I often say that my boyfriend getting his 3D printer has been the single most important investment for my aquarium hobby lol. I've seriously printed SO MUCH! countless water intake strainers and different kinds of water outlets to change up the flow of water, things to direct the flow of water through my hang on back filters so I can put different stages of filter media, tube sections to extend a HOB filters intake depth, adaptors for a hose to connect to my python and my python to my sink, screens for my gravel vac, scoops for picking up snail shells, little shelves for my lady gups to sleep on, a replacement for that red part on top of fluval filters that keeps the water in the hoses when removing them... countless things, many of which I felt I needed urgently to solve some issue (that in retrospect wasn't all that urgent, but being able to do something about it at the time really did make me feel better) 10 out of 10 reccomend to any aquarist. just don't use PLA filament!! Stick to petg
Oooh the native/cold water aspect of the hobby has been peaking my interest a ton recently too. I’m wanting to get rainbow shiners soon! I can totally see it getting more popular
The trend over the last decade or two seems to be a normalizing of planted tanks, which is awesome ,and a lean towards smaller and smaller setups / fish / shrimp. As bettas have lost their foothold as the most popular fish for a true nano setup (the groups online are pushing 10 gal min at this point) we will start hopefully seeing more nano fish variety at local retailers. I think AIO tank tech will continue to get more and more complicated but the half price aqueon open top bare bones setup and the budget price that comes along with it will always remain the most popular!
I still see 5 mentioned as a minimum, but 10 being promoted as a gold standard now. The people pushing for 10 as the minimum are just being elitist at that point.
@ed6077 I don't really fault people for that because German animal welfare laws and aquarist societies have a minimum set at 54L (14 gallon) even for the smallest fish.
Coming back to the hobby, its amazing how valuable youtube can be! Maybe the internet in general. Glad to be a new subscriber here and you are one who reawakened my fascination with water and its life. Thanks man.
That's awesome! I was also out for years. It was Alex and MD fishtanks that brought me back. Alex being all the nature and science, and MD being a little more on the side of ultra clean display tanks with gadgets, I'm using a little of each style and absolutely loving the hobby again!
Just found your channel as I’m starting to breed bettas. Love when you find someone who is knowledgeable and passionate about a niche topic. Really enjoy the videos. Subscribed!
I so want this, but I wound have to have the best 4K camera money could buy. And I could hardly afford the logitec cameras at the front and back doors lol. 😢
Born and raised in southern Africa, i have access to very old Rhodesian Teak Wood. I have large pieces of this in my aquariums with jave Fern and various moss species growing on it. I've watched Father Fish, and his advice on aquarium set ups is interesting.....especially the dirted tank method. I can't bring myself to put anything plastic in my aquariums. Everything must be alive and natural.
Thoughtful insights... I like to use realistic hollow rocks and realist resin wood for African cichlids, no tannins little water displacement! I have in the past used certain plastic plants from Michael's decor store. After soaking them for a week.
Looking forward to going aquarium shopping this year, probably a whole lot of window shopping, but I do plan to buy at least one new tank. Happy New, Alex 🎉
Ha! I'm sitting on my porch listening to you in the early dark morning and I thought the scratching was the opossum that hangs out under my grill cover😂.
You are the first video I saw of 2025. You’re looking good, Alex. Keep up the good work. Time for me to get some sleep. Unfortunately I’ve been sleeping during the day. Any way I’ll deal with it. You’re the best. I look forward to every video you make, present, & future. I’ll make a note to make sure I see your video when I wake up Alex is the best. Everyone needs to subscribe, comment, click on ALL his videos.
Bringing in Amazon mud sounds like a good way to introduce lots of fun new critters to Florida. But culturing specific algae’s and biofilms especially for delicate wild fish. Bryzoa would be especially cool as they are a missing link in many diets, but they’re typically not welcomed into tanks by hobbyists.
Thanks for showing us the cat making that noise. I was doing water changes while listening and she sounded just like a bit of gravel in a Hob filter and I was trying to figure out which filter was making that noise, lol! 😅 Very interesting predictions. I’m pretty wary of putting plastic/painted decor in my tanks as I’ve had the paint flake off. But I can see the appeal especially for parents trying to please their kids and hopefully stay engaged with the tank. To each their own 🤷🏻♀️ Hope your new year is a good one!👍
Happy New Year, Alex and your lovely wife! May health and happiness be yours in the coming year and beyond, and may the blessings of God our Father, His Son and our Savior Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit rest upon you always.
