Socialize with your fishes! Get them used to have you around, handfeed them, and put a net in the aquarium once in a while as you do this, it is so advantageous to have fish that actually come to your hand and to your net when they are in the water, rather than having to chase them around and stress the fishes out when you need to catch them.
I dont know about other people, but... I like to count my fishes when I feed them and than freak out when I find that I'm missing one which than I proceed to recount or look around until I find the missing one... This is also made difficult when I have some fish that are nocturnal and likes to burrow into the substrate to sleep :(
@@mistermoose5326 This is first time I heard "stoning women for being raped" happened in Turkey 🤷♀️... I am sorry for you because you are a bad person who tried to attack people or nation just because he is ignorant about that nation. Is generalising people okay? The things that you have said are the things you don't even know about. I don't know if it is media or your ignorance or need to attack muslims. This is end of our conversation.
@@Dennaton After learning what little I can about Turkey online, I take back what I've said. However, I still loathe islam. I apologise for being so hateful, but I feel I should still be honest with you about the religion itself.
When I was a kid and got my first ever fish, I got a bowl with two bettas (male and female) because the staff told me they would work well... Cut to a moment later and the male had killed the female because she did not want to mate... Always do your research first, you can't always trust the staff
Never trust staff. Knowing nothing about the hobby, they convinced me that I could have more than 8 fish in a 3 gallon tank and I could put them in an hour after I first set up the tank as long as I used some bioboost. Naturally, all of them died except one.
Im planning on starting my first aquarium in the new year when i move into my new house. Been watching lots of vids to get prepared and i really enjoy yours and find them very informative. Good job and keep it up.
@@rosemary.-6576 im planning a community tank TBH but i will certainly by cycling it first. Purchasing a 200 litre tank and im planning on doing nothing too complicated. zebra danios, 2 types of tetras (cardinal and black phantom probably), some type of cory, and pearl gourami. Im willing to accept advice if this is a bad idea however. Been doing a lot of research as i dont want to get into a situation im really not expecting and its really good that people like yourself and thomas are available to give advice. I really like the community here even though i havent had chance to interact with people yet.
@@steg245 I reccommend an app called REEF2REEF it's a saltwater aquatics app, yes but the people on there are very welcoming and can give help on freshwater as well. There is also another forum app i'd like to reccomend which is Aquarium Advice. I wish all the best luck. Cardinals can only be added to a tank that has been cycled for 3 months, and are *extremely* tempermental so be really careful as well🐟
Your selection sounds good but remember the most important thing in the hobby is patience don’t buy everything at once when I got my first tank I gave everything a week then got the next fish I had my eye on and be careful not to overstock again your not overstocking but it’s always good to take it slow and though he may say algae is ugly it’s actually beneficial I have it on the back of my tank but when it’s on plants it’s not to good hence why I keep shrimp as they eat the particular algae that grows on plants. Now that I look back on this that’s a lot of words lol
I really apriciate you doing so many videos for beginners and these small tips and tricks. I want to get a small planted akvarium amd its really helpfull
@@BigAlsVOD could you do a video on showing how to spot diseases and how to treat them? And sexting your fish I asked the pet store and they didn't know pulse I was curious it's important to have more male or female fish?
Haha I actually find cleaning my filters therapeutic. I think it's satisfying to watch the detritus come out of the filter and into the old tank water bucket.
Goldfish keeper here. My most important habit is weekly water change and weekly fine filtration change. I place filter floss on top of the traditional sponge in my hob and change it weekly as it gets absolutely filthy :P Weekly water change is a must with goldies as there are very polluting fish.
