The secret WILD GUPPY CREEK - 100.000 guppy fish | Planted Tank

[@freddyveras6607]

Brilliant video but the best part by far was when you said: “Don’t be surprised I don’t talk that much, I just let you enjoy the moment & watch it in peace!” I wish those words came out of my wife once I’m a while! LoL

[@PlantedTank]

😂 Freddy, i feel with you my friend!

[@Texasgrrl77]

🤣🤣😂

[@mickcarson8504]

These Guppies are also in the Upper Yarra river, east of Melbourne and in country of Warburton areas. They are also in the Lerderdeg Gorge river from Blackwood to Ballan towns. They are quite colorless, silverish and have one black spot on each side of their bellies.

[@jojow5425]

I'm sure she feels the same about you and cleaning your underwear....

[@mickcarson8504]

Ha, Freddy. Women... they are strange. Mine, as cold as a block of ice, left me, dumped me for nothing other than a misunderstanding. She thought and then accused me of having an affair with a Chinese woman. Me, with a Chinese woman? Wish whish. Despite asking which and who, she pestered me the entire month. Then, came the silence, where she wouldnt talk to me, and then she left, abandoning me, like crazy 60. They lose their marbles at that age, imposible to communicate. It's now 4 years that I haven't seen nor heard from her. Accusation without a hint of proof are what destroy relationships. But then me, with a Chinese woman? In her dreams!!

[@gpero8680]

Remember folks this gentleman didn’t release these fish, he’s being kind to tell us about this creek.

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you for protecting me 😅 You are right, i just want to inform the people about it!

[@cameraduong9886]

True ,that one count

[@MrGrombie]

Who said he released the fish there? 😂 Remember folks, he isn’t the antichrist. 😂

[@robertthrobert2337]

@@denizerkasla1706 not smart at all. Never introduce non native species it's wrong and never works out well.

[@youngjmaryland3729]

I release them and kittens and rabbits any thing i can breed I release bring more animals out it was there world first

[@ozspencers]

As a 10yo boy back in 1966, I used to net 'wild' Guppies from a canal in St Helens, England. It ran past the Pilkington Glass factory, which discharged hot post-process water into the canal, raising its temperature to (I assume) similar temp to a tropical aquarium, thus providing the warm freshwater environment required. When and by whom those Guppies were released I have no idea, but there was a healthy population. The factory has since gone and along with it, I presume, the Guppies.

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you for sharing this Story with us ❤

[@flyingmattyboy]

I read about this case some years back or a similar one in a uk canal, and I was going to mention it too. As i recall there were other species too not just Guppies.

[@Filthyanimalyeh]

Thats brilliant, i hope there are still guppys in that canal

[@claycollins8973]

This was a cool story!

[@claycollins8973]

Obviously not that it might be gone though

[@mhakus]

You have no idea how effectively you lowered my blood pressure with this wonderful video. Thank you for improving the quality of my life. I have a fifteen gallon tank within which I've kept only guppies for about ten years. For vegetation I've placed the common pothos houseplant, and that has grown tremendously in the tank.I do the absolute minimum maintenance, only adding water when the level decreases, and changing the filter. The guppies have bred in that tank repeatedly. Occasionally I add new females and males to ensure that inbreeding doesn't become a problem. What a wonderful video.

[@PlantedTank]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@kenjiro2676]

They seem to be enjoying that flow and current

[@dawneagle]

I am an aquarist. I generally have a dream almost every 2-3 weeks night. this mini german habitat is same as my dreams lake. I found a lake or river on my dreams, many species all live together at non-tropical waters like my country and feel so happy with this moment. I am shocked when I saw this video. it is real!! wooow. ty dude.

[@mattbatcher802]

I have had dreams where my fish left the aquarium and swam about in the air, I think, wow I can have hundreds now.

[@evanherrera5948]

Lying is not bad but weird

[@mattbatcher802]

@@evanherrera5948 well, yes, like you are going to care som much about what other people think that you will profane the truth. But what has that to do with dreams or a creek?

[@Jannik-q1y]

This is tropical water its 26 degrees celcius

[@mattbatcher802]

@@evanherrera5948 wow, so you are following me, I am honored.

