My opinion? Lovebirds have a mind of their own! Also, I really love your hillstream loaches! Your setup seems perfect - lots of flat-ish rocks, high flow, and a big footprint. EDIT: Also thank you for showing us the differences between the two- mine is definitely a male!
Thank you so much Cyndi 😄 And Laila looks like a lovebird but she is actually a little Parrotlet!! She 100% has a mind of her own though 🤣 And thank you, hopefully they will stay happy in there! 🐟💕
I like what you do I'm a fresh water guy for well over twenty years I have always kept Malawi chichlids and discus just love what you do and keep what your doing ❤😊👍
I'd love to own any tank, but I can't afford, so I'll just enjoy yours when you show them to us. I like that misting habitat tank. It would be great fun to plant that, then put some fresh water shrimps in the water part, and maybe a small crab species which could also survive out of water by climbing on the growing plants once they've settled in. A hill stream tank would be a dream, especially if it could support a fairly rapid flow so that the fish could dart in and out of the current to grab food. It would make for a very active tank, and it would give the loaches an environment much more like that which they encounter in nature. The air fish is absolutely precious. Birds absolutely steal my heart, and love birds are among the best if you can tolerate the vocalizations (which I can). I've even had Fisher's over the decades, and they are usually so friendly and fun. They love lots of attention, and want to spend lots of time being the centre of your attention. I love birds of all kinds. They just get old for me, and I love to watch and tame wild birds so that I always have friends to greet me when I go outside. When you spend a lot of time with birds, you find that they all have their own dear little personalities. Even the wild ones do. My neighbours thin I'm barking mad, but so be it. I love all animals. It's just my quirk. I don't tell them that they're crazy for having lots of bling or fancy cars and whatever. So maybe have just a little patience for the things I find valuable? Love your tanks and all your critters, and I love the things you do with and for them. Keep up the wonderful work!
Cool little fish. I have a Bulldog pleco in mine and I've had him for over 7 years. They don't get too big but love the algae, mine cleans all the glass over night 😊
First time seeing these interesting loaches, (never see them in aquarium store here, Toronto, Canada),. They clean up the algae in your river tank effectively. Do hope it is a pair so can reproduce. Love your 4K video. I have never had fish tanks grand like yours and never will, because I am 88 years old, so I watch yours. BTW, I do have a 10gal tank with a male Batte fish.
I love those hill streams! I’m going to try a pair next for my white cloud mountain minnow cool water tank. Thanks for the video. Always great to view your beautiful tanks and fish!
Hi Kaity, Thanks for a great review of your river tank. I really love that look. I have algae eaters (no hillstream loaches unfortunately) - small plecos, Otocinclus, and even cherry shrimp, and they've done such an amazing job with the algae that I've felt the need to supplement. I blanch organic spinach from the grocery and feed that to them. Over night, a big wad of spinach will disappear. It turns out that even my albino Kribensis love the stuff. It might be a good supplement for the loaches. I did two different videos - one on blanching spinach and one on blanching zucchini on my Instagram channel. And this morning I just saw someone else's video on blanching carrots for shrimp. Might be worth looking into. And then there are always algae wafers or crisps. I know Bug Bites makes some. Have a fantastic day, and keep your amazing content coming.
Thank you so much Ron!! And that is great to know, I might need to look into that. I've got some Fluval Bug Bite flakes too, they are great, I've found the fish really love them
Loved this video. I really liked the waterfall tank. Looked so cool. My 10 year old grandson was helping me clean my 15 gallon fluval tank yesterday. While doing so he somehow leaned it forward on the rounded front and cracked it. Guess I’m going to be getting a new tank to replace it with. Think I my go to a 20 or 30 gallon as the replacement. I think Hill Streams are so beautiful. Remind me somewhat of stingray. Keep the great video’s coming for us. They are so beautifully done and informative.
Oh no 😱 I'm so sorry to hear about your tank! Hopefully you enjoy setting up the new one though 😊 And wow, yes they do look like stingrays!! 🤣 I had never thought of that comparison. Thank you so much for your support 🙏♥️
River tank is looking beautiful I really like Hillstream loach I haven’t had them yet, but thinking about getting some I think be cool set up the small salt water tank have great day 🐟🐠🐟
I bought 5 hill stream loaches, at last count there were 27, really easy to breed once they settle in, just need plenty of rocks pebbles, and they do the rest...
