Can I add seachem prime to water when first using eco complete planted substrate?
@andrewgoldfish5 күн бұрын
@@bobbyfelix1827 Yes, that’s what I use.
@LushSaltyAquariums15 күн бұрын
Very informative, thank you. And, as you said at the end of your video, it does beg the question of quarantining being 100% the best idea.
@andrewgoldfish15 күн бұрын
@@LushSaltyAquariums Thanks. Yeah I never quarantined my salt water fish, but it seems freshwater fish are more susceptible so it’s a tough call.
@LushSaltyAquariums22 күн бұрын
Cheers from my fish room channel in Chicago, where I am a subscriber to yours! I keep these lovely Rainbows in my largest display tank as well. crowd pleasers for sure!
@andrewgoldfish22 күн бұрын
@@LushSaltyAquariums Thanks. Love your videos. Can’t wait until they start breeding.
@azbc1723 күн бұрын
Cool tank bro
@andrewgoldfish23 күн бұрын
Thanks it’s been a lot of fun.
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique26 күн бұрын
Goldfish prefer ponds ☝️ An aquarium is like living in a closet
@andrewgoldfish23 күн бұрын
Yeah it would be great to have a big fish pond for when the common goldfish get to full size.
@Nitrohead.thokchom27 күн бұрын
Lovely tanks lovely setup and fishes ❤
@andrewgoldfish26 күн бұрын
@@Nitrohead.thokchom Thanks glad you liked them.
@adamkovach2328 күн бұрын
This was an amazing watch on my lunch break thank you very much
@andrewgoldfish28 күн бұрын
@@adamkovach23 Glad you liked it.
@damn_pieceАй бұрын
Wow, you have some really cool fish especially the rainbows, I would love to see more in the future
@DiscusNTАй бұрын
Hi Andrew, great video !
@andrewgoldfishАй бұрын
@@DiscusNT Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
@DiscusNTАй бұрын
Wonder which color they reacted to.
@andrewgoldfishАй бұрын
@@DiscusNT Probably the blue and red.
@wh0tube2 ай бұрын
Not even neons?
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@wh0tube 😁
@user-gd1bf4fz8h2 ай бұрын
It's over Anakin! I have the dry ground!
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@user-gd1bf4fz8h Ah good one. 👍
@MrWhitesChickAnts2 ай бұрын
Very informative,
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@MrWhitesChickAnts Thanks.
@Gandalf-The-Green2 ай бұрын
They were probably just reacting to your very high Midichlorian count
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@Gandalf-The-Green No doubt
@EmperorTetraObsessedPerson2 ай бұрын
“I have the high ground, boesemani!” 🗣️ 🔥
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@EmperorTetraObsessedPerson 😀
@michaelrasmussen96302 ай бұрын
Bro didn't know.
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@michaelrasmussen9630 Nope didn’t know. My rainbowfish newbieness was showing.
@RobertStankiewicz-n6i2 ай бұрын
What
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@RobertStankiewicz-n6i Why 😉
@Batmancontingencyplans2 ай бұрын
Bro traumatized rainbow fish with mad lightsaber tricks 🔥🔥
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@Batmancontingencyplans If only I could learn to use my power for good. 😉
@GenRN2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your cautionary tale. 😂
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@GenRN You’re welcome. We must keep the world safe for Rainbowfish.😏
@GenRN2 ай бұрын
@@andrewgoldfish I agree 100%. I have rainbow fish and goldfish but no lightsaber so I am comforted. I wonder what kind of terror you represented.
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@GenRN I estimated about King Kong size threat display to a three inch fish.
@GenRN2 ай бұрын
@@andrewgoldfish 😂😂😂
@danielingalls89802 ай бұрын
I got four Bosmani Rainbows but they are still juveniles. But they still exhibit this exact type of behavior. Such fun fish to keep. Mine love all the attention that they get and live with 5 yoyo loaches and a small group of guppies and get along great with everyone.
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@danielingalls8980 Sounds like they will keep the guppies from over populating the tank. Mine go crazy when I put baby brine shrimp in.
@danielingalls89802 ай бұрын
@@andrewgoldfish Yeah dude the guppies came from my neighbor when the ones that she had spawned a large number of fry. Eventually the Bosmani Rainbows are going to be in my 40 breeder tank with a group of Australian Rainbow fish once they come out of the 29 gallon. But for now they are growing out nicely.
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@danielingalls8980 Good to hear.
@gr_aquatics2 ай бұрын
Just got 9 and I can’t wait until they get this big
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@gr_aquatics Welcome to the pseudos club. What are you feeding yours?
