563. Naked 220, Still Cleaning. Christmas Comes Early--- Eheim Re

[Kunrahman]

Nice work man is dope I like all your videos peace from Costa Rica.

[Billyvonbolgenstein]

Hey diggity dank dustin, I just got some boesemani rainbows from the store and they weren't the most colorful and they're still young but right when I put em in my 29 they got a lot better looking. You think there's any chance they'll look as good as yours? lol I know you got some purebreds or something haha

[TheTrixsta]

Give the baby tears a a go for the carpet! That eheim filter looks sweet! Been using one for a couple years and it's great , keep us updated on that model as I'm looking to up grade soon. Thanks for the videos ! Merry Xmas

[fortheloveoffish]

Java fern the whole way down on that driftwood

[uarujoey]

Congrats on the free Eheim filter Dustin! Hope you like it.

[damiangonzalez615]

how much dirt will i need for my 29 gallon tank?also,is it alright to put sand on top of the dirt instead of gravel?thanks

[cjwooods123]

Definitely go high tech. Just choose plants that don't require that much trimming and maintenance.

[Cpedro1685]

Great video as usual bro. I have noticed that you don't use a whole lot of moss in your tanks. I think it would be sweet to heavily moss your 220 with some bright green moss, or even some dwarf baby tears. Then fill it in with some larger darker plants to offset the color. Good luck with your plan, pumped to see how it will turn out!

[ststackhouse]

Keep it simple and plant that shit with jungle vals and something like dwarf sag. Then you can scatter some other stuff around like anubias and java fern. Once that grows in it will look like a totally natural jungle. Then you could always add some other stuff here and there to see what you like.

[fabihanski]

i bet everyones gonna say ehiem sucks just to get a free filter ive actually herd that ehiem is pretty good but ive got fluval and it works for me

[damiangonzalez615]

how much dirt would i need for a 29 gallon tank?

[xman21196]

@damiangonzalez615 3 bags of D's dirt on Aquatic Jungles. :) 

[TheWallaceGrover]

Am I the only one who thinks it looks kind of cool bare?

[bsldy1970]

Merry Christmas Dustin. Dont go high tech. That is what makes you great you give all us low budget guys good ideas and input. We all cant be Takashi. LOL

[joaorobalophoto]

How about trying some hardscape? Do you have any tank like that already? You could try it.

About eheim... i sent a filter back, because it was leaking... and they said nothing yet. And it was 2 months ago. So... no more eheims for me!

[pilipinofaze]

use the filter for your next aquarium expansion your currently planing on

[seanyroche]

Have a goodchristmas Dustin. ithink keep the 220 simple and low tech.

[FishGuy508]

you should do a planted arowana tank i would like to see that and get some inspiration for my arowana tank (:

[EllisLovesHisFishies]

Hey Dustin Merry Christmas,I think you should go for a Japanese style neatly trimmed tank and if it's too much work let it turn into an overgrown jungle. Either way it will look awesome, keep doing what your doing :D

[fran0102]

Even though you're still figuring out what you're doing with your 220, it already looks sweet. If you stopped now, it's still a million times better than most tanks out there.

[giorgiog01]

ahh lucky on free filter, i just brought a new one, dam thing was loud and not built properly so i tried to fix it and the dam thing is even worse:/ fml

[asiandude666]

im just chilling after 2 month of madness and hanging out and playing COD:MW3 with my bros!

[danichan19]

As for the Family... Merry Christmas! As for the 220, How about leaving the drift wood where it is? I kinda like how it's leaning... Maybe put another piece to even out the tank, having Java fern travel up the wood and having a flowering plant or two come out the top showing off flowers? (I do like open top tanks) Some Ludwigia and Crypts stuck around and having some baby tears in the front. Just a suggestion... :)

[ThePencilShredder]

oh and while u are making ur plan where are all the plants u tore out?? I am doing the same in my 30

[ThePencilShredder]

Merry christmas dustin!

[wonderboy2402]

Wow, eniem sent you one beastily filter. You could maybe make up a consumer review of the filter. You know, record the contents of the box, rate the materials, and hook it up... Show how it is doing in a few weeks and review it then. Might get more product from other companies on your doorstep... you have the their target audience here in your channel so you have value to them.

[wonderboy2402]

Those fish seem like they are enjoying more space to swim. Maybe you should keep it low maintenance instead of high tech and just show case the awesome fish swimming more in an open river environment. Big piece of drift wood too, like that could be in a river bottom.

[swormaster12]

get some Hygro Augustafolia, looks like a sword version of a stem plant

[kaimoto65]

Find a huge piece of driftwood with many roots. Leave the jungle val and plant rotala in the corner and ludwigia in the other corner. Place small stones along the bottom of the driftwood for looks and possibly to hold it down. Plant anubias and java fern all over the wood. Grow crypt along the edges of the driftwood.

