'The Island' aquascape maintenance and sand swap 124 6

Aquascaping 8 years ago 15,020 views

Quick maintenance and update about 'The Island'. I have changed the sand over for more natural looking one, Fiji sand. White sand looked good on day one and never since.. I had to constantly siphon layers after layers to get it cleaned and in the end I gave up :) Also fish looked washed out every time they got close to the bottom. If you want to support me and my channel you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/adriansaquatics https://www.paypal.me/adriansaquatics I am using Nikon D3300 which you can find below: http://amzn.to/2fNeMcV

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fkeduis - 7 years ago

why your eleocharis got yellow and look a bit rotten ? not enough fe?

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

hi there, thanks for watching..yeah it could be that, i didn't use much ferts at all..never had much luck with eleocharis for some reason..

9- AXN - 7 years ago

Nice videos thank you Friend's

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

thank you for watching my friend ;)

Killer Shark - 7 years ago

love the mixture of cardinal and neon tetras

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

thank you

Killer Shark - 7 years ago

what the fish at 3:45?

aditya tan - 7 years ago

Is it killi fish??

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

oooops, I thought it was diff video :) sorry, but yeah, is it Norman's Lampeye?

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

at 3:45 there was still planting goin on..you sure it's the correct time? Anyway, I'm sure you're asking about Norman's Lampeye :)

Killer Shark - 7 years ago

btw nice fish tank so nice

Dustin Norte - 7 years ago

Great vid. I appreciate the scape maintenance videos, helps to know what people with awesome tanks such as yours do to keep them nice. One question for you. 1) what is the fish at 3:45? Thanks!

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

anytime my friend

Dustin Norte - 7 years ago

Thank you

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

hi there, thanks for watching..it is a male Normani Lampeye..

Bobby - 7 years ago

Great Video! I love all your content. What size tank is this?

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

hey Bobby, thanks a lot..it is roughly 96 litres..not that big

Pleco-Park - 7 years ago

I really would like to live on this island! Great job Adrian!!

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

thanks man :)

Colbyyy - 7 years ago

What filter??

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

it was Eheim 4+

Jake dominguez - 7 years ago

I usually don’t comment, but I really enjoy your videos.. keep it up you’ve inspire me to get a CO2 system.. really love your tanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

hey Jake, thanks a lot for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it ;) hopefully, there's lot more to come..

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Jason Yeung - 7 years ago

I think the fiju sand is better too

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

it did..it was a nightmare for me..it showed everything..

Eval - 7 years ago

Jason Yeung I agree, although the white sand looks nice it gets dirty fast and shows all the left over food and waste the new sand is way better.

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

agree :) thanks for watching

Abraham Alejandro Gonzalez Peña - 8 years ago

fantastic video.

Adrian's Aquatics - 8 years ago

thank you mate :)

AQUADESIGN by aquamaniac - 8 years ago

Nice video. Really like that Fiji sand. May have a look into using it myself.

Adrian's Aquatics - 8 years ago

well, that was the thing..vacuum.. once a week wasn't enough as it was getting dirtier by day and i hated the 'dirty' look of it

AQUADESIGN by aquamaniac - 8 years ago

The trick is to vacuum a bit of the top every now and then and add new sand.
It keeps it looking nice.

Adrian's Aquatics - 8 years ago

yeah I saw your videos. The big problem I had was that it was getting very dirty, very quickly and it was an eye sore..

AQUADESIGN by aquamaniac - 8 years ago

Thanks. I like the look of it, i use white sand quite a lot to add details to my scapes, like enhancing pathways and give the illusion of water courses. But that fiji can actually be used to enhance non-planted areas that are just suposed to look like real sanded areas.

Adrian's Aquatics - 8 years ago

Hi, thanks a lot. yeah it is very nice looking, not expensive at all, £16 for 10kg. My fish doesn't seem to look as 'washed out' as with the white sand...

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