@gr_aquatics2 ай бұрын
@@andrewgoldfish I feed them the north fin food, cichlid flakes, community pellets, bug bites and frozen blood worm and brine shrimp. They mainly eat the crushed flakes at this point but they are in my community takes so it get varied food.
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@gr_aquatics Nice.
@gr_aquatics2 ай бұрын
Beautiful fish and great video
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@gr_aquatics Thanks. I’m amazed at how great they all look.
@gr_aquatics2 ай бұрын
I’ve had both experiences with they jump and down, but typically they’re pretty good. Great video by the way love the content.
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@gr_aquatics Thanks. I’m amazed at how bright their colors are already. I’m starting to feel more confident they won’t jump out but still going to keep the lid for now.
@adelinawarriner62592 ай бұрын
yes the legs are upsidedown
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@adelinawarriner6259 That’s what I thought. Easier to fit in the box I guess.
@anotherslave33022 ай бұрын
a floating mop in the tank will get you eggs you can remove every day , replace with another mop
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@anotherslave3302 Thanks. I’m looking forward to trying this out. It looks more challenging than breeding my goldfish.
@HAL-dm1eh2 ай бұрын
100% of my goldfish who got swim bladder problems were skimming from the top of the water all the time. I'm not saying that is the only thing causing it, but I'm very certain that's what caused mine. In fact, I would cringe seeing one do it, because I knew shortly after that they'd be floating upside down, either temporarily or permanently. It was like clockwork.
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@HAL-dm1eh Sorry to hear that. I’ve always tried to sink all their food, well except for the duckweed I guess.
@GenRN2 ай бұрын
I just got 3. I have a total of 26 in a 270 gallon tank. Yours are stunning. Mine are pretty pale still. I have mine in with 6 giant fancy goldfish. I can’t wait for them to grow up! Your tank is beautiful!!
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
@@GenRN Thanks. I’m surprised at how bright their colors are at this size. Wow a 270 tank is huge.
@Solus-qn3ur2 ай бұрын
Add cories they will eat the worms and control the population.
@andrewgoldfish2 ай бұрын
Thanks
@joeybongato24143 ай бұрын
hi,I am planning to pet a new Gold fish again, but I wanted to have a fish aquarium without using any electrical pump.I will usethe Walstad mergid instead.
@andrewgoldfish3 ай бұрын
@@joeybongato2414 Be sure to checkout Lucas at LRB Aquatics. He does all his tanks that way.
@CrzyDogmom3 ай бұрын
These are gorgeous!!
@andrewgoldfish3 ай бұрын
@@CrzyDogmom thanks! They look even better in person.
@CrzyDogmom3 ай бұрын
@@andrewgoldfish oh I bed!
@CrzyDogmom3 ай бұрын
Whoop whoop Indy!!
@andrewgoldfish3 ай бұрын
@@CrzyDogmom Best city in all of Indiana.
@CrzyDogmom3 ай бұрын
💯
@CrzyDogmom3 ай бұрын
Not often to come across someone in the same city. Awesome
@andrewgoldfish3 ай бұрын
@@CrzyDogmom Yup it’s a shame Lucas from LRB aquatics moved down to Florida. He was one of the few.
@CrzyDogmom3 ай бұрын
Oh I know!
@markfranklin88313 ай бұрын
Very nice. Good luck. Beautiful setup Thanks for sharing
@andrewgoldfish3 ай бұрын
@@markfranklin8831 Thanks. I finally got the rainbowfish and they seem to like it.
@emmaribena55293 ай бұрын
shrimp are the cutest!
@andrewgoldfish3 ай бұрын
@@emmaribena5529 They certainly are. One of them is carrying eggs so that’s going to be fun.
@severedvibrations12113 ай бұрын
Are you a follower of Father Fish or is this the Walstead method? I will check out the island video for reference. Good to know where the plants are from, nice shout out. I love rainbowfish, I'm happy to see a large set up for them ❤
@andrewgoldfish3 ай бұрын
@@severedvibrations1211 Thanks. When I first setup my dirt planted goldfish tank 11 years ago I was watching Dustin’s Fishtanks and had just read the Walstead book. So it’s kind of a combo of those.
@severedvibrations12113 ай бұрын
@andrewgoldfish I like the soil/dirt method. I've not had an opportunity to do a long term set up with these techniques so it's good to see them used in your set up
@jasontan75234 ай бұрын
You should get a few neocaridina shrimp, they come in more colours and are almost as hardy as the amano shrimps. The red, orange or yellow ones would match your goldfishes haha.
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@@jasontan7523 I’ve been thinking the same thing. Never had shrimp before so it’ll be interesting.
