My Honest Review of 10 Intermediate Fish *Buyer Beware*

[@GirlTalksFish]

*What's your favorite intermediate fish (and the warning label you think they should come with)?*

[@JASB_Studios]

Goldfish (they, or anything in general, cannot live in a fishbowl)

[@1988bogdana]

Otocinclus! They need seasoned aquarium and prefer to be in groups.

[@roganhall1323]

Angelfish. They are more aggressive than one would think.

[@marksguitars5617]

Siamese algae eaters, they get big and eat less algae as they get older but never as aggressive as the other species.

[@Retrounboxing8]

Goldfish 😊 they eat a lot and make a mess

[@Handygrrl]

Nerite snails: the females leave eggs all over EVERYthing which are sometimes hard to remove. Good "heads up!" video!

[@alexia3729]

pretty odd request, but i think a review of expert level fish would be pretty good. it can be useful for beginners so they know what to avoid, and can give experienced hobbyists some ideas

[@alvinlee1816]

I love stiphodon gobies! I got blue neon and rainbow in my 4ft tank, and they aren't shy to show their colors at the front. My sand once got full of diatoms as it was going through new tank syndrome, they just sieve through the sand substrate to eat the diatoms and cleaning the leaves, tank just got so clean for only a few days!

[@sunriseshell]

To keep our (future) axolotl tank cold we put it in our bedroom and got a room AC unit. Keeps the tank cool and we sleep better! Win-win.

[@jackstafford6111]

In the UK its quite common to have very hard water and high ph, my community tank is really heavily planted using nothing but root tabs and fertiliser, you'd be supprised how well they have flourished ! GH 16 - 286.5ppm DKH 12 - 214.3 ppm PH 8

[@WraithLK]

Do you continually add root tabs and if so how frequently do you add them?

[@catfrog1975]

Absolutely love this video! Thanks for sharing the hurdles you faced with these creatures

[@bulkingtoothpick5517]

I love otocinclus! They are very active in my aquarium, and don’t appear to be shy at all. Whenever I use tongs to move plants or put in food they immediately come up to them and attach. They have interesting personality, and have a shared beneficial friendship with corydora catfish. Look it up, very cool stuff

[@Amanda-uc5jq]

My ottos are active as well, I can put my hand next to them when I’m doing things they don’t mind at all.

[@garg4531]

Intermediate fish? Awesome! I don’t hear about this stuff as often as I should so I can’t wait to hear! 😄

[@ponygirl1624]

Nice Betta in the aquarium behind you! :)

[@marksguitars5617]

good points on all of those animals. All correct, I've had the same experiences with almost all of those except pea puffers, which tempted me a few times. Thanks!

[@Comfy-Heart]

I LOVE pea puffers tooo❤ Very curious and interesting fish! I keep 2 in my community tank, and they ate all my pest snails in a week. So now I'm feeding them blood worms and they love it

[@axelleaa]

How are you ensuring your pea puffers are also eating bloodworms in a community tank? I have 3 pea puffers in my community tank (with black skirt tetras) and I’m always worried they aren’t eating the bloodworms since bloodworms float and the puffers tend to stay at the bottom (ish).

[@axelleaa]

I should probably specify that they get fed once a day and I start with flakes, wait for them to finish that then throw some bloodworms in the filter stream so they get pushed to the bottom, they usually float right back up though lol

[@Comfy-Heart]

@hl9617 I usually feed them the frozen blood worms which will sink. And when I feed, I always swivel the worms so they look like they are moving and appear more appealing to pea puffers (since they like live food). If you have the bandwidth, you can also try live bloodworms and brine shrimps! Hope that helps :))

[@lurklingX]

thought you couldn't keep them with other fish..... will have to go back in and dig around for what people say in general. i always liked black skirts. they get SO big apparently! i had one as a first fish when i got into it. and recently saw some massive ones for sale.

