Feeding My Giant Puffer & All My Aquariums - Fish Room Update Ep. 130

[@AquariumCoop]

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[@Life_a_quarter_mile_at_a_time]

Hi Cory I’m sure you get these messages all the time but I’m having some aquarium issues I have Been in the hobby for about a year now and I’m 13 and I have had a ton of fish die in the past and I have a planted aquarium and I need to know how to make it more alive and I have a little fin rot on one fish and I’m treating it but it doesn’t seem to be working. I will get to the point my plants are dying more than growing I want more green and more growth than death. please help

[@shmrgle]

These are the types of videos I originally subscribed for. I love this type of content. Even if nothing “interesting” has happened, it is neat to see the little tricks in the background to use as inspiration in my own fish room!

[@caewalker9276]

Back to the old days 💚

[@NACHO_-LIBRE]

The content we’ve been missing

[@kayakcarol]

When I became a member this was what I was hoping for/day in the life videos!🙂

[@maddythompson5028]

Ditto, I love these type of videos.

[@Thomas.Saunders]

I'm happy to see you working with Dan's Fish. He's good people and has an admirable philosophy/mission behind his business model. Seems like an obvious match.

[@AWildGrickit]

It's funny to hear you mention Dans Fish being good quality and having rare stuff. I just picked up a few Hummingbird Tetras/Crystal Rainbow Tetras from them which have been impossible to find in the US. Their packaging/shipping was FANTASTIC.

[@AquariumCoop]

Yeah he's doing a good job. I'm the first to admit I was skeptical when he was talking about his facility etc. But the proof is in the pudding and he's doing a great job and it's easy for me to get behind that.

[@legionaquatics]

3:30 the perfect drop, that was satisfying to watch.

[@shesellsfish]

Old school...chitty chatting while wandering around the fishroom talking about various things. My favorite kind of videos, always have been. 👍❤️👍

[@pandora881]

Thanks for sharing. You said something about starting this series to show build out of fish room not so much about things like dealing with algae, etc., but that’s actually super-helpful to see, is how you deal with things like that, and your running commentary always has these golden nuggets of hard-won experience. So thanks and enjoy finding that balance.

[@Heterogeneity]

I'm really grateful that you talk about the stuff that got you discouraged and I appreciate seeing the process as you talk. I'm loving these updates, thanks for letting people see the imperfections and the stuff that doesn't go great or needs adjusting.

[@jimmyreese4740]

I absolutely love these updates makes me want to work on my four aquariums a lot more

[@CoreySharpRE]

Love the longer form updates! Im going back and watching the original fish room updates. I think im on episode 6 or 7! Love seeing they are still coming out years later!

[@ATXAquatics]

Appreciate the return to chatting in the fish room. I was a night manager of a LFS in high school and went on to having many tanks and ponds. Then at some point I got busy - went to college, law school, started and ran multiple companies, etc. I'm just beginning to return to my original love of keep fish. It's challenging to go back to DIY building a fish room rather then just "buying" everything I need, but it's wholesome and fulfilling experience. Now that I'm and old guy, 50, and trying to settle down a bit, it's amazing to get back into the hobby and this format helps to get my fishy juice flowing again. Appreciate the continued commitment to the hobby and cheers on all your success.

[@GlassSurfing]

Awesome as usual hanging out with you in the fish room, Cory. I ordered from Dan's Fish right after you released your video but didn't watch til after I ordered so I missed the coupon, sorry! So glad I watched your video to know what to expect and best practices. Soooo happy with my order, everyone is alive and well and looking super purdy. Price was worth it for me. Thanks as always for all you do!

[@AquariumCoop]

Glad it was a trouble free order ;)

[@jhaych]

I'm a reefer and you're bang on about us running over sterile tanks, we are encouraged to over filter, feed less and do more water changes constantly

[@ErikWhyRock]

Elmer is tooooooo stinking cute!!! 😍😍😍

[@AquariumCoop]

Yeah, he's a little stinker

[@caseyruegsegger282]

Having a really tough time in my life as of late.. your videos are a great distraction, an oasis in my day. Thank you Corey!

