Awesome vid! Greetings from the US Carolinas, we have some carnivorous plants and fantastic little fish as well. It's so cool to see the similarities. Cheers!

Are Honey Blue Eyes the same fish as Pacific Blue Eyes? The latter species is sometimes available in our major aquarium store here in Adelaide.

On my bucket list!!

Keepin' it Murky! 👍🐟🐠🐢

Honey Blue Eyes are now legal to buy and sell in QLD. Most fish shops will have them now. It's still illegal to collect in the wild, though. Great video mate.

Another great video .Just love the Honey Blue Eye's .

awesome finds mate, another great video

Absolutely fantastic video.. your passion for all things aquatic really makes the entertainment pop. Keep up the great content I really enjoyed watching your work 👏👏👏👍

Hey mate, it's super cool seeing someone else who appreciates this stuff!!! Keep it up! It's a long way from where you are, but if you ever get the chance, there's some springs near where I live in south Australia called Ewan's ponds - it's probably one of the most beautiful creeks on Earth. Great footage as usual :)

Where was this creek? I want to go visit and try see if these fish are still there!

😴 I fell asleep 😴

Love this. So beautiful. Got to leave it to the humans to mess it all up. Gotta love it.

Thanks for indentfing that cox gudgeon. Been looking for info on this first species.

Cool video mate, I live 10 mins from that first location ( it looks like one mile creek) it's where I go to collect rocks and catch gudgeons for my aquariums 🙂

I have soldier crabs in my aquarium

Wow very nice🎉🎉🎉 🎉🎉 ^^

I love your videos abt the crayfish,please continue the wonderful work!❤

He's come to see what you've made him for breaky😂

I've been growing freshwater sponges in my backyard wildlife ponds for over a decade. Your the first person to show a population with growth habits very similar to mine. Very neat to see.

I’d say a lot of the original releases of these invasives would probably come during flood events when houses get washed out. Every time I see a flood with houses getting inundated, I always wonder what’s getting released from flooded fish tanks. It’s kind of scary what species could be out there swimming free in numbers that aren’t big enough to have been noticed yet. You’re right too about idiots doing deliberate releases but don’t forget the impact flood events are playing in the introduction of invasives.

Terrific video, I spawned convicts first and these second 20 years ago can't find them anymore as my pet store can't order them, nicely done video, FYI yours which is 2 years old is directly below another video which is 3 years old which talks of them being extinct...

So awesome! new subscriber here, T-Rocks sent me :)

Them holes are from an echidna mate not feral pigs

Nice work mate. Good to see young people passionate about nature. Rainbow Beach is a beautiful spot.

Nice work mate. Good to see young people passionate about nature. Rainbow Beach is a beautiful spot.

Super interesting Seb, thank you. Amazing how many fish were swimming around, they seemed very busy! Great footage.

We have a lot of natives around Gladstone. Unfortunately I've found quite a few invasive species here as well, in one water way I found Oscar fish. Lots of Gambusia and Endler guppy here too, although the hardyheads seem to do fine with them. In my experience Rainbow fish don't seem to be found with Gambusia which is concerning.

Ay don't leave me hanging. Where abouts is this spot? I live in Gladstone

im a local, where is this bridge? i need to explore it too

Fascinating Seb. One of the most interesting so far. Delboy 2nd

Amazing, i've seen a few of the green sponges in creeks around Lamington National Park and Binna Burra in QLD

Hey there. i cant tell the exact type of species in the area but you definitely have some Myriophyllum sp. and Potamogeton. I think i also spotted some Ceratophyllum and perhaps a type of australian Alisma.

Very nice! 👍

It might be a new specie

Didn't even know they were a thing lol. Neat.

This might be big news for any local university or museum. Might want to contact someone about them to get the area protected

looking forward to it mate~!

Hey mate just found your channel. Great work. I have a few stories about the places you visited. My father and i used to fish alot around there. That first stream used to be loaded with red claw yabbies, every rock you turned over there was a yabbie. I was there over the weekend and that spot is bone dry. We need the rains.

How cold is the water in those parts of Australia?

I live in central Brisbane and the local creek is a major water runoff from many suburbs. Every time I go to catch fish, we find something different. I love gudgeons the most. My fav fish to catch. So far we have got the usual Fire tails but lots of different single type catches. Ive caught one Peacock Gudgeon, which was a male.I also had the exact same experience with an Emperor Gudgeon. I put my net in and saw this bright orange red fish just the same way. Had to take it home to ID it. Further down the creek ends into brackish water and we have got a few Striped Gudgeons. Also in the same spot we have got Flat Headed Gudgeons. Also one more I am still trying to ID. They seem to be the only fish able to compete with all the invasives in this spot. No Blue Eyes or Rainbows. Nothing. I am sure I have seen Tilapia there at times but because its a major water run off creek, it gets flushed out often and nothing seems to take a hold for any length of time. We have also caught lots of Mullet and baby Herrings that have swam up into the fresh water from where it meets the salt. Cheers for the Video. Love natives.

Looks more like spangled perch than a silver. Tail isn't forked deeply enough and the head shape and eye are off.

Love this! I want to create a more natural environment for my Empires and this helps tremendously!

the Marjorie's Hardyheads would be an interesting additions to our aquariums to keep the algae in check

Cool thanks mate

Cool thanks mate

Cool thanks mate

So many different types of nature in Australia, you guys really have it all! Great video!!!

I cant understand why your amazing videos doesnt have more views. Keep up hte good work, I love your videos!!!!!

Awesome video!!!!!!!!!!

Barred grunters are very aggressive if you try to keep them in an aquarium, unless perhaps you start with a tiny baby one which grows up a bit more meekly, surrounded by larger fish.