DWARF CICHLID PLANTED AQUARIUM SETUP!

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Xanderelle - 7 years ago

Can you make an update video?

Eduardo D. 121412 Racoma - 7 years ago

Sir what fish are those pair

ReaLexEnder - 7 years ago

I dont get it... Dont he need to cycle the tank??
Or it's because the other tank water have already have the good bacteria.
Sorry Im New at this hobby :)

ReaLexEnder - 7 years ago

Donot Senndhere thanks for info mate :)

Donot Senndhere - 7 years ago

he used filter media from an already previously cycled tank so that greatly sped up the cycling tank.

Newty172 - 7 years ago

What color spectrum and intensity did you use? I have the same light.

slushbob - 7 years ago

I would Love to see an update on this tank! Im setting a similar one up some. Thanks!

Reyes Arias - 7 years ago

check my fish tank out

Rayjay Zepeda - 7 years ago

Frederik3008 - 7 years ago

Hey there,
Does anyone know how many gallons or liter this take has? :)
Looking forwards to some answers from you guys, or an answer from the master himself :P :)

Hawk_ Eye - 7 years ago

Frederik3008 listen to the video maybe? It's 20 gallons, or 75-ish litres.

TheBSideDJ - 7 years ago

all good, but maybe adding a lot of CO2 and fish are not the best combination for a healty and/or long lifespam of the fish ?

STR33TSofJUST1C3 - 7 years ago

As long as you have a lot of vegetation, the co2 won't affect the fish. You do want to co2 at night, though. For obvious reasons.

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Brandon Matsumoto - 7 years ago

I was wondering how good the aquatek mini regulator is? I need a new regulator for my paint ball tank and I am unsure whether to get it or a full reg from co2art(single stage). I know people will say get the full reg as I can use it later, but I know that I wont ever get a bigger co2 tank and that this is for a 5 gal tank. Thanks for any help! If you have any experience with this reg please tell me as there are sooooooooo many mixed reviews

NaturalQueen11 - 7 years ago

when I clicked the link I was all set to listen and learn about your new tank setup. But damn the music got me...had to head to his Soundcloud. Loveeee!!! I will replay the vid tho and focus on this tank lol

Daniel Wohleber - 7 years ago

Where did you get the dragon stone? Is it commercially available? It looks great!

Frank Huang - 7 years ago

strongly suggest you covering the tank. nice setup overall.

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NIGHT_MARE {M.C.5} - 7 years ago

these Chichlids got some beautiful colours on them
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Baljeet Singh - 7 years ago

hello sir i want to know which cichlids can i add to my planted tank

TheBSideDJ - 7 years ago

baljeet it depends on so many things, in fact in depends on almost everything : tanksize, tankflow, tankfiltration, other fish in the tank, water parameters, kind of food you can provide, how you put your plants to prevent things (in pots, on wood, in substrate), ....

Jasper Delgado - 7 years ago

Hey.. can I use garden soil as substrate? it's organic but no sure if it works and I don't want to change water daily .. you know what I mean..,.. thanks..

Jasper Delgado - 7 years ago

Thanks!

TheBSideDJ - 7 years ago

no no garden soil, too much nitrates. Bad for fish.

Roller #12 - 7 years ago

I hope you don't use tap water at all

LittleLargeMouth - 7 years ago

Any updates on these apistos? I'm getting three pairs for a 75 soon

agge blue - 7 years ago

Where did u buy the rocks from? they look so good!

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Ae86 Hachi - 7 years ago

Such expensive little fish!!!

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

hey man, great job! I am thinking of getting bigger fish then tetras and, dwarf cichlids are on the list, what would be the minimum size tank i need? in litres please? cheers mate, thanks for great content

XJustice Leaguex - 7 years ago

black sand good for Shelly dwellies?. of it were dragon rock, shells galore..

