My Favorite Fish Are Driving Me Insane...

[@AQUAPROS]

UPDATE: I was being impatcient (classic) the fish are diplaying normal behavior and "breeding" on the rocks today. Will be pulling the bin shortly to inspect for eggs 😎🫡

[@jonisolis9645]

Do not move to Louisiana, I get large water snakes that eat large goldfish. :(

[@AQUAPROS]

@@jonisolis9645 YIKESSSSS!

[@Yash_iota]

hey why r u not uploading vids? i just found ur channel but there's no video from 2 months so just wondering...

[@ZenCoryCat]

Hey Mike, I hope everything is ok!

[@kens3dandaquatics]

Lmao garter snake strolls through "omg is it a cobra?"

[@zen.9034]

was just going to say that same thing lol, i love snakes so i was laughing at the horror in his voice

[@bradley7013]

Dude I didn’t even know you still made videos! I remember watching you and Dustin and Joeys diys to do it on the cheap. I hope everything is okay but we’re all here for you man. I will always have a spot in my heart for you guys and what y’all did to the hobby. I hope to see you soon brother, Godspeed.

[@mbroome]

For rainbow shiners, the container I use is a short black plastic food prep container filled completely with rocks. I gave up on trying to do a clear plastic viewing container, it was just not worth the effort since muck somehow lands inside no mater what making it hard to see what is in it. I do it in a pretty bare 20 long. I also shoot a small powerhead across the top of the container with the container right up against the glass where the powerhead is stuck. When I see the males really colored up and hanging out near the container, I come back in a couple of hours and pull the eggs.

[@AQUAPROS]

@@mbroome thanks for the insight! I just need to get more "bottom baskets so I can keep swappin them out i think 🫡🫡🫡

[@the_realist_John_Doe]

A little methylene blue in your egg incubation container keeps them more viable until hatch... it also helps you spot the bad ones. Just a tip. I noticed I never see "blue water" in your breeding process. Might be a game changer for you.

[@mittenista]

It looks like a garter snake. They're harmless to humans and any pet bigger than a hamster. They're really neat little guys if you can get them captive bred and used to handling

[@Car0linaPh03nix]

The Fluval canisters prime WAY better and easier when they're empty. Whenever I open mine for anything, I always pour out all the water and reprime from empty. Works much better and more reliably.

[@maxwellmolleran5943]

That was definitely just a garter snake. the odds of seeing a cobra in the pacific northwest are astronomically low. One would have to escape captivity and make it to your yard. That being said, it very well might snipe a few fish from your ponds. They'll eat what fits in their mouth (like fish)

[@AQUAPROS]

@@maxwellmolleran5943 yikesssss!

[@angiemoore1741]

I think I enjoyed this video the most of all of them. This is exactly the process I go through with everything. Questioning should I or should I not. Is this better or worse? lol I loved the canister filter portion. It was very relatable to see the issues with set up.

[@BTQ410]

If you want a floating plant that is easier to work with because it is bigger than salvinia, try dwarf water lettuce. It is a great water filter that will help you with your water parameters, and it will put down long roots your fish will love.

[@BTQ410]

For an aquarium lid that is cheap, easy to make and will keep your jumpers from committing suicide go to your local Home Depot type store. You want the material to build a screen like for a window. Buy the frame, something to cut it with like a small hand saw, corner kit for a screen window, spline and a spline tool. Then on Amazon buy the aquarium netting for an aquarium lid, and if you want this to sit inside your tank get the plastic shelf type aquarium lid holders that hang on the edge of your aquarium. Be sure you get the size to fit the width of your glass which is probably 6 or 8mm. Measure the inside of the tank and cut the frame pieces and put them together with the corner kit. Cut your net a few inches bigger than the frame and put it in the frame with the spline and spline tool. Trim the excess net and you have a nice light lid that will save your fish. If you want it to sit in top just make it about an inch bigger than your tank. I made one for my guppy tank and it sits inside and I have had no more suicides. Good luck, and BTW we don’t have cobras in the wild in the US 🐍 😂 . That was a grass snake or rat snake.

