this DIY Tub Pond will leave you SPEECHLESS | Fish Tank Review 284

[@FishForThought]

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[@MrCreeperrr]

i will!

[@graffic13]

Barbs seem to be a good beginner fish...also the lone fish left after everything else dies... barbs or skirt tetras. I think a large school of serpae tetrasare great for a beginner fish

[@bigpotstickers]

You got my money

[@chonkochonkaboo6352]

ive been watching fft for a while and getting hyped about fish and i FINALLY infected my parents with multiple tank syndrome, im getting a 15 gal w nano fish :3

[@Ilovemydog7]

Let’s go! Excited for you mate!

[@DanielWehseler]

@@Ilovemydog7 When you buy yourself a fish tank, you’ll want another one. For it is written as it has once been said. “I am addicted to buying fish.”- a wise man named Paul Cuffaro once had said.

[@tarobug2560]

7:00 this type of packing foam is *incredibly* strong and stable under pressure. It’s often used in zoos for faux landscaping, support and decorative rock work because of how surprisingly resilient it is! It makes perfect sense that it would be able to withstand a fish tank as well, because the weight is distributed evenly on both the top and bottom. That tank isn’t going *anywhere* hahaha

[@FishForThought]

that's rly cool. did not know foam has that sort of capability

[@eveningclicks7767]

Time for you to do a video with a foam stand! :)

[@wheelbite9]

Qotw: Bettas are ridiculously hardy. I've rescued two that previous owners had in tall, skinny vases with no heat or filtration. One is going on 4 years old, he was full grown when I got him, and I believe that lady had him for a year. The other is maybe 2, but her previous owner literally just sat her in a vase outside on top of their trash dumpster. I'm glad I found it before the trash truck came around.

[@trippin9899]

That poor betta being thrown away like that😭 I'm glad you were able to save it

[@AlexandriaFryer]

I think they’re only hardy if their genetics don’t suck. I had two that didn’t even live a whole year, one in a 5 gallon, one in a 10, i fed frozen food instead of pellets, I did weekly water changes, I tested the water often, I gave them live plants and still they sadly weren’t alive long

[@cannz9134]

The fish "tub" is brilliant. Substrate and or gravel being so important for the food web, but just as importantly it stops the fish kicking up all the muck, which is what happens if you don't put Substrate in the tub

[@thedarksiders5059]

Will ot go without filters

[@thedarksiders5059]

I have tubs , but no filters and substrate , use them foe growouts

[@EuroGupper]

04:11 The bottom with the roots visible through the glass seems to be what I am doing in one of my tanks. I used the coarsest gravel and basically started by feeding my plants with liquid fertilizer (the theory was that I did not want to keep inserting tabs into the substrate. I wanted to feed my root feeder plants such as sword plants through the water column and the way to get that done was coarse gravel). After the tank started aging the detritus filled up the spaces in-between the gravel and added the nutrients. I do less liquid fertilizer feedings these days Normally i use sand, but it was too easy. I wanted to challenge myself and experimented with a coarse gravel only tank. I miss sand, but I don,t regret doing it

[@kirabowie]

QoTW: Guppies! They are so easy to take care of, even the really fancy ones. Mine, before I moved and gave them away, overstocked my tank, yet they somehow managed to hit that sweet spot in my planted tank of keeping they population stable. And I had 2 cory cats and a ton of snails that hitched a ride on my plants. My plain grey cory was slightly bigger than my thumb and I got him as a baby. My Albino wasn't far behind in size too. (I got him a few months later as my grey was the only they had.)

[@FunkyFishy910]

I’m finally making my first aquascape. Thanks for being my inspiration and for featuring me in the FTR.

[@FishForThought]

have fun!

[@TrueFlame2010]

"Fish" he says, like bladder snails aren't the craziest hardiest things in the hobby. I actually have had really good experiences with harlequin rasboras, though.

