Unboxing 142 fish for the monster aquarium!! The king of DIY

[@btemming9823]

I’ll say it again. The altum Angelfish and sveni look absolutely stunning in the 2000 G. Great decision to move them from the 16 ft.

[@seannolan861]

Great pick Joey. Congo’s are my favourite tetra. Their long flowing fins and beautiful colours are unmatched by any other tetra.

[@ricardomonteiro5555]

large school of Dimond Tetra, would look amazing too, they get bigger also, and the shine is crazy.

[@alisaquariumandpond864]

Amazing looking tetra's, never seen so many in one tank. 😊

[@traveldogtales]

So Glad for the Captions.

[@theemeraldwarriors8703]

For future fish, I'd love to see a school of Pictus catfish (or any pimelodus) in a tank this size! If you're feeling bold, a Flagtail Prochilodus would be an amazing centerpiece fish. IME, they rarely target smaller fish despite their size, and my tank wasn't nearly as big as yours when I had mine.

[@Badfish277]

Excellent pick. Congos are my all time favorite. All of my larger community tanks have no less than 8 in each tank

[@zwilnik]

For big, colorful SA tetras, I'd say Buenos Aries. Mine are like 3" after a couple years growth (they've been that size a couple more years after growing out.) Pretty nice green with reddish fins. Not a showy as the geophagus, but pretty nice.

[@seangell]

Buenos Aries are a nice decent size one - can be bullies and fin nippers - I've got 2 left and they've been put in their place as cichlids and angelfish grew but I am pretty sure when I had more they bullied one angelfish to its demise and fin nipped the other one. In Joey's tank this would probably be less of a problem as a. There is space and b. The altums are already decent size but I would be worried for the congo's. Almost certain my 2yo congos were put out of place by them too, especially the fin nipping and while the congo's survived for some time after, it was within about a year that the 8 had were dying one by one...

[@jonas2431]

I love my Buenos Aries tetras

[@KeNakaEmortaL]

Buenos aires eat plants tho

[@mikebaker75]

I got 5 Buenos Aries for my daughter’s tank about 9 months ago….I have 19 now.

[@zwilnik]

@@KeNakaEmortaL This is so!

[@Westin_J27]

As soom as you said they were from Africa I knew it was Congo Tetras. Love those!

[@aaronfuniestas]

Bro you’re gunna love them. I put 8 of em in my 75 gallon with my SA cichlids 3 weeks ago and they put on size very quickly. They look amazing already so I cant even imagine over a hundred of them. I cant wait to see how that looks in your tank.

[@thejerseyherper5320]

Awesome video!! Love how you explained your reasoning behind the stocking and super cool to see the severums breeding

[@simianlife5949]

Man, those geos are gorgeous. The Congos will be excellent as well. Some Buenos Aires tetras might work in there too.

[@louisw113]

I know many may think they are boring, but I LOVE a school of Black Skirt Tetras!

[@PaulZyCZ]

They are interesting fish to watch, also chill to all fish but fry. A group of 30 or more would be nice addition and they grow over 3 inches in large tanks.

[@brianp6180]

Wow they look great! This will be epic. Hopeful they grow quickly. Great idea Joey

[@TankSizeMatters]

I can’t wait to see them in the 2000. I had ten congos in a 125 years ago and they looked awesome.

[@Rob-Brook]

Waiting to see the congos

[@norwaynorway2763]

Congo tetras??? What a GREAT choice!!!!! CONGO TETRAS are one of my favorite fish.

[@tm7619]

I love Congo tetras. I actually found a ton of them at my local fish store once, not special ordered, just regular stock. Got 10 of them, they did just fine with the angels I had at the time

[@jaminhughes7507]

I think 1 to 2 dozen pictus cats would look pretty cool in there. South American community tank has always been my dream! Only mine won't be near that big of a tank. 😁

[@darkiee69]

A large group of hatchet fish would look cool too.

[@Don-LeighSchofield-ud8gs]

I'm also in NOVA SCOTIA ! I'm enjoying the Chanel!

[@laughingmatterband]

Odessa barbs are super cool, so are rainbows.

[@liamsfishcave4108]

Congo tetras! Great choice!

[@startswinging3590]

Joey the 2000 is getting ready to be my favorite tank again especially once those plants start to grow

[@ingemoekmoedshek2858]

Congo's 🥰. Had them also in the past. Good choice 👌🏼

[@MagicMike808]

Joey, some wild discus would also look super cool in the 2,000 but I’m sure you’ve thought of that already. Lol. I do think those breeding pair of severums are a bit aggressive. Your tanks look amazing as usual. Keep up the good work 👍🏼

[@TankSizeMatters]

A school of Festivums would be a great addition

[@MagicMike808]

And some wild discus!

[@sandyloyst1811]

Love the congo's! And so many! Joey, this is going to be incredible when they go in. Peace.

[@Kassuna-]

Congo tetras will looks awesome! If you are ever visiting Vancouver Island you should stop by! I've got several aquariums, though smaller, one with a bonded pair of oscars (Oscar and Libby, regular and leutistic). They've paid eggs a couple times but haven't been successful in hatching them. They are hilarious together! I don't know what I'd do with that many babies.

