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Aqua Huna is fantastic! I found them accidently through ebay, and then your website. I have ordered from them a few times, and their customer service is excellent. The only downside I ever had was a delay in shipping due to COVID-19, but that is totally understandable. The hillstream loaches I ordered from them began breeding within the first month.
Have you been wanting a cool looking cleaner fish try albino corydoras price Is around 4.50 us dollars food flakes and algae wafers temp. 70-80 great and hardy fish a group of 4 or more will do you well just a tip
I started watching this channel when looking for info on how to set up a guppy tank for my school-aged son, and I learned that my infant falls asleep to Cory's voice, so I leave the channel on daily during naptime now. My husband is mystified how I learned so much about fishkeeping these last 2 months. LOL.
@Jessica Worley whatever works!!! Your baby is going to need tanks in the bedroom, lol. I can't imagine trying to be a parent during this pandemic and not having lots of support from the community. My hat is off to you.
I have 6 clown killies and I'm in love with them. I am very lucky. I haven't seen them anywhere but I found a local fish store run by hobbyists. One of who breeds these. I had planned on doing a tank with a betta, but when I saw these in person I fell in love. I know the tails are amazing but the eyes are incredible.
Rocket Killis are the reason I have a lid on my quarantine tank. I almost caught one in mid-air... almost. I did catch a female guppy once though, and I caught a Knight Goby with a net that I was holding... really impressed my five-year-old.
I have a small school of embers and I adore them. They came in to the store here as itty bitty babies and now they're all nice and big and thriving. They're much braver than other small fish I've had, too. Highly recommend them!
This video is a much needed. I have a ten gallon that is currently cycling and about to get another one. So now I’m currently doing a lot of research on what fish I want so i can meet the required water parameters.
Love the content. You have helped me understand the hobby so much. Love ordering plants from you. I’m in Arizona and each time they come in perfect. Thank you
Just from my personal experience with CPD's- they are actually really easy to breed for an egg-layer, even on accident. I actually got a small batch of babies without doing anything to promote spawning or their survival after hatching. I also hesitate to recommend them to anyone, because they seem strangely prone to disease that resists most common antibacterial and antifungal treatments.
@@samthomson3394 otos are primarily bio film eaters, and do best in groups of 6 or more. When folx have problems with otos, it's generally because they didn't wait until the tank was seasoned enough. Personally, I don't like to keep them in anything smaller than a 20 gallon, with sufficient wood and plants to support sufficient bio film to keep them healthy.
@@samthomson3394 Mine eat mostly just the algae on plants and wood, they rarely come to feed on anything I drop in the tank (including algae wafers), but they seem to thrive anyway. Having lots of plants seems to be the key to keeping them happy and well fed! Otos are the most adorable fish :-3
I'd be interested in specifically coldwater nano fish. I have an 8 gallon tank on my windowsill indoors. I've put water and plants from canals and ponds in my vicinity into it. It's fascinating how much life is in there - snails, gammarus, copepods, daphnia, even bavkswimmers and caddisfly larvae. It also has various worms including planarians. It has no filter or heater but does have duckweed, pondweed, and several broadleaved riparian plants and grasses that have built up on a mound in the corner of soil and wood and dead plant material. It all looks great and has cleared up but I'm interested in perhaps introducing some coldwater nano fish and shrimp in a few more months when it's more established. Besides adding water I want it to look after itself. I did this before with a smaller and much less diverse set up that hosted minnows for 4 years without feeding. I feel like that was a bit cruel however, so I'd rather not add fish if they won't be happy.
You’re teaching me so much, thank you! I just placed an order on your website and got it in less than 48 hours! I’m in Oregon and want to make a road trip to your store 💕
Good video Corey a note on the "borneo sucker" or any hillstream species PLEASE keep them in a high flow highly oxygenated environment with slight hardness and low temps (under 75°F) if you truly want to see them thrive and be long lived.
I switched my planted 29 gallon to nano & micro fish and I am addicted! Still searching for the chili rasbora and ember tetra.... sold out at all of my on line favorites. I love my celestial danios a lot and the white clouds too!
Great video! I especially appreciate the marks on the timeline showing which fish you're talking about. That turns your video into a reference. Nice work!
We’ll be setting up the first community aquarium we’ve had in about 20 years. The possibilities are sure different than they seemed to be back when I was a kid in the 70s!
