White clouds are so underrated! I just got a shipment of long fin white clouds after being on several wish lists. They are gorgeous and incredibly hardy. I keep them in community tanks and they get along with a large variety of fish. Great video☺
These are fun and very easy to breed. They thrive and breed well when they are exposed to temperature differences. When i kept these i moved them to a small balcony pond in spring and moved them back in halfway autumn. They can be kept outside until 5 degrees celsius. I had large gravel on the bottom of the pond where the eggs fall between and can hatch. The adults rarely hunt their own fry i found. Every year they would spawn in the pond and my population would grow with about 20 to 40 young minnows. I love these guys, they are such an active fish!
These are the best fish ever. I love mine so much. They love low light, cold water and are not fussy eaters. They have a better orange stripe than any glow light tetra, they are absolutely beautiful.
Easy conversion Matt, if its 22 centigrade, double it and add 30 = 74 and that will be close enough, if you start with Fahrenheit take off 30 then divide by 2, another great video and we are looking at setting up a cold tank and these will be in it.
I have 7 golden white cloud mountain minnows sharing a 110lt aquarium with chili and exclamation point rasboras, pygmy corydoras, some shrimp, and a mélange of snails. Unheated, heavily planted, and all is good. Thanks for the video Matt. 👍
I have a few of the Golden/Yellow version of these fish, and I love them !!! My tank is unheated, and they don't seem bothered by it at all, and, in the winter, I set my room thermostat to 22, so that the room never goes below that. And thank you Matt for also giving me some ideas of what type of fish could be added in with them too
I love my white clouds! I got them with some paleatus cories for a colder water tank and breeding project! I thought it was going to be super hard to get them to breed, but after some makeshift tools, i have 23 free swimming babies on my first go! Im excited!!
I love my white clouds. The males are a little territorial if they decide to pick a little spot in the aquarium, but they’re an inch big they can’t do too much damage to each other lol
yeah true, sometimes they change the spot, so no one allowed here now, attack everything that moves a bit faster than usual, even shrimp, no harm though
Kept both the standard (aka poor man's tetra) and the golden variation on and off for years. Currently got 10 golden wcmm in heavily planted 4ft low boy with a paradise fish, gang of pygmy corys, 3 rainbow shiners, gang of peppered corys, gang of kuhli, gang of ottos, 17 cpd, 10 green kubotai, hundreds of neocaridina and a gang of amano.
I have had these for 5+ years with some Borneo Loaches in a medium flow tank (90 litres) & they are so underrated. Must be on the 5th generation by now with around 40. Looking to upgrade their tank to a 200-250 litre tank next year next to my 600 litre tetra tank. I find 18-20 degrees is the sweet spot for them.
I envy people with 20°C and below... My room is about 22°C min and goes up in the summer to 28-30°C ... lol goin for 2 Honey Gouramies and a school of neongreen Kubotai ... fingers crossed they will like it 😄Oh and have already green Babaulti and Malawa shrimps.
I get what you’re saying but it’s not really good to keep one fish at their lowest and one at their highest at the same time. A real community will have fish that can live in the same conditions and are friendly with each other, I know I wouldn’t like to constantly live in the heat of summer or chill of winter for the rest of my life.
I think it totally depends on the fish certain fish where they need specific parameters yes. But fish that can do well at a range of temps are much more tolerant.
Speaking of endangered species..... Sharkminnows. Especially Red-Tailed Black sharks and a lot of similar species. I'd love to see this video for them. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL fish. Also.... You can absolutely keep barbs, white clouds, etc. with them.
i don't think, what they eat their own eggs or fry, all fry i had in aquarium survived, maybe some died due to natural factors perhaps, you'll have less survivability with added tankmates
Ooo interesting I had spoken to a few people who thought the parents had predated. I do wonder sometimes if it's a lack of a certain part of their diet or maybe even a lack of food.
