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Hey, love the channel. Have you thought about doing more reactions to tiktok or YT short videos. I just saw a YT short called, "cat thinks he's inside a fish tank". Love to see your reaction to it. It's heart breaking
The best solution I found for dealing with an overpopulation of guppies in my 29 gallon aquarium was to buy 1 angelfish. It is gorgeous after nearly 2 years and is the boss of the aquarium. And, no more overpopulation of babies!
😂 I added a female Betta to help control population. Then my angelfish spawned so I added one of the babies in there. Hoping it'll curb my massive overpopulation issues. 😅 I love a good overstocked tank but 100+ guppies in a 37 gallon is a little much even for me. 😂
@@moosey1978 that's amazing. I started with three trios close to a year ago, four different strains. They're beautiful little mutt guppies and I love them to pieces and my 4 year old does too. He gets SO excited every time he sees more babies. 🤣
Oscars!!!!! Oscars are the best fish. Let's be honest small aquariums just don't cut it. Large aquarium with the puppy of the aquarium world OSCARS!!!!
Well John, here is a story of a mean Platy. We have had this Blue Wagtail Platy for about 2 years. Initially we had him in a 10 gallon with some other Platy's and some Habrosus Cory's. He chased every other Platy in the tank and actually was responsible for the death of 1 Sunset Platy. In addition we had a few Snakeskin Guppies in the tank. Platy killed 2 of the males. He has been transferred to a 40 Breeder tank where he is the only Platy in the tank and is the smallest fish in the tank. I do have to say that in 50+ years of keeping fish this is the only Platy I have ever seen with such a mean streak.
I love all your shows. But I have to offer my 2cents on the angels. I have 3 in a community tank. Even before they bonded and started breeding..THEY ARE ABSOLUTE TERROR to the other tank mates! I'm starting to regret getting them.
Hi KGTropical. Need some advice from you. I have a new 20 gallon high tank setup with some caves and some plants and still adding plants. I want to add schooling fish top,middle and bottom dwellers along with either a single or a pair(male/female) Apistogramma to my tank as the centerpiece fish. My question to you is should I add the schooling fish first then the Apistogramma or vice versa? I know schooling fish usually do better with 6 or more but how should I add the schooling fish to my new tank? Three or four at a time or a different way? Thanks!!!🐠🐠🐠
Here in India platy, molly and swordtails aren't popular at all. Instead glowfish like tetra, tiger barb are the most popular, even more popular than the gold fish . And African cichlid is on top 10 too cause they are dirt cheap, you can get as many as 4-5 electric yellow lab for a cost of 1 Dumbo guppy. And the cost matters always.
Great info though I would never stick neon/cardinal tetras in an angel tank. Every angel tank I have ever had has 100% eaten all the neon's (I've witnessed it multiple times), maybe if you're talking about young angels (2-3" tall) but adults will thank you for the meal
I've kept i don't even know how many fish now. Even got a self sustained shrimp tank that i haven't touched in 2 years. But . . . . I can NOT keep guppys 😅. Dont know why, but they hate me 😂
With all fish one thing people dont usually consider is temperment. Some fish cant tolerate others of their own kind, some fish have to be kept in groups of their own kind. Having the wrong mix leads to fish killing each other and a loss of $ to you. Dont rely on the kid at the big box store to tell you anything, most of them dont know anything about the fish do your own research before you buy.
I just had male guppies and they just die off fast. I think Jason from prime time said the same thing. Getting them from a local breeder might be the way to go. The fish store ones nope. Not hardy at all.
I'm looking to buy some snails, and you guys have so many different snails on your website. We have 40 gal with mollies and guppies. Can you guys do a video about snails and fish, or are there certain recommendations for which snails to purchase? Appreciate your videos and learn so much! Ty for all your hard work and keep it up! Thank you for your time!
I'm now 68 yrs old and have had all of these fish and many many more since I was a kid at 9 yrs old when I started--now I have one 80 gal tank with 3 gold fish 1 black moor and ruby and gold barbs and white cloud mountain fish and a Siamese algae eater and some corydoras , the non Asian residents--all peaceful, hardy and cheap and will survive if the electricity goes out in the winter. Yet I would like to see you list 10 or more of the more interesting tropicals such as leaf fish, head standers, polyptarys (so), butterfly fish, etc.