[@FishForThought]

hahaha bladder snails survive everything

[@basedswain5880]

I've just been getting back into the hobby and my blind cave tetra have been pretty tolerant of my fumblings. Seeing them happy drives me forward to make their tank even better

[@swordwhale1]

A fair sized tub from a farm store (like you'd use to water horses) can be planted and stocked with goldfish or fathead minnows in colder places. I'm in PA, and when it starts freezing, I put a small pond heater in, just keeps the water from freezing. Def need cold hardy species, but elodea Canadensis, and American lotus, as well as some water lilies are fine. If you have a sun room, a small tub works well.

[@michaellavella2377]

For indoor purposes a patio pond in a large plant pot is great. I've got one in the corner of my living room with a bunch of great plants growing out of it. Really brightens up the room. Especially when the light is on.

[@spiderlee5585]

Yes indeed. So long as you have a good, consistent source of water movement and at least 100 gallons worth of water in the "deep end" of your tub or pond, most goldfish and minnow species will overwinter just fine in temperate areas. Obviously, uh, be more considerate if you're in the blizzard ground zero or a much colder area though. A tub pond in the center of a little glass greenhouse comes to mind, though it's hard to tell whose idea it is--human or the plants.

[@steakinbacon8593]

I like having dogs and cats as pets and all but there’s just something special about having a room full of aquariums.

[@Rebekahtheakston]

I was given 6 "polar blue parrots". A about 3 years ago, my furnace decided to stop working on the coldest days (-25) of the year and it was almost 40 hours before repair man arrived. Although I did everything I could, moved as many fish as I could into buckets to a warmer space, some tanks got down to 38-40ish degrees (f) (entire house was down to high 40s) I thought all the parrots died.... nope.... once the furnace was fixed and the temps rose all 6 were still alive... and still are. Yes, I was shocked -- tropical fish surviving 38-40 degree (F).

[@finchfry]

Chili rasbora are my favorite hardy fish. They're so low waste, they're not picky, and they love to hang out right at the front so my friends believe I actually have fish when they come over.

[@laurabustos6560]

A hale and hearty greeting to my FTR community!! I'm in a hurry this am so I'll just wish everyone an amazingly awesome week!! ✌️ QotW: after keeping Medaka I'm going to say they're probably the easiest, most hassle free fish. If you're inside and your house doesn't freeze 🥶, you are totally fine without a heater, they'll take any prepared micro pellet or flake food as long as it's powdery or just really small, they can do a totally planted tank or just a bare bottom, they reproduce but not excessively like guppies, I have then in tanks with plants and no filter and tanks with filter, if you live in a mild climate you can keep them outdoors in tubs year round and they're pretty easy to find and the older varieties are pretty affordable now. You haven't seen a beautiful fish till you've seen platinum Medaka outside in a sunny tub, they absolutely glow!!

[@TapishnuOP_MC]

i want a medaka rice fish but i can't find it anywhere :

[@SrMise]

I second medakas. Mine didn't even blink at our power outage in the winter w/ freezing temps.

[@PatrickHualda]

If I may say for QOTW it has to be my pepper cories as those guys have been with me since day one and have survived my newbie hands for awhile now and are still there after multiple tank changes and their still plump and happy as they can ever be.

[@a7c777]

QOTW: Honey Gourami/Clown pleco. Honey Gourami because I have never had one die on me even after many tank scares and no one picks on them in my tank, and they dont pick on other tank mates in my experience so far with community tanks. As for the pleco, i have a little story: when i was 12 i had a 50 gallon community tank with a Clown Pleco for 4 years that I NEVER got to see after introducing it to my tank. Then, I had many fish in my aquarium die after the lid with little holes in my fish food container fell off in my hand dumping a WHOLE thing of food into the water. I hoped the filter would kick in and the fish wouldnt die but they did. I siphoned out all the water, and around 3 weeks to a month later, I made preparations to empty out all the decorations and gravel to empty out the tank to see if i wanted to start again. I emptied out the gravel and washed it in my back yard, and i did the same with all the tank decorations (one being a sunkin hollowed pirate ship). When i finished, i got all the decorations and put them back into the tank. The moment i put the pirate ship in the tank the vibration cause my clown pleco hidden inside to flop around inside the tank. Fortunately i had water in a bucket sitting around over 24 hours and put it in the bucket of water in the off chance I wanted to redo the aquarium. I quickly filled the tank and put water conditioner and put it back inside. I later redid my tank and it lived for 5 more years no problem. This was also before I knew about the water cycle n stuff so idk how it survived all that.

