MY TOP 5 ODDBALL FISH FOR YOUR AQUARIUM

[@AquariumCoop]

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[@mandarin1257]

I warmly welcome Bearded Cory to the channel! Hi!

[@jacobgillispie1175]

Aquarium Co-Op where could I get a African butterfly fish? I asked the local petsmart and they say don’t Cary them. Is there a good online fish/pet store you’d recommend?

[@controversial101]

Can u do a top ten nano odd ball fish? Love the channel?

[@loganbrice7781]

Lawyer Justice yes

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

One of the coolest oddball fish I ever had was a purple spot goby. I loved that thing! Great video

[@JLAbeln-kc1iv]

Short and sweet, I love it! I'm watching so many KZbinrs now it's nice not spending 30-60 minutes on each video

[@specteractual1]

i want an African butterfly they are like me just want to sit around do nothing and eat

[@slownas11]

I appreciate the Sunday video! I know you guys are crazy busy in the coop world, so getting a video out on Sunday is amazing and welcomed.

[@HippieLee96]

So glad you included the Peacock Eel, I have one in my big tank and his name is Vlad, coolest thing I’ve kept so far! 👍🏼

[@DannysAquariums]

Great video again Cory!! I really enjoy these TOP videos! I love those Amazon Puffers! 😍 I have 2 Hillstream Loaches atm. They're awesome! I sold my Butterfly fish because when my fish spawned he ate all the fry haha. Keep up the good work! Like!

[@vincentmarceau2249]

Hillstream loaches are so cool!!!

[@masontodd4287]

I love these style of videos, keep it up!

[@sugarsammy7209]

No Peter's Elephantnose fish? That's my favorite oddball fish. Such an amazing creature.

[@fishywishes8150]

Cool fish! Puffers are so cute. Thanks for sharing.

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

Puffers rock! I love the Hillstream loaches too (mine are in tropical temps too)

[@GrowingInterest]

The beard suits you :D you should let it grow! Now you have the frozen theme song in your head: let it grooooow, let it grooooow, you can't hold it back any mooooore :D

[@worldofanimalsen7126]

I absolutely love the Reticulated Hillstream Loaches ! In the future I maybe will try to breed those beauties :)

[@leighcharest3456]

Thank you for making these fun and educational videos!

[@ayunkhan2395]

Nice to learn about that eel. Im taking out all the aggressive fish out of my 66 gallon cause i wanted snails but now i got my eyes on this eel too

[@S0K0N0MI]

I was sad to learn the Reticulated Hillstream Loach needs a larger size tank, about 30 gallons. No friend for my kuhli's, unfortunately. :(

[@kuhli6126]

Thay can do in smaller. But may affect their lifespan.

[@DangoSix]

Thanks for introducing me to the flagtail bro!! Definitely got to add him with that cool tail lol

[@perkaholicgobblegum9170]

How would a red clawed crab do in a 55 gallon with guppies and plecos?

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

Perkaholic GobbleGum red claws crabs are semi aquatic brackish. They do best in species only pauladriums as they are opportunistic feeders, they will snatch a fish if they get a chance to. You might be able to keep them with guppies if you can give the crabs some dry land and mud to stcratch at. Guppies are quite tolerant of salt in the water.

[@perkaholicgobblegum9170]

ok thx

[@hokkaidospring]

Mostlyharmless1985 Yep.

[@crimsonsfang4351]

Mostlyharmless1985 I thought red claw crabs were freshwater. Guess not, I don't really know much about crabs. I mostly just keep fish and shrimp.

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

Crimson's Fang they can be kept fresh for a little while, but in my admittedly little experience with crabs, they enjoy having a small amount of marine salt in their tank. They are “season to taste” so to speak.

[@WesleyAPEX]

You had 2 number 3 fish

[@JRP4H4L]

Cool vid....I like this series too. thanks for sharing.

[@caramitten9526]

I had a super-tame freshwater butterfly as a teen and it was just the coolest little fish. It was nearly my favorite oddball, second only to my upside-down cat. Both critters lived for yeaaaaaaaars :D

[@HomeAquatics]

I’ve actually thought about keeping butterfly fish before because of how much they resemble arowana. Great fish and a great video 🌮

[@CaptainSavageAquatics]

Great video thanks for sharing!

