Fish Farm Tour - Imperial Tropicals

Come along as I tour the only fish farm in Florida that sells directly to the public. Imperial Tropicals has great fish and they're great people. Big thanks to Mike Drawdy for taking the time to show me around. Check out their selection here:
imperialtropicals.com
And their KZbin channel here:
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[@NYCminer]

I have bought many fish from mike and his team. They are a absolute dream to deal with. There fish are extremely high quality. On top of that they are responsive to emails, do many giveaways and will always replace a fish that came dead on arrival. I’ve only bought from two places. Imperial Tropicals will always be my favorite. By mike being so transparent with his company, his feelings, and his work ethic it makes me as a consumer feel proud and honored to buy and be apart of his business. I sound like a groupie but it’s just the truth. You know when you have something good. I am so glad I took the first step and ordering from them when I had no idea the outcome. A year later I have been blessed with great fish and a even better company. Keep up the great work mike!!!

[@orlando199011]

I went to this place and this guys are for real. There farm is big, and beautiful fishes. I recommend..❤

[@51inches]

HI STEVE; I HAVE ORDERED FISH MANY TIMES FROM IMPERIAL TROPICALS.....ALWAYS GOT GREAT FISH....EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.....WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE TO BUY FISH FROM THEM. YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF SHOWING THEIR FISH FARM TO EVERYONE THAT NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.....ITS A PRETTY AMAZING PLACE. WELL DONE VIDEO.

[@tntcichlids8015]

I rather get my fish when juveniles watch them grow its priceless the transformation

[@littlej3777]

I agree I like that too but they only have huge adults almost at their max size not too fond Of that!

[@tntcichlids8015]

@@littlej3777 ya bud I don't like buying them at 5 inch plus when I get mine they about 1 inch mark or 2ish I have gotten older juveniles to me they seem more aggressive I rather raise them myself and half the times they feed them color enhancing food they all colored up then come to find out their females and they listed males so now on if anyone does buy bigger fish I would tell them to sex them before selling them check the male holes underneath

[@WildFishTanks]

Mike, Sierra and the rest of the team are passionate fish keepers and awesome humans! I’m lucky enough to own some of their mbuna and picked them up in person. They also do a livestream on their KZbin channel every Friday at noon, very informative. Great content Steve!

[@lh8956]

So nice to go for a vicarious tour within a place you buy fish from. Makes me want to place another order...

[@williamamely7038]

Thank you for sharing this video with us. Imperial Tropicals, thanks for allowing us to get a peek into your fantastic facility. Your Africans are just gorgeous. The albino Rainbows are beautiful. I hope to check your website and buy some of your stock. I only wish more of the independent stores would pop up and stay in business, but their costs to do business can get completely out of control, especially rents and insurance costs. If only our Government could do better in protecting small business, as they do with Mega Corporations. After all, Small business is the life's blood of our economy, outnumber their big brother almost a thousand to one. Keep up the great work, Imperial. The Hobby is much better for it.

[@pabloarias7917]

I ordered 4 red shoulder severums, very nice fish, well packaged

[@prolificbreedaquatics]

Very nice Steve! Love seeing the inner working of high volume breeders. Keep up the great work

[@ericj1500]

They always have amazing fish , thanks for sharing your trip with us pal.

[@basschaser9356]

Thanks for showing us this. Love demasoni! More videos like this

[@aprilshowers6102]

Beautiful!!!

[@Truecolorwayz662]

Very nice tour. I love imperial tropical.

[@MikeRamos4224]

What a great job you did in showcasing Imperial Tropicals. I have fish from that farm and am very satisfied with their delivery process and the Africain Cichlids I have purchased. They are really a professional Team. Would recommend everyone to buy from them.

[@scottmckay3948]

Great tour, love your work. Makes me want to visit that place. They have the best job in the world...

[@rockk4six]

Thank you for the tour...

[@dereksmith5186]

Love Imperial Tropicals. Good people good fish, very nice video steve!

[@RezidentZombie]

I just got 3 fish from them today. Awesome quality fish and customer support is the best. They will get back to you about everything.

[@HUKIT.]

Great video! I was always curious how they caught fish in the outdoor ponds so I appreciate you getting that in there.

[@StevePolandAquatics]

Wish we could have actually done it in the video but their channel has some videos where they show it.

[@StevePolandAquatics]

Wish we could have actually done it in the video but their channel has some videos where they show it.