Happy New year Alex. As for glowing and hi tech fish that isn't appealing to me. I don't mind fish that are bread for new colours as long as they look natural. I'm in the process of creating a bonsai style tree usung spider wood and a plant of some kind, which will go into my wife's new nano tank for a siamese fighter. I also love rimless tanks where plants grow out the top. Natural and aquascaped tanks are where I'm at. I don't like tacky tanks with skulls or ornaments in them. I'm old school and old. 😂
I've got a few custom trends or ideas i'm trying out this year, wether they become viral or not is another thing lol... #1. Using algae for water monitoring. Things like hair and blackbeard algaes come from high nitrate/ammonia/low Co2 and so on, so I'm studying each one to use them as a natural water quality monitor, their growth or death displaying what is low or high in the water column. They're also the easiest plants to keep and can look decent with some monitoring and upkeep #2. Reverse breeding guppies and bettas. Guppies and bettas have been selectively bred for things like colour or aggression, to the point of destroying their natural hartyness and behaviours. I plan on exposing them to as close to a natural cycle as possible, from "cold seasons" to "storms" and so on, allowing them to breed naturally with little monitoring and no selective breeding of any kind. Combined with a naturalized water monitoring and care system, the hope is to bring them back to a more natural purity and strength that can endure almost anything. The bettas may get minor selective breeding just to remove the hyper-territorial agression, but with a docile breeding pair and naturally overgrown tank to start, it shouldn't need much interference #3. Turning equipment into display pieces DIY style. For example, with a simple moulded plastic sleeve, a sponge filter can be turned into a Roman stone pillar or temple ruin piece. With a few drill holes, something like a Halo Master Chief figure can be turned into a Co2 or oxygen bubbler. With some recycled plastic and hot glue, a HoB filter can be made to look like a mini dam or hydro plant. The list is practically endless with a little imagination #4. AquaTerrarium cycled tank. This is a bold and expensive idea, but it's an aquarium with a terrarium encompassing the top, the aquarium having it's natural lifecycle supported by and supporting the terrarium above. I already have the plan to build a platform supported by stilts that surrounds the edges of my guppy breeder and matches the dimmensions of it's larger stand, the bottom half of an entertainment center, which then gets surrounded by a framed mesh screen. The platform will have a dirted sod surface that folds into the aquarium water, larger houseplants on the edge with roots reaching into the water and water plants growing out into the sod, becoming the closest thing to natural filtration system you can ask for. Once i can build and achieve that part, i'll introduce some bugs and surface microfauna that will either fall in or breed on the water which would feed the guppies, and then i'd just need something like a frog that can hunt and eat both. I have no idea if i can pull it off, but it's something i really want to create if i can lol...
@ so sorry. That was supposed to say I hope to learn NOT I hope you learn. Stupid phones change what we say multiple times. I can learn a lot from you not the other way around. You know much more than me about soil health. keep up the good work Alex. I love your stuff & so does many thousands of other people.
I would definitely like to see probiotic-enhancing food for bristlenose plecos. I have been having the worst time with my sub adult and adult plecos suddenly bloating, then refusing to eat and dying. I have wormed them extensively, tried different foods. The only treatment that saved any of them once the bloat started was jungle fungus cure, which seems to have saved one male (although that could be a coincidence). It has gotten to the point that I am anxiously checking the tanks whenever I go by them expecting to see a dead pleco. And it's so frustrating because these are not supposed to be difficult to keep alive! I ordered a product at the recommendation of a facebook member that is supposed to be basically dehydrated biofilm for shrimp, as well as soilent green repashy. They do like bell peppers, but are refusing zucchini for some reason. And they get tetra pro pleco wafers and fluval pleco bug bites regularly. I also expect to see glo plecos shortly. Their eggs are easily accessible and quite large, which would make embryonic injections easy. I would also love to see blackworms, daphnia, and scuds more commonly available.
Cobalt aquatics enhances their food with prebiotics and my pleco loves it. Specifically their premium fish flakes. Some of his faves are the ultra worm, the spirulina, and the brine shrimp. Also, i swear by getting a bag of organic spirulina off amazon and some vegan gellatin and makin some spiralina jello for the fishes. The phytochemicals in that stuff are incredible for them. And he survived through that snowmageddon in texas a few years back when I lost power for 3 days in 0°F Temps lol
I think it's interesting to see how people take on the aquarium as an art project, whether it's using figures, or crafting backgrounds and such. I hope it flows over into rimFULL tanks, with people taking sculptural approaches to the outside of the tank. I know I'm looking to expand my artistic expression with my tanks! I also think the expansion of AI in the hobby will be interesting to keep an eye on. Dr. Bassleer just released an AI of his own. I wonder if eventually we'll have programs that work with smart cameras in the tanks to detect health and behavioral issues with fish. I probably wouldn't use it myself, but I can imagine it going that way.
since i watched this channel.. ff channel.. etc... even those channel who discriminating planted tanks etc. i've learn alot.. and still learning thank you so much, by the way fishtory my ecosytem tank now is getting more sufficient, those plants get rapidly growth, wtf 🤣 am using my own homemade compost, i wait almost 4months before i use it as a root tabs 😅.
