so much it is truly stunning.
Love the look of this one. It is very nice seeing the rock only.
i think doing a half and half tank would be great!!. bit of a devide to keep it secret. aslong as you agree on fish before hand so nothing gets munched.
I LOVE IT!!!! The lighting is perfect!!!!!!😊😊😊😊
I’m surprised this is the first tank they’ve spotlighted. My brother and I have been doing it all along, even with plant lights. It looks especially nice at night with just one spot casting ripples inside the otherwise dark tank, almost like a full moon might. Really nice work gents! 👍🏻
this is stunning! love the cinematic ending, so relaxing.
It really looks much more harmonious now. Before I thought the tank was called Ankylosaurus because the hardscape reminded me of the back of this dinosaur 😅
Those catfish are amazing creatures😊 Lovely and unique scape. Well done guys 😊💙🐠🐡🐟
Loving the shots at the end. Have you ever thought about making those cinematics an hour long for any given tank in your studio. I'd assume it'd be fairly easy to setup, and for people like me who currently can't afford a tank it's nice to be able to watch one of your amazing tanks prosper and simply exist.
Great scape! I think this is great because it shows that If you have a bunch of different types of rock-you can mix it up and get something amazing!
It reminds me of that Aquashella tank from this past year. And congrats on having 795 thousand subscribers!
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wow, stunning, I could watch that tank and listen to that music all day.
Great vision and aquascaping project! Thanks for sharing with us.
I think is my favourite tank you have recently done. Thank you
Eheims are great filters. My family has been using them on both freshwater & marine aquariums since the mid 1970s, so almost 50 years. The great thing is if a part wears out or breaks you can just order a new one, as long as you supply the model # of the filter.
Creating that opening between the two rock islands makes it way more interesting for us and the fish. I'm obsessed with that polka dotted catfish. I saw a video of someone keeping Millenium Rainbows and Silver Dollars and found them both mesmerising. Wondered if you ever thought about keeping either of them?
I know that you want clean water, but seeing the rays of sun through it was GORGEOUS
On lighting. If you have more colorful cichlids you want to pop. I recommend a light at the front of the tank, lower lumens, because they spend so much time at the glass. Then some interesting off angle high lumen spot lights at the back.
This should create the light/dark contrast and light shafts while letting you still appreciate the cichlids when they rush the glass every time you appear.
Hello, I wanted to thank you for inspiring me, I always see the aqua scapes and the amazing builds, I am in the process of making a 120-gallon tank with live plants and am using some of your ideas that you have made in the past, along with your knowledge. thank you so much I plan to make a natural river kind of feel.
Wow, your grow out tank is better than any of my scapes :) This has turned out amazing and would definitely look beast in a living room/entertaining area or virtually anywhere in someones house. You have both nailed it yet again 😀
I adore the lighting in this tank!
It would be great to see a live stream from the two of you. Something like a Q&A or even live aquascape would be different.
So different looking this tank I actually love it the different stones really do look awesome
Finally!! Full on hardscape tank. MD is one of the best hardscape designers out there...until he covered them with greenery 😅
there's still time 😂😂
That little bit of haze in the water kinda made it look more natural and cool
Love those lights I have them on my 20 gallon long
I like the mix of stones. Although I did like the 1st scape. This one is so much better due to having a break up of line to sight for the fish. It is amazing what lighting can do. Went from flat to a masterpiece 👌 ✨️ 🙌 👏
I really like this one. Not that I dislike any of the others. It looks like the bottom of a lake! Really nice 👌 Well done to you both for creating yet again a marvellous scape 👍
I lived to see MD building a tank without plants. I am genuinely impressed... LMAO
Team MD love the video guys keep up the great work you guys seem to be having so much fun with the aquarium hobby love all the tanks in the studio. I get such a kick out of you and Matt doing things keeps everything fun and enjoyable. Keep up the great work guys hard work that is specially that eight footer. See you on the next one.
i love the mixing of stone, im gonna try this with my next scape
Fantastic scape as always. I love the use of different stone types.
Thanks for doing a rocks only tank guys. I love it.
I love those streaks of light in the slightly murky water. TBH I would keep it that way.
Hold on now Matt’s got a cool idea with that “split-screen” tank it would be cool to see how that’s done and even further what to stock it with!
Like the little tease shots of the 8 foot tank standing empty behind you. Fill it up and put in 1 pregnant Platy, see how long it takes to get it overstocked
I think the catfish love the scape just the way it is. This is one you should keep for sure
This was yet another amazing video ! Love the dramatic music at the end !
Love it! You've given me some inspiration to change up my mbuna tank. Thanks guys 😊
I think this is one of your best videos. Well done!
That lighting transformed that scape
love the sound track on this one, very chill vlog
Been waiting for a pure hardscape from you guys. Good.job.