[@MaliPipkin]

Guppies: give birth for ever

[@fireball7677]

And some have bad genetics

[@AlokKumar-bd3lb]

Are gouramis ok

[@roopaachuri2216]

Just keep males

[@MaliPipkin]

No, Gouramis are aggressive

[@AlokKumar-bd3lb]

@@MaliPipkin i mean dwarf gouramis some species are peaceful so I'm gonna get that is that ok

[@TeamFlame_101]

I never new you kept all of these fish! That tank on the background is looking grwat btw

[@cosmoplakat9549]

My nerite spends most of its time on a large piece of wood, which was well seasoned before I got the snail. I think they really love the biofilm that grows on wood.

[@sunsundks3891]

13:58 what about one of the three smallest cory species being with em?

[@frowningfaun4528]

Just got back into tanking some fish. Got 2 angel, 2 male guppies amd 4 female guppies. Then 2 khuli loaches. Looking to start a brackish with 2 puffers. Addicted.

[@Yetieti406]

My neon blue dwarf gobies do the same thing! I find that if I just approach slowly and don't make any sudden movements it's ok - or if I sit there for a while. Same thing goes for my hillstream loach and less so for my bristlenose pleco. They're still so cool, though, when you see them up on the glass, front and center.

[@juliaheinritz3264]

Learn something new everyday with your videos😊

[@helenchambers9357]

I have a tank with a pair of brevis shelldwellers, absolutely love them. It’s been up and running now for 4 months, I wasn’t sure what plants would grow but I used Crypt cordata, Anubias, Java ferns and twisted valisneria and all are growing well in the high pH, hard water - especially the val it’s really taken off.

[@belleviewaquatics8435]

My axolotl is turning 2 this august, I pulled the AC from my bedroom to put in his room. His tank remains a balmy 66 F. I swelter in bed but I can sleep knowing he is ok.

[@Cipher0ptic24]

You can get rodi water from a local fish store that sales saltwater fish. It usually costs between 25-50 cents a gallon.

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

bigger rainbowfish [ boesemani, turquoise, reds] . stunning but dominant individuals can be aggressive and they are prone to mouth injuries,

[@markvonwisco7369]

One Caridina shrimp that thrives in harder water is the Malawa shrimp (Caridina pareparensis). They pretty much look like miniature Amano shrimp. Malawa shrimp are very hardy, and breed like crazy once they get established.

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

i have a stiphodon in my 33 gallon hillstream setup. mine is pretty bold [ probably assisted by dither fish] and i see him all the time [ even in the midwater]

[@LampGoron64]

the axolotl gulp at 8:55 was so cute

[@TBG1]

I've had some Otocinclus for forever by now. They survived 3 tank changes and living in a huge bucket-like thingy as an emergency tank. They were like my first ever fish and are really peaceful in my case, living along my dwarf shrimp and just overall vibing. Very calming fish, imo

[@Cbtrainnut]

Great video. I’ll continue watching your videos. You have some great advice that I have followed and used. Especially with my planted tank!

[@elaineluikart5459]

Please, what are the tall leafy plants in the ram tank? Thanks😊

[@MessengerAgemo]

I have had success with moneywort in a shell dweller tank acting as a floating plant.

[@GenRN]

I’m going to try this!

[@Amie_Lee_SP]

For the shell dweller tank algae, would a nerite snail be happy in there since they can do okay with brackish water?

[@angiebear8727]

So agree with you on this particular goby. Sooooo cute…..when they aren’t under my rocks.😂

[@Chris-jl6vp]

Another note about marbled hatchetfish: They're also rather prone to stressing and whitespot.

[@squiddysan]

Nerite snails are the go-to algae eating snails in Europe, since mystery snails (and all other snails from the genus Pomacea) are banned in Europe (specifically European Union). I've kept several different snails from the family Neritidae (vittina natalensis, vittina waigiensis, neritina pulligera, theodoxus fluviatilis, clithon corona & clithon diadema). Never had an issue with any of them, nor would I consider them "intermediate", but I understand why some might. Unlike other snails I've kept (tylomelania gemmifera, faunus ater, pest snails), they definitely prefer algae over fish food, and I've never seen them be interested in it, while the others mentioned swarm any bottom feeder food I drop in. This is why I'd always leave the back panel of my tank alone and not scrape the algae off it, another good tip is not to overstock them.

