Almost ended this video early with CO2 and external filter additions. But I always appreciate everything I've seen from Green Aqua. Would recommend losing CO2 and running a cheap internal filter or maybe undergravel to keep "low tech" actually "low tech" should you do another video for this category. In the meantime STILL enjoying all the content.

Names Binge

29w

Green Aqua has always focus on the high-tech regarding it's for beginners or not.

Matt Clark

1y↑2

Nice result and useful info. Understand using the external filter and heater, but would have been nice to see the result without Co2 use. Not sure that carpet plant would look good enough without Co2 😐

Nick Owen

2y↑2

I really love the Anubias in the bonsai! I struggle with Anubias unless it is attached to something close to the aqua soil where the roots can dig in. Any time I attach it to something up higher it struggles big time even when it’s shaded. The roots really seem to appreciate taking up the nutrients from the aqua soil

Nathaniel Wise

2y↑1

good water column fertilization is really essential. make sure whatever you're using offers a well rounded nutrient ratio that includes macros since many liquid ferts claim to be complete but in fact have little to no npk

Nick Owen

@Nathaniel Wise Thanks I use aquarium co op easy green in my low tech tanks and then 2hr aquarist apt1 which has no nitrates or phosphates I believe in my tank with higher lighting and co2

Sydney's Angels and Bennett's Rainbows

2y↑4

I've really been getting into guppies lately, I think they look stunning in a planted aquarium. They have a great personality and come in such a wide range of colors and strains.

Thank you to the Green Aqua team for continuing to roll out quality videos that are informative, fun to watch and beautifully shot and edited!

Green Aqua

2y↑2

Thanks for the support! Yeah, guppies are really cool fish,love them.

Hutch

2y↑2

Fantastic work as always!

I’m just setting up my first planted tank and you can do it relatively cheaply I have found. My external filter cost around £32 and the CO2 generator system cost around £70 (with cheap running costs). Although I’ll have to see how we go…buy cheap buy twice as they say!

Green Aqua

2y↑1

Gogogo, good luck with your tank!

Hutch

@Green Aqua thank you, appreciate it!

rbuschgens

2y↑1

Love the rimmed tank! :) I have both rimmed and rimless and have concluded my open top rimmed works the best. Cleaner look from day-to-day, unless rimless filled right to the top, and don't lose sleep at night worrying about fishies jumping out.

Green Aqua

2y↑1

Yeah, a rimmed tank helps with jumping!

Mike Inca

Great video Balazs! I have to say, I have been aquascaping a few years now and when I started, I found this channel by luck and have watch the many countless videos which have inspired me to take on aquascaping! I have learned so much from your videos and would HIGHLY RECOMMEND that anyone who is just starting or is in the aquascaping hobby, Green Aqua is the primo of aquascaping content! The videos are very detailed with tons of ideas and information! Plus the Green Aqua crew are very talented in the aquascaping hobby and are funny too! Making your aquascaping venture exciting and positive! Oh and Balazs does have some good corny jokes too lol!

Green Aqua

LOL, stop it, Mike, I'm blushing.

Joe Anthony

2y↑3

All around great work. I love the hardscape and the plants. Guppies are one of my favorite fish. You gave me some great tips for my small tank with Harold the betta fish. I don't have co2 injection. You hit a homerun with this tank.

Green Aqua

2y↑1

Glad you like this! Cheers.

AlphaRomeo99

And now I have a tank with over 40 guppies and they all like to dive into the net when I’m chasing plant trimmings! Great video… good info for beginners!

Klebber Brazilian, The Professor

Great low tech tank! Congratulations, Balázs and Attila, for the layout!

P.S: I never imagined seeing Balázs planting in gravel, 😆👍🏽.
Cheers from Brazil (Professor Klebber)

Aquagold (Goldy)

amazing layout , beautiful bonsai tree. my favorite plants too

Razvan Andrei

That petrified wood looks amazing. Awesome work, as always <3

Green Aqua

2y↑1

Thanks Razvan!