@LushSaltyAquariums4 ай бұрын
Cheers from my fish room channel in Chicago, where I'm happy to subscribe to yours. Dwarf Neon rainbows would be great in that tank. Also, a lid isn't critical for amano shrimp. i have dozens in all my open tanks. maybe one jumper in 2 years. happy fishkeeping new friend!
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@LushSaltyAquariums Thanks. I totally agree. Some blue eye rainbows would look great in there as well 😉
@Heidi.lin...694 ай бұрын
Tanks evolve
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@@Heidi.lin...69 they do indeed.
@Ceretrea4 ай бұрын
I love your old videos so looking forward to more. Do you still have the comets?
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@@Ceretrea Thanks! I had the three red and white common goldfish for five years and I’ve had my current ranchus for six years now.
@jackiekearney4 ай бұрын
It’s harder for me too to treat freshwater fish for me than saltwater fish.
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@@jackiekearney other than needing to mix the salt I think saltwater fish can be easier to keep in some ways if you stick to the more hardy types.
@Batmancontingencyplans4 ай бұрын
Can we get update on giant hygro?
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@@Batmancontingencyplans hygrophilas are still about the same size. They grow well floating but so far slow growth while planted. I’m wondering if I got a smaller variety. I might try some root tabs.
@doug91164 ай бұрын
May I ask do you put rocks in prior to the Fluval? Or you can put rocks on top of the fluval?
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@@doug9116 I put the volcanic rocks on top of the Fluval. But you could also put it underneath as long as you don’t have fish who would move the clay balls around.
@doug91164 ай бұрын
@@andrewgoldfish thanks so much!
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@@doug9116 you’re welcome
@Blakhawk17034 ай бұрын
I bought a house in April that came with a bunch of comet goldfish in a pond. Small ones, big ones, fancy tailed ones. So I learned about fish keeping. Then I wanted an aquarium, so I got a free 10 gallon from a friend. Used my pond goldfish to cycle the tank with plants and realized goldfish are jerks with plants. lol So now I have a dwarf neon blue gourami and 6 cherry barbs. I put those gold fish back in the pond. LOL
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@@Blakhawk1703 yeah goldfish love plants but plants don’t love goldfish 😀
@nhitc68324 ай бұрын
Used to like dirt but it's just too messy when you do maintenance or rescape. Now I use only Eco-complete.
@andrewgoldfish4 ай бұрын
@@nhitc6832 yeah dirt can make a mess for sure
@conquistador694205 ай бұрын
Great to see another video Andrew !!!! I’m building my own tank up too glad to see you’re busy too !!
@andrewgoldfish5 ай бұрын
@@conquistador69420 Thanks. Hope yours turns out great.
@conquistador694205 ай бұрын
@@andrewgoldfish thanks sir, I got a 55 gallon planted ryukin goldfish tank. Stock tank filter and soil. Duckweed on top in the corners. Bacopa Carolina , two Anubia’s and some Java fern, tested 7.6 ph yesterday after two months of settling
@andrewgoldfish5 ай бұрын
@@conquistador69420 sounds good. I use to have some bacopa in this tank but it only lasted a year or so before getting pulled up. Hopefully you’ll do better.
@conquistador694205 ай бұрын
@@andrewgoldfish so far so good, I try to not give it too much light but enough to make it redish
@andrewgoldfish5 ай бұрын
@@conquistador69420 yeah I’ve lowered all my lights to 50 percent to help keep algae at bay
@spiritualsaggi62975 ай бұрын
You must be watching Father Fish videos
@andrewgoldfish5 ай бұрын
@@spiritualsaggi6297 Yes I watched a couple, but I’m not sure if he keeps goldfish or not. I liked his story of keeping a tiny fish in a jar as a kid.
@skyrimfan10005 ай бұрын
Hope the gravel over the sand works! in my goldfish tank the only thing planted on the sand is Crinum and I placed some rocks around it so that the goldfish wouldn’t dig it out and it works pretty well but I see my sand moving as time passes except for that part where the crinum is. Also that happened to my Anubias too when I spray them with excel to get rid of hair algae and they died back and sprouted new leaves again.
@andrewgoldfish5 ай бұрын
@@skyrimfan1000 if only we could promise our goldfish extra treats if they agree to not pull up the plants.
@hansleybanzigou80015 ай бұрын
Hi is it sea sand??
@andrewgoldfish5 ай бұрын
@@hansleybanzigou8001 it’s Carib sea supernaturals aquarium sand, made from quartz I believe, not from corals, since it’s ph neutral.
@chrissimone49166 ай бұрын
Very nice. Good luck.
@andrewgoldfish6 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@andrewgoldfish6 ай бұрын
It will look more goldfishy once the babies get moved over. Then we'll see how the goldfish vs plants story goes.