[@agnediciuniene9861]

Could shell dwellers do well with mangrove growing out of tank?

[@NGC-cz1nr]

As a beginner owner of fish, DO NOT GET LIVEBEARERS!!!! DO NOT GET LIVEBEARERS!!! THERE'S SO MANY, AAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!

[@delgadoflaco]

Trying to grow some bright neocrdina water shrimp but can you with fish and plants, Can I use 1inch of substrate with 1/2 inch of gravel ?Also can I bag a few medium mesh bag fill with substrate to change the bag and not the whole substrate out through the years

[@melty_ice]

This was a good premier.

[@fsu7482]

Fire eels basically suicidal mine digs all the time and will uproot everything. You need fluval stratum substrate so it kinda readjusts around the plants as they move

[@lizdyson3627]

Hi irene, have you ever had a panther crab or do you know how best to keep one? Tank size ect.

[@BigDaddyJ-DcAudioFTW]

@GirlTalksFish do you have a video on how to take care of aquarium while on vacation?

[@simonbuys]

Thanks for the great video! How did you feed your pea puffer in the 5 gallon? This looks like a great tank but i don't have a second tank to breed snails and cubes of frozen food look too big for just one puffer.

[@towermoss]

One additional thing about nerite snails: They are remarkably messy. Whenever I kept them, my tank was literally covered with their laid eggs. Of course, they don't hatch, but they are unsightly in large numbers and difficult to remove. Also, they poop A LOT. Like, an absurd amount. It'll look like someone dumped those chocolate sprinkles all in your tank.

[@lruddy8820]

my crystal shrimp have been thriving and a def dont keep them in low ph soft waters, the store i got them from kept them in half RO water and i didnt even drip acclimate mine from my experiences with them over the last few months they are a lot hardier then what you would read online

[@Jamiesayla]

Agree with the axies. I love my lotl, but the aquarium chiller was an expense. Now she lives in a planted 75 gallon with some shrimp and white clouds. I regret nothing, she gave me an excuse to buy a bigger tank.

[@kajalsarak8335]

Finally this video 😊

[@matthewzito6130]

I've had no problems keeping Nerite Snails in hard, neutral water. Bolivian Rams are a good alternative to German Blue Rams. They're relatively hardy and do well at normal tropical tempuratures. African Clawed Frogs are a good alternative to Axolotls. They will still eat small fish, but they don't need a chiller and will eat prepared foods.

[@hauntedhouse1996]

I went to Petsmart and asked for 2 mystery snails and came home with a mystery and nerite snail 😅 Hopefully mine does okay, my water does have a higher ph 🤞🏻

[@jawharp1992]

Wish you the best of luck! Nerites are awesome. It's funny that they couldn't tell the difference when they bagged them up for you though.

[@hauntedhouse1996]

@@jawharp1992 I was going to take him back but I got attached pretty quickly 😂

[@yashtapase3821]

In my case I love to talk Corydoras 😍 BTW Irene huge love and respect from India 🇮🇳

[@susannahkeneda8692]

Cories are kinda the best!

[@Sebbb666]

are the stiphadon gobies solitary? i would love to keep 1 or 2 in my 10 gallon :D (i searched up their minimal tank size and it said 5-10 gallons on most sites, some sites also said they can be alone but im not 100% )

[@onlywei]

How do you have high PH low GH? Do you use a water softener?

[@qpqp2339]

I have a water softener and this is the case.

[@lisagayhart2482]

Angels and my African frog. Guppies are too easy after they get healthy. Mystery snails are cool. I love Cory cats .