Those loaches are super cute for sure. The drop off tank is cool but salt water is a lot of work…. I tried it for a year but went back to fresh. I have a small tank with golden white clouds, it’s probably my favourite. Will look forward to see what you choose…👍🏽.
Great vid as per usual Katie. I love your river tank. I thought with Hillstream loaches you had to have them in threes, because they quarrel so much and to stop one picking on another. Have you ever thought about a small pea puffer tank?
Thank you so much! I think these guys are ok because they're a male and female pairing, but they are known to quarrel a bit. A pea puffer tank would be awesome but they're like $200 per fish here in Australia 😩
I like that you are honest with the outbreak and how you managed it. Also MAD have one of those Dymax tanks setup as a planted tank and I love the look of them, I can't afford one and would love to see what you would do with one.
If you're going down nano marine tank I'd suggest you keep it very simple. A good simple nano would be the redsea nano tank although it's very expensive, or you can buy the tank and all the pieces needed separately. I'd say its about 1500 pounds which is about 3k Australian Dollars to set up a nano tank.
I love Hill Stream Loaches too🥰 , I bet you would frown upon me having two in my planted Tanganyikan Tank...but...I have two in my planted Tanganyikan Tank for over 3 months now and they're doing fantastic. Surprisingly they can be aggressive to other maintenance fish like Panda Garra and Bristle Nose. It's like a Chihuahua chasing a Cocker Spaniel 😂
Those loaches are really cool. I’ve been wanting some for a long time, but I don’t have a good setup for them. AND I’ve been thinking of a small palidarium myself. Maybe I’ll swap out my 6g office tank with a little one.
They are a great addition to that type of tank and should love it, I've always liked them and have kept them many times in the past, I have to say with the algae you have done the right thing by cutting down on the lighting, you live a busy life style and your tank lights don't need to be on for so long ether, you should be able to time it so it is on white your at home and maybe just 6hrs a day at a lower light should be enough with those plant you have, with the filtration you have you shouldn't need to do so many water changes as well, you have floating plants in your sump that should take up a lot of nutrient and the plants in the tank will grow better with less changes, I'd just vacuum some of the sediment once every few weeks on the lower section and top up, that would be plenty for that large tank in my opinion, I have never used any products like that in a tank or pond, for the long term you just need to find a balance, I hope this helps another great video Thanks for sharing Kaity, it's looking nice 🙂
If you are interested in doing a nano reef check out Fragbox corals. They are from Canada and you won’t be able to order livestock from them but they have awesome info. They are located in Toronto. The rock work needs to look not man made. They show in good details how to aqua scape the rocks. Your tanks look amazing 🙏👍👍. Can’t wait for the hillstreams to breed for you 😎
Yea it's dangerous going to fish shops 😅😅 there's also a new fish or setup you see that you really want even tho you know you have nowhere to put it 😅🤣 great video 🤗
@@marcopalazzo9349 small tanks you have to be more persistent on adding a little water atleast once or twice a day to keep from having salinity swings, then if she gets into lps like euphylia or sps shes gonna have massive alkalinity and calcium consumption and is gonna have to dose that daily and test daily, i have a 80 gallon with a 20gallon sump and with my tank halfway full of corals i have to dose 5ml a day of alkalinity and calcium daily to keep my levels up
hello kaity please tell me which bacteria do you use in your aquariums to maintain bio balance and remove nitrates and nitrites you have wonderful aquariums
Hi Tarlan! I don't add any bacteria now that the tank is established. I just do a 50% water change once every 1-2 weeks to keep the nitrates down plus the plants I have in the sump also help with that 😊
Ive kept borneo suckers before, are those ones much different? Also that vivarium is basically a humidifier right? I can imagine brisbane summers wouldnt like even more water sources... Nice budgie!