Thanks for another great video! I liked being reminded of the good things to do to keep myself and my fish babies happy! I started with one goldfish and now have 6 tanks. Getting into good habits helps a ton to keep everyone healthy and happy
Since I have 8 aquariums, I do partial water changes on half of them one week , then the other half the next week ... I also have a log book with a section for each aquarium to record when fish were added or moved out, what maintenance was done ( when was the last time I opened that canister filter ?) how much water was changed, when the light bulbs were changed, when fish spawned, when I added some plants or wood or other decor, when was that pre-filter sponge on the intake squeezed clean ? and so on ... these notes help to diagnose possible causes of problems as well as let you know how long you have kept a particular fish :)
Since you seem experienced, I feed my betta fish 1 pellet and 1 bloodworm day, is that enough for him or should I get more variety? He hates flakes so I don't buy them anymore. Any suggestions?
@@alexandranorori2768 Ok I try to be careful with what I feed him because if his diet isn't perfect, he will get swim bladder or float on his side for a while so I have to be careful.
Well, I learned something from this video and that was to clean the glass daily. I normally clean the glass when I do my partial water changes, but this absolutely insures no algae and other stuff on the glass. Thanks tons for this video and all your videos.
thank you for this video i ended up with a betta from my neighbor and he was in a tiny half gallon with her i put him in a 1.5 gallon that i had on hand and then i upgraded him after a week to a nice 3 gallon im doing every other day weekly water changes of 25% due to the cycle process he is doing great and has come so far he had fin problems im thinking now it was from Ammonia burn his fins are growing back and today i noticed he is making a bubble nest
I got my 5 year old an aquarium for his birthday! So now we are having a great time learning about care and maintenance before we add some fish to it. I think I'm going to make a dry erase check list to keep by the tank so we can keep track of all the things that need to be done daily/weekly/monthly.
I started watching various aquarium videos as I'm looking to sort my kids with their first set up. You are one of the funniest people on CZcams! Your videos are informative and lol funny! Well done!
Watched a bunch of your videos and there was s'mthing about you and just figured out that your RIGHT eye blinks slightly faster than the LEFT and that is probably why you wear your earring in the opposite ear to visually COMPENSATE .. very smart.. oh yes and your advice is precious .. thx
Love hearing you and the tips given. I think I do them all but think differently about my water changes. I've been keeping aquariums for several yrs and depending on the size of tank and stock I've always done weekly water changes with the percentage amount ranging. Fish and live plants love it. When I had my three big goldfish I was doing huge huge water changes every 5 days though.
Just discovered you, I'm so happy that I did! You're so informative all while being super entertaining and fun to watch. I love your personality! Plus I love your shirt, looks just like my Betta fish :-). You've earned a new subscriber!
I have albino Cory catfish and salt and pepper Cory catfish and I love to watch them digging in the substrate.I also love watching them schooling together.
I wipe the sides that I look though weekly with water changes and I wipe the sides I don't usually look though monthly. That way my tank has just a little more bio-filtration. In addition, I also cut my test strips in half.
@@spencer6736 I've tested it side by side with the full strip and see the same reading. I have made the mistake of cutting it like a 75%/25% then the smaller strip gets difficult to see.
This is the first of your videos I’ve seen. I subscribed. You’re funny and entertaining which is important in educational videos. I tend to get bored and say, “next!” after only a couple tips. Thank you.
I found that small feedings were detrimental to timid fish. My bigger fish would eat all the food way to fast and the smaller firefish was starving and never ate
I have three Bettas and I do agree on feeding them up close and with your hand. Your fish will be much more happy and healthy to see you and not just the inside of it’s tank. I know all three of my Bettas are so excited to see me when I walk up to their tanks even if I don’t give them food and I’m just there to say hi. It’s nice to see my dragon scale do a little wiggle dance and my half moon swim in circles and show me new moves that make his tail shine and glimmer! They’re always so happy to see me and I try to feed them at least twice a day and watch as they eat at least one pellet so I know that they are eating and are healthy
Impulse buying was my biggest problem at first. Went out and bought my tank with a few fish and had emergency after emergency. Doing better now because I've literally done nothing but studied fish keeping the last month, but doing research is really my biggest take from this and if you do that you're probably prepared for everything else.