[@ChucksFeeesh]

I DO play your videos (& LRB, etc) as I do my own fishroom stuff. It is nice to have you back to the hobby but, I still ty for the work you do.

[@AquariumCoop]

Thanks for the feedback, it's helpful :)

[@MountainDewbies]

Thank you so much for these videos Cory, love listening to you while spiffing up the tank(:

[@HKLuterman]

It's been great watching Ladybird grow and see her personality come out over the years! Those trout goodeids look so cool in the 800.

[@TheCottonman]

Great video Cory... Thanks for taking the time to show us all everything that's going on... Happy Holidays brother... 😊

[@kingtitanthanos]

I am watching while working ... love the long videos... thanks

[@carybritton4178]

Over the time I’ve followed your channel Cory….. this is one of my favorite videos 🤘🏼

[@craighalstead680]

35:08 I found that I can cut off the end of a garden hose and it fits right on to the drain spot of my FX6 might be worth checking with the Eheim filter as well!

[@reginaphalanges7331]

I'm not gonna lie, it was so satisfying watching you clean that pre filter sponge!😂

[@turkeydinnerchewie2499]

If you ever get bored of aquariums, I think you should definitely get into some more native aquatic conservation stuff.

[@CarolynnMc01]

I love seeing your fish and learning about what you're up to. My Repashy never cuts as nice as yours! I must add a little too much water.

[@Car0linaPh03nix]

I'm loving these fish room updates! So cool just to see the tanks grow and change and get redone over time.

[@rafameza4186]

I love the videos of cory in the fishroom 😍

[@PeteHoleman]

Great video. Love the narrative of all the tanks, feeding and trouble shooting algae battles.

[@jonatanrundgren9901]

I just love these videos! 😁

[@kmhmusic123]

Loving the fish room update videos, these are my favorite ones he does. Cheers!

[@user-zz4xw8ue4b]

Ladybird is getting so big 😊

[@Lazien24]

Everytime he makes a video like this I feel the urge to buy more stuff for my fish lol.

[@AquariumCoop]

Well it's kinda my job, but I get the same thing. When I watch other people I see stuff I want to try myself. Keeps me in the hobby ;)

[@gregmccarter5253]

As always, Great Content! As for your sink, that is a food grade dishwashing set up. I know the feeling that the hose is too high, and the hose/spring will break. It won't, i promise. Gotta say, as you decide to change things, consider a more concave basin for your higher flow sink (if at all possible, run a double basin set up). Of course, its easiest to gravitate to flat bottomed for ease of use. Even so at the scale you are running, using one rounded/concave bottom (cleaning and such things requiring high pressure) and one flat (for all other purposes) will suit your purposes better. Less spray and such, while also allowing you to Reaaallly crank up the water pressure to deep clean. Plus, you'll still have the flat bottom sink for regular stuff.

[@BaconEggs99]

I'm waiting to watch so that I can have a binge day of fish room updates, but it's always exciting seeing a new one pop up on my feed!

[@AquariumCoop]

If you start here you can watch all 130 episodes ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWlqKSalMyUrKs

[@Peachwhaler26]

Perfect video, loved it

[@aquariumcockpit9949]

Please do a video when tackling the black beard algae in the 800 gallon🙏🏼

[@AquariumCoop]

At some point I may ;)

[@FishCapadesProductions]

Digging the longer videos ❤

[@TylerWoodhouse1025]

Great content, love the long format real fish room footage. Keep it up!

[@matthewnelson2830]

For cleaning the sponges try squeezing them repeatedly in a bucket with some tank water. After 3 bucket water changes they'll be good to go

[@caewalker9276]

I couldn't believe how much tilapia fry love Algae. So pretty too.

[@AquariumCoop]

Yeah, they'll eat plant scraps too.

[@haldane3]

I had a 20 gallon tank with over 200 cherry shrimp and had cloudy water like that. I added a HOB and it cleared so I figured more filtration?

[@alessiaavalone6396]

Defo my fav sort of videos on the channel. Glad to see you back at it!

