Fish That Get Overlooked - Don’t Forget About These Amazing Fish!

[@AquariumCoop]

*What is your favorite fish that you think is underrated and should be more popular?*

[@Byrjas]

Corydoras hastatus

[@Doc.aquascapes]

1. Pseudomugil luminatus 2. Hillstream loach 3. Norman's lampeye 4. White cloud mountain minnows 5. Rasbora espei 6. Endlers

[@sugarmuffin319]

I was going to say guppies but they were included in this vid 💕

[@edub1170]

Super red bristle-nose. Pretty much bullet proof in most water conditions, breed like rabbits, and Are the perfect size for most smaller aquariums. Also don’t hide away like some of the fancier L plecos

[@pyleaquatics]

Nothobranchius rachovii Fundulopanchax gardneri Fundulopanchax sjoestedti Aphyosemion australe Aphyosemion australe Orange Epiplatys dageti Aphyosemion gabunense Aphyosemion striatum Just for starters.

[@elijahculper5522]

I love my paradise fish, Pablo. He’s prolly the most interactive fish I’ve ever kept. He investigates every pant or rock I put in his tank, naps on everything, throws tantrums when I do water changes, and reacts to the world outside his tank. We like to listen to music or watch KZbin together. He looks through the glass at the screen, so I suppose he’s watching too. :) Also, they’re eyes move around a lot, so they end up looking very expressive. They’re just fun fish. Just don’t let them near cherry shrimp no matter how densely you’ve planted the tank.

[@agnediciuniene9861]

Hillstream loaches are wonderful. I couldn't catch two in an aquarium I intended to neglect, so I left them in. 6 months later with only water top ups, they haven't died or get sick. They decided to breed. So now I have small ones. (Not so small actually, like 1/3 of adult size).

[@pyleaquatics]

Poor overlooked and underrated killifish. They even get overlooked on the list of overlooked fish. There are over 1,000 species, and a lot of them are not that hard to find. Most are not difficult to keep and are beautiful and diverse. Most can be kept in the proper community fish setup, I do it.

[@forrestlea4515]

Golden Wonders are one of my favorites

[@alexyaboyallyg3139]

Just bought some garderi the other day such a cool fish, Don’t forget about a school of lampeye killi as well very nice !

[@kenet362]

Imo it’s the most underrated fish in the entire hobby. Amazing colors/variety and along the hardiest of fish next to bettas and bichirs from my experience.

[@manishshrestha3033]

Depends upon the region we live. In here snake heads are native and overlooked for aquarium setups we fish to eat here

[@Mahhkz]

I love my lampeye killis. I just popped em into my tank a few months ago, and now I’ve got fry!

[@butkusfan23]

Cherry barbs are incredibly overlooked! I have them in my 60 gallon community tank. They’re active but not nippy, and the males are a deep red color. Not orange or orange-red, like most community fish that are called “red” I mean RED. With the black sand substrate and the black background, and live plants from top to bottom, they look amazing- especially when I dim the lighting. Watching them swim in the tank when the lighting is dim looks so dramatic and it’s so peaceful. If you’ve avoided them because they are so common, or just never tried them, give them a shot. And if possible, fill the tank with lots of dark green plants, keep them on a dark substrate and dark background so their color really pops, and get a light that’s either dimmable or just not very bright, and you’ll have an absolutely gorgeous tank that’s fun to watch and very relaxing to enjoy.

[@danielbagby4149]

I think cherry barbs are one of if not my favorite common fish to keep!

[@butkusfan23]

@@danielbagby4149 same! They really are gorgeous and easy to keep.

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Kept them some years ago in an heavily planted tank and the effect of the males' bright red against the green backdrop of plant was striking. The females also give a nice contrast, they're more toned-down, but I still really like the different colorations.

[@qpqp2339]

those are one of the fish that look very different in store -- saw them in someone's tank at home and couldn't believe the colour on them

[@vrpk7]

Cherry barbs are great. I have about a dozen in a 40b with a dozen praecox rainbows and everyone looks so good swimming together.

[@hefoxed]

Love my white cloud minnow and hillstream loach tank, which is my first tank as an adult fish keeper.

[@matthewzito6130]

I think you're underselling the Common (single-tail) Goldfish. Shubunkin Goldfish are as pretty as Koi, but don't grow as large, which makes them ideal for many garden ponds and larger tanks. Giant Danios are a great peaceful schooling fish. They're less aggressive than Zebra Danios. Their only downside is that they need more space than smaller species.

[@christianjones1834]

Try sunfish, bullhead catfish, and a local minnow species in your “goldfish” pond to

[@mr.kalopsia3273]

In about 5-10 years, we are going to have incredible specimen of white clouds because of you guys. I filled my 300 gallon stock tank with golds and normals. I also have a 40 breeder with long finned white clouds. Definitely one of the most underrated fish by far.