Very solid suggestions! The following are habits I do differently. I do not wipe my acrylic daily for algae. This is a good idea. I bought pond snails recently and they are doing a very good job for the aquariums I grow plants in. I do not test my water. Since I do not test my water I do a weekly water change of around 30%, making sure I take the Chloramines out of the tap water by adding major brand tap water cure that contain sodium thiosulfate. I should have done research on Black Convicts. I have two 20 gallon tanks filled with those fish. I should quarantine my fish before adding them. The fish from the pet stores, (better if one buys the fish from an Aquarium Store), are terribly sickly! The rest of the suggestions are exactly what I have been practicing, and I have a Marineland Eclipse 2 that is still working, (new impeller, and new lighting system though).
I do weekly water changes. My fishes water is nice and clean. I count them and check their temp often cause I have 2 temp and two heaters. I recently had an ich outbreak and just did more water changes, herbal treatments and things are going back to normal.
I keep a very good eye on my Fish, however one time I bought a cichlid that I thought was Acei (white tail) because of deep purple colour, well he changed colours when i got home, did my research and he was Elongate Mbuna (these guys are not common in pet stores in ontario) and because the pet store had him in horrible conditions I kept him knowing what he is and now he's in the main tank with 6 yellow labs, 1 Albino Socofoli (snowball), and 1 red zebra, this is male only tank and they all get along great (I've been lucky so far)
I raise crayfish and i do a meat based feeding in the morning like shrimp or silverfish and a vegetable based feeding at night like peas or carrots they love carrots
I like the tip you said as to put silicon spray on the gasket ring? Can i ask which silicon lubricant spray you use? Since i dont know it will be the first time to clean the filter its brand new i had it since 3 month and im new to fish also. I want to use it as prevention. Great video.
I don't think I was a real fish keeper until I started quarantining my fish. It's a 6 gallon hospital/quarantine tank that has a small filter on it and I ignore it until I need it. I think three weeks is a bit long for most people. I quarantine my fish for two weeks.
I got my filter 3x used and unfortunately only noticed that it was broken too late. It works alright, but I can't take it apart and clean it. I've gotten a new filter now though, will install it tomorrow!
I do a 25 percent charge of water weekly cuz I have cichlid in one tank then I have Guppies and a picasimus in the other so instead of doing one bi-weekly and the other one by week I just do them at the same time and i feed them twice a day once in the morning and once before i turn out their light i love my fish babies
Lucky! I don't think I would want to do that cause I don't like the idea of scraping it all off and having it fly around in the clean water and it just drops somewhere else and breeds there
Great Video you certainly know your fish Taught me a lot and felt at ease to carry on with my Tank I have Guppies and have to put the babies in a nursery Tank but they are getting bigger but my main tank as a lot of fish already and as you know they are livebearers and they eat their young what can I do about that to many fish not a lot of space Thanks from the uk
This guy influenced my to get into the aquarium Hobby and how to start my first tank and I got so busy that I didn't get to watch his vidz and my aquarium went haywire but now I'm back and track and keenly watching his videos and I see what I've been doing wrong I once had 10 neon tetra and introduced some fancy guppies to my tank without quarantining them and one was apparently sick and it spread to my tetras it was disastrous I only saved two tetra. Moral of the story is always keep paying attention to your gurus and quarantine new fish
I filter my 55 gal native with a 1200 GPM magnetic drive pump and a 20 micron whole house filter. I do a water change once every 6 months with nothing put top off in between and keep clear water with no spike in nitrates ect
Same, got a curved 48 gal aquarium with a school of tiger barbs, golden barbs and clown loaches, and I'm running 2 50 gal aquaclear filters, keeping my temp at 24.5 C and have 0 ammonia and nitrate, and neutral ph levels. I top it off with a 1/4 water change every 2 weeks and a 2/3rd water change every 6 weeks. Basically the most clear water I have ever done. More clear then the rivers I fish in
Another tip is to have plants. They are super easy now days, and low light plants look great if you don't want to invest a lot of money on lighting. Plus a lot of plants like java fern and anubias do not require expensive substrate.
when quarinting anything I get, I'll go a bit further and even fill half the tank with water from the tank it's going into the perams are as close to what it's going to be to cause less issues upon moving it later.
