Fish Biologist reacts to YOUR AQUARIUMS

[@azzahodgey3060]

who ever owns that cichlid tank should be proud. its an easy 9.5-10 compared to other cichlid tanks. really impressed you got the plants to grow that well.

[@danm8004]

Valisneria is a "cheat code" for Malawi tanks imo, the fish don't have any interest in it at all when compared to other plants. I first discovered this working at an lfs and accidentally dropping some bunched val in with them. Don't ask

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

Though personally, I'd say there's just a little too many cichlids in there, maybe should've stayed with more mbuna as they're smaller so you can pack in more without making the tank seem overstocked.

[@kurono122]

@@Constantine_Cvl8 It's actually better to overstock a cichlid tank. Those are African cichlids, extremely aggressive and territorial, so keeping larger numbers to avoid the amount of chasing on a few specific fish is actually a good thing.

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

@@kurono122 I know, I've kept them, but the overstocking is usually something you'd want to do with mbuna and other hyper-aggressive ones from the two other rift lakes, that tank was primarily filled with peacocks, which are not a very aggressive group, except for ob's, as they're crossbred with mbuna, but that really depends on the individual fish. Peacocks, utakas and smaller haps are not very aggressive, but rather semi-aggressive, and as such don't necessarily need to be overstocked, they need a large swimming area with strategically located line of sight-breaking decor, but are otherwise very laid-back and only become aggressive when they feel threatened or are spawning. If anything, stocking peacocks like that may cause aggression problems when one wishes to spawn or is feeling rather bossy. The vallisneria was a nice choice but the giant rock mound was better suited for mbuna, I saw some but it was mostly peacocks in there.

[@nedsfishtips]

Do you own tanks bc really plants in my aquariums aren’t that hard?

[@greyscale6474]

I can't thank you enough for everyone's kind words! I'm pretty self conscious about showing people my tanks, but Zak and the rest of the community have helped me begin to feel proud of them. I loved seeing everyone else's submissions, even the ones that didn't quiiiite understand the assignment. Love you all!

[@greyscale6474]

@@WSHARPNESS Thank you! I honestly wasn't expecting it at ALL, I think at one point you can see me saying someone else (My friend Day By Day Aquariums) was going to win. Was honestly dumbfounded.

[@frostbitedragon9]

If the tank with the above water part had an animal. It would have been my favourite but you and that one are tied for me I just like the design choise a bit more but thats the terrarium enjoyer in me talkin lol but as a fish tank yea yours definitely wins great design :D Congrats 💖

[@unamccarthy6210]

Ngl bro that tank is exquisite

[@_peepee_]

you should post videos about your tanks! theyre stunning

[@K1ng_Squ1dZ]

@@greyscale6474 congrats

[@DrenchedCanadian]

THAT CICHLID TANK AT 16 MINUTES SHOULD GET A 9!!! If not higher, because for 1, he's managed to keep healthy live plants in a cichlid tank, and for 2, Cichlid tanks are suppose to be overstocked to keep aggression low. That tank would score lower in my mind if he had less fish due to aggression.

[@joey8194]

Was literally about to comment the cichlid takes should be overstocked to reduce aggression

[@alienmapping3536]

@@joey8194 thats interesting,why do more fish reduce aggresion

[@alannah3202]

@@alienmapping3536 to answer for them, those are african cichlids which can get pretty territorial. It literally dilutes the aggression, so instead of say 1-2 fish getting chased a LOT by the "king" of the tank, everyone is getting chased just little bits at a time. I kept african cichlids for a while, and while it sounds scary to have fish show aggression to one another, its not so bad when you have proper numbers and lots and lots of hiding spots. Absolutely gorgeous fish, some of the most colour in freshwater imo

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

Indeed. Though the aquascape seemed to have been more geared towards mbuna, with the giant rock mound and all. Yet the tank is primarily filled with peacocks.

[@worldboxhistorian4574]

Buddy he’s rating the tank not the care

[@danielsultana4447]

Hi ANVJ, at 16:27 the tank has to be overcrowded so as to reduce agression. When having cichlids in the tank it has to be over 100% stocked. (not my tank)

[@jlp6864]

wait why? i dont get it

[@sarahamira5732]

@@jlp6864 if there are too few cichlids they get way more territorial

[@_Chessa_]

That is very interesting. Thanks for educating us on this. They are gorgeous fish. Especially love blue sapphire colored ones.

