How to Hardscape an Aquarium: Steve's tank on Superbowl Sunday. 126 11

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In this video I discuss the hardscape Bryan is working with to aquascape his aquarium. Rocks are a great option in the fish tank. I also discuss a couple of foreground aquarium plants: glosso and hair grass. Subscribe https://goo.gl/8Sa20Z Most Recent Video https://goo.gl/p4EUdq Most Popular Video https://goo.gl/ZU6YdC GET AN AWESOME TANK! https://goo.gl/bRejwR HOW TO Run CO2 In a Planted Tank https://youtu.be/YjSLekzSvBw Cardinal Tetras Species Sunday, Steve's Cardinal Tetras https://youtu.be/F_sTFNFa8_s Fry-day Update. Discus fish Fry in Steve's tank. Discus Fry in a 55 gallon tank https://youtu.be/TiEPcrBY43Y Discuss on a Sunday, Steve's tank update. Loving the glosso and Old Dirty Discuss Tank. https://youtu.be/aq-TSzI2kSA Excited to show Steve's tank off. I was hoping to get his fish in there. Not going to happen tonight but I like the way it is going. Love the hardscape with the rocks. Its a constant adjustment. Tell us what you think, Talk about keeping glosso and hair grass....Ravens are putting on a beat down. Click here to subscribe for more great videos every week ! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dustinsfishtanks Support your boy! Check out my Aquarium Plants and Aquarium Stuff for sale! https://goo.gl/Bmmm4G Free Top 10 Planted Tank Secrets on website: http://www.dustinsfishtanks.com Facebook: https://goo.gl/gkDOxP Fish Tank People Social Community http://fishtanktv.com/

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Youtube'sBest - 11 years ago

And then the 49ers almost had the best comeback in history

Leathers Aquatics - 11 years ago

Oh . I forgot to add that I'm in BG, KY. Not far from you guys. Also someone asked about rocks and wood. I have rocks and wood from barren river lake in my tank. I boiled the rocks and I soaked the wood in plain water. But recently I've discovered you can drop some acid on a rock and if it bubbles then the rock probably has high pH like limestone.

Leathers Aquatics - 11 years ago

Way off topic but I used to have discus in the same tank with one African cichlid , keyhole cichlids, Bolivian rams, and others that I can't remember. People kept telling me it wouldn't work. Well, the discus were never bothered and the did fine in my 77 degree hard water. I fed them bloodworms and brine shrimp. Anyway love this tank! Dustin, you have inspired me to redo my 55 gal that's 12 years old and over run with algae. Thanks.

TheRossiboy - 11 years ago

Tank looks great! can't believe he found those rocks.

Connor Baxter - 11 years ago

planted tank+turtles = disaster. they love uprooting plants

jrob9inson - 11 years ago

Gotta root for the AFCNorth baby. We run this! Lol

dipsydodunkeroobaby - 11 years ago

Lookin forward to the finished product !!! I subbed u wld apperciate the same

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 11 years ago

I cant wait to show this with the new plants!!

84Infinity - 11 years ago

Another great vid Dustin! Hey, check out my tank!! My fist vid is on my channel, thanks!

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Eduardo Padilla Ochoa - 11 years ago

have u tested the water for hardness? discuss love soft water and those rocks might give you hard water

Aquascaping the World by BM - 11 years ago

Glosso is awesome, just have to watch the cory cats , they tend to uproot the carpet plants

tod james - 11 years ago

can u do a congo tetra species sunday

flyfalcons - 11 years ago

Dustin you're the bomb man. My wife and I just got started in the hobby with a little 10-gallon starter set rockin' some Cobra Guppies and Neons, and we're learning tons from your vids! Love your enthusiasm for what you do, and we totally dig Steve's bowfront setup!

tyson Family - 11 years ago

Nice tank steve i want to see more of this when you get some more fish in there

aquaticpimp - 11 years ago

does steve have a channel ?

Sharfin Bean - 11 years ago

looking great Steve, you will have it beautiful im sure! Love the bow front tanks!

1989SPT - 11 years ago

tanks looking good he should of spray painted hes d.i.y brace black so it dosent stand out

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Well first off these rocks kick ass! great choice, growing glosso...eh, you guys can figure it out, you already have the right idea.

ADU Aquascaping - 11 years ago

Nice choice Steve, cannot wait... Hey if Steve needs any tips on how to grow glosso hit me up. haha

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FreshwaterSchroeder - 11 years ago

ADG at Aquatic Gardeners Convention 2010 search that on youtube. These dudes had a shot of you winning some contest, thought you would get a kick out of it

Brendan Kavanaugh - 11 years ago

Excited to see how this one comes together, per usual the hardscape seems to be too much by itself but I am sure it will all come together in the end. I have been using CO2 for years and it worked well with Discus, keeps the PH low but you have to watch the swings. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming!

Brendan Kavanaugh - 11 years ago

The trick is to find materials that won't pollute your tank. Search google for this topic and you will find a bunch of posts about types of rocks to target and avoid...long story short don't use anything that dissolves over time.

thecubanknightanole - 11 years ago

Hit him up with some of thoughts pistos man that would be sick

Zack Hitchens - 11 years ago

I have the Fx5 on my 125. Its a monster!

Aquatasy - 11 years ago

Steve's 72 bow front hardscape looks great...much better than my 49ers did on Sunday. (But I knew the Niners were going to lose because the Ravens were insanely good this season.) Can't wait to see this tank finished!

