UNBALANCED - Aquariums 269 2

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Daily Dustin Video 035. In today's daily video, I go over mistakes in the past that I have made with unbalanced aquariums. Hope you enjoy these tips ;) Support Your Boy, check out our website! https://dustinsfishtanks.com/ Subscribe https://goo.gl/8Sa20Z Most Recent Video https://goo.gl/p4EUdq Most Popular Video https://goo.gl/ZU6YdC Support your Boy - Check out my aquarium plants for sale: https://goo.gl/Bmmm4G Popular Video Playlists Below INSANE FISH ROOM TOURS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VDOnZdGE2A&list=PLnw3D5LLGih10emjTgmqODUG8LUfiRyTO SMALL FISH TANK SERIES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJipyQv-kEA&index=1&list=PLnw3D5LLGih2Of_h9-bSFkA9LU9XfVjJl TOP 5 Fish Videos (Funny :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK6Oirg39x0&index=2&list=PLnw3D5LLGih14KD64PUgEp2JiFOZ1-kZL No Maintenance Aquarium Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV6qqzZ7e3I&list=PLnw3D5LLGih3ry49t00hLjsktfBV-hG6f Sunday Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJipyQv-kEA&list=PLnw3D5LLGih0Wdi2wtp_CVsfd7QiSr6Gv Aquarium TIPS and Tricks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFd0_zyrVP0&index=1&list=PLnw3D5LLGih1KEuNq_Ir6US8Q7A2Fdu3S: aquascaping Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IneqJdh82UY&list=PLnw3D5LLGih1_R4_q_U2nTRfIWjOp_q0v INSANE German Fish Store https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZXJYzp71o&list=PLnw3D5LLGih04oeax4uTCfc6buTlsh9aJ Koi and Pond Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_5HcRFLxfk&list=PLnw3D5LLGih3ynaEMqIpJ4d7r8hmM78JI SPECIES SUNDAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpAdLaqqCn4&list=PL2F4BE1931D73538C Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DustinsFishtanks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dustinsfishtanks/

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Roberto Abarca - 6 years ago

Just got back into the hobby after a 8 year break due to college & life and I'm glad to see you still thriving out here OG, keep it up! I keep things balanced with a good amount of frogbit and water lettuce and of course a heavily planted tank. I recently removed a lot of the floaters to give the carpeting plants some relief and all algae hell broke loose to where my algae crew couldn't keep up so I had H202 step in. The mosses take a little beating but that's a last ditch effort if manual isn't enough.

Andrea Shelton - 6 years ago

Congratulations on your win! Fly Eagles!

Garry Mcgrath - 6 years ago

Just let algae sort it's salve out . It's nature's why of eliminating nitrates/ phosphates as long as your not adding to much thru dosing ,to many
Fish or feeding to much

John2891 - 6 years ago

as I've been following the growth of this "high maintenance" tank, it seems like the plants never grow...
i don't know if you put dirt in it, but it doesn't look like it.
tank might have been more stable with dirt to help increase the plant load.. maybe not a lot of dirt, but like a half inch.

after the first 2 months of heavy water changes (which is why you probably avoided putting dirt in the tank in the first place) my 29dirted was almost self sustained, no ferts nor co2, just a filter that i clean like once every 3 months, and water top offs.
I've got 20 tetras
and probably 800 trumpet snails :/

p.s. thanks for giving me the knowledge and courage to dirt a tank for the first time!

David's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago

great info thanks for sharing I gave you a thumbs up cheers !

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago

FISH TANK FAILS - Top 5 what the heck were they thinking?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=471QFOvgAs8

Triple 10 Tanks - 6 years ago

go birds

Ashley Nicole - 6 years ago

Wow I wish I had tanks like this! I'm just starting this hobby and I love your videos! Hopefully I won't kill any fish in the process.

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago

Fishtank Tales, I ADMIT IT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3it6DOP5u-k

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Blake Sherman - 6 years ago

The saga continues.......

