@@andrewg.1127 I wish they had more quality control from location to location... It seems the state of the fish department depends on the skill of the current employees. Since the Petco near me hired a new "Aquatics Expert" I've seen a lot of improvements. They even set up a new 100 gallon tank for more mature fancy goldfish!
@@ymorehouse12 I've considered working there on weekends cause I'm tired of seeing it every week I go in. I'm basically unpaid staff up there at this point I finally got them to control their ammonia looool
I have two more major mistakes XP 1. Thinking you'll just take a "couple of minutes" to adjust a "few rocks"...trust me, you'll get pulled into a several-hour project almost every time XDD 2. Changing ANYTHING either just before bed or just before you leave for work or vacation.
Excellent tutorial. Fish love to play on our heart strings with the old "I'm so hungry" act. You must resist. Their eyes are a hell of a lot bigger than their stomachs...LOL!!! I only feed mine, 6 days a week, and three of the six, only once a day.
I know! My bettas especially, and in particular my blue female, look so cute giving me those eyes and wiggling around. I have to tell us both, "no. No more. No more food! That's all!" xD
It's good to keep some plastic storage bins to use as spare tanks. Also keep an extra sponge filter in your tank in case you have to quickly cycle a new one.
Bettas can be good solo acts if the tank is set up correctly, although female bettas (there have been color breeds of them which look like plakat males) work particularly well in community tanks.
For about two months I scouted my house for the best place to put the tank and set it up mid-March. It was all well and good until about a week after the equinox, and now it gets a couple hours of full sun at the end of the day. Eep! Fortunately my wonderful snails have been amazing at keeping the tank algae free, but it's something I need to keep a watch on and think of a solution for if it gets bad.
I remember one time I was at a pet store and I over head a conversation between a pet store employee and an interior designer who wanted visual interest in a large tank by placing some really large fish, medium sized fish and small sized fish. I looked at the store employee and nodded. The tank would have visual interest for about 10 minutes while the medium sized fish ate the small sized fish and the large fish ate what was left over.
Every time I want to buy a new fish, I do my research. I look at several different sources and figure out which is true and try them out. Even temp, pH, and growth. I now have three note books full of information.
Thank you for investing your time for us and I think it’s great that you are collaborating with fellow CZcams icons such as yourself and I look forward to viewing them.
I went on vacation a few months ago and had the back up plan experience lol. I was gone for a week and had a auto feeder setup, did a water change before, checked my equipment etc. And left. Came back home and my HOB filter was running dry and found that the power company cut the power to fix something......I still don't know for how long it was off but my fish survived thanks to my airstone. I was upset because it was summer and wasn't thinking of all times the likely chances of power outages were to happen but it does. I go on my honeymoon this October and plan getting a backup battery, setup for power out alerts via phone. And a spare apartment key to my parents so they can address emergency issues. Live and learn as they.
Hey John :u r the person that got me going, 180gal. 75 gal...doing a water change now, keep up the good work. Thks 4 everything. . Larry with the 180....
Hello there, i watch this video and actually reminded me of my «big dream» when i where a bit younger. I may only keept fish for a few years now, but in my time keeping fish i have meet ppl that needed new homes for there fish or just had the wrong tanks for the wrong fish, maybe the most common ones where angel fish in a ten gallon and guppys in a bowl without a heater. I live in norway there the fish keeping hobby are way less then in the UN, but fish keeping are on the same level. So what im saying is that its lots of ppl here keeping fish and thinks that fish lives for 5 months and it is few ppl thats actually educated. So back to my «dream» or rather a hope. I have been saving money for buying new tanks. Im buying LOTS of 3 gallon tanks for bettas, 20 gallon for tetras, guppies and gouramis and 55 gallons for angels and one big 528 gallon tank for the bigger fish, and for gold fish, and maybe make a pond for goldfish, but ye. I to now i have been saving 5756 dollars and in maybe in a few years i may get a job at the sea research center. But now i do have a 30 gallon that i can put some of my friends fish in for a time, i may also buy myself some tubs with some heaters for other fish, but my dreams is to have a fish rescued center there i can give fish a new chance.