[@FlockEditz]

1:45 as a fellow Canadian i feel you bro, its COLD

[@cryptocorner2253]

Comment for pushing the algorithm. For the CHIRS!

[@danielthompson3205]

1:36 when you have a 1000 liter container called an 'ibc'... That thing is pretty small... Then you connect a few for the lols and run a eco system train on it (fish water to a marsh system to more plant and fish then recycled back to the first maby..)

[@Ana.0223]

Definitely guppies! I bought some feeder guppies for my RES turtle. After a while he started to ignore them and now I have over 20 of them just chillin in the tank.

[@MrCreeperrr]

WHO LOVES FISH KEEPING!!

[@MakaKamala]

QOTW: Kuhli loaches! I had a tank I took down and it sat for a month on the floor in a corner with just the mulmy substrate and tiny bit of water I hadn't taken the time yet to clean out. I happened to see movement one day and it was a kuhli loach skirting along the substrate! The poor lil guy had been hiding in there for a month with almost no water, no food, no heat, no aeration! I felt so bad for him that I had missed him when I moved all the other fish out but he was a trooper and held on despite my negligence and the terrible conditions. edit: typo fix

[@ghostly4558]

He was evolving into a mudskipper

[@FishForThought]

the goated kuhli loach

[@MakaKamala]

He's still in the new tank... I think. At least he was a couple months ago when I was lucky enough to see him doing the cool snake dance along the corner glass. He rarely comes out, I am lucky to see him once every month or two. Hardy shy lil guys but they're soooo cool when they do come out to be social. I love them.

[@JordSkort]

My Kohl’s loach made his way into my canister filter and I had no idea. He was probably in there for close to 5-6 months wedged in between two sponges. All of color had faded and he became almost transparent.

[@MakaKamala]

@@JordSkort aww poor thing, did he survive the ordeal and recoverd?

[@MandyJane123700]

Livestock water tanks make the best ponds. If you compare them to the cost of an aquarium, they're usually about $1 a gallon. Sometimes you can find them for half the price. I think my 300 gallon cost about $150 when I bought it about a year and half ago.

[@gracenavin2588]

QOTW: Definitely White Cloud Mountain Minnows! I’ve had them almost 4 years, they are some tough cookies

[@Rudiarose]

I have 4 tanks and only my 8.5 gallon Opae Ula tank with 200+ in it has never crashed. I do not have to do water changes and once the algae started growing on the side do not have to feed them. I do give them treats but do not have too. I only need to top off water as it goes down. I have a heater for them and a sponge filter that I have not touched in 2 years. So yea, that tank is my favorite tank.

[@deeeeeeerest]

I’ve never had issues with zebra danios. Super chill.

[@dt4676]

I had one that was a jerk

[@distantgem]

QOTW - in my experience Kuhli Loaches! Live for a decade and are hardy, robust little fat worms! One of my favourite!

[@PotatoInk101]

My Monday sucked but FFT never fails to deliver 👏👏👏

[@chloejackson1628]

QOTW: I got some ember tetras for the first time a while ago, and they've been great. Settled in super easy, no issues at all. Also, not a fish, but nerite snails. Those things are indestructible! One of mine is over 5yrs old, totally unphased by multiple house moves and tank re-scapes.

[@Tien1million]

My hardiest fish is medaka ricefish. I have them outside, they survive the cold, heat, ammonia, low hp, high hp. They just keep on swimming around looking for food like just another Tuesday.