Pure4Kicks - 11 years ago

good with the tank..

217pat - 11 years ago

cory cats will look awsome in that tank! lol :)

Michael Lough - 11 years ago

Anyone have good tips for treating cottonmouth on rainbows. Fish are in Q tank with daily PWCs.

Robert De Wijs - 11 years ago

Looks nicr the hardscape.. would cut the right side to smaller rocks.. so you have a main stone and "mother" stone.. for the aquascape.. i like the hair but also devils tongue.. the small specie.. lol dno how to spell that.:p hope to see the update soon what u made of it..:)

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Marconis4 - 11 years ago

Yeah, I bought a 72 BF in like 2008 that was manufactured in 1996. Never broke.

Wayne's Fish World - 11 years ago

blynxa japonica.......i can't stop that stuff from growing love that stuff

Wayne's Fish World - 11 years ago

VIRGINIA BABY :)

Matthew DiMaggio - 11 years ago

A note to Steve: I have an FX5 on my 125 and the current was so intense my discus wouldn't go anywhere near it. I might recommend flipping the outflow to face the glass. This would diffuse some of the flow.

carlmelo - 11 years ago

the hardscape almost looks complete. maybe just add more sand towards the back to make more of a slope, which will also prop the rotalas i see in the back higher so they can be seen & maybe also get more light. i would try to chip/hammer the two bigger rocks on the right side into smaller rocks, as well. just so you get more variety of sizes in rocks. glossos & hairgrass r great but demanding, as u prob know. just place them well. they don't look great growing on top of each other, i think.

lolytard5000 - 11 years ago

Glosso is a reletively easy plant to take care of, you need really high light. They like co2, but i run only diy. Cant wait to see the tank!

gumme88 - 11 years ago

ey dustin you got any good suggestions to get rid of algea except waterchanges and manual removal?

DestinyInkify - 11 years ago

Too bad rocks in Aus are mostly clay based :P They start to melt after a while T.T

Kronikwookie - 11 years ago

definitely gotta boil it. i agree. they need to do a video on preparing rocks/wood for tanks.

Luis Q. - 11 years ago

I got glosso in my hexagon tank loves strong light...

fsu23 - 11 years ago

Once he plants glosso if it keeps growing tall he needs to continually cut it so the plant learns to carpet, otherwise it will keep growing upwards.. If you don't dose enough co2, or have co2 tank then it won't grow properly. Also pretty decent lights should be used as well.. and ferts.. i have 2 Giesemann bulbs. It would not carpet for me til i got the Giesemann bulbs, and my tank was already on co2. I also switched to Tom barr's Estimative Index dosing and that could of made it carpet

Daniel Moran - 11 years ago

Ravens won dude.

Marco ayhon - 11 years ago

Yes man ravens all day baby people just don't like the ravens but I well IM happy

blizowman1 - 11 years ago

Does Steve and Bryan have YouTube channels

Jack Murray - 11 years ago

Tell Steve to watch out those 72 bowfronts always end up cracking after like a year and a half

84Infinity - 11 years ago

So, your telling me, that I can just pick up a rock I like, from outside and throw it in the tank? Can you please do a vid on how to find hardscape wood and stone and what and how to test it and clean it and such. thanks. great vid guys!

Zac Corrado - 11 years ago

Hey man! love your vids :)

hanzifaction - 11 years ago

Ravens!

Fish4Life340 - 11 years ago

Cool stuff!

AquaStudent - 11 years ago

Woot Go Virginia! The 72 bow looks good. Steve needs his own channel!

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nuimaleko7 - 11 years ago

My 5 large goldfish have lived in a trash can like that on the patio for 5 years now. They are doing just fine. They come to the surface to be fed, drop to the coolest water at the bottom when it is hot. It has a filter, but during the summer when it is hot and I am feeding a lot, I just put the hose into the bottom opf the trash can , on low flow and let it overflow for 30 minutes. It works out great.

Brett Tully - 11 years ago

Looks good cant wait to to see the discus in the tank

Mason B - 11 years ago

glosso is amazing! my favorite carpet. got it dry starting in my 36 bow currently. make sure you got good lights for horizontal carpeting growth. Most importantly you have to train it to grow horizontally. cut each node individually and plant it. if you start to notice vertical growth quickly trim and replant. you might get lucky and get it from a person who already has it trained to grow horizontally but the trick is to plant single nodes. it's tedious but worth it

Mason B - 11 years ago

god damn i live in virginia and i cant find the rocks im looking for! and this dude just drives on through and picks some up

O Canada - 11 years ago

sweet, In my opinion that filters a little over kill. But hey sweet rocks can't wait to see a vid with some plants in there!

TheLovatt123 - 11 years ago

Ohhhhhh NOOOO. NOT A BOWFRONT. I CAN HEAR IT LEAKING

BOLER12345 - 11 years ago

I HOPE YOUR LIGHTS STAY ON!!!

9385dee7 - 11 years ago

You shoud get a nice carpet of dwarf grass or some kuhli loaches up in that sucka!!

SoldiersKnowsBest - 11 years ago

since we saw a before of the tank could we see a after part to it when the discus are in?

SoldiersKnowsBest - 11 years ago

nice tank so far btw i love the rocks!

Bass Assassin - 11 years ago

I painted my back glass as well, I just uploaded a video of my 240G check it out Dustin. :)

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