[@michaelyoung3337]

My pond in NC is full of white clouds, maybe as much as a 100. They breed, thrive, and survive the winter along-side koi and goldfish. I have shared many with neighbors!

[@LuckAqua]

We don't have that species in here but I saw some videos about them and I agree that they are just gorgeous.

[@andycarter4581]

@@michaelyoung3337 how cold does the water get? I'm in the UK and the surface of my pond freezes in winter. Would whiteclouds be okay?

[@michaelyoung3337]

@@andycarter4581 the lowest we have experienced since having the pond is about 12 Fahrenheit. I keep a waterfall and two air stones running and so far that has kept the surface from freezing over. Hope that helps!

[@jessicasinclair323]

@@andycarter4581 you can keep them outside all year round in the UK. I have large half barrels of both wcmm and Medaka in separate well planted barrels. They both survive and breed yearly. I don't even feed mine they all seem to thrive here in North Staffordshire UK

[@jeromehorn7333]

I have a 4ft 120 gallon planted aquarium of barbs - striped barbs, gold barbs, synderi, melon, black ruby, rhombo - I also have cherry and five-line barbs in a community tank with neons. There are so many peaceful barb choices. They are one of my favorites.

[@audrameyer9558]

Great list! Killifish are underrated in my opinion 😍

[@XIxCaptainKRulLT]

I've taken a particular liking to Mollies, Platies and Cory Cats. Been working with most of them for almost five years now, and they're just nice fish. Also like Betta fish and Goldfish, but I'm mostly working with the first three.

[@pamelapilling6996]

Love my guppies. I have 2 - 10 g breeder tanks. All my extra males go into a 35 g bow front tank in my living room. Lots of fun to watch.

[@TheFishWitch]

"Goldfish are generally peaceful" as I watch my goldfish actively attempting to eat anything that moves.

[@susanstaples6171]

Love my hillstream loaches. They are always nibbling!

[@AnthonysOutdoors]

Panda Garra! Wonderful community fish that can tolerate a wide range of temperatures. Best if kept in a group of 3-5. They've got alot personality.

[@lauraokelly2644]

Cochu blue tetra. Amazing color and fun to watch.

[@Apriliars]

I just got my reticulated hill stream loaches and they are amazing!!

[@Scott_AI5EF]

Absolutly love our Hillstream Loaches!

[@jnorman5390]

Absolutely love my two hillstream loaches and barbs. They're in the same tank :)

[@johncameron4194]

Those hill streams are so hard to find

[@edub1170]

Feeding my common goldfish pond as I watch this. Mine were feeders that I fully quarantined using the aquarium coop med trio method and they are absolutely beautiful. Not bad for 10 for $2.49 USD. I even got some fancy colored ones and comets in the mix. I call them my mini koi!

[@caroleinwv]

I do the same! Can't beat them!

[@edub1170]

@@caroleinwv I’m a cichlid / pleco guy myself but I’m loving these guys they definitely won me over. I’m pumping them full of high quality food and they are growing fast

[@caroleinwv]

@eric mad decent They really are a fun and easy diversion! I am an Angel/ Cory/ Tetra / Pleco person here but I also feel that Goldfish are a real pleasure!

[@michaelyoung3337]

Exact same here, I have dozens now after spending less than 10$ and love them in my ponds and aquariums. Some are 8 inches long and beautiful.

[@caroleinwv]

@@michaelyoung3337 Beautiful interactive fish.

[@GenRN]

Looking at my 270 gallon fancy goldfish, hillstream loach, White Cloud Mountain minnow, rainbow shiner, Variatus, long fin zebra danio tank. You nailed them! Love all the fish listed! Next I’ll go to bed looking at my 75 gallon all kinds of barbs tank. Tigers, green, Denison barbs. Housed with a betta, puffers, corys, and 4 species of small pleco and mystery snails. It’s a great tank! I’d add Variatus platys!

[@orangef3802]

My Hillstream Loaches that I bought 2 years ago from the Co-op have started breeding!

[@kaeliecaulfield7798]

Repashy soilent green is my #1 trick for everything! Great for powder feeding baby guppies, mixing the gel with dried cyclops for community fish & plecos / corydoras. It’s so versatile

[@shesellsfish]

I like most of the common fish. They're common cuz they're consistently cool and easy to keep. 👍💖👍

[@brianbuczynski3555]

Great info! I do have to say that I do like the less scripted videos you do better. But I understand it’s a quick overview on multiple fish and for a business. I do like the more casual vibe better just in case you would like feedback.