Regarding #1 - If you wanted to have a dedicated green water tank for raising fry in, and you wanted it inside, then next to a window in the sun's probably the best spot to put it as long as temperature isn't going to be a problem.
Thank you Lisa and John for these great videos. You have thought me alot of things I didn't know about. Things have changed since last time I had a tank 24 years ago.💗🐠😊
Hi guys. So I recently bought a betta and it already had velvet... Is there a way you guys can make a video on curing certain betta diseases? I recently bought malachite green to help and I’m waiting for it to arrive. Thanks in advance!
I've done 8 of the 10. I quit going to my LFS as often as I use to because of impulse control, then I found online ordering for fish my LFS doesn't keep. Oh my,....... Good series.
Lmao, great video yall! I damn near dropped my five gallon bucket doing my water change with your response to a friend letting a dog go in the wild! That was gold hahaha!
I wish it didn't actually happen, but unfortunately, many people drop their animals off in the countryside or woods when they can't care for them anymore, especially larger dogs and cats.
13:43 #2: if you're lazy, figure out the easiest way you can do a task... but don't put it off! Do the buckets for water changes hurt your back? Syphoning hose! Hate sucking on a hose? Get a pump or faucet connected hose! And so on.
I love these guys been watching them for a while now, there are funny and remind me of my aunt and uncle, well if my aunt and uncle knew about fish keeping.
I watched plenty of videos before getting started in the hobby and choosing what fish to keep, but I wish I had found a few videos like these , it could’ve saved a lot of impulsive panic, and money.
As a person in healthcare; the nitrogen cycle is the most akin to the respiratory system. The human body breathes in oxygen, binds it with the heme in red blood cells and provides that oxygen to the various cells, which break it down into waste products. Those waste products are then expelled as carbon dioxide. In a tank, organic materials are what is breathed in. Ammonia is produced (like binding with heme, organics are useless to your cycle without this step), utilized by nitrifying bacteria, produced into nitrites (like providing the cells with oxygen) and then consumed by nitrating bacteria. Nitrates are the CO2. Like the lungs need to expel CO2, your tank needs to expel nitrates in the form of water changes. Denying your tank ammonia in the form of ammonia removers or too large/frequent water changes means your blood isn't getting oxygen. Preventing nitrites from cycling into nitrates prevents the oxygen from getting to the tissues. Neglecting water changes for the nitrates is like breathing into a plastic bag. Eventually, you suffocate.
Many years ago when I was young and stupid I had a 55G tank. It didn’t even occur to me that certain fish don’t get along. I had guppies, swordtails, mollies, angel fish, Gouramis, convicts, Jack Dempsey’s, neon tetras, Cory’s, a pair of bettas, and an Oscar. I didn’t cycle, I stocked the tank all at once, never tested pH, etc. never did water changes. everyone got along and all my fish lived - until Oscar grew up and ate all the smaller fish! Oh, ignorance is bliss sometimes. I’m now in the process of setting up a 20G community and a 15G Betta (1divider for 2 Bettas) tank, and I’m going slow. After several months of reading, watching multiple videos (my favorites are KGTropicals and Aquarium Co-op), tomorrow I start setting up with substrate, driftwood, rocks, etc. next day, it’s live plants and water and the cycling begins. I’m still a long way from stocking!!
I loved this list! I can relate from the early years, and even from getting back into the hobby last year and having my bacteria crash on the first go. My first big problem, though, was not knowing to add fish as the cycle allows, not all at once.
I have a 30 gallon planted aquarium with white mountain minnows, 2 bristle nose, and 2 assasin snails sitting right next to a window...no algae problems and the plants are thriving (no fertilizer or CO2)
Love your channel, just bought my first fish and learned so much watching your channel. I started out with one tank and now ordered two just for fish welfare. Thanks for the advice. Could you do a vid about holiday feeders (automatic not human) and why we should never handle our fish( they’re not hamsters)
Question. The orange, red, and white discus when you're talking about incompatibility - what is that strain called? I'm getting discus soon and I want that one!!