[@mikalmos369]

I have a solid bit of advice about how to deal with your slithery fish Thief and be assured that's what he was there for. It looks like you have a male garter snake. Completely harmless, typically are diurnal, quite social live in colonies, usually near some kind of body of water whether it be man-made or otherwise including drainage stitches, eat lots of amphibians and invertebrates as well as fish which is probably one of their favorite foods especially little shiners just like the kind of stuff you're keeping on your patio, don't tend to be defensive so don't worry about getting bit however if you have a bee allergy or anything like that be careful because if you were to get bit garter snakes are mildly rear Fang venomous and it's very rare that someone gets envenomated buy them but it's typically kind of like a bee sting reaction. Predator Nets are usually pretty easy for them to defeat and commercial snake repellents do not work on anything despite their claims. I'm not entirely sure which specific species of garter snake you have but I will do here shortly however I doubt it will make a big difference as to suggestions period of course the biggest suggestions with snakes is to remove their food source but that's a catch-22 in this case. So okay what does work? Frankly go start pissing all over your yard especially the perimeter and around the patio area is where you keep your fish. Do this consistently and particularly anybody who eats meat and anybody who comes to your house because it shows a population. Straight up Predator urine. Of course if it rains you have to double down on this. After a while you can get a little bit less consistent and they will still stay away however if you quit completely they will be back within weeks if not days especially with a nice little Buffet you have set up for them. I am dead serious about this advice. If you poke around online you will find it in obscure places. From my personal experience with my boyfriend on our Campground out in the middle of nowhere asking guest to do this as well as us doing it definitely deterred all species of snakes from the areas we were doing it in. We were most concerned about the venomous snake species we had on the property because the city folks that came to Camp knew nothing about anything except that anything small and furry to them was a rat. We had a good population of Timber Rattlers snakes, copperheads, cottonmouths and pygmy rattlesnakes. The only one that we would see out in the open frequently where timber rattlesnakes because they're pretty docile and not defensive. They would often ignore human walking by not even rattling conversely I never saw one even mock strike at anybody. The thing is if you're not a threat and you're not food they don't care. The Venom is meant for hunting not for hurting or scaring off a human that would likely kill them in the process. It takes a lot of metabolic activity to produce that Venom to catch their prey so why wasted on scaring off something that would probably waste them in the attempt. Garter snakes as I said are only mildly rear Fang venomous and the Venom is meant for amphibians and fish Etc not mammals even though they will hunt small rodents on occasion however that is the exception not the rule. Besides you are about 100 times bigger than any prey that they normally run across. Garter snakes actually make quite good pets but in order for them to really Thrive you do need to keep a group of them. Incidentally they are also live barers. I wish I could tell you that your Raptor scaresnake what do the trick... before I became a Zoological educator I had to get over a deep phobia of snakes that caused me to have recurring nightmares throughout my childhood. Well I got over it after some seriously hard work and the motivation that if I didn't I'd get fired lol. Anyway go start peeing in your yard right now.

[@tabathatammaro9187]

Thank you for sharing the good, the bad and the ugly. I appreciate the realness.

[@thomasdeansfineart149]

Wow. Quite a ride. I’m glad I’m not the only one who has ever had trouble with a Fluval canister. That was reassuring. Another great one! 🙌🙌🙌🙏

[@nathanhoveyaquatics]

I fill via my shower but it's so freaking hot in Swfl the water is warmer than the tanks. I fill with it at as cold as it goes and it's still warm lol. Been thinking of filling a 55 gal drum so it gets colder then do water changes.

[@assiahinarkansas]

Enjoyed the update, thanks!

[@mikalmos369]

My canister filter PTSD has been fully triggered.😂

[@Hall-l6u]

That was fun. I love reading instructions. 🤓

[@staceyhart7827]

I love those fish I would give them something to make them feel safe piece of wood or something and they seem to like the flow. I hope to have some at some point. Great video 😊

[@percymichaud8003]

Dean Tweeddale from Dean Fish Room has a video with a breeding box also Making Egg Traps for Egg Scattering Fish is another good video to watch.

