I didn't even know they were in there!! (Bonus hillstream footage)

Today we address my 20 long that was absolutely OVERGROWN with guppy grass and discover what critters were lurking in the tank.
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[@RachelOLeary]

I finally got around to addressing the hot mess of the guppy grass tank. I had no idea there were shrimp in there! What are you guys doing in your tanks? Stay safe!

[@jonstfrancis]

Omg, yesterday I visited my parents (not been there in ages cos of lockdown) and cleaned an aquarium with white clouds. So much algae it was crazy but hundreds of baby blue shrimps everywhere!

[@Flyingdutchy33]

Breeding gastromyzon! Got 5 babies!

[@StinkiSlinki]

my 55 exploded, what i could save had to go into my pea puffer 20gal...the puffers arent happy... lucky a lot of the 55 was empty of fish cause it was mostly my winter guppy storage and i have my tubs set up, but it did have clown killis and panda cories...:/

[@adinawatson8544]

Attempting to plant my goldfish aquarium to stop the ammonia burns from getting worse (they had the burns before I got them)

[@markvonwisco7369]

"and then I added a little bit of guppy grass..." 😂

[@RachelOLeary]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mushroomtoad2000]

It is always a mistake to add a little bit of guppy grass and forget it. I made this mistake, thrice, in a year and I still dont learn

[@treasuringpricelesstime5962]

@@mushroomtoad2000 I just ordered some guppy grass. Any tips on maintaining it? Thank you kindly!

[@mushroomtoad2000]

@@treasuringpricelesstime5962 Frequent trimmings and removal is key

[@memyselfandi7193]

@@treasuringpricelesstime5962 If you have goldfish or fish that love to eat plants, you can legit just rip big clumps off and throw it in the tank with the fish that will eat plants, and they will devour this stuff in no time flat. i do it with guppy grass, and with hornwort for my goldfish when they are inside for the winter lol they will eat a 30g tank full in 20 min, my mind literally cannot comprehend it lol its easy to control tho, you just may have to cut it back once or twice a week which shocks most people.

[@lisajohnson1563]

Holy shyte! So that's the easy way to use a siphon. Thanks Rachel!

[@sharonmarshallswift5360]

I came here to say this. How you/she started it just blew my mind!

[@kyfarm]

Lisa Johnson How do you use a siphon? (a hard way)

[@flutie03]

Note to self. Guppy grass may be bad idea for my tanks However, it would make great cover for fry

[@madcat61207]

Great for Guppies 😉

[@chrissy24-7]

@@madcat61207 lol like guppy need encouragement!

[@bogeyonanostrilhair9568]

@@chrissy24-7 No, but the fry need protection from the guppy. Guppy grass (nickname) is a weed and is fantastic. You'll only end up with a mess if you don't maintain it.

[@shellydurham3277]

You always amaze me at how you change fish and plants around and create more and more beauty in your tanks and tubs! Keep up the great work and thank you for all of your inspirations with fish keeping! Thank you for you hard work and videos! Stay safe.

[@ShouldBeWiser]

I love this tank. If I had the room, I'd do a second 20 gallon long as a hillstream tank with this one as my inspiration. Love watching it.

[@sharronmiller451]

Kribensis are gorgeous! Thanks for the hillstream pics. I just got some calvus caves, thanks for giving me the info to get them. Wonderful quality. I hope my Sewillia love them.

[@2friendstoking]

I have a guppy grass tank like this full of Norman's lampeye killies. You can't even see through the guppy grass but I just keep putting baby brine shrimp and grindal worms in there and every couple weeks I'll pull out 20-30 fry. My Elassoma okefenokee tank is the same but with anacharis instead off guppy grass

[@FoxyFoxyShazam]

The 150 (particularly your stocking of it) is off the charts awesome.

[@koringalvao9458]

Daniel White I too am completely in love and in aww with her 150!

[@richardmaloney5566]

So good to see a video from you, it always makes my day brighter. You, your tanks, your family, and your property all make social distancing a bit easier. I live in MI where we aren't allowed to do a damn thing.

