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[@SirKingHoff]

"the longest time of my life and I havent been alive that long" broooo 1 minute in and after watching for over a year I still see the fire in your eye that made me subscribe. As I clicked on this video i was thinking "Damn, 1 Year later. I cant wait for the 5 years later" video. Keep up the hard work, dude! We all see the passion and drive you have for us (making videos) and consumers (great shipping and product quality).

[@Heterogeneity]

Agree! So true!

[@raykemry954]

Can you please edit the nose wipeing up the arm. And I get it your very proud of YOUR, BUG BUFFET

[@arcedavida]

Hobbiest are hilarious. Even drunk we think "oh wow that plant would look great in my aquarium" *piss drunk*" lol

[@n00ter99]

Congrats on the 1 year mark, your enthusiasm and passion is really inspiring, and the store looks great with all those plants!

[@Griffin050A1t]

“I stole it out of a a mates mums pit when drunk” That ladies, gents and everyone between, is the spirit of the Australian gardener.

[@jordynjones855]

Me walking through the hardware garden section drunk shoving burnt up half dead cuttings in my pockets.. guess I’m Australian

[@IMaqua]

44:46 CPDs I breed stop scattering eggs above 24C. Usually they give me a lot of eggs when it is winter time here in Europe. I keep them in an unheated aquariums and during the winter temperature stays in range 19-22C and at this temperature they breed like crazy. Cheers Nick

[@FinnRenard]

Thanks for the tip

[@dawnvarty657]

Purchased plants always die. You have to steal them for the plant for them to thrive. That's a tale told to me by my mentor. Drunken plant thievery is epic.

[@dawnvarty657]

That's what I've always been told and I have never been able to grow syngonium because it always dies. Why? Everyone can grow syngonium. Because I purchased it. Does anyone have a plant? Invite me for dinner please?

[@thecatfishden]

Stunning! Never give up on your work! It inspires many, people from all over the world!

[@oakmaiden2133]

Lovely thing is, when it’s your favorite hobby it isn’t a job or work. Just living the dream.

[@thecatfishden]

@@oakmaiden2133 Completely agree. Fishkeeping is my profession. People look forward to retirement from their job, I look forward to quite the opposite.

[@RonVandehey]

This video was a great Sunday afternoon watch! I had guppies when I was 10 yrs old - (50 years ago - yikes!). My daughter has an aquarium now that my grandbabies enjoy. Trying to answer her questions a couple of weeks ago, led me to your channel. Your enthusiasm for this hobby is infectious! ... so much so, I just bought a tank to populate with some guppies for myself :) There are so many amazing colors out there now compared to 50 years ago! You also have an awesome personality and conversational style that is perfect for these videos. I will enjoy checking out out a few more! Keep up the great work, and cheers from Oregon, USA!

[@Boja23]

Here's my coffee suggestion, from America, where we live on it; no milk. Don't add anything, just pure motor oil to keep the machine running. :)

[@christopherali2828]

I've been watching your channel since the beginning. It's amazing to see you succeed in achieving your dream and watching your fish business grow. Wish you the best.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Awesome tour! we have to get Harlan a coffee cup so he doesn't have to use mine, I drink about 50 cups a day and still always put the coffee and water in first before the milk, Thanks for mentioning my Botanicals your fish have been doing really well since you've been using them to, some of those tanks are looking really good, when we run out of coffee we'll have to try the brine shrimp 🤣

[@HarlanFord]

ahaha yes great idea

[@twintigress]

I love the joy you take in your fish and how much you genuinely care about the fish, both the ones in your care and the species in general. You're making a real difference; keep up the great work.

[@nicoled5160]

This video was so relaxing. I need to meet some local fish hobbyist friends again. I could listen to fish talk and the music is perfect.

[@rdred8693]

You are such a kind young man. The world would be perfect if more people had your compassion for even the littlest creature.

[@effiepozzias4340]

Haha the ending made me laugh! Great video. Love your shop, we have been down a few times and got all my fish from there. All growing well and so healthy!