[@callmezerzy8470]

My favorite easiest fish to keep is Medakas, throw them in a pond, they'll happily breed there, throw them in a 10g, happily breed there, too. Don't have a heater or chiller? Good. They do not care and will be fine when that pond freezes over as long as it doesn't become a block of solid ice, they however will stop breeding at around 18°C, also, you want to put them into a tropical community? Absolutely can do, they don't mind temperatures up to 30°C wich is about 2°C warmer then the recommendation for tropical communities (28°C). Hard water? Soft water? Medaka doesn't care, they'll just ask 'where spawning mop at?'. I love them. They come in so many different colors, too. Miyuki (White with Shimmer), Platinum (plain white), Koi variants (tricolor, bicolor, yellow-white, orange-white, mixed with black spots...), etc. Funfact: The fish on the ISS are also Medaka, Platinum Medaka to be exact, they got transported up as eggs to study the development of fish in space. I know i'm fangirling, tho i am not sorry! They're awesome. :D

[@emicontained6870]

Qotw: the easiest to take care of for me so far has been my khuli loaches!!

[@fathomlives]

My hardiest fish are 2 mountain minnows named Hert and Hern. I don't know their exact species or age, as they were caught wild from a local river. But they're SUPER resilient, they eat everything, but they can go for a long time without food. Initially I had 6, but Hern, the dominant male, ate the others, and now there are only 2

[@blip-2024]

My most hardy fish is the Pictus cat hands down! Mine has been through a few disasters including getting hooked out of the tank by a cat and ending up in between the couch cushions. Tossed him back in the tank and several years later he is still going strong!

[@lawfulsoup8335]

Currently setting up a wood box as a pond in my basement. I am just waiting on a chance to get to the hardware store for some substrate and gravel.

[@DripChicken627]

easiest fish i have taken care of was my dojo loach that got stuck in the back filter compartment of my dads 9 gallon for a year and he couldnt even fully extend thats how small the back filter space was, i convinced my dad to let me put it in my 55 gallon and now hes very active and happy and its by far my favorite fish i have ever had

[@laurar5953]

I have a 20g planted tank right in front of a west-facing window (I, uh, ran out of room for tanks) but I painted the back black, loaded it with red root floaters, and have my biggest house plants (monstera, peace lily) growing out of the back. That is, a ton of the natural light is blocked - with the exception of a patch that gets in through the cleared feeding ring, but a couple nerite snails take care of the resulting algae patch on the glass. I've gotten some of the most beautiful pictures of tiny golden light rays shooting into this tank through the floaters when the hygger is off. Limited window light has turned into my *favorite* place to put a tank.

[@michaellavella2377]

I've got no suitable windows to try this with. I feel like I'm missing out.

[@BlackieChan21E]

QOTW: I had like 12 Convict Cichlids in a 180 gallong with 2 red eared sliders, Its only one now cause I had to separate them after 4 years last week for aggression. I started with 5 and they just continue to breed and maintain a population of 9-12 adults. Being turtles even with a sump and addition strong filter the water quality isn't always the best but they continue to live and thrive and rarely become snacks.

[@christianlett]

QOTW: Definitely my Rasboras (Harlequins, Coppers and Purple Harlequins). They just exist and make zero trouble for me. Actually I'm feeling sad at the moment. Got a beautiful pair of Rams for my other tank - I loved them. Then the female just disappeared; then over half of my neons just died; then the male started acting aggressive and was bleeding from a patch on his head; then he died too that night. I think they had a parasite that wiped out most of the tank. Now all I'm left with are 8 neons and a couple of Ottos. :(

[@tdannyV2]

Cherry barbs, mine are bullet proof and so bright in their color!

[@shelbytaylor4634]

Me personally, my black molly fish. Vader. He's moved from tank to tank for me to eat the larvae infestations in different shrimp tanks. 😅 He now has a sweet setup in the works because I owe him so much for being boss enough to move from low ph to high, and back again.

[@swordwhale1]

Fathead minnows (the orangey-pink color morph is sold as rosy reds) are stupid easy. Basic goldfish are great in a garden pond (big tub container). All are weather hardy too, as long as the water doesn't turn to a solid...

