How to Add Fish to a New Freshwater Aquarium! | Big Al's
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Thomas shows us how to safely introduce fish into a new freshwater aquarium! If you need to know how to set up a freshwater aquarium, check out the video here: • How to Set Up a Freshw...
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Have you always wanted to set up a basic freshwater aquarium, but you just aren't sure how? Your days of uncertainty are over-- our resident Fish Geek, Thomas, guides you through the fun process!
If you have any questions, ask us in the comments below!
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Your videos are simply the best! Great editing, clear information, and a lot of fun! Thank you so much!
Big Al's is a company, Thomas is a crew of that company. That company is a fish pet store.
Wow....That is...the most....detailed, comprehensive, and helpful fish video we have seen in a very long time!We LOVE freshwater fish, and have lots and lots and LOTS at home.We were wondering if you could do a video on Apple Snails?If you haven't heard of them, they are these cute snails that live underwater, and make great additions to freshwater & saltwater aquariums.Even though we have lots of experience, and actually hand breed them, the video on them would be nice!(P.S., we have no idea why our text just went italic)
SisterCousin Tube You should also do saltwater tanks
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I have been using the "critter keeper" method of acclimating the new fish to my aquarium, and I have had no shock or transition issues regarding the new fish added. Good job, Thomas!
You make learning about taking care of our( my chill and myself) fish so entertaining and very enjoyable. Love watching your videos!
Thanks for making this video. The part on acclimating the fish was really helpful. I will use this method this week when I get my fish. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for your step by step instructions and tips. You are so helpful, especially to a beginner in the fish world, like me.
I loved the "netcam" footage of the fish being added to the tank.
Thanks! Brian (our video producer) is always happy when people notice those details :)
Excellent presentation. Like a lot. Keep up the good work.
Simply the best sir 😊
Answered all my questions
All joking aside, this is a great video! Very detailed and I like the part about acclimating the fish at the beginning.
Hey big al love the vids it helped me i lost alot of fish and now im using ur tips thanx man
Thanks for the info, now I will know how to add my new fish, when I get them.
You are so funny!!! I love your sense of humor and all the informative and fun videos you make!!! I subscribed to day. So I'll keep on tanking and you making videos!!
awesome video, thanks!
You’re so helpful!
A warning I had this from experience if a fish is hovering back-and-forth or up-and-down a lot it means that the pH isn’t right for the fish
Water Bird that’s how livebearers swim
Thank you!
EXACTLY THE VID I NEEDED!
I love your videos ❤
i love the tutorials
Hey Big Al, love your videos, you're a funny guy.
0:46 i love how that fish breathes
So helpful!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This guy is great!
Love these videos. I’m just curious you put in 2male sword fish. I know you said to add a few at a time but with 2 males in 20 gallon tank how many females should you add?
South Park ski instructor reference- awesome!
+John Daly SO happy someone got it!
+Big Al's if you "pizza" when you're supposed to "fries", you're gonna have a bad time
+John Daly
Ike: Pizza, French Fries Pizza, French Fries, French fries ahhh and the he crashes lol
@@BigAlsVOD The one where Stan's Kyle's family went to the ski resort.And the ski instructor kept on reading if you dont blank your gunna have a bad time.It was season 3-6 when that episode made anyway Screw u guys im going home!!!
I disagree, a shark and moray eel is exactly what that 20 gallon needs.
And a baby meg!
Are you crazy a baby meg moray eel and a shark in a 20 gallon DUDE WHERE DA LOCHNESS MONSTER
I mean, theres still enough room for 3 lionfish not to waste space
Or even 6 asian arowanas to replace
Lol it was a joke but... fine
what brand of water conditioners and bacterial supplement do you recommend most for people who are beginners in taking care of fish? I'm going to buy everything with my own money but I still want to do lots of research before I do anything that could possibly be harmful. Very helpful videos btw.
How long do I need to wait after first setting up my tank before adding fish safely? I added bio starter and it’s been a few days.
How about if I use tow filters on the 20 gallon tank would help to add many fishes as one?
So, I'm thinking of restarting my completely failed goldfish tank with some tetras and maybe shrimp. If I do the bag floating temp technique does it work well to poke a hole in the bag after a while with a needle so water from the tank slowly works into the bag and to the fish?
Hey thanks for your video! Just wanted to doublecheck to see if I did everything correctly. Last night I added 2 very small guppies and 1 swordtail to our 10 gallon tank which already had 3 guppies, 1 Molly and one Platy. I let their bags float in the aquarium for 20 minutes. I then added a little bit of water in each bag every 10 minutes. In fact I had to dump a little water out of the bags so I was able to put more water in. (Next time I will use a small container like you demonstrated).
Anyway the two guppies are doing very well but we lost the high fin swordtail today at about 12 noon. I noticed he seemed to be pretty stressed out and was breathing quickly but thought that he would adjust and push through it... we also noticed that one of our small guppies kept pestering him. He was very active in the aquarium store. Do you think I acclamated him too quickly? Was he too stressed by all the other fish? We have all males in our aquarium? What do you think I did incorrectly?
