10 Tips to Elevate Your Aquarium Keeping Hobby in 2025

[@rosegeary5944]

Happy New Year. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and insights.

[@kerrypitt9789]

Hi Blake and Happy New Years. This is the restart of my Aquarium hobby. I actually tried taking it up a few years but my health became bad and could not take it up. I have followed you for quite awhile. My kidney failure was not very conducive to aquariums. Right now I am hooking up my domestic water to an RO filter. I just got the rest of what I needed today! I don't have too many friends because of the job I used to do and it leaves me or left me little time to work on fish. I am thinking about befriending nearly anyone just so I can see what is happening out here. Anyway, Happy New Year, I hope you are well!

[@edstar81]

good to see you mate.

[@LadyNewgrdia]

Great list!

[@gracebromfield9070]

Welcome back 🙏

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@gracebromfield9070 thank you, feels good 🙌

[@Eden_Rivers]

I have a large community tank that's currently overrun with mystery snails. Once they're big enough to give away, I want to get my pearl gouramis to breed. They're my favorite freshwater fish.

[@markfranklin8831]

Happy New Year Blake. Yes I've been wanting to change things up a little bye taking on a new type of fish. Have a few in mind but haven't decided on the right one. Thanks for sharing

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@markfranklin8831 good luck with whatever you choose

[@bobcarter6483]

Great to see from you in 2025 Blake 👍

[@BlakesAquatics]

Bound to be a big year!

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

Great ideas!

[@brandonhk1lljoys]

Happy new year all🎉 Great to see you back Blake and congrats on getting on the committee💪🔥

[@BlakesAquatics]

Appreciate it!! Happy new year mate!

[@later_daze_4080]

Great ideas! Cheers Blake!

[@AdriansFishroom]

Great video and awesome to see you back on my screen bro… I’ve missed your vids !🙏❤️🐶😃

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@AdriansFishroom thanks mate, its good to be back, needed that break

[@oliverprinn3068]

Really great, applicable list! Having similar thoughts as well. I have 50 tanks in a designated room. Really tempted to order one of your 3D printed auto egg catchers for something simple like longfin leopard danios.

[@Gilsfishroom]

Happy new year. Will you be my fish friend? My goal for this year is to learn more about blackwater and using botanicals.

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@Gilsfishroom of course mate! Dms are always open

[@netandjer7024]

great ideals!

[@Scaperoot79]

I'm challenging myself to set up my first Caridina shrimp tank to start the new year🙂

[@skedwin3020]

Happy New Year 🎊 My plan is to break down my tank and start fresh with aquarium soil and attempting a proper aquascape I'm a little nervous as I'll be taking all the fish out then reintroducing them to the tank hopefully I have no deaths, but I am really excited ☺️

[@space_ghost_z941]

Totally gonna reset a tank or two!

[@scox7748]

Happy new year. Love that last tip.

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@scox7748 thanks for watching 👍👍

[@scox7748]

@BlakesAquatics i don't even have an aquarium... yet🤣

[@ErikWhyRock]

Definitely going to be focusing on breeding!! I have multiple species of corys and am excited to try and get them going!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@ErikWhyRock enjoy. Good luck 🤞

[@Rain-jk3kk]

Collect and breed corys! Already started with some sterbais and pandas.

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

I need to re scape my 55, but I really can't seem to find a beginning place, first I have to find/buy plastic tubs to put my fish in... and then tear it down, I have quite a few fish who are nearly impossible to net, thinking of pulling hardscape and plants first, but don't want to hurt the fishes... plus I work full time... ugh... never seems to be the right time or enough time... easier to procrastinate than to just do it....

[@BlakesAquatics]

I have wanted to move my 8ft to be behind me for the last year 😅 i understand

[@andreagalda28]

Happy new year. Can I tell you that you are looking really great! Not fish related, but who doesn't like complaints right? 😏

[@BlakesAquatics]

Much appreciated! Yes i let my health slip away from me for a while there but back on track now 🙌

[@saltykraken9471]

Looking good man must be hitting the gym or something. Great video. 👍🏼

[@BlakesAquatics]

Yeah diet, gym etc, running a marathon later this year

[@saltykraken9471]

@@BlakesAquatics Awesome man, good luck with the race. Whatever you're doing seems to be working well.

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@saltykraken9471 thanks mate, just found a much better balance 👍

[@Smalltimetanks]

I've been thinking mountain minos look pretty sharp and fun lol I know they easy but I thought they looked pretty sharp !

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

I LOVE my white cloud mountain minnows! Prettier in real life, very easy to keep. If I could go back in time, I would only have them, my 2 pearl gourami and my hillstream loaches in my 55.

[@tapprs]

I hear you can breed them in a small outdoor pond. I'm thinking about trying it!

[@ashenwalls3558]

Happy new year! My wife realized yesterday that the seed shrimp colony is for feeding to the fish... She's a little bummed they're not just pets.

[@simonsmith7431]

Happy New Year Blake, I want to set up a native cold water tank, already got pygmy perch in it need to get so other fish

[@LordChumbley]

Great video with great ideas

[@BlakesAquatics]

Appreciate it 😊

[@Sarahthegreatt]

should have started off with a bit of Eminen.. guessss whos back, back again 😂 HNY!

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@Sarahthegreatt 🤣 tuck in to a bit of moms spaghetti

[@Sarahthegreatt]

@ mums pav this time of year i reckon 🥂

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

Blake shady... 😂

[@jennysoderstrom]

Will try to grow plants with DIY Co2

[@neoyunt]

@@jennysoderstrom same

[@tapprs]

I want to try to breed tiger barbs. I have a dozen in the 75 but really want to fill it up!

[@nathanhoveyaquatics]

Blake I thought we was already friends lol.. hello from Florida 🙋🏼‍♂️

[@BlakesAquatics]

Of course mate 😅

[@nathanhoveyaquatics]

@BlakesAquatics Best wishes to you and the family for 2025 and may the fishroom have many happy fish/any other life you bring into it.

[@JeffreyHopkins-m9l]

I want to have my angelfish to start breeding this year. If not them then my cherry barbs

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@JeffreyHopkins-m9l good luck 🤞

[@its_elser]

i would love to find or start a club on sunshine coast QLD

[@BlakesAquatics]

A good start might be angfa qld if you like natives 👍

[@its_elser]

@@BlakesAquatics yeah theres nothing on the coast here at all.

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@its_elser start one 😅

[@Smalltimetanks]

My wife totally doesn't want to hear about fish ha ha ha

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@Smalltimetanks i hear you 😅