[@the11382]

Can I read more on this somewhere?

[@caseyr1434]

Or you could get something other than lake malawi cichlids

[@zebedeemadness2672]

16:05 African Malawi Cichlids, are Cichlid that do best over stock (need very good filtration), they are very aggressive especially Mbuna Cichlids, the more their are the better they do, so it harder for one fish to be targeted, it's like controlled chaos.

[@winy4135]

the whole back of the aquarium is the filtration system self build working for 10 years now :)

[@AnotherAyushRaj]

@@winy4135 was that your tank? :O

[@Exquailibur]

African cichlids are very aggressive, overstocking along with hides is the best way to prevent it. That African cichlid tank shouldn't have lost points, in fact with the plants its 9/10 in my eyes since Africans are hard to keep with plants.

[@seneca3509]

Love the cichlid tank. It's a bit overstocked, but that's for aggression purposes. As long as you have good filtration and do water changes, it should be fine. So hard to find a good planted cichlid tank! I love this!

[@winy4135]

for 10 years the water hase been perfect glad u like my tank

[@iceberg7265]

12:30 it’s super cool to see my tank in this video! I will note that fish that is in there ate my living plants but I’ll be sure to get some drift wood and more muted sand next time I change stuff around!

[@rustyshackleford6693]

I like it! Add some neon fish

[@shadowwolf9795]

i don't think having neon stuff is bad, honestly if it does not hurt the fish, but more stuff natural stuff with the neon rocks could be pretty,

[@spooktober7710]

I had the betta fish aquarium at 11:03. Made my day that it got reviewed!

[@ravioli4967]

your fish is living the dream

[@frostbitedragon9]

That beta livin in luxury lol

[@dawert2667]

Your fish is the betta equivalent of a millionaire you should be proud

[@Bogdan31313]

that tank is crazy, it does seem that there is only one of them but I guess more for him :)

[@tiaparungo3947]

so prettyyyy

[@plank3947]

Probably the most positive community on twitch and KZbin. Chat had zero unwarranted negative comments, even congratulating Grey. That’s awesome

[@MenatllyIllEngineer]

Also going through the comments I haven’t seen any trolls or hate comments. It’s nice because normally I can’t click comments or replies without seeing so much hate and trolling

[@actual.lizard]

Thank you so much for your kind words on my tank (3:44)! Since taking those photos the tannins are nearly all gone

[@frogwknife3825]

Its a beautiful tank!

[@vidim4788]

I agree with zak. Greyscale's fish tank has to be the best fish i've seen in my life, if i were the fish living in that tank, i'd be living the best life.

[@yellowtang9770]

You should check out more aqua-scaping and fish keeping channels, I’m sure you’ll be even more mind blown by other setups.

[@angiishere]

That straw at 19:00 is probably there to replicate the natural enviroment!

[@Joe___schmoe]

The cichlid tank is supposed to be stocked high because they will fight in smaller numbers

[@ultimatederp5069]

Please do this more often! Maybe like every 3 months or something? This was much more interesting than the shitty aquariums that are all doing the same thing wrong...

[@derpingywonderfullthellama961]

it be better every like one month honestly

[@morphman86]

I do like this, because we get to see the "average" tanks, as in the ones most likely sitting in your own living room, rather than the extreme ends. And you get a proper fish biologist telling you what is good and what is bad about those tanks, so you'll know if your own tank is sufficient or if you need to change anything. Instead of "this glass swimming pool with climate control and a kelp forest for one betta is good, this glass of water with 10 5lbs wild fish is bad", we get to see the full spectrum and get to know what is insufficient, passable, good or fantastic.

[@robperez1242]

Haven't had fish since I was a kid, and wanna get some when I can so I've literally just been binging AVNJ's aquarium videos to see what to and what not to do.

[@tea_time_t]

I love all the tanks with the little tetras and guppies. They're reasonable for upkeep and also really pretty.

[@meowcatmeowkitty]

3:02 When the picture is so blurry it could be evidence that the Megalodon still exists

[@erenkavilcioglu]

Please make a episode 2. I have a really good tank to show you.