Celestial pearl danio are sooo shy...omg. I had them for a year and I even had a succes with breeding them although it took some effort cause they eat their babies as soon as they notice them so you have to take out the parents to let the babies grow. Also believe it or not but they are mental. I've added a dozen shrimp to a tank with them and they killed them all through the night. And once again...really shy. So shy that I had to throw in food and get away from the aquarium so they could come out and it. I had a real love/hate relationship with them. Basically all u said is true regarding the food. They loved frozen cyclops and all the small frozen foods.
My favourite nano fish that my LFS just got recently are these little neon green rasboras. They were only about $8 a piece which isn't horrible but they are a really nice green and not shy at all!
I love the look of the Chili Rasbora! I hope to buy several different ones mentioned this weekend. Almost all of the ones you mentioned would look great in my aquarium 👀😊
I think my cele-danios are different: They are not shy, almost like barbs like to check out movement outside. They also eat food from the ground. I keep them with endler guppies and shrimp in a group of 20 in a 60 litre tank with HMF. They also breed regulary.
I have 7 of these in a planted tank and oddly enough....they pick around on the bottom for bits of food they missed when it fell through the water column. I love these little guys. Their little fluttering fins really make them interesting.
I have seen the Kuhli loach quite often locally ( St. Louis) and the Green Neon and Ember Tetra occasionally. I have never seen any of the other fish mentioned. I think a lot of aquarium fish never make it much past the cities where they are imported, rarely to midwest.
I got 1 Borneo Sucker Loach, and i liked him so much that i bought an extra pair... they startes breeding and now i have about 20 of them. For sure one of my favorite fish!
Just sharing my personal experience as I know there are always hit or misses with different people, fish, environments, etc…. My celestial pearl danios eat at surface and mid surface. They also will school with my chili raspboras. My hillstream loach chases them around. I love them though. They’re my favorite fish to look at, and it’s fun trying to get the chance to really look at them because they’re quick and fidgety and hard to focus on for the short period of time they’re still.
The hard part with Beaufortia kweichowensis‚ Sewellia lineolata and gastromyzon punctulatus is too find a pet store than can tell which one is who (there is the tree is this video Beaufortia is in the thumbnail btw)
I know this is old, but I wanted to mention that my chili rasboras eat from all over the water column, though rarely the top. They are active at the lower two thirds very consistently; they like to eat tidbits left over by corys in my tank. They also love to hunt in the substrate for little creatures.
You should add that green neon rasboras dont do well in transit for online orders. I have a 55 gallon "nano" tank with groups of all of my favorite nano fish. Love this tank. Its my favorite. Also the hillstream loaches can be a little (or a lot) territorial. I bought a group and all but one died and the one just dive bombs the other fish when they get near the right lower side of the 37 gallon tank theyre in lol. It cant hurt the other fish and its cute to watch but surprisingly territorial in my tank.
This helped me realize why my brother fish tank's fish wouldn't eat for me! As far as I could tell they are tetras, but not once did I see them eat the crushed flakes or sinking wafers(for the corys in the tank) now I know it's because they are mid tank feeders, Thanks!
I've found that Borneo Suckers may be the only fish that eats snail eggs, at least in my limited experience. Started my planted nano community tank out with just ramshorns for the first 5 months, and they ballooned in the dozens. Then, they started dwindling in number over the course of a year, and i could only ever find a dozen at a time after a thorough search over the next year. I thought it could be pH, calcium, diet, or inbreeding, but nothing could make the population grow. That is, until last month when my lovely Borneo Sucker passed away; two months later, there are HUNDREDS of baby snails. Coincidence? I think not!
It’s good to listen to some sane advice from my favorite fish store across the country! I just went to my closest store to peak at the fish and pick up cat litter. Oh boy.... almost all their tanks were marked temporarily not for sale due to illness. And to top it off, they’re now selling betta bowls that are SMALLER THAN THE CUPS AT PETCO!!!! 😡😡 I’m just floored..... There wasn’t anyone in the fish department to talk to about it, naturally.... I know they’ve got at least ONE manager who recommended 2+ gallons, filter, and heater for bettas.... Best pet store in the state, my foot!! Sorry for the vent 😅
You forgot the Dwarf Guarmi! Such that I love for all of your reasons plus, they are very inquisitive too. These are a fun to watch in a hbeautiful powder blue or hot red shimmering micro fish.