My first was Oscar's and they were great. I've since gone African Cichlids and love them as well! I also have a 150 woth "Sharks" Balas, feather fin squeekers, and iridescents. My kids have a 75 with community fish. Tetras, Molly's Platies, etc.
I do have to add, Mollies can be aggressive with their feeding habits. I have lost a betta fish because I put it in my Molly tank. It kept getting beat up when it was feeding time. I tried to isolate her when I noticed damages, but it was too late. Not all mollies, but definitely keep an eye out!
In my small tank, there are a pair of platys, guppies and a betta that act like the best of friends. It’s become part of a set up I’d recommend to beginners because it gives a variety of color in a 10-20 gallon tank.
The thing with swordtails n I wish you mentioned it is they can change their gender. For example if you have 3 males and no females. 2 of those males will turn female. If you have 3 females and no males one of those females will turn male. It does not matter if she is already pregnant. She will either reabsorb her babies or drop her fry early. As for goldfish, they are by far my all time favourite fish. My first fish were goldfish when I was 12yrs old. I wish I knew what I know now back then. I definitely did them dirty. I had maybe 8-11 feeders in a 20 gallon. Once they grew to a certain size I ended up donating them to a school. That school has an indoor pond with goldfish. Not sure why they have the pond. I never asked. But yeah the first 2yrs with goldfish I did them dirty. Then I got a single oranda and he was my favourite. I now have a few stock tanks as indoor ponds mostly with goldfish. Sarasas, shubunkins, comets wakins and jinkins. I will never get the fancy types again. Yes I love them. Especially moores. But they have so many health problems and they don't usually live long. 8-10 years if lucky is just not enough. They're more of what I call heart breakers of the goldfish world. Some of our oldest goldfish are comets out of the feeder tanks and they're 10-13 years old. We have some sarasas and shubunkins that are 8, n 6 years old. I recently setup another stock tank in preparation for more goldfish. I am craving a few more so got the system doing it's thing before I pick them up and add them. Wakins are the plan for that one.
I've definitely been one of the ones that have had problems. I'm not sure why. Good water quality. Good, all that. Had them three different times over the last three years. All the same outcome. I like them. But.... I don't know how to keep them alive. Lol
9:00 - Swordtails can be nasty, esp. in smaller tanks and when something goes wrong. I used to have them in 42 gallons (160 l) and there was 1 fin nipper and when SAE got hurt, the Swordtail kept aggravating the wound and I had to pull SAE aside to get better. Also when some Swordtails were feeling week, few other Swordtails killed them. No idea, if the tank wasn't stable enough (gravel substrate, but fully planted with canister filter and 3 week water changes), but once I moved them to 189 gallons (714 l), with deep substrate and Angelfish being the main fish, all these issues disappeared.
I LOVE my 55 gallon goldfish tank. I had to use fake plants if I wanted decore but they seem happy and I never had any issues keeping them. Sponge filter and a hob works fine for them
I have kept tanks for the better part of my life, probably 40 or so years and I have never been able to have sustained success with live bearers. I have no Idea why as I have has great luck and many haapy years with everything else I have tried ( with the exception of Rams- i for some reason can't keep them alive either ).
I just had a guppy birth around 20 or so fry. Raising them in a small tank by themselves atm. I have a tank with a single male betta and a bunch of red cherry shrimp. I've always been told that bettas, espcially males, should be kept alone. Got me thinking from the comment made in the video that bettas can live with most of the smaller fish listed, just not other bettas. I might try to introduce a few guppies, once they are grown, to my betta tank to see how it goes.
Nice list. Other than the Oscar, I’ve kept everything on the list at one time or another. Currently I have a betta. I never had good results with guppies though. I did buy a trio of Endlers and now I have endler-apocalypse….😂 Ever since John did that crazy rock tank for Yellow Labs I’ve been wanting to try them. I’m finally going to do some in a 75g in a few weeks. 🎉
Great advice. I had a pleco latch on to my fantail goldfish once. He is gone. My fingerling fantail goldfish is 2 yrs. old. She is now the size of my hand, in a 50g. She is not done growing.I have a friend for her in quarantine. I hope it is a female too.
That's an accurate list. We agree with it. One small change, I guess I would say cichlids in general should be on the list. I know there are many varieties, but it seems a lot of fish keepers have African or south American cichlids. A lot of channels with cichlids in their name. Anyway, great video as always!
