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Arian Paans - 7 years ago

Great looking little tank. especially for a low tech. Been subbed for a while now and love what you do. Thougt you were a bit of a weird dude at first but then discovered you are an artist with his own approach to things. Keep up the good work!!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Inquisitive Fish Guy thanks man. yeah "normal" people are just people who you don't yet know very well

IFG - 7 years ago

ADU Aquascaping all of fish us, fish people are weirdos. Good job editing

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

hahaha, I am weird! It is okay I think everyone is weird. Yeah just a fun little tank. I may have to add more support branches to the trees to make them look more realistic! Just waiting for the moss to fill in to see if they will end up looking alright. thanks for watching!

Monzart 95 - 6 years ago

how big is this tank?

ADU Aquascaping - 6 years ago

Monzart 95 this is an ADA 60P, which is close to 20 gallons

pile1983 - 6 years ago

ADU Aquascaping What is low-tech about the Aquatic life halo LED fixture light for 300$?

Tritan - 6 years ago

Cool how the reflexion of the light onto the wall making a sun set like appearance. Good Job my man.

ADU Aquascaping - 6 years ago

Thanks. Should be having an update of the new tank and making a video on what one can expect after initial setup.

Nigel Aquascaping - 6 years ago

Nice low tech tank mate

Lenisa C - 6 years ago

Awesome!!!

Trey L - 6 years ago

truly amazing job man!

chinchowpowpook - 6 years ago

Since u mentioned is low tech, what is your lighting hours? Temp?

chris one bxl - 6 years ago

Brillant , but only one oto thay's very sad , poor him

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vinish shetty - 7 years ago

what light is this? your fish are so irritated look at their behavior, its too bright for them.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

their behavior is fine! And are just swimming in the high current. These fish are extremely healthy man and not stressed at all. I don't see what you are talking about? This is an aquatic life halo LED, set at 50% of full power!

Dominik K - 7 years ago

Hey Dave,

asking here because you removed a video of yours. The one you created a low tech tank with white sand, a 45 mins video i think. I used to show this to some friends new to the hobby, since it was amazing. Is there a reason you removed it and will it come back? I would really be happy, love the scape you did there.

Have a nice day.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

yes, I have a better video coming. I just did a rescape of the ADA 45F and used driftwood etc... it is a lot better scape and overall video in my opinion. I made a mistake with the other scape and did not rinse the sand from a previous setup. The tank became septic and released tons of ammonia, so I had to rescape. This time I did a shallow sand bed with driftwood and planted moss and anubias along with Buces onto the driftwood. May still get some shell dwellers, or something else. I did the rescape yesterday, so stay tuned for the video. Just have to wait for all of the driftwood to saturate and sink into its proper place.

yusuf saraç - 7 years ago

Really one of the most beautiful low tanks ı have ever seen. So cool. Can you tell the dimensions of that tank witdh x height x depth ?

yusuf saraç - 7 years ago

Thank you for the answer

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

yusuf saraç thanks for the kind words. It is 24" L x 12" W x 14" H. It is an ADA 60P like stated in the video. About 17 US gallons.

Teddy Roosevelt - 7 years ago

do the fish not jump out of the tank?

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Teddy Roosevelt no they don't. I don't have fish that jump very much. Hi have Ember Tetras. Great fish to keep!!

Mason Crawford - 7 years ago

Hey Dave! You said u loved MTS in a past video. Would they uproot s carpet of dwarf hair grass?

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

eh, I wouldn't. I have changed my opinion. haha

JasonLutz - 7 years ago

This is probably my favorite aquascape I have ever seen. I love the color of the rock and the cliffs. It looks like Southern Utah in the spring time. So good!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Daniel Briggs It is an ADA 60P, great little tank.

Daniel Briggs - 7 years ago

ADU Aquascaping what tank is it

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

JasonLutz thanks for such a wonderful compliment. I am glad it made you think of Utah! thanks!

Greetje Buijert-Nijdam - 7 years ago

Beautifull tank. . ღ❤ ░GREETZ░FROM░NEDERLAND░❤ღ.

DebTim A CANADIAN Girl - 7 years ago

Hi ADU.. excellent channel.. I subbed.. if you have time.. I would love for you to come visit my channel. It's awesome meeting fish keepers!

DebTim A CANADIAN Girl - 7 years ago

Thanks so much.. have an awesome day!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks! I will check it out!!

Carma - 7 years ago

Best aquascape I have ever seen on a low-tech! For those of us who choose to go with a low tech approach, your channel is pure inspiration!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Carma thanks for the kind words! And for watching!