Mr Matt, can you explain to me why goldfish are bad? I’ve had them in the past and never had a problem with them before. My oldest goldfish was 5 years old and all of them were able to learn tricks like kiss your finger and fetch. I used a tiny floating ball and they would wiggle swim to bring it back. That one took a long time to learn but they learned it! Or at least learned the reaction I was looking for lol. They do poop a lot but I just cleaned their tanks out once a month but they were so calming and funny to watch
They get huge and make a ton of waste. They're often in bad shape since they're a common "feeder fish". Most first timers aren't looking for a fish that could get 8"-10".
They aren't necessarily bad, but are bad when they are portrayed as a starter fish. Loads of people enter the hobby and get a goldfish in a small tank. Then they have nothing but issues and then give up on the hobby thinking it's hard work. Where as if they started with a small tank and minnows I expect a lot of people would find it easier and stay in the hobby for longer.
@@FishShopMatt thanks!! I guess I always felt guilty and would put 5 goldfish in a 20 gallon tank so they had friends and lots of space to swim in. Lol
Like the idea of these! But also chilli raspora’s. I have swordfish, guppies, Corydoras and pair dwarf gourami and Amano shrimp possibly (not seen for a couple of weeks)
Hi Matt! Great fish profile Would be amazing to have a video on cold water fish options by size 🤩if that inspires you one of these days Have a fab Friday and weekend!
Love these fish! They were the first I kept in the hobby starting out as a 10 year old getting my first tank for my birthday and 20 years later I still have a group of them along with some of the goldies! Love your stuff Matt- keep it up 👍🏻
I've only been in the hobby for under a year, and my first fish have been various mollies. Has gone very well! Interested in these minnows so I can ditch a heater need in my next tank. TY for the info!
The more I see this tank I think you should try slowing down the air flow may look better. I find the bubbles keep drawing my eyes back to them rather than the little fish.
Im from Malaysia, ive had them for 2 years now and the tank is right by the window and gets a blast of sun around 3 - 4pm. Average temperature is around 24-27 but they seem healthy, big, really bright coloured
I got a mix of normal and long finned almost 4 years ago. My last long finned died 2 nights ago when his tumour burst. ( had it for 6 months)) 😢 Now I just have my normals and 1 gold tipped I bred. I heat them in winter at 18 to 20 as we have no heating in the house.
Your channel is really coming into its own. Great stuff man. These fish profiles from such an experienced fish keeper are awesome. I’d love to see profiles on paradise fish, honey gourami, cherry barbs, medaka rice fish-if you were looking for suggestions 😅 nice work!
Great video as always. Currently have a small group of CPDs, who are bold as brass! 😂 but two emerald dwarf rasbora as they were in the same tank at the shop and looked kinda lonely…. But those guys hide all the time, even thought one had died I didn’t see it for so long. Should I get a couple more to make them happier and more confident? My tank isn’t huge, but is heavily planted for its size and lots of rocks and wood to hide behind too. Would love your advice, pretty please 🥺 Also… since watching you I’m planning on getting a larger tank … I only had shrimp to begin with, and your videos convinced me to get the cpds… now I want more 😂
Love these fish! But my recent experience with them is not so good 😅 chasing each other out of the tank, getting caught in the filter, etc. my remaining 3 minnows have now spawned and the tank is FULL of fry
@@FishShopMatt I’ve had no issues in the past. Maybe I got some bad apples lol. They’ve mellowed out now that they’ve spawned. Fry are free swimming and getting bigger by the day! Cheers bud! Keep up the content 👌
hi i love my minnows have 11 in my 170liter with 13 hillstreams, they love the high flow zone, little guys deserve the space, i wouldn't recommend danios as a tank mate though as I've found my danios to be menaces, i have leopard danios that I've had to separate my females out so now i have male and female danio tanks, i love them they are chaotic and always moving, but not peaceful like the white clouds you should give yours more flow
I recently started keeping these, I have them in a community with some galaxy rasbora and pygmy cories and they're really fun to watch. They're always busy and they're a great dither fish to bring the more timid fish out. I keep them with a heater at 23°C and they seem quite happy and healthy. I wouldn't want to keep them at the extremely low temps, but they're such hardy little guys I doubt they'd be bothered by higher temps. Lovely fish. Great to watch. They're really growing on me.