[@rymaccichlids5999]

Love imperial tropicals awesome video awesome fish thanks Steve

[@philthyphill8753]

I love that place. I would love to visit if I ever go to Florida

[@leonelsaravia8603]

Great fish purchased from them with no problem. Thanks for the video guys!

[@IsabellaM._]

WOW!Beautiful!

[@MichaelsFishRoom]

great video Steve....Mike seems like a great guy!

[@gromeroskwelch]

The pond at the end blew my mind

[@reggiefishandfun770]

Wow Nice tank set up and uniform also happy fish keeping

[@reelstanks8473]

nice tour.i enjoyed it.

[@paulsampugnaro6919]

Wow you've outdone yourself this time if that's possible. I setting up a new tank I will be ordering from them. Great fish and fish that I haven't seen.

[@realpolicetalk]

I love this kind of stuff.

[@catfishcave379]

Wow! 5,000,000 gallons of fish... I think I need to expand my fishroom...

[@makiarn777]

So glad to see this video because I’ve been wanting to order from them! Now I can exhale and order!

[@norocketsciencebuild5371]

I'd love to see every single one of the ponds!

[@efrainscichlids9038]

Just Awesome

[@rhondadennis4988]

AWESOME VIDEO!! placing an order today!

[@ngocly8943]

Beautiful fish shop

[@bennystropicalswimmigwolf8691]

Thank you for sharing nice fish

[@Evolution8R]

i wish i had a tank. Great Video! More Please.

[@devinharris5967]

I have ordered fish from this company and my fish that I got was the best. I will always order from them and recommend them to all my friends.

[@jbplantcrazy]

great tour!

[@everythingfishy1207]

Awesome dream job working at a place like that!

[@lizardking3979]

Awesome!!

[@rafierafie]

I've purchased from these guys before. They sell beautiful fish and offer 5 star customer service. I highly recommend them!

[@jwcollect6642]

Hey Steve, Good video. Would also like to see an update of your tanks. Thanks

[@webera]

these guys are the best....

[@VEEZER1]

So cool knowing my Star Sapphirez were in that net and now sitting in my house lol. What material are those sponge filters? Thx!

[@benny9513]

Awesome video...

[@vintagewatchcollection815]

They are awesome! I bought two baby Jaguar Cichlids from them 4 months ago. Very healthy, they are still growing.

[@fccforlife2918]

Lempira Nando how far was you wit delivered

[@jamesoldham8496]

Very nice fish!

[@HNT63]

I will be looking him up very soon

[@ajSvenegas]

Nice video. Good behind the scenes! Let me guess, u wont holding pools now in your backyard??😀😀

[@lakemalawifishkeeping2599]

Very Good Video He Seams Like A Really Good Guy

[@NotYourAverageFishKeeper]

Been contemplating buying from these guys. This video helped me decide that I will buy from imperial tropicals.

[@huntingwolf20]

IMO, they are the best. Mike just seems like one of the best dudes definitely that breeds and sells fish. I will be buying from them until I can no longer do the hobby.

[@RonnieBrown223]

Nice will order soon

[@GlassicGamer]

This place looks awesome. Maybe one day I will visit it :)

[@calvincunningham3516]

Awesome

[@AkinaGod]

I really want to do this on a small scale inside a greenhouse I have. But I'd like the possibility of expanding once I get good at this. Can you tell me where you got those large tanks/containers to store your fish?

[@joebledsoe257]

I've got fish from them. Very Happy with the fish and Imperial. My Chocolate Cichlids stayed w/ me for about 10 years and I in turn sold tons of fry from them. Sorry Mike but I need to eat too.

[@tomexviii533]

Seems like this person is smart and hard worker from his words my real respect to him :)

[@godel_yekk]

i love this

[@izhar4547]

Looks like a custom built PC in the white case behind Mike in the beginning. Cool RAM lights haha

[@hihowego4133]

Looks like blue is a common denominator in fish buys. 157 ponds??!!! Wow!Thanks for the vid !

[@murisinelagoseaquarios]

Lindos peixes ,gostei dos tanque muito bom parabéns 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@hemotsan]

Nice

[@mikep.9567]

Imperial Tropicals is the best. Ordered from them multiple times and wil conti ue to do so.

[@Asef2013]

Nice 🐠 fishs

[@g41thomas]

Insane ,,,,,,,,,!

[@pamellacarroll1989]

I have bought fish from here, and I am always pleased with my fish shipment.