I have galaxy resbora and I love them. I can’t get them to not breed. They breed non stop and all year long. But hardy fish ever and super cute. Can withstand a wide range of temperature from 65 to 85. Super hardy. Always up to something.
New to the hobby and already loving it love your channel it’s teaching me so much, but quick question what is that food that looks like it’s just stuck on the side of the tank in a circle
A couple of ones I hadn't heard of - will look into the spotted blue eye (gorgeous!), and the Borneo hillstream. Thank you. Always looking for fish that don't need a heater. We keep a cool house in the winter.
Some really good fish recommendations here. I have done a lot of this stuff and was a half professional breeder for a while. I would avoid the loach though, not because they are bad aquarium fish, but they get a little big for a small tank. Also the hill stream loach is not a good choice for a small aquarium, they are likely hard to feed and keep happy. Otocinclus is a better choice and might be one of the best algae eaters out there. Do not forget to feed them though, they will quickly finish off any algae or "slime" in a tank. For having some fun and perhaps get some kiddos, get a good mix - the Danio mentioned above is a great combination with Pseudoepiplatys. They occupy different spaces in the aquarium (but if you want to keep both, you might opt for a slightly bigger tank). The danios lay about 15-20 eggs and the killies about the same. The fry is extremely small from both of these species, so put some extra infusoria in there once in a while. For feeding, I really like you are talking about live food. The better one feeds the fish, the better they will do. If they can feed as they do in nature, there you have it. You will have happy fish, you will have fry and you will have very fun!
fun fact: once you get a kuhli loach into a tank it will be there forever there is no getting them out and they never die even if the tank is drained and left in the garage for 3 years...
great video, I actually have a 5g community aquarium heavily planted with 3 of the species mentioned (CPD's, pygmy corys, and ember tetras) and it's thriving!
@@RenitaWellmanPhD 3 CPDs, started with 6 but 3 passed before I got the others. 6 Pygmy Cory’s and 6 ember tetras, and yes filtered. My nitrates were never over 25ppm.
I love my Galaxy Rasboras! Mine eat frozen baby brine shrimp but they also eat off the bottom when I feed API Bottom Feeders and Fluval Bug Bites Bottom Dwellers. They share the tank with blue shrimp, Pygmy Corys and Clown Killifish. I would add to your video that clown killis are pretty fragile and hard to feed because they really want live food. I'm still waiting for my LFS to get Chili Rasboras back in stock for my other nano tank!
Wow, those rocket killi fish... rocketing out of the tank... I once found a neon tetra mummy under the Tetra Tank's cabinet, couldn't figure out how they got out of the tank...
Cory, please make a video on non-schooling nano fish which can be kept in community tank.. . For instance, Ram.. I read Puffer fish are aggressive, so not fit for community tank.. I want to keep one center piece, but gobi, loaches are also schooling.. So that is problem..
The dwarf ember Tetra is an awesome fish, i have them with galaxy danios 2 types of pigmy corrys, and some rainbow fish. I pretty much have half the fish he names in my tank.
While I'm not surprised that they didn't get mentioned due to their rarity, I was hoping for a stiphodon goby mention. If you can keep gastromyzon alive, you can keep a stiphodon. Easily one of my favorite fish.
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Would you do a top ten beginner coldwater fish? Hopefully schooling as well
Fish keeping is so therapeutic during this pandemic
Aqua Huna is fantastic! I found them accidently through ebay, and then your website. I have ordered from them a few times, and their customer service is excellent. The only downside I ever had was a delay in shipping due to COVID-19, but that is totally understandable.
The hillstream loaches I ordered from them began breeding within the first month.
How could you forget about the endlers livebearer
@@xijinpig5679 have checked his pasted play list? I feel he has done one. I have fallowed this channel for a couple of years now
Can i feed the pygmy corydoras betta flakes? If i sync them? Because i wanna make a 5 gallon fish tank with a betta fish and some pygmy cory
Just got started with the hobby. Sure you've heard this tons. But you are the man. Taught me everything I know. Appreciated.
Have you been wanting a cool looking cleaner fish try albino corydoras price
Is around 4.50 us dollars food flakes and algae wafers temp. 70-80 great and hardy fish a group of 4 or more will do you well just a tip
Ikrrr I started like a year agooo and helped a lot
Study the principles of Hardscaping/aquascaping and Invest big in your hardscape.
besides that, just do everything this guy says lol.