I think they are a little bit different! They are often mistaken for each other. I think the main difference is the Borneo ones grow quite a bit bigger 🤔 And yes, the mister is like a humidifier for all the rainforest plants and mosses. My bearded dragon enclosure gets to like 30-40% humidity naturally here, but once you add water it can end up being like 70-80% 😬
I would always recommend naturally derived treatment for new introductions to the aquarium regardless. Bacteria is a very interesting thing. They are always present, though for a healthy aquarium that is stable they are often inactive due to the inhabitants having healthy immune systems, built up to the bacteria present in your system and low stress levels (this is the assumption I will make off the bat). A change in water chemistry or even the slightest bit of stress can suddenly change that (new fish new system). If you don't really have very expensive fish I suppose that is a risk one would take readily but its not worth it overall. Filling a bucket with tank water and putting something like melafix or for me preferably Fish Recover FW from brightwell aquatics into that bucket say no more than 1ml for 15-20 minutes with an airstone then add them to your tank. It will get rid of any external bacteria on that fish that might be newly introduced to the bacteria within your system. This small step goes miles for the overall health of your lovely setup. Again this is assuming that your tank inhabitants aren't extremely expensive fish (subjective) and its a middle ground approach. Adding one dose as well to the main tank on the same day you introduce the fish is an additional step. Following that up with a nice water change on day 2 to remove any newly shed stress coat of the fish and then business as usual after that. :) This has saved me much headache as I have had in the past, even with fish that have remained healthy for weeks in the shop whom I genuinely trust keep their systems very clean. These things just happen though when it comes to new bacteria introductions though being healthy fish in their respective system of origin.
Go for something different with your collection, a heavily planted tank no co2. It can be any size you like. Or start a smaller planted tank first, build up the plants in it, they do a planted tank? :-)
My hillstream loach does perfectly well with my praecox rainbows. They don't occupy the same levels of the tank, so the they ignore each other. He only seems to be occupied with defending his little rock from cories and bristlenose and other hillstream loaches.
Have you had any scares with your hillstreams going up and out of the tank? I've avoided adding them to my setup because I've heard many horror stories from fellow hobbyists in Perth. I've got a 120 Bioscape natural scape they'd be perfect in, but I don't want to come home and find them on the floor. They're expensive over here!
Hey Kaity, Beautiful fish tanks. I am also in Brisbane and have some full size African Cichlids that I want to move to a more suitable home. I would love to donate them to you if you are interested. MSG me if interested.
Thank you so much!! And I appreciate that SO much, I would love to, but I don't really need any more Lake Malawi cichlids for my tank. I'm sure you will find them a good home though 😊
Nice video, I enjoy those cute Hillstream loaches.
Hillstream loaches are definitely a top 5 fish for me if not my favorites! Beautiful tanks✨Love your videos ‼️
Thank you so much Joey!! Yes, they are awesome little fish. I can't believe I haven't ever kept them until now
My opinion? Lovebirds have a mind of their own! Also, I really love your hillstream loaches! Your setup seems perfect - lots of flat-ish rocks, high flow, and a big footprint.
EDIT: Also thank you for showing us the differences between the two- mine is definitely a male!
Thank you so much Cyndi 😄 And Laila looks like a lovebird but she is actually a little Parrotlet!! She 100% has a mind of her own though 🤣 And thank you, hopefully they will stay happy in there! 🐟💕
Such a cutie and your tanks look amazing 🙏 I can tell you take alot of pride and care in them
Thank you so much 😊🙏
hello Kaity ! nice to have you back again and I enjoyed your video and I am looking forward to the next time
Thank you so much :D
This channel is blowing up! Great job! Your content is grrrrreat!
Thank you so much!! 🙏♥️♥️
I love your tanks so amazing💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Thank you so much ♥️♥️♥️
Your channel is blowing up. Beating channels like prime time aquatics and matching KGTropicals with views. Grats
Thank you!! I'm really glad people are enjoying the content 😊
Cool fish, never see them around my area. I like the little rainforest looking tank.
Love your videos, cheers from Mexico city, looking forward to seeing the next one
Thank you so much 🙏♥️
I love your videos, Kaity. I am going to have a crack at the riverbank in my 2100x60 tank.
the river tank is awesome !
Thank you, I'm really happy with how it's looking 😊
The Rainbows are looking great 👍
Thank you so much Alan :)
I like what you do I'm a fresh water guy for well over twenty years I have always kept Malawi chichlids and discus just love what you do and keep what your doing ❤😊👍
Thank you so much Mark ♥️🙏 I really appreciate it!!
@@Kaityscichlids I love to see a really keen and a devoted fish keeper we need more lady's in our hobby love your work sista
❤❤❤ kisses, what a beautiful montage you have, I congratulate you
You’ve got yourself a new subscriber from Singapore! Great contents. - fellow fish lover.
