Clelia Aquascaping her first Nano tank

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KoreanPolish*G-Man - 7 years ago

This has to be the sweetest vid. Its great to see parent and child do something together.

Len Bloor - 7 years ago

What a great daughter she is going to be winning competitions if she keeps it up beautifully done tank

Donald Sims - 7 years ago

Oh, uck! Now that poor betta will have girl cooties all over himself! What a beautiful daughter you have.

dodododoge doge - 7 years ago

Awwww i hope one day clelia ask for her own 150 gallon to play with ❤️

nat saxon - 7 years ago

What kind of name is that

Rachel O'leary - 7 years ago

Natacha Courtney she is named after her Italian great great aunt

Melissa Byers - 7 years ago

Loved this ❤

Hornet Oliver - 7 years ago

Clelia is a beautiful child. Great job on your tank. sweetheart. Learn from Mom and keep up the good work.

Jonathon Lastname - 7 years ago

you look like the type of mom that loves to spoil her kid <3

Rachel O'leary - 7 years ago

+Jonathon Lastname I wish I could spoil them way more then I do!

Tabbie Davila - 7 years ago

Awe such a beautiful tank I absolutely love it!!!!

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harleymama 40 - 7 years ago

love watching kids when they are inspired

harleymama 40 - 7 years ago

love her name

Rachel O'leary - 7 years ago

+harleymama 40 thank you

Tia c - 7 years ago

awesome ..mother daughter relationship.....its like mine and my daughters .....love it ...love the tank .....i have loved binge watching ur videos and i dont binge watch many people lol ....love ur channel .my dad got me into this ...and i keep it going for him since he passed away 3 years ago....it about killed me cause i was a daddys girl ..but im keeping his fish and every thing going like he would have wanted ....

Rachel O'leary - 7 years ago

I feel ya, I lost my mom when I was in my early 20s, and she gave me $100 to start this business. I like to think my success is because of her unflagging belief that I could do anything I put my mind to.

Birdie284 - 7 years ago

You can use any superglue? It's fish safe?

Rachel O'leary - 7 years ago

Yes, any cyanoacrylate.

Michael Orme - 7 years ago

Good job!

Emily R - 7 years ago

When an 11 year old is better at doing eyeliner than me.

Rachel O'leary - 7 years ago

to be fair, her makeup skills are also way better than mine and pretty advanced. You should see her now.

Cortez Loera - 7 years ago

Great Informational editorial!

Shaden0040 - 7 years ago

Cool video for kids to learn from for their own first aquascaped tanks. I wish I had this when I was a kid. Do you plan to do more for kid and would love to see updates on her tank too.

Rachel O'leary - 7 years ago

+Shaden0040 I hope to, and I will do an update soon thanks for the reminder

Glimmer Carlson - 7 years ago

The love of fish keeping passing on from Mother to daughter. The way you guide and teach her but let her be creative and do her own thing is beautiful to watch! Loved it!

Jay's Aquariums - 8 years ago

You can use super glue to glue some of the wood to the rocks so they won't float :)

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Emilee Pauline - 8 years ago

I think this is one of my favorite videos of yours because of the love and smiles you both have

Rachel O'leary - 8 years ago

I was just asking her a few days ago if we could do an update. She did a total rescape that I think is just beautiful. Thanks for the kind words!

Michael aquarium - 8 years ago

nice little tank Chloe Chloe I've just come over this video was there any updates on his tank can you let me know

michael alexis - 8 years ago

if anubias is a rhyzome plant can leaves be save and grown???

KRVP176 - 8 years ago

Is that just everyday super glue you used?

Rachel O'leary - 8 years ago

+Kenneth Robert yep, gel type cyanoacrylate

stormet54 - 8 years ago

What kit tank is this?

Rachel O'leary - 8 years ago

+stormet54 I really like the new fluval specs

stormet54 - 8 years ago

Thanks. I have a Fluval and an Aqueon kit and I had to upgrade the lights on both tanks. Seems the lights they came with assume you'll be using plastic plants.

Rachel O'leary - 8 years ago

+stormet54 marineland, I do not recommend it. The lighting ended up being horrendous

jonstfrancis - 8 years ago

That's great, your daughter is so cool. What superglue do you use? Is it an aquarium safe one or what?

jonstfrancis - 8 years ago

Thanks Rachel!

Rachel O'leary - 8 years ago

+jonstfrancis any cyanoacrylate KS safe. I use the gel type from the dollar store because I am a big spender

Gregory Feast - 8 years ago

You such an awesome mom!!!! I love how you really allowed her to choose and work from her own mind! Peace and Love...greg.

Rachel O'leary - 8 years ago

+Gregory Feast We are going to do an update soon on this tank

John Judge - 8 years ago

Adorable child and A-1 parenting.

Michael Agostino - 8 years ago

Just an idea for a future video... Would be nice to see an update of this tank 3 to 4 months later to see how it had progressed.

datinyone - 8 years ago

old video, but you may have someone to pass the business on to, when you're ready to retire Rachel ;)

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Patricia Lopez - 8 years ago

Awesome! Love that she is also getting involve with her own tank. How is the tank going? Any updates?
Thanks again Rachel for making videos for us hobbyist!

Patricia Lopez - 8 years ago

+Rachel O'leary Thanks! Can't wait!

Rachel O'leary - 8 years ago

+Patricia Lopez The light is terrible and needs an upgrade. Once i get that, we will do an update video.

