Should We KEEP Our ARAPAIMA?

[@continuingthejourney4287]

Blake have you thought about planting clover instead of grass? let you goats eat all those weeds they will fertilize the area and you can plant clover it does well in time of floods too

[@brockn7878]

Yup. Clover is the Best cover crop. We used to plant in between the rows of the marijuana plants in Cali cuz it doesn't grow tall. And its highly nutrish and delish!

[@alejandrogarcia-ou4cx]

Clovers 🔥🔥

[@brockn7878]

@@alejandrogarcia-ou4cx I harvest red clovers for salads. They're delish.

[@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch]

I will look into it

[@crobbefdfd1946]

@@BlakesExoticAnimalRanchhow much did your subscribers cost? Your subscriber to view ratio is way off 😂

[@calichai]

I’d put arapaima in a laundry basket with a mesh cover, floating for a few days before releasing. Styrofoam as float. So it’s fully acclimated and less risk before release. Good luck.

[@MagicMike808]

That’s a great idea. Let’s see if he even reads this comment

[@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch]

I look at them all :)

[@glenbarron7417]

You should wait for another while let him get a little bigger, in the mean time lower the water level in the tank so he doesnt hit the lid.

[@bobbyackerson4125]

Lowering the water level in the tank is obviously to hard to comprehend, that's why he made a video asking what he should do. I mean really if he's asking what should be done then he shouldn't have any arapaima.

[@Raven_Claw-g9b]

God I love that aviary. That Mandarin is impressive. And we all gotta love that Benny. He graced us with TWO hee-haws in this vid❤️

[@Ericlharvie]

Movable electric fences get sod use electric fence to protect the grass and once the grass is established then use electric fence to rotate different areas of the the grass for the critters to eat. That way once certain area grass is getting to low block that area off with electric fence and expose a different part of grass and keep doing that.

[@michellemorningstar880]

Another amazing video thanks so very much Blake Cassander love you all missing kash too

[@martelmccoy9533]

Great video Blake ❤. I think you should lower the water level in the Arapaima tank so it doesn’t hit its head. If you transfer it into the other tank there might be some repercussions. Now so far as cutting the trees 🌲 that will be a 2 day project maybe so hire 3 people. Otherwise great content as usual 😊

[@MagicMike808]

I was thinking the same thing. The water level was literally filled to the top of the tank

[@bobbyackerson4125]

​@@MagicMike808exactly, and yet he made a video asking for advice when lowering the water level is the obvious solution, like come on are you serious

[@Mrexotics19]

Hey blake if u drain the water down just a lil bit the arapima won’t hit his head on the lid and if u stack two by fours by ur side walk the chickens wouldn’t be able to get the leafs all on it and what i think u should do about the weeds is rotate ur tortoises to that area for a lil bit and let em eat em then rotate there enclosure around ur property 😎🔥

[@Silencedone72]

Bless you and your family keep up the great videos

[@Silencedone72]

Sorry if I disrespected or offended you or your channel I was just trying to help out. I think I had a nervous breakdown on instagram with you . Please keep up the videos you helped me through it. Much love brother.

[@RoseCityReptilesTX]

Plant a clover patch and see how it does there. 🔥 video 👏

[@dylanbrantley4869]

Hey Blake, along that stretch you could put in mass amounts of turf for a nice dark green look and clean look! It’s a huge job as there’s a lot of space and cleaning to do, but I feel like it would look great and work great as well!

[@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch]

Good idea but turf makes everything so much hotter which won’t be fun

[@santoroaquatics5038]

14 comment awesome video Blake you rock and happy Tuesday 👍💯👍👍💪 i love seeing all of your amazing animals

[@danielvelez4001]

U need more colorful birds in that aviary😂😂❤❤

[@veechee8789]

We want to see Cassandra do a feeding video

[@clearwaterbeachhomesearchm5957]

Everything looks so so awesome.

[@agnesvandijk2559]

You can maybe do some water from the big tank into the arapaimas tank little by little for acclimating.