WDG Dingguo

Always loved your quality content. Just subscribed as member to support this channel! Looking forward to more content to come!
PS: Is it possible to have a video comparing different styles of scaping using some same plants? :)

Green Aqua

2y↑1

Not a bad idea indeed. Noted!
Thanks for the support too! Cheers.

Maureen K - Farmhouse Charms

2y↑10

Ahhh finally…a low tech non-CO2 tank build from Green Aqua…. Love it!!!!!

Wait, what? Your changing it..and adding CO2…… Oh drats!!!!! 😂
Still I can appreciate the very nice build, but I would love to see a total non-CO2 “GREEN” Aqua, LOW-tech setup, honestly. 😁

sebbytw

I like that it’s a fish dedicated aquascape rather than an aquascape with a few animals in it

Moises Maso

fantastic videos! Congratulations! a quick question, what is the difference between brighy k and neutral k of ADA? can i use only neutral k? thank you

kevin lowery

awesome video and channel. I do have a question though. How did you attach the plants to the branches of the tree?

Balderas

Saludos!!!
Wow está genial este acuario!!!!!

Alan Walsted

Beautiful plants! I may move my guppies to a different tank because of this video.

Felix Szuster

This is not just a great video, this is absolute great chanel. Loved it. Congrats

Pinky Baltazar

Love your info !!! Keep them coming love this video

Megan Porter

I absolutely adore guppies! We have guppies in almost all of our tanks. They're great little community fish and are incredibly personable. The amount of color strains makes it so easy to have a bright, bold tank! Love the set up! May have to mimic it on my next tank!

Tünde Eszlári

Szuper és minőségi lett a videó!👍 Nagyon jó videósok vagytok!❤

Green Aqua

2y↑1

Köszi, hogy nézel minket és örülünk, hogy tetszik a produkció!

Juan Salazar

When I read the title I got excited, but then I saw who was going to build it, I understood then what it was like to wait for lemons in an apple tree. So the video did not disappoint me at all. A well deserved like!!

Green Aqua

LOL, tried our best! Glad to not disappoint.

The Scouse Scaper

Reminds me a lot of a smaller version my first planted tank 😅👌🏼

Tuấn Cá Cảnh

2y↑1

Very beautiful aquarium.

Chelms Ford

50w

Been in the hobby forty-five-plus years...loved this video even though I know a bit about Aquariums 😄

Alejandro Aguilar

Incredible aquariums that create greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽❤️

Green Aqua

2y↑1

Cheers, thanks for watching!

Luis Wicho

A nice and affordable tank. 👌🏻. Cheers bro

MIke Drop

Thank you for the amazing work you all do and share. Wondering if you would be so kind as to share which TDS metre GreenAqua uses most, please and thanks from Canada 🇨🇦 eh!

Green Aqua

We use both that are available on greenaqua.com but mainly the ADWA one.

sebbytw

Very pretty guppies 🤩

Rovin Yeshashwik

I was a really big fan of greenaqua , but they always talk about building stuff on low budget but they always build big budget.. I literally got soil from the ground, sand from the earth we live in and built some pretty neat tanks ... After 5 years of happy life with this hobby I am amazed how bad it was being so much obsessed with building the best looking tank .. It's not at all building the best tank the thing grows-dies no matter what you do ! The hell with the complications. It's quite natural if you literally understand how nature works .

Paul

Adding an external filter makes sense - I would still class that as low tech.. a filter is a filter: they all essentially do the same job. But some do it better. The most important factor is the filter media volume, media type and rate of water flow. The more media the better. The more biological media the better. The flow should be sufficient to ensure there is good water movement all round the aquarium: no dead spots. External filters generally perform better in all these areas. External filters are also generally much easier to maintain: good ones have incorporated great methods to allow the filter to be disconnected from the inlet/outlet pipework quickly and without any water escaping. Reconnecting is equally easy.
But co2?
No. Not low tech.
There are plenty of plants that will grow very well without co2 being injected. And the systems for injecting it are expensive.
And complicated.
And can kill everything in the tank if a novice gets the setup wrong.
I wouldn't call that low tech?