Depends on the barb to be honest. You cannot paint them all with the same brush. It's like saying you can't keep dogs with cats, sometimes yes and sometimes no.
You would think that if a species is extinct or near extinction.. aaaand the hobby has plenty.. they would breed a ton extra and reintroduce them. They do that with other fish that aren't in the hobby and have no where near the "headstart"
Hey Matt. I would love to come visit your shop but cant seem to find out where it’s located? Would you be able to help. Look forward to visiting in the future
They have been one of my favourite fish for a long time. Have them in a planted tank with cherry shrimp and are doing great. Even had a few babies who survived to become adults.
I have a nano tank with 24k white gold mountain minnows they make me so happy! The colors are amazing and they are a sweet fish that hangs out with my shrimp.
Had them when I was 8, now I am 58 still keep them, my favorite of all fish. Last summer kept them outside in a Aquarium in the garden, now inside in small tank for the winter.
I have a cold water tank with white clouds, zebra & leopard danios and a few rosy barbs. Tanks been running nearly 3 years here in NSW Australia. I have a couple that have turned black, I’m thinking it’s their age. (I have lost a few barbs over the past few months too)Parameters are all good. Just coming out of winter where the coldest we would have inside is probably about 12 degrees (c). Have you ever had any turn black? ❤️🇦🇺
I would love to know more about paradise fish
I've been keeping an eye out for a pair so watch this space!
White clouds are so underrated! I just got a shipment of long fin white clouds after being on several wish lists. They are gorgeous and incredibly hardy. I keep them in community tanks and they get along with a large variety of fish. Great video☺
I totally agree with you they are so hardy and beautiful they should be a recommended fish for all beginners!
They are amazing! Please do the Paradise Fish next time
Hey Matt! Can we have a review of rice fish as well! Im super interested and love this format of getting details!
Sure thing!
These are fun and very easy to breed. They thrive and breed well when they are exposed to temperature differences. When i kept these i moved them to a small balcony pond in spring and moved them back in halfway autumn. They can be kept outside until 5 degrees celsius. I had large gravel on the bottom of the pond where the eggs fall between and can hatch. The adults rarely hunt their own fry i found. Every year they would spawn in the pond and my population would grow with about 20 to 40 young minnows. I love these guys, they are such an active fish!
That's so so cool! I can't wait to have more space and start some breeding projects.
I found them to be great at controlling snails . They gobble up the young seed snails but are harmless to the adults.
These are the best fish ever. I love mine so much. They love low light, cold water and are not fussy eaters. They have a better orange stripe than any glow light tetra, they are absolutely beautiful.
Totally agree!
Easy conversion Matt, if its 22 centigrade, double it and add 30 = 74 and that will be close enough, if you start with Fahrenheit take off 30 then divide by 2, another great video and we are looking at setting up a cold tank and these will be in it.
Good tip!
I have 7 golden white cloud mountain minnows sharing a 110lt aquarium with chili and exclamation point rasboras, pygmy corydoras, some shrimp, and a mélange of snails. Unheated, heavily planted, and all is good. Thanks for the video Matt. 👍
We have some in a tank with black mollies, an angel fish, and two peacock eels. The minnows stand out so well with the darker fish.
Beautiful both sound lovely!
I just bought 5 this morning!
Good luck!
Great choice!
I have a few of the Golden/Yellow version of these fish, and I love them !!! My tank is unheated, and they don't seem bothered by it at all, and, in the winter, I set my room thermostat to 22, so that the room never goes below that. And thank you Matt for also giving me some ideas of what type of fish could be added in with them too
I am tempted to get some of the yellow but I've only seen chunky ones double the size of the standard ones I have.
The Vietnamese White cloud is another option. The older males have longer fins that look great when they're flaring at each other.
Much nicer fish
Beautiful fish and also thought to be the first fish in the evolutionary chain of this family group
The magic aquarium triangle - hornwort, bladder snails, white cloud mountain minnows
Every person starting in the hobby needs this!
