Collecting Fish in Florida’s Blackwaters: Wild Native Nano Fish & Invasive Aquarium Cichlids.

[@FeMkE67]

My favourite kind of video, the variety of fish species and plant life is amazing!

[@Fishtory]

Florida is an aquarist wonderland haha

[@audrameyer9558]

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed this today. The Swamp Darter...OMG so cute!! Seeing the Blue Fin Killies made me want to keep them again. 🤗 Not sure why I stopped. Thanks again!

[@Fishtory]

Yeah I really want to keep them again also. They're beautiful little fish! Thanks for your input and comments

[@chadalca17]

This is extremely interesting so cool seeing the native species of fish

[@Fishtory]

Thanks for your thoughts on this type of video! I hope to he doing a lot more of them soon

[@jericocager694]

It's awesome 😎

[@TheFishingNomad]

0:31 Either a Cichlasoma bimaculatum or Cichlasoma dimerus depending on the number of anal spines.

[@brettsmith8145]

Gotta say not having the best day the way you put together your videos are actually incredible though thank you for having pictures right away brightens my day a little

[@Fishtory]

Thanks my friend! Sorry your day isn't going so well. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. If all else fails, go grab a piece of nature to enjoy. I know my editing isn't professional at all- but I want it to feel DYI and just show how the actual day turned out and share that with Y'all.. Cheers!

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

There’s a reason for the saying “nature red of tooth and claw.” Add in what humans do and it’s very rough to be a wild critter. Love the the swamp fish…that darter is a cutie pie.

[@ezstreet1997]

Perfectly timed video! Ive been researching Elassoma evergladei to add them to my tannin stained tank that has seiryu stone in it. Couldn't find much info about them in tannin stained water so I'm glad you made this video. Looks like they may be a perfect fish for my tank.

[@Fishtory]

They're a really great choice due to their complex behaviors and beautiful markings

[@cwsignu]

I love this type of content. I love to see collecting of fish videos. Thanks!

[@I_pirated_premium]

9:51 my BN pleco disagrees bc I didn't give her a blackworm pellet today. Oh the suffering she goes through at my hands

[@Fishtory]

Lol

[@andicarson1339]

I absolutely loved this!!! I'm up in MN and would love to live where the local fish would survive inside. Thanks for sharing this!

[@Fishtory]

I'm in Seattle usually...so I totally understand your frustration

[@mickem4322]

Always nice to see natural habitats and their secrets.. :D :D

[@Fishtory]

I agree 100%

[@bevfrigon7142]

All so beautiful! I envy you out there in nature! Happy fishing Alex!! ❤🇨🇦

[@bevfrigon7142]

What is the water temperature these fish are living in? Just so enjoyed this video! Thanks for sharing! ❤🇨🇦

[@sarajseiberthesavannahdarter]

Yes these types of vids are great, the Darters are awesome!

[@Fishtory]

Thanks for the input (I'd love to do a lot more collecting all over the USA and world... I just need to find excuses to travel haha. ) glad you enjoyed this

[@sarajseiberthesavannahdarter]

@@Fishtory you're welcome, I'm in Georgia near Savannah and I would love to find a place to collect Savannah Darters and Christmas Darters. I need to find some fish friends near me to go with LoL

[@GregGuppyGuy]

Love your content as always! Thanks for all you do ! ✌️👀

[@Fishtory]

Thank you, the honor is all mine!

[@EuroGupper]

I think the cichlid is an invasive species from South America called an Acara. I could be mistaken though. The aquarium variants can be very colorful Update: i saw you mentioned the same at the end of the video 👍🏾 Also i heard there is a website database with waterways in Florida where you can find aquarium fish. It might be interesting if you have time to check it out

[@mdorneich]

What is the web address??

[@EuroGupper]

@mdorneich I honestly don't know if I have access to some US websites to google them. Some US websites don't comply to European privacy laws so they do not get access to the European market

[@brushitoff503]

Awesome man hope you share more of this!

[@Fishtory]

6 or 7 more videos worth I'd say!

[@brushitoff503]

@@Fishtory mad!

[@LewisKrueger]

there first two fish are black acara they are in the cichlid family

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

Aw geez, I could have asked my sunfish question in this video instead, and that way it wouldn’t have been off-topic! ROFL 😵‍💫🤪

[@Fishtory]

S'all good haha

[@sigui.habana]

I went to south Florida channel ( broward area ) and got some gambusia what I still having , the most colorless and piece …. Fish I ever had , they don’t care size or type they go nipping and torturing around ( sorry about my English )

[@Fishtory]

Thanks for writing! Yes gambusia are basically meaner, and less colorful guppies lol

[@vampgaia]

I enjoy seeing our native fish.

[@Fishtory]

Me too !

[@FloridaBushcraft96]

The dark sunfish is a warmouth sunfish or "bass" love them

[@chrishowell4775]

Cool video thanks for sharing

[@Fishtory]

Tanks for watching and letting Mr know if you enjoyed the video m. Cheers!

[@sharronmiller451]

Beautiful fish!

[@Fishtory]

I'll try and get more close ups of them in color

[@deneng0259]

Cool swamp darters bro

[@Fishtory]

They're my 3rd favorite ones. Hehe

[@kristenbrown1]

I live in Tampa. Can I go on one of these adventures with you? I’m wanting to make a Walstad with Florida native only plants and fish. But it’s tricky doing something like this alone with the potential of a venomous snake or surprising a gator (FL native here. Not “afraid” of them, but just not smart for me to get in those types waters with high vegetation ALONE and isolated 👍 I’m too accident prone to test my luck, and my friends aren’t into getting dirty in nature exploration like I am) Anyway, I wouldn’t hold y’all back. I just love to learn and am a biology nerd and plant nerd since birth. And a tomboy.

