FIRST HUGE Fish Unboxing for NEW Aquariums!!

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[@neilwood1557]

My wife and I will be watching this later whilst having our evening meal. Big Screen TV.

[@Thedude8450]

the audio was slightly out on this video

[@xxsid1979xx]

I particularly enjoy those aquascapes of yours where you deliberately leave room for visible caves and crevices for the fish to swim in and out of instead of over-planting and obscuring those gaps.

[@lisa22630]

I am loving all the extra Fish Shop Matt we are getting in our lives! This channel keeps getting better and better. ❤

[@FishShopMatt]

Lots of new scapes to do for all these new fish!

[@GodisTruth914]

I can't wait!!!!🤪🫠😁😊

[@Wingsofwar123]

How are you feeling with your desk taken over by a fish tank 😂

[@Sharkbite-987]

We need The Fish Files in the studio now!

[@DeinosDinos]

Australis is just Latin for southern. Australia is so named because it's in the Southern hemisphere, so that species you mentioned just has to be south of something to be named Australis, instead of having to be in Australia. Could be the southernmost member of its Genus, could be that it is found across (most of) the Southern hemisphere, etc etc.

[@lburgess3098]

Ha! Love the angel fish with the eyebrow - Looked like it was saying “what just happened” when you put him in!😅

[@AmenForeal]

I love Mat having more camera time and talking more. This dynamic is dope. Mat is very informative asf. NewYork in the building by way of the Bronx. U should really go fish shopping in Florida.

[@tanyawylie6750]

oh my goodness! Matt's face at around 2:55! the happy is real!

[@FishShopMatt]

You know it! 😂

[@StarEmpress30]

Matt's reaction to MD's suggestion @30:09 is essentially me when my boss asks me to do something thats easy to start but a pain to keep up, "you deal with the aftermath"

[@FishShopMatt]

😂😂😂 so true!

[@Nicole-wt5yq]

Fish unboxing is the best! I can't wait to see everyone colored up.

[@goofball9264]

I notice awkward phrase between MD and Matt in old videos. now they are best buds. loving the energy between the two and Matt becoming more comfortable in front of cameras.

[@Skyla-Smith]

Love the long videos, especially with MD & Matt! Keep up the good work guys!

[@amuseinthecraftroom6257]

Loved seeing the synos. Mine is so sweet, and has been with us for over 25 years. Gentle giant.

[@GreenGaiety]

Love the dorsal fin markings.... sweet I had to call my one Pumpkin.

[@Poeticfloetic]

Joy joy joy. I'm right on time ! 😊🔥🔥🔥👑

[@alexbayley8699]

I am so glad you guys are now working together, you just work so will together and are so entertaining with great ideas and information! I always look forward to seeing you guys next video’s 👌🏻 keep up the good work!!!

[@mediocrespectator5627]

What an exciting day that must have been. That's a proper stocking.

[@flower_bone8122]

Loved this long style video boys, it was like we're hanging out with you! Really enjoyed the unboxing and tank updates, well done 👏

[@cking8776]

MD & Matt rock on, scape on, plant on, fish on!!! 💕💯💕

[@roberttabbers]

The new fish are beautiful 👍🏻 I'm curious about the new scapes 😀

[@iangroom1819]

I’d recheck your synodontis! The insert picture was certainly not a multip. And it looked as if you had them reversed in the bags.

[@markzig1429]

I look forward to your videos each week! Great job that you guys do. I learned a really funny trick by accident........If you hold down the "spacer bar" on your keyboard as you watch the videos, it speeds them up! Watch especially the part where Matt is putting the Malawi cichlids in the bare-bottom tank. Really funny!

[@chrissys9474]

Mulies and lucis are bigger than petricolas! Lucis look very similar! I have them in my tank and they are cheeky catfish haha but so fun to watch them swim upside down! Granulosis are amazing too! I had 2 but are with my friend in a bigger tank as a bigger group now as they are more active like that

[@Kryptix_x]

Love seeing Matt as part of the MD crew, keep up the good work lads.

[@lainiebennett7746]

I oved it when he says ive given matt a budget he can get what he likes lol

[@MrVovansim]

17:12 MD will never pass up an opportunity for a name - based pun or joke 😂

[@EddieDesigned]

Have you tried Chain Loach yet? They are very playful and fun to watch when they are settled and it would be great to see what you would do for a Malaysian aquascape!