I love my white clouds! I got them with some paleatus cories for a colder water tank and breeding project! I thought it was going to be super hard to get them to breed, but after some makeshift tools, i have 23 free swimming babies on my first go! Im excited!!
That is awesome!
Thanks Matt! This may be just the inspiration I need to start a tank of these little dudes.😊
You should!
I love my white clouds. The males are a little territorial if they decide to pick a little spot in the aquarium, but they’re an inch big they can’t do too much damage to each other lol
yeah true, sometimes they change the spot, so no one allowed here now, attack everything that moves a bit faster than usual, even shrimp, no harm though
Hahaha I do love watching their little disagreements!
Kept both the standard (aka poor man's tetra) and the golden variation on and off for years. Currently got 10 golden wcmm in heavily planted 4ft low boy with a paradise fish, gang of pygmy corys, 3 rainbow shiners, gang of peppered corys, gang of kuhli, gang of ottos, 17 cpd, 10 green kubotai, hundreds of neocaridina and a gang of amano.
I have had these for 5+ years with some Borneo Loaches in a medium flow tank (90 litres) & they are so underrated. Must be on the 5th generation by now with around 40. Looking to upgrade their tank to a 200-250 litre tank next year next to my 600 litre tetra tank.
I find 18-20 degrees is the sweet spot for them.
I envy people with 20°C and below... My room is about 22°C min and goes up in the summer to 28-30°C ... lol goin for 2 Honey Gouramies and a school of neongreen Kubotai ... fingers crossed they will like it 😄Oh and have already green Babaulti and Malawa shrimps.
I get what you’re saying but it’s not really good to keep one fish at their lowest and one at their highest at the same time. A real community will have fish that can live in the same conditions and are friendly with each other, I know I wouldn’t like to constantly live in the heat of summer or chill of winter for the rest of my life.
I think it totally depends on the fish certain fish where they need specific parameters yes. But fish that can do well at a range of temps are much more tolerant.
I had a pair of Golden white cloud minnows in a large fish bowl for years and years! Absolutely loved them.
Speaking of endangered species..... Sharkminnows. Especially Red-Tailed Black sharks and a lot of similar species. I'd love to see this video for them. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL fish. Also.... You can absolutely keep barbs, white clouds, etc. with them.
Totally agree the red tails are gorgeous, I've got a tank in mind that one could go in.
White cloud mountain minnows were the 1st fish i put into my tank in the mancave. No heater and they were very happy indeed.
I like the pigs head in the tank! I have their Vietnamese relatives and I love them!
i don't think, what they eat their own eggs or fry, all fry i had in aquarium survived, maybe some died due to natural factors
perhaps, you'll have less survivability with added tankmates
They don't eat eggs or fry, keep them alone in the tank and you will have tank full of them
Ooo interesting I had spoken to a few people who thought the parents had predated.
I do wonder sometimes if it's a lack of a certain part of their diet or maybe even a lack of food.
I love watching your care videos Matt. Would you consider featuring the Rainbow shiner in future episodes please? Thanks in advance
Yes absolutely, I have plans to get a nice group of them in the future.
@@FishShopMatt I had no idea such a fish existed until recently Matt. I've not long got back into the hobby after a 43 year break
I have a dozen or so of the gold WCM. Love them!
Un grand merci pour la vidéo!
Mr Matt, can you explain to me why goldfish are bad? I’ve had them in the past and never had a problem with them before. My oldest goldfish was 5 years old and all of them were able to learn tricks like kiss your finger and fetch. I used a tiny floating ball and they would wiggle swim to bring it back. That one took a long time to learn but they learned it! Or at least learned the reaction I was looking for lol.
They do poop a lot but I just cleaned their tanks out once a month but they were so calming and funny to watch
They get huge and make a ton of waste. They're often in bad shape since they're a common "feeder fish". Most first timers aren't looking for a fish that could get 8"-10".
They aren't necessarily bad, but are bad when they are portrayed as a starter fish. Loads of people enter the hobby and get a goldfish in a small tank. Then they have nothing but issues and then give up on the hobby thinking it's hard work. Where as if they started with a small tank and minnows I expect a lot of people would find it easier and stay in the hobby for longer.