I'm so excited, my Oscar is thriving in my 150gal tank. I was doing some clean up the other day and was also surprised with baby blue polar parrots, double excitement as I have not successfully bred any parrot fish 😊
I agree with the list, but have an addition and a question. It is important to mention that the neon tetras cannot tolerate strong light, because their eyes are very sensitive to light. I didn't know that, bought 7 of them and they nearly died under 2 days just because they feared the neonlight of the tank which never caused problem to any other kind of fish. The question: Is a 20 gallon tank big enough to keep just one fancy goldfish, for example blackmoor? 🤔
I work in a pet store with aquariums. Except for oscars and plecos, this list goes very well with our costumers 🙂 We don't even have oscars, simply because they get too big for 99% of all our costumers aquariums, and we refuse to sell fish to people who can't take proper care of them. And that's also why we sell more otocinclus than plecos, because of our costumers tank-sizes. But guppies... Oh how we sell guppies! And neon tetras, and cardinal tetras. It feels like we always need more of those. And there I go trying to make people interested in rainbowfish, rosy tetras, phantom tetras or some corydora 😅
All female swordtails have been known to have the main female become a male. They are also known as sailfish because they enjoy jumping out of your tank
Not trying to be rude, but I have my fancy goldfish not sure what type in a 32 gallon with my other community fish lab about 4 inches or so and it’s think it’s full grown Section chest content, Olympics Porter😅😅
I loved that video with Diana Halstad. I got my bowl , sand and soil and now need to order my plants for it from you. Your fish advice is always appreciated. Hey Lisa , how are your house plants ??? 😁
No decent size tank 20 gallons plus is complete without a pleco for me. I ADORE them. They're so much fun. I DESPISE platys. I've never had one that wasn't an evil aggressive little b*st*rd. My platys almost killed one of my bettas that i had in my 75 gallon community. Poor little dude was afraid of his own shadow for the rest of his life.
When I started out with the normal community tank , I also perused the books in the school library (was in HS at the time). What caught my eye and seemed the most interesting were killifish and wild type livebearers. Started in 1971 and got into keeping killifish and a few years later added the livebearers. Been in them ever since.
Monos can acclimate to brackish and saltwater too. I've done it with Mollys as starter tank fish in salt water tanks and acclimated Monos for my salt water tanks too
I got interested in fish keeping a while ago and now I’m starting to get interested again. I’m not sure it’s a great idea though since I won’t be able to take care of them for the full 5-6ish years since I’ll probably be moving in a few years and I can’t take them with me. Any advice?
Good afternoon. Was trying to look at you alls live fish on your website but it seems to have disappeared. Did you all stop selling bettas or is there a hold for restocks?
The problem I have is I want a fish that nobody else has. Or one that is most likely nobody else wants to have. But the best fish to get you have to buy a huge tank for.
I have two really nice looking healthy platys in a small tank with nice plants. It only requires a tiny tab water heater. I change a third of the water weekly.
I have found swordtails males to almost be as aggressive toward each other as 2 bettas. I cannot have more the 1 in my tank at a time and thats with plenty of females
I have owned and raised fish both salt and fresh for 60 years. As with any hobby excitement brings more stuff, more difficult stuff, and more stuff. From small easy to maintain fish to large difficult to maintain fish and more expensive maintenance. More tanks means less maintenance on each tank as work and life affect hobbies. I am back down to two tanks, 150/100. One salt and one fresh. Just like big dogs big fish are expensive vs small fish. Flake food is cheap vs frozen food. Guppies and other live bearers always grow in number. I love color. Discus, guppies, Tetra’s and similar are very gratifying. Acrylic tanks less than 60 gallons are great as light. My 60 gallon acrylic was the best with a 30 gallon sump below in a stand. Probably go back to one tank. Pull my acrylic 60 out of storage. I love salt but with one tank will go to fresh
Well, any live bearers have a short life in my 45 gallon tank and I can't get any babies from them. However, egg layers, especially tetras seem to last year's. By all accounts, my water quality is very good. What gives?
I guess your water might be soft and acidic. Tetras love it and will thrive in this water. The livebearers need hard alkaline water. They will be miserable in the soft water.
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Hey, love the channel. Have you thought about doing more reactions to tiktok or YT short videos. I just saw a YT short called, "cat thinks he's inside a fish tank". Love to see your reaction to it. It's heart breaking
Have question water's good PH is good. But for some reason I lose a fish every now and then. Anything to be alarmed
The best solution I found for dealing with an overpopulation of guppies in my 29 gallon aquarium was to buy 1 angelfish. It is gorgeous after nearly 2 years and is the boss of the aquarium. And, no more overpopulation of babies!