[@joesneed]

I love these styles of videos

[@Pennysfishkeeping]

Aww!! Such big personality!! One day I want to get a few pea puffers.

[@shaunneal9981]

I make my own gel food using agar agar which i feed at night for the bottom dwellers. Works really well. I make a big batch using veggies and fish food that I blend and then once set it goes in the freezer in ice cube trays ready for easy feeding.

[@mojobear93]

What kind of veggies do you use? I might try this sometime.

[@vampgaia]

I really enjoy these videos.

[@docobassin7062]

I would love a video explaining how you get ride of BBA in Ladybird's tank!

[@k0olmini11]

Yes! I’ve needed this video

[@Terry-lu2dr]

Cloudy water issue might be caused by unrinsed substrate. Took a hint from you and just left it alone. Cleared up after about 10 days. Great video.

[@Vol_Mountain]

I like this video format, FWIW. Good stuff and thanks for the entertainment and education!

[@JonnieB.]

I would try adding moving bio bed filtration on that cloudy shrimp tank.

[@sdtoyhunters1401]

I keep two Mubu puffers and a fly river turtle together in my tank, but my fly is full grown, and the Mubu are big, but still have a lot of room to grow. I wish I could do plants, but yes, that fly river turtle will mow them down.

[@fishtroverts]

Ladybird ❤😊

[@ChadGardenSinLA]

This was great motivation for me to also tidy-up around my tanks whilst listening to your segment. Are there thermometers you prefer or work better than others? I've been debating whether I need a laser pointer or if the digital kitchen stick would still be as accurate. Thanks for the tips!

[@AquariumCoop]

I've had both over the years. Dean uses and likes the kitchen thermometers, once I got one with a magnet, It was easy to keep track of. I kept losing my laser guns.

[@johnnybest6386]

@cory i love your set up with those colored stones for the pleco tank..... where can i get them

[@staceyhart7827]

Wonderful video good to see you enjoying your fish I absolutely love these!! Merry Christmas to you and your family and the coop.

[@nobananano]

I have a tank that is “overpopulated” with cherry shrimp that is cloudy like that. It probably is something that the shrimp do that clouds the water.

[@AquariumCoop]

Possibly, I'm not sure what's doing it, could be anything I suppose.

[@nobananano]

@@AquariumCoopI think there was a Chris Lukhaup video where he mentioned it. Maybe ask him about it next time you talk to him and let us all know.

[@jimmyjames2022]

Worth putting a water sample under a microscope see if the CS/MTS tank clouding element is visible at scale? Thanks Cory for another awesome fish room update video!

[@WastrelWay]

That's a very good idea. Why is that tank always cloudy? If you put the water under a microscope will you see algae or little mineral particles? There could be a bad rock in there was my first thought. A rock or something in the substrate with clay in it would produce that effect.

[@AquariumCoop]

That's a good idea, maybe I'll take some water down to Mike and have him use his scopes.

[@claycarter6239]

@@AquariumCoop That many shrimp may be annihilating the microfauna in the substrate leaving water-born bacteria to flourish in the imbalance. A separate tank to culture microfauna with an auto-topoff into the display may solve this.

[@annapepple477]

2:49 I LOVE those stones. What are they?

[@aperson336]

19:03 have you ever thought about breeding clams or muscles? Including salt water ones?

[@AquariumCoop]

I hadn't, I don't really know where to start other than googling it.

[@aperson336]

@@AquariumCoop that’s fair 😂

[@americangirl6567]

Enjoyed the video! I also have a little bit of blue green algae. If you do anything to remove it, please make a video. I’ve never dealt with that type of algae before.

[@andrewpuhr]

I hope you bring in loc-line like you did with the bulkheads!

[@AquariumCoop]

No plans currently, we didn't just bring in bulk heads from another manufacturer, we had them manufactured for us. Locline is a great product and I'm not sure how much I'd change about it yet ;)

[@froggiggin7057]

@@AquariumCoop I'm bummed I cant get Locline for 1" PVC anywhere, there's your jumping off point for the day ya run outta things to do............ LOL @ "run outta things to do". I realize it's a small segment that goes looking for it in 1" but I really don't wanna reduce my 1" returns to 3/4" at the end like that. I'm sure I'll test with 3/4" at some point. Great to see ya boppin around your fish room while I'm changin floss pads & changin some water tonight myself.