Hey Alexander, first of all happy new year. Been enjoying the content a lot, still fresh in the hobby so lots to learn, but you have been a great source of knowledge. Would also love to join the discord, but the link you have doesn't seem to work. It says that the link is either expired or invalid :/. Anyways keep the great work going :)
Hey let me get you a new link... the discord links are supposed to not break anymore... but they seem to last a month max, or 3 days max in other cases... anyhow... try this, cheers: discord.gg/v88jwqCX
I would love to see resin hardscape. I love natural materials, but the price you pay for a rock or a stick is just stupid. I live in an area where i have little to no natural options and have no choice but to pay for hardscape. It's the worst part of the hobby. It would be nice to see big box stores getting more into plants as well. Maybe there'd be less dead fish in their tanks if they kept potted plants in them to sell as well.
It supports some for sure... but i don't know if any studies show what- if any differences it has compared to glass or stone surfaces. Great question though
What type of holiday ornaments? A tiny tree? Little caves for the fish to go into shaped like Christmas ornaments? I'm getting a 3D printer soon and want to know what people would be interested in getting.
@@aurograce2983 For winter holidays: a little Christmas tree with a yellow/gold star topper and lil' ball ornaments on it, different coloured little presents, snowmen, and maybe Santa in a scuba diving outfit would be super fun!!❤️ Also a menorrah for Hannukah complete with little candles, a Star of David. For Halloween: grinning jack o'lanterns which fish can explore, a scuba diving black cat, a cute ghost, perhaps some tombstones! Also some underwater fly agaric mushrooms or glow-in-the-dark (if safe) mushrooms would be fun. ❤️
Speaking of lights, hearing a lot about how LED lights are bad for us and/or other lifeforms. A deep dive on this could be very "illuminating", tho im afraid of what we might learn 🙈 You mentioned blue light being bad, also ive heard red light is bad.. spooky implications for my wallet 😅
I know what you mean. The more we learn, the more we realize we're messing with forces we don't fully understand, but that doesn't mean we stop looking for answers... organic l.e.d. tech may be next
@@grumpymcgrump5822 yeah truly dont ever recommend anyone coming here besides idk visiting the beaches but being able to leave. lol born and raised here live in a rural cali town and still cant afford to live here yet cant afford to leave either lol.
@@lif3l3ssgaming Sorry to hear that. Maybe, (don't hold your breath), they'll split the rural parts of California into a new state. Let all the special folk pack into the coastal cities.
Damn.... After researching i see Alan Blake and Richard Crockett already in 2001 trying to make "glowing fish". It is weird that it took them so long. The first patent I could find was claimed in 2017. They have 19 patents that I could find. The only bad thing I can say about it is that they can reproduce. I don't know if they glow in the dark, but the colour is in the DNA as well as in RNA. I have already seen people trying to make an environment where they try to have nature in a glass box. They make small beaches and have spider wood with corydoras swimming in it. They try to replicate the jungle. It is pretty, but damn hard to clean. It is for showing off and nothing more 😅 in Europe, you can buy life food for your fish. I think there are at least two companies that specialise in it. It is only stores that can buy from them. But they have everything for salt and fresh water. It is worth noticing that stores have a hard time selling it before it dies, so many have limited what they ordered. Most of it has to be used in 2-3 weeks. It is still more convenient to have dry food. I have been looking for a 3D printer and it will cost me 800-900 dollars to get a good one. You can get cheaper ones but most of them are for people who buy stuff and do not use it. It will break over time. I see more gadgets like feeders that you can time by app. All the newer aquariums have LEDs that can be controlled by app. In Denmark at least. Fish stores had a negative economic trend in the last two years. I am waiting for the new report this month. Some went out of business this year. But, I hear bigger companies are trying to take over the market. The energy sector has become expensive and I see you (people in USA) are getting a 20% raise on your gas bills this or next month. I don't think the fish hobby allows people to invest in crazy projects anymore. Underwater camera in caves yes, but I find it too nerdy for the regular. I find it even more stupid when people buy caves where they can see the fish from the side 😅 A really nice pooop hole...