[@isabellah558]

Same :') missed the first one

[@zephyr3512]

same

[@cadelestherion]

Same

[@gutooo]

Sameee

[@soundwave6083]

Same! I have a 150 gallon Saltwater predator tank and 32 gallon reef tank.

[@VeganSanatani]

If you are keeping African cichlids, you have to over stock the tank...there is just no other option, I am amazed that he is able to keep live plants, because generally plants don't survive in African cichlid tanks due to low PH.... I don't know, it looks really beautiful.

[@mogenshjgaardskyumjensen1155]

"But i guess from a human Perspective its cool" zak not a human confirmed... Maybe he is a fish himself??

[@declanmainz6768]

The og macen at 7:33 should have won. Getting plants to carpet like that can be extremely difficult without co2 and the Java ferns look incredible considering how picky they can be. If you can barely see your hard scape you know you’ve done an incredible job.

[@Overxaced]

AVNJ you like are the only thing that just allows me to laugh while being super entertained

[@kred1ble669]

So you laugh without being entertained?

[@bossturner9540]

What's up guys! It's Quandale Dingle here! (RUUEHEHEHEHEHEEHE) I have been arrested for multiple crimes (AHHHHHHHHHHHHH) including: Battery on a police officer (WHAT), Grand theft, Declaring war on Italy, and public indecency (RUHEHEHEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE X2 speed). I will be escaping prison on, MARCH 28TH! After that.... I WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD

[@Overxaced]

No I laugh while being entertained.

[@MarinoMoons]

@@bossturner9540 Da Pheck?

[@harvey9508]

qwandale dingleberry

[@danm8004]

If you don't overstock that Malawi cichlid tank they will tear each other apart. Winnie knew what they were doing.

[@pistachicat3352]

Awe man I wish I had submitted my biology teacher's overpopulated tank. There was a structure in it that I believe was once a replica of SpongeBob's house but nobody knows anymore because it's overgrown in some weird fungus lol. Feel bad for the hundreds of fish in that tank

[@YvngKrishna]

Do ypu have a photo of it? Im curious lol. Not sure if i could identify the fungus as im more interested in mycology and certain mold species but i may know it if i did an extraction tek on it

[@junipersr]

This is such a great idea! It makes me wish I had an aquarium, but then again I have no time to take care of fish so I'm going to stay away from them for their own sake.

[@bio_88]

Yea start up is hard but my 30 gall needs almost no maintenance at all because it’s very understocked. Freshwater is slightly easier and cheaper so that’s why I do it. Still a money pit, while I really enjoy it I don’t recommend lol

[@junipersr]

@@bio_88 good to know, but I already have to move house, rehome multiple snakes due to new city laws, take care of my bird, and take care of some dog breeding. I would absolutely love an aquarium but honestly I don't want to risk their little fishy lives when my house is already insanity.

[@bio_88]

@@junipersr yeah totally understandable, moving animals is always a struggle hope it all goes well for you

[@ruskiwaffle1991]

I have had many fish and i didn't really know much how to take care of them properly so sad

[@bio_88]

@@ruskiwaffle1991 . Unfortunate happens to a lot of us. I missread this comment at first lol I thought you said you have a bunch of fish and you were not taking care of them lol. But yea when I was younger I had no idea too. I abused my poor betta fish but I was wayyyy to young to know better so.

[@cohenholt7796]

I've been aquascaping and running my planted tanks for years and I love how he reacts to every plant

[@anabelroutledge]

When I was little my parents had a huge salt water tank that had small sharks, cleaner fish, and a few larger fish. It was like having an aquarium in our house. The reason that it is no longer around is simply that they all died to a disease that a new fish had when it was introduced. Also it was right before the 2008 recession so my parents then no longer had the money to restock it. Miss it

[@itzslopchaosz7108]

I absolutely NEED a channel like this but for paleonthology. Fuck it I need a whole collection of specific biology channels

[@bluerhinogames6240]

I would also give the cichlid tank a 9.5 because it’s beautiful tank and you also have to overstock the tank to keep aggression down but overall I love it

[@luckyblockyoshi]

2:24 “but I guess from a human’s perspective it’s cool” … something you want to tell us, Zak?