I control my guppy population with a group of pea puffers.
😂 I added a female Betta to help control population. Then my angelfish spawned so I added one of the babies in there. Hoping it'll curb my massive overpopulation issues. 😅 I love a good overstocked tank but 100+ guppies in a 37 gallon is a little much even for me. 😂
@@HopeB555 I get my guppies from a breeder. He has a 125 slap full of guppies.
@@moosey1978 that's amazing. I started with three trios close to a year ago, four different strains. They're beautiful little mutt guppies and I love them to pieces and my 4 year old does too. He gets SO excited every time he sees more babies. 🤣
Drop the temperature
Knew goldfish and betta would be on top! Oscar was a surprise
I would have been surprised if John did 'not' have Oscars on the list...
Oscars!!!!! Oscars are the best fish. Let's be honest small aquariums just don't cut it. Large aquarium with the puppy of the aquarium world OSCARS!!!!
Yay: Goldfish!! I’ve kept scores of freshwater spp. but I ALWAYS circle back to goldfish! One carnival-fish and two-blue shubunkins at present.
Great list guys! Plants, cats and bettas ... I totally agree Lisa! ☺️
Well John, here is a story of a mean Platy. We have had this Blue Wagtail Platy for about 2 years. Initially we had him in a 10 gallon with some other Platy's and some Habrosus Cory's. He chased every other Platy in the tank and actually was responsible for the death of 1 Sunset Platy. In addition we had a few Snakeskin Guppies in the tank. Platy killed 2 of the males. He has been transferred to a 40 Breeder tank where he is the only Platy in the tank and is the smallest fish in the tank. I do have to say that in 50+ years of keeping fish this is the only Platy I have ever seen with such a mean streak.
My Blue wags are aggressive wonder if it's something with the color variant keep them with my opaline gourami now and they hold thier own.
I had a silver platy that was the devil reincarnated. Would chase males and females.... had to remove him
I'm 9 minutes in and if goldfish isn't number 1 I'll be shocked 😮
Goldfish are the best 😏
😂 and you created the word guppocolipse . I have that.
I love all your shows. But I have to offer my 2cents on the angels. I have 3 in a community tank. Even before they bonded and started breeding..THEY ARE ABSOLUTE TERROR to the other tank mates! I'm starting to regret getting them.
Hi KGTropical. Need some advice from you. I have a new 20 gallon high tank setup with some caves and some plants and still adding plants. I want to add schooling fish top,middle and bottom dwellers along with either a single or a pair(male/female) Apistogramma to my tank as the centerpiece fish. My question to you is should I add the schooling fish first then the Apistogramma or vice versa? I know schooling fish usually do better with 6 or more but how should I add the schooling fish to my new tank? Three or four at a time or a different way? Thanks!!!🐠🐠🐠
Here in India platy, molly and swordtails aren't popular at all. Instead glowfish like tetra, tiger barb are the most popular, even more popular than the gold fish . And African cichlid is on top 10 too cause they are dirt cheap, you can get as many as 4-5 electric yellow lab for a cost of 1 Dumbo guppy. And the cost matters always.
Great info though I would never stick neon/cardinal tetras in an angel tank. Every angel tank I have ever had has 100% eaten all the neon's (I've witnessed it multiple times), maybe if you're talking about young angels (2-3" tall) but adults will thank you for the meal
I've kept i don't even know how many fish now. Even got a self sustained shrimp tank that i haven't touched in 2 years. But . . . . I can NOT keep guppys 😅. Dont know why, but they hate me 😂
We bought 3 dalmatian mollies, now we have 80
How do you folks feel about ember tetras and red minor tetras?
With all fish one thing people dont usually consider is temperment. Some fish cant tolerate others of their own kind, some fish have to be kept in groups of their own kind. Having the wrong mix leads to fish killing each other and a loss of $ to you. Dont rely on the kid at the big box store to tell you anything, most of them dont know anything about the fish do your own research before you buy.
I just had male guppies and they just die off fast. I think Jason from prime time said the same thing. Getting them from a local breeder might be the way to go. The fish store ones nope. Not hardy at all.
John, I need your help, can a 1955 house hold a 125 gallon on the second floor, it has two beams supporting the floor in the basement.