@@Fishtory sure thing 😅 I tried to answer two times now. The first time I closed the comment section myself. The second time, I am sure that I wrote something... Let me know if you need data. Funny story, storytime... 2 years ago I was approached by the Secret Service from an ad on Facebook. I thought it was a scam, I checked the link and did my research and had it validated. I love digging for info 😅 I hope this time it will send my message.
Noticed the chain stores started using almond/catappa leaves in their disgusting tanks😂. I only go there for crickets for my leeezards... looking forward to seeing more people using terrestrial plants out of their tanks. I'm building an extensive list of plants that have worked for me. Spider plants, syngoniums, money trees, monstrea. I love it
I've seen it too! At my stores in Seattle, they add a sad little catappa to tanks full of feeder goldfish and I'm thinking " uh guys.... this is gonna make the water more acidic if anything...goldfish don't need or want that." But I mean for the neon tetras, I guess it's better than nothing? ...andddd they still have ich on 30% of the fish arriving
I really want to see aquatic isopods available. I have so many “natural” and walstad tanks with natural ecosystems running, but I have not yet acquired any pill bugs of the water variety yet 😢
Shallow waters... very shallow... like 2 to 5 inches deep, flooded areas near creeks or ponds and near grass and leaves... ditches or even puddle size areas near more water. Get a good net and sweep from the muddy or shallow bottom , back towards yourself. If you find least killis or swamp darters in the water/catch them... then keep looking in the area. Best of luck!
I would love to see 20 longs as the recommended entry point to the hobby. It probably won't happen in 2025, but I think by 2030 there will be few nano tanks at big box. I have seen a shift towards nano tanks being a high-end thing for advanced hobbyists, and I feel like some big box stores are getting the message that having a bit more water is more forgiving, and a bigger footprint means more possible variety. Also I don't see people buying a 2 foot long glass aquarium from Amazon, but 5 gallon setups ship very well. Along the expanding Glofish line, I'm surprised we haven't seen live plants with modifications to fit that aesthetic. Glo shrimp might keep those nano tanks on the shelves in BBS and I feel like that could lead to far fewer fish in too small enclosures, and that'd be great.
Taiwan has modified bacopa monieri to glow at night and produce energy for itself in reverse photosynthetic processing that was too complicated for me to understand...but they wanted to plant it along paths at the University and replace street lights... so it must be bright lol. But I agree with what you wrote 100%
I think the fishtank makers are ignoring the need for a ~12 - 20 gallon rimless that fits on a window sill. It would be kinda tall and long but about 7 inches on the shortest dimension (base).
I often say that my boyfriend getting his 3D printer has been the single most important investment for my aquarium hobby lol. I've seriously printed SO MUCH! countless water intake strainers and different kinds of water outlets to change up the flow of water, things to direct the flow of water through my hang on back filters so I can put different stages of filter media, tube sections to extend a HOB filters intake depth, adaptors for a hose to connect to my python and my python to my sink, screens for my gravel vac, scoops for picking up snail shells, little shelves for my lady gups to sleep on, a replacement for that red part on top of fluval filters that keeps the water in the hoses when removing them... countless things, many of which I felt I needed urgently to solve some issue (that in retrospect wasn't all that urgent, but being able to do something about it at the time really did make me feel better) 10 out of 10 reccomend to any aquarist. just don't use PLA filament!! Stick to petg
Tanks are looking good my friend , I hope for more glass species getting talked about more
Oooh the native/cold water aspect of the hobby has been peaking my interest a ton recently too. I’m wanting to get rainbow shiners soon! I can totally see it getting more popular
Me too! I'm in the planning stages for a cold water tank. :)
The trend over the last decade or two seems to be a normalizing of planted tanks, which is awesome ,and a lean towards smaller and smaller setups / fish / shrimp. As bettas have lost their foothold as the most popular fish for a true nano setup (the groups online are pushing 10 gal min at this point) we will start hopefully seeing more nano fish variety at local retailers. I think AIO tank tech will continue to get more and more complicated but the half price aqueon open top bare bones setup and the budget price that comes along with it will always remain the most popular!
Totally
10 gallon? The size I have seen promoted the most is 5 gallon.
I still see 5 mentioned as a minimum, but 10 being promoted as a gold standard now. The people pushing for 10 as the minimum are just being elitist at that point.
I mentioned in one of those groups research indicating bettas could be happily kept in
@ed6077 I don't really fault people for that because German animal welfare laws and aquarist societies have a minimum set at 54L (14 gallon) even for the smallest fish.
Coming back to the hobby, its amazing how valuable youtube can be! Maybe the internet in general. Glad to be a new subscriber here and you are one who reawakened my fascination with water and its life. Thanks man.