[@ankles5978]

greyscales tank was truly impressive

[@AndrewFishman]

16:00 - Those Mbuna are not really overstocked, African keepers do it deliberately to mitigate bullying and fights. Plenty of hiding places but no real territorial establishment. And it means one fish is unlikely to be the target of overt aggression and harassment. The aggression is spread and usually limited to fin flares and body shakes, not outright fighting. Provided the filtration set up is enough to provide for the bioload, then there is good reasons to heavily stock African Rift Tanks. For this reason, trickle sumps are usually used that double the water volume. As long as these filters are set up properly, they are extremely efficient and effective at the conversion of ammonia through nitrite to nitrate, and provided there are regular water changes or a plenum setup to get rid of the nitrate build up, you can run a system like this happily for years. With fish breeding etc.

[@YummieBunny]

I love how fun and educational this is

[@offcomet4721]

Fish👏 tank👏review👏

[@nateoutdoors4223]

Chris would be proud

[@Meme_Man420]

@@nateoutdoors4223 *chirs

[@nateoutdoors4223]

@@Meme_Man420 oh my bad my bad

[@DMprodigy]

I instantly thought this the second I saw the video

[@terriratcliffe2388]

Fish👏tank👏review👏🥇🥇💛💛💛💛💛💪

[@Blipy]

Hi everyone. I got a question for any fish expert. I just got a 10 gallon freshwater tank, and I would like as many of the following as possible: Golden shrimp, kuhli loach, hillstream loach, Dwarf puffer fish, cherry shrimp. I understand I wouldn't be able to get all of them but what is the best combination of at least some of those for a happy tank. I'm planning on getting some live plants and lava rock if that effects anything.

[@bio_88]

Hey, I really like this type of content you should do this more often! Love your vids

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

I feel like "4/10, needs more drift wood" has some good meme potential.

[@dinohunter16]

Not gonna lie, I was half expecting reuploads from s****y aquariums but most weren't that bad

[@mysonthewonton3238]

I was hoping to see more shrimp. When I had my tank I loved my amano shrimp. I had two and just watching them pick away and eat at the substrate was fun. My brother loved keeping plecos. We had two common plecos and a third from a friend at some point. My dad always made sure to keep the plants well and gave the fish great places to hide. The attached to plants to three small pieces of drift wood and it really filled the tank.

[@frogwknife3825]

Yeah, i also wanted some shrimp. Theyre very cute and good for tanks

[@DarkWarchieff]

How do you feel about Robofish? It looks quite real, and it swims around like a fish that has too much meth (thus, any). It's a toy robotic fish, imagine if we can get the bad aquarium folks to use these! The amount of fish saved!

[@frogwknife3825]

I had one of these when i was a kid! Entertained me more than a live fish did (10 minutes)

[@netuzer5895]

17:57 those are definitely mollies. look at those pitch black eyes and only mollies and guppies have those traits. Platties and sword tail has white "iris" like structure in their eyes.

[@viiiderekae]

19:04 java moss just takes over everything when it establishes, its hard to mantaim when it over grows, though malayan shrims love them

[@onebilliontacos3405]

I remember seeing this in the your ideas suck video and was disappointed thinking that this sort of video wouldn't be made. Glad to see I misinterpreted it!

[@sirensandstuff5780]

7:43 * looks over at my tank with a squidward house *

[@ccharlie.jjude05]

omg please do more of these videos this was so cool and insightful tbh. i wanna submit pics of my family's tank because i don't know much about fish and i'm genuinely curious if its a good tank or not

[@tavinprice2310]

I think the palidarium at the end was the best, there is so much work that goes into those

[@Gaucheness]

4:30 He's saying the betta tank is not too small... thats actually pretty small for a betta. For a Betta tank minimum is 2.5 gallons but what you should put your betta in is a 5 gallon for maximum comfort. And im also going to add that the PLASTIC plant in there is very bad for the betta. as the betta swims its fins will get ripped up by it 6:25 its just too overstocked and for the people who put angel fish in like a 5 gallon. It's too small. especially with other fish. Angel fish tend to grow pretty big and tend to need a lot of room.

[@paull13983]

I don't know why but "there's a whole ass plecco there" had me laughing for a minute.

