Fish Room Tour: Exotic Plecos and Corydoras
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video I take you around the fish room and we discuss each of the 31 tanks currently in operation here at TM Aquatics.
#Pleco #Corydoras #FishRoom #FishTank #Aquarium #Amazonia #TropicalFish #Breeding #FreshwaterAquarium #Cichlid
Fish available for sale will be posted on my TM Aquatics storefront, located on the Get Gills marketplace. Here is a link to my store: www.getgills.c...
Items I endorse and use in my fish room can be purchased here.
Filtration:
Seachem Tidal 75 Aquarium Filter amzn.to/38Dg2g7
Seachem Tidal 110 Aquarium Filter amzn.to/3KvR9QK
Aquaclear 70 Aquarium Filter amzn.to/37UoxDF
Aquaclear 110 Aquarium Filter amzn.to/3vvin65
Fish Food:
Northfin Cichlid 2mm Pellet amzn.to/2LFRjbI
Omega One Veggie Round amzn.to/2StiwRl
Omega One Cichlid Color: amzn.to/2RuvBg2
Miscellaneous:
Marina Large Breeder Box amzn.to/2Vpbb78
Thank you for showing and explaining your pleco tanks. I can see why I have not been successful breeding mine.
Tom you plecos are amazing you are an inspiration to pleco lovers world wide 👀✌🏽👋🏽
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G'day Tom Tim from australia new sub your fish and fish room is magnificent a credit to you enjoyed your presentation very much have a good day mate
Thank you Tim
Awesome Fishroom TM, lots a cool stuff going on. The L134s I received from you are doing well for me.
Good to know Robert. Hopefully they are spawning for you this time next year.
Hi Tom! Love the Fishroom update! Glad the 236’s are doing well for you and thanks for the shout out 🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Such an incredible collection and the tanks look wonderful. Thank you for the updated tour
I agree, he acts like he is asking for help, super humble. Very Inspired! This channel is sooooo underestimated!
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Didn’t seem like a long video Tom.. it always leaves me ready for more🙂 a good sign that your videos are second to none thanks for the inspiration- jeff
I concur
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@@TMAquatics your very welcome have a great weekend
Always good stuff bro....Hoorah!!
I’ve been thinking about doing Koi Angels. I’ll be in touch!
Awesome video! Your lighting on your tanks is great for having so many tanks
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Love the fishroom your pleco collection is unmatched definitely my favorite fish TH-camr
Thank you for the kind words.
🔥🔥🔥🔥 thank you for the video love seeing the updates !
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Awesome tour of your fishroom!
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Thank you Tom. Loved it. Good to see you back in the swing with video making.
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That is an amazing fish room. Congrats. Good luck with everything. Hope you have lots of fry
Thank you.
L134 top 7 plecos for me. Really hard to pick. But your cichlids man... SUPER Jealous! Thank you for the tour. Sometimes life happens. To I am going to qoute my friend Sean aka Pecktec. "You Tube is a Burning YOU out machine" So do what you love. waited for the tour. But did not mind having to wait.
Best Regards
Zack
Thanks. I’ve paused the TH-cam thing many times over the years.
@@TMAquatics Me too. It is supposed to be inspiring and about having fun while helping people. Not a job that passion 20 U.S Cents per 1000 views. 😄
Great tour Tom. Thanks 🙏🏼
Thanks for stopping by Bob. One of these days we’ll have to team up again for a livestream.
@@TMAquatics that would be awesome 👏🏼
Never to long great video.
Humble suggestion, but maybe keep yet another L134, the brightest yellow ones. They look spektacular...
Perhaps 🤔
Nice walkthrough and I did stick around for the entirety. Some interesting fish.
I am a cichlid guy, and those albino Heckelii are outstanding. GCCA swap this weekend in Chicago, which I believe you're aware of. Fry where available at 6 for $50, but alas... already sold. Yours are gorgeous.
Wow, that’s an amazing price for the albino threadfins. With a fish room full of plecos, it is nice having a couple species around that I can actually see 🤣🤣🤣
@@TMAquatics LOL Tom. It really was a great price.
It's a beautiful tank, have trouble believing your not loving it
Really nice fish room. Enjoy the video 👍
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#Replaycrew so Tom, you are only a month behind in getting this video out?? Honestly, been there, done that. I hope we get to see more fantastic videos as this one. I enjoy watching because each and every time I learn a lot about the fish you keep. Will you be doing more with your red pencil fish? It sounded as though that tank was going to be shut down also? I have had orange laser Cory's for a couple years now and have only been able to get a few fry. I don't know what I'm doing wrong other than probably not giving them enough attention. There's so many things going on in the fish room that sometimes there are little tanks here and there that get neglected.
Thanks Mike. I’m done with the Pencilfish. Gorgeous little fish, but that tank got neglected and I slowly lost a bunch over time. They did really good when I kept current with water changes, etc. Those that were moved into the fish room are doing better and spawning, but I don’t really focus on them. Not sure if I will tear down the 75, use for grow outs, or something else. Eventually I would like to see only plecos in my fish room. Nothing else.
Loved the video. Keep up the good work.. Thamks alot for uploading an awsome fishroom video
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Awesome collection- keep them coming.😁👍
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You have LF Super Red Plecos, I would be interested when you ship again!
They’re beauties too. 👍
That's a good wishlist/sneak peak. I have all of them and they are all so beautiful. I've decided I'm going to hold off on getting more l082s, so if you get them enjoy the challenge of breeding them.