18 month old hobbyist. 20 gallon sitting by the window. Good algae turn to hair algae. About to Siamese algae eaters only because that's all they had at the time. And I fell for that saying about getting a tank later that's bigger. That's happening. But it's happening away from this window lol. I'm putting black paper around the back and one side. I had no idea that my son would be overexposure. None at all. And a 55 to 75 gallon is coming up soon. Thanks for the insights.
My Dad came home after two weeks of travelling and he came home did something to the water in the fish tank which made it somehow poisioness and left again *GOOD JOB DAD*
So I wanted a 55 gallon tank. Going ALL OUT. Thanks to Lisa I bought a 20L, 15g, and a 10. All bought by people who didn't cycle and gave up. The 20L is the main. The 15g will be my back up in case the 20 leaks, and the 10 will be my quarantine tank. I just need a diabetic cat resistant cover and a good light for planted tanks. I need to clean the after market tanks, pythons. I am historically an impatient person. But there has been a real calming effect in reigning myself in, getting a more practical first tank, and do everything I can to protect my investment. I need to read up on medicated quarantine tanks and how to handle fry. Thanks you guys. I hope I am on the right track.
Boas in FL! A blight! Same kind of issue. Plenty of fish (I forget their names) costing states millions of dollars and destroying populations of native species in rivers and lakes across the country! I think that mistake is absolutely the most important one to avoid.
And lets not forget aquarium plants as well. They belong in your aquarium, the garbage or your compost heap. Do do not throw them in lakes and streams.
Ruth Miller good point! Look at duckweed, for example. Some think it is native to Louisiana swamps. I’m from LA and I know duckweed is an invasive plant species that is choking the swamps of the south. And its irreversible. Anyone who has duckweed in their tank understands this.
@@Cory_Dora I saw a beautiful video about how crypt is taking over streams in Texas. Who would have thought, right? If it is not native, don't release it. period.
Thank you for #4 from Florida. It's suuuuch a problem here and ppl continue to release reptiles, fish, and plants. I don't know why ppl are so uninformed still. Also, having a tank for plants is a perfect solution as a backup tank.
I actually have a tank by a window, and what I did was installed blackout uv protected film over the windows which are new and double pane insulated. And no algea issues after 1 summer . Oh also the window faces west .
The biggest mistake I have made in the aquarium hobby is to empty my 3 gallon goldfish aquarium and then wash it with detergent. I was 9 years old when I was doing this 😖
On the impuls buying: I have Cichlids, Angelfish, Barbs, Puffer Fish, Ornate Tetras and some beginner fish in a community tank and they're getting along so well. I was sceptical too when I got some of them and thought that I might have made a mistake but they turned out great and healthy. Sure there is some rough housing but that's normal, for my tanks at least. Not that impulse buying is not a bad thing. Because it can turn out very... bad, for a lack of better words. So I guess I'm really just confused as to why my fish seem so happy😂
So I agree with you almost always. However, when it comes to releasing fish I agree to about 95%. I actually wanted to start raising alligator gar to be around 2 or 3 feet and releasing them in Arkansas where they are almost endangered. Now idk how much of a difference I would actually or realistically make, but I absolutely love gar and similar fish. So to me, that is a great reason to release a fish. But with that said, releasing fish that don't belong where your tossing them could be a HUGE detriment to that environment. Never should anyone let fish go where they don't originate. thanks for the content. God bless
I'm having a 5 foot long freshwater aquarium....... Should I use a overhead filter or a big mechanical filter or shall I use two small filters? What is your suggestion? Please suggest me a filter for my aquarium
Since I'm surrounded by fish nerds, quick question. I wanna keep my tank clean and healthy. I don't have live plants, though I am getting moss balls soon. It's a ten gallon, and houses two betta baby boys that I love--divided, I swear. Don't hurt me! I kinda wanna switch about one gallon of water, conditioned, every other day, while still doing 25% every week, only taking decorations out during the 25%. Would this be too much over time? I feel like it would help make sure that nothing gets out hand, and food gets sucked up more--though I'm basically hand feeding the boys right now, because I'm training them, so extra food isn't too much of an issue--cleaning the tank. Would I be making a common fish keeper mistake?