[@joystick2212]

I wish I had photos of our aquarium as a kid. It was quite large, probably like 50 gallons. It contained a ton of local wildlife (southern Ontario). We stocked a lot of minnows, and then some crayfish, a couple plecos, and a tadpole that never morphed (probably due to bad terraforming). We planted some local flora and placed a ton of cool looking rocks. One of the crayfish actually burrowed under a rock adjacent to the glass wall, so you could see inside his home. It was awesome to look at as a kid, even if we sometimes accidentally mistreated the animals... i.e. that tadpole. It did live for several years though.

[@greatclubsandwich5612]

That lizard was trying his best you can't blame him for being hydrodynamically challenged... 10/10 best fish

[@juxoq]

“If i saw this tank id be impressed. 7/10” “This tank is the top of good, but not impressive. 8/10” Somethings not adding up

[@_Wheels_21]

18:39 as someone that has been raising mosquito fish for years, they grow 2+ inches long. A pot like that is too small. Hell, my 55 gallon breeder tank stunted their growth. I wound up putting my tank's stock in my swimming pool and made it into a pond

[@heatherhikyuu]

I'm not on discord, so I didn't submit my tank, but I keep my Veiltail Betta in a 10 gallon tank along with an Inca Snail. I've got a fake plant that I'm using to hold abunch of java moss in place, along with an anubius plant growing in the middle of the tank that the snail likes to nibble on. I've also got a betta hammock leaf and I'm using a small dish to baffle the filter so the water current isn't as harsh. The substrate is just aquarium gravel that I'm pretty sure was meant for Glofish tanks, mainly black with scattered neon pebbles. My betta's name is Arthur, because he's a beautiful shade of red with a few iridescent details, and my snail is named Merlin. Both of them love to dig around in the moss and Arthur is very demanding about getting his food right when he wants it. Merlin doesn't seem to care when he gets his algae wafers, granted he eats what grows in the tank as well.

[@Lh0000]

I mean technically a pond IS a pretty good fish tank if you take care of it… but we have no images of the pond to judge if the pond is well kept. Course what woulda been the best meme post would be a picture of the ocean, best fish tank ever

[@Kod-in-4k]

0:58 what a pretty fish

[@wizzardbaby]

My ten gallon half circle tank had a big statement driftwood with so many tunnels, with one Betta fish and a few cherry shrimp, fully natural plants, covered in duckweed, dark sand, I miss that tank and that betta

[@AspiLeo]

I have a uncle (son of my grandfather’s brother) which I used to visit a lot. He was very wealthy and had a fishtail that was 3 metres high, five metres deep and seven metres long. Almost of „James bond fish pool“-proportions. It had some rocks and coral in the back of the tank reaching up to the surface. This was a bit of a problem for one dumb fish who kept stranding himself until my uncle fixed the rock and made it higher. The front was all full of Seagrass and wood. There were at least 100+ fish in this tank. Including two male moray eels. They sometimes ate other fish but they reproduced at such a rate that the uncle had to fish some out and sell them. Anyway, my mom had a falling out with him and now I haven’t seen him for 5 years. Hey man, I know you watch KZbin and like fish so if you read this, you know who I am. Write me a letter.

[@MySkydawg]

I would be intrigued to hear your thoughts on the show Tanked - they do some crazy gorgeous shit in the custom tanks they build and I wonder with some of them how well they’d actually work out long term considering the plants, fish species and others they put in all together. Also just aesthetically since a lot of natural things go in there but in ways designed to be flashy and sometimes kinda artificial-looking.

[@maddoxprimeaux3565]

Skinks are my favorite types of fish

[@Goozero1]

The first two entries captures perfectly the vibe of a contest that took place on Discord.

[@livent7514]

god i wish my parents and grandparents still kept their tanks. they loved saltwater fish and my parents had a few clownfish and blue tangs and anemones as well as a brittle star somewhere in the rocks and my grandpa had a lionfish and a second saltwater tank dedicated to shellfish, anemones, coral and sea stars (it was a hugeass tank with a lotta basically non fish sea creatures) they ended up giving the fish and tanks away bc of work and not being able to maintain the tanks daily but i remember watching the lionfish as a kid when i visited my grandparents and them warning me not to get too close or he would jump out the tank and sting me to death.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

If you ever do another one of these I’d love to send my tank, it’s not perfect I’m sure but I love my fish and try to keep them happy. My tank is very dense in terms of objects and plants with very few fake plants even though it’s pretty big, but it’s good because it’s full of hiding places and my fish live hiding and playing around the stuff. It’s also got a filter pump thing and a heater and an air brick with a pump to keep it oxygenated.