[@jeanettenance1366]

Blake 👋😊 Good stuff 👍

[@asantemayo1007]

Idk bro it a gamble for sure personally I would set up a pool pond like 600 gallons or so and put him in there for a little bit Pima ain’t cheap but I grew one out for my buddy in a 800 gallon pool pond when I got him out of my tank he blew up quick I think he’s around 5ft now in my boys 6k gallon pond I purchased him at around 8in he’s a beast

[@jterry0510]

Blake. Love the channel. Stop the O face Thumbnails. 😮

[@thnkx]

Don't you have some beautiful plecos in the other ponds? Am I remembering correctly that you have an albino? I was wondering if it would help keep the windows clean if you introduced a couple of them into the big tank. If nothing else, it would be fun to see more of them and how big they grow in a large area. Just a thought... The arapaima needs a little more room at the top of the tank to go go up for air and for feeding. It has really grown since you got it.

[@bulldog469]

like the video the Aviary is looking good

[@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch]

Glad you like it

[@padmanabhanvaidyanathan7182]

@@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch The aviary always looks amazing

[@curtisframsey]

Keep up the good work!

[@mrtnbrtt2093]

5:36 why don't you guys lower the water in the tank a little ?

[@braydencombrinck]

He dot think

[@bobbyackerson4125]

He'd rather make a video asking for advice than to actually use common sense

[@iris-jc6147]

I'm all the way in eustis FL if I lived closer I would legit volunteer anytime to help out in the aviary or ranch

[@TheCrx91si]

you should look up the Great Potoo would look amazing in the aviary

[@TroyEmerysalis]

The goats awesome 😎

[@sammyvargas3679]

I would love to go down to help you guys good videos, good family, and your animals look all beautiful❤

[@elvisphillips787]

Why not just lower the water level in the arapaima tank so it doesn’t hit the top?

[@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch]

Unfortunately this tank is with a over flow system for it to run

[@rondadelleva4805]

You could clear coat the inside of the giant tank and it would most likely be clearer.❤

[@sweett5595]

where do you get all that produce ????

[@rickolden5711]

Put the arapaima in the aviary!!!👌🏼🩵

[@mattzacierka7219]

Still a shame that the big pond has never had clear water

[@DbShermm]

Welp lmk I’ll buy my own flight to Florida from cali lol

[@Raven_Claw-g9b]

From LAX? Lol buy me a one-way haha just playin 😜

[@karaleeann1211]

If you don’t want to maintain the weeds put rock, or let the goats and Sulcatas graze, the weeds are ideal for them.

[@urbanexoticuk]

Deffo should keep them

[@KinixysCoOp]

Hate to say it, but you could test it out with a similarly sized Arowana first just to make sure...

[@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch]

True

[@slay4558]

Fix the filtration first before u put the arapiama in

[@KerwinHayes-w5k]

Let it grow a little more

[@RickCarroll-j5n]

Bro I use to live on a farm in Russell Kansas moving hay bails for 8 hours a day a more cutting that little area should only take two hours with one person I'm stuck on disability or I'd drive to help you a priest blew my truck up for trying to protect kids from him so I'm stuck at home with no vehicle it's whatever nothing I can do I hope someone sees my comment and offers you a free hand

[@jimmystockton6404]

Let's go I want to come help

[@chadtruehart2449]

If you decide not to you should donate them to the Brian barczyk just saying

[@JeremieRiley]

Put the goats in there . Goats will eat the weeds & then you can plant grass !

[@thehettichaquariumhole4470]

Plant strawberry instead of weeds.

[@patrickstoyreviewspatricke8083]

You should keep them

[@rigomaldonado4721]

That would be bad ass to help

[@spookyduzit]

Grass? Make temporary small gate and let goats eat it. The. Put the goats back

[@RandyBrady-d2x]

Keep it

[@juliescesar]

Everything is so beautiful at the ranch except that poor fish tank, it makes me cry every time you show it.

[@HiImNick119]

Tbf arapaima in the wild live in very murky water, and fish in general don’t need much stimuli to be happy

[@brockn7878]

What the hell are you talking about?!? Why? The water is perfect for fish.

[@OGPAPERBOY77]

@@HiImNick119theres alot more to looks vs actual parameters nerd 😂

[@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch]

I’ve seen them in the wild many times but only when they come up for air because if not the water is straight coffee color

[@brockn7878]

@@OGPAPERBOY77 parameters are fine though. Seemingly. It's just green water ffs.