[@anodyne.7024]

This video is so relatable! Thank you for sharing!

[@AQUAPROS]

Cheers 😎😎

[@AbraAbrakadabraKadabra]

5:50 - 5:57 100% relatable 🤣🤣

[@H20CultureLabs]

In regards to the ricefish: "Life, uh, finds a way."

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Love your videos, probably the coolest fresh content out there. Love the unspoken hidden Jem's, the ideas and you are doing a lot of what I am wanting to do myself. I should be posting my own video on a portal in my intense greenwater tank soon.

[@Les-OZZYTHEOSCAR]

Enjoyed the video Mike. It was a bit of a rollercoaster ride this week and setting up the fluval 106 was quite fun to observe 😀 Like you I hated the snake but fingers crossed you get some success with those shiners soon

[@AQUAPROS]

@@Les-OZZYTHEOSCAR thanks!!!!

[@kaitlyn888]

I was wondering if the green is coming from the light that you have on top of it since there are no plants in there there’s nothing to soak up some of the new trance so it’s all hitting the water directly, causing a massive algae bloom

[@dantanigawa5072]

Would love to see more scaping videos!

[@DavidBucuco]

Hope all is good ! i really wanted to know if the bootleg rainbow shiners grew into their own or do they still look ...like that 😅

[@pattys_aquatics]

I appreciate your videos on all these but essentially the shiners. I have a batch of the “bootleg” shiners from the same place and my buddy has some from White Cloud Dynasty. We are both trying to breed them so your videos are helpful

[@TankItEasySG]

Interesting pond names you have sir 😂 love this

[@raygiannamore]

Hope everything is OK

[@jacekjakimiec9987]

get some hornwort chrap super fast growth and eats everything. also u can float it

[@maurinedoyle9964]

You should dial a friend - who is tops in fish breeding and filtration - that's why we have friends ❤

[@henrylo6773]

❌ Fish Videos ❌ Instagram thirst traps ✅ Aquapros videos 2 birds 1 stone

[@Gleekjunkie]

Gratz, I wondered when the ponds would attract a snake, and dude Cobras are from Egypt and that area. I empathize I hate snakes too, that's why I don't have a pool or fish pond outside.

[@AQUAPROS]

@@Gleekjunkie hahahah ya i was just kiddin about the cobra ;)

[@kaitlyn888]

Make a natural set up for them, adding some plants to give them some cover will make them feel more comfortable. They will not lay eggs or respond if they are uncomfortable in their environment.

[@yourdad8536]

bro pulled a dani fr

[@TheOriginalBrian]

Welcome to that breeding life...glad you can breed rice fish...even in tanks you are not trying to!

[@jamriver]

Disaster with the canister filter lol Classic🤪🤪🤪✌️

[@Jennifer-nz2ss]

You are so funny! 😂yes,it might be a cobra! OMG! Love all the ponds you have. Its so hot here in TX!Was 100* here today! No pond for me unless I want a literal fish fry!!😮 but, I'm still looking for cobras and some tigers here on my patio!🧐

[@mtgtomescourer]

Mike, my dude, where have you been? Went to buy some Legit and everything is sold out, then realized I hadnt seen a video from you in awhile. Hope all is good!

[@rochelle6006]

Give them some top plant cover maybe ? They do look a little stressed out.

[@mikalmos369]

You okay? Got used to seeing your videos weekly through the summer and was kind of holding my breath to see how things went with the rainbow shiners. That said it's been long enough now that for most KZbinrs that usually means a family emergency of some kind. I hope all is good.

[@AQUAPROS]

@@mikalmos369 ya i made a "community" post about it. Ill be back soon, all good just a family thing that needed my full attention for a while 🙏

[@mwatch1482]

Probs a silly question but if you removed the females to lay their eggs, how do they get fertilised?