[@zenquarium]

I love your videos together. You guys are tons of fun...MD fish tanks is one of my favourite fish keeping/aquascaping YT Channels ❤

[@GodisTruth914]

Wow!! Matt!!! You picked some really gorgeous fish!!! I'm excited to see what yall come up with next!!!!😃😊😁😃😊😁😃

[@frittibreezedancer]

Gorgeous angels! I love them! And it was so much fun seeing you guys as happy and excited as kids in a giant candy store, hee!😂I'll definitely be looking forward to seeing what kind of amazing scapes you guys will be coming up with for all these different beauties!

[@georgiaroberts9385]

33:32 GREAT fish impression!!😂

[@hunterlayfield6377]

Synodontis multipunctatus, also known as the cuckoo catfish. breed by eating the cichlid eggs and replacing them with theirs. they only do it with haps or peacock sized cichlids. as well as zebra cichlids

[@AlexIsModded]

Size in relation to dominance among fish species is so fascinating to me. I'll use my community tank as an example. I have two female betta, 10 chili rasbora, 6 ember tetras, 6 celestial pearl danios, and 2 orange zebra otocinclus. The otocinclus are neither at the top or the bottom, they go with the flow and nobody interacts them. The chili rasboras, despite being individually small, are the largest school and they run the show. The males guard the central cave, and only allow two specific ember tetras, both the otocinclus, and one of the betta to enter that cave. It's off limits to anyone else - the males and females combined will chase unwanted visitors from their cave. They also occupy the lower portion of the back of the tank. I think the size of the school plays a major role in the territorial behavior of the rasboras, but I also think it's personality. They have all been super confident from day one, to the point where nothing scares them. Once, the larger of the female betta gave one of the female rasboras a "what are you?" peck on the side, did zero harm but you'd expect a tiny fish like that to flinch or retreat, but she basically ignored it. Funniest thing i've ever seen.

[@GreenGaiety]

We call those beautiful Angels Koi angels in America.... orange, bjack and pearl

[@pink_alchemist]

16:27 someone just got roommates 😂

[@mariannaalysh7826]

Totally addicted to your channel! I keep rewatching your old videos while waiting for new uploads..and it feels like Christmas morning each time I see a new one is up ;D Loving you guys, you just make my day..more please!!

[@solotraveller8756]

MD I saw in one of your videos you'd not seen a male bristle nose. I got 2 bristle nose a few months ago from Martin at Maidenhead Aquatics Taunton now have a female and male ❤. Really enjoy your videos with Matt. I was hoping to send you a photo but not able to on here.

[@cardenrichards9070]

great list of fish! I love hearing Killifish awareness, especially as an exotic killifish breeder based in the South-eastern US. Thank you for the info I had no idea no Killifish were native to Australia. ~Cheers!

[@littlemidwestrebornsdolls]

I loved the Angel fish. It was fun seeing all the different species of fish. 😊 Gina

[@h0ly208]

35:00 I just got a pair of these for my albino endler guppy to breed with! Wish me luck!

[@thehares2]

guys if you are going up to sanders it might be worth a couple of miles to cheddar garden centre(maidenhead aquatics)...my mate Dan runs it...its only small but his attention to detail is fantastic...

[@sylvie4345]

Hi everyone!

[@16minimonster16]

US over here. Love watching y’all’s videos! Great attitude and great information!

[@crittergirl3647]

So there are killi’s in the Arctic. Wow!

[@KMD-if2gm]

Can’t wait to do my first scape, thanks Matt for the inspiration and introduction to this great hobby 👍

[@erin_mae_7987]

I would love you to get some glass bottom guppies. Really interesting fish because you can see the babies in their bodies because they are see through

[@Nicholas-db5sl]

The Malawi Tank is gorgeous! It would be nice to see how you would set up a Yellow Chromide Chichlid Tank replicating a small rock-pool. I remember keeping such Chichlids many years ago.

[@herot3205]

Lovely fish! But would love to see some rare south American dwarf cichlids, e.g. Taeniacara Candidi in one of your beautiful tanks thou..

[@stevecooper6653]

lol 😂 lol 😂 I was just about to message if you had recorded the fish order delivery 👌🏻steve

[@jackster4290]

Your "Hey Google" comment activated mine. Lol. Never a dull day at the studio. Love the new fish.

[@littlebigveteran503]

the flip over rubber band method you just pull the top and it comes loose. so actually easier ;)

[@surfait]

im living vicariously through matt finally being able to order all the cool niche fish he wants

[@tinchytarantula]

Great unboxing md and fishshop matt some great fish there

[@MandyJane123700]

Getting new fish is so fun.