[@msmazzo]

I have a tub that big and am working on the plants being awesome. I currently have 8,356,701 guppies in there.

[@melissaskinner4501]

Stock tubs that they use on farms are awesome for fish.

[@frogeggsyeah5138]

On the cat-arapaima situation. Cats reflexes are way quicker than usual prey since they're "apex predators". This is why pet cats don't get eaten by snakes, or injured by big rats, foxes, wolves. Their reaction speed generally keeps them out of danger. I don't know how fast an Arapaima could strike but it would have to be faster than snakers/scorpions or crocs.

[@xPhil84]

The photosynthesising fish had me 😂

[@lincolnlegit7548]

We need these 2 times a week lol

[@FishForThought]

thanks for saying that but 2 times a week of FTR might actually kill me haha

[@lincolnlegit7548]

@@FishForThought lol

[@mbrdevuk]

2 years ago I unfortunately dropped a large piece of hardscape on a bucket of green neon tetras during a rescape and one unlucky fella didn’t swim away in time and got half his face ripped off (he’s of course called Harvey now), all the other tetras have died off since then but Harvey is still going strong, I’d say that’s pretty hardy!

[@ScottFelton-qw4yx]

Fish Tank Review is the best series on the internets.

[@FishForThought]

thanks so much man

[@empressireneabitfishcrazy]

I am finally on time. ❤❤ so excited. I wish you uploaded nights-sometimes

[@BloodOcean666]

7:58 maluch! (fiat 126) ❤ 😂 Yeah those are expensive (collector prices)

[@ThaBlotchinator]

F it, we're watching FFT in class 🗣🗣🗣

[@kearstinnekenerson6676]

Tractor supply store I love getting my tubs from there I have a few indoor ponds

[@HopeB555]

OH MY GOSH. 😱🥳 That's MY 20 gallon pea puff tank! 😱😱 Never thought one of my tanks would actually make it on a video. Sadly it's no longer pretty 😅 need to rip out the stems and start over. Duckweed is the bane of my existence. 💀

[@FishForThought]

starting over is fun too! good luck with the new scape!

[@HopeB555]

@ thanks! I've got a couple rescapes on the docket. 😊 Hopefully gonna be able to share some of them

[@michaellavella2377]

QotW: Guppies. I started with a bag of five males and five females. Two months later I have 4 males (pretty sure one was bullied to death), 4 females (pretty sure one passed after birth), and dozens of TBD. The only work and stress their tank has brought me was in the form of plants. The fish are just chilling. Though I suppose my rice fish, neons, betta, and snails are the same. But they aren't going to reproduce forever like the guppies will, so I'll give the prize to them.

[@exotherm42]

Tbh the hardiest fish I ever kept where my snakeheads. Depending on the species they don't even require heating, they're not the biggest community fish once they're adults so if you keep them alone in a big enough tank you don't really need filtration (especially since they breath air anyways), mine always ate frozen food without problems... never had any complaints. They do like to re-model so planting can be a little difficult, but otherwise 10/10 fish imo.

[@Royalfish11510]

QOTW: Chilly rasboras

[@nuggetbug]

Finally my fft meme submissions 😱😂I feel so honored lol ...I thought Chris would like my petty fish

[@toxathedog3873]

9:56 me with white cube 2x2 ikea kallax and 90l (around 110-120kg with all stuff) fish tank on it 💀 Yes I agree, it is very bad idea especially with chest of drawers. At least Kallax has a section in the middle and is screwed to the wall. It will stand until water gets on it. So every time I change the water I put tissues on it from all sides 🤣. I use it because my budget is very tight and I was the person who bought a goldfish and put it in a 25 liter aquarium💅. Later I realized that the aquarium urgently needs to be changed and finding a stand is a problem especially when you buying cheap fish tank from Facebook without a stand.