[@JurajGrossmann]

there used to be such a creek in slovakia, kamenna poruba. the warm water drilled well, was kept to release water indiscriminately after drilling in 1980's. aquaristst release a bunch of fish types there, including cichlids. I was lucky enough to catch some fish there before they (slovak administration) cemented the well again and there is nothing left any more. the plan was to build a hotel and aquapark in the location. I think that noone of this will come to fruition

[@PlantedTank]

Hey Juraj, awesome story! Unbelievable that there are so many similar versions of this creek! Thank your for sharing your story with us! Cheers Ben

[@joshephand5538]

National Geographic quality, eight minutes of relaxing

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you Joseph

[@richardvandenberg6379]

When I was a kid, my father took me to fish guppies in Ijmuiden in holland . There was a huge steel plant, and the guppies lived near the cooling water outlet. It was a great adventure!

[@alwayswatching662]

It's bad that they were all dumped by pet trade years ago, but the fish all look very healthy great video i could sit and just watch them all swim by.

[@rrolandomendez2179]

Since you're throwing different tropical fish in that Beautiful creek how about some Sowr and Platties?

[@IWantToKnow2]

when i grew up in Panama, a fancier had released guppies in the drainage ditch behind his house. you could go and catch the special male or female, or just scoop fry from the top. there were tons! really made it easy to get in to the hobby

[@robertjilano]

When i was a kid, in the 70's-80's there was a creek in Arlington neighborhood of Jacksonville Florida with 100's and 100's of "wild" fantail guppies, swordtails, black mollies and plecos. Crayfish were natural to the area but these other fish had to be from ppl flushing them or releasing them. I used to go catch them for my aquarium and also trade them to the local fish stores

[@carolinejayes157]

Just wonderful ,The music piano flowed with the river ,the sight of the multitude of fish thriving a delight.!

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you Caroline ✌🏽

[@khandeexiong7769]

Wow, amazing footages! We would love some more contents like this! I love your informative commentary, it's not bothersome but rather fascinating! Thank you

[@aquariumhacksbymarcus5653]

awesome video makes me want to go there and do some tropical fishing LOL

[@PlantedTank]

If you miss something - Feel free to ask, i try to answer as fast as i can! Cheers Ben

[@leebutcher1294]

Where in Germany is this

[@AqifSaifi]

@@leebutcher1294 *proceeds to not reply*

[@PlantedTank]

@@leebutcher1294 the "secret" wild guppy creek

[@radiosuara69]

very nice fish advanture 😁👍

[@johnathanlee4330]

Nice video. I’m curious if there was any damage to the environment and the local species given the guppies, mollys and cichlids are all introduced species.

[@marykalter13]

From what I've read, its a manmade little creek that comes from some sort of power plant. The water is the water used for cooling, so that's why its warm and the same temperature all year. So if what I've read is correct, it doesn't affect the greater ecosystem because it is completely contained. If any fish somehow in flood waters or whatever managed to get out, they'd not survive the temperature fluctuations.

[@geo_blaze]

I just came across this video searching for other fish videos and is so incredible how calmed it make me while watching it i love wild life videos like this

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you Geo Blaze ✌🏽

[@geo_blaze]

@@PlantedTank thank you for the amazing video

[@budisudarmo7155]

Incredible video and your voice is calm and soothing. Been looking for video like this and couldn’t find what I really want. and this popped up today! Keep it coming. Kudos!!

[@IFIXCASTLES]

What are the guppies eating? I love guppies, so hardy, prolific, and abundant colors!

[@nichderjeniche]

They could take some small baby shrimps for example.

[@moonpleco5083]

Unexpected Amazonian underwater ecosystem has established in Germany ! Stabilized, fish thrive happy here . Even shrimps found place here. It must be preserved for future.

[@RedPanda74]

I think it’s lovely that this had worked out so well here, but when are people going to get it through their heads that it is dangerous to introduce non-native species of animals into the wild! Seriously! The extreme idiocy of some people is astounding!

[@hotshtsr20]

Nothing natural about this creek given the 77-82*F water temps year round. I doubt many local species could survive anyway.

[@RedPanda74]

@@hotshtsr20 they likely wouldn’t be “local” then, would they. Seriously?!

[@hotshtsr20]

@@RedPanda74 my point is this creek would likely be a mosquito-infested hole. Water is far too warm for local fish to survive in, and the creek likely cools off quickly farther from the industrial heat sources, making the tropical fish isolated. If this were survivable by local species, there’d be much larger fish in here gobbling all the fancy fish tank specials up by the dozen.

