@@gzuspeterson4748 because fish don't belong in a pink gravel bowl with a castle, you wonder why they die in a week? Thats why. This shows just a small example of how fish tanks should be kept.
Daaaaaaaaammmmn that first 150 gallon tank looks soooo gorgeous, its perfect it looks like animated at this point. Plants are perfect and fish are so calm and swimming around like they don't fear anything. It is marvelous.
Wild discus look so much more natural and real than all the flashy hybrids derived from them-wish someone would breed more of them.... maybe it’s just me but the colors are much more balanced and complementary. Looking forward to the biotope tank!
Sort of agree, but I bet, like all of us, that you didn't know that wild discus are completely different from 'shop' discus when you started keeping fish. I guess we all look back over our years in the hobby and wish we knew then what we know now. But that would be like immediately downloading kung fu to your brain. You'd have the technical knowledge but not the soul. I still love the look of brightly coloured discus in a heavily planted tank.👍
Hi, does Symphysodon aequifasciatus live in the Rio Negro? I don't think so. When I was there we found S. discus only. You may watch my new video being newly out tonight. Thanks, greetings from Germany and take care, Bernd 👋🙂
It's pretty hard to improve on nature (I like "natural" striped angelfish, too) but I still appreciate the creativity of breeders. Guppies, platys, long finned black tetras and bettas are some of my favorites.
I would love more videos like this! I love seeing fish in their natural habitats, and South American fish species are my favorites. This video left me with some inspiration and tank ideas to help me with my upcoming projects.
I like how you talk about the fry hiding in the leaf litter. This brings up a good point. When you change your water don’t toss the muck bucket right away. Toss a heater in it and let it sit for a day or two. You might be surprised at what you may find. Happy tanking keep up the Vids.
One thing that stuck out to me is the placement of the Cardinal Tetras in their natural habitat. I knew they and many other tetras came from blackwater systems rather than the crystal clear ones we set up in our homes. But I had never seen them in the wild like this before. I realized how quickly they seem to 'disappear' into their surroundings, as fish with red markings often do in dark water environments. It reminds me of the deep ocean, and how many animals down there are colored red in order to become 'invisible' to their predators. I have to wonder if they are trying to deploy that same tactic here. Even with that bright blue neon streak, it makes it a lot harder to pick out the shape of the fish in such tea-stained water, while perhaps allowing groups to still see each other enough to school.
I hope YOU have a lovely day man! Great video, I've been fishing keeping for just over a year and that thing you said about not chasing the PH is very reassuring and something every fishkeeper should hear!
Beautiful, simply beautiful. I love black water and am thinking of setting up a 33 long black water tank. I might even try doing a biotope. I hope you have more footage to share of this beautiful river system.
Good day and good mood. I watched your video and really liked your non-standard, but absolutely correct, understanding of the topic of aquariums. Thank you and good luck. I'm waiting for new videos.
What’s really impressive too me I’d that you went swimming in the Amazon and didn’t come across any piranhas. Great video I just subscribed too your channel.
This is a must watch for anyone owning these types of fish. Too many Fishkeeper go for the aesthetic look instead of what's better and will benifit the fish :)
I mean it's great to know the history and how the fish lived in the wild. How ever, unless you're catching wild fish and bringing them to an aquarium. They have most likely been bred in captivity for generations and never seen their predecessors parameters and would probably be more harmful than good for the ones already adapted for many lifetimes of fish. This is also my opinion and I could be wrong. Very informative and a great video!
This was cool! My graduate work was in River Ecology and I'm a fisherman. Also, my father owned a tropical fish store when I was young. He bred Discus and he must of been a member of some club because I recall various awards displayed around the place. Anyway, this video puts my father's hobby into an incredibly interesting ecological context. I needed this today and didn't know it 🙂🙂🙂
We’re those angels ampapa red backs? Great stuff as always, it’s been a year since I started watching your channel, this week I will finally convert to black water for a few tanks I have, cheers mate
Japanese called biotope with dry area, swamp area and submerse area and without tannin... (similar like Paludarium)... real biotope - Tannin, driftwood and acidic water... and did you know acidic water is not sour but bitter taste... tetras with best fishkeeping will grow untill 7cm size... include cardinal, neon tetras, silver tip tetras, and other 'small sizes tetras'..
Wow so cool to see the true habitat of fish I'm keeping, i doubt I'll ever make a tank that replicates their natural environment because it looks bad, its just all brown... My fish live just fine in the vibrant colored tank i keep.
One thing that bugs me about typical biotope style aquariums is the (often) total lack of any live plants. Look at the real deal, there are so many HUGE trees and stuff growing right out of the water. That represents a tremendous amount of nutrient uptake that doesn't get replicated in your average biotope style tank.
This video should be mandatory to watch for all the novice and first time fiskeepers.