[@RachelOLeary]

I have been having issues with motivation, sorry they have been sporadic. I have also been spendign TONS of time outdoors, and just haven't felt like filming. I will do better!

[@juliamahler415]

love your tanks , Rachel! Thanks for sharing, you always brighten my day.

[@KudaTimberlineAIE]

that moment when she starts the siphon... I've been doing it wrong all these years! lol

[@RachelOLeary]

Glad it helped!! Its why I show process sometimes, never know what trick you can pick up

[@twunderaquatics1770]

Guppy grass 😩 Who knew it could be evasive? Me that's who. Beautiful ending😊 Going on the 5th day of rain. I have been scraping algea and thinning plants out myself. I did find another goldline pencil fish. That's one good thing about letting plants take over.

[@SuperMontagner]

I’ve been waiting for you to do this video, looking forward to seeing how the fish do in the tubs this year. Enjoyed seeing the 150 at the end of the video, beautiful active little fish.

[@KarenCandler-s7p]

Thank you for your videos I have learned a lot from you.

[@nortondade5985]

KZbin needs more reactions than just a like, fantastic video as always ❤️

[@fishhubbd]

Awesome!!!!!!! Beautiful!!!

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

It was excellent full-time Mexico grass aquascaping! :)

[@ccsorn]

I almost had a heart attack when the latter jiggled. Those krips where amazing!

[@duckets8340]

I think it looked awesome the way it was.

[@realrebelli0n]

Stay save as well, thanks for the upload! All the best!

[@shanonrocks9938]

I got a Axolotl and named it Axl Rose! Thanks for helping me get good enough for Axl!

[@mikgus]

Found a lot of interesting videos and channels from the scrap challenge. Thanks!

[@RachelOLeary]

I am glad you are enjoying it! Feel free to participate!

[@chandlerhammonds3929]

This is exactly how my tank was starting to get with the guppy grass I had to take almost it all out

[@musician200X]

I love that people have been scaping from scratch. I bought a bunch of crap years ago and idk when the last time I bought any fish supplies except frozen food and pellets. I guess I've always just scaped from scrap lol

[@Perfumery_by_Sabin]

That looks like my tank after I put guppy grass in it lol (first tank ever!)

[@CottageCritter]

We sadly just lost our beloved 72 bowfront to a silicone mishap. Thank god we were home and saved all the fish and plants, but really was down and out about the hobby for the past week. Your videos always make me want to get back on the horse when the going gets though though! - Thanks as always

[@RachelOLeary]

Sorry to hear about your tank :(

[@ohrats731]

I’m finally setting up my ponds this weekend! What a strange, cold, and windy spring we had in New England....

[@RachelOLeary]

Its been bonkers@

[@rhondapimentel3588]

its beautiful chaos to me.but it sucks when you cant see your fish! lol.

[@daviddenekamp5790]

I always love your content! 💜

[@RachelOLeary]

I'm so glad!

[@Amy-dw7ii]

The footage at the end is gorgeous!

[@RachelOLeary]

Thank you

[@chrissy24-7]

What a wonderful aquascape! Allll the guppy grass is such a pain lol

[@JeremyBolanos]

Guppy Grass = The Big Bang of the Aquarium Hobby

[@Nsatiro]

sparkling gouramis are like guppis in my aqua.. 180x45x40

[@robertforrest7956]

Not doing much with my tanks, but doing lots of orchid re pots, mounts, and cleaning and reorganizing the orchid case. Hope you get some fry from the sparkling gourami's. I see you're still easily distracted by Sexy Fish. 😄 Thanks Rachel...have a great day. 👍

[@RachelOLeary]

Always 🤣

[@robertforrest7956]

@@RachelOLeary Good, 🤗👍

[@langenandanimals]

I love your videos and ideas

[@edisonle8141]

What the name of the fish that are looking like mudskippers?very nice!!!

[@edisonle8141]

?????.

[@midnight_blaze6540]

@@edisonle8141 hi, I think you are referring to the rosy loaches, they're shown at 6:48 in the video.

[@edisonle8141]

Thank you!!

[@edisonle8141]

Midnight _blaze .no is at 10:52 I wondering what the name of that type?

