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Old September 26th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
Instructional video on how to aquascape- VERY HELPFUL...

I found this a while ago, but i couldnt find it later. I found it today after searching forever! here it is:

if it only had music haha
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Old September 27th, 2009  
Fish Mentor
 
Interesting video! Thanks for sharing!
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Old September 27th, 2009  
Fish Mentor
 
That's awesome.
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Old September 27th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
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Old October 24th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
how do you clean(gravel vac) a tank thats carpet planted?? or do you?? how do you get rid of the waste that sits at the bottom?
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Old October 24th, 2009  
Moderator
 
Hello Jarrod. From what I understand a planted tank such as one in the video would thrive off of the fish and food waste and vacuuming wouldn't be necessary. The plants help to control the cycle. However, you could take a turkey baster to remove anything that might be sitting on the top of the substrate or wave your vacuum over the debris and suck it up. I'm sure you'll get some more responses too. You couldn't disturb the root system by vacuuming completely.

Thanks for posting the video Tony.
Ken
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Old October 24th, 2009  
Fish Helper
 
If only I had seen that video before I started my tank. That's almost the exact look I want as far as the carpeting and rocks go. I wonder where he found those particular rocks.

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how do you clean(gravel vac) a tank thats carpet planted?? or do you?? how do you get rid of the waste that sits at the bottom?
Once the plants are firmly rooted you gravel vac shouldn't be strong enough to pull them out unless you're intentionally trying to pull them out. But you can actually (and briefly) place the vac on the carpet and not get any disturbance. Alternatively, you can fan your carpet with your hand to get any loose debris to rise up and then net it out or vacuum it out. And like was said earlier, you shouldn't have much waste. The fish waste will become fertilizer and need not be a concern and food shouldn't be a problem because if your fish are grazers like mine are, you should be feeding them less than what you would normally feed them, imo. The only waste you might would be from the plants (broken/dead leaves, trimmings, etc) and they can be taken care of as described above.
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Old October 24th, 2009  
Fish Lore Newbie
 
Thank you for posting the vid. Very informative & interesting
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Old October 24th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Thank you! I'm having a huge struggle with algae and plant position in my tank. That helps a lot!
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Old October 27th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
I finally got around to watching this video, it's great. I wonder if it could be a "sticky" on this forum?
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Old October 27th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
hmm... i'm gonna check to see if that's possible.
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Old October 27th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
What do you do, contact a mod?
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Old October 27th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
yup, i contacted a moderator and they are going to check out with other mods on it
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Old October 28th, 2009  
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yup, i contacted a moderator and they are going to check out with other mods on it
Thanks Tony, it's stickied now.
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Old October 28th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
This is good. I think it will be helpful that this video is stickied. Thanks tony for posting it and thanks Mods.
Beth
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Old December 21st, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Thanks for posting the video, gave me lots of ideas.

-Vincent
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Old January 5th, 2010  
Fish Master
 
I wish they had showed how the heck he filled it with water after he planted everything.
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Old January 5th, 2010  
Fish Keeper
 
great vid!
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Old January 7th, 2010  
Fish Lore Newbie
 
Excellent vid, wish the LFS had a better plant selection. Can,t get those plants in my area. Anyone had luck with mail order in the winter?
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Old January 7th, 2010  
Fish Helper
 
Quote:
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I wish they had showed how the heck he filled it with water after he planted everything.
I found this for Amanda

http://www.fishlore.com/FirstTankSetup.htm


STEP 7: Add water to the aquarium.
To avoid messing up your gravel and plants, you can place a plate or saucer in the middle of your aquarium and direct the water flow onto the plate. Use room temperature water when filling.

Its exactly what I did when I set up my last tank


Awesome vid too thanks for posting!
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Old March 12th, 2010  
Fish Bum
 
Does anyone have any idea what kind of rocks he used in this video...? I have plans to start a small 10 gallon aquascape tank this summer and a decent rock like that would just be absolutely perfect.
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Old March 22nd, 2010  
Fish Addict
 
No idea but I would love to get my hands on rocks that looked like that too : /...
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Old June 14th, 2010  
Fish Keeper
 
Check out the new tanks theyve made
These tanks and pictures come from tropica.com
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Old June 17th, 2010  
Fish Keeper
 
What substrate did he use?
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Old June 17th, 2010  
Fish Keeper
 
Quote:
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I found this for Amanda

http://www.fishlore.com/FirstTankSetup.htm


STEP 7: Add water to the aquarium.
To avoid messing up your gravel and plants, you can place a plate or saucer in the middle of your aquarium and direct the water flow onto the plate. Use room temperature water when filling.

Its exactly what I did when I set up my last tank


Awesome vid too thanks for posting!
A better way is a few sheets of newspaper spread over the whole tank and moistened with a spray bottle. Then pour in the water with a watering can rather than a bucket. It disperses the water better. Once the tank is almost full, remove the paper (which should float up to the top) and add the last amount of water.

IMO, the plate method still pushes water around too violently and you need to be very careful of placement to avoid crushing plants.

feel free to disagree, this is just the best method i've found.
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Old July 20th, 2010  
Fish Helper
 
Thats one amazing tank! Something I could very well get into.
This brings up a very good question:
How does one vacuum such an aquarium? You obviously cant use the standard gravel vac method? Or do you even need to vacuum? o.0
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Old September 22nd, 2010  
Fish Bum
 
Thanks for the video i am about to upgrade my tank to 45 gallon n planning for planted river theme.This video really helps.Could you let me know which grass is the easiest to manage for carpet.
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Old October 16th, 2010  
Fish Helper
 
Quote:
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I wish they had showed how the heck he filled it with water after he planted everything.
From my understanding of aquascaping you would use a slow flowing fill with the end directed onto the rocks - so no pressure from the water directly disturbs the plants - aim the water at the largest rock and fill with great patience.
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Old March 21st, 2011  
Fish Helper
 
awesome Video. and its hard to find good ones! for some reason though the way that guy moved his hand cracked me up lol the way he would plant the plant with the tool.. idk lol but yeah great video thanks for sharing!
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Old March 21st, 2011  
Fish Helper
 
Fish Hobbiest. what plant grows over decor and wood like that
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