[@davidshultz4654]

You're the master of your craft. Congratulations Nick

[@CK-solutions]

I have a suggestion for saving your CPD's predating on eggs. Cut course filter sponge to fit snugly in the base. Place the spawning mop on top. When the CPD's start to eat the eggs, some will escape and fall into the sponge, where they can't reach them. Move the sponge into a tank after a few days, and replace another sponge in the container. See if you get success that way.

[@AstralApophis]

Latch hook template for craft store zip tied down to egg crate lighting diffuser on the whole bottom of the tank. This acts as a net small enough to keep the CPDs from predation, but the latch hook squares are large enough for CPD eggs. Worked like a charm for me, just my lack of time killed it for me. Couldn’t keep up with them

[@SirKingHoff]

13:36 I love the puffer just zooming behind him

[@masteraquaticsjustcallmeed5115]

NICK, FIRST OFF, THE ENDING IS HILARIOUSLY FUNNY!!! WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE WASP? LOL THINKING ABOUT THE LAST 4 YEARS, I AM AMAZED AT THE HUGE SUCCESS YOU HAVE HAD! FROM YOUR KITCHIN / LIVING AREA WITH YOUR PARENTS PLACE, TO YOUR LIVE STREAMS IN YOUR BEDROOM, TO THE LITTLE GARAGE BREEDING VIDEOS, TO THE MASSIVE BREEDING OF TODAY! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND THE GROUNDBREAKING SPREAD OF THOSE RARE HOMEBREED FISH! OH AND CAN'T FORGET THE BUG BUFFET FOOD! (THE PLUGGING OF IT? ) DO NOT STOP DOING THAT!!! IT IS AMAZING! I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PURCHASE YOUR FOOD AND MY FISHIES ARE AWAITING ITS ARRIVAL!!! LOVE THIS VIDEO THE MOST!!! BUT, MEETING YOU IN PERSON HAS BEEN A TRULY ENDEARING EXPERIENCE! THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND IN ALL HONESTY I LOVE YOUR PASSION FOR WHAT WE ALL ENJOY!I TO END THIS LONG POST, I CAN'T WAIT TO VISIT YOU IN YOUR FISH STORE AND JUST WALK THROUGH IT ALL LIKE I DID IN THIS VIDEO WITH YOU! THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH!

[@FinnRenard]

Thanks for the tour. The fish room looks amazing, and with time I bet you will appreciate well brewed coffee - even for the fish room :P 1:28:28 Otocinclus tank

[@chia_pet7121]

9:16 You should make Simple Coffee, where you dried out a bunch of duckweed and either mixed it in with the coffee, or have it added later from a fish food shaker.

[@DonaldHill87]

Just found the channel, brother! You’re living my dream, so I can live vicariously through you. I have bred fish before, as well as neocaridinas, but never on a scale that I could do anything with. If I ever came into some money though, having a fish room/building would be the first thing I would do, and work up to having a store! I’ve also hatched brine shrimp many times to feed my fish, and to get better hatch rates I placed a light on them, to provide a little extra heat. Your salinity level plays an important role too in hatch rate, I used 1.5 Tablespoons of salt per litre… best of luck to you with all you do and your shop.

[@HarlerQuin1811]

I can't believe its been a year - love fish room coffee ❤😂 congratulations on the first year. Your fish quality is amazing. Thank you for your passion 😘

[@rabighjaffry4584]

Man! Been watching your videos for 2 years now all the way from Pakistan, and you are such an inspiration! So happy for all the accomplishments you have made and may you be even more successful with time!

[@justinherbert8942]

Hey Nick nice video all the fish I bought from you are doing great 👍 keep the good videos coming always love to watch them

[@ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛΙΔΗΣ-λ1γ]

You can start having different houseplants in your aquariums and sell cutting to customers and inform them of their benefits. You can look up water propagated plants it’s amazing how many can just thrive in water.

[@bb27232]

you have the nicest way about you ~ wishing you all good things

[@caseyruegsegger282]

The ending of this video is great!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ejvits]

This makes me look back so fondly on the day to day at my old job at my LFS. Makes me miss doing hundreds of water changes just to work with all the fish we had!

[@andrewgoldfish]

Aussie vs wasp - the epic battle. Awesome tour! Love the rainbow fish. ❤

[@dmangela5677]

So very happy for you that your Blue Moscow Guppies are up and over the top gorgeous!