@Henri K., he has helped me a ton getting back INTO the hobby, so there is something here for everyone! Totally can relate. I love their content.
@@kourtneyhook9187 almost all other corys are better than that just because albino corys can get to almost 3 inches
Your sir, are one of my favorite parts of the internet. Thank you!
I started watching this channel when looking for info on how to set up a guppy tank for my school-aged son, and I learned that my infant falls asleep to Cory's voice, so I leave the channel on daily during naptime now. My husband is mystified how I learned so much about fishkeeping these last 2 months. LOL.
Check out their podcast.
This is HILARIOUS!!! Whatever works to keep baby down for their nap!
Haha!
He does have a very soothing voice and general vibe
@Jessica Worley whatever works!!!
Your baby is going to need tanks in the bedroom, lol. I can't imagine trying to be a parent during this pandemic and not having lots of support from the community.
My hat is off to you.
I have 6 clown killies and I'm in love with them. I am very lucky. I haven't seen them anywhere but I found a local fish store run by hobbyists. One of who breeds these. I had planned on doing a tank with a betta, but when I saw these in person I fell in love. I know the tails are amazing but the eyes are incredible.
Rocket Killis are the reason I have a lid on my quarantine tank. I almost caught one in mid-air... almost. I did catch a female guppy once though, and I caught a Knight Goby with a net that I was holding... really impressed my five-year-old.
Dad reflexes, fish or kids lol
I have a small school of embers and I adore them. They came in to the store here as itty bitty babies and now they're all nice and big and thriving. They're much braver than other small fish I've had, too. Highly recommend them!
How many can i keep in a 10 gallon tank with other fish?
Another one that I haven’t seen Cory talk about - Asian stone mini catfish or dwarf moth catfish (Hara jerdoni). They’re great and cute little guys!
Another great Video! Love the “rocket” clown killi out of the tank, good job Jimmy!
This video is a much needed. I have a ten gallon that is currently cycling and about to get another one. So now I’m currently doing a lot of research on what fish I want so i can meet the required water parameters.
Love the content. You have helped me understand the hobby so much. Love ordering plants from you. I’m in Arizona and each time they come in perfect. Thank you
Just from my personal experience with CPD's- they are actually really easy to breed for an egg-layer, even on accident. I actually got a small batch of babies without doing anything to promote spawning or their survival after hatching. I also hesitate to recommend them to anyone, because they seem strangely prone to disease that resists most common antibacterial and antifungal treatments.
I'm surprised you didn't recommend otocinclus for algae eater! Great list the hillstream loach was the only one I wasn't familiar with.
I love my little school of 6! Trying to figure out if and what to add to their 10g or to keep it oto only
@@exitmusic25 are they hard to feed
@@samthomson3394 they’re the easiest thing to feed, they do eat a ton though. They absolutely love hikari algae wafers.
@@samthomson3394 otos are primarily bio film eaters, and do best in groups of 6 or more.
When folx have problems with otos, it's generally because they didn't wait until the tank was seasoned enough.
Personally, I don't like to keep them in anything smaller than a 20 gallon, with sufficient wood and plants to support sufficient bio film to keep them healthy.
@@samthomson3394 Mine eat mostly just the algae on plants and wood, they rarely come to feed on anything I drop in the tank (including algae wafers), but they seem to thrive anyway. Having lots of plants seems to be the key to keeping them happy and well fed! Otos are the most adorable fish :-3
I love how you have like a 100 gallon with one small fish.
I'd be interested in specifically coldwater nano fish.
I have an 8 gallon tank on my windowsill indoors. I've put water and plants from canals and ponds in my vicinity into it. It's fascinating how much life is in there - snails, gammarus, copepods, daphnia, even bavkswimmers and caddisfly larvae. It also has various worms including planarians. It has no filter or heater but does have duckweed, pondweed, and several broadleaved riparian plants and grasses that have built up on a mound in the corner of soil and wood and dead plant material.
It all looks great and has cleared up but I'm interested in perhaps introducing some coldwater nano fish and shrimp in a few more months when it's more established. Besides adding water I want it to look after itself. I did this before with a smaller and much less diverse set up that hosted minnows for 4 years without feeding. I feel like that was a bit cruel however, so I'd rather not add fish if they won't be happy.
I love that I followed your recommendation to get neon blue eyed rainbows... they are amazingly beautiful, fun to watch and so peaceful!