[@craigcoghlan546]

Hi mate , can you please give me some ideas on what I can do to remove snails from my tank. I have Hillstreem lochs, Oto catfish , neon and cherry shrimp. I was thinking is there a fish that will eat the egg clusters. Thanks love your work

[@tianahoovik2931]

I got 3 more hillstream loaches yesterday! They are in quarantine with more hatchets. I love, love, love my hillstream loaches.

[@sugarmuffin319]

I LOVE Borneo suckers! They are adorable little aquatic muppets 💕

[@rafli4805]

It from indonesia

[@LuckAqua]

@@rafli4805 I didn't know that. Hillstream loach is available in Vietnam too.

[@colbymiffin939]

Awesome video. A fish I think gets over looked is Lepomis which is the genus of sunfish. They have such a variety from small nano 2 inch bantam sunfish to 8 inch green sunfish

[@rabbitphobia]

The Green neon tetra I feel is way underrated.

[@josemontalvo4532]

Great Post! Thank you for sharing.

[@lolzasouruhm179]

can't wait to make my "fast" flow hill stream loach/cloud minnow tank

[@rozzer666]

Barbs are my favourite fish. So active and aggressive chasing each other all day.

[@typicallyusual6984]

I think this video would get many more views if you titled it “Top 10 Most Overlooked Aquarium Fish” or something along those lines. I clicked on this video thinking you were only going to talk about hillstream loaches but got so much more! I think other people may misunderstand and think you will only be talking about the fish in the thumbnail and miss out on a great video because they weren’t interested in that specific fish.

[@sixthsense2966]

Cherry Barbs have been the most peaceful fish i have owned

[@wikyWargaming]

I 💚 white clouds

[@bozo.4598]

Most Underrated are synodontis catfish from africans great lakes such as petricola

[@Pennysfishkeeping]

I just discovered the need to keep auto's now... Looks like I'll be setting up another tank...

[@johncameron4194]

Getting some white clouds already have guppies

[@lifewithnikka7440]

Killifish definitely need some representation!

[@lacyfins9627]

Paradise fish are a gourami, properly called a paradise gourami. Lots of redundancy in that part of the vid

[@milesruby3271]

Congo tetras should be way more popular. I imagine its due to the price being high, and when they are young and in stores, they are very plane jane. But man they are amazing

[@kenjiro2676]

Before I start the video: the fish that are underrated, that may or may not make an appearance in this video, would be paradise fish, medaka rice fish, golden topminnows, and wild bettas. Edit: I’d love to see more people breeding macropodus opercularis and occelatus, both are cold hardy fish that would do well in little outdoor mini ponds.

[@Ishiisan]

Hillstream are great at escaping from rimless for sure 😆

[@AstonTheVillaFan]

Hill streams are just expensive here in the uk, the best looking little cleaners, that’s probably why lol!

[@TedH71]

The problem with otos is they are very sensitive to water quality AND lack of food. If they're wild caught, they tend to die faster than expected because they will not eat and by the time they get to where they are and there's plenty of food, they starve to death anyway because their bodies can't acclimate fast enough for them to start eating again. Captive bred ones are out there and much hardier than their wild caught cousins.

[@macro820]

I love my Hillstream loaches, we bought 3 and they started breeding now we have at least 10

[@rasta77-x7o]

I love the hillstream but i never see the damn thing, my cherry barb on the other hand are insanely lively in the tank!

[@onlywei]

I want a list if top fish and plants to keep in aquariums above 80 degrees

[@sarahwoodring5587]

Great list!

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Might sound strange, but Denison Barbs are actually quite obscure to lot of people - Only expert, competent fishkeepers seem to know what they are looking to, expecially because they are one of those fish which in the reatailer's tanks don't look at their best (Congo Tetras and Rainbowfish seem to suffer this fate, too). Rainbow Shiners also are an overlooked species, again not helped by the fact they tend to be drab in the overstocked fish shop tanks.

[@chrismunro4385]

The Red Devil is overlooked due to its aggression but I find them very peaceful

[@thewalters694]

Could you guys add the gallons to fish, when you do these types of videos? Cheers

[@FlyTyer1948]

Great list.

[@edgarv11]

We love hillstream loaches we have 3 of them they are great fish.

[@mattkinsella9856]

I like barbs and I don't know if I was just unlucky but I had a 20 gallon planted tank with 7 or 8 gold barbs a while back and they were often hiding and not that active, especially when the lights were on. I ended up selling them because I wasn't enjoying them at all.

