Well done Blake, nice. Enjoy your seeing your use of Barbs. I find keeping them in a large well planted tank that keeping groups of 3-4 varieties of groups of 15-20 is ideal as they get along fine. Top effort mate.
Great update Blake, ad always. Soooo I've just sold my place and am going to be moving, first time with a couple of tanks, feeling daunted! Maybe you could do a top 10 things to do when moving house with aquariums?? Pleaseeeee Lol, have a great one!
11:35 after 5 or 6 (stopped counting haha) failed attempts at breeding Desert gobies I finally got 20 fry. Can't wait to grow them up and sell them on my website. Cheers Blake
Always interesting to see what you are keeping in the fish room! For video ideas, this is maybe a bit left field, but indigenous aquatic and marginal plants. I grow them outside in wine barrel ponds and various bog gardens and pots, but some of the Melbourne ones might do quite well in an open topped cold water aquarium too. We’re actually losing especially our marginal plants from Melbourne bushland: the Goodenias, some of the Lobelias and Isotoma which used to be in my area of Melbourne can’t be found any more. It’s a real shame, especially since most of them are pretty hardy and low maintenance if you stick them in a bog garden/pot. The volunteer Indigenous Plant Nursery that I work at is apparently unusual for having a good turnover of the wetland species we grow. But we also have a pond outside and wine barrel pond inside to show them off. But for an inside cold water aquarium we’ve got native milfoils eg Myriophyllum crispatum , Ranunculus inundata which makes pretty snowflake shapes on the surface of the water, Crassula helmsii with an interesting cross pattern, Marsilea drummondii - Common Nardoo, Gratiola peruviana - Austral Brookline, and if the tank was large enough Alisima plantago-aquatica has an interesting and handsome growth habit. Isotoma fluviatilis will grow on the surface of the water as will Seleria radicans. There are more from outside my area, and native nurseries like Kurunga can have an interesting range. It would be really great to see a little more love for our local wetland plants, and Indigenous Nurseries generally have low prices which can make experimenting with them budget friendly. For tropical aquariums there’s probably indigenous plants from Northern Australia that would suit too.
Ordered one of your egg collection boxes would be great if you did a video on how to set it up and how to use it before mine arrives down here in Melbourne thanks.
@@meanderingmarnochs yes I had trialled them in with a goldfish and they were attacked. I removed it as soon as I saw and am in the process of healing them back
I wish more people kept kubotais, chili rasboras and other nano species. All very underrated
@@The_Dark_Fleet have to agree!
Well done Blake, nice. Enjoy your seeing your use of Barbs. I find keeping them in a large well planted tank that keeping groups of 3-4 varieties of groups of 15-20 is ideal as they get along fine. Top effort mate.
Good stuff mate, enjoyed the tour.
Hey Blake, you’re really looking well. Thanks for the video, very interesting.
@@Peter_Trevor thanks Peter feeling good
Always good.👍 👍 👍 👍
Looking great, Legend!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
I love your videos Blake, great content and a fantastic curiosity and enthusiasm for the hobby. Jealous of your fishes!
@@fossilguytom4977 thank you 🙏
4:02 those long fin white clouds are stunning! I have a small group and have been looking for more (US) for weeks and no one can get them in.
great video and footage mate!
you have some of the most beautiful fish tanks on TH-cam.for sure bro. greetings from miami
Great update Blake, ad always.
Soooo I've just sold my place and am going to be moving, first time with a couple of tanks, feeling daunted! Maybe you could do a top 10 things to do when moving house with aquariums?? Pleaseeeee
Lol, have a great one!
11:35 after 5 or 6 (stopped counting haha) failed attempts at breeding Desert gobies I finally got 20 fry. Can't wait to grow them up and sell them on my website. Cheers Blake
Bro you're looking great too 💪 keep it up brother
@@daluainternational thanks mate! 🏃🏃
Always interesting to see what you are keeping in the fish room! For video ideas, this is maybe a bit left field, but indigenous aquatic and marginal plants. I grow them outside in wine barrel ponds and various bog gardens and pots, but some of the Melbourne ones might do quite well in an open topped cold water aquarium too.