[@fireball7677]

Angel fish but they get pretty big and aggressive

[@misbegotten6964]

pea puffers are SO cute. but theyre soooo expensive,

[@kellygoodman6167]

An aquatic specialist told me putting eggshells for them to eat will give them the calcium they need for their shells

[@4zombie208]

I bought like 20 different ghost, shrimp for feeders for my pea, puffer fish, and my cichlids in my angelfish, and my rainbow shark and surprisingly almost all of the ghost shrimp are still alive in the 4 tanks I put them in I have no idea why it’s kind of cool they’ve been in there for like a month and a half an hour but just surprising they haven’t gotten eaten. And they rome round right next to the fish in the fish. Don’t even care.

[@Khaeris]

Shell dwellers seem like they'd be really entertaining to watch. I'd probably spend my days just watching them bulldoze and rearrange their tank lol.

[@SlimJimmy916]

my neon goby made a cave under a rock and would come out when i would get close but died cause it wanted to explore the void tip keep a lid on your tank

[@Griffin050A1t]

Wait. Is soylent green like an actual thing? I thought it was a joke food from Futurama

[@MrRiddick225]

Nerites are a brackish water, or salt water snail. They can and do live in fresh water but it's not their natural environment and they don't live as long in fresh water.

[@Trisantoso1]

I had, micro crab, neocaridina, ottocinclus. But somehow neocaridina just die and eaten by micro crab 😂. Also I just notice micro crab can carry food on their back and carried it back to its lair....

[@janemarriott3389]

Just found you! Happy to subscribe.

[@az_street_walker4181]

I know you know what you’re talking about because I’ve been watching here and there for years and your videos have given me some valuable information however it is crazy insane hearing you mention that you have low GH and say that you had used a chemical to substitute the gh that was lacking rather than putting in way crushed corals

[@freyafoxmusic]

Nerite perfect for my Vegas water

[@krispapas9834]

Love german blue but can't keep them alive!

[@roopaachuri2216]

Make sure the temp is 82-86 degree Fahrenheit (28-30C)

[@hakman239]

You got a new betta?

[@johncameron4194]

Need some shell dwellers

[@thorium9190]

I’ve kept many betta fish with shrimps, you just need a lot of hiding spots preferably from plants

[@rbenfield3]

I really need some shrimp in my betta tank to help with my algae, because my snails aren't really eating anything growing on the plants. What kind of shrimp did you use?

[@kungsime4896]

For me whenever I come home my gobies come up to the front trying to get fed haha

[@metehantans7852]

I bought nerites thinking they wouldn't reproduce like other snails, I started with 5 now I have 10 babies...

[@GenRN]

😮

[@gabdewulf]

Guppy grass will work in a multis tank

[@briankepner7569]

Ellisoma evergladie or pygmy sunfish. Back in 1983 I was challenged to keep them by one of my fish friends. Turned out to be one of the most interesting experiments. Having to learn how to keep them in simple when gallon jars. They drop one egg every one to two days so they actually breathe like flies and the trick is to keep the parents from eating them. They only eat live food which was a hard lesson to learn but once you picked up the ability to keep blood worms alive in a fridge you quickly realized your wife would prefer that you get a second fridge. That's back in the day when blood worms were rumored to come out of the Mexican sewers. Oh my wife was happy. Anyhow I always love your posts

[@GirlTalksFish]

Woah, that's so cool! I'd love to try them someday.

[@user-gy4up6cd5o]

那个燕子不如古代蝴蝶好看

[@billyshadoan6881]

love you irene

[@billyemerrill]

All my otos died now I know better luck with golden algae eaters, I like skert barbs and candy cane tip tetras

[@krispapas9834]

Can't keep caridina shrimp alive either

[@davidjames3078]

I spent 27 dollars on four shrimp and my kuile fish and he ate them

[@thewalkingrob8840]

Beta never bothered my shrimp

[@SylviaBerge-ex5ux]

P r o m o s m

[@artvsmachine]

Xiao hong. Hmmm. You must speak Chinese.

[@helpfulvillagers7364]

For the thumbnail AXOLOTLS ARENTS FISH