Plecos=PoopFactory
I'm looking to buy some snails, and you guys have so many different snails on your website. We have 40 gal with mollies and guppies. Can you guys do a video about snails and fish, or are there certain recommendations for which snails to purchase? Appreciate your videos and learn so much! Ty for all your hard work and keep it up! Thank you for your time!
I'm now 68 yrs old and have had all of these fish and many many more since I was a kid at 9 yrs old when I started--now I have one 80 gal tank with 3 gold fish 1 black moor and ruby and gold barbs and white cloud mountain fish and a Siamese algae eater and some corydoras , the non Asian residents--all peaceful, hardy and cheap and will survive if the electricity goes out in the winter. Yet I would like to see you list 10 or more of the more interesting tropicals such as leaf fish, head standers, polyptarys (so), butterfly fish, etc.
I HAVE NEON TETRA, MOLLIES, PLATIES, SWORDTAILS, GUPPIES,
1 BRISTLE NOSED PLECO,
1 RUBY SHARK, 2 GLOWLIGHT TETRA, 8 AMANO SHRIMP AND ABOUT 20 FRY LURKING 😊
No rainbow's 😢. Great list though guys 🎉
Zebra danios
My first was Oscar's and they were great. I've since gone African Cichlids and love them as well! I also have a 150 woth "Sharks" Balas, feather fin squeekers, and iridescents. My kids have a 75 with community fish. Tetras, Molly's Platies, etc.
I do have to add, Mollies can be aggressive with their feeding habits. I have lost a betta fish because I put it in my Molly tank. It kept getting beat up when it was feeding time. I tried to isolate her when I noticed damages, but it was too late. Not all mollies, but definitely keep an eye out!
5:15 that's what she said
In my small tank, there are a pair of platys, guppies and a betta that act like the best of friends. It’s become part of a set up I’d recommend to beginners because it gives a variety of color in a 10-20 gallon tank.
That wath she said and I agree with her 😂😂😂😂😂
The thing with swordtails n I wish you mentioned it is they can change their gender. For example if you have 3 males and no females. 2 of those males will turn female. If you have 3 females and no males one of those females will turn male. It does not matter if she is already pregnant. She will either reabsorb her babies or drop her fry early.
As for goldfish, they are by far my all time favourite fish. My first fish were goldfish when I was 12yrs old. I wish I knew what I know now back then. I definitely did them dirty. I had maybe 8-11 feeders in a 20 gallon. Once they grew to a certain size I ended up donating them to a school. That school has an indoor pond with goldfish. Not sure why they have the pond. I never asked. But yeah the first 2yrs with goldfish I did them dirty. Then I got a single oranda and he was my favourite. I now have a few stock tanks as indoor ponds mostly with goldfish. Sarasas, shubunkins, comets wakins and jinkins. I will never get the fancy types again. Yes I love them. Especially moores. But they have so many health problems and they don't usually live long. 8-10 years if lucky is just not enough. They're more of what I call heart breakers of the goldfish world. Some of our oldest goldfish are comets out of the feeder tanks and they're 10-13 years old. We have some sarasas and shubunkins that are 8, n 6 years old. I recently setup another stock tank in preparation for more goldfish. I am craving a few more so got the system doing it's thing before I pick them up and add them. Wakins are the plan for that one.
A fish that I’m very fond of and would have liked to see on the list is the electric blue acara.
I've definitely been one of the ones that have had problems. I'm not sure why. Good water quality. Good, all that. Had them three different times over the last three years. All the same outcome. I like them. But.... I don't know how to keep them alive. Lol
9:00 - Swordtails can be nasty, esp. in smaller tanks and when something goes wrong. I used to have them in 42 gallons (160 l) and there was 1 fin nipper and when SAE got hurt, the Swordtail kept aggravating the wound and I had to pull SAE aside to get better. Also when some Swordtails were feeling week, few other Swordtails killed them. No idea, if the tank wasn't stable enough (gravel substrate, but fully planted with canister filter and 3 week water changes), but once I moved them to 189 gallons (714 l), with deep substrate and Angelfish being the main fish, all these issues disappeared.
Yes swordtails have this squeaky clean image but I found them to be quite aggressive 😂
I LOVE my 55 gallon goldfish tank. I had to use fake plants if I wanted decore but they seem happy and I never had any issues keeping them. Sponge filter and a hob works fine for them
I have kept tanks for the better part of my life, probably 40 or so years and I have never been able to have sustained success with live bearers. I have no Idea why as I have has great luck and many haapy years with everything else I have tried ( with the exception of Rams- i for some reason can't keep them alive either ).
