If you want to see another huge South American Biotope check out this video: th-cam.com/video/f4Td7NrPkoo/w-d-xo.html If you want to learn more about keeping and breeding Midas Cichlids this is a cool video: th-cam.com/video/9-VHTFJin4w/w-d-xo.html Also, our new shirts can be found at: www.primetimeaquatics.com/merch For the latest in the fish room check us out on Instagram primetime_aquatics For more cool behind the scenes stuff consider becoming a member! th-cam.com/channels/YVN.html...
Really awesome tank... its so peaceful even with fish that can be aggressive... but they have enough space and they're happy. Its like their natural environment. Its great... love it.
Just incredible! What a vast array of beautiful fish. Getting to see these fish interact in this biotope is definitely an experience. Wow. It's amazing how fish act when they're in large open water where they can establish more natural behaviors. The aquascaping is beautiful! The colors of all the fish 😍 this was so peaceful. Thank you so much for sharing this today I thoroughly enjoyed the video! Hope you and your family have a blessed and beautiful day
Awsome video. ..thanks for sharing...in detroit we have a island park called belle isle with one of the oldest aquarium buildings in the country that house native fish and fish from around the world. I love taking the family there just to sit back and watch the fish. On a side note...bass pro shops usually have a very large aquarium stocked with native fish to your area. Have a great day fish nerds!!
It was hard to see the scale of the tank as nothing was shot from afar, would have been interesting to see a side shot. I agree on the lighting and yes I do tone that down to a medium setting with my lights. Lights cycle from med to med low to low twice a day with off during might time hours. My Betta seems to enjoy the lower lighting and takes naps. Live plants still do ok and it greatly has reduced the late since I started that program. Some fiber able has formed around his floating log but it's a good resting place for him to boot so I have left it in place. Nice look at these tanks and fish...
Up in Miami we have wild peacock bass and Mayan cichlids,that are invasive and thrive here!They only get 10 pounds here but are still huge!Theres even plecos,arowanas,oscars,and knife fish!
Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us! It was exciting to see. It was funny how you mentioned that one fishes teeth and then almost like he knew and flashed them for us! I’m so hooked on fish keeping!
I thought this was going to be Joanna’s new tank. Then I realized no Bettas and it wasn’t aquascaped well enough... I hope this makes people realize how much room big fish really need. We give tetras 20 times their body length to swim around in... even halving that number requires a 20 ft tank for peacock bass. I think Jason would add 10,000 shells, 10 of each shell dweller, and let them sort it out.
Whoever scaped the first tank.. well I'd rather call it a habitat but whoever designed it is definitely on to something.. I love atf's but have never seen them that calm and slow moving.. awesome
Beautiful tank, but I think It is more of a pan tropical tank. That Tiger fish (the one with the big teeth) comes from Africa. The Arowana that you liked is an Asian Arowana, and the Fly River Turtle comes from Papua New Guinea and Australia. Sorry for being so pedantic. I can't help myself.😉 Cheers, Chris
I love bio type tanks, especially south and central American tanks, the Asian arowana and the African tiger fish don't belong but other than that very nice.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics , I didn't put this in my initial post but I really appreciate how you were emphasizing the size of these guys and being frank that they aren't keepable for most of us.
Audri, My understanding is that tiger fish are actually quite docile. They either see other fish as food or they don’t. If they see something as food I don’t imagine it would look ruffed up. I think it would just be gone. Cheers, Chris
Audri, I don’t think they would ever be safe with fish that they saw as food, but I don’t think they are designed to tear things apart. Pointy teeth are meant for catching and holding onto fish. Not for tearing chunks of flesh off. I once knew a guy who worked at a wholesaler who had one. Supposedly it never caused any problems. Cheers, Chris
If you have treated it correctly you shouldn't have to do anything special. If it killed all the fish I would let everything dry out for a few weeks and you should be good.
Thanks for the video I have a 75 gal tank.wot the best South America Cichlid i wood like all same fish thanks P/T/A more video please George in England Uk 👍
@@PrimeTimeAquatics I don't think it's as complicated as you think. It's really easy up until you jump into the world of SPS corals. I also know people running their fish and rock only saltwater tanks with sponge filters.
Not that I'm trying to force you into the saltwater world. I just think a lot of people get intimidated by it because they think it's way harder and more expensive.
They need to figure out the major aggressors in that tank and remove them. Many of the fish had badly nipped fins above and beyond normal aggression even the stingray was missing part of it's tail. When fish are damaged this much it causes stress and a leading cause of fish desiese in tanks is due to stress.
It's hard to say since it is only visible from one viewing panel and above. Maybe somewhere around 5ft tall, at least 15-18ft long and about that deep in places?
