DON'T buy MONSTER FISH Without Watching This First! Top 10 Things About Large Fish In Aquariums
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I always though keeping birds was cruel. I consider a 55 gallon the minimum size for all but a few fish. When I had my 625 gallon tank people kept commenting how much room they had to swim around. Yes that is the point of having fish.
Most pet birds are captive bred. ... My biggest complaint is that far too many people get large parrots that are highly intelligent, temperamental and demanding. These birds rarely get the attention they need, and really suffer for it.
@@matthewzito6130 That is like saying if some one is born in a small bed room they do not need to go out side of it.
@@jonleiend1381 - If we're talking about parrots, you're supposed to let them out of their cage every day so they can interact with their keeper. ... If we're talking about something like a Zebra Finch, they need a proportionally larger cage, since they're more active, like to live in groups and don't like to be handled.
Of course it's also possible to keep large parrots in pairs or groups if you have room for an aviary. However, birds that have been hand raised and kept as pets their whole lives don't always know how to be birds.
Why consider keeping birds cruel? Just like you can provide tons of enrichment and space for your fish, people can do the same and keep parrots very well. Pigeons do really well in captivity as well
bought an iridescent shark when first got into the hobby only to find out later the can grow to 3 feet . he lived for 18 years grew 19 inches .
Oh I have 8 of em at they all are almost 4 feet long and 20 years old
Whats size pool do u have ? 8)
John I totally agree with you on feeders. The ones at my petco are half dead and is truly sad situation. As much as I spend on my fish, why would I want to get them sick and pay more to get them better. I hope most people in the hobby agree with you on this subject.
Best point you raised is of wild caught specimens vs tank raised specimens
hi john . you are right about feeder fish and aggression. 12 years I fed my salt water trigger fish frozen krill squid and clam. the triggers learned not to eat their tank mates of smaller more passive fish.
pellets, flake and lettuce , sea weed , krill freez dried .
The only "monster" fish I own is my flowerhorn and he is awesome lol..... great video man as always 👍👍
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I had a tiger shovel nose the hid in a cave all day and ate fish right from my hand at night. Loved that fish but gave it to a petstore that had an indoor pond and they killed it : (
Great analogys, John. I hope you reach a lot of folks who are impulsively thinking about extremely large fish and at least cause them to pause and think it through all the way.
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Your silver arrowanas are GORGEOUS! I love their rosy tails. And the oscar's eyes are beautiful as well. Love watching your videos on monster fish--even if I've never been tempted to own any myself. My fantail goldfish will grow big enough, and the rest of my fish won't grow bigger than 3" ;)
Exciting prospects for qualified large tank keepers! Proud contributor of the Arapaima footage and a hat tip is deserved by the National Zoo Amazonia exhibit for properly keeping and displaying such breath taking specimens 👍
It's unusual to see a responsible monster fish video. Nice one. Need more like this.
Great advice. Thanks for all your informational videos.
John, you and Lisa have me hooked, after watching a fair few of your videos and the live shows at 2am here in the uk I’ve brought my first tank, specifically for 2 oscars as I’ve fallen in love with them, it’s 450 litres and cost me £1035 ($1271) and nearly a divorce, love all of your videos keep it up boss you are a legend 👍🏻
We have Minnows (both store bought and Creek) in with Hannibal (Our very large Piranha), and Gold fish in with Goodman (Red Oscar), both treat they (so called feeders) as tank mates. lol They love Cut shrimp and Tilapia. Still can not break the Arowana from Feeder Minnows. He is now about 15" and was raised on them before we got him. I figure sooner or later he will be in the bigger tank and maybe he will learn from the other fish (or win the battle and get feeders still).