[@user-qp4th3ij7z]

The tank at 21:20 hits home hard. I spent so long designing and building my paludarium so I could have vampire crabs only to find out there is no way to get vampire crabs (and they’re also illegal) in Australia. It’s just a sad lil plant section. Looks good but really wish I could have some crabby friends in there too.

[@testerwulf3357]

You could always go for other crab species that are available to be bought in your area?

[@KV-2-2-2]

I don’t think we actually have that many crab options down here. It’s kinda sad tbh, but even worse is in tas where I live, we can’t have axolotls

[@user-qp4th3ij7z]

@@testerwulf3357 I also have fish and shrimp in the tank, it's supossed to be a malay penninsula biotope (rasboras, betta, loaches) so vampire crabs really are the perfect fit. as far as i know theres only one species of freshwater crab i can obtain, which grows too big and also threatens the fish so. crabless i am.

[@user-qp4th3ij7z]

@@KV-2-2-2 Yeah I've heard you can't get live plants shipped into tas either, so you must be really strapped for choice when stocking a tank. QLD is a bit less restrictive on pet laws at least, meanwhile NSW is just like "rabbits? ferrets? literal dingoes? yeah sure you can keep em as a pet why not".

[@AquariumAficionado]

16:58 the heater isn’t even all the way in the water🤯😂

[@dixon4487]

I like how you not only make funny videos but also are very educational

[@victoriajeanleslie3116]

Now I wanna show you my tank 🙈 3ft tropical with 3 kuhli loaches, 2 sidthimunkies, 4? bristlenose, and 5 guppies. two big bits of driftwood that the loaches live in covered in java fern and moss and a large arched rock with just a tonne of java fern scattered through the tank. Been running for close on 10 years now, I've moved twice and just sealed up afew buckets of water for the moves. That plus the external canister filter means I have an amazing microbiome in there. When im stressed and/or can't sleep I just sit for a bit and watch it to chill out.

[@Vivians_Shadow]

I would love to see the full vod of this stream it seems like such a interesting thing to watch unedited

[@accurrent]

I’m not a super big fish guy, and even though I love your videos, and they’ve made me love fish more, they’ve also made me realize that I wouldn’t really want an aquarium. I guess I’m just not a big fan of aquatic environments when they’re in a small space like a fish tank. I think I just appreciate them more when they’re a part of a larger ecosystem I guess? I don’t know how to explain it

[@yareulb2269]

I remember I had a lot of guppy in a large tank before. They died a few years back when there was suddenly a 20C drop they lived for like over 6 years before dying rip

[@shrimpyalfredo3933]

When he pointed out the fake flowering underwater plant, it made me think of the underwater flowering plants from the San Marcos River

[@lava3218]

What you're referring to as an "out of water component" is what's called a palladarium. Palladarium is sort of an aquarium and a verarium at the same time, but instead of there being any land the bottom of the tank is an aquarium. I believe they're commonly used for amphibians frogs as well as fish and I've even seen some people put in island in the middle of a palladarium or seal the tank and put ants in there as well.

[@matthewkeller3561]

This made me extremely happy with my tank

[@juliettedeveau6784]

We now know that Zak is in love with drift wood

[@kubakornijenko1927]

God damm it I didn't know about this. It would be cool to show my 112 l tank with two gouramis, 20 neon tetras, one bristle nosed pleco (don't judge me it came from 25 l tank that I got from my aunt) and with a bunch of mistery shrimp that came with the plants. I have such a thicc Forest of plants in my tank that I need to cut them every two weeks.

[@Trashcan27]

If you’re just starting with plants in a tank and they are still small mix in some silk plants. They can host beneficial bacteria better than plastic and they in general look nicer

[@chrisgaming9567]

I've since moved my fish into a larger tank downstairs, so if there's a second competition like this I'd love to show it

[@011y89]

Ah rats. Didn't know this was going on. I'd have sent in my brackish planted tank for my pair of figure 8 puffers.

[@arkt1k330]

20:46 tank should have won in my opinion. It's just so gorgeous.