[@seangell]

So happy to see Congo's! They were one of my first...if not my first fish other than a gold fish. I've moved away from tetra in to cichlids but Congo's are on my list to keep again

[@v3n0mnyc]

Good choice beautiful fish ✊🏽

[@blax45]

Still remembee the huge tank with congo tetras they had in hall of my highschool… these are going to look unbelievably nice and they get super colourfull

[@alanjones2207]

They are gorgeous. Used to keep them myself. They are stunning when big . What about adding some bleeding heart tetra.They get big and are also beautiful 😊

[@hookedonprjonrojas2314]

When I hear 100+ fish I thought here we go again. When you mentioned Africa I immediately thought Congo. 🤯 I’m planning to get some myself. I’ve always wanted some 🥰so excited

[@QU35TIONZcc]

Omg the Congo tetra and DIAMOND tetra are the best fish you can buy, in my opinion ❤❤❤

[@torquendirty2186]

As for other fish suggestions, I'd move the Gourami and put Festivum in. I'd add Albino Threadfin Acara (Heckelii), and some cupid cichlids. Some wild type Discus would be amazing, and compliment the Angels so beautifully

[@scottcahala7779]

Those look great. Those will look amazing when they are bigger. A group of cory Sturbi would look great in there.

[@Fishburgh]

Got a bunch of cardinal tetras from AquaHuna a few weeks back. And for the first time ever I have no losses. They were small and all in one bag. Saw Congo tetras at lfs for 10.99$ in Pittsburgh.

[@SevilleSteve]

I love my full grown Congo Tetras 👍

[@jordangarneau8817]

What ever you do , don't make too many more large choices ! So easy to go from a spacious planned out tank, to a box full of fish

[@LindaLansbury-uq6xj]

Looks absolutely lovely

[@canoedoctor]

Geophagus Brasiliensis are a larger, very peaceful, and stunningly beautiful fish. Another tetra with strong schooling behaviour is the Buenos Aries Tetra.

[@texastropics]

I would've kept it South American and used Colombian tetras and Diamond tetras. They both get pretty large and deep bodied so would not likely end up as prey and much better looking than Congos IMO. For large fish, if you feel you have good Oxygen saturation I would recommend Retroculus lapidifier, if not then Satanoperca daemon.

[@Queenacres]

A school of corys would be awesome in there!

[@malachiyang8816]

I’m truly inspired by your videos every time I watch it I do want to own my own small 10-20 gallon tank in the near future. (Keep making videos they’re great!)

[@Bartypoy]

African butterfly fish! 5” max, great top water fish and they’re little Arowanas

[@GibbonLord]

Giant danio would be amazing to see. They are fast and would work great with cichlids. Its a shame not alot of people have then since they are simply stunning.

[@jayclen]

I think Albino Threadfin Acara (Heckelli) would do great in your tank

[@ghostsniperdk9989]

You should add some Plecos... L75, L25, L24, L273, L95, L200, L27, L190, L330 or L600 some nice big plecos give a stunning Orange, Red, green, Golden yellow and so much more colour (L numbers just for exsample), Could perhaps add a school of Corydoras To swim along the buttom.. (if you can get your hands on L95 and L75 you will have a high chance for them to be ready when foods get added) :)

[@dalua1972]

There are a lot of South American tetra that can fit in your aquarium, I will give you 4 examples 1) Colombian tetra (Hyphessobrycon columbianus) 2) Chalceus (Tetragonopterus chalceus) 3) Cruzeiro do Sul (Hemiodopsis gracilis) 4) Tetra Olho de Fogo (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae) I think those fishes you can find easily in Canada .

[@emileebacon9422]

I love the rainbow/red tail sharks (not South American tho) for some added color. I also think a school of "regular" Archer fish mixed with some of the Platinum Archers could be cool as well.

[@Sarahthegreatt]

Not South American but some Ellioti Cichlids would look amazing along side the congos

[@evanmiller3787]

Cardinals get about 2” so a huge school of those would be awesome!

[@gaivscaesar]

Should have gone with Blue Red Colombian Tetras. Get to a decent size and have a beautiful silver body with blue and red colouration, all while being from South America

[@miguelcruz7673]

Odessa barbs! Rams and apistos! Big corydoras! Red spot severums!

[@greenwoodfarmandrabbitry7118]

Congos are awesome. Id say it depends on what vibe you're going for, But Odessa Barbs would be a great pop. Look forward to seeing what you pick.

[@ryandueitt-fm4hi]

Add GREEN TERRORS! They are gorgeous fish and always the talk of my tank.

[@justlovely36]

They’re gonna look phenomenal in that tank.

[@musicguybguitar1]

You could try some snakeskin barb or arowana tetra in honor of the arowana that was in there. Either one would be cool to see in a school.

[@j.t.cooper2963]

Buenos Aires Tetras would have worked. I had some that were 2.5-3" long and held their own in my Jack Dempsey tank.