[@realangiechrist]

@@hotshtsr20 I had assumed the source was a geothermal spring, but he didn't say. He didn't really talk about effects on the natural environment, but it looks really nice and healthy! Now I'm curious about this place (as I hide inside a/c from the Sonoran desert heat)

[@hotshtsr20]

@@realangiechrist He responded to another comment saying it was industrial coolant water. Might not even have been a creek before this! :)

[@praveenpk4479]

Beautiiiiiiiifulllll..../No cathings.... No killings..... ONly PEACE... Thank you...

[@sharpfamily4938]

They must be so happy in their natural habitat!

[@monkeyguy80]

Wow! This is Mother Nature Pure Freshwater Aquarium in the Wild! It's so beautiful and incredible! Wild Guppies, Mollies & other fishes & other Gravels. I'm really convinced & enjoy this nice vid 🙂👍🏼🐟

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you Monkey!

[@isaiahbertrand4340]

It’s awesome right , guppies mollies swimming around it’s great

[@sarahtonin256]

So cute, wie wie süß 😍 Such an amazing video, beautiful story and such great cinematography. Very calming and with my favorite fish.

[@swart158]

I wish I lived close to this stream! Amazing fish and plants

[@AQUAPLANET128]

Agreed.

[@gxguy2906]

What is the weather of Germany year round? I assume there must be snow as well. How does these fish survive the winter?

[@PlantedTank]

Hey. The water temperature is in the winter 25°C. The creek is heated by the surrounding industry. So it is warm the whole year.

[@gxguy2906]

Thank you. This is so interesting as I love watching the Bundesliga and there is always snow during the winter months. Would love to see some drone footage of the creek and surrounding area in your future video.

[@milkman81]

Hey Now! Great video!!!

[@stephenantonicelli7069]

What fish was originally there before the pet release?

[@PlantedTank]

There were no natural inhabitants before

[@aronfekete9134]

Is the creek closed up or can you go to the creek? BTW its beautiful!

[@PlantedTank]

Of course open ✌🏽

[@ricardocorbie6803]

Beautiful, thanks for your video!! It’s marvelous to know life finds a way!!

[@francisfronda225]

We also have guppies on our canals here in the Philippines. We're thankful to these fish though because they help control mosquitoes

[@neerajn1226]

Natural fishes will eat more mosquito larva than guppies. The guppies produces huge amounts of waste and it is harmful to all other fishes. If the guppies count don't go too far, its not a problem at all. Cheers!

[@francisfronda225]

@@neerajn1226 guppies are the only fish in our canals though 😅

[@sailinnyaungwar2025]

Where are you in from

[@denyayong6834]

Terima kasih videonya yang sangat bagus, ikan guppy memang populer..senang menonton videonya

[@bbibby271]

Ada sangat banyak guppy di kota-kota di Indonesia. Saya melihat banyak di kota Waingapu di pulau Sumba.

[@thenamesfrog85]

Anyone else notice the couple of convict cichlids in the rocks at 3:52

[@PlantedTank]

You should watch my update video :-D kzbin.info/www/bejne/imPEonxolMmnebc

[@logantheblink9596]

Gorgeous fish and video !

[@philipcallicoat3147]

The guppies are also beneficial for mosquito control... They eat the larvae before the mosquito turns into a full grown menace and disease carrier...

[@geoffbreen2386]

Some of the plants look like tropical aquariums species like Cryptocoryne.

[@maj373]

The best video I have seen in a long time.

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you

[@janeloh2952]

Is a therapeutic to see all kinds of fishes swimming happily along the creek !!!!! In SG while I was very young , I used to roam around a kampong where guppies swam happily along those drain. The water in the drain was very clear …..😮

[@leonardbarron6967]

People in north Florida move differant species, too, mostly guppy's and wild green sailfin molly's. Sometimes catching wild fish to stock ponds & creeks, like green sunfish, crappie, bream & other sunfish's. I have seen Oscar's in the near by Wakulla river, 18 miles south of Tallahassee Fl. You never know what's in local waters till you collect fish & plants, then you become aware of all thats there.

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you for sharing this with us Leonard!

[@johncameron4194]

That looks amazing

[@mikesthoughtsonplants.9857]

In Ouray, Colorado (Sw Colorado), USA there is a pond (by the public pool) that is exactly like this (hot spring feed) but has more goldfish than anything but same guppies moly mix, and a few Koi, turtles and crayfish, unexpected at 8500 feet in elevation.