Yay!! Thank you so much and thank you for the sub 😊🙏🎉
I'd love to own any tank, but I can't afford, so I'll just enjoy yours when you show them to us. I like that misting habitat tank. It would be great fun to plant that, then put some fresh water shrimps in the water part, and maybe a small crab species which could also survive out of water by climbing on the growing plants once they've settled in. A hill stream tank would be a dream, especially if it could support a fairly rapid flow so that the fish could dart in and out of the current to grab food. It would make for a very active tank, and it would give the loaches an environment much more like that which they encounter in nature.
The air fish is absolutely precious. Birds absolutely steal my heart, and love birds are among the best if you can tolerate the vocalizations (which I can). I've even had Fisher's over the decades, and they are usually so friendly and fun. They love lots of attention, and want to spend lots of time being the centre of your attention. I love birds of all kinds. They just get old for me, and I love to watch and tame wild birds so that I always have friends to greet me when I go outside. When you spend a lot of time with birds, you find that they all have their own dear little personalities. Even the wild ones do. My neighbours thin I'm barking mad, but so be it. I love all animals. It's just my quirk. I don't tell them that they're crazy for having lots of bling or fancy cars and whatever. So maybe have just a little patience for the things I find valuable?
Love your tanks and all your critters, and I love the things you do with and for them. Keep up the wonderful work!
Thank you so much!! Laila is the first bird I've ever owned and I love her so much 🦜💕
hi ther your tank looks great it looks like a real lake ❤
Another awesome episode Kaity!! your peninsula tank is my favorite!!
Thank you so much!! I'm really enjoying the peninsula tank now it's growing in more :)
The stepped reef tank is something that I was also admiring several times already, but paludariums can also look wonderful.
Yes it's a difficult choice!! I love them both
Luv that river tank so cool to have sm thing like that in your living room I'm going have to set 1 myself u really inspired me too set 1 up too.
That would be awesome 😁
The small salt water tank is real nice.
Cool little fish. I have a Bulldog pleco in mine and I've had him for over 7 years. They don't get too big but love the algae, mine cleans all the glass over night 😊
I've never heard of those until now! They look lovely. What a great little guy cleaning all of the algae on his own :)
Beautiful 🫶⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🫶
Thank you Sean
First time seeing these interesting loaches, (never see them in aquarium store here, Toronto, Canada),. They clean up the algae in your river tank effectively. Do hope it is a pair so can reproduce. Love your 4K video. I have never had fish tanks grand like yours and never will, because I am 88 years old, so I watch yours. BTW, I do have a 10gal tank with a male Batte fish.
Thank you Kwalian 😄 I'm glad to know someone is appreciating the 4k!! I'm also really glad to hear you are enjoying seeing my tanks 😊
I love those hill streams! I’m going to try a pair next for my white cloud mountain minnow cool water tank. Thanks for the video. Always great to view your beautiful tanks and fish!
Thank you so much Brian :) I'm glad you enjoyed it and that's so cool you're going to try a pair too! They are great little fish
I have 4 in my river style aquarium as well. They are very active and always in sight!
Hi Kaity, Thanks for a great review of your river tank. I really love that look. I have algae eaters (no hillstream loaches unfortunately) - small plecos, Otocinclus, and even cherry shrimp, and they've done such an amazing job with the algae that I've felt the need to supplement. I blanch organic spinach from the grocery and feed that to them. Over night, a big wad of spinach will disappear. It turns out that even my albino Kribensis love the stuff. It might be a good supplement for the loaches. I did two different videos - one on blanching spinach and one on blanching zucchini on my Instagram channel. And this morning I just saw someone else's video on blanching carrots for shrimp. Might be worth looking into. And then there are always algae wafers or crisps. I know Bug Bites makes some. Have a fantastic day, and keep your amazing content coming.
Thank you so much Ron!! And that is great to know, I might need to look into that. I've got some Fluval Bug Bite flakes too, they are great, I've found the fish really love them
Loved this video. I really liked the waterfall tank. Looked so cool. My 10 year old grandson was helping me clean my 15 gallon fluval tank yesterday. While doing so he somehow leaned it forward on the rounded front and cracked it. Guess I’m going to be getting a new tank to replace it with. Think I my go to a 20 or 30 gallon as the replacement. I think Hill Streams are so beautiful. Remind me somewhat of stingray. Keep the great video’s coming for us. They are so beautifully done and informative.