I prepare salt water days before water change day to make parameters more stable on D-Day. Also I always have a minimum 30% of aquarium saltwater ready all the time in case an emergency happens to do large Water Change.
I sit and stare at my fish for an hour every day it’s stress relieving
I thought i was alone. I have xaeity lmao
Socialize with your fishes!
Get them used to have you around, handfeed them, and put a net in the aquarium once in a while as you do this, it is so advantageous to have fish that actually come to your hand and to your net when they are in the water, rather than having to chase them around and stress the fishes out when you need to catch them.
I vary my cheese burger diet occasionally with a diet coke.
I drink diet coke so I can eat regular cake.
Mine is cheeseburgers and cake
dennis nice man
It be like that
Lol
One habit I have is that I have a coffee in front of my tank on Sundays and that gives me a prolonged viewing.
Lol So Meee
I start my morning before I leave to work enjoying my tank. So relaxing and a great way to start your day.
I dont know about other people, but... I like to count my fishes when I feed them and than freak out when I find that I'm missing one which than I proceed to recount or look around until I find the missing one... This is also made difficult when I have some fish that are nocturnal and likes to burrow into the substrate to sleep :(
Kuhli loaches.
@@RobertBeckk indeed. Got 5 of them on my tank and I don't even know where they hide
I've got a shrimp in my tank and I freak when I can't find it. Didn't see it for two weeks once and assumed the worst. That lil' bastard can hide.
@@justyouraveragecountrybump5558 is your tank planted, I really want five of them but I don't want them to dig up my baby plants.
@@RobertBeckk yea half my tank's planted, as far as I can see, so long as you provide them with some nice hiding spots they'll not disturb your plant
You are a fun dude, you are making me happy lol! I like the way you explain things, keep it up. Thank you!
From Turkey with love..
@@mistermoose5326 Are you allowed to live without your brain in your country? Not funny, not cool dude...
@@mistermoose5326 Have you been in Turkey before?
@@mistermoose5326 This is first time I heard "stoning women for being raped" happened in Turkey 🤷♀️... I am sorry for you because you are a bad person who tried to attack people or nation just because he is ignorant about that nation. Is generalising people okay? The things that you have said are the things you don't even know about. I don't know if it is media or your ignorance or need to attack muslims. This is end of our conversation.
@@Dennaton
After learning what little I can about Turkey online, I take back what I've said. However, I still loathe islam. I apologise for being so hateful, but I feel I should still be honest with you about the religion itself.
Hes awesome
When I was a kid and got my first ever fish, I got a bowl with two bettas (male and female) because the staff told me they would work well... Cut to a moment later and the male had killed the female because she did not want to mate... Always do your research first, you can't always trust the staff
Never trust staff. Knowing nothing about the hobby, they convinced me that I could have more than 8 fish in a 3 gallon tank and I could put them in an hour after I first set up the tank as long as I used some bioboost. Naturally, all of them died except one.
Im planning on starting my first aquarium in the new year when i move into my new house. Been watching lots of vids to get prepared and i really enjoy yours and find them very informative. Good job and keep it up.
Thomas B Thanks. Ive been following your low tech planted tank series. Looking forward to the next episode, assuming there is going to be one.
Don't forget about cycling. ♡ I reccomend bettas, comunity tanks can be difficult for begginers. I wish you all the luck
@@rosemary.-6576 im planning a community tank TBH but i will certainly by cycling it first. Purchasing a 200 litre tank and im planning on doing nothing too complicated. zebra danios, 2 types of tetras (cardinal and black phantom probably), some type of cory, and pearl gourami. Im willing to accept advice if this is a bad idea however. Been doing a lot of research as i dont want to get into a situation im really not expecting and its really good that people like yourself and thomas are available to give advice. I really like the community here even though i havent had chance to interact with people yet.