We’re actually losing especially our marginal plants from Melbourne bushland: the Goodenias, some of the Lobelias and Isotoma which used to be in my area of Melbourne can’t be found any more. It’s a real shame, especially since most of them are pretty hardy and low maintenance if you stick them in a bog garden/pot. The volunteer Indigenous Plant Nursery that I work at is apparently unusual for having a good turnover of the wetland species we grow. But we also have a pond outside and wine barrel pond inside to show them off.
But for an inside cold water aquarium we’ve got native milfoils eg Myriophyllum crispatum , Ranunculus inundata which makes pretty snowflake shapes on the surface of the water, Crassula helmsii with an interesting cross pattern, Marsilea drummondii - Common Nardoo, Gratiola peruviana - Austral Brookline, and if the tank was large enough Alisima plantago-aquatica has an interesting and handsome growth habit. Isotoma fluviatilis will grow on the surface of the water as will Seleria radicans. There are more from outside my area, and native nurseries like Kurunga can have an interesting range.
It would be really great to see a little more love for our local wetland plants, and Indigenous Nurseries generally have low prices which can make experimenting with them budget friendly.
For tropical aquariums there’s probably indigenous plants from Northern Australia that would suit too.
Hi. Great to see all your tanks. @13:43 looks like you have a surprise fish in the middle at the bottom of the tank.
@@TheOriginalBrian yeah a baby tiger endler. Good spot!
Looking great Blake thanks for the update 😊
Very cool! Might need to get one of the egg collectors and finally get into egg laying species!
❤❤❤ great tanks ❤❤❤
Hey Blake, looking healthy. Keep it up, brother!
Lovely bro!
Looking good!
Ordered one of your egg collection boxes would be great if you did a video on how to set it up and how to use it before mine arrives down here in Melbourne thanks.
@@chefsteve8381 shouldnt take long, I am from Geelong. On the listing I have that exact video linked 😄 cheers
nice tour! Like set and forget type of tanks,just let the tank do its thing.
So many cool tanks! What size tank do you use for breeding bristlenose pleco, and how many adults do you keep together in the tank? Thanks!
Love the 8 foot tank.... You've lost weight Blake!
@@FishkeepingFriend thanks mate yeah 30kg or so
my dream to have fish room like this
So beautiful ❤️🍀 🐠🐟🐟 god blesses
Have you ever had chili rasbora fry?
Great video, great room. Loved everything. Where can i find your fish for sale?
Just at fastway aquarium in west footscray these days
do you sell the breeder box file ? want to print this myself shipping is expensive to US
Do you ship fish? Would love some of the long fin white clouds. Stunning colour.
@@buster5715 rarely sorry mate they are lovely though
Do you still have your Cyprichromis
Hey man, what brand of tank are your 5 gallons cubes?
@@silassmelser5705 anko from kmart
Blake let’s talk about how you dropped some weight bro . Congrats dude ! I’m on my way to shedding pounds , looking good bro .
@@DavidTorres-fb9lh thanks mate, been working at it over the past year or so. Down 30kg / 66lbs
Good video mate, love the tanks
Should just mention axolotles are amphibians so not a fish ;)
that one always gets me :)
I would love to see an Asian Rummynose Rasbrora video
Nice
Thanks mate!
blake is the gorilla glue gel ethyl cyanoarcylate safe for aquariums ?
@@MrShanereich fairly sure i have used that exact one if its the orange tube. Just let it cure until it doesnt smell
Those Axolotls don't look well mate. Their frills should be twice that length
@@meanderingmarnochs yes I had trialled them in with a goldfish and they were attacked. I removed it as soon as I saw and am in the process of healing them back
🔥✌️♥️
Who’s that stud in the thumbnail?!
@@dtw1622 just a clone ive been underfeeding
Yoh you skinny now
@@Nigelaquaticsfish trying 🤣