[@davidambler1911]

@@edisonle8141 they look like a species of goby.

[@farmfishandfreedom2933]

Fully stocked my tubs today. Ready to rock and roll!

[@RachelOLeary]

Heck ya!!

[@Sannive]

Oooh! What is that pretty one with the neon greenishblue stripe that I see in the end video!?!!!

[@incogneko_]

Sannive it’s a goby, although have to look up the exact type

[@RachelOLeary]

Stiphodon atropurpureus

[@Sannive]

@@RachelOLeary Thank you!

[@MusingsFromTheDen]

It's reassuring to see that fishkeepers you admire have overgrown tanks too! 😁 My Hornwort goes bonkers in my tank and it honestly guts me to have to compost fist-fulls of it regularly. I may look into selling some when lockdown ends. 🤔

[@sharonwolfe5210]

Why wait!?

[@byreneeclark]

Don't wait. A lot of people (like me) are setting up backyard ponds right now and it is difficult to find aquatic plants. I bought a lot of my plants from eBay sellers.

[@MusingsFromTheDen]

@@sharonwolfe5210 We're on lockdown right now and my parents are over 70 so they're 'shielded' (we're in England) so nobody's going anywhere until at least July. Not to worry, it just gives me plenty of time to plan. 😊

[@sugarbabie1681]

Facebook fish groups would cut there mom for that lol

[@MusingsFromTheDen]

@@sugarbabie1681 😂

[@SwatejK]

Is that a Blue Neon Goby at 9:48. Looks fantastic..

[@jewel1753]

You're tanks are always amazing. If you sell any of that guppy grass, please let us know. It would be awesome for my ramshorn and mystery snail grow tanks.

[@RachelOLeary]

Once we are allowed out I can share some for shipping

[@jewel1753]

@@RachelOLeary awesome! Thank you! And I definitely understand with being safe, so no rush.

[@Mrabc123]

I got distracted too 😂😂😂

[@madcat61207]

Throw that GuppyGrass into your tub.👍

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

Those gertrudae rainbows! If those would display like that in a pet store, they wouldn't be such a difficult sell, those males are smashing.

[@edwardspade6122]

I love my guppy grass, but it a!ways needs cleaning out.

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

great video

[@unusualaquariumecosystems5805]

My guppy grass grew a lot too,however I Stopped feeding the snails algae wafers to help reduce the abundance of detritus worms and now the snails are eating the grass.

[@madcat61207]

Got Ramshorn???

[@unusualaquariumecosystems5805]

@@madcat61207 yes I've taken them out now. They killed most of the grass

[@madcat61207]

@@unusualaquariumecosystems5805 holy crap! Ramshorn are voracious.

[@unusualaquariumecosystems5805]

@@madcat61207 You can see them chewing it if you eye sight is good enough.

[@madcat61207]

@@unusualaquariumecosystems5805 I separate them into a 5 gallon, and feed them algae wafers, but I'm not sure if that's what makes it stink so bad, or if it's just the dead ones. They eat any live plants I put in there.

[@lizzyanthus1]

Rachel, are you still doing videos? I haven't seen you in a while, and wanted to see some more current material, if you are still creating content. Thanks, and hope you get to see this. 😁

[@NewJerseyTom]

I like the ending of spying on the fish tank you should go KZbin live with no microphone just spying on a daily tank for like 30 minutes to an hour

[@lazydazy5159]

Great informative video again.

[@notkerrystolcenberg]

I'm bursting with ideas and plans for rescaping my tanks. *_But I'm so lazy_*

[@elvinventucillo4501]

What was the cute pleco-like algae eater on the rock/stone near the end of the video?

[@shammaideen6628]

What's those two fishes at 8:26? Surely not the sparkling gourami which we saw earlier. They're beautiful. The sparkling blue gobi also looks gorgeous

[@RachelOLeary]

They are common kribs

[@shammaideen6628]

@@RachelOLeary Thanks for replying Rachel. This is the first time I'm seeing them. They are beautiful. Their names don't do them justice - they are anything but common. At first, I thought kribs were some plants you got distracted by. Is the female pregnant?