[@_invertico_]

Can you make a video about all the shrimps you had or all the shrimps in the store

[@sugarmuffin319]

Love me some shrimp vids! 💕

[@_invertico_]

@@sugarmuffin319 ok

[@LuckAqua]

@@_invertico_ That would be a 10-hour-long video 😅

[@_invertico_]

@@LuckAqua dang but maybe just the shrimps in the shop

[@GgAmble]

Back in September we got 5 feeder common goldfish. The last one survived 2 days. We decided to make her part of family. Like others we put her in a small jar. When she gasped for air got her into a 20 gallon and picked up a tank mate. After doing research realized goldfish can get pretty big. So far they re thriving and have 4 mystery snails and hornwort, Java fern, African fern, and a few low lying plants to improve their lives. I just started watching this channel learning about cycling and testing parameters. Thanks.

[@geraldwalker7609]

Also Gold Zebra Danios!

[@DahLekKnight]

My community tank has near half those fish in it 😄: hillstream loach, otocinclus, male guppies, and zebra danios (striped and leopard).

[@danm8004]

Leopard danios are a separate species to zebras but often get mislabelled danio rerio

[@LuckAqua]

If you could keep all of them healthy at the same time 😅so you are a talent

[@DahLekKnight]

@@danm8004 Hmmm, maybe I don't have "leopard" danios then. The ones I have are the zebra danios with the spotted pattern.

[@DahLekKnight]

@@LuckAqua Having lots of plants helps

[@danm8004]

@@DahLekKnight no, you probably do have leopards, but my point was that they're two distinct species. They're not "striped and leopard" zebra danios, they're danio rerio and danio frankei- zebras and leopards.

[@metallixro]

Can hillstream loaches ve kept with otocinclus ? Thx for video :))

[@rahultb2127]

Yes

[@johncameron4194]

Love my goldfish

[@flyingcrocodile4630]

Thanks. There is a lot of false info about keeping fish. Borneo sucker fish (Hillstream loaches) are super hardy fish. I have four of them in a 1 gallon tank (over three years for three of them). The tank is about 5 inches in diameter and 15 inchs tall with a small carbon and sponge filter powerhead venturi blasting a vertical stream of bubbles and water down the wall. And (shock horror) I do 66% water changes once every 6 -8 weeks (filter/water/bubble flow dependant). I have a short video of them and tank on my channel if anyone doesn't believe me. Only uploaded 2 videos so it won't be hard to find lol.

[@GreenPhantomPleco]

I have most of these!

[@johncameron4194]

Good video

[@cristiansofake7854]

Funny how i just noticed my reticulated hillstream loach getting aggressive towards one of my apistogramma cockatoo ciclids. The’re in a 72 -74 degree tropical community tank

[@drockingfish]

Nice!

[@canadiannavy9229]

I like to call the hill stream loch a sting ray lol

[@reegonfall8866]

Marbled Headstanders FISH -Abramites hypselonotus

[@clongeye3005]

Kribensis, pelvicachromis pulcher

[@wbcknight]

Is there a loach that will eat snails, but not Cherry Shrimp?

[@johncameron4194]

I love my zebra danios

[@cinnamonoa]

I read that white clouds were extinct in the wild, is that not true?

[@JolliBliss]

Spotted Borneo Suckerfish

[@SirJamez0]

Barbs not destroy plants? My albino tiger barbs wouldn't stop pulling up my hair grass. It drove me insane for weeks!

[@lieutenanthobbies]

Zebra Danio in 72 degrees you might want to check that

[@naegwut]

Guppies 💯

[@justdeidra13]

They forgot about black mollies

[@terrymartins2552]

Good ideas!! I’ve had 2 Reticulated Hillstream Loaches at separate times and both were not good algae eaters and very aggressive, especially to the Cory Cats at the bottom. I even suspect that 2 Cory’s and a young Bristlenose Pleco were killed by them.

[@lct9031]

Those ottos are savages when it comes to eating algae.... I will never buy a pleco again

[@bluebowser3347]

When did cory from aquarium co-op turn into a black man?

[@aqualabcreations]

Team oto!!!

[@FullmetalAngyl]

Stone Catfish.

[@Hunterofdoom890]

The half banded spiny eel is not talked about much I wish someone would make an informative video

[@fishtafarian614]

Cory cats

[@Dan-TylerMusic]

None of these are overlooked. Just not as popular as other fish.

[@onehitterquitter2130]

Most if not all of them get over looked in Wisconsin are because the price. People here don't wanna spend that much. An thats because most of the people buying the fish an tanks are beginners an don't want to put a ton into fish if they don't like it. The aquarium heads in this state is a small group of people. We already have had or bread these fish.

[@callmezerzy8470]

If you get Sewellia lineolata (Reticulated Hillstream Loach), be aware that they may be wild caught and you have a risk of Parasites and disease on these guys! Have a Quarantine setup ready! Mine came with anchor and gill worms... had a bad time but they're doing alright now with no losses.

[@geraldwalker7609]

Also Gold Zebra Danios!