Glad to hear it! It's all about the fish. Welcome! 🙏
That's awesome! I was also out for years. It was Alex and MD fishtanks that brought me back. Alex being all the nature and science, and MD being a little more on the side of ultra clean display tanks with gadgets, I'm using a little of each style and absolutely loving the hobby again!
Just found your channel as I’m starting to breed bettas.
Love when you find someone who is knowledgeable and passionate about a niche topic. Really enjoy the videos.
Subscribed!
Shallow tanks are hot in Oz..I have one set up as a Buddhist temple including Daisy blue rice fish…love it….😍
That's awesome! And a Daisy blue Rice fish is an excellent choice. I've always loved their ease of care, yet complex behaviors
Gee Alex, I’ve had cameras on all my tanks for the last 4 years. I can see them on line anywhere. Love it !
Get that money bro! Market it
What type of fish do you keep?
That's cool but if I look at my tank too much I might obsess over things I should leave alone.
I so want this, but I wound have to have the best 4K camera money could buy. And I could hardly afford the logitec cameras at the front and back doors lol. 😢
That cat is loving his life 😍
Oh yeah, she's so so spoiled lol
Born and raised in southern Africa, i have access to very old Rhodesian Teak Wood. I have large pieces of this in my aquariums with jave Fern and various moss species growing on it. I've watched Father Fish, and his advice on aquarium set ups is interesting.....especially the dirted tank method. I can't bring myself to put anything plastic in my aquariums. Everything must be alive and natural.
That Rhodesian Teak is beautiful... I'd love to have access to that! I hear you on the plastic thing also... I personally dislike 99% of it
Thoughtful insights... I like to use realistic hollow rocks and realist resin wood for African cichlids, no tannins little water displacement! I have in the past used certain plastic plants from Michael's decor store. After soaking them for a week.
Looking forward to going aquarium shopping this year, probably a whole lot of window shopping, but I do plan to buy at least one new tank. Happy New, Alex 🎉
Ha! I'm sitting on my porch listening to you in the early dark morning and I thought the scratching was the opossum that hangs out under my grill cover😂.
That's funny, I had a raccoon tear up my BBQ cover a while back, and it sounded like that too, but, alas- no it's this little fur ball
Can’t believe my first tanks going to be three years old this year and I’ve learned so much since I’ve started thanks to you and other aquarist alike
Thats great, i am allredy doing all those things, now i just need some one to sell my inventions for me.
3D printing is going to be huuuuuge
I second this, 3d printing is going to be huge
You are the first video I saw of 2025. You’re looking good, Alex. Keep up the good work. Time for me to get some sleep. Unfortunately I’ve been sleeping during the day. Any way I’ll deal with it. You’re the best. I look forward to every video you make, present, & future. I’ll make a note to make sure I see your video when I wake up Alex is the best. Everyone needs to subscribe, comment, click on ALL his videos.
Happy New Year, Alex! Your cat is normal...my kitty concurs. 😁😁
Happy new year to you too! Glad my kitty is relatable!
Bringing in Amazon mud sounds like a good way to introduce lots of fun new critters to Florida. But culturing specific algae’s and biofilms especially for delicate wild fish. Bryzoa would be especially cool as they are a missing link in many diets, but they’re typically not welcomed into tanks by hobbyists.
I think that's a great idea! Cultivating Bryzoa would be amazing.
Thanks for showing us the cat making that noise. I was doing water changes while listening and she sounded just like a bit of gravel in a Hob filter and I was trying to figure out which filter was making that noise, lol! 😅 Very interesting predictions. I’m pretty wary of putting plastic/painted decor in my tanks as I’ve had the paint flake off. But I can see the appeal especially for parents trying to please their kids and hopefully stay engaged with the tank. To each their own 🤷🏻♀️ Hope your new year is a good one!👍
Happy New Year, Alex and your lovely wife! May health and happiness be yours in the coming year and beyond, and may the blessings of God our Father, His Son and our Savior Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit rest upon you always.
Happy 2025 to you and yours
Amen to that😊
Yaaaaay - i was looking forward for this one 🤟
Thanks. I’ve been waiting for this.
I wish you and your wife, the rest of the family cat and fish as well.
Been waiting since ‘24 for this 😊
My 3 year old granddaughter has a baby shark family figurine in one of my tanks.
Happy New year Alex. As for glowing and hi tech fish that isn't appealing to me. I don't mind fish that are bread for new colours as long as they look natural. I'm in the process of creating a bonsai style tree usung spider wood and a plant of some kind, which will go into my wife's new nano tank for a siamese fighter. I also love rimless tanks where plants grow out the top. Natural and aquascaped tanks are where I'm at. I don't like tacky tanks with skulls or ornaments in them. I'm old school and old. 😂
I'm pretty much right there with you... unless it's the point and the people are aware of the ridiculousness lol
I've got a few custom trends or ideas i'm trying out this year, wether they become viral or not is another thing lol...