Fry food works really well for my chili rasboras👍
You’re teaching me so much, thank you! I just placed an order on your website and got it in less than 48 hours! I’m in Oregon and want to make a road trip to your store 💕
Good video Corey a note on the "borneo sucker" or any hillstream species PLEASE keep them in a high flow highly oxygenated environment with slight hardness and low temps (under 75°F) if you truly want to see them thrive and be long lived.
I switched my planted 29 gallon to nano & micro fish and I am addicted! Still searching for the chili rasbora and ember tetra.... sold out at all of my on line favorites. I love my celestial danios a lot and the white clouds too!
Great video! I especially appreciate the marks on the timeline showing which fish you're talking about. That turns your video into a reference. Nice work!
We’ll be setting up the first community aquarium we’ve had in about 20 years. The possibilities are sure different than they seemed to be back when I was a kid in the 70s!
The hobby has exploded, hasn't it?!?
Breeding is so much easier now, and the possibilities on plants makes fry survival easier too.
Welcome back!
Thanks!
Celestial pearl danio are sooo shy...omg. I had them for a year and I even had a succes with breeding them although it took some effort cause they eat their babies as soon as they notice them so you have to take out the parents to let the babies grow. Also believe it or not but they are mental. I've added a dozen shrimp to a tank with them and they killed them all through the night. And once again...really shy. So shy that I had to throw in food and get away from the aquarium so they could come out and it. I had a real love/hate relationship with them. Basically all u said is true regarding the food. They loved frozen cyclops and all the small frozen foods.
My favourite nano fish that my LFS just got recently are these little neon green rasboras. They were only about $8 a piece which isn't horrible but they are a really nice green and not shy at all!
I'm getting some of these tomorrow! They look awesome in pictures
@@hoihoi12250 beautiful, tiny as hell, but beautiful.
I love the look of the Chili Rasbora! I hope to buy several different ones mentioned this weekend. Almost all of the ones you mentioned would look great in my aquarium 👀😊
The one fish in the background. Thats a huge tank for him i bet you have some other plans for it but in the meantime i'm sure he's loving it!
Love the top 10 videos, and love the nano fish listed!
The green tetras are so pretty in person. Pics and videos don't do them justice
I think my cele-danios are different: They are not shy, almost like barbs like to check out movement outside. They also eat food from the ground. I keep them with endler guppies and shrimp in a group of 20 in a 60 litre tank with HMF. They also breed regulary.
I have 7 of these in a planted tank and oddly enough....they pick around on the bottom for bits of food they missed when it fell through the water column. I love these little guys. Their little fluttering fins really make them interesting.
I have seen the Kuhli loach quite often locally ( St. Louis) and the Green Neon and Ember Tetra occasionally. I have never seen any of the other fish mentioned. I think a lot of aquarium fish never make it much past the cities where they are imported, rarely to midwest.
Heres a guy who knows his stuff! A joy to watch
I am really in to Endlers at the moment. Got some beautiful multi coloured ones with incredible patterns.
Great vid! Very informative. You always give us the info we need to pick the right fish for our tanks. Thanks for that! 👍😎✌🍄
Definitely want that Borneo slender loach
It's cool too see tetras swimming together the only thing they're very small need more fish 😊
I guess im lucky, my cpds eat at all levels haha. They even pick at the shrimp food thats at the bottom lol
Very diverse selection of fish. I particularly like the Ember Tetras. They look really nice. Thanks for the interesting & educational video. 📺👍😎
Very helpful 👍
I got 1 Borneo Sucker Loach, and i liked him so much that i bought an extra pair... they startes breeding and now i have about 20 of them. For sure one of my favorite fish!
Really? Could you upload a video?
Just sharing my personal experience as I know there are always hit or misses with different people, fish, environments, etc….
My celestial pearl danios eat at surface and mid surface. They also will school with my chili raspboras.
My hillstream loach chases them around.
I love them though. They’re my favorite fish to look at, and it’s fun trying to get the chance to really look at them because they’re quick and fidgety and hard to focus on for the short period of time they’re still.
I just ordered 3 sponge filters from you. Amazing quality. Ordering plants soon.
The hard part with Beaufortia kweichowensis‚ Sewellia lineolata and gastromyzon punctulatus is too find a pet store than can tell which one is who (there is the tree is this video Beaufortia is in the thumbnail btw)
Great content! I love these shorter info and countdown videos. Great footage and editing as well, Cory! Thanks!