So here’s one for you. This is 16,000 gallons but Joey DIY said his big tank is 2000 gallons. So that’s 8 of his 2000 gallon tanks makes this tank?! No chance. This tank is absolutely huge. Joeys must be way less than 2000 gallons. Look at depth in this one it goes way back.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics mmmmm it’s hard to actually grasp though. See at the start of your video look back at the fish wayyyyyyy at back. So that shows the depth etc I can’t get my head round it plus the tank you filmed sure that must be 5ft etc tall from substrate to water level. Anyways thanks for writing back I know your a busy man. Plus it was an old video and you still wrote back. Don’t change!!! Love the beard
I would bet on the Brycons- those silvery very generic fish shaped fish swimming in upper areas of the tank. Even in streams with miles of water? They tear into each other fins..just mutilate their own kind and no doubt take a bite of Red Devil tail fins when the two run into each other..and the Brycon is hungry. It's a very nicely done tank..and they did not put the Giant fish in there like Arapaima...The Cichla are so choice..if you have 5,000 gallons and up. For the smaller species? 2,000 would do. Brycons? ugh..look at the Dallas aquarium with them..same results and they even bit off RTC dorsal fins off. What a mistake to ever want those.
Visiting this aquarium made me decide NOT to get arowana. They are absolutely MASSIVE. LIke small child sized. No way I can give it the size tank it needs even with a 500+ gallon tank
Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us! It was exciting to see. It was funny how you mentioned that one fishes teeth and then almost like he knew and flashed them for us! I’m so hooked on fish keeping!
If you want to see another huge South American Biotope check out this video: th-cam.com/video/f4Td7NrPkoo/w-d-xo.html
If you want to learn more about keeping and breeding Midas Cichlids this is a cool video: th-cam.com/video/9-VHTFJin4w/w-d-xo.html
Also, our new shirts can be found at: www.primetimeaquatics.com/merch
For the latest in the fish room check us out on Instagram primetime_aquatics
For more cool behind the scenes stuff consider becoming a member! th-cam.com/channels/YVN.html...
Really awesome tank... its so peaceful even with fish that can be aggressive... but they have enough space and they're happy. Its like their natural environment. Its great... love it.
This aquarium is my favorite. The whole place is so well themed and feels natural like you are on a hike. Well worth the visit.
Just incredible! What a vast array of beautiful fish. Getting to see these fish interact in this biotope is definitely an experience. Wow. It's amazing how fish act when they're in large open water where they can establish more natural behaviors. The aquascaping is beautiful! The colors of all the fish 😍 this was so peaceful. Thank you so much for sharing this today I thoroughly enjoyed the video! Hope you and your family have a blessed and beautiful day
They are so much more relaxed with that amount of space. :-)
Greetings from Michigan. Thankyou for this awesome video. It was very relaxing to watch.🐠👍
My wife and I visited the aquarium and museum a couple of years ago. It was very nicely done.
Such a cool place!
Beautiful Biotope😍😍😍!!! Greetings from Puerto Rico 😁👍🏻💪🏻
Wow that is awesome. Crystal clear water. I want to see the filtration system. Must be massive!
Me too!
Was this a recent trip? I'd be interested in going to see this in person if they're open to the public.
What an amazing setup. Absolutely inspiring.
Yes - we were there a couple weeks ago! Definitely worth checking out!
I have a banded leporinus that’s about 12 inches, so it’s really cool to see one in this enormous tank.
They are great fish!
Awsome video. ..thanks for sharing...in detroit we have a island park called belle isle with one of the oldest aquarium buildings in the country that house native fish and fish from around the world. I love taking the family there just to sit back and watch the fish. On a side note...bass pro shops usually have a very large aquarium stocked with native fish to your area. Have a great day fish nerds!!
The water is so clean! A treat for an aquarist with OCD!
It sure was!
It was hard to see the scale of the tank as nothing was shot from afar, would have been interesting to see a side shot. I agree on the lighting and yes I do tone that down to a medium setting with my lights. Lights cycle from med to med low to low twice a day with off during might time hours. My Betta seems to enjoy the lower lighting and takes naps. Live plants still do ok and it greatly has reduced the late since I started that program. Some fiber able has formed around his floating log but it's a good resting place for him to boot so I have left it in place. Nice look at these tanks and fish...
😍 I could easily spend half a day just with this tank. This is absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing this. This was cool 👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Me too! :-)
Up in Miami we have wild peacock bass and Mayan cichlids,that are invasive and thrive here!They only get 10 pounds here but are still huge!Theres even plecos,arowanas,oscars,and knife fish!
I've seen them - so crazy!
Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us! It was exciting to see. It was funny how you mentioned that one fishes teeth and then almost like he knew and flashed them for us! I’m so hooked on fish keeping!
I bet water change day is not very fun! Great video again Jason.
You are right about that!