I agree with this info 100%. We do have some Monsters growing out now. We still need to build the big tank. It will be done by the end of the year and they will look like babies in it. I think one thing you missed was "OK so you took the time to find and buy a monster tank (that is relative to the person) and now you have your still small "Monster Fish", you need to fight the urge to fill the tank with a bunch of "Future Monsters". We will be building a 4,000 gallon here that will house 1 Tiger Shovel nose catfish, 3 Channel Catfish, and 3 or 4 Bluegills. 2 Common Pleco 14" and 18". Sadly the bass went Nuts and started killing the other bass and he had to be rehomed to a large Private pond. The biggest of the fish are all at that 18-20" range. In the 135 gallon they are in now, they are not overly active and most Hide out except the smallest catfish, the TSC, and the Plecos. So when they land in a 4K they will likely do the same thing since we will give them places to hide (that will be designed for their full size potential) and as other fish get to big for their breeding tanks they will go to the 135 (grow out) until they can live with the big fish (Fishy retirement home). I guess in short I am saying what you are saying. Remember when planning ahead, actually plan ahead. Understand you think a 140 gallon tank is huge, and it is for the average person but it s not near enough for many fish and sure as Hell not enough for a few monsters.
If you have found yourself in this position and truly can not keep your monster because he has outgrown your resources Ohio Fish Rescue is always willing to take fish in as well as many people with truly big tanks. By all means make sure the guy taking your monster has the means to make his next home his forever home. We were given Kat Man Do (The tiger shovel nose) because the person that had him knew we already have the glass for the big tank, she knew the plans were for the end of the year, and we had a 135g to keep him in until the big tank is done. he has grown in under 4 months from a skinny 12" to a thick 18"+ fish.
Speaking as someone who is very anti wild caught fish, (without an extremely good reason) I am very grateful that you made it number 1 on your list. 😀 I am massively into conservation and I'm very lucky to have in the past travelled to Australia & North Africa to experience what it's like to observe some of these fish in the natural habitat and consequently, I get very protective of it.
I didn't know Y'all were located in Virginia. I live in Richmond. Thanks for your helpful videos. I am getting back into the fish keeping hobby myself.
Really Great video John....Great advice for keeping those big guys
I am considering getting a pond for some monster fish, only getting captive bred. Can't wait to see how things work out!!!
2:35 it's been a while since I see a giant gourami profile. They're always in my pond.
Thank for discussing feeders and oh my gosh the arowana look amazing. Oscars are my favorite though and you have some cool ones. Some day........
Lots to think about here. Which is great. Strongly agree with you on number one. Thanks John.
Thank you so much for all the information , i get my 200 gallon tank at christmas but i didn´t buy any fish until my tank is in my room ... thats what i learned from you 👍👍👍 But i have one last question if i buy like 3 or 4 big fish , can i put them all together at the same time in my tank ?
I'll be getting my first monster fish this week...so excited!!
Great video John keep up the great work makes a lot of sense
Great video. Great information. Hopefully you'll get through to people and make them think twice before purchasing. If you don't have a 300 g tank. I would not advise getting any monsters. Some need 1400 2000g indoor pond to be happy.
I 100% agree with everything you have said.
Great video xxx
If you are lucky, the fish store employee says the fish will get very big. I’m not picking on anyone in particular, but I worked for a big pet store chain and we were punished for warning customers about that.
Just yesterday I saw someone buy a hi fin banded shark from a pet store near me. The guy said he had a 30 gallon tank, pretty sure the store just wanted to get the fish sold and didn’t really care that the person was gonna put a 3 foot fish in a 3 foot tank.
Hey John, great job you with this video. I really like the look of those Arrowanas. However, I really don’t think you will be satisfied with that tank until you get those 2 Stingrays, just my observation from watching you through the many years. Anyways I look forward to meeting you at Aquashella in a few weeks. Thanks very much for sharing 👍.
My monster fish is a betta🤣🤣
I think I’ve had bettas pretty much my whole life, their personality is so funny to me that it’s hard not to have one. I want to get a galaxy one but I have nowhere to put him😂
Unless
Yup done with monster fish except my flowerhorn for now. I love seeing small fish in a large aquarium. I'd love an 8 foot tank for some . I personally dont care to see them in a 6 foot tank.