I know this is old, but I wanted to mention that my chili rasboras eat from all over the water column, though rarely the top. They are active at the lower two thirds very consistently; they like to eat tidbits left over by corys in my tank. They also love to hunt in the substrate for little creatures.
Perfect! I’m thinking of getting tons of nano tank so this is perfect!
You should add that green neon rasboras dont do well in transit for online orders. I have a 55 gallon "nano" tank with groups of all of my favorite nano fish. Love this tank. Its my favorite. Also the hillstream loaches can be a little (or a lot) territorial. I bought a group and all but one died and the one just dive bombs the other fish when they get near the right lower side of the 37 gallon tank theyre in lol. It cant hurt the other fish and its cute to watch but surprisingly territorial in my tank.
Embers are great! Mine eat at the surface, both flakes and frozen artemia.
An you do a video on best fish for an octagon style aquarium? Just curious what fish and plants should be best for tall skinny aquariums
I had a hillstream loach, and Kuhli. They were both nice to have
This helped me realize why my brother fish tank's fish wouldn't eat for me! As far as I could tell they are tetras, but not once did I see them eat the crushed flakes or sinking wafers(for the corys in the tank) now I know it's because they are mid tank feeders, Thanks!
I've found that Borneo Suckers may be the only fish that eats snail eggs, at least in my limited experience. Started my planted nano community tank out with just ramshorns for the first 5 months, and they ballooned in the dozens. Then, they started dwindling in number over the course of a year, and i could only ever find a dozen at a time after a thorough search over the next year. I thought it could be pH, calcium, diet, or inbreeding, but nothing could make the population grow. That is, until last month when my lovely Borneo Sucker passed away; two months later, there are HUNDREDS of baby snails. Coincidence? I think not!
It’s good to listen to some sane advice from my favorite fish store across the country! I just went to my closest store to peak at the fish and pick up cat litter. Oh boy.... almost all their tanks were marked temporarily not for sale due to illness. And to top it off, they’re now selling betta bowls that are SMALLER THAN THE CUPS AT PETCO!!!! 😡😡 I’m just floored..... There wasn’t anyone in the fish department to talk to about it, naturally.... I know they’ve got at least ONE manager who recommended 2+ gallons, filter, and heater for bettas.... Best pet store in the state, my foot!!
Sorry for the vent 😅
Love your videos! You stay on point and are a fish genius! Sure wish you sold to Canada😔
Just wanted to let you know, we now ship to Canada on our website with restrictions on electronics, foods, meds, and plants. www.aquariumcoop.com
Thanks for this one will look for the Borneo hill stream loach!
I always learn so much from your videos!
You forgot the Dwarf Guarmi! Such that I love for all of your reasons plus, they are very inquisitive too. These are a fun to watch in a hbeautiful powder blue or hot red shimmering micro fish.
Can I have fewer numbers of schooling fish groups if there are other species of schooling fish in the tank?
Sometimes different species will school together but it's hit or miss.
@@christophercasanas386 Thank you.
Look at that tank! Wow!
Note to self: panda guppy have toight tails.
Very valuable information and great editing!
If your looking for an idea how about nano fish in a 55 or 75 gallon tank. What would you put together and what would you do for a centerpiece fish?
I have galaxy resbora and I love them. I can’t get them to not breed. They breed non stop and all year long. But hardy fish ever and super cute. Can withstand a wide range of temperature from 65 to 85. Super hardy. Always up to something.
Can't help but love a nano tank.
To really get the best color out of your neon tetras you should put them with light green plants and a pink substrate :)
New to the hobby and already loving it love your channel it’s teaching me so much, but quick question what is that food that looks like it’s just stuck on the side of the tank in a circle
A couple of ones I hadn't heard of - will look into the spotted blue eye (gorgeous!), and the Borneo hillstream. Thank you. Always looking for fish that don't need a heater. We keep a cool house in the winter.
Some really good fish recommendations here. I have done a lot of this stuff and was a half professional breeder for a while.
I would avoid the loach though, not because they are bad aquarium fish, but they get a little big for a small tank. Also the hill stream loach is not a good choice for a small aquarium, they are likely hard to feed and keep happy. Otocinclus is a better choice and might be one of the best algae eaters out there. Do not forget to feed them though, they will quickly finish off any algae or "slime" in a tank.