[@fccforlife2918]

Pamella Carroll how far away

[@scareface1197]

Gonna order a handfull of rainbows from them

[@spoiledfish6643]

Would love to visit them

[@geovaneamorim6535]

Cara esse lugar é o paraíso🇧🇷

[@dbielby]

I'm wondering if Imperial Tropicals has alligator problems in those ponds and how do they manage that (same question with pythons). Also, do they heat the ponds during winter time? How cold do they let the ponds get?

[@MisfitTonyX138]

So did I understand you correctly that you don’t suggest keeping Tropheus Moorii with Peacocks? Just need to know because I have 2 Tropheus and 5 Peacocks with a yellow lab and a couple assorted African cichlids in a 90 gallon tank...about 20 fish in total including a feather fin lace catfish and a green phantom pleco and a vampire pleco..

[@mranoraks5860]

A lot of people have brought this guy up saying he is really nice and knows his stuff and it's true so many pet stores are closing around my way in fl it sucks.

[@adeelshaikh2129]

Nice people

[@riftcultureuk3729]

Thanks for sharing. Can I ask. Why do even the wholesalers call it the electric blue ahli. When its not an ahli. Its a fryrei. Scianochromis ahli is very rare in the hobby.

[@joe1932]

What type of tubs are they using for the fish?

[@niccoloparan8603]

Any tutorial on how to make that pond?

[@travisc2094]

Where do you get the foam blocks for your filters?

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Love their rainbowfish

[@ReviScratcher]

Is that where you get your steen? Lol

[@ReviScratcher]

Cause i always thought about that and would make sense

[@TheTradesmanLU2001]

Why am I not seeing all these particular fish on the website?

[@akhtarkh]

Isn't that constant high noise of aeration stressful for the fish?

[@KeepingItFishy]

Only place I buy my fish 💯

[@evoxxxbih8386]

Hey how much would you sell and ship a ob peacock ?

[@hanthi9463]

Do they ship to Canada?

[@moutaintopfish1597]

I need to go visit my uncle who lives in Lakeland and check this out

[@klove7365]

I was hoping you guys would show some Guppies

[@jimmylee8459]

I would love to work there for FREE HONESTLY !!! So much someone could learn.

[@declanbowles661]

Do ye ship fish to Ireland

[@mrpressley357]

Yeah took about six months for mine to chip

[@ryanwakebradtelle8682]

I wonder what it would take to cut out the middleman and shipping AKA UPS and FedEx, I've seen fish delivery trucks before but I'm not sure that would work on a larger scale. I think local fish stores should look into delivery, I know it's not necessary if it's local then they can just drive to the store most of the times, but then they can figure out how much it would cost to ship further and further distances. I could schedule an appointment and, get my fish delivered that day or anytime in the next week, I might not have the time or want to drive 1-3 hours, but the fish store might have five jobs in that area. Or maybe aquarium Co-op could get a fleet of automated driving cars aquarium Co-op could get a fleet of self-driving cars once Tesla is ready to do that.. And if it's local they might even be willing to stay 20 minutes to get advice, they might even have products in the van, like I might want a plant or a water jet. It wouldn't take hat much space. I mean pizza stores have this ironed out, and I don't think it would be that much more expensive it might even be cheaper to get it shipped locally then you get it shipped through FedEx.

[@Mythrays1]

0:22 someone's a gamer.

[@graphite2786]

I didn't get the name of the cichlid that was extinct in the wild (Magenzi ?) . Steve would it be possible to give the scientific name? I'd really like to do my bit for conservation and keep some breeding pairs.

[@StevePolandAquatics]

If you turn on subtitles I put all of the scientific names in there

[@graphite2786]

Steve Poland Aquatics Aah- yeah! Thanks!

[@ay-ay-rons3897]

Buy from them all the time their african cichlids are great quality.

[@postoloskotsakis589]

Unbelievable

[@LongIslandFishGuy]

What are the fish at 14:00? I tried looking for them on the website and couldn't find them.

[@charlieking3746]

Long Island Fish Guy me too

[@LongIslandFishGuy]

Charlie King I spoke to them on Facebook. It’s part of Mike’s private collection 😩 Not for sale

[@jefferrer3722]

I leave up the street can I come buy personally?

[@myrra10]

wow

[@reborn727]

dat rgb doe

[@user-rk9pv7fn9p]

👍👍👍

[@cherievans2352]

Where are u located