[@Fishtory]

Ill be there the 13th through the 26th or so. Just email me or Facebook message me, and if im near you, we could definitely go collecting

[@Lisa.Sparkman]

Love this kind of content

[@Fishtory]

Thanks! So glad to hear it! (Because I looove making it too)

[@darkshireaquatics]

awesome video✌✌

[@Fishtory]

Thank you so much 😀

[@olavcoron2430]

Very cool video! Im from Norway so my head immediately gets the thought of Alligator/Crocodile. Do you have that in those waters?

[@Fishtory]

Yes, while filming we ran into 4 or 5 that day :)

[@olavcoron2430]

@@Fishtory damn, we prob fear them on another level since we dont have them around here 😂

[@ashenwalls3558]

Fun stuff!

[@JuanRodriguez-or4zc]

Good 👍 stuff dude

[@Fishtory]

Glad you liked it

[@ARCOF]

Yes, that was a cichlid

[@Fishtory]

Yeah I said what everything was at the end doc ;)

[@HippieJohn]

Well I just got confirmation that it was a least/common Darter I caught on my last collection and of course I put him back and now I'm regretting it...they are highly uncommon here...thanks for sharing brother✌️

[@Fishtory]

Right on! I wish I was closer to the south to go collect more... but as soon as I get some money or a funded talk down in the south, I'll be sure to take more time and collect all new species. So far I have about 6 more videos worth of footage still

[@HippieJohn]

@@Fishtory Sweet....can't wait to check them out..maybe things will fall in place at the right time and we'll get to collect together ✌️

[@williamleidy6713]

The perfect excuse for a Florida trip and a blackwater tank.

[@Fishtory]

Obviously You know me too well

[@joshuahernandez6689]

Where in central florida were you im very interested in looking at what we have here but haven’t started yet..

[@Fishtory]

I live in Seattle but I was right in the pine island area

[@gkarlton1157]

Hi Alex can you do a video of native aquarium fish species from California and Nevada.

[@BadSyndrome]

serotonin tattoo

[@Fishtory]

Nice catch! (Dopamine is the other arm...they're stick and pokes i did about 6 years ago)

[@texasfish8382]

More!

[@Fishtory]

Soon!

[@emblake7750]

White Worms Detritus have you ever cross with them in planted tank,if you did can you make a video please cheers

[@Fishtory]

Yes and black worms, daphnia and ostrocods. :)

[@catchemupkyle2172]

Where exactly in Florida is this?

[@Fishtory]

Near otter otter freek jct. West of Ocala

[@ALvatar3]

A year late for me awesome vid

[@Fishtory]

Never too late haha

[@donhiatt1436]

Cichlasoma dimerus

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

Fascinating and fun, as usual :(

[@Fishtory]

Thank you kindly! Glad you also had a good time. There will be more coming soon

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

@@Fishtory Keep dropping the knowledge!

[@rustyfan89]

Unfortunately FLA has a climate that is great for introduced invasive species that were introduced by careless aquarists

[@garystein9536]

Only minnows here in UK. Cheers

[@Fishtory]

There are some fun fish I'm the UK... Sticklebacks, and medium sized fish ...but Just like seattle...it's pretty limited.

[@theoswetpets4191]

Pretty sure they was a black acara

[@Itsjustdianaa1101]

May I ask where in Florida you were?

[@Fishtory]

Yeah i was near crystal river and ocala natl forest :)

[@Itsjustdianaa1101]

@@Fishtory thank you. I live on the West Coast in Warm Mineral Springs and I am trying to find some natural aquatic plants that grow wild. Looks like there were tons where you were :) would love some bluefin killies as well. All I have in my back yard seems to be rainwater and sheepshead killies :)

[@Fishtory]

@Itsjustdianaa1101 so that means its not freshwater... the sheepshead only live in brackish and salt water down there. I actually just look for big ponds at the entry to housing developments, retention ponds and sometimes golf course water hazards Even. Google earth is great for scouting out bodies of water!

[@Fishtory]

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[@johnmanrow2667]

I would think a good place to find a good variety of tropical fish would be near tropical fish farms that have flooded!

[@Fishtory]

Oh I know for a fact hahah

[@GoHerp]

dude id pay you for the supplies and the a group of pygmy sunfish haha.

[@Fishtory]

Ooo very nice of you.

[@byman_only]

T'agradaria perdre't a l'oceà🌊 amb mi?

[@Fishtory]

Yes!

[@marvinscotton8658]

Florida is a great place to collect. You never know what you may find.

[@dr.traplord1227]

I bet that water was coca-cola colored

[@Fishtory]

Even darker in some cases... less than 2 inches of visibility from tannins

[@jordanforever2345]

Unbelievable.

[@Fishtory]

:)

[@steffanjansenvanvuuren3257]

Put a camera IN the water...

[@Fishtory]

Newer videos have one...and I have a gopro with footage waiting for editing

[@marosenmd294]

If the water is in fact hard, asa you say, it would be from the calcium carbonate in the lower bed rock. If this is the case, then the water may be closer to pH 6-7 from the dissolved limestone.

[@marosenmd294]

Red eyed fish is indeed a Warmouth.

[@brianhammer5107]

NO, it isn't! That's a south american cichlid - invasive species that either escaped from pet trade or someone turned loose or is the progeny of same. N.A. sunfish - of which the Warmouth is part - have completely different fins.

[@AquaLady153]

Wish I can find something in Jax😂