Thank you!! I mentioned this in your last video when you said to give you ideas on top tens and I said “ten reasons not to buy an Alligator Gar” 😂 I only said this because I own three in a lake and I’ve noticed going to my local pet store that they are selling them. And cheap too. So anyone can get these!!! I begged and begged this one guy not to get it. I just knew he wasn’t equipped and and showed him pictures of mine and why you can’t just buy these things lol
Thank you for all the insight of monster fish, I guess long story short, dont buy anything that you are not equipped to handle properly....... ever.......
hello sir =)
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Thank you for the last subject. So very true.
Good video! Lots of good advice.
Awesome vedio...well I have flowerhorn both male n female both with size of 3 to 4 inches but in 2 different tanks. 2 Oscars with size 3 inches in 3 feet tank.
Thanks great advice x
If decorations like plants, rocks, air stones, internal filters, driftwood, etc. will be torn up and moved all around the tank, could these items be considered toys or enrichment for these monster fish?
Yes it could! My main issue is not just how the tanks look, but what the fish stand to gain or lose from how we decorate our tanks. A lot of people don't even think about enrichment for their fishes so it's great that you do! For my flowerhorn and oscar I put coral chips (you can use pebbles or marbles or anything, as long as they can't swallow it and it's aquarium safe) and that'll at least give them something to rearrange into a "nest". I give them all coconut huts (half a coconut with two semi circle holes cut into the sides) too and when they get too big to use them as hides they'll figure out what they want to use it for on their own.
My flowerhorn turned his upside down so that he can still go there to sleep in something like a bed. You can also try clicker training to interact with them more in a fun way and mentally stimulate them too!!
Great info as always
Love it man I’m absolutely backwards bro I have a 75” 65” and like a 30” 2 10” and a 5” and plan on keep growing Every time I get paid it’s time for the fish store lol it’s really enjoyable to watch them grow and watch the terrorize food and feeder fish
Love being a monster fish keeper my current wels cats are on there way👍
Love all the vids and info you post. With big fish comes big responsibility! :-)
That bit about buying the fish before you have the means to house the fish properly is no joke. I d8d very little research on Silver Arowanas. I think I googled it and the first article I saw that said the can get as long as 24" is what I wanted to hear and I bought one. Like you, he started at about 3 inches in a 29g tank and quickly outgrew it so that he had to be moved to a 55. I was trying to grow her out enough so she to go into my 210 which housed two established and fully grown oscars that I'm certain would have made a meal of her. Then, one day out of the blue, the oscars decided they didn't like living under my dictatorship and tried to move out (they didn't get far). That forced me to start over and the scenario reversed itself. Now the aro was too big and is waiting for the new 210 residents to get big enough that she wouldn't/couldn't eat them. Ooftah, what a mess. She's still waiting, because some of the smaller species I chose aren't growing as fast as I would have hoped.
People, don't be a schmuck like me. Do your research and have the aquarium the fish will need long term in place prior to buying the fish.
I've got a 150 gal with FX6 and 2 aqua clear 110. Fish are 1 oscar 7 discus 2 angel fish 5 corydoras 3 panda garras 1 placo 1 crayfish. Is there enough filtration for the amount of fish. And what else should I know
Hahahaha ask rod at predatory fins how much it costs just to feed his beasts for a week lol use your heads when picking your fish
I have a 10 gallon planted aquarium .In the aquarium I have 6 guppies and 8 shrimp. How much food should I feed them and which food is best ?
Also remember this overall there is usually a smaller version of the big boys just do some research
The fish at 13:39 looks like it has ick. Are these just spots on the fish?
You made some excellent compassionate points here. 😊
I have a sweet monster at home. New to silver arowana but used to florhorn and i was feeding him gold fish as someone suggested me. Now he doesn't eat the sticks which have more nutritious values. Help me out maybe. He is 6momth old silver arowana.
I've rehomed several fish on Craigslist without even trying! I just have them verify that they have a good tank. 3 juvie African cichlids that went to a beautiful african setup with lots of other fish, and some serpae tetras that went to this grorgeous aquascaped tank with guppies, platies, and tetras!
So what would be a good recommendation to feed fire, tire track, peacock and zig zag eels???