Nice Video! Almost did the impulse buy a couple hours ago! John, was wondering your thoughts on larger aquariums that are setup in older pier and beam houses. My house was built in 1961, pier and beam with hardwood flooring that has been covered with carpet everywhere now. I want to setup a 125 gallon Peacock and Hap tank but I am worried about that much weight on the flooring...
I went to my fish store yesterday to get harlequin rasboras... I came home with harlequins, an African clawed frog and a crayfish. Luckily I did some 5 minute research and found out that I have the correct setup for each one, but it was scary and I’m never doing it again lol.
My local Petco recently put up signs notifying customers that the common pleco will need 150 gallons when fully grown, I was pleasantly surprised!
That's a good pet store
My local Petsmart has a drawing of a fully grown pleco on the tank so people can see just how big they get.
My petco kills anemones and constantly crashes their tanks....
@@andrewg.1127 I wish they had more quality control from location to location... It seems the state of the fish department depends on the skill of the current employees. Since the Petco near me hired a new "Aquatics Expert" I've seen a lot of improvements. They even set up a new 100 gallon tank for more mature fancy goldfish!
@@ymorehouse12 I've considered working there on weekends cause I'm tired of seeing it every week I go in. I'm basically unpaid staff up there at this point I finally got them to control their ammonia looool
Guilty of more these in the past than I care to admit, altough I've never set a fish loose into the wild.
David Prins mn
Every fish keeper should have 5 gallon buckets
I have two more major mistakes XP 1. Thinking you'll just take a "couple of minutes" to adjust a "few rocks"...trust me, you'll get pulled into a several-hour project almost every time XDD 2. Changing ANYTHING either just before bed or just before you leave for work or vacation.
Excellent tutorial. Fish love to play on our heart strings with the old "I'm so hungry" act. You must resist. Their eyes are a hell of a lot bigger than their stomachs...LOL!!! I only feed mine, 6 days a week, and three of the six, only once a day.
I know! My bettas especially, and in particular my blue female, look so cute giving me those eyes and wiggling around. I have to tell us both, "no. No more. No more food! That's all!" xD
I would say the only mistake is not doing enough research. Almost, if not every, fishkeeping issue falls under not knowing what we did wrong.
And it's so much easier today with tons of info at your fingertips!
#1 mistake - Telling the wife how much you actually spend on the hobby.
Agreed
Jeff Meister same for husbands...😂😂.
Yes
Navid Faraji b
Same with my dad...
i NEEDED the $26 driftwood and $80 worth of plants-
oh yeah cant forget about the $35 fish food...
It's good to keep some plastic storage bins to use as spare tanks. Also keep an extra sponge filter in your tank in case you have to quickly cycle a new one.
Oooo thanks. A lot
I've only got a 10 gallon tank but I still think I should probably research sponge filters.
"It's not that we should have one fish in our tank and never add anything to it"
*looks at my betta fish*
Ivo Stoutjesdijk bettas do well with bottom feeders and small, peaceful schooling fish if you’re interested in getting him a few buddies ☺️
@@IzzyAndAndy yeah ik
Bettas can be good solo acts if the tank is set up correctly, although female bettas (there have been color breeds of them which look like plakat males) work particularly well in community tanks.
Being Inpatient is the biggest mistake
Yeah being hospitalized sucks
Problem I have is always wanting to change/remodel my tanks or add more fish to them. If everything is going ok, probably best to leave it alone.
And thus the origin of multiple tank syndrome
Its good idea for you explain role of plants in nitrogen cycle control...
For about two months I scouted my house for the best place to put the tank and set it up mid-March. It was all well and good until about a week after the equinox, and now it gets a couple hours of full sun at the end of the day. Eep! Fortunately my wonderful snails have been amazing at keeping the tank algae free, but it's something I need to keep a watch on and think of a solution for if it gets bad.