#1. Using algae for water monitoring. Things like hair and blackbeard algaes come from high nitrate/ammonia/low Co2 and so on, so I'm studying each one to use them as a natural water quality monitor, their growth or death displaying what is low or high in the water column. They're also the easiest plants to keep and can look decent with some monitoring and upkeep
#2. Reverse breeding guppies and bettas. Guppies and bettas have been selectively bred for things like colour or aggression, to the point of destroying their natural hartyness and behaviours. I plan on exposing them to as close to a natural cycle as possible, from "cold seasons" to "storms" and so on, allowing them to breed naturally with little monitoring and no selective breeding of any kind. Combined with a naturalized water monitoring and care system, the hope is to bring them back to a more natural purity and strength that can endure almost anything. The bettas may get minor selective breeding just to remove the hyper-territorial agression, but with a docile breeding pair and naturally overgrown tank to start, it shouldn't need much interference
#3. Turning equipment into display pieces DIY style. For example, with a simple moulded plastic sleeve, a sponge filter can be turned into a Roman stone pillar or temple ruin piece. With a few drill holes, something like a Halo Master Chief figure can be turned into a Co2 or oxygen bubbler. With some recycled plastic and hot glue, a HoB filter can be made to look like a mini dam or hydro plant. The list is practically endless with a little imagination
#4. AquaTerrarium cycled tank. This is a bold and expensive idea, but it's an aquarium with a terrarium encompassing the top, the aquarium having it's natural lifecycle supported by and supporting the terrarium above. I already have the plan to build a platform supported by stilts that surrounds the edges of my guppy breeder and matches the dimmensions of it's larger stand, the bottom half of an entertainment center, which then gets surrounded by a framed mesh screen. The platform will have a dirted sod surface that folds into the aquarium water, larger houseplants on the edge with roots reaching into the water and water plants growing out into the sod, becoming the closest thing to natural filtration system you can ask for. Once i can build and achieve that part, i'll introduce some bugs and surface microfauna that will either fall in or breed on the water which would feed the guppies, and then i'd just need something like a frog that can hunt and eat both. I have no idea if i can pull it off, but it's something i really want to create if i can lol...
Ooo i like all those ideas haha. Keep me posted please!
Thankfully I got to see this one before I went to sleep. I hope you learn more about soil bacteria under the water and not under the water this year.
100% i agree haha
@ so sorry. That was supposed to say I hope to learn NOT I hope you learn. Stupid phones change what we say multiple times. I can learn a lot from you not the other way around. You know much more than me about soil health. keep up the good work Alex. I love your stuff & so does many thousands of other people.
Awesome video, happy new year Alex
I swear I was just thinking about these episodes
Nice
I would definitely like to see probiotic-enhancing food for bristlenose plecos. I have been having the worst time with my sub adult and adult plecos suddenly bloating, then refusing to eat and dying. I have wormed them extensively, tried different foods. The only treatment that saved any of them once the bloat started was jungle fungus cure, which seems to have saved one male (although that could be a coincidence). It has gotten to the point that I am anxiously checking the tanks whenever I go by them expecting to see a dead pleco. And it's so frustrating because these are not supposed to be difficult to keep alive! I ordered a product at the recommendation of a facebook member that is supposed to be basically dehydrated biofilm for shrimp, as well as soilent green repashy. They do like bell peppers, but are refusing zucchini for some reason. And they get tetra pro pleco wafers and fluval pleco bug bites regularly.
I also expect to see glo plecos shortly. Their eggs are easily accessible and quite large, which would make embryonic injections easy.
I would also love to see blackworms, daphnia, and scuds more commonly available.
Cobalt aquatics enhances their food with prebiotics and my pleco loves it. Specifically their premium fish flakes. Some of his faves are the ultra worm, the spirulina, and the brine shrimp. Also, i swear by getting a bag of organic spirulina off amazon and some vegan gellatin and makin some spiralina jello for the fishes. The phytochemicals in that stuff are incredible for them. And he survived through that snowmageddon in texas a few years back when I lost power for 3 days in 0°F Temps lol
First new year
NEVER, apologize for a cat!
Whatever the cat does it what needs doing and must be done.
ALL HAIL THE KITTY
Hahaha
"Who is this guy"?! He is our guy 💪🐠
I think it's interesting to see how people take on the aquarium as an art project, whether it's using figures, or crafting backgrounds and such. I hope it flows over into rimFULL tanks, with people taking sculptural approaches to the outside of the tank. I know I'm looking to expand my artistic expression with my tanks!