Sławek B. - 7 years ago

Awesome tank, Man :)

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Sławek B. thanks!!

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Luis Q. - 7 years ago

just finished listening to you on
The aquascaping podcast really enjoyed it man glad you are getting some much deserve exposure.
everyone go out and give a listen to "The aquascaping podcast"

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Luis Q. even funnier is Art wanted to interview me years ago and I didn't have the means to do it back then either. He was bugging me to do it around 3 years ago. And then J asked me like last year. haha

Luis Q. - 7 years ago

ADU Aquascaping wow get on it man.
you know that's funny I had sent an email to art from scapefu months before they decided to stop making episodes on how they should interview you only to find out he was no longer going to continue with scapefu witch was a disappointment to me but I am glad someone else notice your. talent

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks man, I will definitely be giving them a shoutout, which will help both of us out. It was a fun time and they had been asking me to do it for like 8 months, haha. I was actually one of their first choices, but I didn't have the proper mic and setup for Skype.

BeyondTheTank - 7 years ago

This is awesome man! Great job.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

thanks!!

Jeremiah Mullen - 7 years ago

Hi! I have a question about something. Do you know anything about using well water for aquariums? I supply my own house with well water (it's very hard water according to my test strips) and I use a water softener for my sinks, showers, etc. For the longest time, I've been afraid to use the softened water so instead I use straight well water. This becomes a very big hassle for water changes. I have to fill up ~20 gallon jugs well before the scheduled water change because I need them to sit in the house to get to a higher temperature (well water is very cold). I then siphon out the water into a large container, manage to dump it in the bathtub, then haul up the jugs to fill the tank back up. Now, I've just seen a 50ft Python siphon and that looks like it would give me a much easier time. But all the examples I've seen show it being used with typical tap water and treating it with Prime. So, would I be able to do the same? Need different treatments to my tap water instead of Prime? Thank you!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

you would be better off using the well water than the softened house water because of residual sodium in the softened water. Plants don't like the higher sodium. You can treat the well water just the same as tap water. Use the conditioner if you'd like. I usually just use the water without conditioner and have no issues really. But it could help.

COCOASCAPING - 7 years ago

Hola! Está precioso.

Una pregunta, sin tapadera...no te saltan los peces?

Colbyyy - 7 years ago

Beautiful

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks!! Glad you like it. Just got some Ember Tetras and got rid of the Neons. They match the scape a lot better.

alex waits - 7 years ago

pretty badass.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

alex waits glad you like it!

Jeff Bronson - 7 years ago

Your tanks are goals man

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Jeff Bronson thanks!! glad you like it.

MM II - 7 years ago

Tank size?

MM II - 7 years ago

ADU Aquascaping thanks man great scape btw

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Fade StatTrak it's a 60P, about 17 gallons.

Brian's Fish Tanks - 7 years ago

Nice!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks man!!

Glen Hawkins - 7 years ago

Beautiful and well done.

Glen Hawkins - 7 years ago

Well you have a talent sir.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks Glen! Made even a few more changes today and it is looking better now. Just subtle changes, but it looks a lot better now.

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MarineLifeDrew - 7 years ago

Awesome scape love the rock work. Did you silicone any into place?

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks! No I just stacked the rocks on a base of rock, and then strategically placed the rubble and all the small bits in place. And saturated the small twigs so they won't float.

Superfizzo - 7 years ago

Hey I noticed you have an extra tube coming out of your return line from your canister. What purpose is that for?
Tank looks great btw! I'm trying to balance out my 120G that's hardscaped with Lava rock with some good plants to give it that color that it lacks. Got some java moss and anubais growing slowly for now.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

It was just my old CO2 line. I am not using it right now and cut it and capped it with super glue. It is connected to my inline CO2 diffuser, but this tank is low-tech, so I am not using CO2 at the moment.

j03yYunG Aquariums - 7 years ago

Love it! How do you like the Halo LED so far? Its similar pricing as a Kessil.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks man, I like it a lot actually. It has really good color rendering and seems to work pretty well so far. Have had it for about 18 months now.

WaterForest's Planted Tanks - 7 years ago

coming together nicely Dave

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks! I wish you guys could see it in person!

Candyfloss - 7 years ago

"subscribe so you can function from day to day"

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

hahaha, finally someone noticed!

AquaLars FishNShrimps - 7 years ago

Great scape man.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks man!!