[@greyskies9291]

Where at!? I’m not far from ouray, just drove through there about a month ago, would love to visit

[@mikesthoughtsonplants.9857]

@@greyskies9291 by the pools, north of the town.

[@getoffyoubassandletsfish8565]

I would love to go there and collect the red shrimp 🦐 and select some of the guppies

[@andyrussell5177]

When I was a kid in Barbados every little lake or Creek or pond had Guppies. We called them thousands. They look like what we now called Anglers guppies.

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you for sharing this with us Andy

[@Shaden0040]

No sailfin mollies?

[@shngsam8777]

this is amazing! Look at the colors of the fish they are beautiful. I live in asia and there are no such creek near my place, everywhere is just so polluted and i cant find endlers at my LFS ... So envy those endlers with original colors in the videos, wish i could have some in my tank

[@theexchipmunk]

And technically, this creek is polluted, not by chemicals but by temperature. Thats why there is the warm water fish and pretty much none of our own ones.

[@footfault1941]

An excellent work. Those images are of high quality & value, which is easily appreciable. Just amazing. Thanks for the post!

[@mickehaglund4119]

This is amazing! All the possibilities!

[@wds525]

This was an extraordinary video. Thank you!

[@PlantedTank]

You're welcome!

[@GlitzyWitch]

What a beautiful stream 😍

[@PlantedTank]

Yes it is

[@bardofely]

That was amazing! I would never have thought all those tropical fish could be living in a stream in Germany.

[@kennethcoutinho4439]

Awesome first time seeing them in their natural environment

[@Mohawkthechillone]

Its so lovely to pet fishes so relaxing and beautiful

[@scriptmo2888]

There in the Gillbach a tribute of river erft that also has them too although not as many

[@TuanCaCanh]

Wow very big tank

[@KuchiKopi179]

Wow, thought for a bit it was one of those discovery/ nat geo documentary, editing, narration and quality of camera is so good!

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you 😅

[@jimnguyen1937]

How does the water stay warm and what’s the source of the heated water all year?

[@PlantedTank]

It is wasted industry water

[@mikim_x]

This is like a new ecosystem. Guppies from south america, shrimps from asia. Thats actually really interesting.

[@stormthearsonist]

watching this seems the water mostly flows quickly within the creek with some slow areas but not much. Do they normally live in fast flowing waters?

[@adamburford8699]

This is lovely and calming I love my aquariums would be brilliant to find a place like this in the uk

[@grahamsouthwood3098]

Hello, I live in Austria, I have a really large Malawi tank, but I also have a smaller tank where I keep guppies, I would love to know where this exactly River is in Germany, and if any one is allowed to catch fish or if it now a nature reserve or protected area?

[@PlantedTank]

Hey Graham, it is not allowed in germany to catch or release fish without a permission.

[@CraigsOverijse]

Do locas come and take the fish for thier tanks I wonder

[@chip877]

magnificent !!!!! Any native fish in those waters ???

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you! No native fishes so far!

[@yourlocaltoad5102]

Usually native fish are only in the areas where such warm streams meet colder rivers, as the native species prefer colder temperatures.

[@MrSalazar8286]

Such a beautiful video. After watching this, it's given me better ideas on how to improve my tank and mini pond for these guys.

[@IceBoxRo]

I live in Germany, where is this, I want to visit.

[@PlantedTank]

The "secret" wild guppy creek

[@IceBoxRo]

@@PlantedTank Why secret?

[@scriptmo2888]

Gillbach a tribute of river erft

[@IceBoxRo]

@@scriptmo2888 Thanks bro. In the meantime I found news about this on the internet.

[@alaskacosplay]

Is it wrong that I want to catch them all (hehe pokemon joke) and have them be in my 1000 gallon tank?

[@abc_cba]

Sounded like a fairytale !! Awesome narration. Subscribed. Best wishes from India 🇮🇳

[@majorbruster5916]

Are all those plants tropical? I thought I saw some Amazon swords there. Amazing place.

[@bilgin2010]

Back in India, guppies are often released to the wild lakes, creeks and ponds by the government to control mosquito population. I have seen this in person in India.

[@PlantedTank]

Hey Anish, that sounds really interesting 😳👍🏽

[@eliashk5]

We have wild guppies in our ponds, waterways and ditches too, introduced during the British era to control mosquitoes. Hello from Malaysia.

[@nichderjeniche]

They did the same in Cuba.