[@Bathawk23]

My top 10- (some aren't in the hobby period). Reedfish Amu Darya Sturgeon Syr Darya Sturgeon Freshwater Frogfish Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri (species of Elephant-nose) Chinese Paddlefish Goliath Tigerfish Orthosternarchus tamandua (knifefish) Chaca bankanensis (catfish) Rainbow Wolf Fish Probably the least known of these fish are the 2 sturgeons, they are also critically endangered and have never even been a thought in the aquarium hobby. A few of these fish I just found out about by searching up "bizarre freshwater fish." Lastly, the Reedfish is the only one I've owned. Actually, I have an amazing idea that's been done on bichirs but not Reedfish. Because they are more reliant on their lung than gills, Reedfish & Bichirs can live their entire life out of water, just as long as they constantly moist that is. Hopefully soon I'll be able to do this, maybe I'll have a group of at least 4. Think about it, no water changes, no filter, no heater, no airstone: Just thick moss substrate, a terrarium instead of aquarium, and a misting system! One last thing I have to mention, is that Reedfish are absolutely ADORABLE!!

[@07tiffany78]

I NEEDED THIS!! THANKS

[@jarodboening3143]

This series is great! Also what is that fish at 0:55?

[@catfishcave379]

Woot for Sewellias!! Mine is 4 years old at 74-78 degrees. Top 5 loach video??

[@hayleylashea]

yes! would love this!

[@brandyhiller241]

The top 5 vids are my fave. Thanks!!

[@vomdragon]

nice selection

[@Joshua-yf1yt]

Very cool video

[@deeptenduchandra4507]

No ropefish? No elephant nose? No rainbow belly pencilfish? Come onnnnn!

[@ShadowTheNinjaKitty]

deeptendu chandra +1 for Ropefish

[@jonleiend1381]

Yes list of 5 not list of 20 lol

[@patrickgoncalves3878]

I love the Flagtail Prochilodus. Awesome fish

[@Bundyburger09]

I keep my hillstreams in tropical water too. Got a whole bunch of different markings. I really want more but they're so sensitive.

[@Thought_it_up]

Love it! I just got a dwarf pea puffer and I love the little nugget. Can you do an oddball video for nano aquariums?

[@samrahebi3638]

Great video Cory

[@dconliasion]

Love this video! Can’t wait to get my own place so I️ can have a fishroom with a huge oddball tank!

[@JumpNJackProductions]

All of the fish in this video are either fish I have (I have an amazon puffer and an eel similar to the peacock, called a red fin zebra fish!) or fish I seriously want!!! I love this video!!! :D

[@andyrozario7]

Odd Ball Fish Beats all other posts, And definitely absolute favourite was CO2 refill in the Couple owned Aquarium store with upside down bottles and floats inside to know refill time lots of plants actually overloaded tanks...

[@Miggeddy]

i like the hillstream loaches and mine are breeding in warm water, too. my waterchanges every week are cold

[@reyybies]

I clicked on this video and dropped my fork and got alfredo sauce in my eyeball.

[@imatsoup1437]

We still remember you; Pepperidge Farms remembers. RIP.

[@hunterrider1782]

Just got a peacock eel! Its in a 55g and its def a cool fish to keep!

[@frankdoesfishtanks8728]

I have an african butterfly fish. They're really easy to get onto Hikari floating carnivore sticks

[@jasonmaslen3266]

G'day Cory, The butterfly fish, the head is similar to a betta splendens head imo.

[@brandonsheets1723]

Love the amazons I got from your shop! They're awesome fish.

[@jonleiend1381]

Flagtail is one of my favorites.

[@rebeccadurbin7628]

puffer is gorgeous

[@WesleyAPEX]

rebecca durbin are you a godsmack fan?

[@rebeccadurbin7628]

yup always

[@beandrag9019]

Love this vid! I would happen to disagree with the flagtail, mine was extremely aggressive despite being smaller than multiple geophagus in my tank.. also I lost my amazon puffers; was looking forward to adding them to a community later

[@brandonking8790]

I love your channel keep up the good work i sub

[@monicaswavel6074]

Nice! My eel started being a bully when he got big so I got loaches and had peace once again..... my other fish were a beta and some tretras....

