How to make your own LOST WORLD nano tank - STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL

TheCineScaper liquid fertilizer: Lot of you asked for a tutorial about my Lost World tank. It’s a kind of simple low tech aquarium. Ideal for beginners since it has low demands and easy to maintain. You can build your own lost world easily if you follow the tutorial. If you don’t prefer statues in aquarium or it’s against your views (sorry if it’s the case) just skip the statue or place a nice seiryu or dragon stone instead. I know, I know it’s possible to build it cheaper and without filtering or fertilizing, even without water, I guess... Lay it down: I prefer the stable, filtered and fertilized water. I tried to make it budget optimized but I can’t say it’s cheap though. This hobby is pricey, deal with it. If you want a stable and nice aquarium you gonna need good filtering, lamp and soil. I wouldn’t be cheap on this it’s worth it in long term. You should choose light between 1000-1300 lumen or a dimmable one. It fits for these plants in 7-8 hours daily, they grow nice and smooth. If you start the tank with a lot of plant, it makes the process easier but it doesn’t mean it would be spotless. I purposely chose low demand plants so you won’t need a co2 system, but you should give it a try later on. :) Always plant fast growing plants (rotala) too, it also helps the start. I always use RO water () and I salt it up with GH powder to reach 150-170 tds. The water needs to be 24-25 degrees Celsius. If your room is not warm enough use a 25-30W heater. In summer you will need to cool the water. You can make it different ways but I prefer this. In the first week of the start it’s better to change 30% of water every day. I use the Tropica fertilizer in the weekly factory dosage, but this time I split it on daily dosage. If you have a running tank, take some bio filter media out from the filter and mix the water from the old tank into the new one. In the first weeks a white gel like thing can appear on the woods but don’t get worried it doesn’t effect anything, totally ok. Easy to remove by hand or with a pipe. Important! In the first couple of weeks a little bit of algae can appear, but as it comes as it goes. You can install the livestock 3 weeks later. If you put them in in the first day, the ammonia peak bursts from the soil can kill them. An aquarium like this is a great entry into the hobby. I’m sure it will give you a lot of happiness and you can learn so much from it. Good luck, let’s go and build you own Lost World. Stuffz: Concrete Buddha 30x30x30 cube aquarium Light: Aquael leddy smart plant, or chihiros a 301 ADA amazonia soil Red moor Wood Seiryu Rock Filter: Eheim classic 150 My brand new Easy Scape Guide Ebook is available for FREE! __________ Don’t forget to subscribe to my channel for aquascaping inspiration! Follow me on INSTAGRAM @TheCineScaper #aquascape #aquarium #thecinescaper __________ 🎵Music: 🎥 Gear I use: Canon 1DX MK II Canon and Sigma lenses DJI Ronin M Edited and graded in Final Cut X