For having some fun and perhaps get some kiddos, get a good mix - the Danio mentioned above is a great combination with Pseudoepiplatys. They occupy different spaces in the aquarium (but if you want to keep both, you might opt for a slightly bigger tank). The danios lay about 15-20 eggs and the killies about the same. The fry is extremely small from both of these species, so put some extra infusoria in there once in a while.
For feeding, I really like you are talking about live food. The better one feeds the fish, the better they will do. If they can feed as they do in nature, there you have it. You will have happy fish, you will have fry and you will have very fun!
Woah kuhli loaches so cool
fun fact: once you get a kuhli loach into a tank it will be there forever there is no getting them out and they never die even if the tank is drained and left in the garage for 3 years...
great video, I actually have a 5g community aquarium heavily planted with 3 of the species mentioned (CPD's, pygmy corys, and ember tetras) and it's thriving!
@simonlemieux how many of each? Filtered?
@@RenitaWellmanPhD 3 CPDs, started with 6 but 3 passed before I got the others. 6 Pygmy Cory’s and 6 ember tetras, and yes filtered. My nitrates were never over 25ppm.
I love my Galaxy Rasboras! Mine eat frozen baby brine shrimp but they also eat off the bottom when I feed API Bottom Feeders and Fluval Bug Bites Bottom Dwellers. They share the tank with blue shrimp, Pygmy Corys and Clown Killifish. I would add to your video that clown killis are pretty fragile and hard to feed because they really want live food.
I'm still waiting for my LFS to get Chili Rasboras back in stock for my other nano tank!
Thank you Cory 👍
i just got my first tank and i have a little apisto a pearl gourami and a bristlenose pleco and 3 cherry barbs
I really like the Information in this video
I got Boraras urophthalmoides and I've seen them eat from the surface and bottom.
Very good information. Short and to the point.
Wow, those rocket killi fish... rocketing out of the tank... I once found a neon tetra mummy under the Tetra Tank's cabinet, couldn't figure out how they got out of the tank...
Cory, please make a video on non-schooling nano fish which can be kept in community tank..
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For instance, Ram.. I read Puffer fish are aggressive, so not fit for community tank.. I want to keep one center piece, but gobi, loaches are also schooling.. So that is problem..
Thank you for letting us know which species are JUMPERS. For those of us who like open top tanks.
Bumblebee gobies are great for nano tanks, they’ve got personality and are pretty !
That’s if you’re willing to do a brackish water
John Doe they can be in freshwater but brackish is ideal
Actually, the will thrive in full freshwater water if you have a pH around 8.
Wow, I have all of these, except the Rasboras and the Guppies, but I do have Endler's and another species of Rasbora.
The dwarf ember Tetra is an awesome fish, i have them with galaxy danios 2 types of pigmy corrys, and some rainbow fish. I pretty much have half the fish he names in my tank.
What size tank do you have?
While I'm not surprised that they didn't get mentioned due to their rarity, I was hoping for a stiphodon goby mention. If you can keep gastromyzon alive, you can keep a stiphodon.
Easily one of my favorite fish.
I have the cobalt blue goby very hardy
I absolutely LOVE my CPD's, expensive but so worth it.
In regards to the pearl danio , can they school with other Danios ?
Love my Chili Rasboras :). They've done very well with freeze dried brine shrimp
One of the best & informative videos I've seen. Thank you?
Have you ever done a video on All In One tanks and their filtration?
Are shell dwellers nano?
thanks for your information
I have a 5 gallon tank with two guppies and a nerite snail and one Anubis plant. How many other fish can I fit?
It depends. If the two guppies are both male and you have good filtration, you could probably add like 4 more other small fishes.
I'm planning a 60 gallon tank with most of these fish. I've never seen hillstreams sold anywhere around here.
No Endlers!?
emerald dwarf rasboras deserve a mention
Very nice list
I had some khuli loaches with cherry shrimp and they were perfectly fine, the baby shrimp were gobbled up by them and the honey gourami
May have to fet some borneo suckerloaches for my next tank. My very own baby flounders floundering about!
"Woah what is that? A flounder ?!?!? Hahah that was funny
I have CPD’s in my tank and I love them 😍
I want a smaller tank and it is cool when you just can buy a big pack of colored nano fish. At 10-20 gallon aquarium it will look awesome! Thanks.
What is that blue spotted fish that swam by 8:20? Is that also a panda guppy?