[@victoriablack5552]

That poor turtle 😮... I'd name him Skid 😉

[@DylanRenke]

I wonder if some random flow generators would be a good option to add to the loc line.

[@AquariumCoop]

I want to experiment more with those, Too often I see them fail on me in the past. But someone must have a good design on them.

[@tshot2862]

Fish room update! YEEESSSSS!

[@usnavyseal77]

800 gallon for the win!!

[@aperson336]

8:30 could it be the glass?

[@kristiemowry3267]

Been watching you way back in the day before the store. When lots of talk was your favorite tacos. I know the gang has broken up, but still the relaxed vibe. Was it ten years ago, or longer? Anyway wanted to comment to help your algorithm.

[@AquariumCoop]

Still eating tacos ;) It's been about 8 years since that Era.

[@Craig-777]

Love to see it Cory

[@maurinedoyle9964]

I bet a lot more plants can deal with the algae - maybe decoratively hide plants in a blocked off area

[@ozzman31982]

Maybe try oysters for the teeth. I used to have tweezers with files on the outside tips for my puffer

[@gigi3242]

Come in one day, and Lady Bird has scratched the message "feed me" on the tank, lol If you ever figure out getting rid of bba, that would be awesome, have been fighting it for over a year, I'm not losing, but I'm not winning either. Thanks for the video. Take care, be well

[@AquariumCoop]

Hydrogen peroxide in a spray bottle works for me, and an army of siamese algae eaters. But I need to fix the issues of why it started, before I get it to go away.

[@gigi3242]

@@AquariumCoop I've been told to get Florida Flag fish, as they will eat it as adult fish, where the Siamese Algae Eaters slow down as they become adults. I'm thinking at some point, I'm probably going to have to tear down the tank, soak all the hardscape and plants in peroxide, isolate them for a couple of months... take a blow torch to the tank, just start over. BBA is a/an (insert bad word here). Has anyone actually ever gotten rid of it by "balancing" their tank? Honestly, I think you just import it into your tank, like a way more evil version of Duck Weed. Best of Luck! Be well.

[@Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Cloudy shrimp tank- possible it is calcium-based foods? That was my issue in the shrimp tank. I fed a food called “calcium chips”. Water clarifier didn’t work. I added a hob and floss and it has improved but is not 100% clear yet.

[@AquariumCoop]

Maybe, but I haven't fed any as a while, but that didn't change it either really.

[@simonbuys]

Would panda garra eat black beard algae and be an option for ladybirds tank? I think i heard you mention it in an old podcast.

[@aperson336]

13:40 could he have flipped on another turtle?

[@lindawilliams7264]

WHEREDID U GET THE CLAMS

[@MKDesign_1992]

Jaebo wave makers are good budget pumps, maybe test it out ?

[@AquariumCoop]

Yeah, I've got one I tried on that tank, removed it cause I didn't feel it was good enough. Replaced it with a maxspect yesterday in fact.

[@larsbremen7176]

Is a Semaprochilodus taeniurus nothing for algea control?

[@AquariumCoop]

He's just young and not settled in yet, but in the past they've been great algae eaters for me before.

[@pictishaqautics]

You could try montmorillonite clay works great for helping get water clear and has some health benefits also

[@AquariumCoop]

I hadn't tried the clay yet, an option to try for sure.

[@eh9918]

i work while watching these videos

[@brookeholley8066]

I bet the haze is bio film on The glass.