[@Duaneschannel]

Hey joey, a school of 20-40 torpedo barbs would be an amazing addition. Since you already broke the amazon theme 😂 i have them with the congos and sevrem. Great community

[@barrydenboer]

You can add a group of big brochis splendens or Scleromystax barbatus on the bottom😬

[@ralfpilz5960]

From the video I see Yellow Tail Congo Tetra’s. Finatics has Blue Congo, Yellowtail, and the regular Congo Tetra’s. They ship from Toronto now as well.

[@danieldoherty130]

Cannot wait until the 2000 is full of them 🎉😮 wow amazing 😍 👏

[@connormohun1373]

Colombian tetra school

[@victorquintana6935]

Did you see the Buenos Aires tetras 3" they are South American fish

[@clintd1704]

I think a medium sized school of humphead glassfish would be a nice addition.

[@melvinve11393]

Huge school of coridoras, would be so cool to see a large group go up for some air intake

[@gregwitt83]

Love all the new videos bro

[@ricahaurymn]

I have a few ideas for S.A. fish. Since you asked. Long Nose Catfish. Dragon Goby. Hatchet fish or Knifefish.

[@SergioBernardoAlmi]

Rummy nose Tetra is my favorite schooling fish

[@dereks3207]

this guy tetras.

[@matthewferguson8423]

Costae tetra school even tighter!

[@UndeadJohnGaming]

These fish are AMAZING

[@ISayonaraI]

Joey everytime he has a big tank: "What if i put a thousand tetras in there?"

[@shel.b.1090]

Some hog-nosed corydora would be cool but also the Odessa barb is a beauty xxx

[@Joebizness.]

i got to say thank you btw, thanks to you i got back into having fish again and i now have an actively breeding pair of electric blue jack dempseys

[@benh3427]

Please show us how you systems work from filter to lighting and if you have emergencies power backups.

[@jamescockley3401]

What about some Balloon Red Jewel ( Hemichromis Bimaculatus ) or Blood Parrot Fish. But do agree discus would look amazing in the tank

[@tylercaramella2213]

Joey I think you’d really like having Rope fish yes they are in the bichir family BUT BUT they’re beyond friendly and peaceful (I pretty sure since those fish are larger than the rope fishes mouth they’ll be perfectly fine.) I have my two in with some Cory cats and two species of upside down catfishes one which is 10 inches at a few years old. Got a few other species of fish in that tank but point is the rope fish is a good addition to your planted community tanks

[@matthewferguson8423]

You could totally get south ameican tetras as big or bigger than Congo tetras with a little effort. Brycons and lizard tetras for example. Oliver Lucianus at Bellow Water could certainly provide you with some options.

[@douglasstone1684]

Toucan fish or pink tail characin would cool in there. Or a shoal of dusky narrow hatchet fish if you can get them.

[@zebedeemadness2672]

Personally would have gone for a mix of Columbian tetra (Hyphessobrycon colombianus), Buenos Aires tetra (Psalidodon anisitsi), Diamond tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri). To really hang about to surface, if you can get them, Giant hatchet-fish (Thoracocharax securus) they max at around 9cm (3.5").

[@mikewilliams3940]

Emperor tetras or buenos Aires or Columbia. Tetras. Those would look good and get bigger

[@Alex-hg5cg]

I've never seen this many Congo Tetras all at once. I'm excited to see how they adjust to the 2000. I bet they will breed at some point.

[@McGruff2008]

Have you ever heard of the Texas Cichlid? Absolutely beautiful fish. Technically being "South American," they would look beautiful in that tank.

[@kendallg9533]

A texas would kill the angelfish and tetras and would have no problem killing the geos and severums if it wanted to.

[@briancooke2435]

You need some barbs in the tank would be very cool to see them in a group

[@chrisayers153]

Fire eel is beautiful I have had them before great fish

[@sdchargers1071]

Amazing. I asked for longfin danios and this was an amazing compromise

[@madshepsreef282]

I’m glad, I suggested Congo tetras a few videos ago.

[@kylelovesfish]

What about a flagtail as a showcase big fish?

[@timadams306]

my vote is for Uaru i have 9 and love the personalitys, also some bigger silver dollars would look awesome as well with the congos.

[@matthewferguson8423]

Panda Uaru for the win!

[@JoeButler02]

Love the Congos! I'm excited to see such a large school in there. I had 9 in my 40g, then 75g community, and they were stunning! Are denison Barbs South American? I think a handful of those would look fantastic darting around in there. They wouldn't get too big to take away from the larger fish, but are also a bit bigger than the Congos.

[@MMG067]

How about a large quantity of pictus cats for bottom movement? That would add an all new level to such a beautiful large tank.

[@kevinpoe8137]

You should definitely setup a mudskipper or an oddball community tank at some point

[@RichardB_Uk]

Hatchest fish might have been and interesting addition

[@vhxtv739]

Wild Heckel Discus would be awesome in the 2000

[@jamesgreen7411]

The power company and water love him $$$

[@tichon1981]

How about Hemiodus Red Tail? That is a South-American Tetra :) Grow to about 6 inches

[@shannonferguson7020]

A school of discus would be awesome in there and a school of Cory's would be cool for the bottom

[@barat5943]

Nice severums!

[@Craig.catfish]

Amazing ❤