[@hitmanskid-td4pg]

very cool

[@gpero8680]

Thank you for sharing!

[@patrickmeier83]

where in Germany is this creek! I want to go see it.

[@johncheetham7789]

Great video thanks for uploading. Very well rounded short documentary. In short very impressive.

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you John!

[@joeluisishere]

See this is why I feel guppies love water current. Everyone on KZbin state that guppies should not have strong water current but my aquarium has current and the guppies seem to love it.

[@LeeDfined]

I do not follow any of the supposed rules regarding fish keeping. You just have to try it for yourself, and if it's not broke then don't fix it. I do not use heaters in any of my tanks(I live in Florida) and mix Coldwater with supposed Warm Water fish. They are all healthy and they have all bred, which most aquarist say is a sign of a successful tank.

[@marcensing976]

Is the water still warm enough after the powerplant closed? Hope there are still some tropical fish.

[@enriquetagonzalezizquierdo9038]

Buenas noches, me encantan los peces yo tengo Guppys, me gusta sus documentales,lo felicito.

[@GurtGobain]

There must be hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fish in there. I'd be down at the creek scooping them out all day every day lol

[@nhatle4953]

Woww…. A lot kind of guppy and something else. Look it so twinkle….. i love it so much❤️

[@benf1111]

How is it that there are no native predator fish in this creek? The water looks beautiful so I assumed there had to be some. Did the artificially warming of the water by industry kill of the native predators?

[@PlantedTank]

Hey Ben, the creek is made by human. So there have never been native fishes. And yes, the warm water depends also from the industry!

[@johncrute27]

@@PlantedTank good to know your in your guppy lane. Stay there

[@wackadakka3134]

@@johncrute27 yeah we heard you the first 10 times you said it .......fool

[@NUTTER8291]

Absolutely blown away that these fish can live in Europe and survive !! More importantly that the cichlids haven't eaten them all as there semi aggressive !! All you need now is some tetra and it would be perfect lol My only concern is that word is going to getvout and start netting the fish for market and wiping them out !!

[@PlantedTank]

Many people are netting them... and sell them on eBay etc. But it is not allowed!

[@ianmiles2505]

They should not be there,

[@bumblebeeyaj9375]

That's soo cool and awesome. Love the video

[@mrsmltankgaming9740]

where is this place??

[@ZebbMassiv]

How does the water stay warm?

[@cyrus5825]

thankyou for your video about the habitat of guppy !

[@PlantedTank]

No problem:)

[@sayanmondal6366]

Your video was amazing... after watching one,two videos i become fan of you

[@PlantedTank]

Thank you Sayan! 🙌🏽

[@V27RV]

Theres another place like this in Austria With Neons, barbs,angel fish,and more tetras

[@muurrarium9460]

Yea, basically everywhere the factories/nuclear powerplants/datacentres dump their cooling-water in the natural streams this happens. People chuck their unwanted fish everywhere, but at some sites they actually survive. We have existing/surviving guppy-colonies dating back as far as the 1960's now... (and we've had some pretty good winters with lots of ice-scating since then (not there obviously) and they've managed to stay alive through those, they actually saved a lot of kingfishers from dying of starvation in those years ;D).

[@PlantedTank]

Wow that is interesting. Where do you come from? Greetings Ben

[@muurrarium9460]

@@PlantedTank Oh, sorry I should have said that in the first place; we are neighbours, I am from/living in the Netherlands :)

[@huldu]

Where does the warm water from?

[@alynneflanery9918]

that is SOO awesome looking. so beautiful. would love to float and snorkel and just watch them.....so awesome seeing them be wild and free.

[@roberto.gallegos]

I remember being young and visiting family in Mexicali México and playing in the farming field canals I would find tons of guppies. Fancy ones, plain ones. It was awesome.

[@jimmynoname4089]

Why is the water so warm all year?

[@eagleflies7644]

Beautiful. But what do they eat ?

[@shlumpedmoney2653]

This is cool I wish I had a creek like that but I still have fun catching goby’s and spickledback fish

[@mustafaaslan219]

Wonderfull ...peace and relaxing during the video but how can the water allways 28 degrees??esoecially in germany

[@PlantedTank]

You should watch my update video :-D I answerded that question! kzbin.info/www/bejne/imPEonxolMmnebc

[@thbetta]

Lots of fish, I really like it

[@guiltygearcore]

Great content!

[@SomebodyHelp3]

I wanna go there