Fishroom Tour

[@flaviodesignaquariums1690]

Nice fishroom tour.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Favio

[@ronaldjohnson4470]

Love your fish room, nice video.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you, Ronald

[@aquariumdelirium]

Plenty of different setups to learn from 👍

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

My fishroom is my experiential lab

[@coventrydougherty-woodin7806]

Love all of the experimentation going on! ❤

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you, I'm actually starting to slowly convert back my tanks to under gravel filtration, using the plenum system that Dr. Novak talks about.

[@SandyDoughty]

Awesome fishroom very impressive!

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Sandy, I'm always tinkering in the fishroom

[@AmitTheAquarists]

Beautiful tanks!.. looks so amazing!♥️ > 193 👍👍

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Amit

[@danielrachbuch2301]

really nice setup

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to watch my video

[@shelleraquatics]

Enjoyed the tour and I subscribed, looking forward to more in the future. Steve Heller

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Steve

[@seyoungkim4694]

I love your philosophy to fish keeping. Mines much the same here in Australia. Deep substrate and walstad. I focus on the health on my plants which in turn looks after my water and livestock.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Lately I have been using plenums and have been very impressed with the results.

[@seyoungkim4694]

@@mexicalifishkeeperre: plenums, excellent to hear first hand experience. Recently found 2 native plants that I use as primary method of filtration.

[@lavaughnfla518]

Nice setups.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

It been interesting keeping it his many tank in my hot garage. I need to get an ac or swamp cooler to bring down the temps from the triple digits of in the fishroom.

[@arlldaily9889]

Thank you friend for sharing , be happy 👍

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you for watching.

[@majesticcichlids1630]

I'm jealous but in a good way, that you are able to have a fishroom. It looks incredible!

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank Erik

[@SkullAquatics]

Love all your tanks my man 👍👍👍

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you, your fishroom is awesome very nice and bigger than mine, plus you have some real rare and awesome fish.

[@loipoi6056]

nice fish room bro keep it up adding a flowerhorn tank will be a good idea 😁.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Yeah, I'm not really into to Flowerhorns myself. I can't get past the nuchal hump. 😁

[@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468]

I like how your fish room is coming along. It's pretty awesome to start with plants in one tank and get to propagate them to spread to many other tanks.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

I really didn't have a choice. Since all we have locally is a PetSmart. They don't really have a lot of choices when it comes to plants. To be able to have this many plants has taken me a few years of growing out trimming to the point where I had enough to propagate to other tanks.

[@robertreed453]

Some great looking tanks. Thanks for the tour.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you for watching. I'm still learning as I go. Hopefully soon I'll start getting access to some more other species of fish other than what PetSmart carries.

[@Jay-nk8fm]

I love your blue acaras

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Jack

[@MikeLovesLifeAquatics]

Love the tour and finding your way through experimenting is great!! keep up the good work!! Love the video!!

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Mike. I'm glad you are enjoying my content.

[@larrydsAquatics]

Nice tour like experimenting as well

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

I'm too hyper to leave things along for to long.

[@johnnymiller9622]

Looks great, man!

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Johnny

[@marksterlson]

Cool fishroom, and a very well explained tour Thanks,

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Mark, it is an ever changing room, from scapes to stocking.

[@tnaqua5630]

You have a nice Fishroom man.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Robert

[@92083Barb]

thanks for the tour Ill be back

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

[@James_Hande]

Just stumbled across your channel, awesome! Hope you don't mind if I share a bit of my 57+ years in the hobby. Regarding plenums, same thing as an undergravel filter. Really no need for fertilizer enriched soil as the water flows through the gravel an up the tubes. Using liquid ferts would work just fine. For best long term success (decades) using 2 to 3 inches of gravel and regularly gravel vacuum really helps. An UGF only supports aerobic bacteria and not anaerobic as the oxygenated water flows through the gravel. Dirted/soil substrates... The nutrients in the soil jump starts the plants and their root systems. After a few years the nutrients are depleted unless you have a good balance of nutrients returning to the substrate. That could be from fish waste, decaying plant matter or root tabs.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Awesome, I'm always looking to learn more. I recently returned to the hobby after a very long hiatus. I only been back for about 6 years now. I really like planted tanks, so any information on improving my ability to keep plants is always welcomed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me.

[@James_Hande]

@@mexicalifishkeeper You are very welcome., only to glad to share.

[@majesticcichlids1630]

Really nice fishroom tour and great looking tanks, beautifully planted and nice variety of fish throughout the fishroom, keep up the great work Mexicali

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Erik. I work with what is available to me.

[@majesticcichlids1630]

@@mexicalifishkeeper and you do an awesome job 👏

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Hey let's not get carried away, I've seen your last video. I'm still miles away from what you are doing, but thank you. Now I know I need to step up my game to be near the quality of videos you put out.