RJ Vortex

one of my best vlogs of all time.. in the choice of guppies i go with my fav persona Balazs... i have a tank like this and big enough soon i share with you.. and thank you for making this v-log specially guppies with planted tanks.

Pip

Excuse my ignorance, just in the process of making a list to build first scape...why gravel and not substrate? Is there a video on the choices? Great channel!

Green Aqua

2y↑2

For low tech, and for certain plants many people prefer gravel (not us), but I thought I'll give it a try.

Ah Fad Siaran

It should have placing guppies which is had a large dorsal and enhanced colour.. like albino red, big ear or a blue moskow since it will make the colour ratio when an audience going to see the scape and fish

Ксения Рубянцева

please come up with a design for keeping axolotl. He likes hiding places and likes to swim. Guppies and axolotl get along great and shrimp too.

Leila Soleil

2y↑1

Oh Balazs - that looks sooo beautiful!

Green Aqua

Thanks, Suzanne! Cheers!

कनिष्क पटेल

2y↑2

Good work , but the idea of a low tech tank is to maintain it with low tech , using expensive filter and co2 doesn’t fit the title as it changes the whole idea of having a tank that you can sustain using internal filter and no co2 , I would love to see a truly cheap low tech tank with everything from the soil to the hardscape and even plants and no co2 or external filter

The Miller-Bocks

2y↑2

Yea I’m really confused, is this video just a really out of touch joke or something?

कनिष्क पटेल

@The Miller-Bocks 😂 facts cause it's just like every other video with things being told which are just cheap but not being used 😂 🤡

Marko Senli

Hi guys, can you add a "cleaning crew" into this tank as well ? Like snails or cory's ?

Ryan StonedOnCanadianGaming

2y↑30

Your low tech isn't low tech compared to my guppy tank or bin. 😅

Green Aqua

2y↑10

yup but we're not re-doing your aquarium😋

Ryan StonedOnCanadianGaming

2y↑1

I mean if you want to come and redo my tank? I could use all the tropica tissue cultures. 😏
( this comment is a joke btw. You did a very great job for a low tech nano aquarium for guppies 👍)
All the guppies are memorizingly beautiful.

Diego DoVa

Nice video,!! you should do a Discus one
It would be amazing with your skills

Pastronomer

2y↑10

Not a fan of this new upload time, Thursday morning breakfast watching GreenAqua was always a highlight for my week!

Green Aqua

2y↑2

Yeah, that will be a problem for many people in Europe. I got many messages before that they like to start the day with a Green Aqua video. I'm sorry, we try to help the other continents too and this seemed to be the best time for all. We will try it like this for a couple of weeks and might move it back later.

But you can watch it on Friday morning from now on, right? LOL. Sorry about this, again. :)

Maryse Loyer

2y↑1

@Green Aqua Thanks for technic for red plants 😊😉

Meriç Aydın

2y↑1

You can just like, watch the video in the morning. Its a video its there all the time you can watch the video in your morning time after its release

Pastronomer

@Green Aqua No need to apologise, I'll watch it tomorrow morning instead :)

Sam Ponjican

2y↑2

Oh wow! A low-tech planted aquarium by GreenAqua? I can't wait to see... oh, wait, nevermind. Balazs added CO2, he couldn't help himself!

Green Aqua

2y↑1

LOL, right. Not going to put pressure on our maintenance team. I like other challenges, not the algae challenge.

Science Topics

I've never had guppies jump out, even with 1/4 of an inch of space above the water level

Matt Bee

Amazing video!!!

Nicholas Giles

Please do a large discus tank!

Daryl Dacara

Newbie question.
Isn’t it necessary to clean fish poop in this kind of aquarium setup?

Patricia Stanich

So lovely

eddie gyt

simple and calming but also rejunevating, please invite herry rasio to your workshop

Thomas Gyuroka

Please tell us your fertilzing regime with the external filter and your Co2 injection. Thank you.

Green Aqua

Same as with all tanks. Ada ferts mostly.

Pokeman

Please do a video for fish that can survive on water temp 30 - 35°C. I'm currently on 60cml X 30cmw 36cmh.. Failed twice already. Planning on giving up. Bought the Chiller and filerter but not enough space for it. Do a tank with 60cml X 30cmw 36cmh low budget style please.