@@steg245 I reccommend an app called REEF2REEF it's a saltwater aquatics app, yes but the people on there are very welcoming and can give help on freshwater as well. There is also another forum app i'd like to reccomend which is Aquarium Advice. I wish all the best luck. Cardinals can only be added to a tank that has been cycled for 3 months, and are *extremely* tempermental so be really careful as well🐟
Your selection sounds good but remember the most important thing in the hobby is patience don’t buy everything at once when I got my first tank I gave everything a week then got the next fish I had my eye on and be careful not to overstock again your not overstocking but it’s always good to take it slow and though he may say algae is ugly it’s actually beneficial I have it on the back of my tank but when it’s on plants it’s not to good hence why I keep shrimp as they eat the particular algae that grows on plants. Now that I look back on this that’s a lot of words lol
I really apriciate you doing so many videos for beginners and these small tips and tricks. I want to get a small planted akvarium amd its really helpfull
Our pleasure-- thanks for watching! Let us know when you get the planted tank up and running!
@@BigAlsVOD could you do a video on showing how to spot diseases and how to treat them? And sexting your fish I asked the pet store and they didn't know pulse I was curious it's important to have more male or female fish?
Haha I actually find cleaning my filters therapeutic. I think it's satisfying to watch the detritus come out of the filter and into the old tank water bucket.
Goldfish keeper here. My most important habit is weekly water change and weekly fine filtration change. I place filter floss on top of the traditional sponge in my hob and change it weekly as it gets absolutely filthy :P Weekly water change is a must with goldies as there are very polluting fish.
one of my biggest habits is adding beneficial bacteria that comes in a bottke to tanks that end up having high nitrite and amonia. or to new tanks
Hey I need that Betta shirt in my life 😍👌🏽
Thanks for another great video! I liked being reminded of the good things to do to keep myself and my fish babies happy! I started with one goldfish and now have 6 tanks. Getting into good habits helps a ton to keep everyone healthy and happy
Since I have 8 aquariums, I do partial water changes on half of them one week , then the other half the next week ... I also have a log book with a section for each aquarium to record when fish were added or moved out, what maintenance was done ( when was the last time I opened that canister filter ?) how much water was changed, when the light bulbs were changed, when fish spawned, when I added some plants or wood or other decor, when was that pre-filter sponge on the intake squeezed clean ? and so on ... these notes help to diagnose possible causes of problems as well as let you know how long you have kept a particular fish :)
Since you seem experienced, I feed my betta fish 1 pellet and 1 bloodworm day, is that enough for him or should I get more variety? He hates flakes so I don't buy them anymore. Any suggestions?
@@kaylinschei545 feed it more
@@alexandranorori2768 Ok I try to be careful with what I feed him because if his diet isn't perfect, he will get swim bladder or float on his side for a while so I have to be careful.
“It is better to be preventative than reactive” that advise alone made me sub, great vid!
This is the Thomas I fell in like with because of your humor and facial expressions. Loved this segment.
Wait his name is not Al? Sorry just found this channel yesterday. I'm taking over my dad's tank. Hasn't been cleaned in 1.5 years at least
Well, I learned something from this video and that was to clean the glass daily. I normally clean the glass when I do my partial water changes, but this absolutely insures no algae and other stuff on the glass. Thanks tons for this video and all your videos.
I love how he says the side comments after he finishes speaking about the topic ! Lol hilarious
thank you for this video i ended up with a betta from my neighbor and he was in a tiny half gallon with her i put him in a 1.5 gallon that i had on hand and then i upgraded him after a week to a nice 3 gallon im doing every other day weekly water changes of 25% due to the cycle process he is doing great and has come so far he had fin problems im thinking now it was from Ammonia burn his fins are growing back and today i noticed he is making a bubble nest
I got my 5 year old an aquarium for his birthday! So now we are having a great time learning about care and maintenance before we add some fish to it. I think I'm going to make a dry erase check list to keep by the tank so we can keep track of all the things that need to be done daily/weekly/monthly.