Kerwin Fernandes - 7 years ago

great tank.. good video God Bless

Julius Wicked - 7 years ago

are mollies compatible with dwarf cichlids?

Blueblaze 989 - 7 years ago

Fresh or salt water?

TheBSideDJ - 7 years ago

ha ha, funny question.

marieke - 7 years ago

Blueblaze 989 Fresh:)

Tim Phillips - 7 years ago

That stone gives me nightmares about algae cleaning.

KrispyAquascape - 7 years ago

I love the algae covered mature look

Pmooreb - 7 years ago

dirt > eco-complete

FRUiTY BiRDS - 7 years ago

Check my me video

Michael's Fish Room - 7 years ago

You mentioned that there was "a ton" of beneficial microbes in he water you added, however I have always been taught that there is very little BB in he water. This is a strange question me being a hobbies, you being a scientist!
BTW, I am glad you are back! Before I started my fish room a year ago, I watched a ton of your vids!

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Sam W - 7 years ago

what percentage of a water change was it every week?

Reno Russell - 7 years ago

Well done!

Anthony Kriens - 7 years ago

Is part two up yet?

David Chan - 7 years ago

Beautiful

Yongtong Kuang - 7 years ago

Where did you got the plants on the left corner? It looks super green and healthy. Nice!

Michael Wolfe - 7 years ago

hi, iv got a 29gallon set up with a pair of apistogramma agassizii double reds, columbian tetras, rummy nose tetras and a BN place, what sort of ph do i need to hopefully get my cichlids breeding, also what sort of temp too. I'm buying a nice breeding cave for them soon. p.s i use RODI water so its nice and soft water

DirtyNaan54 - 7 years ago

How do I tell if my tank is cycled I have 0 nitrate,0 nitrite, and no ammonia what do I do it's been up for bout aweek

andy ho - 7 years ago

Did you use ro water for this tank?

Naw2day Shawny - 7 years ago

yo man but the goldies prbly gonna have babies that will overpower the dwarf cichlid pair

Naw2day Shawny - 7 years ago

a pair of them to show up and purchase the pair without telling the guy they're mating. It worked for me. I told him I want these two specifically. He didn't argue and then he saw the fry when he was bagging them.

busy313 - 7 years ago

what size is that tank

ADU Aquascaping - 7 years ago

looks pretty sick to me! Can't wait. I just got back into high-tech myself. But Eco!!!! Why!?

hennyis012 - 7 years ago

What's wrong with eco complete? Got a 20 lb on the way. :/
I'm planning on capping bedding top soil with it in a 20 gal long.
Bad idea?

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+ADU Aquascaping Thanks bro! Ya hahah eco... never again.... lol

QuirOz JohaNa - 7 years ago

Good!

Cammy Dough - 7 years ago

Do those dwarf cichlids have a common name? They are gorgeous

Jake Atherton - 7 years ago

Can you plant in gravel

Claire D - 7 years ago

Normally my dwarf cichlids will only spawn in soft water... I use mostly RO water but since adding some aquascaping stone (I think Seiryu??) it's been driving up my hardness and pH heaps by the end of the week before my water change. Have you experienced that with the stone you've been using and if so how do you manage it?

Erik J - 7 years ago

I think dirt, and sand would have been a better option for dwarf cichlids but the tank turned out awesome! Any chance you have a tutorial about rimless tanks? That would be awesome!

EDK ReefMeister - 7 years ago

Cichilds will dig up those plants.

TheBSideDJ - 7 years ago

yep... and fish don't like CO2...

Israel Lopez - 7 years ago

boi if you dont gimme the song ima kill myself

Israel Lopez - 7 years ago

pls

Steve Munn - 7 years ago

Absolutely amazing all the best steve

FPScity - 7 years ago

bro you deserve 100k subs.

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Frazerer - 7 years ago

AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Nic Orta - 7 years ago

mike what was your first video you made ?