Jerome Lim

You can't tell that there's a tree in this scape from the cinematic video haha

Miguel Pancas

Waiting for the result after 4 months :)

Mamalia Malak

2y↑1

I have been wanting to get into planted aquariums, but I happen to live in a location where I can't get CO2 gas to refill paintball tanks. Are there any good alternatives?

Green Aqua

2y↑1

Yeast-based CO2 systems. Brand systems only.

Matthew Crocker

I use paintball tanks and CO2 from a diver shop. They use CO2 for regulators so they will be able to fill for you.

Ignore the "use a 500 dollar can of co2" talk. Insanity.

Mamalia Malak

@Matthew Crocker Sadly, I spent a Saturday going from sporting goods stores to store, and even ended up at a diver shop. Everywhere I went, they said they don't do CO2 refills anymore, but if I find someplace that does, let them know as they get people asking for it all the time. I gave up when someone suggested a welding supply shop that is an hour drive away.

Matthew Crocker

2y↑1

@Mamalia Malak you can build a DIY co2 generator with baking yeast and some other common ingredients, I used 2 pop bottles for a couple years before I bought co2

Green Aqua

2y↑1

welders use it!

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sebbytw

Would it be too much direct light for the Anubias?

ZERO

I prefer Try whatever you have to keep fish safe and healthy ☺️

Golden Kings Toys

I have an empty 100 gal i plan on aquascaping hopefully with low texh plants and a mix of guppies and german rams

Vibe Ocean & Creation

M a great fan of you n your aquascaping Love from India.

Barry Evans

Here in the UK there's a pet shop called pets at home and they tell you to put fish in your tank after 24 hours off setting it up.

Vishal Vk

2y↑26

They are gonna bring in co2 injection, ferts, expensive plants, filters, diffusers and call it a low tech aquarium 😂😂

Thijs

2y↑1

Nahh what do you mean, 30 co2 bubbles /sec is finee for a 40 liter

Green Aqua

2y↑3

plus an aquarium controller 😋

Green Aquascaping

@Green Aqua 😆 Lmao but seriously I don’t think so. You guys know what is newbie friendly:))

Green Aqua

2y↑6

So this is newbie-friendly if I left in the internal filter, and added no CO2, and perhaps use another budget aquarium set instead. This can all be done very easily, without the bells and whistles. That's why we call it low-tech. But yeah, we don't like algae and too much trouble, so we equip the tanks properly. ;P

Jazz aQua

Awesome video guys👍❤️ can you pls suggest me a canister brand oase,sun sun etc with specifications for a 60litre tank .👍

Green Aqua

If it was mine, I would use an Oase Biomaster 350 or an Eheim 2273.

Jazz aQua

@Green Aqua 👍

JolliBliss

Use Japan Blue-Tail Guppies or Albino Red Ear Koi Guppies instead

Green Aqua

I love those! Noted! Cheers.

Alberto Firmino

Amei eu moro no Brasil

Navid Hassani

This is the first tank which you made and it doesn't look good at all. That shows even pros need all bits and pieces to be able to make a good aqua escape.

A G

MD fish tanks has changed my aquarium hobby spending in a huge way - recommend beginners should check his channel

Sam Ver Eecke

ah yes, the classic low-tech. Ofcourse with a premium tank, CO2, external filter, an expensive light (good low-tech lights are available for like 50 bucks) a bonsai tree, way to much plants, do I need to go on? With all due respect but you arent't making a low tech aquarium at all. And saying "you could do this or that to make it low-tech", is not the same as making a low tech. Your title implies that the viewer is going to see a low-tech finished aquascape, and instead we see a mid-budget scape. You could do better IMO.

Anthony Beers

I think we have very different definitions of low tech.

Lindonedhel

Lovely <3

Trần Duy Hưng

i love this video. so nice

Green Aqua

Thanks! Cheers!