[@kingcrimson1631]

what happens if you move those long lights closer to the front of the tank? I would expect that it would illuminate the side of the fish you can see better and maybe even reduce algae on the front glass. I am not able to test this theory out as I still don't have an aquarium (I had one as a teenager and I watch this channel with the hope that one day I can have an aquarium again!)

[@arcedavida]

The angel fish you guys stopped to talk about at 31:20 it's cause it has an eyebrow line in its pattern that makes it look so funny hahaha cool fish/video guys!absolutely love how everything is coming

[@only1harveyboy]

I love the blue angelfish they look amazing in a group, you should get some. I bred them a few years back.

[@pagewhite61]

All the new fish are so exciting! I can’t wait to see all the new scapes. Thanks for the great video!

[@metallixro]

Now that Matt has officially joined the team, or should I say now that we permanently have a team, I would love to see another go at a Discus tank!

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

yes, almost done! I've been stretching it out all day lmao! butttt, the angel fish with the white eye, also has an eyebrow!😊

[@hunterlayfield6377]

it will take about 3 days for the catfish eggs to hatch. and you’ll know if they’re holding eggs. it’ll look like they’ve got a case of the mumps

[@joelblackburn605]

Yup. You set off my Google.... Keep up the great work, gentlemen! Always love watching your videos!!

[@kiku-goldenflower7731]

Fish Recommendation you guys might like. Blue-eyes or pseudomugil are a genus of nano fish from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Small enough to put with dwarf shrimp with much of the colour of the larger rainbow fish. I think you'll really enjoy them as they are something different. I don't see many people outside of Australia talking about. A seriously underrated type of fish. I've got a tank of spotted blue eyes and am planning on getting some forktailed blue eyes or red neon blue eyes in the tank that I'm in the middle of setting up. We'll see what I can get my hands on when my tank is finished cycling and ready for fish.

[@mumsageek1883]

I am wanting to get some for an outdoor pond as they eat mosquito lavae and are tadpole friendly.

[@kiku-goldenflower7731]

@mumsageek1883 Cool, you live somewhere warm I take it. Which blue eyes specifically are you thinking of getting?

[@mumsageek1883]

@@kiku-goldenflower7731 I haven't fully researched types and suitability yet, though they seem to cope with a wide temperature range (10-28C). Will depend a bit on cost and availability.

[@PaulZyCZ]

I have Paska's Blue-eyes with Amapeansis Tetra and older Blue green Neon Tetras, all schooling together in a 160l tank (basically some 35 tiny fish plus a group of Corydoras Nanus). Blue-eyes are cool. Their behavior sets them apart from tetras, but complement them nicely and stay closer to the top.

[@kiku-goldenflower7731]

@PaulZyCZ Awesome, they are really pretty.

[@meglh23]

You guys have probably already seen them, but i just discovered the Red Neon Blue Eye Rainbow (Pseudomugil luminatus) and Rick's Celestial Pearl Danio (Celestichthys margaritatus) and they are gorgeous little fish with bright colors! Also, do they have rainbow sharks in the UK? You could totally put them in one of your big tanks.

[@debrabolton9372]

I do not have fish but I find your channel entertaining and educational.

[@nanoreefer1622]

Zoanthids my favourite coral. Easy colourful and cheap.

[@lmathews61]

Love all the fish selection…👍🏽☺️ Question…do the Killies require a lid? I have always heard the are prone to jumping…

[@leahnichol6665]

This is so exciting! Those angels are beautiful.🤩 Your plans to do salt water sent me into a rabbit hole. Now I am wondering whether you are going to be sharing your planning and decision making around the salt water scapes? One of the U-tubers suggested that one set out a plan for the tank so one does not get distracted by some bright shiny (destructive) inhabitants. My overwhelmed mind thinks that is a valuable suggestion.

[@malikaivazquez1234]

That hoodie is really cool and your content is so cool you making owing fish so cool and the aqua scapes you make are awesome thank you so much I’m from New Bedford Massachusetts

[@jonhowland4985]

My daffodil cichlids breed like lab mice. I had at least 3 generations going.

[@MrBlikz]

That one angel fish looked angry, think it's his pattern by the eye!!!

[@ryannichols3053]

So happy to see you get Synodontis catfish.

[@gemmacorinne9487]

Great videos as always guys! Love it 🥰 exciting to see what scapes you create for all these new fish, AAAAND the tropical stuff coming

[@UnitedSpotlight]

I just got some Synodontis for my Malawi tank there great fish the often hide but also they play in the flow there a cool fish

[@belafishhobby]

loving the cichlids, as we are also ciclids keepers.

[@DaffCookie]

I'd love to know more about those kilifish!