[@derekpalmer8752]

I've got 7 of the Ziss BBS hatcheries (one for each day of the week). Use a towel rack or make something to hang them up on the wall. It makes harvesting the BBS soooo much easier. I found it aggrivating to get my big hands under the stand to turn on the spout when it was sitting on a tabletop.

[@CK-solutions]

You were propagating plants when you were drunk. Now that's hilarious. 🤣 Best story, ever. Confused drunk, in search of pothos cuttings.

[@iwasteela]

I recently got a pair of young captive bred marbled salamanders. One of them is absolutely not shy about coming out to beg for crickets every few days. I love these little guys!

[@joris0283]

living the fish dream 🙂... for the cpd you need a double container, the top one with a mesh botom for the eggs to go true but no fish.. success guaranteed ...

[@melissaskinner4501]

Please get yourself a nice coffee machine,you will love it. It’s so important to look at your fish.I’m blown away with what you have done,impressive considering your age.I know your family are proud.Very cool.Love from NZ

[@SevilleSteve]

Thanks for the tour. Your tanks are great and I appreciate all the rare species u are breeding. I have been in the hobby for over 45 yrs now and live in Seville, Spain so probably too far to buy fish from you but if I could…..I would definitely go for some of the rare ones. I also use houseplants in all my tanks and they create such a nice atmosphere in the fish room.

[@chrish2924]

Love the vids. Always fun to watch. Thinking on your problems with your CPDs: could you do a mesh bottom / false floor container so the eggs fall through out of reach of the adults? And those christmas guppies that are eating their fry... could you do a breeder box? Or some kind of mesh cage inside the tank with the adults inside it? (Kind of like a reverse shark viewing cage 😂)

[@aaabbb-lr4xe]

put marbles on the bottom . eggs fall through

[@mattkinsella9856]

What you've achieved is incredible and in the timeframe it's just amazing. Your work and commitment is inspiring. I'm getting to be an old fart, rapidly approaching 50 and it's awesome for me to see young people do such cool stuff. Keep up the great work!

[@ChucksFeeesh]

The shop looks fantastic, my guy!! If I ever get back to traveling I hope to check it out in person.

[@craighalstead680]

33:06 for breeding the Rams have you tried one pair with a dither fish to see if that helps reduce them eating the eggs?

[@Skyecalm]

I know those rare blue eyes as celestial rainbows! Lovely fish.. For the plecos add a wave maker, drop temp for a few weeks then raise temp and cut off wavemaker...

[@rexwater1]

Ain't he just the cutest !?!?🎉. Adorable 😍

[@stephenblack8698]

Incredible place you have. Well done and congratulations on living the life that you want to live.

[@andicecook]

You are a young old man ❤ Good job on your fish room and your profession 🐟🐠🐡🐚🪸🦐🐌

[@Firebird894]

for cpd also if im really lazy I just set up a bunch of marble trays. Every few days pull one out sit in straight in a tub of water and live food web. put another tray in. rotate and rinse. ive got heaps that way.

[@timellis9293]

Congrats on 1 year man. I bought 2 10 gallon tanks after watching your channel a few months ago. I now have a shrimp tank and a guppy tank. And as of 3 days ago I have about 30 baby guppies. Now I am making the brine hatchery after watching your other video on how to make it. Love the channel.

[@acuaristayuca]

You are an inspiration to all acuarism entusiasth and to every one dreaming having an aquarium store

[@MS-vw6vj]

Just a little tip, the 'black middle' on a guppy is called a tuxedo. Not that it matters, just wanted to let you know.

[@KingsAquariumsAndReptileRoom]

Absolutely amazing update fishroom tour nick really enjoyed every minute of this very well presented video. Im also doing a betta breeding project, ive recently purchased 3 koi male bettas which are stunners and im currently trying to bred one of them with a plakat female. Also i just wanna say its so nice to see the passion and enthusiasm that you have for the hobby and to see how far you have come mate. Full view mate 😊

[@jqc5]

I watched you from way back, love to see you have your dream come true!