[@AQUAPROS]

@@mwatch1482 the eggs just fertilized the moment they are released from the fish, the males coax them out!

[@Psionicbomb]

Hope you’re doing well! Haven’t seen you in a minute

[@johnjrkean7008]

The bootleg rainbow shiner makes.me laugh everytime lmao i have a friend whos spanish doesnt know spanish cant cook spanish food and hes as white at ur whiteclouds i call him the bootleg spaniard since we were kids lol ....btw hes a great dude all in good fun

[@princeali2555]

is Chris the gold fish still around ?

[@jonny_mazerati9410]

A cobra! 😂😂 in the u.s. 😂 ……. He just wanted to say hi 👋 😊

[@AQUAPROS]

Hello there! :)

[@RyanRoux]

Lol...Ask Cory why he doesn't like Canister filters.

[@AbdulRahim-cu7y]

Hi! Do you edit videos yourself, or have you hired someone? would love to discuss it if you’re interested.

[@rthomas470]

Reject rice fish retirement home!! 😂😂

[@AQUAPROS]

Its a nice place to live ;)

[@DavidTorres-fb9lh]

I got some rainbow shiners from aquatic arts and they look similar to the ones you called bootleg 😅 I really hope they color up cause ima be hella disappointed

[@vampgaia]

Buy some Legit fish food and get 6 rice fish with your order. LOL. Sounds like a plan to me!

[@AQUAPROS]

@@vampgaia 😄😄😄😄

[@rickeyanderson5168]

Put a net over that aquarium so the fish don't jump out.

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Greenwater could be the trick.

[@markfranklin8831]

Great video

[@-AndrewR]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@SublimeSquamata]

Harmless garter snake, they’ll eat garden pests for you

[@AQUAPROS]

@@SublimeSquamata i hope he dosent take a dip! ;)

[@belishp]

Just a garter snake, they might eat your fish, but they will also eat slugs and lots of other garden pests.

[@AQUAPROS]

good! I dont like slugs either!!!!! :)

[@nathanhoveyaquatics]

Lol I've forgotten to put that lil piece back on the canisters so many times 😂 Nothing worse than having to take apart n put back together multiple times because you forgot to do something. Ur not alone in the filter mayhem.

[@AQUAPROS]

@@nathanhoveyaquatics its been so long.... kinda weird those 2 parts arnt just on the lid already.. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@nathanhoveyaquatics]

@@AQUAPROS agreed why do we have to build the dang thing lol. I wanna plug n play. Good luck with these fish and they are really amazing looking. Side note I hate snakes also.

[@markfranklin8831]

Please make a update. Its Nov now? Hope you're ok and doing well.

[@mickealm93]

maybe they need a didder fish to feel safer?

[@zsworld6609]

I have to tell ya... you're thinking vibe that you have is way too much is absolutely a thing. you're way over doing it. the filter was a waste of money. regardless of where they come from in a river doesn't matter. mind you, in a river the fish don't live in the stream but in the pockets. they don't want to fight a current all day. I'd go with a longer tank. rock and plant it up with your sponge filter and bam. that's it. the green water is prime breeding ground. your fish are not comfortable in your tank at all

[@jasminemcallister9910]

My backyard is on a lake. Could I build a container pond with rice fish with lake water? Is it a ridiculous idea? Could I use the lake gravel and sand as a base layer? I’m new to the idea of even owning fish. But your channel has inspired me @AQUAPROS

[@KentoLeoDragon]

Do fish live in the lake? If so, it sounds like a great idea. Don't even have to cycle it.

[@jasminemcallister9910]

@@KentoLeoDragonthat’s what I was thinking and I thought I would put a small water pump and some plants

[@AQUAPROS]

@@jasminemcallister9910 you could prolly figure something out in this realm, if I lived on a lake i would def try this out... get some test strip and see what some of the parameters are

[@jasminemcallister9910]

@@AQUAPROS the problem is I don’t even know what the parameters are. 🤦🏼‍♀️. I haven’t found fish videos to explain what I need to look for. What type of test strips?

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