Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Recently, I had to tear apart the Back-to-Basics planted tank to get rid of an invasive species that I’ve never personally encountered before. Many of you have asked for an update on this 20-gallon high aquarium, so here’s a rundown of the current plants and animals that have lived in this tank in the past couple of years.
🐟 MATERIALS I USED
(I work for Aquarium Co-Op but do not receive commissions from their links.)
▶ Live aquarium plants for beginners: aquariumcoop.com/collections/type_easy-aquarium-plants
🦐 EXTRAS
▶ Members Only content: youtube.com/channel/UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFA/join
▶ Instagram: instagram.com/girltalksfish
▶ Merch store: girltalksfish.creator-spring.com
EDITOR: Matt Gray at grayfamilyfilms.com and instagram.com/mentalityfilms
ATTRIBUTION
Music from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/2earpi (if you use my referral link, I get 1 month free 😀)
Music from Soundstripe:
- Forgetting by Reveille, SMCVRMPE9744TXIY
- When You Love by Matt Wigton, DP8LPUJWCLFIXAKI
#girltalksfish #nanofish #plantedaquarium
0:00 What happened to the Back-to-Basics planted tank?
0:14 Chapter 1 In the beginning
0:57 Chapter 2 Tank balancing adventures
1:46 Chapter 3 I got a new betta fish
2:42 Chapter 4 The reign of Unicron
4:08 Chapter 5 No more jungle…
Recently, I had to tear apart the Back-to-Basics planted tank to get rid of an invasive species that I’ve never personally encountered before. Many of you have asked for an update on this 20-gallon high aquarium, so here’s a rundown of the current plants and animals that have lived in this tank in the past couple of years.
🐟 MATERIALS I USED
(I work for Aquarium Co-Op but do not receive commissions from their links.)
▶ Live aquarium plants for beginners: aquariumcoop.com/collections/type_easy-aquarium-plants
🦐 EXTRAS
▶ Members Only content: youtube.com/channel/UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFA/join
▶ Instagram: instagram.com/girltalksfish
▶ Merch store: girltalksfish.creator-spring.com
EDITOR: Matt Gray at grayfamilyfilms.com and instagram.com/mentalityfilms
ATTRIBUTION
Music from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/2earpi (if you use my referral link, I get 1 month free 😀)
Music from Soundstripe:
- Forgetting by Reveille, SMCVRMPE9744TXIY
- When You Love by Matt Wigton, DP8LPUJWCLFIXAKI
#girltalksfish #nanofish #plantedaquarium
0:00 What happened to the Back-to-Basics planted tank?
0:14 Chapter 1 In the beginning
0:57 Chapter 2 Tank balancing adventures
1:46 Chapter 3 I got a new betta fish
2:42 Chapter 4 The reign of Unicron
4:08 Chapter 5 No more jungle…