Thank you in advance!
I bought from you guys!
I currently have a 10 gallon tank and want to upgrade to a larger tank. Whats the best what to transition my current aquarium to a larger tank?
so ive been wanting to start a second 20 gal tank with 2 dwarf gouramis, 7 rasboras, and 4 dwarf corys.... most articles ive read say this is ok but i wanted to make sure no fighting would occar. also, is there an ideal order to adding these fish? as to not shock the tank? like should i get the 2 gouramis first or about 4 rasboras first? this will be my first community tank so im uhh sorta nervous...
Can you please do a video on bacterial bloom
i have a native fish tank to north caroilna,but i have an african chiclid with a small bass do u know any other options
Question : I noticed you took water from the tank to acclimate the fish. my question is...how do you replenish the small amount of water you took out of the tank? would you just add water with ratio of conditioner back in or just wait a few days before adding more water back in?
What about quarantining the new fish before adding them to an existing tank with fish?
Now i am huge fan of Cichlids. How many do you think i might be able to put in that 37 gallon?
I have an established 20 gallon tank with 13 small fish. I want to add a small school but don't want to overload the filter. Can I add half a school at a time? Or would that be too taxing on the fish? I'm thinking of rasboras.
Could you guys do an update on this tank?
We'd love to, but the tank was temporary-- for the video only. The fish were re-homed to new aquariums, and the tank has been used on a bunch of other videos since.
After adding the first set of fish ...how long do you wait for the second set?
Can I drip acclimate and do the other 2 just to be only the safe side
Hello are neon tetras good for a 10 gallon tank
How do you add water back into your tanks that's been evaporated?
Curious, what’s the max amount of fish can I or should I put in my 75 hexagon fish water tank? I have guppies, a bala shark, a sword fish, about 6 tiger barbs and a few others. Think I have close to 20 so far.
How long do you have to wait between adding fish
I recently added a koi into my tank. He s displaying stress when the tank light is on. He calms down when the light is off. What's a good idea to help him adapt? The other fish freak out when the lights off during the normal light on. The koi loves the bubble stone. I'm worried.
How often can I add a group of like 3 fish. Like a couple days? Week?
How and when would you add fry to a nursery aquarium *at least 5 gal?
Thank you, actually these are the fish I’m planning to add with my mollies.
What is the max amount of fish that can be added at once to brand new tank? 36 gall bow front / freshwater
couldn't you do a drip system too
Yeah i have 2 150l filters running because i didnt know my 150l aquarium already came whit a filter but no probs its better to have 2
I really like this video I watched a lot of these videos were people go out and collect their own things from other from the woods and stuff and do it that way and build their tank and I don't think they're doing that I think they're going to the pet store to actually doing that because I tried that and why didn't write in my fish tank I tried it in this other thing I got this deal and I got rid of that stuff real quick I like the way you put them in another deal and you showed people how to transfer fish to your aquarium from the fish market or the pet store which is really cool I didn't know how to really do all that and I'm going to buy me a tank tomorrow I'm just wondering what can I do with the fish that I have if I don't want to keep the fish that I have because I think the fish that I have it's going it's going to get really big and I want something that's going to fit the fish tank that I want to buy which is hida probably a 5 gallon or 10 gallon I'm thinking about getting a 10 gallon tank but I don't want a glass one cuz the last one cracked on me from the bar down stairs they play their music loud
Hi I had a 29 gallon tank and a tank with my betta in it. My 29 gallon tank recently started leaking so I quickly moved my 17 fish to my betta tank and my betta to a bowl. I then went out and bough a 36 gallon tank. I want to put the fish in ASAP because the betta is on a bowl and the tank they are in is pretty small for them. How should I add them into my new tank the fastest? Thanks and great vids
use bio boosters
Wait did the water u already use to transfer to the little container already have the conditioner
I already have a parrot fish and am looking for a tank mate for him- what kind would be best? I have 29 gallon tank as well by the way
Thats actually a bit too small
This guys explanation is way better than DIY king.
What’s the maximum of guppies I can put in a 14 litre tank ?
How many minutes do u put the fish with the bag in the water
Let's say I just added three swordfin fish in to my freshwater tank, and i want to add a couple of mollies to my tank also. How long should i wait to put more fish into my tank? Thanks!
Only put in up to 2 a week because then your biological filter can adjust to the new fish, and I would quarantine new fish before putting them in with healthy fish.
Brother which is the best filter for fresh water aquarium hang on filter or power head filter ???
sumit Biswas I would recommend under gravel filters.
Anything Fluval is awesome. Canister filters are the best. Hang on the back is good for budget and space. Sponge filters are good if you will have really small fish or fry in the tank. Under gravel filters are kind of a dying thing, but they do work really well if you aren't going to plant the tank and have fish that dont dig.
A "power head" is just a pump. What you pair it with is up to you. Usually under gravel or sponge. Sometimes you just use power heads to get water agitation.
