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Gregory Marrero - 7 years ago

What's the plant at 2:41? It looks like hygrophilia corymbasa but I'm not sure

juscallmej - 7 years ago

amazing. truly inspiring art. hope to get to this level one day in my aquascapes..

Aqua NeoWorld - 8 years ago

Super !

Sergio Avelar - 8 years ago

I want to release our 16 year old red-eared slider into this. He would love it. He also would destroy/eat all the plants and eat all the fish.

Slava - 8 years ago

amazing

mr. Vander - 8 years ago

On their website it says that this set up is £4400 (without fish).

grant Diggs - 8 years ago

put a couple small turtles In this

Gregory Marrero - 8 years ago

I'm working on something very similar to this in a 40 gallon breeder

Michael G - 7 years ago

how did it work out ?

Raams R - 8 years ago

I love how the tetras and other fish seem drawn to the planted middle. This aquarium is so restful to watch. My favorite!

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Lucifer - - 8 years ago

I just love this so much. Bravo to James for masterpiece. I would be over the moon if I was a fish living here.

Snek Nek - 8 years ago

What a beautiful tank. Though small fish don't interest me. I would lover the water to slightly below the wood and put my pet turtle in the tank.

Nny Sang - 8 years ago

Never knew how much work went into the fertilization.. he used so many things before he even added substrate or hardscape.. I'd looooove a beautiful setup like this but I doubt 'll ever afford those items, I saw about a dozen empty containers of stuff for just the very bottom.. probably like ten bucks a pop... mad respect to this Mr. Findley. This is true talent. I don't even recall seeing a filter, I may be drunk though, so that tank must be self reliant... oh man the level of love I have for this setup.. I believe the envy I have might not even stand a chance for the love

Goblinchief123 - 8 years ago

+Nny Sang I believe they used canister filters. The piping is very difficult to see and produces very little current. This tank and way more beautiful than anything I've ever created.

Sabreen Rezvie - 8 years ago

holy fucking shit!

Tiger Barb - 8 years ago

What's the name of the high red plant? Thanks.

Nny Sang - 8 years ago

+Tiger Barb
Looks like red aponogeton crispus

WolfEatsCakes - 8 years ago

Where is the store?

JENNAY HEH - 9 years ago

this is amazing!!!

Simon & Penny Irish - 9 years ago

simply stunning!
some info on the filtration system behind this aquascape would be intyeresting, pls!

Don Suomi - 9 years ago

This is absolutely breathtaking. No words for it!

Shivakumar Pujari - 9 years ago

Awesome!! I hav a doubt,Do u change water???

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Noah West - 9 years ago

I love your tanks, what types of cory cats are those?

Gregory Marrero - 7 years ago

green laser cories

Hamadawana - 9 years ago

It really looks like a volcano with those red plants

Niklas Forsman - 9 years ago

Just wonderful.
Really want to have a (much smaller) aquarium. But I hope it will capture a similar experience, unlike most overcrowded or plain boring tanks.
Will watch your other videos of smaller aquarium for ideas.

MarsOneOnOne - 9 years ago

just awesome

Yev Zakharov - 9 years ago

Did anyone else notice the Farlowella Catfish? : )
I have one in my 55 gallon. She's amazing. About 6-7" in length and very calm. I could literally pet her and she wouldn't budge.

Yev Zakharov - 9 years ago

I have one farlowella. Shes about 6.5" long. Doing great. Very peaceful and calm fish. Doesn't need much more than just several decent pieces of driftwood to side on.

Ricky Wong - 10 years ago

Does this aquarium need air pump to provide oxygen?

Yev Zakharov - 9 years ago

No. The plants in the tank provide a ton of oxygen as it is. If they're adding anything, it's most likely CO2 for the plants. Otherwise, no need for excess O2. Also the massive water surface provides aeration.

Xan Beerboy - 10 years ago

This aquarium is the best one I got to see on youbutbe. Its just unreal.

Joe S - 10 years ago

How is this filtered?

Carlos M - 9 years ago

They use a external canister filter, and use a glass lily pipe for the suction and the water return.