Give me an update mate.
Algae is not the only issue. The tank will heat up considerably when the Sun Shines on it for more than a few minutes.
At this moment... 11:47 I died from excessive laughter lmao dwl
I remember one time I was at a pet store and I over head a conversation between a pet store employee and an interior designer who wanted visual interest in a large tank by placing some really large fish, medium sized fish and small sized fish. I looked at the store employee and nodded. The tank would have visual interest for about 10 minutes while the medium sized fish ate the small sized fish and the large fish ate what was left over.
Every time I want to buy a new fish, I do my research. I look at several different sources and figure out which is true and try them out. Even temp, pH, and growth. I now have three note books full of information.
I wish I had a list like this when I was a new fish keeper. Great job! I'm looking forward to this series
thank you for mentioning the patience and impulse control
Watching you guys from Finland. You are by far my fav fishtubers 😊😊 Thank you so much for all great information you are sharing. Sharing is caring 😄
Sound advice. And solid fish footage. Cheers from down Under
Many thanks. Will watch this and much more before attempting another saltwater aquarium.
Thank you for investing your time for us and I think it’s great that you are collaborating with fellow CZcams icons such as yourself and I look forward to viewing them.
Awesome Video! Lisa you call pleco....However you want!! We all understand what ya mean :) Thank you Lisa and John for sharing!!!!
You say TaBeta I say TaBetta.... 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
I went on vacation a few months ago and had the back up plan experience lol. I was gone for a week and had a auto feeder setup, did a water change before, checked my equipment etc. And left. Came back home and my HOB filter was running dry and found that the power company cut the power to fix something......I still don't know for how long it was off but my fish survived thanks to my airstone. I was upset because it was summer and wasn't thinking of all times the likely chances of power outages were to happen but it does.
I go on my honeymoon this October and plan getting a backup battery, setup for power out alerts via phone. And a spare apartment key to my parents so they can address emergency issues. Live and learn as they.
Hey John :u r the person that got me going, 180gal. 75 gal...doing a water change now, keep up the good work. Thks 4 everything. . Larry with the 180....
I liked cause john didnt like but I got u bro😎
Hello there, i watch this video and actually reminded me of my «big dream» when i where a bit younger.
I may only keept fish for a few years now, but in my time keeping fish i have meet ppl that needed new homes for there fish or just had the wrong tanks for the wrong fish, maybe the most common ones where angel fish in a ten gallon and guppys in a bowl without a heater.
I live in norway there the fish keeping hobby are way less then in the UN, but fish keeping are on the same level.
So what im saying is that its lots of ppl here keeping fish and thinks that fish lives for 5 months and it is few ppl thats actually educated.
So back to my «dream» or rather a hope.
I have been saving money for buying new tanks.
Im buying LOTS of 3 gallon tanks for bettas, 20 gallon for tetras, guppies and gouramis and 55 gallons for angels and one big 528 gallon tank for the bigger fish, and for gold fish, and maybe make a pond for goldfish, but ye.
I to now i have been saving 5756 dollars and in maybe in a few years i may get a job at the sea research center.
But now i do have a 30 gallon that i can put some of my friends fish in for a time, i may also buy myself some tubs with some heaters for other fish, but my dreams is to have a fish rescued center there i can give fish a new chance.
Your videos have been so helpful. Who knew my tiger barbs were eating my black skirts. Untill I seen missing fins. Thanks for all your help.
good video.
Great '10 Things'. I've seen a couple I'm guilty of as well.
Side note... did I just see a glimpse of one of Lisa's 'super secret' tanks?
Thanks thanks from the best fish hobbyist mistakes we will all learn from this .
Regarding #1 - If you wanted to have a dedicated green water tank for raising fry in, and you wanted it inside, then next to a window in the sun's probably the best spot to put it as long as temperature isn't going to be a problem.
Thanks for helping us neophytes John ! Keep up the good work
Yours is the best out there! I’m a newbie and heeding your advice(s) probably save many of my fish.
You're wrong, I'm perfect! Haha. Great video. I'm also guilty of a few of these when I started. I had a flowerhorn wipe out my tank over night.