[schtals]

@kaimoto65 that is sooo going to sit together! Do a Cryp Parva lowtech carpet. It will take 6months, to form, but it will work! I do C.Lucens dirt & MH +27C and it grows nutts. To be honest, I liked the massive Amazon swords in the background before, but the rule is to choose plants you love. You will have to look at them!

[schtals]

Congrats with filter. I'd share that filter for grow-aquariums you have. @Dustinsfishtanks you are an oldskool large tank DIY lowtech plant gower. Choose the correct plants you know really bump. Make it Duch-style: that's you. You are not that hi-tech picky japanese minigardens style. Make a Crypt Parva/Lucens carpet. Bump Java Ferns, some stem plants, anubias, Echinodous + some hardscape. Google "Entry #42: 530L Aquatic Garden" for awesome years 2000 Duch-style XL tank winner from 2000.

[Stingraylord]

Just out of curiosity why don't you keep otocinclus in any of your tanks?

[samuelwaynefoleyjr]

haha dude was like hmm lets see dustin has a lot of subs, the subscribers do what he does....if he likes eheim everyone will go buy one, lol he might have just made money by giving you one lol

[fishtankphillip]

load it with ludwigias, rotalas, java moss, and baby tears

[cam4er]

put neon tetras in loads of them take out the rainbows and then put in neons and angle fish that would look wicked

[fishbroloach]

bring those loaches out with a few more different types highlight those rainbows with alot of jungle vail. lay the log down flat. plant the vails in the back in small clumps with some short grass foregrounding it to keep it from growing in. makes awesome tunnel ways the rainbows and angels love.. the grow some swords on the drift wood. try to make it look like a tree root growing in the river. the use you imagination filling it in!

[KETIMENE]

MERRY CHRISTMAS DUSTIN AND FISH TANK COMMUNITY !!!

[xCODxRDRxHALOxGAMERx]

Drop that sucker on the 220 and use one corner of the 220 for some ludwigia. Drop some val in random spots of the aquascape to break it up. Do anubias for the lower end of the driftwood and trident and windelove for the top. Use crypts for the mid and foreground plants. You got to put some crinum under the wood to make that sucker stand out.

[9BigGeorge]

Do something with Rotala Sp. Green, and mix it with Rotala Rotundifolia. You should try to get matching rocks, along with a carpet plant, something like dwarf hair grass. It would make a great scape.

[Axolotlvriend]

I would make a species only tank with Melanotaenia boesemani or with the other species where you got a lot of them.

[paducahFishFan]

I would turn it into a breeder tank for the rainbows. ;-)

Google on 'Goliad Farms rainbows' and check out the link. You could start selling those with your plants to take that next step in building your aquatic empire. :-D

[MightyMallardMan]

Would a 45 gallon aquarium be big enough for a pair of angels? What should I keep with them?

[fishdude3213]

@MightyMallardMan 55 would be better i dont know what would be good with them but u could research it

[ThereThereTBKON]

Ohh I'm so jealous! I love eheim canister filters, they've done such good things for my tank!

[aquaticgeek]

Merry christmas i love low tech tanks my ten only has a light and hangon fitler no heater or airstone

[WindMadeSolid]

Eheim on the 220 because it needs it! What model would you have bought if you could of chosen? Still completely awesome of them to send you that wicked filter. That thing isn't cheap! I wish I could see you do a high-tech tank, would be a nice change!

[KALZONE850]

Ill buy the halides from ya if u end up going low tech lol. Need some for my reef ... where'd you get them?

[gatekeeperoflight]

you should bread live bearers in there or in what ever empty tank you have. you can sell the babies when they are older. that's what i will be doing as a hobby. i just started watching your videos they are amazing. keep them coming.

[TheBettaApprentice]

Happy Christmas Eve ;D. Good luck with the 220.

[TheRossiboy]

It's sad to see the 220 so bare but I'm sure you'll bring it back even better!

[Dustinsfishtanks]

@TheRossiboy its sad for me as well

[fishbroloach]

@Dustinsfishtanks best part of rebuilding a tank's is when your done and you did it right the first time you know! that perfect look. just like nature the aquascape must change.to the flow of the water!

[RollerCoasterGenius1]

@Dustinsfishtanks If you want it to sink, put in skinny metal rods to make it heavier and i also put magnets in my drift wood and stuck a magnet under the stand and it sunk

[TheBossManhunt]

two years and it's still floating holy crap!!

[Camkha1234]

I should be getting a 29 gallon tank for Christmas. Would I be able to keep 2 freshwater angelfish and about 7 tetras or 7 barbs together?

[beybladification]

hi dustins

i have a 2 tank with 54 watt light and for substrate i have laterate dirt and sand

what plants shoul i get ???

[beybladification]

i saw it before u did

[IPesciDiElia]

Second!

[PredatorTank350Liter]

First!!!