Oh no 😱 I'm so sorry to hear about your tank! Hopefully you enjoy setting up the new one though 😊 And wow, yes they do look like stingrays!! 🤣 I had never thought of that comparison. Thank you so much for your support 🙏♥️
Love your tanks and videos more please and maybe more cinematic shots of your beautiful fish
Thank you ♥️🙏 That can be arranged!!
Love the show and your tanks
Thank you so much :)
The most adorable TH-camr 😍🤣 I like the small salt tank though!
Hahaha, thank you! I thought the salt tank was really cool too 😄
i love hill stream loaches i got one and hes doing great but mine prefers to be in the back of the tank. I loved seeming them stuck to the glass.
Those loaches are sooo adorable! I really want some for my 4 foot shallow tank now!
You totally should 😁😁😁
Very nice and interesting tank
Hi. I have a shallow river tank and love HSL. I keep Panda Garra with them....they both love Repashy Green foods.
I just had a look at the Panda Garra! They are adorable little fish too
I got 6 Hill stream loach in my tetra community tank and looks great.
They are such cool little fish!
Yes yes yes, filter sump update ;-) Also maybe with some modifications following suggestion last time maybe ;-)
Awesome tanks, I would Love, to have a comparison of canister filter vs the sump.
I'm definitely keen to make the video on this!
@@Kaityscichlids thank you ☺️
Please do the paludarium! I’m thinking of having a go at one myself, so would love to see what you come up with. 😊
River tank is looking beautiful I really like Hillstream loach I haven’t had them yet, but thinking about getting some I think be cool set up the small salt water tank have great day 🐟🐠🐟
Thank you so much :) Yes they are wonderful little fish!!
I vote small saltwater tank; however, anything you choose will probably turn out great. Looking forward to future content! Thanks,
Thank you so much 😁 And thank you for the vote!
Another amazing video, Hillstream loaches look amazing in your tank.
I can’t wait to order mine.
They are so hard to get in Melbourne.
Thank you so much Ben :) They are such cute little things, I hope you get yours soon!
I bought 5 hill stream loaches, at last count there were 27, really easy to breed once they settle in, just need plenty of rocks pebbles, and they do the rest...
Wow that's crazy!! That's so cool they're breeding so well for you :)
Bravo from Romania ❤
Thank you ♥️
Nice 💯💯👍 love your content keep up the great videos
Thank you so much :) I appreciate it
Those loaches are super cute for sure. The drop off tank is cool but salt water is a lot of work…. I tried it for a year but went back to fresh. I have a small tank with golden white clouds, it’s probably my favourite. Will look forward to see what you choose…👍🏽.
That's very true, I have tried salt a couple of times and it never stuck, so maybe I need to learn lol
Hillstream Loaches are lovely, we have 4 and they are always entertaining
Very enjoyable, thankyou
Thank you 😊
Great vid as per usual Katie. I love your river tank. I thought with Hillstream loaches you had to have them in threes, because they quarrel so much and to stop one picking on another. Have you ever thought about a small pea puffer tank?
Thank you so much! I think these guys are ok because they're a male and female pairing, but they are known to quarrel a bit. A pea puffer tank would be awesome but they're like $200 per fish here in Australia 😩
I like that you are honest with the outbreak and how you managed it. Also MAD have one of those Dymax tanks setup as a planted tank and I love the look of them, I can't afford one and would love to see what you would do with one.
Oooo I think I might have seen it without realising it's the same one! I'll have to check it out again
very nice content, thanks for share 👌
Thank you, I appreciate it!!
If you're going down nano marine tank I'd suggest you keep it very simple. A good simple nano would be the redsea nano tank although it's very expensive, or you can buy the tank and all the pieces needed separately. I'd say its about 1500 pounds which is about 3k Australian Dollars to set up a nano tank.
I love Hill Stream Loaches too🥰 , I bet you would frown upon me having two in my planted Tanganyikan Tank...but...I have two in my planted Tanganyikan Tank for over 3 months now and they're doing fantastic. Surprisingly they can be aggressive to other maintenance fish like Panda Garra and Bristle Nose. It's like a Chihuahua chasing a Cocker Spaniel 😂
Oh wow, that's cool to know!! I didn't know you had HSL Tommy. Well I guess whatever works haha, you can never say never
Very nice
Thank you 😊
Those loaches are really cool. I’ve been wanting some for a long time, but I don’t have a good setup for them. AND I’ve been thinking of a small palidarium myself. Maybe I’ll swap out my 6g office tank with a little one.