Gentle Vids - 8 years ago

the start of a new fishroom? ;-)

Joe Li - 8 years ago

Please make more video about aquascaping tips, tricks and knowledge for us.

Liga Skirbauska - 9 years ago

Cool! You both made grate job! Clelia made awesome first tank!-Better than mine and Im like 3 times older than her...LOL... And I love that its Betta...wish tank wood be bit biguer just to see what kind a fish apart of betta will be there..but in this I guess only Betta will be..So I hope soon she gets next tank where to make community tank of Betta girls and other fish to teach us all(or atleast me)How its done! You rock Girls!

Emily Emilee - 9 years ago

Tank looks great, Clelia - I'm inspired! :)
You never mentioned if the betta has name - does he?

my.lean - 9 years ago

this was adorable

Glen Hawkins - 9 years ago

Excellent and great video. Tank turned out really well and she is following in your foot steps. BTW I am looking to contact you in the future Rachel to speak at my club.

Rachel O'leary - 9 years ago

+Glen Hawkins (GuppyGuy) Sounds good! Email is best, I am pretty much booked for next year, but am starting to take engagements in 2016. There might be some wiggle room in a few months for fill in, depending on how far it is :)

SevernRunAquatics - 9 years ago

I love your personality Rachel. You make these videos so enjoyable to watch. Don't stop making videos! You're daughter definitely seems to have inherited your passion! Thanks for sharing this.

Tim M - 9 years ago

Watching you teach her , Very Cool!

Laura Wrenn - 9 years ago

Beautiful tank young lady! You did a great job!!
Rachel, I know you are so proud :)
You are just beeming with pride in this video. I loved it!!!

Rachel O'leary - 9 years ago

+Laura Wrenn I am so stoked one of my three kids is FINALLY into my hobby! She has a very artistic and gentle nature, I think she could go as far as she can imagine. Just a little proud.

Parker Alwan - 9 years ago

Hey awesome setup, I went and purchased a twig catfish and a lot of people are telling me it can be difficult, any main reasons for this, I've got him or her in a heavily planted 55 gallon with bloodfin tetras and rainbows. I also have glass catfish, I expect it to eat what I feed my Corey cats and otocinclus. Mainly algae pellets and every now and then a blanched zucchini. ;-)

Parker Alwan - 9 years ago

+Rachel O'leary thank you for the info. Love all the information you have on the hobby. Thanks :-)

Rachel O'leary - 9 years ago

+Parker Alwan twig cats aren't difficult, they are pretty awesome, but dumb as rocks. As long as the tank is mature, they should do fine.

SuperAirsoftFanatic - 9 years ago

you should do a video for people who want to start their own planted tank for the first time. Because i want to make my own just have a hard time finding a good video that can show me the beginning steps to start my own planted tank a specially a low-tech planted tank.

SuperAirsoftFanatic - 9 years ago

+Rachel O'leary well I'm not sure since this would be my first planted tank but maybe you could do a mini series around a planted tank for beginners

Rachel O'leary - 9 years ago

+SuperAirsoftFanatic what sort of information do you want? Substrate, decor, plants, lighting?

Rachel O'leary - 9 years ago

that is a good idea!

Josh's Aquatics & Railroad Videos - 9 years ago

Awesome video! Loving that aquascape.

Rubber Duck - 9 years ago

Wish I thought of using driftwood for my shrimp instead of parts of coconuts.

BolivianFishKeeper - 9 years ago

I'm so jealous . I want to adopt this girl.

140-180g mainly in my fish room with many species of fish ...although I tried , my kid never cared and still doesn't for fish .

H Wh - 7 years ago

aquadragon1 Aw that's really wonderful.

Rachel O'leary - 7 years ago

+LeonDB good for you!!

Channidae - 7 years ago

So glad my mom got me into this hobby

I have been doing this since i was 11 (i'm 14 now) and I've kept a big spectrum of fish ranging from tetra's and angels to snakeheads and L numbers. I'm in love with this hobby

aquadragon1 - 7 years ago

That is how it goes isn´t it My grandfather gave me the bug. From before i can remember he lived a few doors down the street. i never went to daycare or whatever whenever my mom was out i was with the old man before i could even walk he had no fishroom the entire place was filled with tanks and stuff. Then my fith birthday came and at his hand i walked into our local LFS he got my very first tank to the eternal dismay of my mom a 96 Ltr one. I still have and run to this day That is 33 years ago. I miss that man dearly.

Rachel O'leary - 9 years ago

+BolivianFishKeeper My kids go to a lot of clubs and events with me, but it took her being really involved at one of them for the bug to bite her. I cannot stress enough to get kids involved in the hobby.

Joel Blanco - 9 years ago

its amazing when you can create a hobby that you love into a family friendly hobby

The Fish Closet - 9 years ago

very cute, can't wait to enjoy my tanks with my 2 little guys

ronerx - 9 years ago

Wow! I just got that same tank! Just cycled and have a betta and a black mystery snail! Yours looks bettah ;-))

Brian Young - 9 years ago

Are nano tanks more difficult to maintain because of the small size? I thought the pH, nitrate and such can fluctuate very easily. Is regular super glue fish safe? Probably a dumb question lol

Rachel O'leary - 9 years ago

Super glue is totally fish and invertebrate safe. smaller tanks are more difficult because of the small volume/dilution

colinbarsby - 9 years ago

These Nano tanks are one of the Huge improvements in the hobby. They move people up from unsustainable bowls, and they are able to provide multiple species tanks for fish that otherwise struggle to cope in large community aquariums.