I work at a pet store and ohhhhh man, I cannot tell you how many times I hear number 7 😫
I'm your 7th like lol
I've done all of them except number 4. Mostly before the internet. Love it,Keep 'em coming!!
Awesome video love it.
I love your videos
Great video!
Thank you Lisa and John for these great videos. You have thought me alot of things I didn't know about. Things have changed since last time I had a tank 24 years ago.💗🐠😊
Heck, some things have changed since 10, 15 years ago. At least to me.
Thanks mate. Appreciate it!
Hi guys. So I recently bought a betta and it already had velvet... Is there a way you guys can make a video on curing certain betta diseases? I recently bought malachite green to help and I’m waiting for it to arrive. Thanks in advance!
I'm no fish keeper, but this was brilliant. Thank you.
This information is invaluable to an amateur such as myself. Thank you so much!
I've done 8 of the 10. I quit going to my LFS as often as I use to because of impulse control, then I found online ordering for fish my LFS doesn't keep. Oh my,....... Good series.
GREAT VIDEO 😁👍
Man I wish you did reptiles I don’t even have fish but I like the vids u make
I have turtle
Lmao, great video yall! I damn near dropped my five gallon bucket doing my water change with your response to a friend letting a dog go in the wild! That was gold hahaha!
I wish it didn't actually happen, but unfortunately, many people drop their animals off in the countryside or woods when they can't care for them anymore, especially larger dogs and cats.
Great tips!
great job both of you!
13:43 #2: if you're lazy, figure out the easiest way you can do a task... but don't put it off!
Do the buckets for water changes hurt your back? Syphoning hose! Hate sucking on a hose? Get a pump or faucet connected hose!
And so on.
Great 10 Things - I'm so looking forward to the next 2😎 💕👍
I love these guys been watching them for a while now, there are funny and remind me of my aunt and uncle, well if my aunt and uncle knew about fish keeping.
Guilty; "Over Feeding".
Prime Time Aquatics and Swhiskey are probably my top two favorite fish keeping channels.
I watched plenty of videos before getting started in the hobby and choosing what fish to keep, but I wish I had found a few videos like these , it could’ve saved a lot of impulsive panic, and money.
Great video. Keep up the good work
I had hollow decor that a 100 dollar frontosa got caught in and I wasn’t home to catch it, sadly he passed 😔 but lesson learn!
Even with our phones still to much bad or misleading info out.
Thanks for everything 👍👍
Excellent video John! All your vids has helped me along my journey! Thanks for all your hard work! :-)
As a person in healthcare; the nitrogen cycle is the most akin to the respiratory system.
The human body breathes in oxygen, binds it with the heme in red blood cells and provides that oxygen to the various cells, which break it down into waste products. Those waste products are then expelled as carbon dioxide.
In a tank, organic materials are what is breathed in. Ammonia is produced (like binding with heme, organics are useless to your cycle without this step), utilized by nitrifying bacteria, produced into nitrites (like providing the cells with oxygen) and then consumed by nitrating bacteria. Nitrates are the CO2. Like the lungs need to expel CO2, your tank needs to expel nitrates in the form of water changes.
Denying your tank ammonia in the form of ammonia removers or too large/frequent water changes means your blood isn't getting oxygen. Preventing nitrites from cycling into nitrates prevents the oxygen from getting to the tissues. Neglecting water changes for the nitrates is like breathing into a plastic bag. Eventually, you suffocate.
One thing not mentioned about putting a tank by a sunny window is hot fast the sun can make the water TO HOT for your fish..
Many years ago when I was young and stupid I had a 55G tank. It didn’t even occur to me that certain fish don’t get along. I had guppies, swordtails, mollies, angel fish, Gouramis, convicts, Jack Dempsey’s, neon tetras, Cory’s, a pair of bettas, and an Oscar. I didn’t cycle, I stocked the tank all at once, never tested pH, etc. never did water changes. everyone got along and all my fish lived - until Oscar grew up and ate all the smaller fish! Oh, ignorance is bliss sometimes. I’m now in the process of setting up a 20G community and a 15G Betta (1divider for 2 Bettas) tank, and I’m going slow. After several months of reading, watching multiple videos (my favorites are KGTropicals and Aquarium Co-op), tomorrow I start setting up with substrate, driftwood, rocks, etc. next day, it’s live plants and water and the cycling begins. I’m still a long way from stocking!!