Holy moly you are like "linus tech tips" for aquariums. Your voice etc. :O
You are an absolute champ. As a beginner your videos are informative and funny.
I base alot of my knowledge on my fish channel on you mate.
@@NaturalAquaria how can it not. A little hard work for such a reward.
Love your videos!! Would love to see one on sponge filters (setting up, cleaning, maintenance) and another on betta care.
Can you guys do a video on how to treat varying fish diseases please?
I started watching various aquarium videos as I'm looking to sort my kids with their first set up. You are one of the funniest people on CZcams! Your videos are informative and lol funny! Well done!
Watched a bunch of your videos and there was s'mthing about you and just figured out that your RIGHT eye blinks slightly faster than the LEFT and that is probably why you wear your earring in the opposite ear to visually COMPENSATE .. very smart.. oh yes and your advice is precious .. thx
Well now Brian (our producer) is going to have to look back at all the footage frame-by-frame to confirm if this is true!
I watch your videos and your very cute are you straight or gay omg your sexy.
Love hearing you and the tips given. I think I do them all but think differently about my water changes. I've been keeping aquariums for several yrs and depending on the size of tank and stock I've always done weekly water changes with the percentage amount ranging. Fish and live plants love it. When I had my three big goldfish I was doing huge huge water changes every 5 days though.
Everytime I watch this guy, he always have new hairstyle
Just dont stop doing videos... man you are awsome
Just discovered you, I'm so happy that I did! You're so informative all while being super entertaining and fun to watch. I love your personality! Plus I love your shirt, looks just like my Betta fish :-). You've earned a new subscriber!
Nice to see Howard has life after big bang!!...very informative and entertaining!!
I have albino Cory catfish and salt and pepper Cory catfish and I love to watch them digging in the substrate.I also love watching them schooling together.
I literally love your enthusiasm in this video! You do such a great job and your videos always crack me up! Great tips!
Didn't know John Wick loves fishes now lmao
Get this guy on a sham wow commercial
Love your videos, clear, informative and with an obvious passion. Would never have thought to do the glass that regularly.
I love pretty much every video you guys make, super interesting and helpful content!
I wipe the sides that I look though weekly with water changes and I wipe the sides I don't usually look though monthly. That way my tank has just a little more bio-filtration.
In addition, I also cut my test strips in half.
Will cutting the strips in half affecting them in any way aside from one upping the capitalists? 😂
@@spencer6736 I've tested it side by side with the full strip and see the same reading. I have made the mistake of cutting it like a 75%/25% then the smaller strip gets difficult to see.
@@danielclemons5603 Nice! Thank you for sharing this tip. This is really going to help.
I'm for sure going to start doing the quarentine tank, already have a hospital/fish fry raising sized tank that's yet to be set up.
Yay so happy to see this type of videos again!! 🐟🐠
I've been in the hobby for two years, have had 3 bettas (Crusoe and Snowball are good angry babies), but there's still so much to learn.
I didnt change my water in my reef tank for 6 months due to school. Now im doing weekly water changes. Biweekly or once a month will do you wonders!
This is the first of your videos I’ve seen. I subscribed. You’re funny and entertaining which is important in educational videos. I tend to get bored and say, “next!” after only a couple tips. Thank you.
This was really in depth and positive, you are really helping with my research of how to care for fish long term!