@@FishShopMatt thanks!! I guess I always felt guilty and would put 5 goldfish in a 20 gallon tank so they had friends and lots of space to swim in. Lol
I've got Rainbow Shiner Fish in my cold water tank... Great video Matt... I'll keep my eyes open for some of these... 😎🤙
Rainbow shiners are definitely on my list! Gorgeous fish!
Like the idea of these! But also chilli raspora’s. I have swordfish, guppies, Corydoras and pair dwarf gourami and Amano shrimp possibly (not seen for a couple of weeks)
Great choice of fish!
Another great Video cheers Matt, You and MD have reignited my love of fish keeping with your videos. So re-starting my hobby of old.
That is awesome!
Hi Matt! Great fish profile
Would be amazing to have a video on cold water fish options by size 🤩if that inspires you one of these days
Have a fab Friday and weekend!
Sounds good! I've been thinking of something like this so leave it with me
Love these fish! They were the first I kept in the hobby starting out as a 10 year old getting my first tank for my birthday and 20 years later I still have a group of them along with some of the goldies! Love your stuff Matt- keep it up 👍🏻
That's so cool! Thank you!
I love cpd's, but they didn't do well with my koi guppies. thanks for the info, i will probably try this with them in the future.
Oooo interesting. I have heard from a few people that there are a few poorly bred lines of cpds out there so maybe worth shopping around
I've only been in the hobby for under a year, and my first fish have been various mollies. Has gone very well! Interested in these minnows so I can ditch a heater need in my next tank. TY for the info!
Good luck! I look forward to hearing about it.
The more I see this tank I think you should try slowing down the air flow may look better. I find the bubbles keep drawing my eyes back to them rather than the little fish.
Yeah I agree the pump goes through stages because it's a air ball with foam in it and it blocks up slowly and slows the flow.
Really enjoyed the needy fish facts that you slip in.
Putting these little beauties on my list for the future!
Cheers Matt 😊
Glad you enjoyed!
Thanks Matt
Love these informative videos on specific fish! Do more!!
Thanks! Will do!
I've got a 4yr old golden algae eater, it is definitely a jerk! lol
Hahaha I love the look of them just not their attitude
Im from Malaysia, ive had them for 2 years now and the tank is right by the window and gets a blast of sun around 3 - 4pm. Average temperature is around 24-27 but they seem healthy, big, really bright coloured
Matt is so adorable. I love how clear his love for fish is.
Thank you! 💜
My sewellia lineolata does attach itself to my corydoras unfortunately. I'm taking it out today. Do the minnows eat the shrimp?
They are much more interesting than my group of cardinals
I have them with Odessa barbs and peppered Cory's. All tank mates thrive. 18-20c seems like the sweet spot of all inhabitants.
I got a mix of normal and long finned almost 4 years ago. My last long finned died 2 nights ago when his tumour burst. ( had it for 6 months)) 😢 Now I just have my normals and 1 gold tipped I bred. I heat them in winter at 18 to 20 as we have no heating in the house.
Your channel is really coming into its own. Great stuff man. These fish profiles from such an experienced fish keeper are awesome. I’d love to see profiles on paradise fish, honey gourami, cherry barbs, medaka rice fish-if you were looking for suggestions 😅 nice work!
Great video as always. Currently have a small group of CPDs, who are bold as brass! 😂 but two emerald dwarf rasbora as they were in the same tank at the shop and looked kinda lonely…. But those guys hide all the time, even thought one had died I didn’t see it for so long. Should I get a couple more to make them happier and more confident? My tank isn’t huge, but is heavily planted for its size and lots of rocks and wood to hide behind too.
Would love your advice, pretty please 🥺
Also… since watching you I’m planning on getting a larger tank … I only had shrimp to begin with, and your videos convinced me to get the cpds… now I want more 😂
Love these fish! But my recent experience with them is not so good 😅 chasing each other out of the tank, getting caught in the filter, etc. my remaining 3 minnows have now spawned and the tank is FULL of fry
Oh my word, sounds a bit odd. They're not normally that bad.