Mark Said - 10 years ago

In fact, near the end of the video one can see two pipes tied together going down/up one corner of the aquarium.

TheGreenMachineLtd - 10 years ago

That is correct :)

SleightofHand - 10 years ago

I'm pretty sure they use filters in their tanks, in another video someone also asked if they used a filter in one of their scapes and TGM answered yes. Maybe they took out the in and outake part of the filter for filming purposes (im quite sure the filter is right below the tank)

Cassio Toledo - 10 years ago

Nice.

Lettuce9999 - 10 years ago

Lol the shrimp takes a shit at 2:34

Lucas Teddy - 9 years ago

as he says "creates a natural feeling"

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David vidz - 10 years ago

how to feed the fish and all at that tank?

Stevo B - 10 years ago

Why is the stones growing algae? Is it because the water is too dirty? Or the fertilizer is overdose?

The overall looks is beautiful though.

Mark Said - 10 years ago

Algae exist in every single (unfiltered) drop of water. Just fill a big clean glass tank with normal drinking bottled water and place a normal house light bulb on top of it. Put some sort of lid on it to make sure not a lot of water evaporates away. Do not put any other thing in the water at all. Leave it untouched for a month or two, or a bit more, and you will be surprised with what you will find growing in it.

Stevo B - 10 years ago

Oh I see... It's natural to grow algae as it is part of the nature. Right. Thanks for the reply.

I get confuse as there are people in YouTube mention its something wrong if the algae grows in the aquarium.

SleightofHand - 10 years ago

Hi, algae exists in every tank, it is a part of nature and cannot be avoided. Algae growth occurs if there is nutrients in the water and lighting is provided. Having a planted aquarium perfectly algae free is not only near impossible but unnatural. Remember that algae is also a "plant" or living organism similar to plants and does its job in helping the tank remain "balanced". As you can see from the video the water is crystal clear and with all those plants in the tank plus a filter how can it be dirty? Algae can also bloom if fertilizer is overdosed yes.

Planted Nano - 10 years ago

Seeing this many Tetra's is always great! Awesome tank, sweet scape. :)

Evanss 3 - 10 years ago

Check my planted piranha aquarium!!

Matt Wooly - 10 years ago

Beautiful tank and happy fish, nice to see some 'L' numbers in there. I think it'd be nice to mix the tetras up with some leopard danios or the like to give some contrast. Saying that I could I'm just a bloke with a tank and you guys have tanks I could only dream of

TheZombieParade - 10 years ago

Why do the neon's school so tightly in this setup? Its rare to see that behavior in aquariums even with larger potentially predators.

Yev Zakharov - 9 years ago

Neon tetras naturally school together. As long as you've got them in larger quantities, they will school. It's completely normal and beautiful!

Stacey Yon - 10 years ago

can you do this with gold fish

SleightofHand - 10 years ago

Yes.

varun009 - 10 years ago

Yes but that would be a fucking waste of money.

Denis - 10 years ago

Amazing

dfunkt - 10 years ago

this tank has aged like a fine wine!

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Endymion766 - 10 years ago

I would love an aquarium like this, on a smaller scale, but I'm not passionate enough about it all to commit to the maintenance requirements so I appreciate looking at others' tanks.

Aaron Dickson - 10 years ago

I dont leave comments but this is absolutely beautiful....im going to be planting a 320L tank in the next few weeks and you have given me lots of idears and I will be useing products of your site im glad I stumbled accross this video....thanks for shareing your amazing work..

Adicta_Fish - 10 years ago

love all the little corys

Brisha Roxberry - 10 years ago

You should add some guppies or platties to fill up the top of the tank because it is absolutely empty.. but other than that, amazing!

LeadFaun - 10 years ago

Discus would kill some of the smaller fish, possibly.