They've always been something I've wanted to keep too, so I'm excited to finally have a good setup for them! A palidarium would be awesome I think :)
Valuable , informative video and cute youtuber
Thank you 😄
I think a small saltwater tank with a couple clowns would be perfect. I didn’t notice the cute little bird till the end.
That could be fun!! And hahaha, that is my little Parrotlet Laila :D
Nice tanks you got there... Africans , river ...the missing thing is sea water... You should get the small salt water tank.
Hahaha, that seems to be what most people are saying!!
They are a great addition to that type of tank and should love it, I've always liked them and have kept them many times in the past, I have to say with the algae you have done the right thing by cutting down on the lighting, you live a busy life style and your tank lights don't need to be on for so long ether, you should be able to time it so it is on white your at home and maybe just 6hrs a day at a lower light should be enough with those plant you have, with the filtration you have you shouldn't need to do so many water changes as well, you have floating plants in your sump that should take up a lot of nutrient and the plants in the tank will grow better with less changes, I'd just vacuum some of the sediment once every few weeks on the lower section and top up, that would be plenty for that large tank in my opinion, I have never used any products like that in a tank or pond, for the long term you just need to find a balance, I hope this helps another great video Thanks for sharing Kaity, it's looking nice 🙂
Thank you so much Jason! And thank you for all of your helpful tips
@@Kaityscichlids Any time 🙂
I hope you try the vivarium I am very interested in that area and would like to see how you go about it.
I think it would be really fun to set up too!
If you are interested in doing a nano reef check out Fragbox corals. They are from Canada and you won’t be able to order livestock from them but they have awesome info. They are located in Toronto. The rock work needs to look not man made. They show in good details how to aqua scape the rocks. Your tanks look amazing 🙏👍👍. Can’t wait for the hillstreams to breed for you 😎
Oooo thank you! I will definitely have to check them out. And yes that would be so cool if they breed 😁
Yea it's dangerous going to fish shops 😅😅 there's also a new fish or setup you see that you really want even tho you know you have nowhere to put it 😅🤣 great video 🤗
Hahaha yes, this is me literally every time, I can't help it lol. Thank you heaps :)
yayyyyyyyyyy.. new video!
🎉🎉🎉
Ideally you should start with 6-8 to ensure you get a male female mix for breeding. I started out with 6 and must have at least 30 in my 75g now.
Wow!! That is crazy!!
I think a small salt water tank would be awesome
That could be pretty cool 😁
YES! 🎉
i disagree if she gets into corals, reefing is all about stability and smalltanks are way harder
@@dizzlerizzle2775 this not true with correct setup.
@@marcopalazzo9349 small tanks you have to be more persistent on adding a little water atleast once or twice a day to keep from having salinity swings, then if she gets into lps like euphylia or sps shes gonna have massive alkalinity and calcium consumption and is gonna have to dose that daily and test daily, i have a 80 gallon with a 20gallon sump and with my tank halfway full of corals i have to dose 5ml a day of alkalinity and calcium daily to keep my levels up
Isn’t this an ideal tank for Farlowella catfish too? I love those guys.
I love them too!! I've actually got one of those guys in there. You can see him at 4:40 to the left of the hillstream loach in-between the two rocks
hello kaity please tell me which bacteria do you use in your aquariums to maintain bio balance and remove nitrates and nitrites you have wonderful aquariums
Hi Tarlan! I don't add any bacteria now that the tank is established. I just do a 50% water change once every 1-2 weeks to keep the nitrates down plus the plants I have in the sump also help with that 😊
Yosunla mücadele için, iyi bir tercih.
I agree!! They are doing such a great job
I have mine in a fancy goldfish tank and they have been breeding
Waterbox aquarium are rimless and don't have center brace, but are over 5 times as expensive as standard glass aquarium.
Yes they are made of 19mm thick low iron glass so they are super heavy too!
Thank you for the update on that stunning tank.
But I'd really like to know what lighting system you use. Did you do it by yourself or can you buy it?
Thank you so much Raphael :) The lights you can buy, I've got 3 Chihiros Vivid Minis, and they are connected to a brace from Aqua Illumination
Ive kept borneo suckers before, are those ones much different? Also that vivarium is basically a humidifier right? I can imagine brisbane summers wouldnt like even more water sources... Nice budgie!