Wooow the coolest and amazing tank I ever see. All those large fishes , the colours, the setup, so perfect. Thank you so much for sharing 🙏😍😍😍
Thank you!
They are so chill
I know right!
I thought this was going to be Joanna’s new tank. Then I realized no Bettas and it wasn’t aquascaped well enough...
I hope this makes people realize how much room big fish really need. We give tetras 20 times their body length to swim around in... even halving that number requires a 20 ft tank for peacock bass.
I think Jason would add 10,000 shells, 10 of each shell dweller, and let them sort it out.
I think you are right. :-)
I once saw a 7ft long Multi tank that was entirely covered with shells with hundreds of Multies if not more. It was amazing.
Fabulous tank. I bet it was awesome to see in person. Thanks for sharing it with us. 👍😃✌
Highly recommend it if you ever get a chance!
Absolutely breathtaking
So beautiful and so peaceful.
Great choice of music. Extremely relaxing
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing, really a neat setup.
Thank you!
There are fish from Asia and Africa mixed in there also.
Very true
Glad to see you guys made it through those storms. My family’s scattered throughout Chicagoland and are good as well 👍👍👍
Ya, it got really bad for like 20 minutes and then went away.
Prime Time Aquatics Good to hear! 👍 Not even a downed tree at any of my giant families’ homes.
OMG just breath taking. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Whoever scaped the first tank.. well I'd rather call it a habitat but whoever designed it is definitely on to something.. I love atf's but have never seen them that calm and slow moving.. awesome
I know - all the fish were so chilled out!
Love the video outstanding aquarium. With some amazing spaces in there so tranquil to watch.
It's amazing how large fish will act with ample space!
Prime Time Aquatics
It really is especially with so many species in there
Must be an amazing place to visit . I remember seeing amazing public aquariums in Australia too
It sure is a great place!
Awesome video! Arowana do look very cool when viewed from the top. I love the serpentine movemenf.
They sure do!
Thank you for sharing awesome video!
Beautiful tank, but I think It is more of a pan tropical tank. That Tiger fish (the one with the big teeth) comes from Africa. The Arowana that you liked is an Asian Arowana, and the Fly River Turtle comes from Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Sorry for being so pedantic. I can't help myself.😉
Cheers,
Chris
Good point!
4:45 Who would have guessed, cichlids like most animals are more calm when they are not overcrowded.
What did you think of their awesome planted tank with red bellied piranha and cardinal tetras? I loved that display!
I love that tank as well (except it was only the piranha and a few silver dollars when we went).
They should honestly add a vampire tetra to that aqaurium
young athlete_15 clown knife?
@@rogerwitmer2659 I meant vampire tetra
Cristal clear 💧
How incredible
Great video! In my neck of the woods.
If it was closer to me I'd probably go every year. :-)
so magical :)
looks awesome
I love bio type tanks, especially south and central American tanks, the Asian arowana and the African tiger fish don't belong but other than that very nice.
I would’ve love to know the dimensions of the 6K tank
Very nice, would love to visit one day 🤓
Beautiful.
That was really nice.
I'm kinda surprised to see the African Tiger fish in the Amazon tank. My guess is he is the one chomping on the Midas cichlids.
That was my though as well?
@@PrimeTimeAquatics , I didn't put this in my initial post but I really appreciate how you were emphasizing the size of these guys and being frank that they aren't keepable for most of us.
Audri, My understanding is that tiger fish are actually quite docile. They either see other fish as food or they don’t. If they see something as food I don’t imagine it would look ruffed up. I think it would just be gone.
Cheers,
Chris
@@Cgraseck , oh really! Thats pretty cool to know. So once you get them over to prepaired or frozen foods they would behave.
Audri, I don’t think they would ever be safe with fish that they saw as food, but I don’t think they are designed to tear things apart. Pointy teeth are meant for catching and holding onto fish. Not for tearing chunks of flesh off. I once knew a guy who worked at a wholesaler who had one. Supposedly it never caused any problems.
Cheers,
Chris
Stunning
Awesome!
What are theese silver colour fish species ?
Very relaxing video. Would love to visit if I have the chance.
Can I pitch a tent outside of this display???
Video idea: how to keep water the right temperature in a heatwave.
Wait until you see some of the other tanks! It would have liked to go there a second day!
How do I clean my aquarium after ich
If you have treated it correctly you shouldn't have to do anything special. If it killed all the fish I would let everything dry out for a few weeks and you should be good.
Thanks for the video I have a 75 gal tank.wot the best South America Cichlid i wood like all same fish thanks P/T/A more video please George in England Uk 👍
How about some Geophagus tapajos? Or some type of Guianacara?
Prime Time Aquatics thanks for the advice 👍
Great video. That aquarium is amazing. Please do another video showing us the filtration
I was in Springfield several times a few years ago always wanted to go here but they were closed for total remodeling :(
Totally worth it if you can get back there again.