SleightofHand - 10 years ago

I agree with +Dave Henge Guppies and platy in aquascapes are a little tacky. I have nothing against these beginner fish but yeah they aren't really a nice choice for these tanks in the eyes of experienced keepers. The tank isnt empty, there are a vast array of species especially including that giant tetra school, shrimps, algae eaters, catfish etc.
1:49 is the true beauty of this aquarium, besides, the dude wanted to make the scape resemble nature as much as possible, you never see crowded fish besides schools in the wild~! haha

Dakota Burke - 10 years ago

+Dave Henge I would defiantly have some discus in there though

Celest1alBe1ng - 10 years ago

ewwwww no NO thats tacky

Amos Chiang - 10 years ago

what's the fish with the very long tail?

Yev Zakharov - 9 years ago

Farlowlla Catfish.

OhmannOcean - 10 years ago

Looks a lot like a Farlowella

TheGreenMachineLtd - 10 years ago

Most likely a Whiptail Catfish

Alex Koval - 10 years ago

Twittea.

Nikita Gaidouk - 10 years ago

2:35 there goes the poop...

The Bellows - 10 years ago

Haha, i just realized how immature i am.

VENUS HALO - 10 years ago

lol so close.

Niccelle - 10 years ago

That the soil used here?

TheGreenMachineLtd - 10 years ago

We think it's excellent value for money, when plant growth is your aim. Read ADA's plant substrate comparison article here: http://www.thegreenmachineonline.com/articles/news/adas-substrate-article-characteristics-substrate-materials-unperceivable-just-their-ap

ToastedWalnut - 10 years ago

ADA Aquasoil amazonia. Unbelievable expensive but very good stuff. £34.99 ($58.42) for a 9L bag

LordPine - 10 years ago

sorry but those long red crypts or whatever they are in the "background" look horrible and dont suit this awesome scape at all..

mathieur burrel - 10 years ago

It suits perfectly this chaos aquascape I think.

tomCANshuffle - 10 years ago

That's my favourite part. That's just your opinion, considering It's a nasty one you should keep it to yourself.

secretdeath - 10 years ago

Hanging garden of Babylon

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Michael Xu - 11 years ago

can you please tell us what kind of fish are in their (shrimp and other animals included please)

Cecilia Unaeus - 11 years ago

What is the tall reddish plant called?

Jim Norton - 11 years ago

Brilliant work! I could probably watch this aquarium all day. Such beauty.

mosshark - 11 years ago

amazing. I would like to this.

yaricksgym - 11 years ago

did the tannins ever stop or does the water still turn yellow?

AranTukasko - 11 years ago

awsome!

noch - 11 years ago

2:36 ..."authentic natural feeling" ;)

Gabriel Perez - 11 years ago

If there's enough plants to remove all the nitrates and phosphates, do you still have to change the water or just add water to take the place of the evaporated water?

mersf559 - 11 years ago

imagine trying to keep inventory of fish to see if there are no dead ones lol

Volodymyr - 11 years ago

beautiful

pedrokz - 11 years ago

the shrimp pooped!

smellsgood9 - 11 years ago

One of these in my room. lol I could stare at it all day.

strata g - 11 years ago

amazing, you sir are an artist! just wish I had the money to hire you to work one of your miracles in my house, ive tried but I could not hope too create something like that! truly magnificent! if I had that I don't think I could help feeling uplifted if I could observe that everyday. amazing!

Bryant Pribadi - 11 years ago

Guess changing the sand does effects the cloudiness of the water

Mark Manderson - 11 years ago

tank has matured beautifully. Cardinals are my main and favourite fish collection but they pale into insignificance to your magnificent shoal, truly inspiring to see them do what they do best :)

Abraham Cannon - 11 years ago

Best setup i ever seen!!!!Magnificent!

miruno1990 - 11 years ago

I wish you could come to Norway to plant in my 130 L aquarium. I'm a big fan of you, love what you do, it's so incredibly beautiful.

appleglory - 11 years ago

wow that is so beautiful.

César Riveiro - 11 years ago

Wow :)

ProtagonistNonTheist - 11 years ago

Why is the water cloudy?

David Pierce - 11 years ago

I must come to your shop and see this for real..your a long way away but I have a feeling it would be worth it!

TheGreenMachineLtd - 11 years ago

Keep your eyes on our website, YouTube channel (best to subscribe), facebook page and/or e-newsletter.

TheGreenMachineLtd - 11 years ago

The vision is much more complete now.