[@EsteGlez]

I’m very curious what Cory’s PH is out of tap, GH and KH too. I see his tanks, and they have similar luck with my luck. And I’m limited because of how hard my water is

[@AquariumCoop]

Ph 7.8, hardness over 1000ppm, moderate kh

[@mattlangworthy8131]

Where the livestreams Playlist at. Ima keep asking until I know somthing because very very bummed about not being able to watch any of them

[@AquariumCoop]

You can view them all in the "Live" tab on our KZbin channel: www.youtube.com/@AquariumCoop/streams ~Irene

[@Scumfrog74]

Omg Corey what is the name of that fish in with your giant puffer that looks like a little largemouth bass

[@AquariumCoop]

Troud Goodeids

[@Cichlid_4_ever]

My Texas cichlid won’t eat food floating in front of his face 😢 but he picks around at the bottom ? Any idea why he feeds this way or why he has to let it sit on the bottom before he maybe eats it.

[@Midraj]

I wonder what would happen if you added daphnia to that cloudy tank

[@AquariumCoop]

Hmm, they are filter feeders and you've given me an idea. I wonder if Bamboo shrimp could clean it.

[@Midraj]

@@AquariumCoop I've done better with bamboo and vampire shrimp when I have slightly larger particles in the water. I'd definitely try it but probably take them out if they seem to only be going after food you add to the bottom. I look forward to your results!!

[@dedegomes2756]

😮ano peixes, e gosto de ver tmb as limpezas nos aquários ❤

[@jeromehorn7333]

I've been trying to find that purple jade rock and can't find it anywhere.

[@AquariumCoop]

I'd guess not many have it yet, I had to import it myself, if it gets more popular I'm sure some other wholesalers and such will bring it in over the next year.

[@Toeski]

Would Murphy's current (old) tank work for Ladybird once Murphy moves to the 1500? Or do you have plans for the tank at the store?

[@HopeB555]

I want some of that BBA... 🤣

[@JamesTessari]

Hi Cory, I purchased a 65 gallon Aqueon tank brand new about 3 years ago and it started with bubbles appearing on the silicone about a year later so I decided to buy another brand new tank but this time I bought a 65 gallon Seapora and its been about a year and I'm finding the same bubbles are forming on the silicone. I have only a few Pearl Gourami's, Cori Catfish and a snail. Would you have any suggestions as to why this would be happening?

[@StoneAquatics]

Another new video!!! Awesome!!!!!

[@alexissixela6914]

Hey @aquarium co-op @8:48 I think I know why your so cloudy there... It may be a fungus that is causing it. It takes a incredibly small amount but It could be fungal related. Since you can afford the testing for it, and you like knowing the answer, please send the water out for a more indepth testing, you may find something fun.... get it, its a fungus pun... GL to you.

[@AquariumCoop]

I ran a UV sterilizer on it for a few weeks and no change. Also wouldn't fungus be in other tanks as well?

[@alexissixela6914]

@@AquariumCoop Oh but that would me you don't believe in uv resistant spores? Some spores can be resistant to uv in my opinion... Also I find it pheasble for one tank to be 'infected' even if it shares a sump with others... Thoes tanks may all share the same water, but if this 'infection' is bond to the items in the infected tank, maybe its not in circulation. (it's made its new home, the decorations, the walls, the substrate and stuck to it like glue.) that would explain how it survvied 100% water changes too... Just something worth spending a few dollars on and looking into deeper.

[@WhatHowWhenforWhomWhatpurpose]

Back to basic is good. Life for most are not enough basics. Many things - worldwide or pinpoint - drops and falls and gets lost and... you know. Basic is the new great. Go for basic.

[@KeepingItFishy]

Nice Apple Watch Ultra, just got one for my bday! 😅

[@slowmarosaga860]

What kind of turtles are those?

[@Hazel-Hill]

I love the C. hastatus

[@AquariumCoop]

No leaks from any locline that I've used.

[@OliviaLindebornHartman]

What kind of stones are in your aquarium!?!? With the color layers🪨

[@AquariumCoop]

Jade rock is what they are called. the purple and green ones.

[@catfishm.1361]

Where do big puffers like ladybird naturally come from? 👍🏻

[@NACHO_-LIBRE]

Could the cloudy water be snail reproduction?

[@AquariumCoop]

It could be the trumpet snails stir it up possibly when coming out to feed?