[@deathbydoors]

QoTW: Koi fish are super hardy and absolutely gorgeous as long as you have a plan for when they outgrow whatever tank they’re in

[@lorenalulu5765]

I've never had a fresh water tank but I have two salt water! Clownfish are easily the hardiest choice, but most guides that say they can fit in a five gallon are messed up man. Full grown ones are massive and at least need 15+.

[@KoiUniverse]

OUR FAV MONDAY SHOW❤❤❤❤❤

[@Pinkstinkie]

My easiest fish are Ramshorn snails. Second? Cherry shrimp. Waiting for my move so I can get a 10 gal (currently rocking a 5 gal hex) with actual fish in it. Keep wavering between a betta or a pea puffer. I have enough Ramshorns to feed a raft of puffers but I don't know if I'd have the heart feed them to the puffer, much less crush them first.

[@reignofbliss]

I'm still saving for my first tank, so here's a comment to boost your views! I'm thinking of getting neon tetras when I get started, but I also just want to make my own little shrimptopia. Also, ALL OF THE SNAILS.

[@FishForThought]

thanks! shrimptopia sounds amazing

[@AVDB95]

I have some pretty old lambchop rasbora. Started with 10 and 7 years later 5 off them are still alive even though they are only suposed to live for 5 years. My platies are also pretty old at 4 years which is suprising sinice I am technically keeping them in too soft water. My L128 pleco's and bichirs also deserve a mention. They are wildcaughts yet seem to be free from any problems.

[@Larissas-Jungle]

qotw: my angelfish did really well when i had him, he grew huge and thrived really well. probably one of my favorite fish ive owned, he unfortunately had to be rehomed but i still miss him to this day, its been almost a year and i still miss Toby. i also have amazing luck with platies, ive never had a single one get sick or pass away!

[@danielthompson3205]

4:18 I see fish poop build up there Chris, why, cause that's the colour of the water when I hit my false bottom on gravel substrate tank

[@garg4531]

Oh I busted out laughing so hard at the fish spitting sand at each other 🤣🤣 Qotw: For me, uh... my clown loaches have lasted the longest out of any fish I've had, but I plan to rehome them to give them more space and free up my tank My plan from there is to get some male platies. Very active, very colorful, very low maintenance, should do well

[@mildredpadilla5734]

👏👏👏👏👏👏 once again very entertaining❤❤❤ your channel

[@FishForThought]

tyty!

[@MWilk098]

QOTW: white cloud minnows. I use them for fish in cycling new tanks.

[@pcketemo]

“This pond is going sicko mode” Ermmm actually it’s going cichlid mode 💪

[@myraluv432]

Dig your channel Hun, have learned a lot, and enjoyed the laughs : )

[@imin2461]

Im guessing the styrofoam isnt hollow? Id think a huge solid piece like that can withstand it

[@thatkidmorganmariah]

Yeah until their cat chews a cave into it and *makes* it hollow lol

[@robyn6521]

QOTW: Brine shrimp! Well, as a colony anyway.

[@vezhopkins714]

I love guppies :) they are hardy considering they are so smol

[@streetballer2906]

Styrofoam is stronger than people think, I’m 200lbs tried to stand on a small thin piece of foam from packaging and it didn’t even make a dent

[@FishForThought]

that's insane

[@lundiboy8]

Corydora are always bulletproof for me.

[@Sproutt]

5:47 Thaml You Editor :) (Fosh For Thought)

[@MichaelJBurnsII]

I still don't have a fish tank so I don't know what the easiest fish to take care of is for me. Growing up we had a small sucker fish of some sort that seemed to always out live the other fish in the tank, probably some sort of small plecco, it didn't need much attention if I remember correctly.

[@beachie]

My first thought when I think about having a tub like that is mosquitoes. It's gorgeous, and I'd love to have it, but that ankle-biting aedes mosquito ain't no joke.

[@michaellavella2377]

The fish will eat them. Plus it'll attract dragonflies which will also eat them. A healthy pond won't increase your mosquito numbers and will likely lower them if they are a problem to start with.