[@RachelOLeary]

They are egg layers, she is in breeding dress though which is why her belly is all fired up

[@shammaideen6628]

@@RachelOLeary awesome... these will probably be my next addition 😀

[@MrTroyDColleyMusic]

Good shit

[@koreytorrence4896]

Did you have the guppy grass float or planted? I love the jungle look😱

[@RachelOLeary]

Both. It took over in all the ways

[@koreytorrence4896]

Rachel O'Leary oh ok😅 thx

[@Ramphonic]

Love the kyathit danios

[@LEE-kq9tq]

I want some of that guppy grass lol

[@RachelOLeary]

Careful, its the herpes of the plant world

[@btandrews29]

Agreed, me too. I just recently set up a 100 gallon indoor pond for my guppies, tried your summer tubbing idea this past summer and liked it so much I brought it all in. But I need more plants!

[@mathelogical2563]

Did you even acclimate the shrimp before you added them to the new tank?

[@kadeebeverley5079]

What lighting do you favour most ? Im so impressed with your lights lol

[@VyvienneEaux]

I hold a grudge against guppy grass. It kept taking over my tiny aquarium during college and I never had the time to properly remove it and rescape the tank. One day one of the fish died after giving birth and I didn’t notice since I couldn’t see into the tank. The subsequent ammonia spike and algae colonization eventually ruined everything.

[@dangdronkey]

We had ladder like that at work that was like 30 ft high. It was referred to as the ladder to heaven. Lol

[@RachelOLeary]

I like it because its really stable, unlike my knee, LOL

[@dangdronkey]

@@RachelOLeary I hear ya. Ours was surprisingly stable even in a pretty decent wind. That is until we had a nasty summer storm blow it over and bent it into a banana.

[@HCAqua]

Love the hillstream footage! what is that blue and black stiphodon? I need that for my hillstream tank!

[@RachelOLeary]

Atropurpureus

[@FancyTailAquatics]

I have a love/hate with Guppy grass and Java moss. Either not enough of bam one day, too much!

[@mellewedin8221]

Hola, I just want to say that 20 long was pretty neat, it was like cracker-jacks with the best toy surprise. To be honest I was a bit taken back by you tank of mass guppy grass. I try to keep mine tame. I need a pet that like to eat it 😍. I also have to say I really like your ink! It hard to find a good tat guy in my area.

[@RachelOLeary]

I drive 2 hours each way to see my tattoo artist

[@michaelkane2470]

Hey,I’m Michael in Saint Augustine.Love your tanks.Ever hear of or watch Green Aquas channel?

[@adityakale6064]

Rachel: haven't been able to see into it over a month! Guppy grass: Yeah ! That's why I'm fat! Gimme some shape

[@joshblack4291]

Same thing has happened to my planted tank lol.

[@LuizNunes74]

Hi Rachel, nice video, thank you. I saw your Khuli loach and the Krib (first time I ever seen this fish). Are they safe with shrimp? Would the shrimp, or crayfish, be able to reproduce? Thank you

[@jp-us9rq]

Awsome rachel!!!

[@sharonwolfe5210]

My Lord--- an "ooooo, S P A R K L Y---- ssshhhiiinnneeeyyy!!!" lover's dream!!!

[@NamNguyen-ek9hl]

Hi Rachel just you know I followed you on Instagram

[@chevyfish4028]

I never tire of looking at all your tanks. Thanks for the updates. Nice looking fish and tanks. I'm pretty much waiting for warm weather to put my fish out. I've been innoculating my buckets with live food starter cultures. I'm switching my fry to larger tanks and getting ready to put breeding stock together.

[@NiX_aKi]

I love your female Pelvicachromis! It's rare to see a female with ocelli and she has plenty! ❤

[@RachelOLeary]

They are a wild pair

[@NiX_aKi]

Ugh.. I'm so jealous right now

[@vikesfan63]

I'm disabled I don't drive anymore so I'd like to buy some Guppie Grass, the nearest Pet Store is about 20 miles away and they never have Guppie Grass.