I still have my l 397 from you! What's an adult now. I love that fish
Great looking tanks. What kind of sand are you using in your tanks?
I mention this in a new video dropping today or tomorrow. 👍
No problem if the video is long. Cool to see what you are up to!
Very pretty acaras
Really enjoyed the fishroom tour Tom! You have some truly beautiful fish! Quick question, what size caves are you typically using for breeding your hypans?
I talk about this in a video that’s dropping later this week. Most spawns in my fish room are in the 1.5” D-cave from pleco caves dot com. I recently added 60 small caves from pleco ceramics, which is also a nice size for many hypans. They do take a while to receive since they ship from Ukraine.
Great tour -- great work!!!
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Amazing fish room tour ❤
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How much and how often t´do you clean filyetrs, and watre change schedule? Please, they all lokks so good! And your dark corydoras is in my top 5! Because i love Duplicareus, and they look the same, but with black bodies. Sorry for spamming, but it is actually good for the video! 🙂The more comments the better.
Most filters are cleaned every 1-2 months. Just depend on the tank, bio load and the amount of waste being produced. For tanks not on auto water change, I perform 50% water change on each tank weekly. The 9 tanks that are on auto water change receive anywhere from 50-100% turnover each week.
@@TMAquatics It shows. I don't clean my filters that often. But I am a big believer in big waterchanges. 50-70%. Plus I love when it looks crystal clear. 🙂
When will I be lucky enough to see a link to my fish tank lights under your video.
Which lights are you referring to?
@@TMAquatics Aquarium lights, used on top of the fish tank.
Hi Tom what are you’re parameter’s in the high end Pleco tanks … gh/kh tds and ph please ? You’re fish are really nice by the way 😊
I mostly only measure TDS, which is usually between 125-150. Temps range from 80-84, depending on species. When I test pH it is usually between 7.2-7.4.
So you have 3 from my top 7 plecos. Congrats man, I really think you should split up the L236 like you said. I have a swedish friend. He has amazing L236 super whites. He gets 3-4x times the amount aganst L146... Beacuse the best quality is still super rare....
It’s hard to find the really high quality Super Whites here in the states. Most people aren’t willing to pay the price. I do have a source in the UK, but I’m not sure if I want to assume the risk of importing at this point. Jorge at Nationwide aquatics usually brings in some decent fish and the prices have been reasonable.
@@TMAquatics Hope yiu can get ahold of them. Rooting for you. 😊
Where do you get the slate and all the different shape pleco caves from?
This question is answered in a new video just released today. 👍
Where do you get your fish tanks? Say the 125 gallon do you go to a local chain or a specialty store online?
Most were purchased from Petco and one of my LFS, Forest Lake Pets. They are all stock Aqueon and Marineland tanks. N
What's the best temperature for them am getting a 3cm of l046
Bring some nov 6 to the QC fish swap I'll take some of those angles brother
I won’t be attending the QC swap until next Sept. It’s an 11-12 hour round trip drive for me and I don’t have any fish to sell. Wish it was closer.
Do you have any snowball pleco baby for sale or were you get some can I get some
Are you referring to the L201 snowball, or L471 mini snowball? My L471 are not breeding yet, however we are actively spawning the L201 snowball in my brother’s fish room. He does have a bunch, $20 ea, but local sales only. He does not ship and I am done shipping until Spring.
Thank you I can wait until spring I like them both I live in waterloo Iowa
You got a buyer right here for the cw49’s when / if you want to sell
Check with me next Spring.
Hey Tom of your cories which would you consider to be NON hiders
The Schultzei blacks, knaacki, boesemani, cw049 and Duplicareus are all very outgoing fish. The green/orange lasers tend to be very shy, even in large numbers.
hi tim
It’s Tom, but I knew what you meant 😉👍
where are you located state
Minnesota
Sell the Koi Angels to Dan!!
Would cost too much to ship that quantity and size. He can have them if he drives to Minnesota 😉
@@TMAquatics He just may if i bet if he could buy other fish to make the trip affordable, I wonder how long of a drive?
Angel Fish are lame fish anyways... not sure why anyone breeds them or keeps them...
They’re one of the most popular fish in the hobby, but yes, easy to breed, and everyone does it. I had an LFS that was willing to take most of the past spawns. With a low cost to grow out, and receiving $600-800 in store credit, it pays for a lot of fish food. Unfortunately he not interested in taking any more and I’m stuck with a bunch. I can safely say I will never breed angelfish again.
@@TMAquatics Now when you say popular fish.. you mean popular with beginner/novice keepers... which end up as toilet fodder. Angel fish are popular with new "petsmart" tank buyers.... not advanced or even moderate fisk keepers. Now if you are talking about sustaining your operation with a niche unload mechanism... thats great... but you cant rely on that stuff... and to be honest... it would be better if you only dealt in specialty fish only. Everyday toilet fodder fish, may give you a short term loop you can exploit... but your long term issue remains... where are your High Dollar Items... your hot ticket fish that are considered RARE/Hard to source... SO many fish keepers fall victim to under capitalization and thus need to make consessions to keep their hobby/habbit/source of income alive... like selling garbage fish to keep the lights on... then you are handcuffed to the never endinig cycle of selling toilet fodder fish.
I like your setup though...I enjoy the content... Keep up the great work... I wish you a season of plentiful spawns. Be well brother!