John Kelley - 6 years ago

Duck weed and mini water lettuce are my balance. I only remove 10% every other week or I get a algae bloom.

cichlid wrestling man Vessie - 6 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-IBdreILo8

Brock Burch - 6 years ago

On my home tanks (29g, 10g, 2.75g) I plant every bare patch of substrate with something, keep duckweed and frogbit in everything, run my lights on a timer for 8 hours a day, and do a 50% water change once a week. All of my tanks also have Amano shrimp and snails.

On my work tank (20g High) I run two filters with sponges over the intakes, one with ceramic rings and the other with pothos, keep the lighting dim because it's by the storefront windows, add a ton of floating plants, and give it a 25% water change once weekly.

Speedy Outdoors fun fish tank fun - 6 years ago

i am from Ohio too the browns will win a super bowl when hell freezes over lol every so ofeten i get bored on a day with no school and do almost 100% water change after doing nothing for about 2 weeks luckly my fish are hardy

Heather - Varuna Aquatics - 6 years ago

Loving it!

Patrick Gallana - 6 years ago

Heavy load of easy to grow plants in good plant substrate with algae eating shrimps first. Set the light timer to 6 hours of light daily. Break up the lighting schedule to 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours at night so you don't give algae the chance to complete its growth cycle. Do a 20 percent water change once every two weeks to allow the beneficial bacteria to grow. Don't add any liquid fertilizer in the early stages of your tank, unless you want algae, let the plant substrate supply the nutrients and let the plants adjust and grow in its environment. Then a month later, add some algae eating fish. After another month slowly add the fish you want. As the tanks bio load increases, you must also increase the percentage of your water change.

044 Aquatics - 6 years ago

I use a lot of pathos plant in my aquarium I just hang it in the corner

Freddy Got Fished - 6 years ago

What's up fish taco people!

Blayde - 6 years ago

Why did my oscar eat my neon tetras?

Blayde - 6 years ago

lol k oscars dont even get big

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago

Your oscar went oscar

Neon Tetra Aquarist - 6 years ago

Blayde Because he is a predator fish... and he got hungry.

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Kevin Mobley - 6 years ago

Heavy planted and I run bio home in my fx6, aqua tops cf400 uv two of them and. One aquatop c.f. 500 uv..on a 150gal tank. Finnex plus 24/7. Oh and no water changes.... To help I have 9 otocatfish..I know not the right spelling..

Kekistani Freedom Fighter 01 - 6 years ago

i have a planted tank thats over stocked but i let it be. Recently had BB algae hit my gravel. I didn't like my gravel anyway so 3 days ago i dumped pool sand all over the BBA and dosed hydrogen peroxide. two birds with one stone.

Miguel Rodriguez - 6 years ago

Hwavy plant load, 2 bristle nose plecos, unknown number of red cherry shrimp, 4 albino corys, guppies, pinapple sword tails, and 4 dwarf neon blue gouramis. All in a 55 gallon with over filtration. And I still have a managable lot bba growing.

Normal Day With Charlie!!! - 6 years ago

Dustin...if you had to make a setup with a under gravel filter, how would you do it...???

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium - 6 years ago

Love the old school

Rick W - 6 years ago

Pats fan here on Cape Cod. Gotta hand it to the Eagles they had a BALANCED attack (see what I did there?).

JESSE Weimer - 6 years ago

I float water sprite or plant some anacharis. I've also added a pot with a lotus bulb because they grow so fast and use up nutrients.

Forx_o - 6 years ago

Lots of plants from Dustin

Fantasmamuerto - 6 years ago

too much platys man, they repdroduce like hell.

Jizzy Jay - 6 years ago

Dustin just believen your browns. Im a niners fan i feel your pain but aye look at our qb now

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Power - 6 years ago

I just kept adding java moss until all my problems went away. It worked

Cae Walker - 6 years ago

Yay, Karen, Sharon and their brother Darren.