I always use a mix of those 2 methods, I put the bag in my aquarium, then I add a glass of water from my aquarium to the bag after 15 minutes, and then 10 minutes later I put the fish in the aquarium itself
how can i save my pleco i dont know but it is dying in 2weeks but my other fish are healthy please make video in this topic care of pleco pllzzzzz
How Long Do You Have To Wait Until You Can Add More Fish In?
Going to get my first tank for my son. 5.5 fresh water what do you recommend?
jesus espinoza 5.5 gallon?
Then maybe a betta fish.
Or a paradis fish could go.
Maybe some nano fish like the ambe tetras.
U could maybe fit a small killifish there and upgrade ur tank to a 10 gallon.
How many fish can I put in a 10 gallon fish tank??plz reply
How much time to cycle for a 10 gallon adding a mystery snail, 4 guppys, Marimo Moss Ball, java fern and Anubias Nana?
Also do they all fit?
TheReaperMC personally i do cycling with fish, i find it to be faster and more beneficial
I have a mystery snail, 3 guppies and moss ball and I suddenly had a ammonia spike and idk how to get it down!
galaxy star Water change!
Dont add fish whilst cycling your tank. Maybe a platy... the point of the cycling process is that it will build up the bacteria that tge fish require. Adding a platy might speed up the process but I'd still wait the 2-4 weeks. Also they should all fit, 4 guppies, 3 of them female and 1 male. Uou could add in 2 more female guppies and get another male. Maximum amount of guppies id recommend for a 10 gallon is 12-15.
What's the best way to remove about 4 guppies from and old fresh water tank to a new fresh water tank
Can rosy barbs be community fish
Oops!
Accidentally spiked my pH while using brine shrimp hatchlings that contained baking soda in the water.
I did two water changes and brought my pH from 8.2 down to 7.6. I want to get as close to 7.0 as possible to breed a pair of Rams. How can I accomplish this safely?
As a beginner, which fish will you recommend? my aquarium is small sieze type
Bettas or paradise fish
hey I was wondering how many u can add out of time
2-3
How soon can you feed them>
I would definitely add a Manatee! Too big?
You can also just add it to the bag whilst floating them over 30 mins. Great video though!
that's exactly what i do because i don't have an small heater to keep them at the same temp as main tank for an hour, they would end up boiling😵 just dump out a quarter of bag water and replace with same amount of tank water over 15 min intervals. minimal mess and cleanup.
Tiger barbs aren't even aggressive only when you have as much tigers suited for them to be happy I have tigers with guppies for 1 and a half years you think that's aggresive?
I have 5.5 gallon w 18 fish in it and they are happy and i hand feed em they are tetras
AEROBOOK GAMING 18 neons tetras in a 5.5 gallon?
Sorry, i do not mean to be rude, but 18 neons are well enough for a 29 gallon.
Ur tank is overstock.
This is only when you buy them close to you and don't leave them in the bag long right? If you get them shipped to you isn't that really bad for the fish and could kill them?
My danios so far have not died yet, I got them a couple of months ago.
How often can I add new fish in a tank?
What can you do to get the ammonia to a safe level?
Get plants or just wait for the nitrat to kill it.
I want to keep 1 or 2 platies and swordtails and a betta in my 10 gallon tank. Is that too much for the size tank I have?
I'm new to this so I don't really know
Melons Fishing yes you can just make sure you have a aquarium cycle
I had a high fin neon swordtail but it died because my new aquarium has high amounts of ammonia and nitrate.
Introduce a new pair discus but they won't eat the next day.. any advice?
Just wait another day or so and they should eat because they will be hungry
I need help, my Sailfin Mollie is face down in the rocks and I don't know what to do. I just got the fish and am new to having fish and a tank! Please help!
ask a vet
Tiger barbs are excellent beginner fish, and what is wrong with a single species tank..?
I need to know the best tank mates that are beautiful for a betta
Snails'and shrimp that are bigger than the betta mouths
U could have neons or harlequin rasboras. Khuli louches, or of course snails and shrimp.
Will an Oscar fish fit in a 20 gal? I just wanted to ask.
Gold Sword maybe for a few months, but they grow fast so after those few months they gonna need atleast a 60 gallon.
What do you do if the water temps are different
You float the bag in the aquarium to allow the temperature to match.
I boughtabout 12 fishies and they randomly started dying ;-; they sometimes stayed near the heater and after a day, they died.
Theyre ph was normal, also tested ammonia etc. everything was fine, they have a 10 gallon tank;-; all of the fish were peaceful and compatible, there was nothing different about them exept going near the heater at all times, need help
Can i use the bag as the container?
psycho BOI yes
can i keep neon tetras with angelfish?
jonenn bb yes they will not fight :)
When is the time I will feed them?
the next day
Can guppies survive with the betta male in a 2 gallon tank.
You should not put any other fish in a 2 gallon tank. It's completely overstocked with your betta. You need a 10 gallon tank of you want to add guppies.
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The way o do it is I float them 4 30 minutes then add half a cup of water wait five minutes add another half cup wait another 5 minutes net the fish add them to the water and dump all the other water and add chemicals