I think they are a little bit different! They are often mistaken for each other. I think the main difference is the Borneo ones grow quite a bit bigger 🤔 And yes, the mister is like a humidifier for all the rainforest plants and mosses. My bearded dragon enclosure gets to like 30-40% humidity naturally here, but once you add water it can end up being like 70-80% 😬
Buy some crossocheilus oblongus fish will help a lot and maintain your tank clean and healthy..
I would always recommend naturally derived treatment for new introductions to the aquarium regardless. Bacteria is a very interesting thing. They are always present, though for a healthy aquarium that is stable they are often inactive due to the inhabitants having healthy immune systems, built up to the bacteria present in your system and low stress levels (this is the assumption I will make off the bat). A change in water chemistry or even the slightest bit of stress can suddenly change that (new fish new system). If you don't really have very expensive fish I suppose that is a risk one would take readily but its not worth it overall. Filling a bucket with tank water and putting something like melafix or for me preferably Fish Recover FW from brightwell aquatics into that bucket say no more than 1ml for 15-20 minutes with an airstone then add them to your tank. It will get rid of any external bacteria on that fish that might be newly introduced to the bacteria within your system. This small step goes miles for the overall health of your lovely setup. Again this is assuming that your tank inhabitants aren't extremely expensive fish (subjective) and its a middle ground approach. Adding one dose as well to the main tank on the same day you introduce the fish is an additional step. Following that up with a nice water change on day 2 to remove any newly shed stress coat of the fish and then business as usual after that. :)
This has saved me much headache as I have had in the past, even with fish that have remained healthy for weeks in the shop whom I genuinely trust keep their systems very clean. These things just happen though when it comes to new bacteria introductions though being healthy fish in their respective system of origin.
They are good points! Thank you for the tips 😊
What size tank is this? It’s beautiful
Thank you! It's about 6x2x2ft, it's the Waterbox Peninsula 7225 😊
Go for something different with your collection, a heavily planted tank no co2. It can be any size you like. Or start a smaller planted tank first, build up the plants in it, they do a planted tank? :-)
I'm unfortunately not the best with plants lol, but maybe one day...
beautiful aquarium, what size is it?
It's about 6x2x2ft and 650 litres not including the sump. It's called the Waterbox Peninsula 7225 😊
This is nice ! Btw i have a question... is it okay to put small loaches with boesmani? Or generally rainbow ?
As long as they're not small enough to fit in their mouths then they should be ok!
My hillstream loach does perfectly well with my praecox rainbows. They don't occupy the same levels of the tank, so the they ignore each other. He only seems to be occupied with defending his little rock from cories and bristlenose and other hillstream loaches.
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Have you had any scares with your hillstreams going up and out of the tank? I've avoided adding them to my setup because I've heard many horror stories from fellow hobbyists in Perth. I've got a 120 Bioscape natural scape they'd be perfect in, but I don't want to come home and find them on the floor. They're expensive over here!
Oh no 😱 I've got netted lids on the tank so it hasn't been a problem! But I have seen them get pretty close to the water surface from time to time
Congratulations
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Can you make a video on Amazon Puffers
Maybe I can organise something with Finn since he has some at Atlas I believe :)
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petricolas will be nice with the africans
I think so too :)
The addiction is real. 2 tanks complete and looking for a 3rd
Hahaha yep, it's set in 😂😂😂
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Algae eaters are silly, I have panda gara and a platinum chinese algae eater in my fish room 😊
They are the best!
@@Kaityscichlids definitely lol
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Hillstreams are hilarious i have a male and female and they zoom around like an angry married couple. Always seems like they are having an argument.
Hahaha, that's so funny! I noticed mine doing that a bit lol
It doesn't look like the cyano is gone. I can still spot it everywhere. Sry
Hey Kaity,
Beautiful fish tanks.
I am also in Brisbane and have some full size African Cichlids that I want to move to a more suitable home. I would love to donate them to you if you are interested. MSG me if interested.
Thank you so much!! And I appreciate that SO much, I would love to, but I don't really need any more Lake Malawi cichlids for my tank. I'm sure you will find them a good home though 😊
Salt water is hard work
Toss them a zucchini
You killed this tank and my heart is broken
:( :( :( All the fishies are still alive and well in new homes, so the spirit lives on!!
@@Kaityscichlids I saw you mention that before, I just had to give you shit after seeing all the comments in the new vids 😂
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