Bryan Delgadillo - 7 years ago

I LOVE your videos. with you it's always quality over quantity ❤️

Anthony Ragan - 7 years ago

Great video, and thanks for the step-by-step. I love those panduros.

Satya Bayu Pradana - 7 years ago

beautiful fish &also the stone

FW_Muncheez - 7 years ago

6.0 ph is pretty low? Will at least for me. I like to keep my tanks between the 7.0 mark.

FW_Muncheez - 7 years ago

I think at least 6.5 would be nice

FW_Muncheez - 7 years ago

He also has tetras in the tank?

vaporfarts - 7 years ago

It's actually preferred for a lot of cichlids and amazon fish because that's more of how their natural environment is.

HustleHabit - 7 years ago

Great fish. Great tank. Inspired me to look into some Dwarf Cichlids of my own. Anything to keep in mind when choosing?

IBernE - 7 years ago

Led and co2 schedule??

Wes-Fish Care - 7 years ago

Is it ok to soak dirt only overnight before adding it to the tank? It's a 33 Gallon with just sand and no inhabitants so I figure I can add the dirt quicker than usual.

Sidaarth Ramabhotla - 7 years ago

Can you do a fish lab tour please

Deadboynyc - 7 years ago

love the 24/7

mike cross - 7 years ago

"literally a ton" What did you do with the other 1999.95 pounds. Or was that a metric ton?

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

"Figuratively" a ton :)

Chris Schamahorn - 7 years ago

No bottom feeder cleaning crew ? Love the tank, you should do a German ram tank next :)

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

Chris, yur a mind reader :)

Offishal Aquatics - 7 years ago

Watching this video encouraged me to pick up a male Bolivian Ram today at my lfs. Awesome fish! Dwarf cichlids are easily my favorite ! Awesome video and keep up the great work in the lab!

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+T'sTropicalTanks glad to hear it! And thanks!

Dai Truong - 7 years ago

cool bro

Commical soldier - 7 years ago

where did you find the nylonbags? I just get my new tank today and want to create a natural looking "hill".

Dog Cat - 7 years ago

Commical soldier Try amazon boy

Commical soldier - 7 years ago

???

Jake Iapichino - 7 years ago

it's okay to take the plastic rims off the tank? I always thought that made it more likely to break or crack

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+Jake Iapichino you can remive rims, just brace anything 29 and up

Ben Donaldson - 7 years ago

What affordable LEDs would you recommend for a 10 gallon planted tank? Amazon links?

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

http://amzn.to/2mWdYnv VIDEO COMING SOOON!

young spy baystars pv - 7 years ago

Nice video!

Jack Bargert - 7 years ago

nice . what intensity do u have the light at ?

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

Full white, 3 clicks blue, 2 clicks red

Ruben - 7 years ago

I did the same thing with the 40 breeder. I put 20g water from my other tank and the rest I had set up a 50g drum with about 20g and left it out for 2 or 3 days to get rid of the chlorine. Didn't want to put chlorine water in the tank and kill the bacteria that came in the ECO Complete. Thanks for sharing bro.

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

Thanks for commenting Ruben :)

Okly Skywalker - 7 years ago

hello, do you keep CO2 on over the night?

TheBSideDJ - 7 years ago

never use CO2 at night, because plants only use CO2 during daytime (during photosynthese meaning sunlight). for fish > If you can, do not use CO2 at all or at a minimum need.

Okly Skywalker - 7 years ago

Thanks for the answer :)

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

Nope, solenoid turns it off at night!

Eric TenEyck - 7 years ago

Am I missing the link for where you got the plants?

schlonald - 7 years ago

ERic TenEyck not seeing it either.

Neon Tetra Aquarist - 7 years ago

ERic TenEyck I think it's under the 'playlist' section of the description.

Floyd Conrad - 7 years ago

awesome work my friend love that Dragonstone

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+Floyd Conrad thanks floyd!!!!!