[@scdl-m2z]

“i don’t know much about aquarium fish” **is a fish biologist**

[@tatteredlion9955]

Wow some of those aquariums were so amazing. I just happened to come across this video and channel while browsing around. I used to have two aquariums. One around 5 gallons for a beta and a 30 gallon for goldfish. My goldfish tank was my first one. I tried setting up a really nice one with plants, rocks and really nice substrate. My plants were uprooted everyday by my fish, I eventually just got rid of the plants. My goldfish would rearrange anything they could. They had stones that I set up in shelves for hiding places. It worked really well but I used stones from my grandparents quarry and I had no idea what kind of stones they were. My fish ended up being very hardy with all the mistakes I made. They thrived I had them for a very long time. Sadly they were too friendly with people. One of my nephews even after I asked him to please never do that again would catch my poor goldfish and carry them around. The parents didn't care and the kid he just thought it was pretty funny. Poor fish though never learned to just avoid him. I wouldn't leave him alone with my fish but I wasn't always there when that kid was. Saddest day for me was coming home and finding one of my fish freshly dead. I don't know how he died honestly but I guess he stuffed the gravel in his mouth and couldn't dislodge it and eventually just died that way. I know it wasn't long as his eyes were still clear, he was still shiny black. Man I miss my fish... They had their own personalities and I grew to adore them. I don't know if I would ever raise goldfish again though. Maybe I'll set up a small aquarium for a beta fish again.

[@testerwulf3357]

Oh no not the kid running around with the fish..I think I would of screamed at any kid who hurt my pets thinking it was funny, I'd scare them so bad they'd never try it again! I don't tolerate that stuff. If the parents won't discipline their kids you gotta take action yourself to protect what's yours

[@taylorhillard4868]

"Elderly betta fish" "One and a half years old" Someone has gravely underestimated how long betta fish actually live for

[@arizonaranger1]

Basically a wet Goherping

[@theultimatecrab9085]

I could send avnj a picture of 10 heads of lettuce and a stick in a 8 gallon tank of water and he would applaud it for having so much greenery

[@sampagano205]

If you know any herpetologists bring them on for a round of this with lizards and snakes because that would be fun.

[@cerberaodollam]

Tell Clint 😉

[@sampagano205]

@@cerberaodollam Clint and avnj have such radically opposed energies that I cannot imagine that.

[@QuinnMallory-od1hw]

2.32 tank looks fine size wise, only 2 goldfish, how big do they really get?

[@washingmachine3772]

Used to have a big barrel of fish, hose water for water. Had around 100 goldfish.

[@viniciusPatto]

From someone who don't keep fishs, how do you mantain a tank with so many plants/rocks/wood, dosen't it make it hard to clean it? Do you even have to clean it (based on the the tank at 10:33)

[@deeznoots6241]

I couldn’t remember your channel name while searching… so I tried just searching for Fish and it was the 3rd choice lol

[@Rinkyu]

People who have an amazing fishtank immediately get respecc points

[@mondogeckosexoticsandoddit5866]

That paludarium at the end would be great for a newt species.

[@Newtscoot860]

Is there gonna be another stream like this? I want to show off my tanks

[@oiseaufeu]

I have to replant my fish tank as I do long blackout period (hair algae for more than 2 years) and I don't really fertilize my plants for months. Most of my fish died of diseases and my 2 pearl gouramis have died of internal parasites. I couldn't treat the internal parasites. I'm now thinking of restocking it with sparkling gouramis.

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

I love these videos and hope to see this and more series to continue as long as possible and hope y'all are having a great summer

[@D33n0zaur]

when the first two tanks aren't even fish tanks let alone a photo. man you know we're in for a ride.

[@Overxaced]

This new one boutta be a banger 🔥

[@AnotherAyushRaj]

I loved that cichlid tank. They need to be overstocked to avoid aggression

[@testerwulf3357]

Once went to someone's house and they had this HUGE tank, it wasn't super tall but man was it long..It was very cool me as a kid; not as good as some of these really good ones but impressive :)

[@llehsaderob]

@16:31 the amount of stocking is to curb aggression in african cichlids

[@ilikecookies72_45]

I really wish I had a photo of my old tank; it was i think 6 feet long and held a LOT of water. Sadly we don't have it anymore sincd we had to move. We relocated all of our fish, including our 2 foot long dragon fish. (He had plenty of space to hide if he felt like it and didn't attack any of our other fish)