[@fishmansf4]

I like yellow spiny eels because in my experience they are active all the time.

[@SuperKX85]

Green Dragon pleco and Baby Whale fish are sweet too!

[@michaelmenkus1111]

At 0:39 during the Butterfly fish segment, there is a pretty green fish with long fins. What is the name of that fish?

[@PTTBRUCK]

I think it's a Threadfin Rainbowfish

[@hattiepettit208]

Viper2492 yea it is

[@thirstyrabbittanks2u191]

I said to myself time to see a puffer haha. How big do those catfish grow mate ive seen a few around lately

[@Bloodhoundfostermom]

I want a puffer!💚

[@GreneKny3t]

When you say that you’ve kept hillstream loaches in “tropical” temperatures, what does mean in terms a concrete range of temperatures? In addition to the angelfish, I thought I saw some Rams in the tank with the loaches. Per many sources (including Dean, who is amazing, btw!), Rams like water that is quite warm (low to mid 80s). I guess this is a testament to how adaptable fish can be.

[@AquariumCoop]

They were breeding at 85 degrees in the 800 gallon.

[@jofox8066]

Hi Cory, How big to the reticulated hillstream loaches get? Thx

[@MrMeches]

Can you do a Top 10 Cichlid Tank Mates. I focus on Convicts because of the stripes but Cichlids in general would be nice.

[@thenewfishguy5781]

You should do a vid on Predator fish like the freshwater barracuda and all the other cool ones

[@EvilKeevil01]

I like the Lamprologus Ocellatus, it’s like a bulldog.

[@Shayna-jy2vc]

I have a Top 5 list idea: Cory's Top 5 aquariums on KZbin I know it would be controversial but you could explain why for each one it would be educational and entertaining my personal favorite is your 800g.

[@MistahCE]

I have a 125. with 2 odd ball/fire eels, a 8-9" jardini...and want to add a 5" female flowerhorn. What are your thoughts?

[@malindalin5891]

This video gave me MTS

[@DannysAquariums]

Ygr3ku - Daniel Multiple Tank Syndrome.

[@didogobiusbentuvii]

Malaysian trumpet snail?

[@Gigaspacefacts]

i have a reticulated hillstream loach i love it

[@Unlucky403]

I absolutely LOVVE hillstream loaches, but I have a ram tank. You said you keep them tropical- but what about 80-82 degrees tropical?

[@dgodfrey9189]

No, that's definitely too warm for them. I wouldn't keep them tropical at all, and if it does get warm you need lots of aeration to keep the oxygen levels up high for them. I think that would be too warm even for Stiphodon gobies (and again they'll need the high levels of oxygen).

[@Unlucky403]

dgodfrey9189 I decided against it. Too warm for them. Since my tank has very high flow and oxygen I went with panda garra. They are the best algae eaters I have ever seen or heard of in my life- thriving well in my tank atm

[@dgodfrey9189]

Depending on the size of the tank there might be a Rio Xingu plec that also likes warm water and algae (not Zebras, they're carnivorous), but again they like their high flow.

[@Unlucky403]

dgodfrey9189 I only keep a couple small tanks, so pleco's are unfortunately not in my options. I love them though! If you've never had experience with panda garra before I'd check them out - they ate all my BBA

[@kellenstevens6590]

Oddballs!!!!

[@winsaquarium3599]

Love the Amazon Puffer! How many gallons would I️ need to house one?

[@justine8398]

He said it in the video at least 29 gallon for one or 75 gallon plus to house 4 or more

[@UNIX_XINU]

1:42 how much do they cost?

[@AquariumCoop]

I believe we are selling them for $12.99

[@UNIX_XINU]

Aquarium Co-Op Thank you.

[@CHECKPOINTTEAM]

I might be getting a peacock eel next week

[@stevestory8483]

Can you keep just 1 hillstream loach in a tank or do they need a group? Great video!!

[@AquariumCoop]

You can do just one if you'd like.

[@jacobgillispie1175]

What type of fish would you keep either the butterfly ?

[@smorc65]

Are there spiny eels that stay small? Under the 8 or 9 inch mark? Most seem rather large.

[@big54bob]

Zig Zag Eel, tops off at 8 inches. Peacocks get a tad bit larger then Zig Zags but are pretty peacful.