[@mountainwaveexotics]

Put her in the big tank make sure you make another video at the other ranch

[@ZacEstes14]

Need to lower the water

[@danm8004]

He can't, it runs on an overflow system

[@mrslime53]

better transfer the arapima young, than transfer it older and much more stress vulnerable. bigger fish, bigger stress.

[@jodyboatright41]

❤

[@youngtoneski7868]

id only help if cassandra comes with

[@harrytaylor8979]

Really really lol.

[@bobbyackerson4125]

You act like it's impossible to lower the water level in the tank so the arapaima doesn't smash itself into the top of the tank. I mean come on use a Lil common sense

[@TracyGuglielmo]

Get a goat from Tyler Nolan

[@crobbefdfd1946]

Give it to a real fish keeper

[@DROIDRAZR16]

Lower water level in aquarium

[@danm8004]

He can't, it runs on an overflow system

[@archangelauriel007]

Why don't your fish have anything in their tanks? That's cruel. They need enrichment. That's like being in a prison.

[@Brody_y916]

Shut up btc.

[@Brody_y916]

Shut up btc....

[@Raven_Claw-g9b]

Is that cruel?? You should check out some of the other KZbinrs and see how THEY treat their animals lol

[@archangelauriel007]

@@Raven_Claw-g9b Yes it's cruel, because in the wild they would have plants and stuff in their environment. I'm not here to compare youtubers and claim who is the worst animal caretaker, it was only a statement and suggestion. I think Blake takes great care of his animals, but I think those fish could have better housing.

[@Raven_Claw-g9b]

@archangelauriel007 It being “cruel” is open to interpretation. When you look at someone like OFR’s monster tanks, they don’t have plants because the fish just end up destroying it, yet their fish live their best lives happy and healthy. To call a un-planted monster tank “cruel” is a bit overzealous. We don’t live in the Amazon. These fish are in captivity.

[@SparkTruth1123]

The fish tanks look terrible bro. Give the fish away. They look unnatural and dirty.

[@HeilwoodBeagles]

I think it looks great.

[@SparkTruth1123]

@@HeilwoodBeagles God bless you them lol. You know those tanks looks terrible and unnatural.

[@HeilwoodBeagles]

​@Whunter22 you're a jealous troll

[@anthonystratton4941]

WTF do you THINK you are doing? That fish grows to 9 feet long. Do you have a tank so it can turn around? Believe me I have seen kids try to pull this. In a store I once worked in there were idiots who thought it would be cool to grow out a salt water Lancelotus grouper. He had to be moved to Sea World who had doubts about THEIR abilities.

[@brockn7878]

Sounds more like the store were the bad guys in the story. And there's plenty of room in the big tank!

[@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch]

What are you doing ?

[@zebedeemadness2672]

That would all depend on what species of Arapaima he has, untill recently there was only one recognised species of Arapaima, just Arapaima (Arapaima gigas). Now there are four recognised species (1) Giant arapaima (Arapaima gigas), (2) Mapa arapaima (Arapaima mapae), (3) Agassiz's arapaima (Arapaima agassizii), (4) Slender arapaima (Arapaima leptosoma). Two species can be found in captivity, the Giant arapaima (Arapaima gigas) that grows big, as you said with a average of 10ft, but can get bigger. The other species is the Slender arapaima (Arapaima leptosoma) with a average of 4ft, not really getting passed 6ft, the species Blake looks to have is the Slender arapaima (Arapaima leptosoma) based on the red spotting around the Doral and tail fin, that is a trait of the Slender arapaima (Arapaima leptosoma). The Giant arapaima (Arapaima gigas) has the bleeding red in between there scales. Agassiz's arapaima (Arapaima agassizii) and Mape arapaima (Arapaima mapae) are very rare and red listed.

[@Raven_Claw-g9b]

@brockn7878 Good point!

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

heyyy mann that's a lot of hay!

[@Anoukska]

oeeeh new video

[@BlakesExoticAnimalRanch]

I will mostly just be on KZbin thank you for your support anoukska

[@Willsreptiles420]

let me throw a tent up and stay there I'll do all the landscaping work

[@dojc6526]

have you thought of community service. can talk to josh/big rich.of OFR how they get invlove . they get help thru that.

[@HeilwoodBeagles]

They also scratched and chipped the tanks. Community service is the bottom of the barrel of humanity