Why
@@gzuspeterson4748 because fish don't belong in a pink gravel bowl with a castle, you wonder why they die in a week? Thats why. This shows just a small example of how fish tanks should be kept.
@@maltahighjacker9842 pretty sure the people who do that are children who dont know any better
@@lemonyfish3303 well its the karen moms and dads that buy fish to make thier kids shut up mainly.
Well said 🙂.
Daaaaaaaaammmmn that first 150 gallon tank looks soooo gorgeous, its perfect it looks like animated at this point. Plants are perfect and fish are so calm and swimming around like they don't fear anything. It is marvelous.
Wild discus look so much more natural and real than all the flashy hybrids derived from them-wish someone would breed more of them.... maybe it’s just me but the colors are much more balanced and complementary. Looking forward to the biotope tank!
Sort of agree, but I bet, like all of us, that you didn't know that wild discus are completely different from 'shop' discus when you started keeping fish.
I guess we all look back over our years in the hobby and wish we knew then what we know now.
But that would be like immediately downloading kung fu to your brain. You'd have the technical knowledge but not the soul.
I still love the look of brightly coloured discus in a heavily planted tank.👍
I also prefer the wild varieties. The beautiful browns etc make the colours pop. I always prefer wild types.
Hi, does Symphysodon aequifasciatus live in the Rio Negro? I don't think so. When I was there we found S. discus only. You may watch my new video being newly out tonight. Thanks, greetings from Germany and take care, Bernd 👋🙂
It's pretty hard to improve on nature (I like "natural" striped angelfish, too) but I still appreciate the creativity of breeders. Guppies, platys, long finned black tetras and bettas are some of my favorites.
Discus hybrids? I’ve never seen one of those.
That was beautiful. I’m so glad you were able to have that experience. Thank you for sharing with us so we can enjoy it from afar.
Please add leaf litter to the bottom of your tank. It really helps with the biodiversity of things.
What kind of leafs?
@@mikipera8292better if almond leaves
neon or cardinal tetras are basically blue lasers underwater!
I would love more videos like this! I love seeing fish in their natural habitats, and South American fish species are my favorites. This video left me with some inspiration and tank ideas to help me with my upcoming projects.
I never followed the parameter stuff and yet my fish survived for a long time. This videos proves it.
I like how you talk about the fry hiding in the leaf litter. This brings up a good point. When you change your water don’t toss the muck bucket right away. Toss a heater in it and let it sit for a day or two. You might be surprised at what you may find. Happy tanking keep up the Vids.
Why change your water?
The quality of your content in unparallel! Just amazing ❤️
Omg I LOVE this! You make such an effort to create beautiful, inspirational and informativ videos for us. Thank you!
One thing that stuck out to me is the placement of the Cardinal Tetras in their natural habitat. I knew they and many other tetras came from blackwater systems rather than the crystal clear ones we set up in our homes. But I had never seen them in the wild like this before. I realized how quickly they seem to 'disappear' into their surroundings, as fish with red markings often do in dark water environments. It reminds me of the deep ocean, and how many animals down there are colored red in order to become 'invisible' to their predators. I have to wonder if they are trying to deploy that same tactic here. Even with that bright blue neon streak, it makes it a lot harder to pick out the shape of the fish in such tea-stained water, while perhaps allowing groups to still see each other enough to school.
Beautifully done! Love your voice and background music, it is soo relaxing.
The beauty of that river system... No words....
Good information, great video quality, so easy to understand everything you say. Well narrated.
Very well done, your video quality is top tier. That transition at the end was great. Id love to hear more about the trip to the Rio Negro.
I hope YOU have a lovely day man! Great video, I've been fishing keeping for just over a year and that thing you said about not chasing the PH is very reassuring and something every fishkeeper should hear!
Yes!! Been looking forward to this for so long!!
Great video please keep them coming, Best wishes from Plymouth UK.
This is amazing. Going to leave this on auto play in the shop
That is so cool! Seeing neons in their natural environment was shocking really.
This is a brilliant video Alex, love it. I wish it went on and on mate. 🌿
I've been to the Rio Negro in 2008 it was amazing... saw so much life... Spent one day there fishing for so many species of piranha.
Such a well-made video! Always cool to see where our beloved fish come from
COOL VIDEO 🐟 0:11
What a great video. Beautiful photography, interesting information, narrated well...great job!!
Beautiful, simply beautiful. I love black water and am thinking of setting up a 33 long black water tank. I might even try doing a biotope. I hope you have more footage to share of this beautiful river system.
And gulper catfish love mine he's in black water awsome fish
Well I did amazing. Almost all of my tanks, including Betta look just like these. I even use leaf litter from local streams.
Beyond Appreciation 🙏🏼
The cinematic of this video is like a teaser of a movie!
This is such a beautiful film. Thank you
Beautiful presentation! ❤️❤️
This really makes me want to set up a biotope tank. Can’t wait to see that video.