Can you successfully keep any kind of pleco are any kind of sucker fish with monster fish?
John about how much water do you change in the 360? How long does it take
im from philippines i wish i could meet you. you're awesome for the last topic you said.
Out of curiosity, is it ok to release a monster fish in it's natural habitat? It wouldn't be invasive but it could have problems adapting to life in the wild so I was just curious. I don't live anywhere near South America and I don't intend to get a giant fish I can't handle, I'm just curious.
What is the fish at 8:38? He looks identical to a rescue fish I took in. I would like to know what he is. Thank you.
If more ppl think like that John, the world would be awesome 🧐
11:42 How do you not understand people loving aggrssive monster fish. That's what a monster fish is. Not just a big fish, but a fish that is a predator, a predator has aggression. The aggression is what makes that fish act beastly in a tank.
Uh no? it's the size of the fish that make them monsters, not the aggression
@@oceanbliss1923 Monster fish are fish that are monsters with size and attitude in a tank. To make my point... A koi is not a monster fish, but a peacock bass is
@@bankrollbrizz007Z Obviously, you've never had Koi, because if you did, you'd know that these fish will eat anything they can get in their mouth, including other fish
Good video John
Just watched this and I realized I broke the same rule, the one with buying monster fish while they are small without already having the bigger tank, I currently have two 55 gallons, one which is overloaded with south American's and the other has 3 Oscars and 2 parrot fish. I feel really bad because I haven't been able to buy them their 125 yet and I know ill probably not get it for while and might even need two 125's to accommodate them. just kind of disappointed in myself. great video though, everyone should watch this before they buy fish that get really big. wish I did.
Sir Blood worm is good for discus fish or Discus Bio gold which can I feed to my discus fish
The arowanas look great!!!!
Yay ten things is back!!!
Love this video. Especially #1
you are a real fish keeper ❤❤❤
I feed my monsters minnows once in awhile when people want a show when I have company. I own the minnows for a couple weeks or longer, they live in a 10 gallon with a Beta.
I live near and have watched the run for Assateague. Where are you? They sell off wild horses at Assateague(sp on both). I've watched the auctions, kinda sad.
This is extremely the most honest video I have watched about fish keeping including other animals.. I have been keeping 2 silver arowanas and 1 albino arowana, 1 albino giant Gourami, 1 albino pacu and a jaguar cichlid in a 100 gallon tank and they grew too fast. i fed them feeder fishes then now for only once every week and then, every time i got home from work my filtration is all ways off. they keep on swimming through the pipe and smackin them off.. I just love watching them hunt.. every thing you said in your content made me realize i now need to fund a much more bigger tank.. Thank you very much !! ( Currently selling assets) HAHHAHHAHAHAHA
i have heard yo say many times that you hate the use of feeder fish. for the record i have never kept a fish big enough to eat a whole live fish. i also agree that the motivation of most to do this practice is because 'i like watching it' others necessary but i just want to say that our flakes that contain fish probably had it even worse...
Word and reasoning is not viewed as it should be these days, I think the best way to approach this problem is money. I mean for example, cost of tank, cost of heater and filtration, cost of feeding the animal. The work involved in keeping tank clean and fish healthy. then there is the cost of breakables be it tanks or heating. You said a lot of great stuff, but i feel you missed on some things. I say hit these crazy people where it will count. There money in there pockets. Big fish cost way more than one think, It why the shops sell them. They know you will be back, again and again. Im a keeper of peacocks, I know my limit. Great video sir, but crazy's have no ears.
Money should never be the only standard/focus. The cheapest way to keep an animal will almost always be one of the least ethical as well. Without sympathy for the animal itself people wont care much about keeping it healthy and happy, and unless the animal itself was really expensive, probably not even about getting it to live most of its lifespan. But of course people need to consider money as an important factor, whether they can actually afford to care for it properly or not
I followed ur advice about mean fish n took him out..so when i went to put him back all 7 of the other fish attacked him..so i took him back out..what now?? I can't keep him in a 29..help some one ..advice please ..peacock cichlid is the fish
Plz talk about how to care for peacocock bass
Agree with everything said on today's talking points
I took my 5” Yellow Rock Kribensis($48 fish) to my local ma & pa store and all I got was 2 $5 balls of Java Moss for my shrimp tanks! I had to get rid of him because he was very aggressive towards my Peacocks/Haps in my African Cichlid tank...