I also think the expansion of AI in the hobby will be interesting to keep an eye on. Dr. Bassleer just released an AI of his own. I wonder if eventually we'll have programs that work with smart cameras in the tanks to detect health and behavioral issues with fish. I probably wouldn't use it myself, but I can imagine it going that way.
Yeah i bet you are 100% correct. We could do a "hobby of the future" episode and perhaps cover all that kinda fun stuff more too!
@Fishtory that would be really fun!
since i watched this channel.. ff channel.. etc... even those channel who discriminating planted tanks etc. i've learn alot.. and still learning thank you so much, by the way fishtory my ecosytem tank now is getting more sufficient, those plants get rapidly growth, wtf 🤣
am using my own homemade compost, i wait almost 4months before i use it as a root tabs 😅.
Very nice! Hey.. do what works for you, take bits and pieces from all over the hobby 😉
Hey Alexander, first of all happy new year. Been enjoying the content a lot, still fresh in the hobby so lots to learn, but you have been a great source of knowledge. Would also love to join the discord, but the link you have doesn't seem to work. It says that the link is either expired or invalid :/. Anyways keep the great work going :)
Hey let me get you a new link... the discord links are supposed to not break anymore... but they seem to last a month max, or 3 days max in other cases... anyhow... try this, cheers:
discord.gg/v88jwqCX
@Fishtory yeah that works, thanks! :)
Hopefully we do find more nutritious foods for the plecos. I have a bristle nose pleco that’s so fun to watch!
Yeah I agree. I love those guys! Hopefully we will!
I want to see more MEDAKA
The fish episode will feature medaka for sure
Bring on the fancy premade hardscape.
I would love to see resin hardscape. I love natural materials, but the price you pay for a rock or a stick is just stupid. I live in an area where i have little to no natural options and have no choice but to pay for hardscape. It's the worst part of the hobby.
It would be nice to see big box stores getting more into plants as well. Maybe there'd be less dead fish in their tanks if they kept potted plants in them to sell as well.
The resin rocks also cut down on the overall weight of your hardscape…👌🏽
I’m liking some of the resin decor lately. Can it support a healthy biofilm that natural materials do?
It supports some for sure... but i don't know if any studies show what- if any differences it has compared to glass or stone surfaces. Great question though
This might sound silly but I really just want to see tiny holiday ornaments so that I can decorate my tank 😂
What type of holiday ornaments? A tiny tree? Little caves for the fish to go into shaped like Christmas ornaments? I'm getting a 3D printer soon and want to know what people would be interested in getting.
@@aurograce2983 For winter holidays: a little Christmas tree with a yellow/gold star topper and lil' ball ornaments on it, different coloured little presents, snowmen, and maybe Santa in a scuba diving outfit would be super fun!!❤️ Also a menorrah for Hannukah complete with little candles, a Star of David.
For Halloween: grinning jack o'lanterns which fish can explore, a scuba diving black cat, a cute ghost, perhaps some tombstones!
Also some underwater fly agaric mushrooms or glow-in-the-dark (if safe) mushrooms would be fun. ❤️
Speaking of lights, hearing a lot about how LED lights are bad for us and/or other lifeforms. A deep dive on this could be very "illuminating", tho im afraid of what we might learn 🙈 You mentioned blue light being bad, also ive heard red light is bad.. spooky implications for my wallet 😅
I know what you mean. The more we learn, the more we realize we're messing with forces we don't fully understand, but that doesn't mean we stop looking for answers... organic l.e.d. tech may be next
As a californian i didnt even know glofish were not suppose to be sold here they are at like every petco/petsmart ive ever been too lol.
I am overjoyed to hear you folks in la-la land are ignoring at least some of your stupid laws.
@@grumpymcgrump5822 yeah truly dont ever recommend anyone coming here besides idk visiting the beaches but being able to leave. lol born and raised here live in a rural cali town and still cant afford to live here yet cant afford to leave either lol.
@@lif3l3ssgaming Sorry to hear that. Maybe, (don't hold your breath), they'll split the rural parts of California into a new state. Let all the special folk pack into the coastal cities.
@@grumpymcgrump5822An anti glo fish law is amazing , i hope all states sign on
I'm interested in what fish are going to be hot for breeding and what is going out. Thanks
I'll do that video in the next week :)
Came for the cat, stayed for the money making ideas.
Hahaha take em both!
Damn.... After researching i see Alan Blake and Richard Crockett already in 2001 trying to make "glowing fish".
It is weird that it took them so long. The first patent I could find was claimed in 2017. They have 19 patents that I could find.