14:03 straight facts
Great video as usual. Looking forward to your next one.
I loved this list! I can relate from the early years, and even from getting back into the hobby last year and having my bacteria crash on the first go. My first big problem, though, was not knowing to add fish as the cycle allows, not all at once.
I also made that mistake. Half of my fish died. I have learned alot from these videos. Thank God for them
Love your videos am newbie am searching what am going to put on my 125 gallon tank
Awesome video!! The biggest mistake I made in fish keeping was not quarantining new fish.
I have made so many mistakes in my first 15 months. This video would have been so helpful 15 months ago. Thanks for posting.
I have a 30 gallon planted aquarium with white mountain minnows, 2 bristle nose, and 2 assasin snails sitting right next to a window...no algae problems and the plants are thriving (no fertilizer or CO2)
Love your channel, just bought my first fish and learned so much watching your channel. I started out with one tank and now ordered two just for fish welfare. Thanks for the advice. Could you do a vid about holiday feeders (automatic not human) and why we should never handle our fish( they’re not hamsters)
Wow.. Thank you so much for your such valued info... 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Question. The orange, red, and white discus when you're talking about incompatibility - what is that strain called? I'm getting discus soon and I want that one!!
I -think- it's a checkerboard pigeon blood, but is that correct?
18 month old hobbyist. 20 gallon sitting by the window. Good algae turn to hair algae. About to Siamese algae eaters only because that's all they had at the time. And I fell for that saying about getting a tank later that's bigger. That's happening. But it's happening away from this window lol. I'm putting black paper around the back and one side. I had no idea that my son would be overexposure. None at all. And a 55 to 75 gallon is coming up soon. Thanks for the insights.
Love these videos, this series has certainly helped me a lot 🤓
My Dad came home after two weeks of travelling and he came home did something to the water in the fish tank which made it somehow poisioness and left again
*GOOD JOB DAD*
My dad keeps trying to feed my guppy fry to my bigger fish
THE ONES I NEED TO RAISE.
NOT THE ONES DEDICATED TO BEING FOOD.
So I wanted a 55 gallon tank. Going ALL OUT.
Thanks to Lisa I bought a 20L, 15g, and a 10. All bought by people who didn't cycle and gave up.
The 20L is the main. The 15g will be my back up in case the 20 leaks, and the 10 will be my quarantine tank. I just need a diabetic cat resistant cover and a good light for planted tanks. I need to clean the after market tanks, pythons. I am historically an impatient person. But there has been a real calming effect in reigning myself in, getting a more practical first tank, and do everything I can to protect my investment. I need to read up on medicated quarantine tanks and how to handle fry. Thanks you guys. I hope I am on the right track.
can you make a video talk about brackish fish? Why aquarium store able to keep brackish water fish in freshwater?
Boas in FL! A blight! Same kind of issue. Plenty of fish (I forget their names) costing states millions of dollars and destroying populations of native species in rivers and lakes across the country! I think that mistake is absolutely the most important one to avoid.
And lets not forget aquarium plants as well. They belong in your aquarium, the garbage or your compost heap. Do do not throw them in lakes and streams.
Ruth Miller good point! Look at duckweed, for example. Some think it is native to Louisiana swamps. I’m from LA and I know duckweed is an invasive plant species that is choking the swamps of the south. And its irreversible. Anyone who has duckweed in their tank understands this.
@@Cory_Dora I saw a beautiful video about how crypt is taking over streams in Texas. Who would have thought, right? If it is not native, don't release it. period.
"My reaction would be, what the f---"
I died laughing!! 🤣🤣🤣
I'm a subscriber. Love your vids and know how much you loved the store. A great vid and honest vid would be why it didn't work.