Nice
How big of a sponge filter do you need for that bad boy?
lol Good one!
Wouldn't that be funny? Like a bunch or 55 gallon drum sized sponge filters everywhere? :-)
Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't those Arrowana from Asia and the Tiger Fish from Africa?
SaviorOfSanity yep
Pacu from Asia
@@rogerwitmer2659 Didn't the Asian Pacu come from SA? I thought they were just an invasive species that got released in Asia.
There were both Asian and South American Arowanas in the tank.
Where are you from I'm from Kansas just wondering if you live in Missouri or Kansas or just visiting :D
I'm from the Chicago area. We were visiting - had a great time!
Random, I know, but do you do Saltwater a lot?
I have never done it. Too much time and expense. :-)
@@PrimeTimeAquatics I don't think it's as complicated as you think. It's really easy up until you jump into the world of SPS corals. I also know people running their fish and rock only saltwater tanks with sponge filters.
Not that I'm trying to force you into the saltwater world. I just think a lot of people get intimidated by it because they think it's way harder and more expensive.
that fish by the arowana at 2:57 looked like it had its tail fin chewed off.
They need to figure out the major aggressors in that tank and remove them. Many of the fish had badly nipped fins above and beyond normal aggression even the stingray was missing part of it's tail. When fish are damaged this much it causes stress and a leading cause of fish desiese in tanks is due to stress.
@@Mark-ff9en its probably the big african tigerfish in there, I'm suprised anything is alive in there with one of those.
@@Mark-ff9en prolly the black piranha
Aww. I feel bad for the poor baby fry.
I wonder if some survive. I guess they could even remove some if they wanted too.
Cool
What is the dimensions of the aquarium?
It's hard to say since it is only visible from one viewing panel and above. Maybe somewhere around 5ft tall, at least 15-18ft long and about that deep in places?
Impressive but, the feed bill must be enormous.
For sure!
my like went from 999 to 1k LETS GO! lol 1000th like
3:52 what kind a cichlid that is?
There were peacock bass cichlids and red devil cichlids in the tank.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics black striped cichlid
It has potential but still not enough room for a betta...
Could you imagine filling that thing with bettas!
Wow 👍👍👍😍
How do you even clean a tank that size?? Wow.
I know! I'm sure it's a task. :-)
Really cool tank but that is no biotope.
So here’s one for you. This is 16,000 gallons but Joey DIY said his big tank is 2000 gallons. So that’s 8 of his 2000 gallon tanks makes this tank?! No chance. This tank is absolutely huge. Joeys must be way less than 2000 gallons. Look at depth in this one it goes way back.
I don't know. I think Joey's tank looks longer and wider than the average person is tall? Plus the tank is at least 3-4 tall?
@@PrimeTimeAquatics mmmmm it’s hard to actually grasp though. See at the start of your video look back at the fish wayyyyyyy at back. So that shows the depth etc I can’t get my head round it plus the tank you filmed sure that must be 5ft etc tall from substrate to water level. Anyways thanks for writing back I know your a busy man. Plus it was an old video and you still wrote back. Don’t change!!!
Love the beard
👍👍👍💯💯💯🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹...
Are those Asian arowana?
Ya, they had different types in that tank!
Why do they have an African tiger fish and an Asian arowana and FRT in a Amazonian bio type tank lol
I’m going to need to speak to the curator there!!!
How come u dont have any huge tanks? U have a basement and with the amount of tanks u have i imagine u own ur home.
I can't fit them down my stairs. Rrrrrrr
How did they get Asians? I want one.
I'm assuming it's because they are a public aquarium?
I would bet on the Brycons- those silvery very generic fish shaped fish swimming in upper areas of the tank. Even in streams with miles of water? They tear into each other fins..just mutilate their own kind and no doubt take a bite of Red Devil tail fins when the two run into each other..and the Brycon is hungry.
It's a very nicely done tank..and they did not put the Giant fish in there like Arapaima...The Cichla are so choice..if you have 5,000 gallons and up. For the smaller species? 2,000 would do.
Brycons? ugh..look at the Dallas aquarium with them..same results and they even bit off RTC dorsal fins off. What a mistake to ever want those.
There are Asian Arowana.
Lesson#1: you'll never be able to afford this.
The Asian arrowana threw this off from being south American.
Go to the Omaha Zoo
Visiting this aquarium made me decide NOT to get arowana. They are absolutely MASSIVE. LIke small child sized. No way I can give it the size tank it needs even with a 500+ gallon tank
It's so eye-opening to see them in a huge aquarium and appreciate just how large they actually get.
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Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us! It was exciting to see. It was funny how you mentioned that one fishes teeth and then almost like he knew and flashed them for us! I’m so hooked on fish keeping!
Ya right? How about that smile. Haha