I suspect a lot of monster fish are raised as food on overseas fish farms. It would explain the regular availability of babies at low prices.
you are so right
I kept a largemouth bass that I caught in the wild and he was awesome but destroyed anything I put in the tank. I ended up releasing him back to the wild at 14 in. I hope he lived a happy life.
1:35 yup. 100% true. This happened to me recently i had to let go of my oscar which we kept for a year.
I love releasing alligator gar into my local stream... Because that is where they are natively and I catch them there
As long as it's native to your area then it's fine.
sad thing is my red tail only wants to eat feeder fish. i tried feeding it bloodworms and prawns but it wont eat it :(
Man need to make more videos like this evrybody lovesssss monster fish
wow, that was a fantastic video. The last point, it brings up a whole ethical debate in this hobby that just doesn't have a clear answer. On one hand they have a much higher chance of surviving and having an enjoyable life in your care but they are confined. Personally I think it is the right thing (for captive-bred, that's really all I get) because we have the chance to give them enjoyment not available in the wild
I’m that guy lol I have a gar a arrowana Jaguar and huge jacks and oscars I enjoy watching them get to big for the tank they have and going out buying another and watching them swim all over the place and man your spot on with the landscape my sand literally has mountains they knock everything down my kids broke my lid twice and I waited to get another man they splash water on the floor like puddles with or without a lid
Great information! So many folks just impulse buy these guys... :(
hoooo that's scary monster man, cant keep that lol
Hello John, do you or anyone else have a full proof way to wean a jardini aro off of goldfish? I have aro sticks, but it just spits them out. I’ve been putting sticks into the goldfish’s mouth prior to feeding, and he loves that, but he still doesn’t eat em alone. If starving, how long do I have to wait? Don’t want to stress him out. He’s about 7” long at the moment.
When he's hungry, He will eat, just don't feed him, offer him the sticks, if he doesn't want it, take it away with a net, when he gets hungry enough, he will eat, it's the same thing with kids and dogs & cats, they won't starve themselves. If you're concerned, you can try frozen food, like blood worms, you can get jumbo blood worms, or jumbo frozen shrimp. Lastly, try garlic, fish love garlic and there is a product Seachem Garlic Guard which not only makes the food more tasty (soak the food in the garlic guard) but also helps prevent illness.
Very good information to spread to people so that they understand that fish are like every other animal....
They need care love yummy food and space💪
Your 2 chihauhuas are beautiful
Great job , great advice John!!! Experienced folks like you are to be listened to..they won't!! But your video helps at least 12 people you saved a lot a fish..hopefully more listen than this of course ❤❤❤
Jibb is looking awesome!!!!!
Is that an Oscar at 9:25? That big mama is massive
Love your videos'
Hey Jon, after our first game of the season , how do you feel about the rest of your Redskins season?
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Bravo
9:41 what's the difference between a "pet store" and a "pet co"?
John I learned from my father that before you get the horse you gotta buy the cart 😉😉
The gold Finch is my state bird
Your Oscars are adorable
I know I’m guilty, I sometimes use the extra guppies that I don’t take in to the store as feeders for my blue acara.
At least you know your guppies are healthy and well fed before feeding them to your other fish.
I agree with the wild fish in a small box. Seems cruel to me as well. You nailed that one right on.
So I should buy the "wild caught" monster fish from the pet store, fly to south america and set them free?
*Insert eye roll here* He shared an opinion about wild caught monster fish, most aren't wild caught, some are, ok fine, but it 1) costs a lot more to import wild fish from other countries 2) Isn't practical time wise, pet stores buy fish from most fish farms situated in north America, fish that are imported are once again, from fish farms