[@VixinatorsVideos]

unboxing fish or plants is my favorite thing

[@cindystimson3632]

Love the selection. Great job Matt. MD, maybe you need to say action and clap to Matt just before starting to record. LOL😂

[@AaronLewisOfficial]

Great video guys, excited to see how all the holding tanks turn out after they are scaped!

[@Akkeef07]

You should sell tickets so people can come and see it like a proper aquarium yk

[@demo481]

Ha ha ha! Like kids on Christmas morning 🤣🤣

[@thomasgiger5331]

Hi guys, I love your content. I must have seen close to all of the videos. I also love the content of the channel from Catshop Matt (sorry - but I found that joke couple of videos ago hilarious). Why do you put the fish in with the water from the transport bag - rather than netting them out? seems unnecessary risky to me. I hope that your joint venture will last forever. Keep up the good work - cheers from Switzerland! (btw. you guys are the reason why I keep measuring my appartement again and again to see where I could put more tanks).

[@jessicahussey1255]

Hello from Arizona 🌵☀️love watching you guys! I now have five fishbowls because of MDs fish bowls. When will you guys be doing the next fish bowl? I need inspiration! One of my favorite tiny fish is scarlet badis. Have you tried them before? Great bowl fish. They r so little and cute

[@Luna27wino]

Assistant turned off my tv, thanks for that 😂

[@yodeym2184]

If u have a big display tank, with awsome fish go for frontosa tank.💙

[@89101]

Maybe you could do a video where you review some of your subscribers' tanks. Like you make a call for videos of tanks from your subs and then you make a video of you reacting and commenting. Could be interesting

[@kerndeath]

Just a quick general question …… you said the battery was done, what exactly do you do with your old battery’s ??? Can you maybe do a video on it

[@garageaquatics2023]

Thanks Guys! I obviously need a bigger fish room! 🙂

[@JakeLeeYes]

“From another location” and then all the fish turn up in Maidenhead aquatic bags 😂😂😂

[@MDFishTanks]

They held them for us whilst we were away

[@LeslieAnn713]

I guess you haven’t watched MD & Matt videos much because he had mention a couple times that they placed a huge fish order and they were traveling to the US they were guesses to the aguachella show if they don’t receive the order of fishes before leaving Matt mention he will ask there friend Martin to hold the fishes in his shop until they return back 🤦🏻‍♀️ MD hopefully you and Matt enjoyed your trip to US and the show hopefully you 2 come back again next year it’s nice to see both working together I have learned much with your aguascaping and Matt fish education

[@liamknight-wd4qg]

Come on chaps. Clown loaches! Matt even said the name! Got me going for a second. Would make for an awesome Tank set up.

[@Father9]

Whew! Made it to the end! Lol. Great shipment!!!

[@trevordale5233]

Love your guys videos, great content. I'm a koi keeper but former tropical keeper who's currently feeling the urge to start up again. It's probably been 20 years since I kept tropical and things have moved on so much. You must have been asked this soooo many times but where do you get your tanks from? .... Edit, duh! I've seen the links in the description now ... Sorry!

[@Damian-Davies]

That was epic!! Buzzing watching every species being unrevealed hurry up with the next video haha 💯

[@macieck9]

(...)bit chilly- ish for Killifish for the new t-shirts 10:08

[@marct138]

Hope you will make a scape for south american cichlids to :)

[@Peter_Trevor]

Those Syno’s that you pictured and labelled are Eupterus, not Multipunctatus. Also known as Featherfin Syno’s.

[@13abygurl1]

I find it so strange we have Killifish in NZ but not across the ditch on Oz!

[@victorvalderrama1167]

Hey MD, been watching every video for quite some time now. Love everything you’re doing, especially bringing in Matt. Got all my inspiration to get back into the hobby from you. I set up my 55 gallon almost 2 months ago and over the past few weeks I’ve gotten a build up of brown algae. I wipe as much as I can off of the plants and clean the glass when doing water changes but it seems to keep coming back. I have a gold nugget pleco, some panda Cory’s and cichlids ( 2 EBAs and 2 fire mouths). It’s a planted aquarium but not crazy like your scapes. Any recommendations? Thanks and keep the videos coming please, I look forward to all of them

[@thekingofdiy3647]

he cares hes just to busy to reply lmao, two weeks later, crickets!

[@Chinco_NL]

Could you also do some labyrinth fish? I really want to see a bit group of Leeri's. And chocolates, or Trichopsis Schalleri. So many options...!

[@SurvivalEZ]

"What is this?" 😂 Matt is spot on!