[@matthew_thefallen]

How old are you? You must be a little younger than i am (i am 32) and you have put up this amazing store! I love the dedication and the passion you have for what you are doing, you are a great example of how many young people achieve their dreams! I can't wait to see more updates and more of your videos! Cheers from Italy🙌

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Awe inspiring is an understatement Nick… extraordinary work you’ve done 🎉congrats , and many more years of success mate🙂👍🏻

[@scotty3693]

I have followed you for over the years.. love to see you grow! Keep it up!❤❤

[@daviddurocher3785]

Thanks Nick for the tour, Have you seen the aquarium coop forum ziss brine shrimp hatchery pvc rack, I made mine to hold two hatcheries, works great. I was out of town when you came to our pasco county aquatic club meet in Florida, bummed I missed you but enjoyed all your's and Harlens videos

[@toddbigeasy]

Congratulations on your journey! Ive been following alibg for some time now and learned a few things from you. I really enjoy the nature excursion vlogs too. Thanks for making me laugh this morning with the wasp footage. I really wish your shop was closer to me, i would use your stock exclusively for sure but you are kinda far from Memphis Tennessee USA.😊

[@ardavo]

Always look forward to your videos. They are by far the best! Your fish look so healthy.

[@johnhardisty4819]

Hey Nick congrats on your first year 🎉🎉🎉 if you want a solution for the wire rusting out on your BBS hatchery's then just use bonsai wire it's aluminum and doesn't rust. It was my only upgrade I made to your video on making a BBS hatchery. Thanks heaps for all the knowledge you have shared.

[@plantingwithasher7929]

this video is amazing I hate the long videos, keep up the grind, and i have mad respect for tou

[@Shakodancer16]

If you can, because idk if they ship to you or not, but try aquarium coop’s brine shrimp. I’ve never not had issues having over 96% hatch.

[@dixsigns1717]

Nick, I definitely believe in feeding culls. I keep livebearers with my angelfish to supply fresh live food for them, but I have been unable to find any cheap cull guppies for sale. I recently returned to the hobby after being denied access for over 25 years. And I might add it has been extremely calming to my being.

[@pedrocastel8177]

That vanilla orchid You find in the wild here in bolivia ( santa cruz) love your Journey really inspiring

[@Aquafinity]

Great work Nick! The fish room seems awesome.

[@ausyenlowang1755]

these videos are a great background, but i just want to say your "french coffee" pun was top quality mate haha

[@richardobrien1666]

it has been great watching you, your hobby, and now your business develop. Next time I'm up from Melbourne i'm super keen to come have a look. Great stuff

[@kagome4life456]

The ending of the video was hilarious! Love the energy

[@elinaverdonk5638]

How old are the betta fish when you seperate them if you breed betta fish?

[@iainaquariumagic]

Great upload. Congratulations ❤

[@derekgh3fan]

Walk throughs are my fav style of videos :) The shop looks awesome!

[@TOOMUCHSAUCE91]

Wow I honestly am impressed with your dedication. It's been a pleasure watching your videos.

[@slamboy66]

I keep pond snails in my shrimp tanks. They really love popped snails to eat.🦐🦐🦐🐌🐌🐌

[@모모야아줌마]

I watch your videos in the evening when the lights in the fish tank are turned off. I am raising ram in korea. they are ball type. thank you for always. you give me happy time.

[@namankashyap5380]

Pure happiness can be seen in you of achieving your dream.... congratulations bro enjoy & please regularly upload videos....i love to watch....:)!

[@harryfp1494]

So I breed guppies too and I use a floating basket well it doesn’t even really flow. It just kind of sits on the top of a 10 gallon tank. It’s a square pond basket by tetra and it works great. I mean out of my few fish I started with I have hundreds and hundreds of fish now and it’s very successful at keeping the moms out of the babies.

[@toddhupp]

you did it Nick! Looks great. Not an easy thing to do.

[@chia_pet7121]

5:27 Other than the tank backs, would you paint, or not paint, the frames/pipework a different color etc?

[@Crazyfishlady7106]

Thanks for the tour im making pineapple upside down cup cakes ❤and watching your tour when braking i better go pull them out once again great tour❤

[@derschwereGustaf]

I bread a lot of CPDs with a steel mesh in a little tub with java moss on top and then collected the eggs every two days.

