Unboxing (And Preparing) Aquarium Botanicals | My Bettas Love Tannins!

[@NordCat]

Are you kidding? We never will get tired of your unboxing vids!!! They are very informative and who doesn't like to unbox?? I am so on the fence about my fav fish tho. My goldfish Goldy already stole my heart. But albino cories are also amazing. They are so much easier too. I wish I didnt get into goldfish and kept betta instead. She just keeps on growing and I am looking for a nice place to start digging a pond lol.

[@gustavocortez2547]

I love your Bettas! They are my favorite !!

[@JillsFishRoom]

Thank you! ☺️ I think I might be a betta hoarder loll. They're all so pretty I can't help it 🙂

[@gustavocortez2547]

@@JillsFishRoom same here!! I have a female betta sorority tank with a couple of Corys and my male betta tank with Cory friends as well! The more you see them the more you want more tanks! Love your vids!! Thanks for all the Awesome info!

[@alitablackangell5770]

Sorry 4 being late, I was still snoozing. Love your video Jill. Blackwater aquariums seem pretty awsome💕

[@JillsFishRoom]

Shame on you Lita! Lol jk 😄 We all love a good snooze. They are pretty cool :) they have live food cultures (grindal worms, vinegar eels, etc) that I'm dying to try. I love the idea of growing my own fish foods 😍

[@BettaDaze710]

I can't belive I somehow missed this video and am just now seeing it. Freakin KZbin! Girl, you already know my favorite fish 😂😘😘😘

[@JohnStraussmusic]

I did originally come here for the fish talk but now I do like to see that you are having so much fun with the different video format and editing your doing. Seems you really enjoy the whole process and for me its fun to watch :)

[@JillsFishRoom]

Aww John lol. It's true, I noticed I've been playing around with my editing a lot lately as well 😭 it's fun but it's also kind of a course because I end up spending soooo much time doing it. I really appreciate your kind words ☺️

[@deadfred821]

Betta… hands down, my favorite fish. Betta splendins, to be exact! No particular line or variety; was just my first long lived fish back in the day. And I’m not even an apistos fan, but that card was hot!😏

[@CJ0023X]

Good to see some Sherman love and support to local businesses!! That transition tho, caught me off-guard hahaha (had to check my wifi). Keep the great work, Jill!

[@JillsFishRoom]

CJ 😭 I was sad that no one said anything ab that transition. I worked hard on that! Lol THANK YOU. Yaaas small businesses! Keep this on the DL but I ordered a couple more things from the website 🤫 seeecrettt

[@JamesWilson-tq5tp]

Well Jill my name is Jim, but I go by Tugger my WOW character. 1st I'm 74 and have just started keeping fish again. 2nd Fish I keep Cory's, pleco's, and Altum Angel's. I'm about to set up a new tank 6' x 30" x 30" it's on order now Like a kid at Christmas I can hardly wait. 3rd I started keeping fish in 1969 after 3years in Singapore with the Royal Marines. On day's of I used to Go to a fish farm and help there for free. 4th I have a huge library of book's on tropical fish and all things related to them. I came onto your channel by accident and am enjoying it so keep up the good work. Tugger Edinburgh Scotland

[@haricotvert6128]

Endler is definitely my favorite

[@JillsFishRoom]

Ender's are the inly guppies I have :) I want to get the Japanese blue endlers. So pretty!

[@Toneloke-3000]

Rummy nose tetras are always in one of my tanks. Honey gouramis are my newest favorite👍

[@JillsFishRoom]

Everyone always has great things to say about rummynose tetras. If/when I get my next tank, I think I'm gonna have to choose between them and some white cloud mountain minnows! ⛰️☁️

[@NordCat]

I love my opaline gourami. She was a rescue, I am not going to get into them cause it feels too advance. She is super aware of everything. I call her 'the boss fish' :D

[@conspiraciesthinkaboutit4808]

Jill I don't know why I watch your videos, because your so beautiful and cute,or your love for your fish lol.love your videos your really good on camera.recently I moved and had a huge fish loss😭

[@fishiemon64]

I use the Indiana almond leaves for my pleco 🤩

[@JillsFishRoom]

Someone asked me if plecos like them. I guess they do then? 😍

[@allenarnett199]

My panther grouper is my favorite followed by my snowflake eel

[@JillsFishRoom]

Ooh you like big fish! And eels are so cool 😍 I wanted to get a peacock eel for a little while.

[@michaelmehlhorn1899]

Hi Jill, my favorite Corys are Sterbai and Eques. Both are very beautyfull species. And I also like my little jewels Dario spec. Black Tiger. Greetings from Germany PS: I'm using Erlenzäpfchen (alder) for breeding Corys. But without boiling them.

