Water's edge aquarium, for colourful shrimps and snails! (Low tech, super shallow aquascape)
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Published 2024-06-02
This is the 60cm aquarium but they make a 120cm!!! I need a 4ft super shallow in my life!
Plants
Tree: Lova schefflera
Anubias coffeefolia
Anubias nana
Anubias nana bonzai
Random moss possibly java
Inhabitants
Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi)
Orange Spotted Snail (Filopaludina sp. Orange spot)
Hardscape
Seiryu stone
Azalea sticks
Equipment
@wioeco Vistas super shallow 60sf
@AquaIlluminationUS Blade freshwater
Small internal filter
Video chapters
00:00 - Intro
02:10 - Equipment
02:58 - What to keep & sand
04:56 - The tree
06:29 - Hardscape
07:30 - Roots
09:35 - Planting
11:44 - Filling it up
14:03 - A week later & changes
14:40 - Adding more roots
15:40 - Inhabitants (shrimps & snails)
19:16 - All settled
21:50 - Outro
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All Comments (21)
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Another winner, Matt! I'm curious, to the rest of the viewers: Am I the only one who ltalks back to Matt during the videos? ("OH I like that.....yeah that's better...." etc)? 😅
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I do love the shrimp! I gave my young granddaughter some for her tank and she said‘I like the way they sit on the bottom and knit! Now that’s all I see lol
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Very cool, I reckon some fog rolling out of the tree would be epic.
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Sunday cup of tea watching fishshop matt 🎉
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I can’t wait to see if the tree survives, the moment I know it does I’m buying one. Epic build good work Matt.
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hi fish shop matt! i have a tank with very similar dimensions and used the same umbrella tree for a very similar setup funnily enough :) my tree struggled a bit at first and dropped quite a few leaves but once it started growing new roots it bounced back and now looks better than ever so i'd suggest being patient and leaving it in even if it does start looking a bit miserable. you always put together such lovely aquariums, thank you for sharing them with the world!!
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I thought it was a gorgeous aquascape, but adding the extra wood out of tank took it to the next level! very nice!
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Awesome build!!! I must confess I was a bit dubious when I saw the shallowness of the tank, but it turned out absolutely marvelous! What fun!!! Thanks for sharing...
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You’re making me want to scape a shallow tank myself, even though I don’t have space for one. Great vid as per always!
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This is my favorite scape I've ever seen done. It looks like living art.
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Now I want a setup like this 😁
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Wow what a beautiful setup Matt love the usage of the tree creating that effect, reminds me of when I used to go fishing as a kid, you would always find schools of fish hiding under the shelter/ shadows from the trees
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I love how that rack started as one jelly fish 😅😅❤
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That tree is bonsai root over rock.👍
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ah yes, sounds so familiar. The back of my mind is fulled with tank ideas 🙂
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Omg that was so fun to watch! I love that you do unconventional projects like that. Makes me want one too! lol thanks Matt
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Such a beautifully simple scape. Love it!
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Incredible! Great video for shrimp keepers. I loved the whole video. Congrats!
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I bought myself 3 of the blueberry snails a few months ago and can indeed confirm that they do not leave the water. According to online sources, as long as you have males and females, they should release a baby about once a month. This corresponds with the rates I have witnessed. I currently have about 4 babies :D
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Love your enthusiasm and honesty Matt. Keep it up, be yourself 😊