John Doe - 7 years ago

brb... throwing my tank out of the window real quick

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

haha, don't do that! Just keep it up. Thanks for watching.

Zeman70 - 7 years ago

Awesome tank. Really enjoy your videos. How do you like the light? Is it worth the $$$? What would you recommend for a 10 gallon low tech tank and a high tech 40 gallon? Thanks.

Zeman70 - 7 years ago

ADU Aquascaping Thanks.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

It is a really good light with great color rendering. For a 10 gallon low-tech I would use either a Current Satellite Plus LED, or the new Finnex Vivid LED.

jonnyboy5050 - 7 years ago

do you dose fertilizers into the water column? and do you run Co2? I'm getting good ready to set up a 75gal and still need to decide on substrate and plants. I'll be using either granite (I live in NH) or Dragon stone for hardscape. not sure about driftwood.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

I am dosing liquid ferts to the water column. Tank is low-tech, so no CO2. Use a bicarbonate buffer for a source of carbon for the plants as well as potassium, and of course for stability.

Damian A. Corona - 7 years ago

nice

bigtroublenj - 7 years ago

awesome awesome awesome where do you buy your rocks?

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks! I actually collected them from the Rocky Mountains. They were free! A sand based mudstone. Primarily made of sand.

Tarzan84 - 7 years ago

Great video. Thank you.

Ryan McCullough - 7 years ago

How do you determine how high to mount that type of light?

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Anything over 50 PAR is considered high light, but on the low end. 100 PAR would be typical high light. PAR measurements are taken from the light source to the lowest point of the substrate- in distance. So 70 PAR at 21" would be high light for example.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Usually with the PAR charts provided by the manufacturer and type of tank- low tech or high tech, experience with certain plant types, and can also purchase your own PAR meter if you want.

colinbarsby - 7 years ago

ALL CLASS!.........

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

haha, thanks man!

B. W. - 7 years ago

I know you probably hear it over and over but man, you certainly have talent for this dude! Awesome tank!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks! I am glad you like it!

The Planted Life - 7 years ago

Beautiful!

C DAWG - 7 years ago

That looks so beautiful

Robert Brown - 7 years ago

Very nice setup. I am curious where did you get your driftwood twigs from? Also you mentioned the dhg is mini. Is that the sp belem or parvula?

Robert Brown - 7 years ago

Hey if you get a chance, take a look at the picture of Eleocharis acicularis 'mini' on Tropica's site. I'd be curious to know if you think it might be the same as what you got.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Robert Brown actually now that I am looking at my mini the new growth is starting to curve downward just like my old Belem, so it probably is Belem.

Robert Brown - 7 years ago

Yes Belem was discovered by Tom Barr. As the story goes he supposedly
gave a sample to Tropica. The one one they list on their site now as
mini is listed as "Eleocharis acicularis 'mini'. They say it grows to about 1.9 inches max. So I am not sure if it is Belem or not. How tall does the mini get?

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

It seems like there is. At first I thought it was Belem, but my Belem was different from Mini, and other hobbyists seem to think that they are different as well. I think Belem was discovered by Tom Barr, but not Mini.

Robert Brown - 7 years ago

Nice deal! Didn't realize there where actually 3 different DHG. Learn something new. Thanks.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Actually, It isn't either one. Mini is different from Belem. The Belem grass tends to curve downward, and is even smaller than the Mini. I actually got a grab bag kind of thing from my LFS. They just had a box full of old broken branches, so they gave it to me for $5. haha score!

Eric C - 7 years ago

so fucking cool

DMAN D - 7 years ago

Really nice tank!

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Psychedelic Traveler - 7 years ago

how much did this setup cost you?

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

The tank was around $130. Filter $110. Rocks free. Sand $30. Light is $350.00, but you don't have to get one that nice.

joren70 - 7 years ago

Very cool aquascape! Like something right out of a picturebook.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

thanks for stopping by!

00corin00 - 7 years ago

Beautiful job. Very impressive!

No Thanks - 7 years ago

Looks like something you would see in the desert west. I think this is a masterpiece.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

thank you no thanks! haha

LFCooledWhip - 7 years ago

Dave just curious. What are you studying currently? (or what did you study if you are out of college)

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Environmental science and management. Emphasis in water and soil

Timothy Cline - 7 years ago

I appreciate seeing the tank with all the equipment. It is what it looks like everyday. When it is scaped this well your attention is drawn down into the valley and you barely notice the equipment.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

thanks man!!

Andrei Muresan - 7 years ago

love it!