[@visakhv]

Hi Rachael..just a quick question..recently I have lost quite a lot of Ancistrus plecos-181 183 lemon blue eyes, super reds etc due to internal parasites. After at least month struggle, I've sorted the parasites issue, now they are dying as such no reason..water parameters other than nitrate is 0..nitrate around 40. Weekly 50% water change. I feed them ebo spirunila and some pleco wafers.. Question is..is it due to too much protein in their food that they die now? What is the best food for Ancistrus? Many thanks.

[@cheers2023]

I love your hairstyle!

[@RachelOLeary]

Thanks. I cut it myself 🤣

[@cheers2023]

Oh I read that wrong, I thought you said you cut yourself, my bad!

[@CoolGobyFish]

Rachel, don't use wide lens for close ups))) it really distorts faces

[@RachelOLeary]

I dont own a wide lens

[@CoolGobyFish]

@@RachelOLeary oh

[@Graniteer]

What species of goby are shown around the 11:15 mark? Those are really nice, I know its been said before, but I just can't remember. Thanks!

[@Cem615.]

Rosy loaches!!!!!!

[@greghoffstadt667]

At min 9:40 in your video. Spying on the 150 tank. What kind of gorgeous fish is that. Looks like an eel. But, i realize it's a fish. I think.

[@andystokes8702]

Khuli Loach

[@jovannie7876]

what is the name of the cute little green fish that is crawling?

[@sanclementeeric6278]

Wait. What is the name of that tank in the way? Penjang? Which videos of yours can I see more of that one?

[@vikasrishi3301]

hey Rachel.. nice video I want you to send me some of water plants from your aquarium.. I don't have any of them I want to make tanks like you have.. lots of love from India

[@kirkg6712]

I remember you mentioning you are on a well. If so do you have a problem with nitrates and what do you do to get rid of them.

[@RachelOLeary]

No. My well water is very dilute luckily

[@kirkg6712]

Rachel O'Leary thank you very much

[@MrEbrethil]

woow great work like always, @11:25 a metallic fish showed up what the name pls :) ?

[@juanitahamilton9523]

The water plant that looks like cabbage does it have to in the sun?

[@edisonle8141]

What are all the name of those fishes on the ground? Not the sucker fish

[@dmzsniper]

Noooo, you cut out the part where you actually pull it all out of the tank ☺

[@ricodegallo3060]

👍

[@metrikal1]

This made me laugh because I have a tank just like this, add one little strand of guppy grass and need to fight a losing battle with forever. It's like the greatest utilitarian plant, but terrible to try and scape with, it basically killed my mosses by outcompeting them to the extreme

[@edisonle8141]

What the name of that type of fish hanging around on the rock? At 10:52- till the end of the video

[@coolcat33333]

What is that long fish at 9:45

[@jamiekearney368]

Do you still work with mystery snails? I saw your earlier videos about breeding and keeping them but havent seen any of them in your tanks for a while (probably hard to spot on a youtube video anyway!)

[@RachelOLeary]

not right now, they weren't selling and my adults aged out. Just working with spixis at the moment. I will return to them, I always do.

[@jamiekearney368]

@@RachelOLeary I'm currently raising (or attempting to) my first clutch. A week later and they are still super picky as a group about eating, however there are 2 or 3 larger ones which seem to be eating better. Any foods you know of that worked well for your babies? I've tried green beans, fish flake, algae pellets etc with little to no interest and they are beginning to worry me a little.. it's especially important I try to get it right, their parents had a nitrite spike and I worry theyll soon die after a few weeks of inactivity 😭

[@zimrianispresent8123]

I don't mean to like your Instagram posts so fast, I am just always on Instagram or opening it 😅😂😂😂

[@русланпавлов-ш4у]

Очень круто ✌️✌️

[@pecktec]

How do you sex the sparklings ?

[@javajoecoffey86rn4l8]

Give away would be sweet

[@davidhill99]

Are those rainbows jumpers?

[@RachelOLeary]

Thry can be without surface cover

[@MrShedey]

there is no guppy grass here in Czechia. wanna send me some please? :D