Plecos have taken over in the Crystal River and Homasassa areas in Florida. Here in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana we are inundated with apple snails.
You guys are amazing keep up the good work
Thank you for #4 from Florida. It's suuuuch a problem here and ppl continue to release reptiles, fish, and plants. I don't know why ppl are so uninformed still. Also, having a tank for plants is a perfect solution as a backup tank.
I actually have a tank by a window, and what I did was installed blackout uv protected film over the windows which are new and double pane insulated. And no algea issues after 1 summer . Oh also the window faces west .
I keep backup and backup for my backup for all my tank. Wish you two started those videos a few years back 👍👍
Anyone else slightly triggered that the King of DIY wasn't considered one of our favorite CZcamsrs?
We asked 30 CZcamsrs for clips, only 18 sent them. I'm very grateful to the ones who took the time to send the clips.
Have you done a video on automatic fish feeders? Just thinking of how I can feed fish if I go out of town for a 4 day weekend.
I loved her worse-case-scenario chain reaction but I recognize she made a good point.
I loved the tank with SpongeBob theme❤️
The biggest mistake I have made in the aquarium hobby is to empty my 3 gallon goldfish aquarium and then wash it with detergent. I was 9 years old when I was doing this 😖
On the impuls buying: I have Cichlids, Angelfish, Barbs, Puffer Fish, Ornate Tetras and some beginner fish in a community tank and they're getting along so well. I was sceptical too when I got some of them and thought that I might have made a mistake but they turned out great and healthy. Sure there is some rough housing but that's normal, for my tanks at least. Not that impulse buying is not a bad thing. Because it can turn out very... bad, for a lack of better words. So I guess I'm really just confused as to why my fish seem so happy😂
So I agree with you almost always. However, when it comes to releasing fish I agree to about 95%. I actually wanted to start raising alligator gar to be around 2 or 3 feet and releasing them in Arkansas where they are almost endangered. Now idk how much of a difference I would actually or realistically make, but I absolutely love gar and similar fish. So to me, that is a great reason to release a fish. But with that said, releasing fish that don't belong where your tossing them could be a HUGE detriment to that environment. Never should anyone let fish go where they don't originate. thanks for the content.
God bless
Soon 100k!
I do a lot of largemouth fishing in creeks and some the Koi iv seen are huge
Awesome dinamic duo... thanks a lot Mr stone cold & miss Cyna for the info in the World Wrestling Fish..(WWF) Your Fish Entertainment Network
I'm having a 5 foot long freshwater aquarium....... Should I use a overhead filter or a big mechanical filter or shall I use two small filters?
What is your suggestion?
Please suggest me a filter for my aquarium
Since I'm surrounded by fish nerds, quick question.
I wanna keep my tank clean and healthy. I don't have live plants, though I am getting moss balls soon. It's a ten gallon, and houses two betta baby boys that I love--divided, I swear. Don't hurt me!
I kinda wanna switch about one gallon of water, conditioned, every other day, while still doing 25% every week, only taking decorations out during the 25%. Would this be too much over time? I feel like it would help make sure that nothing gets out hand, and food gets sucked up more--though I'm basically hand feeding the boys right now, because I'm training them, so extra food isn't too much of an issue--cleaning the tank.
Would I be making a common fish keeper mistake?
@Erica’s Vyds Thanks for the advice!
Nice Video! Almost did the impulse buy a couple hours ago! John, was wondering your thoughts on larger aquariums that are setup in older pier and beam houses. My house was built in 1961, pier and beam with hardwood flooring that has been covered with carpet everywhere now. I want to setup a 125 gallon Peacock and Hap tank but I am worried about that much weight on the flooring...
Would it be ok if I put goldfish, Betta, mollies and a Leopard sucker fish all in the 50 gallon tank
I went to my fish store yesterday to get harlequin rasboras... I came home with harlequins, an African clawed frog and a crayfish. Luckily I did some 5 minute research and found out that I have the correct setup for each one, but it was scary and I’m never doing it again lol.