I found that small feedings were detrimental to timid fish. My bigger fish would eat all the food way to fast and the smaller firefish was starving and never ate
I have three Bettas and I do agree on feeding them up close and with your hand. Your fish will be much more happy and healthy to see you and not just the inside of it’s tank. I know all three of my Bettas are so excited to see me when I walk up to their tanks even if I don’t give them food and I’m just there to say hi. It’s nice to see my dragon scale do a little wiggle dance and my half moon swim in circles and show me new moves that make his tail shine and glimmer! They’re always so happy to see me and I try to feed them at least twice a day and watch as they eat at least one pellet so I know that they are eating and are healthy
Nice video helps me keep up with my habbits for my tank thanks
I love watching Big Al , he is so funny
You're my HERO Thomas! So entertaining!
love your channel and videos, you keep it short and simple for beginners to understand and you dont take like 30mins per video to explain one thing
Thanks for uploading videos for beginners. Please do video for types of fishes and live plants recommended for beginners, intermediate and expert.
Impulse buying was my biggest problem at first. Went out and bought my tank with a few fish and had emergency after emergency. Doing better now because I've literally done nothing but studied fish keeping the last month, but doing research is really my biggest take from this and if you do that you're probably prepared for everything else.
Having 2 HOB filters is awesome. I rotate cleaning one every other water change and my water is always clear looking.
Very solid suggestions! The following are habits I do differently. I do not wipe my acrylic daily for algae. This is a good idea. I bought pond snails recently and they are doing a very good job for the aquariums I grow plants in. I do not test my water. Since I do not test my water I do a weekly water change of around 30%, making sure I take the Chloramines out of the tap water by adding major brand tap water cure that contain sodium thiosulfate. I should have done research on Black Convicts. I have two 20 gallon tanks filled with those fish. I should quarantine my fish before adding them. The fish from the pet stores, (better if one buys the fish from an Aquarium Store), are terribly sickly! The rest of the suggestions are exactly what I have been practicing, and I have a Marineland Eclipse 2 that is still working, (new impeller, and new lighting system though).
I do weekly water changes. My fishes water is nice and clean. I count them and check their temp often cause I have 2 temp and two heaters. I recently had an ich outbreak and just did more water changes, herbal treatments and things are going back to normal.
"I'm So SKINNY".......... you got me there... thanks for the tips........ very helpful....
What silicone spray do you recommend that would be good to put on all o-rings/gaskets of the filter?
I keep a very good eye on my Fish, however one time I bought a cichlid that I thought was Acei (white tail) because of deep purple colour, well he changed colours when i got home, did my research and he was Elongate Mbuna (these guys are not common in pet stores in ontario) and because the pet store had him in horrible conditions I kept him knowing what he is and now he's in the main tank with 6 yellow labs, 1 Albino Socofoli (snowball), and 1 red zebra, this is male only tank and they all get along great (I've been lucky so far)
I'll send the pics on Instagram
Thanks for this. I am making a checklist to track parameters vs. what is happening as well as regular tasks as you have listed them.
I raise crayfish and i do a meat based feeding in the morning like shrimp or silverfish and a vegetable based feeding at night like peas or carrots they love carrots
2:32 whispers: "I'm really skinny..." *saddest face* LOL Ugh! Too cute! great video!
I like the tip you said as to put silicon spray on the gasket ring? Can i ask which silicon lubricant spray you use? Since i dont know it will be the first time to clean the filter its brand new i had it since 3 month and im new to fish also. I want to use it as prevention. Great video.
When in doubt, do a Water Change.
I support every tip in this video.
I also support the lovely betta shirt. I'm not keen on yellow, but... Thomas rocks it! Betta love.
1:29 😂😂😂
You are so fkin funny.
Thx for makin me laugh
i gust had my first fish tank thanx for the tips and you are the first to follow in youtube
great video thanks for all ur advice for us beginners.
Got my first tank set up the other day and went and got platys and I love them so much!
Your awesomely funny 😊😊😂 love the info style
I don't think I was a real fish keeper until I started quarantining my fish. It's a 6 gallon hospital/quarantine tank that has a small filter on it and I ignore it until I need it. I think three weeks is a bit long for most people. I quarantine my fish for two weeks.
I use a temp gun to check my tanks, is that cool? One had a digital thermometer but my temp gun is more accurate.