[@missyflutter5562]

“ I use this sponge to clean the mugs” omg I’ve been in horticulture & aquaculture it’s normal but still made me giggle 😂😂😂

[@monicataylor7871]

Congrats on 1yr!!!!

[@oakmaiden2133]

I have a very densely planted betta sorority tank with guppies to provide the occasional live food. Plenty of babies get past a barrage of hungry bettas. So maybe add floaters to the guppy tank.

[@rachithskills2821]

I was just watching ur 274 tank video and now this got uploaded 😂

[@MikeYang-p2v]

I suggest placing a light source for your brine shrimp hatching station for a better hatch rate.

[@imEnkel]

It’s a good look. Use a lav mic it will help with the echo or a shot gun mic as close as you can get it outside the shot. 🦐

[@jayesssveevearing4282]

I recently got a pack of angels from you and there was only one black and the rest stripy but I was so happy with all the Cory's I got they are loving there life thanks for the uploads nick

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Tip for instant coffee I learned off a coffee KZbinr, use a little water with the instant coffee and stir it and then add the rest of the water. It makes sure you don't get undisolved instant coffee.

[@MengXia]

Awesome tour! great achievement, I have 3 tanks inside and 2 ponds outside after watching your channel! especially love nano fishes! when will tiger hillstream loach be available?

[@WarmodeIntroArchive]

Awesome fish update, sorry to hear about all the struggles you find with people gatekeeping fish and selling you only males.

[@sparehead2163]

Wonderful that are breeding and putting our Aussie blue eyes out there I have kept signifer (just the common blue eye) for years and just love those fish would love to keep them in a pond but it's a bit cold south of Sydney Looking forward to my trip to Qld so I can come look at your shop and get some other blue eye species keep up the great passion thanks Nick

[@PhillyAquarist]

It's been a long process but everything looks great now. Wishing you nothing but success for many years to come. I have one question. What lights are on all your tanks and are hey good for growing plants?

[@Kyddoemiko13]

Mother nature is at it again with that wasp 😅😂😂 great job with the aquariums ❣️

[@Firebird894]

For CPD and emeralds I do trays with marbles and a little bit of moss in the middle. Each day I stick a turkey baster in between the marbles and such eggs up and every few days just go through the tray clean it get the rest of the eggs and let it go again. I do not heat mine except in winter I keep it above 18 so they keep laying. I do some outside too. I find the emeralds easier. cpd I like having 2 male 2 - 3 female in a tub top cover floating plants live food lots of live marble trays turkey baster give that a go. I had heaps of babies over winter but its dropped off now.

[@KagedGaming416]

Wow thats crazy, I was literally just looking at all your previous videos again lol

[@thisperson113]

Looking forward to that pallifina vid. I love mouth brooding bettas. Not enough content about them in KZbin or the web.

[@ahoward89]

If you weren't halfway 'round the world from me (Brooklyn NY), I'd love to support your shop. I'll keep supporting your channel though, cheers!

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

For your CPDs, did you try the old sußwasertang/Christmas moss in a small bin trick? It took my cpds about half a year to get comfortable and I breed them in a somewhat planted tank and they still choose to breed in the moss bin as it's more appealing. I don't do water changes, I just top off with a nice amount of r.o. water. But thats just me. I want to setup the automatic egg catcher that goes up to the breeder box that Blake's Aquatics and others have shown.

[@nichollsg79]

Plant people that are aquarium people know the secret!! Both hobbies support each other so well. Love alocasia stingray! They get big🪴😎🦀🐌🐠🦐

[@lindataylor8302]

Happy to say that I have been one of your earliest subscribers 🎉

[@gringoaquatic]

I have been told that rams need a knight light to keep the parents from spooking at night and eating there eggs or fry. Might try that if you haven't already. Thanks for your videos you're really doing amazing work.

[@miagifish]

You did a great job and invested so much time and effort and now you see your dream come true. I wish you all the best and keep up the good work and show us more breeding projects with updates like you did with the danios and the betta,s 😊