[@samswest2966]

hey Cory i have a room 11 x 11 x 10 ft (LxWxH) which i have racks in and all up i have 16 tanks. The Largest being a custom 460 gallon but then 9 of them are only 30 Gallons and the others are 55s do you think it would be cheaper to heat the room or each tank?

[@AquariumCoop]

+Sams west if the room is insulated well I would heat the room

[@kathleenmonsegue9700]

Was wondering if you ever used one in any of your planted tanks.

[@malsearle]

Hi Corey , i am currently planning a pea puffer tank and have started a pest snail tank ... do you think the puffers would attack my exotic snails ( yellow rabbit , zebra & red dots ) ??

[@AquariumCoop]

I think they would, yes.

[@shmattysdirt-works8689]

So the Amazon puffer could be with like angels and tetras?

[@Foxinamangle2]

No, puffers need brackish water. Tetras and angelfish would not do well at all

[@joey__4759]

Are halfbeaks aggressive??

[@Bobherry]

WIll the puffer actually puff up?

[@mazterfranky4041]

Do the african butterflys eat snails?

[@triple10tanks10]

woo hoo i have one on the list

[@justinlewelling3697]

you guys having black friday sales online??

[@kathleenmonsegue9700]

Me,too...when it turns green.

[@gootmanaquatics8449]

Interesting...

[@Afeeq1011]

No.3 here is known as the borneo sucker, Gastromyzon borneensis

[@Jdnfbdbjf]

I'm getting a 50-60 litre tropical tank and I was wondering what fish I should get and how many?

[@makaylaanderson1816]

I have soooo many questions about my eel. I have hunted for info and get contradicting info everywhere.

[@cadenwithsquirrels237]

Can u do a video on the peacock eel species

[@johnjerome4419]

Peacock eels will normally slither out of a tank.

[@kathleenmonsegue9700]

Hi i know my question is not related to this video, but i ordered a drop checker for my planted tank. Whats in the co2 checker solution? Is it already premixed or do i have to order dk4h solution that comes with a solution that turns it blue? Im new to this and im so confused with all the different info out there on youtube.

[@AquariumCoop]

+Kathleen Monsegue I don’t use drop checkers. They typically lead people down a path of co2 that makes no sense for their aquarium.

[@kathleenmonsegue9700]

Aquarium Co-Op really? How come some people use it? I thought it was accurate in letting you know if your tank has too low or too much co2 in there.

[@AquariumCoop]

Well most people can't answer how much co2 they need in your aquarium? If they're chasing 28ppm - 29ppm, chances are missing the point of a balance of co2 and other nutrients combined with light. Most people simply want, I want it to be max.

[@ethancinelli3604]

Can you make another vid on puffers again and liked this video a lot

[@jimbapilot]

Do you guys have Senegal Bichirs? If not do you do special orders?

[@AquariumCoop]

I think we have some albinos in stock currently.

[@jimbapilot]

Any chance you could get some non-albino Senegal Bichirs in the next shipment?

[@MagcargoMan]

I was expecting to see Blind Cave Fish and Ghost Knife Fish in this list.

[@Whitewing89]

I would love something like a bichir for my tank but they get too big. I just haven't found the oddball or standout fish for my tank yet.

[@tayah6000]

What's the best light for a 29 tall low to medium light planted tank? I want to pair eco complete substrate, easy green fertilizer, and the low light plant package. But of course, I need a light that can reach the bottom of my tall tank. I don't have more than $100ish for a light though. Please help, thanks!

[@AquariumCoop]

I would buy a finnex stingray light. www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/lights/products/finnex-stingray-led-lights?variant=17546663300

[@tayah6000]

Aquarium Co-Op Thanks! I did look at that one but i wasn't sure if it was bright enough. I trust you though. :)

[@nathanadam7907]

Keep the beard brother!!!

[@dazachdown]

can u put a butterfly fish and a blue lobster(Cray fish) in the same tank? 20gal

[@ruthless350]

Can an amazon puffer live with a betta?

[@nathannoble9234]

How big do the African butterfly fish get

[@cade7598]

Hey guys I'm trying to start a aquarium club in my area and was wondering if anyone has any tips?