Omg where’d you get your betta shirt
I got my filter 3x used and unfortunately only noticed that it was broken too late. It works alright, but I can't take it apart and clean it. I've gotten a new filter now though, will install it tomorrow!
Awesome awesome work love your videos. On of topics you talk about protein skimmers why do need them, how big one do you need stuff like that.
I do a 25 percent charge of water weekly cuz I have cichlid in one tank then I have Guppies and a picasimus in the other so instead of doing one bi-weekly and the other one by week I just do them at the same time and i feed them twice a day once in the morning and once before i turn out their light i love my fish babies
Never consistently scraped personally, the snails like it. But I've never had algae problems anyway
Lucky!
I don't think I would want to do that cause I don't like the idea of scraping it all off and having it fly around in the clean water and it just drops somewhere else and breeds there
I always used to have algae... until I got a heated tank. Even in my coolwater, underfiltered koi aquarium I only get minimal spot algae.
Can u talk about GUPPY care and maintenance... ?gonna bcum new guppy parent....growing fish first time
“Water looks clean and clear” me: *puts too much alder cones in his tank and now it’s dark af and red* 😂
It goes away after some time and gets clear again
Awesome video!!! New to the hobby, thanks for all the great tips!!
Great Video you certainly know your fish Taught me a lot and felt at ease to carry on with my Tank I have Guppies and have to put the babies in a nursery Tank but they are getting bigger but my main tank as a lot of fish already and as you know they are livebearers and they eat their young what can I do about that to many fish not a lot of space Thanks from the uk
This guy influenced my to get into the aquarium Hobby and how to start my first tank and I got so busy that I didn't get to watch his vidz and my aquarium went haywire but now I'm back and track and keenly watching his videos and I see what I've been doing wrong I once had 10 neon tetra and introduced some fancy guppies to my tank without quarantining them and one was apparently sick and it spread to my tetras it was disastrous I only saved two tetra. Moral of the story is always keep paying attention to your gurus and quarantine new fish
Nice video. Time to get a thermometer
I filter my 55 gal native with a 1200 GPM magnetic drive pump and a 20 micron whole house filter. I do a water change once every 6 months with nothing put top off in between and keep clear water with no spike in nitrates ect
Same, got a curved 48 gal aquarium with a school of tiger barbs, golden barbs and clown loaches, and I'm running 2 50 gal aquaclear filters, keeping my temp at 24.5 C and have 0 ammonia and nitrate, and neutral ph levels. I top it off with a 1/4 water change every 2 weeks and a 2/3rd water change every 6 weeks. Basically the most clear water I have ever done. More clear then the rivers I fish in
I have a planted 65gal with a pleco 8 guppy’s 4 Cory’s 2 dwarf Gourami and 2 honey Gourami I tested my water yesterday and it was all good.
Great video as always
I love your videos. Good work.
Always so informative, easy to understand and entertaining haha
Im getting a dwarf gourami and your insigth has helped me prepare for my fish, keep up the quality vids!
I fed my swordtails bloodworms once and now they don’t eat anything else, it’s been a year and a half, I love my weird guys.
love this thanks Al
Another tip is to have plants. They are super easy now days, and low light plants look great if you don't want to invest a lot of money on lighting. Plus a lot of plants like java fern and anubias do not require expensive substrate.
when quarinting anything I get, I'll go a bit further and even fill half the tank with water from the tank it's going into the perams are as close to what it's going to be to cause less issues upon moving it later.
Can watch you all day Thomas great vid
Your video is very informative!
Love these videos
I love that quarantine animation he did hahaha
Where did you get those test strips? Looks like an all in one test
I prepare salt water days before water change day to make parameters more stable on D-Day.
Also I always have a minimum 30% of aquarium saltwater ready all the time in case an emergency happens to do large Water Change.
Do you have to wash the rocks before putting it in to the tank
Aidan Ali yes rinse them with clear cold water