[@JillsFishRoom]

I could never dream to get Corydoras Eques 😭 such a beautiful and rare fish. You have great taste! When my cories start breeding again, I definitely want to try alder cones now 🙂

[@michaelmehlhorn1899]

@@JillsFishRoom kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp-ylJt6lsmmfsU My little eques babies last year.

[@thescapersroom4582]

I’ve just made up my mind to re-scape my betta tank into black water today and this video came out!

[@JillsFishRoom]

We love a good blackwater tank around these parts! 😍 What good timing. I'd love to see it.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Hahaha oh gosh I ordered one of these too 😅 its already filmed uploaded and scheduled im not copying i swear we just keep making the same videos. Nice unboxing 👍👍

[@JillsFishRoom]

Oh gosh Blake that's actually so funny. Now I'm curious to watch yours and see how similar they ended up 😆 it's totally OK to, I've thought of vids and saw that you've already made em' so I just give it time lolll. Thank you! 😄

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@JillsFishRoom yeah 100% we have different styles and what not so its just an added perspective i guess 🤣. There is no fishtube beef over here haha

[@arthurheine5631]

I love using indian almond leaves, I can find them in every street here (in Brazil) It's free and easy to get

[@JillsFishRoom]

I get so jealous when people have all the botanicals they could ever want just outside 😢 Someone else just told me they have Alder cones allll over their backyard! You are very lucky :) I need to buy an Indian almond tree sapling asap.

[@chewbonker]

Lovely as ever

[@VinnysAquatics]

Very cool video 👍👍👍

[@manandhishobby3593]

My favorit fish is the channa and like also corydoras.. I have also a have a blackwater setup, Never i boiled the leves are alder cups just put them right in the tank and they realised so mutch more tanins..

[@JillsFishRoom]

Oooo I don't know if I've ever heard of a channa :) looking it up now! I think the point of steeping your leaves at least is to make sure there isn't any chemicals or pests on them. I've never done it either 😅 The website just told me so

[@manandhishobby3593]

@@JillsFishRoom go watch my instagram thefishman2501 you will see enouf picture of channa 😂

[@irishandbearded6498]

Love Australia. Visited Darwin while in the Marines.

[@zebastianengelska6831]

In Sweden we have alder cones everywhere, even in my own backyard. It's weird seeing so many people ordering it online. I wonder if it would be possible to grow alder trees in Australia🤔

[@JillsFishRoom]

Zebastain! How cool. I'm jealous of you 😭 Here I am thinking that $7 for 20 is a hot deal, loll. I was wondering if I planted one of my cones, it'll grow into a tree? It could be worth the experiment 🤔

[@zebastianengelska6831]

@@JillsFishRoom Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It should be easy making a business out of it.

[@alyssadavis5128]

Right now, my favorite fish is the rosy loach. They are so small and cute and are pretty easy to breed IME.

[@JillsFishRoom]

Rosy loaches are so cool! I haven't been able to find any here. My Pakistani loaches are so mean, but I hear Rosy Loaches are nice 😄 When my big tank isn't diseased, I want to try some Hillstream loaches ❤️

[@alyssadavis5128]

@@JillsFishRoom hillstream loaches are a good idea, they look like little aliens or baby stingrays! I look forward to seeing that

[@boikue]

I love alien bettas 👽👽

[@JillsFishRoom]

Yeeees. I love how metallic they are 👽

[@ravenravero8059]

My favourite is Shrimp at the moment, I used to really like Corydoras but they kept dying on me (I still have some though). I'm guessing that they had really genetics which sucks

[@JillsFishRoom]

Raven! I totally feel you right now 😢 My cories aren't doing so well. My big tank w them is quarantined. I used to love watching them and now it makes me sad to ☹️ dun dun dun. Not to be a joykill or anything 😅 loll. I've always wanted a tank fully dedicated to shrimp. Do you have a fave shrimp in particular?

[@ravenravero8059]

@@JillsFishRoom I have a 25 gallon with Cherry Shrimp, Yellows and Blue Dreams :) I want to get them to breed alot so I can get a big colony!

[@ravenravero8059]

@@JillsFishRoom Also it's so rewarding keeping shrimp. My favourite part about them is that when they swim, they have these little legs that they use really fast to move haha. So cute :)

[@JillsFishRoom]

@@ravenravero8059Well if/when I take the plunge for a shrimp tank, I'll have to give you a shout out for the extra inspo 🙂 I'm a sucker for cute little aquarium critters! 😍

[@benjaminmeigh2257]

My favourite fish is red belly pirahna

[@JillsFishRoom]

Oh wowee, you must need a big tank for those, right? What do you feed them? 😳😳 Cool, cool fish.