Michel Carrasquel - 7 years ago

Thank you for being my guide in life aquariums

Seth Richmond - 7 years ago

Could you make a video on how to remove the rim from a tank? And did you de-rim your 90?

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

Seth, COMING SOON!

cicco - 7 years ago

awesome work plant bro!

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+cicco :)

Nic Orta - 7 years ago

mike how do I get a good monte Carlo carpet I'm sure you know ?

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

medium to high light, and a f*ck ton of CO2

ReptilesWelling AntsWelling - 7 years ago

The white paper also makes it look bigger

Golden State Warriors Fan - 7 years ago

I have 1 female and 2 male Bolivian Rams plus 1 male a German Blue Ram in the same tank but the male German Blue Ram is being Aggressive towards the 3 Bolivian Rams what should i do ?? Do you think the male GBR is trying to mate with the Female Bolivian Ram at first when i got the Bolivian Rams they were fine now the GBR thinks he the boss of the tank

FishPerson Vblogs - 7 years ago

Hi man! I'm new to this channel and I like it. I have a quick question! Can you do a video on how to cycle. A lot of my friends ask me and I really don't find a good video to show them and I don't know the legistics of the cycling process. Thanks!

troy burke - 7 years ago

what kind of male cichlid is that?

EB produces* - 7 years ago

wow, really great job!

Mark Copley - 7 years ago

when you say the tank water is " full of beneficial microbes " what do you actually mean ?

Fuckyou Liberalscum - 7 years ago

Mark Copley Dont be an ass. You're getting all the info you paid for.

Jeff Bronson - 7 years ago

Mark Copley i see. Thanks for the input.

Mark Copley - 7 years ago

I'm calm , I enjoy his channel (usually) but you cant let go incorrect advise or old disproved views stated as fact go. De- nitro fying bacteria doesn't exist in the water column.

Jeff Bronson - 7 years ago

Mark Copley calm down

Mark Copley - 7 years ago

Im not being disrespectful.He puts himself up as a scientist with his white coat etc.
If he is going to try to past off old fish keeping views as science when we now know they arent true he should be called out, or new comes believe it and go wrong

FPScity - 7 years ago

Mark Copley read the bag on the substrate. the substrate he is using helps jump start the nitrogen cycle. so you don't have to wait a full month. i use this substrate and from experience i can back up aquapros claims. that being said if you disagree with something there is no need to be rude and disrespectful. hope this information helps.

Mark Copley - 7 years ago

this sounds like BS

Mark Copley - 7 years ago

don't start an answer with "basically" I don't want a basic answer.He has stated something as true and i want facts not (outdated ) opinion. It is well established these Bactria aren't found in the free water column

Jeff Bronson - 7 years ago

Mark Copley basically whats needed for the nitrogen cycle and then some more that heps with plants

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

microbes that are present in all aquariums, its a lot, but mostly heterotrophic organisms that break down organic carbon

Orro Gryphon - 7 years ago

That is a really nice tank, I'm impressed.

Ricardo Ortiz - 7 years ago

It's funny how I was setting up a tank (rescape) of my betta nano tank and I used dwarf hair grass & monte carlo too, 2 of my favourite carpeting plants. Plus there's a couple of rotala wallichii steam in tha tank too. Anyways, cool looking tank as always!

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+Ricardo Ortiz hahah small plant world ;)

G Unit - 7 years ago

love your vids love all the plant and scaping keep it up pls!!!!

Killer Shark - 7 years ago

Are those chilids good in a 10 gallon?

Killer Shark - 7 years ago

How big is the tank

Killer Shark - 7 years ago

Nvm

Killer Shark - 7 years ago

Thanks for uploading agan

Killer Shark - 7 years ago

This tank looks so nice

Soumick Mazumder - 7 years ago

would a white sand path in between look nice ?

Isometric Aquariums - 7 years ago

great tank ... great content .... just great.