Clearwater Beach Home search Merry Donovan - 6 years ago

Common sense stuff we all forget. Nice vid

Donna Kate Morgan - 6 years ago

Water changes lots of 2ater motion feed 1x a day
I have platys blue ones they are multiplying like rabbits
Aggressive feeders too

InitialDrifterZ - 6 years ago

Wooo! Go Eagles!!! That was one hell of a game! I can't wait for the parade!!! Don't worry Dustin! The Browns won't be bad forever. Honestly, I think they're on the verge of becoming something. They play too hard to lose that much. Plus, I heard Cleveland is a football town just like Philly! Patience! Hypothetical question, how would you react if the Browns traded the #4 pick for Foles???

FishNerdVlogs - 6 years ago

I legit dont want the browns to get foles because im worried that as long as we have this coaching staff, we'd ruin his career xD :''(

Russell The Fish Guy - 6 years ago

I bomb automatically

Kevin V - 6 years ago

Like the Brady joke

Jean Abarca - 6 years ago

I have a golden pothos growing out of the tank, it’s always growing so balance is easy, 35% water change every 2 weeks.
Plants are the key to success.
Yo D, thanks as always brother

osiris nunez-morillo - 6 years ago

Hey man I just started a DSM PLANTED WITH dual t5 fixture, It’s a 55 gallon my DWH (dwarf hair grass) is turning brown n yellow I cut most of them , dosing flourish scheme I got al of them please help and thx for always teaching me new things

Dominik Figueroa - 6 years ago

I just got my plants in the mail, thanks Dustin, getting ready to throw them in now

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago

Love it- sorry it took so long with usps

bosnakedisniksic - 6 years ago

Heavy plant load, fasts, over filtering,50% water changes weekly, and wait a year.

laattardo - 6 years ago

I'm only a year back in and honestly I watched a lot of videos and have gotten lucky I think. I have a 20 with guppies. A ten with brass tetras. And now I am getting ready to setup a 54!

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago

There ya go!

Mac 78 - 6 years ago

My tank is balanced by a big plant mass with Nymphea zenkeri (tiger lotus) and Heteranthera zosterifolia (star grass) and two eheim 2080 filters on a 100 gallon tank. Also I do two 50% water changes a week in a routine that never changes to promote stability and consistency.

Mac 78 - 6 years ago

It's a real popular plant where I am in the UK so most LFS sell it or lots of Internet sellers always have it in stock.

Whitney Benne - 6 years ago

where did you get ur stargrass? I cant find it anywhere

MsLinanator - 6 years ago

Eagles did it. Home boy, Justin Timberlake crushed half time show!

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago

You know I love Justin Timberlake

MsLinanator - 6 years ago

Great video, Dusty!

Baby Tear Gardens - 6 years ago

What's up green house people?

Preston Shearer - 6 years ago

How I balance ALL my tanks....
A ridiculous plant load! And not just alot of plants, but 90% heavy feeding plants. My best is a 60 gallon tank, 50 Neon Tetra, 2 cories, and 2 Yoyo. 40% water changes once a week. Lights are on 13 hours.
Not a single spot of algae!

Gamerszone Bruh - 6 years ago

Dustin need a way to communicate with you plz and thank you for your amazing videos keep up the good work

FishNerdVlogs - 6 years ago

watch all his videos bro! Thats what we run fish channels for

Gamerszone Bruh - 6 years ago

I got a tank and I'm kinda new to the natural plants so I really want a little bit of help since you have alot of experience

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago

Gamerszone Bruh yo

Fabian Szabo - 6 years ago

How I balance my tanks:
1. Plants
2. More plants
3. Even more plants and regular water changes

J S - 6 years ago

I do that, plus snails and shrimp. Brainless success.
On my "nice" tank, I maintain the plant load as high as my cheap lights can support, and use the lowest level of ferts I can get away with - watching for plant signs of distress. I'm at maybe 25% recommended fert dosage, with good health all around.

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago

Fabian Szabo there ya go! Good recipe!!