[@majesticcichlids1630]

@@mexicalifishkeeper With the ideas I have, trust me when I tell you I'm only getting started 😎

[@majesticcichlids1630]

@@mexicalifishkeeper you put out great content, and I always look forward to your upcoming videos.

[@RocsAquatic]

Your fish room looks good bro 💙💯

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Roc

[@bipolaraquatics]

Looking great bud

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

It's coming together

[@acuamictlan]

Está genial, todos los acuarios el trabajo que tienes es algo muy muy bueno

[@elvinsworld11]

Lovely

[@niya1761]

niceeee. i hope to have a fish room one day

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

I'm sure you will. I started with a 20 gallon tank, never expecting to get more tanks. Before you know it you it have another one, then another one and before you know it you have a fishroom

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Your fishroom and aquascapes are super nice! I like all the albino corys, they are a fav of mine that I do not have , but I hope to breed them soon. Thanks for the great tour💯⭐️🙂

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

With the Corys, I have been able to trigger their breeding by doing a huge water change whenever we have a low pressure front moving into our area. That has always worked for me. The only thing is that you have to pull the eggs out and place them in their own tank or container. I don't have methylene blue to add to the eggs so I use cherry shrimp to do the same work. They clean the eggs and prevent them from getting fungus.

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Mexicali Fishkeeper oh cool! I do similar with my bristlenose plecos minus the the other parts but the big wc and right before a rain. That’s so much for the tips on the corys🙏

[@あかさたなは-f9e]

白いコリドラスが好きです！

[@popparock6506]

Looks good! next dirt tank I set up i'm going to try filling up media bags with topsoil, maybe a little clay, and placing them where I plan to have the plants and capping them with filter sand.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

I wish I had done with that with my Electric Blue Acaras tank. I made the mistake of just capping my soil with sand in a cichlid tank

[@PAFishandTanks]

New sub , enjoy the tanks 👊

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thanks for the sub! I started checking out your videos too.

[@iainaquariumagic]

Beautiful brother 🐠🐟💦

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Many many thanks

[@shamardacres7426]

New sub, amazing tanks bro

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Shamar

[@robertdiscosporunhobbymejo3892]

Lindo cuarto de crias, felicidades.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Gracias Robert

[@deneng0259]

Wholey Tamole! Nice set up. I run my slow moving plenum way slower then you. I love your set ups and your success.

[@pbaquatics94]

I like what you have going on bro 💪💪🔥🔥

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Ricky, sure miss watching your videos.

[@pbaquatics94]

@@mexicalifishkeeper I’ve been thinking about making videos again it’s been on my mind heavy

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

I'll be here and ready to watch when you do.

[@thefishylife6823]

I would take a empty tank...well empty as in no livestock fully planted throw your bosemani pair in it for 2 weeks and remove them, over the course of 2 more weeks you should have tons of fry hatching and grow out a big school of beautiful Bosemani!!? That angelfish tank is my favorite the rockscape is on point all your tanks are wonderful I love it

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely have to setup a breeding tank for them and i think I have just the right tank for that. To the real challenge will be growing out the fry.

[@silverm3.mendoza849]

Los acaras se miran gigantes wow

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Son los peces más grandes que tengo yo. Yo creo que están como 13 cm a 16 cm.

[@MeltingCashew92384]

cool

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you Jimmy

[@Byron4343]

How are you keeping your garage temperature down? I want to put a fish room in my garage but I'm in Texas it was 106 today

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Right now I'm running fans in the garage. I don't use tops on the aquariums. I do have to do top offs very other day.

[@arielsaavedra802]

so are you based in mexicali or calexico orrr elcentro? im just wondering because its so cool that i found someone who has a channel like yours thats kinda close to my area(yuma,az). im in the beginning stages of my fish keeping hobby and obsessed with the idea of a fish room.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

I'm originally from Mexicali, but in El Centro until a couple of years ago. I am currently living in Yuma, AZ

[@arielsaavedra802]

what really? man that so cool. have you ever thought about raising wild caught fish?

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

No, I'm not sure I'm quite ready for that yet. One I don't have the time to do the maintenance required and or confidence to do so yet. I am currently only keeping fish that have been tank bred.

[@arielsaavedra802]

ohh i see. it can be a little hard but they are really fun... i have a green sunfish i want to re home because my tilapia is getting too aggresive

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

@@arielsaavedra802 I keep mostly nano fish . My Electric Blue Acaras might be the largest fish in my fishroom and they about 4.5 inches

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

How do you maintain all this stuff ?

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

I think it is all the plants in the aquariums that help me keep good water quality for the fish.

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

@@mexicalifishkeeper hey. What happens with your Kevin Novak's aquariums? What is the result?

[@SAGENATOR1]

Not impressed at all with these garbage tanks… it would be better to have one tank that is spectacular then all of these Terrible looking ugly tanks…. Quality over quantity is way better …sorry you don’t have that

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Thank you I appreciate your opinion. Love that you watched my video.