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+Isometric Aquariums thanks iso ;)

Christopher O'Brien - 7 years ago

Can you do a video on how to clean the ohko stone?

Christopher O'Brien - 7 years ago

69th like...

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+Christopher O'Brien lollllz

Danny's Aquariums - 7 years ago

Wow Mike!
Your tanks look so nice!
I love dwarf cichlids!
The new tank looks awesome too!
Keep up the good work and thumbs up!

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+Danny's Aquariums Thanks Danny!!!!

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

P.S. CARYFISH UPDATE COMING IN 1-2 DAYS! Make sure you have notifications turned ON!

Mr. FishPlants - 7 years ago

Neon Tetra Aquarist I FOUND U AGAIN

kispik18 - 7 years ago

Yes update on this tank please :)

Killer Shark - 7 years ago

AQUAPROS do an update please

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

Neon Tetra Aquarist - 7 years ago

AQUAPROS You might want to pin your announcement above so that more people see it! lol

brad e - 7 years ago

awesome tank bro. I've noticed you've used 20 gallons in the past and removed the trim. This is safe? There isn't too much bow on the glass? I want to set something up simular to this.

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+brad e Rimless is the best ;)

brad e - 7 years ago

well hearing that from you, im doing it. I've been sitting on a 20 that had the top trim removed for almost 6 months.

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

20's and below are fine, no need to brace, once you get up to a 29 though, because it is taller, you should brace it.

laurismisins - 7 years ago

have the shrimps eggs hatched??

laurismisins - 7 years ago

the crayfish!

Allen Jones - 7 years ago

funny, i just picked up a pair of kribensis

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Shane Puthuparambil - 7 years ago

+DIY Aquapros, breeding panduro's is very simple. Condition with live foods (I use earthworms, micro worms, brine shrimp), and give them a week or two. If you want an even spawn in terms of m/f, I would keep the temp 2 degrees higher. After a while you should notice some fin slapping from the male or female,at which point female is usually bright yellow. At that point in time, spawning should occur.
If there is one thing I would be cautious about it would be the ohko stone. Since the fish you chose may chase each other around, they may injure themselves on the rock. Also, ohko generally leeches hardness into the water, so you will have to make sure that the hardness levels don't get too crazy!
Similarly, post spawning, I would suggest removing the male. Although your tank is large enough, my female cacuatoides absolutely destroyed my male post spawning, and from that point forward, I decided to remove male as soon as spawning occurred.
Anyways, great video! I hope you have plenty of success with both the apistogramma AND the carpet of Monte Carlo!
Shane
Ps Check out Ted Judys apistogramma breeding video. He uses mirrors to induce spawning sometimes!

Shane Puthuparambil - 7 years ago

No problem bro!

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

Thanks for all the info Shane, ill be sure to check out those videos!

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

What type of tank should I do next???

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Owen's Aquariums - 7 years ago

AQUAPROS Do another similar dwarf cichlid tank with rams!

Isaac Deane - 7 years ago

AQUAPROS hey, could you please leave the link to the dragon stone that you used? Thanks!

Golden State Warriors Fan - 7 years ago

a rams tank

Wolfy Plays - 7 years ago

Nice vid

Rice is Life - 7 years ago

Love the vlogging music

Malte Reichow - 7 years ago

very cool tank

Cole Stitt - 7 years ago

FINALLY some dwarf cichlids

Rice is Life - 7 years ago

@AQUAPROS pls give me a shoutout on the next video of your my, youtube video (supersmith productions ) it would really help

Mikael Š - 7 years ago

You have beautiful tanks !

Rice is Life - 7 years ago

Hello! Could you update your avater tank so that we could see the babies of the crayfish.

AQUAPROS - 7 years ago

+Rice is Life sooon!!!!!

Malte Reichow - 7 years ago

First like
cool xD

Seth Bowyer - 7 years ago

Could you do a setup like this without co2 and still be successful?

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