I love this video, especially your 150 gallon fish tank .beautiful
Love all the underwater footage
omg those festivum and angels are amazing
Good day and good mood.
I watched your video and really liked your non-standard, but absolutely correct, understanding of the topic of aquariums.
Thank you and good luck. I'm waiting for new videos.
5:24 nice red shoulder mankapur angel fish
5:42
What’s really impressive too me I’d that you went swimming in the Amazon and didn’t come across any piranhas. Great video I just subscribed too your channel.
What a captivating video. Thank you. Forever Subscriber.
Love ur teachings...Thanks for hour contribution...
What a display & documentary ...... awesome
this is so beautiful i mean wow just stunning
That was beyond amazing!
This was wonderful, Alex! Thank you!!
This is a must watch for anyone owning these types of fish. Too many Fishkeeper go for the aesthetic look instead of what's better and will benifit the fish :)
I found this video absolutely amazing. Thank you so much!
Really really amazing video and great explanation!! 👍🏻
Simply beautiful! Thanks as always, Alex!
It's the guy I thought was Ed Sheeran sorry man 🤣
Fascinating! You’ve got a new subscriber 💕
underrated youtuber
Love these videos, Brilliant! 🐟👍
I truly enjoyed this video
I love this type of videos 😍.
Blackwater gang 💪
Thank you for these impressions!
Does anyone know which fish there are on 4:29?
Those are lemon tetras as far as my knowledge goes.
@@thefriendlyallay No, they are different. ;) :D
For a second I thought I was watching Nat Geo Wild. Amazing content👏👏👏
wow, lucky...I've always wanted to do that myself. Maybe one day we all can.
Your tank looks amazing!!
Your work is awesome buddy do continue this work
Great video! thanks for sharing!
4:00 you kinda have too when the ph of your tap water is 7.8 and your trying to keep cardinals
Loving it ❤️🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
I can't find the video of the rio negro biotope you mentioned at the end. Is that on youtube, or only for patreon subscribers?
Great video bud! 👌👌
Big Fan!
Nice video, very scenic, thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed this video. Just amazing.
That was amazing mannn😍😍😍👌❤️👍
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Simply amazing. Thank you.
I mean it's great to know the history and how the fish lived in the wild. How ever, unless you're catching wild fish and bringing them to an aquarium. They have most likely been bred in captivity for generations and never seen their predecessors parameters and would probably be more harmful than good for the ones already adapted for many lifetimes of fish.
This is also my opinion and I could be wrong.
Very informative and a great video!
I like the calmness in this video. But I was just curious, how can you guys know that there's no crocs or alligators in the waters where you dive in?
I love tetras. Many of this can be found wild in places like canals and sewers in states like Florida.
Absolutely brilliant,,😉🏴🇬🇧
Now that was a great video!
Where do cherry barbs come from.can you give some info on them
Cherry barbs originate from Sri Lanka tho. Far from the Amazon river and their cousins from the south america.
I am looking for the follow up video that the chennel said would release later. Does it exist?
Love this great educational video I wish people would do more of these
What a beautiful nature
This was cool! My graduate work was in River Ecology and I'm a fisherman. Also, my father owned a tropical fish store when I was young. He bred Discus and he must of been a member of some club because I recall various awards displayed around the place. Anyway, this video puts my father's hobby into an incredibly interesting ecological context. I needed this today and didn't know it 🙂🙂🙂
Good video
Excellent vídeo friend!
We’re those angels ampapa red backs? Great stuff as always, it’s been a year since I started watching your channel, this week I will finally convert to black water for a few tanks I have, cheers mate
Nice video
The video was awesomest!!!!
Nice video and good info
Japanese called biotope with dry area, swamp area and submerse area and without tannin... (similar like Paludarium)...
real biotope - Tannin, driftwood and acidic water...
and did you know acidic water is not sour but bitter taste...
tetras with best fishkeeping will grow untill 7cm size... include cardinal, neon tetras, silver tip tetras, and other 'small sizes tetras'..
This is really well done. 🙂👍
really enjoyed this video
That looks like a spooky place to snorkel!
Wow so cool to see the true habitat of fish I'm keeping, i doubt I'll ever make a tank that replicates their natural environment because it looks bad, its just all brown... My fish live just fine in the vibrant colored tank i keep.
Very informative and great video. 🙋🏻♀️👍🏼
Loved the video!
Very informative thanks
Good job!
One thing that bugs me about typical biotope style aquariums is the (often) total lack of any live plants. Look at the real deal, there are so many HUGE trees and stuff growing right out of the water. That represents a tremendous amount of nutrient uptake that doesn't get replicated in your average biotope style tank.
using pothos growing out of the tank would be ideal if yo ustill wanna keepo the biotope asthethic when it comes to underwater
You could make an "algae reactor/scrubber" like Joey from king of DIY.
To be fair you usually need a lid when you have an aquarium so that makes it hard
Great video all my tanks are done like that
Great video!