The only bad thing I can say about it is that they can reproduce. I don't know if they glow in the dark, but the colour is in the DNA as well as in RNA.
I have already seen people trying to make an environment where they try to have nature in a glass box. They make small beaches and have spider wood with corydoras swimming in it.
They try to replicate the jungle. It is pretty, but damn hard to clean. It is for showing off and nothing more 😅
in Europe, you can buy life food for your fish. I think there are at least two companies that specialise in it. It is only stores that can buy from them. But they have everything for salt and fresh water. It is worth noticing that stores have a hard time selling it before it dies, so many have limited what they ordered. Most of it has to be used in 2-3 weeks. It is still more convenient to have dry food.
I have been looking for a 3D printer and it will cost me 800-900 dollars to get a good one. You can get cheaper ones but most of them are for people who buy stuff and do not use it. It will break over time.
I see more gadgets like feeders that you can time by app. All the newer aquariums have LEDs that can be controlled by app.
In Denmark at least. Fish stores had a negative economic trend in the last two years. I am waiting for the new report this month. Some went out of business this year. But, I hear bigger companies are trying to take over the market.
The energy sector has become expensive and I see you (people in USA) are getting a 20% raise on your gas bills this or next month. I don't think the fish hobby allows people to invest in crazy projects anymore.
Underwater camera in caves yes, but I find it too nerdy for the regular. I find it even more stupid when people buy caves where they can see the fish from the side 😅
A really nice pooop hole...
Hahahahaha what an epic summary. You need to be my European correspondent in a segment lol 😆
@@Fishtory sure thing 😅
I tried to answer two times now. The first time I closed the comment section myself. The second time, I am sure that I wrote something... Let me know if you need data.
Funny story, storytime... 2 years ago I was approached by the Secret Service from an ad on Facebook. I thought it was a scam, I checked the link and did my research and had it validated. I love digging for info 😅
I hope this time it will send my message.
Noticed the chain stores started using almond/catappa leaves in their disgusting tanks😂. I only go there for crickets for my leeezards... looking forward to seeing more people using terrestrial plants out of their tanks. I'm building an extensive list of plants that have worked for me. Spider plants, syngoniums, money trees, monstrea. I love it
Wow they have actually started to add leaves? Where is this?
I've seen it too! At my stores in Seattle, they add a sad little catappa to tanks full of feeder goldfish and I'm thinking " uh guys.... this is gonna make the water more acidic if anything...goldfish don't need or want that." But I mean for the neon tetras, I guess it's better than nothing? ...andddd they still have ich on 30% of the fish arriving
@Fishtory yea they're pretty gross. Serious lack of knowledge too. Some of the fish they pit together blows my mind.
@@Desmond000007 pet supplies plus here in Michigan. I've seen it at petsmart as well
@@bradleydishner9698 sweet
I really want to see aquatic isopods available. I have so many “natural” and walstad tanks with natural ecosystems running, but I have not yet acquired any pill bugs of the water variety yet 😢
Im excitedly going to be collecting some Elassoma Gilberti in a month. Do you have any advice on good places in Florida to collect?
Shallow waters... very shallow... like 2 to 5 inches deep, flooded areas near creeks or ponds and near grass and leaves... ditches or even puddle size areas near more water. Get a good net and sweep from the muddy or shallow bottom , back towards yourself. If you find least killis or swamp darters in the water/catch them... then keep looking in the area. Best of luck!
I would love to see 20 longs as the recommended entry point to the hobby. It probably won't happen in 2025, but I think by 2030 there will be few nano tanks at big box. I have seen a shift towards nano tanks being a high-end thing for advanced hobbyists, and I feel like some big box stores are getting the message that having a bit more water is more forgiving, and a bigger footprint means more possible variety. Also I don't see people buying a 2 foot long glass aquarium from Amazon, but 5 gallon setups ship very well.
Along the expanding Glofish line, I'm surprised we haven't seen live plants with modifications to fit that aesthetic. Glo shrimp might keep those nano tanks on the shelves in BBS and I feel like that could lead to far fewer fish in too small enclosures, and that'd be great.
Taiwan has modified bacopa monieri to glow at night and produce energy for itself in reverse photosynthetic processing that was too complicated for me to understand...but they wanted to plant it along paths at the University and replace street lights... so it must be bright lol. But I agree with what you wrote 100%
I think the fishtank makers are ignoring the need for a ~12 - 20 gallon rimless that fits on a window sill. It would be kinda tall and long but about 7 inches on the shortest dimension (base).
Glow Fish?!
I thought you were wrapping up your TH-cam channel🤷🏻♀️