You may want to check your water. If it is soft and acidic, the livebearers will not live long in it. They require hard alkaline water to survive.
I had silver Mollies, after r 70 or so live birth a month had done tank for males, one for females. :)
The thing about swordtails is they are jumpers.
I just had a guppy birth around 20 or so fry. Raising them in a small tank by themselves atm. I have a tank with a single male betta and a bunch of red cherry shrimp. I've always been told that bettas, espcially males, should be kept alone. Got me thinking from the comment made in the video that bettas can live with most of the smaller fish listed, just not other bettas. I might try to introduce a few guppies, once they are grown, to my betta tank to see how it goes.
Love the vid! Platys, cardinal tetras and harlequin rasboras in my 20 gallon at the moment.lovely mix
It was surprise to see that you guys did not include the guramis
Nice list. Other than the Oscar, I’ve kept everything on the list at one time or another. Currently I have a betta. I never had good results with guppies though. I did buy a trio of Endlers and now I have endler-apocalypse….😂
Ever since John did that crazy rock tank for Yellow Labs I’ve been wanting to try them. I’m finally going to do some in a 75g in a few weeks. 🎉
Great advice. I had a pleco latch on to my fantail goldfish once. He is gone. My fingerling fantail goldfish is 2 yrs. old. She is now the size of my hand, in a 50g. She is not done growing.I have a friend for her in quarantine. I hope it is a female too.
That's an accurate list. We agree with it. One small change, I guess I would say cichlids in general should be on the list. I know there are many varieties, but it seems a lot of fish keepers have African or south American cichlids. A lot of channels with cichlids in their name. Anyway, great video as always!
I'm so excited, my Oscar is thriving in my 150gal tank. I was doing some clean up the other day and was also surprised with baby blue polar parrots, double excitement as I have not successfully bred any parrot fish 😊
I agree with the list, but have an addition and a question. It is important to mention that the neon tetras cannot tolerate strong light, because their eyes are very sensitive to light. I didn't know that, bought 7 of them and they nearly died under 2 days just because they feared the neonlight of the tank which never caused problem to any other kind of fish. The question: Is a 20 gallon tank big enough to keep just one fancy goldfish, for example blackmoor? 🤔
I work in a pet store with aquariums. Except for oscars and plecos, this list goes very well with our costumers 🙂 We don't even have oscars, simply because they get too big for 99% of all our costumers aquariums, and we refuse to sell fish to people who can't take proper care of them. And that's also why we sell more otocinclus than plecos, because of our costumers tank-sizes. But guppies... Oh how we sell guppies! And neon tetras, and cardinal tetras. It feels like we always need more of those. And there I go trying to make people interested in rainbowfish, rosy tetras, phantom tetras or some corydora 😅
I love my Goldfish! And yes I totally want some more guppies!!!
All female swordtails have been known to have the main female become a male. They are also known as sailfish because they enjoy jumping out of your tank
I have found in some cases it was always a male that developed late
Not trying to be rude, but I have my fancy goldfish not sure what type in a 32 gallon with my other community fish lab about 4 inches or so and it’s think it’s full grown Section chest content, Olympics Porter😅😅
I loved that video with Diana Halstad. I got my bowl , sand and soil and now need to order my plants for it from you.
Your fish advice is always appreciated.
Hey Lisa , how are your house plants ??? 😁
No decent size tank 20 gallons plus is complete without a pleco for me. I ADORE them. They're so much fun.
I DESPISE platys. I've never had one that wasn't an evil aggressive little b*st*rd. My platys almost killed one of my bettas that i had in my 75 gallon community. Poor little dude was afraid of his own shadow for the rest of his life.
When I started out with the normal community tank , I also perused the books in the school library (was in HS at the time). What caught my eye and seemed the most interesting were killifish and wild type livebearers. Started in 1971 and got into keeping killifish and a few years later added the livebearers. Been in them ever since.
Monos can acclimate to brackish and saltwater too. I've done it with Mollys as starter tank fish in salt water tanks and acclimated Monos for my salt water tanks too
I love this intro background music its so nostalgic been following every vid you upload since the covid pandemic❤❤
My dwarf gouramis are pretty cool and always happy to see me.
I love Aquariums Unlimited!! Great people, great shop...