TheGreenMachineLtd - 11 years ago

Thank you. It's feels good to share it with everyone... on YouTube as well as in our shop... where visitors get to see it up close. :)

TheGreenMachineLtd - 11 years ago

This is a combination of things... 1. At 5ft this tank is very deep, so you are looking through more water from all angles... this means that any sediment in the water is more visible. (try looking down the length of your tank instead of the width and you may notice a difference). 2. The video was shot using fairly low light so the noise level is quite high.

SilentDreamcast - 11 years ago

and i thought my fish bowl was cool...

iyappan ganapathi - 11 years ago

no words to say...

4thGloryMonday - 11 years ago

good job

Ryley Wheeldon - 11 years ago

I wish i could make my tank like this:(

AlexTubed - 11 years ago

Probably just tannins or dark water on purpose.

Hyo Cho - 11 years ago

Does the water look a little dirty or is that my imagination?

FoxGamer - 11 years ago

hope there's a new project coming soon?

banis1980 - 11 years ago

I find Septaria porcellana snails much better at eating alge than nerite snails. Also they don't lay those little white eggs all over the place:).

Elvisr29 - 11 years ago

did anyone else see the ferowella cat??? :)

Chris C - 11 years ago

gimminy gillikers....

ProtagonistNonTheist - 11 years ago

Funny. When I was watching the making of Nature's Chaos I thought that the outer ring would look much better with black sand rather than the lighter sand he chose to use initially. Glad he changed it. Looks great!

Sergio Sinay - 11 years ago

the tank is looking great after a year !

Eddy Rizzotti - 11 years ago

Very impressive...

János Koncz - 11 years ago

would you tell the list of the fish, please?

Deuce Nukem - 11 years ago

i like it much more with the darker sand... i didn't realize how much the sand needed to be darker until this video, but looking back at the documentary the lighter sand just looks wrong now.

Buya Ben - 11 years ago

where can i get the assesories to make this aqua.i from malaysia

Piscopé - 11 years ago

There's a few Costello tetras in there, they get much more excited than the neon tetras when there's food around.

Piscopé - 11 years ago

Magnificient tank. But I noticed algea on the dwarf anubias. I find neritina snails to be extremely efficient on those. They're very adaptable, and can live for years. They also don't eat plants, and they all have a different shell pattern :) They lay many, long lasting eggs, which are very noticeable, especially on driftwood, but they won't hatch unless the water is salty enough, so no proliferation. Cheers for another great video, with equally great narration.

MrHoney2U - 11 years ago

cant believe its been a year. wow

xXmiomoXx - 11 years ago

2:35 It pooped :D

Mohamed A. M. Mostafa - 11 years ago

wow was that a year ago?? I still remember it like i watched it a week a go.

BrendansLEET - 11 years ago

watching this video while listening to this will destroy you. Blowin my mind

mrdaveone1 - 11 years ago

awesoome man

danichan19 - 11 years ago

art 3:29 does anyone know why this one fish is darting around the surface?

Shady RIDDLE - 11 years ago

Awesome!

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sebpearce - 11 years ago

Bloody hell a year soon fly's by, That is simply a masterpiece

Chris S - 11 years ago

gorgeous.

gourmander - 11 years ago

Beautiful! I love how the layout creates multiple worlds for the fish. It's like endless exploration since you can never see around the bend. I I ever have a room big enough to house a large tank, the island layout is deinitely my choise.

Patric Coninx - 11 years ago

Prachtig TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keith Dvorak - 11 years ago

stunning and beautiful! thank you for sharing this! i do have a question, though i hesitate to ask it: i'm torn on the water here. the tank looks vibrant, but the water seems a bit…cloudy? is that because it's super (?) organic (?), or recently disturbed? i only ask because my experience with most of these kinds of tanks is insanely clear water. again, not a complaint! i would love to have this tank myself! just…observing and wondering…. thanks! :-)

Filo011 - 11 years ago

that has to be at least 300 tetras? looks amazing when they group up :D

LuckyLogan - 11 years ago

How many tetra are in there? Impressive shoal.

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