Gwarrion

More low tech simole non co2 videos please

Green Aqua

Will consider it, but the channel is about aquascaping and planted aquariums in their full glory. You will find less videos on this on YouTube than low tech ones 👍

Flow State

2y↑1

I'm gonna build a low tech tank, and by low tech I mean a custom built tank with CO2 injection and external filtration...

Sujan Dhanu vlog

Wowwwww...
Love from srilanka 🇱🇰🇱🇰🙏🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🥰

Jon K

2y↑2

Love your videos guys, but low-tech? With co2, external filter etc. Doesn't really tick the low-tech box

Green Aqua

Have you seen the video? :)

JolliBliss

Hope they have Albino Red Ear Guppies in this 'LowTech' Tank.

M Worlds under water & Ride to ur fitness

Hi sir do you guyz breed guppy in any particular tank?

michal Ostrowski

witam mam pytanko na moim kanale nagralem filmik mam tam czarna molinezje i ma jedno oko powiekszone co to moze byc

Jose Davila

Guppies look great when young but overtime they get uglier. Great Video though love the low tech for sure :)

Wupper Ryder

👍

Ксения Рубянцева

I have a lot of guppi😂 they don't like my iwagumi aquarium 😅

Dennis van Opstal

You should base your fish choice on the natural habitat of the fish.
And check what fits best your scape

Erdem Onkardes

nice to walk with you❤

Green Aqua

Cheers!!

Gede Andika

2y↑1

Can you explain about diana walstad method ?

Green Aqua

There are quite a few really good explanations with images and everything about it online, just google it. Cheers!

Gede Andika

@Green Aqua i just want green aqua explain about it

Tranquil Aquatics

2y↑3

Green aqua: "low tech" but actually no

Green Aqua

2y↑1

Yeah, for me is not a low tech, for anybody else building a similar tank it could be, but I don't like the stability of low-tech tanks so I would not torture our maintenance team with that.

yndisleg stelpa

balazs and low tech cannot exist in the same sentence...

Nanette Lai

Great a/v

Şenol Göçmençelebi

low-tech video with external filter, CO2, handmade tree decorations for beginners, really???? very good choice for beginners. if they don't like the hobby they'll only throw away a few thousand dollars.

Mohamed Halym

I think blue guppies suite more

Green Aqua

Yeah, you're not alone with that idea! Thaks for the vote!

JIN

GUPPPYY GOD!!!!!!!!!!

Green Aqua

2y↑1

LOL, love these fish.

simon walker

2y↑1

this has turned into click bait. if you know that people want to see a low tech scape, then make one and be positive about it. Im done.

The Miller-Bocks

2y↑1

For real is this a joke I’m missing?

B.A.D

Nu înțeleg de ce rade lumea de guppy, sunt exemplare forte scumpe. Am exemplare ce costa și 10euro perechea

Green Aqua

Plus they are awesome! 👍

Green Aquascaping

They are friendly as well 😃

Green Aqua

Well, Alexandru, it depends on the type, but you don't need many, they will multiply like crazy. :)

Victoria Lee Creates

Hello from Chicago 👋😁💛

Kuch V ! ! !

42w

For indian it's a lauda tech

Erdődy János

Do you have a special gift for the 500 000th subscriber?

Maximo hidalgo

It is false, absolutely false, what I know is that you should wait ( 4 ) weeks to cycle an aquarium, there are several methods, from waiting only ( 24 ) hours to a week and you know them, therefore, do not deceive those who are just starting out in this training. Do not deceive those who do not know !

Khalid Saifullah Zunaid

Guppy poops alot 🐸🤦‍♂️

Green Aqua

2y↑1

It does!

The Miller-Bocks

2y↑1

Hi guys I know it says were making a cheeseburger, but I can actually afford to cook a steak instead, so we’re just gonna do that. If you’re poor, try a different channel.

Hobby Grade

2y↑1

Please, no more CA glue

Bst24

Why? Once cured is completely inert 🤨

Hobby Grade

2y↑1

@Bst24 it's plastic, and it breaks down into microscopic particles, and those are no longer inert and are very bad. Please learn about microplastics and how they're turning up literally everywhere in our environment and bodies