Good list. I have kept goldfish, bettas and mollies. I want to add Cardinal tetras to my current aquarium. Gina
The only reason gold fish are so popular is because they are used as feeder fish.
@Kgtropicals - I'm not seeing Diana's book title anywhere. Can you please remind me? 😅
I have a overpopulated 29 gallon tank with 70 fish. I have 4 filters. Been like this for 4 years
@KGTropicals hey John. This might be out of topic but Joey and Rod shall be duking it out in the ring. Out of curiosity, who would you do that with?
I had issues with guppies too. Maybe is inbreeding depression form the original stock. Idk. Nice video tho
I got interested in fish keeping a while ago and now I’m starting to get interested again. I’m not sure it’s a great idea though since I won’t be able to take care of them for the full 5-6ish years since I’ll probably be moving in a few years and I can’t take them with me. Any advice?
Get neon tetra female betta in community and gown light tetra
Darft cichlid checkerboard
Ram cichlid
I would love some guppies...the ones from petsmart keep dying on me...
If y'all seriously wanna get rid of some guppies I've got a seasoned 40 breeder with no fish. I'd be glad to take some off ya!
Hi I was wondering if you can help me out? Can you keep different size angelfish in the same tank? It is a 75 gallon.
Good afternoon. Was trying to look at you alls live fish on your website but it seems to have disappeared. Did you all stop selling bettas or is there a hold for restocks?
The problem I have is I want a fish that nobody else has. Or one that is most likely nobody else wants to have. But the best fish to get you have to buy a huge tank for.
i do agree with everything in the list but also disappointed not to see killifish in a planted aquarium with neon...
For too many babies try lowering the temperature. Less breeding.
I have two really nice looking healthy platys in a small tank with nice plants.
It only requires a tiny tab water heater. I change a third of the water weekly.
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What about Bala and Iridescent Sharks? And Pacu? Where are they on the list? 😂🤣😂
My angelfish were very angry. This is why I haven't kept them since.
Hey KG tropicals is keeping a betta in a 36 gallon bowfront tank a good idea i have one in there with other fish that aren't aggressive tords it
I'm starting to get back into the freshwater part of the hobby. This time, with a total restart and by getting new fish.
I have found swordtails males to almost be as aggressive toward each other as 2 bettas. I cannot have more the 1 in my tank at a time and thats with plenty of females
Bettas can go with angels? Has anyone done this successfully? If so, then how?
I have owned and raised fish both salt and fresh for 60 years. As with any hobby excitement brings more stuff, more difficult stuff, and more stuff. From small easy to maintain fish to large difficult to maintain fish and more expensive maintenance. More tanks means less maintenance on each tank as work and life affect hobbies. I am back down to two tanks, 150/100. One salt and one fresh. Just like big dogs big fish are expensive vs small fish. Flake food is cheap vs frozen food. Guppies and other live bearers always grow in number. I love color. Discus, guppies, Tetra’s and similar are very gratifying. Acrylic tanks less than 60 gallons are great as light. My 60 gallon acrylic was the best with a 30 gallon sump below in a stand. Probably go back to one tank. Pull my acrylic 60 out of storage. I love salt but with one tank will go to fresh
Gourami’s, angels, hatchet, silver dollars, archers are interesting fish
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Love your channel keep it up! ❤️
Great video. Always look forward to your next upload.
My mollies were fin biters and destroyed one of my neon tetras, food hogs and bullies.
I have even kept Betta fish with a cherry shrimps colony
Guppies can live in brackish water too
Can anybody help me out 😢 one of my severum only eats live foods and dont wanna eat any pellets or flakes 😭
Female bettas can absolutely be kept with each other, why not mention that?
these guys recommending gallon sizes tht are so huge 😢, i just got a 20
You forgot rummy nose tetras and Cory’s!!
My betta doesn't stop nipping at the fins of guppies
Diana Halstad ❤️. I’d love a guppy. 🥰
Borneo Loaches are also very cool
Hey Lisa I would gladly take a guppy ❤️
Most of these are boring fish.
I’ll take some guppies!!!
You should sell dians guppies
Ill take some guppies
Well, any live bearers have a short life in my 45 gallon tank and I can't get any babies from them. However, egg layers, especially tetras seem to last year's. By all accounts, my water quality is very good. What gives?
I guess your water might be soft and acidic. Tetras love it and will thrive in this water. The livebearers need hard alkaline water. They will be miserable in the soft water.
those oscars getting huge
What about koi fish ?