How to build SHALLOW POND AQUARIUM | Step by step AQUASCAPING TUTORIAL | EP1 POND AQUARIUM

In this video I build shallow pond aquarium. I will explain this aquascaping tutorial with step by step instruction on how to build pond aquarium. Mostly pond plants were used in and out of the water. I also used aquarium plants. It is important to mention that all the pond plants were treated (sanitized) with potassium permanganate. All the plants were submerged in a PP dip for 10 minutes.

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00:00 Intro
00:15 Tank dimensions and volume
00:32 Applying white window film
00:51 Foam mat and LED light holders
01:09 Crushed lava rock
01:36 Gray mountain stone
02:09 Aquarium soil
02:35 Aquarium gravel
03:14 HOB filter
03:25 Manzanita wood
03:39 Aquarium silicone
03:51 Filter floss (filling gaps between stones)
04:21 Emersed growth space (sloped substrate)
05:00 Planting (pond and aquarium plants)
07:17 Floating plants
07:33 Various botanicals
07:56 Two weeks later

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Aquarium - 60cmx30cmx16cm (24inx12inx6in)
Optiwhite glass 6mm | Tank Volume 29LTR | 8GAL
Filter - HOB (230L/H | 60GAL/H)
Light - LED Power: 26W | Luminous flux 2450lm
CO2 - NO
Heater - NO

Pond plants - Imperata cylindrica, Oenanthe javanica "Flamingo", Mentha aquatica, Ludwigia palustris "Super Red", Hippuris vulgaris, Lysimachia nummularia, Hydrocotyle "Novae-Zelandiae", Acorus gramineus, Carex pendula
Aquarium plants - Anubias barteri nana petite, Bacopa caroliniana, Egeria densa, Limnobium laevigatum, Phyllanthus fluitans, Salvinia natans

Music - Epidemic Sound:
Henyao / Waste My Love / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/RDfceJdPXx/
Calm Shores / Tasukete / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
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Mandala Dreams / Ittekimasu / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/AVUgP4yfqf/