[@victoriasrandomstuff]

Qotw I have to say that bushynose plecos are my bullet proof fish. I usually have them a good 15 years or so.

[@devsie11915]

QOTW: my green sunfish is wicked easy to care for. She eats anything I put in there, never been sick a day in her life, always lively and interactive. She lives in a 125 gal with an elephant trunk snake. She was meant to be a feeder but she’s a SURVIVOR. I think she and the snake gang up on the new feeder fish.

[@garg4531]

I live in Texas and recently got a 125 gallon tub for my turtles (it has a couple shallow ledges and a wonky shape which would be great for aquascaping too) If I ever rehome them...

[@michaellavella2377]

What's stopping you? They'll appreciate the scaping as well. I've seen plenty of turtle ponds fully scaped and stocked.

[@Pluralise]

QOTW: our bronze corys have seen some things but just keep snuffling ❤

[@HenryZ20]

From my experience harlequin rasboras, bronze/albino cories and bristlenose plecos are pretty hardy. I have not kept them but I heard paradise gourami and honey gourami are also hardy.

[@cathyhendrix7552]

White cloud mountain minnows. Just the regular ones. I haven't tried the longfins, or the golds yet. So I can't speak for them.

[@aeug5563]

QOTW: ember tetras, i got 8 MANY years ago, two died right away, as they do, a few have dropped along the way as they got older but i still have 3, they've survived moving to a new tank and before that, several years of child me's questionable care

[@AlthosWTF]

Being in south Louisiana when I see a pond like that all I can think of is mosquito breeding! I guess if you have the right fish they would eat the mosquito larvae?

[@kornelweber5879]

1:17 My aunt has a German shepherd (Named Harley) and a pond of kois and a sturgeon. Once Harley got bitch-slapped by the sturgeon when he was a puppy and is afraid of that pond ever since.

[@Primenumber19]

Randomly am I the only one who thinks serpa design took a huge dive in quality recently?

[@exotherm42]

Sadly agreed. All the comments are like 'THIS IS YOUR BEST WORK YET!' but I used to love his videos and now I'm mostly underwhelmed by it. :/

[@Primenumber19]

@ right? He uses mostly artificially surfaces now, and it’s all like day builds ment to get something in it quickly and then disassemble just as quickly in 6 months.

[@exotherm42]

@@Primenumber19 ...he also promotes putting fish in uncycled tanks using some starter bacterias from a company that, surprise, sponsors him. Really a shame.

[@Stoutswiller]

qotw: albino bristlenose, just give them a nice stick and don't forget they're there. (I can't speak for other plecos but often the more invasive the species, the easier it is to keep alive.) Objectively: zebra mussels & kudzu! 🤣

[@Khaloofidino]

What kind of fish would naturally breed in a 20 gallon other than guppies.

[@Sastrei_Photography]

I got kuhlis yesterday😍 they have been out more than i expected

[@Orwellian-Purple-Grapes-1984]

QOTW: I've been most successful with guppies. Sold the babies. Endlers and Least Kilifish also did well and got babies, but not as good as the guppies; their babies weren't as hardy. Ember tetras are also good fish, if you dont want to deal with the babies. Personally, no matter what fish it is, I have much more succes buying fish from local fish store than online.

[@dota24life64]

I had a kids pool that I bought to be a fish tank during the summer, but because we have winter in canada I can't really leave it outside all year round.

[@trkytsnayio6851]

even the comments starts demanding for FFT

[@madhusreejyothinagaramv664]

The guppies and mollies are the most easiest fish to take care of..you don't need to get other pair if you got a 3 or 4 female guppy with 1 male guppy.They make money for you🤑 and silver gaurami's too but it hard to make baby fish with them

[@mbcdino3092]

My favorite are baby convict cichlids.

[@cassiopeaknack]

I think this is kinda obvious but chili rasbora, they have a wide range of water parameters and don’t need too much space. My only issue with them is they didn’t like my light being bright but my plants liked the light… so too bad for the plants I guess