Your video just randomly showed up. I’m new at this, and always think I’m not doing things right in comparison. Lol. I have a 2 month old multie tank with no fry, and a 1 month and one day old similis tank with fry. I enjoyed all your tips and seeing your setup but wow. I have just one canister on my 55 and regular 40, and some val. I hope to have success but eek not as many as your tank! :)
@716Flat4
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. Yeah I wont lie, it was a lot of work. It also resulted in inbreeding, which can result in poor health if you let it get bad. I toyed with the idea of doubling down and making a second tank and ordering in fresh genetics from multiple sources...but at the end of the day I split the tank up, reduced feedings and sold everything that was healthy. I do miss being able to sit in front of the tank and interact with them though. Maybe once I own a home, but the size I was going to have to step up to in order to keep that ecosystem stable is not the kind of size a renter should have lol.
@LarylCH
9 ай бұрын
@@716Flat4 inbreeding is something I want to avoid too, but that’s down the line for me. I’m just starting, got 5 from the same source so I’ll see how it goes
@Skap91
3 жыл бұрын
Let’s goo, video long awaited and love the longer video. Bunch of info and tips much appreciated
@Daiva-Anugraha
3 жыл бұрын
Very informative video. Your setup is awesome. I love the way you are tackling the nitrate problem by including plants. Great job my friend. For a Multi beginner like me, your video gave me tons of ideas. Keep up the good work.
@716Flat4
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind feedback and for taking the time to stop by the channel!
@Daiva-Anugraha
3 жыл бұрын
I have a question mate, If you are comfortable answeing. I recently started my Multi tank and Currently i have theee males and two females. I am feeding them Brine Shrimp Hatch couple of times a day. They love the food. After seeing your video, i bought Northfin KRILL Gold and Bug Pro, hwoever, i am having difficulty in habituating to eat the prepared food. Could you please suggest me some work around, so that i can make them eat the pellet food and also, I would like to know how did you grind the pellet food.
@716Flat4
3 жыл бұрын
@@Daiva-Anugraha I used a mortar and pestle to grind down my food. I actually can not get them to eat the food without grinding it down to some degree. I have found frozen krill and blood worms to work. Freeze dried blood worms and vibra bites. But I mainly just grind it all down anyway since they will eat it for sure that way. Live brine shrimp are great for some calories but they really do not have as much nutrition as we would like. I also recently started doing brine shrimp but I only do it once or twice a week maximum. When I do the frozen foods I add in some of the vita-chem and vitality etc. I plan on doing another update video soon. I've been having trouble with my editing software crashing mid-render, I'm working to resolve that and once I have that fixed I will be releasing more content
@Daiva-Anugraha
3 жыл бұрын
I think you video would do a great job in making us understand. I really appreciate your help. May i know what brand of Freeze Dried blood worms you are feeding ur Multies. I will order Vitachem. Unfortunately, here in Germany we don't get many Hikari products. However, I saw a post in Ebay for VibraBites. Once again, Thank you so much for your help.
@Daiva-Anugraha
3 жыл бұрын
I will wait for your Video.
@gregghorner9107
3 жыл бұрын
I keep in simpler and just float some hornwort plants for nitrogen uptake. Impressive set up!
@Raithed
2 жыл бұрын
I find it cute that you call them people. :) Do you only sell them locally?
@SibsFish
Жыл бұрын
I may of missed it but what is the temperature you are using to get them breeding? I haven’t got Multi’s yet but certainly trying to get the mrs to agree to having another tank. Great video. Thanks for your time.
@716Flat4
Жыл бұрын
I never really changed the temp to experiment with breeding behavior. I kept my tank at 78 to 78.5 using a digital heater from fluval. (E series I think)
@SibsFish
Жыл бұрын
@@716Flat4 Thanks for the response. Duly noted. I will give that a try.
@djneoda1535
2 жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO What's your substrate?
@716Flat4
2 жыл бұрын
pool filter sand. you still have to rinse it, which always sucks, but it is cheap, natural and effective.
@JerimoBurger
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome tank! Im buying a photos to
@716Flat4
3 жыл бұрын
the one that is out of tank is called a Pothos. You can find them everywhere.
@JerimoBurger
3 жыл бұрын
@@716Flat4 thanks! I bought one online for my multie tank, it looks nice on your tank
@js92css
3 жыл бұрын
Where did you source the prefilter sponges on those intakes?
@716Flat4
3 жыл бұрын
Aquarium co-op. The largest ones are the big ones and the smaller ones are their medium. Thanks for watching.
@rizwankhann95
11 ай бұрын
Hey What is the hardness of your water??
@716Flat4
11 ай бұрын
Honestly, I havent tested it in a long time so I don't remember the exact figure. It is mildly hard though, not too bad.
@rizwankhann95
11 ай бұрын
@@716Flat4 my TDS is showing around 300 ppm will this works for them??
@716Flat4
11 ай бұрын
@@rizwankhann95 Do you know where you are sourcing them from? The honest answer is I do not know. A wild caught one would not be ok with that...however most are many generations deep in captivity. At that point, the water parameters of where they are being kept are more important than their natural habitat in some ways. They are a fairly robust species. What I did was buy Cichlid Trace from seachem. Just to make sure the water had the appropriate things. I ended up getting a white rock, cant remember its composition but you often find them in purple too. Anyway, I rinsed it well and sank it and found it kept my tank at great levels. I was lucky in a way. The best advice I can offer is to reach out to whoever you source them from and ask what their water specs are in tank. Dont overcomplicate it, just do what you can to get close to what they have and the fish should be totally fine.
@rizwankhann95
10 ай бұрын
@@716Flat4 Sounds good 😊 Thank you for the suggestion❤️
@Skap91
3 жыл бұрын
Do you add any alkaline buffer or anythifn to raise PH ?
@716Flat4
3 жыл бұрын
I have been very fortunate in that my tap water conditions have a slightly higher pH. There are plenty of things you can do to try to help raise the pH of your tank the only word of caution I would offer is to do everything in very small steps and quantities. these fish are pretty adaptable and resilient and unless they were wild caught should be able to handle ph's that are outside of their natural range.
@832738
3 жыл бұрын
Crushed corral or aragonite sand will buffer very nicely
@silvanaapicultura7179
3 жыл бұрын
Update?
@716Flat4
3 жыл бұрын
This video is less than 60 days old. there really isn't much to update you on. I reduced the level of sand in there to setup a new tank for a different species. I will have a video out on that in a few weeks. But other than that not much has changed. I sold about 25 of them since this video release and have had 2 batches of fry as well. Thanks for watching, I will post more about this tank soon.
@yonkamacho9842
3 жыл бұрын
@@716Flat4 Where do you sell them?
@716Flat4
2 жыл бұрын
@@yonkamacho9842 I sell them to a local fish store. I have thought about shipping, but considering how the mail can be and the fact that I just don't need the extra work, I've chosen not to ship anywhere. That may change down the line, for right now my primary goal in this tank is to refresh the genetics, so I too have to order some in.
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