@@FishShopMatt I’ve had no issues in the past. Maybe I got some bad apples lol. They’ve mellowed out now that they’ve spawned. Fry are free swimming and getting bigger by the day! Cheers bud! Keep up the content 👌
hi i love my minnows have 11 in my 170liter with 13 hillstreams, they love the high flow zone, little guys deserve the space, i wouldn't recommend danios as a tank mate though as I've found my danios to be menaces, i have leopard danios that I've had to separate my females out so now i have male and female danio tanks, i love them they are chaotic and always moving, but not peaceful like the white clouds
you should give yours more flow
I recently started keeping these, I have them in a community with some galaxy rasbora and pygmy cories and they're really fun to watch.
They're always busy and they're a great dither fish to bring the more timid fish out. I keep them with a heater at 23°C and they seem quite happy and healthy. I wouldn't want to keep them at the extremely low temps, but they're such hardy little guys I doubt they'd be bothered by higher temps.
Lovely fish. Great to watch. They're really growing on me.
I was told by Pets at home that I couldn't keep barbs with my mountain minnows and Platy fish, great video Matt 👍
I have a male platy with mine. He eats all the eggs though 😂
Depends on the barb to be honest. You cannot paint them all with the same brush. It's like saying you can't keep dogs with cats, sometimes yes and sometimes no.
Great Information, thank you 👍
My pleasure!
Had them with cherry barbs, glow light and espei rasboras.
You would think that if a species is extinct or near extinction.. aaaand the hobby has plenty.. they would breed a ton extra and reintroduce them.
They do that with other fish that aren't in the hobby and have no where near the "headstart"
I keep them in my axolotl tank. Temp about 67 degrees. Great fish.
Hey Matt. I would love to come visit your shop but cant seem to find out where it’s located? Would you be able to help. Look forward to visiting in the future
I recently got some of the golden, and really love these little guys. I'd like to get some of the standard as well.
My lfs has a whole bunch, and I look at them every time I go in. I also have an empty tank. You're twisting my arm pretty hard 😂
I love white clouds but they are banned in Canada 🇨🇦 now as an invasive species 😢
Another great video about an awesome fish. Don’t keep them currently but they are top of list for new setup. Thanks for the info.
They have been one of my favourite fish for a long time. Have them in a planted tank with cherry shrimp and are doing great. Even had a few babies who survived to become adults.
I fell in love with these guys when i got some to put in my Endler tank,
I have been keeping them ever since, that was about 7 years ago now❤
I have a nano tank with 24k white gold mountain minnows they make me so happy! The colors are amazing and they are a sweet fish that hangs out with my shrimp.
The video everyone needs to watch
Thank you!
Had them when I was 8, now I am 58 still keep them, my favorite of all fish. Last summer kept them outside in a Aquarium in the garden, now inside in small tank for the winter.
What air pump do you use, trying to find a quiet pump?
dropping knowledge in the first 60 seconds - - I was today years old when I learned how mountain minnows got their name
said with all the love in the world: Matthew, you are starting to look a little Chewbacca - time for a trim. freeze frame 2:02
Matt "They're a very forgiving fish" hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha true
I take it Otto's would be cool with the minnow?
the easiest? everytime i get white clouds they die :(
I have a cold water tank with white clouds, zebra & leopard danios and a few rosy barbs. Tanks been running nearly 3 years here in NSW Australia. I have a couple that have turned black, I’m thinking it’s their age. (I have lost a few barbs over the past few months too)Parameters are all good. Just coming out of winter where the coldest we would have inside is probably about 12 degrees (c). Have you ever had any turn black? ❤️🇦🇺
I have both colour variety of white clouds, and the older female golden white clouds have large black splotches across their backs.
Thank you loved this
Well… I think I fell in love with these fish
Love them, thanks!!
Cool fish! Love’em!
That gecko is is so cool 😊
Matt glad to see you again
❤
Am I first for once?
Whoop whoop congrats JT 👏
I dont like having glass of plants only that seem from far away, I need an idea of making like oscars big fish
Am I the second for once?
Indeed you are congrats and welcome! 💜