Brian's Opinion/Comments - 7 years ago

Thanks for sharing.. Keep having fun.

Kamdon Day - 7 years ago

any tips on preventing surface film build up? i can not get rid of it in my 12 long.

Aenglaan - 7 years ago

Try a surface skimmer (the Eheim brand). It did wonders on my 40 breeder.

Miguel Ayuyu - 7 years ago

Sunset Aquatics you could possibly get the ehiem micro surface skimmer and re route the output of the surface skimmer to the top of the water using some sort of ridged tubbing

Kamdon Day - 7 years ago

Miguel Ayuyu i had a glass skimmer, PITA. plus my tank is only 9in deep they don't make one small enough. i have lily pipes now. can't defeat the build up. even with surface agitation.

Kamdon Day - 7 years ago

DMAN D i have a good bit, lily pipes as well. just can't defeat it.

DMAN D - 7 years ago

Just alot of surface agitation.

Miguel Ayuyu - 7 years ago

Sunset Aquatics surface skimmer

eric j - 7 years ago

hey thanks for sharing friend I love the way the tank looks.

eric j - 7 years ago

Cristian Jimenez will do.

C DAWG - 7 years ago

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MasterAquatics - 7 years ago

great video. loved it.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

thanks for your support!!!

BAMAZ#1 - 7 years ago

Looks great dave! I want to see you do or try one of those detailed intricate forest scapes with the endless depth u see when googling forest aquascapes. I think you could do it and would love to see a timelapse of one. Keep um coming bro!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Yeah that would be really fun. Definitely need a bigger tank- only because it would be a lot easier to do. Hard in such a small space. Can be done, but I don't want to get hand cramps. haha. Thanks for watching!

Alvaro Reyes - 7 years ago

Again excellent job, only 1 tiny thing, remove the equipment before recording you landscape, maybe an external blower to move the surface, but keeped unseen.
CONGRATULATIONS

ADU Aquascaping - 6 years ago

pile1983 glad I saw this comment. What I don't get is, why YouTube doesn't notify me of all comments even if you didn't tag me. I guess I am probably not seeing all comments.

pile1983 - 6 years ago

Actually it is good that he kept the hardware in. For a newbie as I am, it is pretty much missleading to see such beautiful aquascape wihtout all that hardware necccessary to maintain its true beauty. When I saw some Greenmashine LTD vids without the hardware I though "oh that's great I can achieve such success without all that pesky expensive hardware if I really know what to do." I was so wrong I know. So I am happy that ADU Aquascaping put's even a newbie into the right line showing that the hardware is sort of neccessary to maintain such beautifuly scaped tank.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Well I don't always have the luxury of throwing a lot of money at the hobby. It is 17 gallons. I guess that is nano? I thought maybe less than 10 gallons is nano. I would love to get some Green Tetras just for the color, but I am not sure how big they get.

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Yeah one more thing to worry about. I do have a pretty good plumbers brush I can use.

Alvaro Reyes - 7 years ago

and don't forget the lily pipes cleaning brush, they become dirty with ease,

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

I am going to be getting some Lily pipes!! Can't wait! I just am showing the tank how it is. The moss trees still need to fill in some more, so I will definitely do another video in the future. Thanks for watching.

thepokekid01 - 7 years ago

Amazing!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks!

cicco - 7 years ago

looks so relaxing and beautiful greath woork plant bro!

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thank you! Yeah it is relaxing for sure. I just need to wait for the moss trees to fill in, and if they don't end up looking right
I will add some more support branches to thicken it up.

Mike ANGEL - 7 years ago

nice video keep up the good work thank you my brother please keep the great video.s comeing looks beautiful awesome job Mike~Angel

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Thanks brother!!!

Justin Loitz - 7 years ago

looks good dunno if im 100% all in on the moss trees tho something just looks off on them

Justin Loitz - 7 years ago

yeah it could be the video just making the tank appear alot more flat then it should

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

Justin Loitz in the video yes, but when taking a photo the proportions match better. Large rocks and wood up front and the skinny scale of trees makes them appear farther away. The illusion works better in a photo than on video if that makes sense.

Justin Loitz - 7 years ago

actually think its the scale thats makes them look off like you have driftwood in the creek portion that is much larger then your moss trees which would indicate them as imitating scrub which there just 2 vibrant for

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

If they don't end up looking right I am planning on adding more support branches to the trees. I may end up having to do that...

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

yeah they just have to fill in some more. Actually there are tree species that look like this! As funny as it seems. Thanks for watching

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