[@jasongonzales5563]

did you save the water from the pot to put into tanks later. its full of the best tannins now. that's how I do my big tank. boil cones then cool it then add all that in after a water change. instant black water. I keep Blackwater 125 gallon for my black ghost knifes colony... which is my favorite fish to keep

[@JillsFishRoom]

Heyy Jason 🐛! I was actually contemplating so hard on whether or not to keep it... Now I'm definitely thinking I should have 😢 When I saw all of the tannins that I boiled out of my alder cones, I was like 'nooooooooo..... '. I guess theres always next time, lol. A colony of ghost knife fish!? I thought they didnt like their own species. That sounds so cool 😲

[@jasongonzales5563]

@@JillsFishRoom yeah most definitley should of kept it. can also get a big mason jar and put your whole bag of cones in it and just let it sit and when you need more tannins just dump a bit in. that's how I usually do it unless it's a big water change that takes all my tannins then I boil and cool and add immediately. as for the BGK it is finniky and I read tons of literature on it before even attempting. and in what I read it was always different from one source to the next one source would say only one then another would say 2. then I found an article way back on keeping a group. it claimed keeping 3 is bad and need at least 5. if you keep 3 it claimed the 2 more dominant would just kill the 3rd but if you had 5 then a hierarchy would form for 5 or more. so I went above that and I got 11. added about 3 at a time a couple weeks apart. I now have 10 (the weakest link did get killed) but I have 10 living quite well together. we have one obvious alpha and 2 or 3 that seem to be just under him and can swim with him or in his corner then the others all stay in a group too. it's very cool to watch. but it is 125 gallons and tons of hiding spots etc. I tried to send you a video to react to and it was too large to send. then i tried to send just a pic of how it's set up and it said the email was invalid so I gave up lol. ide love to somehow get the video to you for you to see. it's a masterpiece to me lol.

[@JillsFishRoom]

@@jasongonzales5563 Wow! I'm so blown away by all this info. Having 11 ghost knife fish sounds incredible, and I love it when a group creates their own hierarchy! 😍 If I ever try it out, I'll be sure to contact you for questions, and read a ton lol. Thanks a lot 😊

[@jasongonzales5563]

@@JillsFishRoom No doubt. it's quite awesome. it has been the best tank I ever owned. I'm gonna see if I can figure out how to upload the video to youtube and I'll shoot you a link to it

[@jasongonzales5563]

@@JillsFishRoom kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGLIkGaQdtWmla8

[@yuvaraj_6585]

Love from India

[@juniorlovell2833]

I'd have to say as for my favorite fish to care for that I've owned would be my rtc or my srd they both liked to be pet and would hand feed 😉

[@JillsFishRoom]

How cool 😭 Weren't you afraid to get bit!? I want to get a BIG catfish. I'll need a pond though. For now I'll settle with hand feeding my bettas :(

[@courtneyayers7617]

The water you boiled them in did you put that into there tank as well as the leaves and cones coz that’s the best bit all the goodness is in the water as well as the cones and leaves

[@JillsFishRoom]

Courtney 😭 Someone else said this too. I was contemplating on whether I could keep it and just tossed it. So sad lol. When I was boiling the alder cones and all the tannins were leaching out, I was thinking 'noooooo....' 😅 I guess theres always next time. Thank you, future Jill will remember this 😄

[@courtneyayers7617]

@@JillsFishRoom oh no 😭 What I do is boil in large pot for 30 mins then add to a jug only adding the water to the tanks small amounts two three times a week and adding additional boiling hot water to the jug and letting it sit until I need again Only when the jug water is really pale so I add the leaves or cones to the tank and start fresh jugs Hope this helps you Jill Don’t worry I did this to only first attempt But from now I google or KZbin anything I’m unsure of

[@alancarter9471]

Black Ghost Knife Fish, because I love teaching them to lie in my hand during feeding time.

[@TeddyB_RP]

That unboxing 😆

[@dayfish7001]

😃

[@brunoramos3402]

Right now I'm into bettas but a few years I was in Malawi cichlids...

[@JillsFishRoom]

How funny 😄 what a change in fish! I'm feeling you though, I think my taste in fish is evolving. I still love cories so much but I'm struggling with mine rn and it's putting me off :(

[@brunoramos3402]

@@JillsFishRoom yes was a big change... But the bettas have much more personality... I'm starting a sorority in a couple of day's... And waiting for a male black samurai as well. Then will see how it goes... Thanks for reply... Love your videos. Lot's of love from UK 🇬🇧.

[@JillsFishRoom]

@@brunoramos3402 I 100% agree. Bettas have sooo mich personality. I can wave at one of mine from across the room and he goes crazy 😍 Having a betta soroity is a dream, let me know how it goes! I love that girls will have a hierarchy. Thank you so much for the love, Bruno! 😄

[@Saurabhrane2727]

Make a fan tank review video pleasee❤️

[@sanjaysht777]

lots of love from nepal

[@alexiakahler7222]

My tannins made my water kinda cloudy- is that normal or do I just need a water change?

[@shamils5148]

I'm from Kerala. .ബദാം മരം ഇവിടെ ഇഷ്ടം പോലെ ഉണ്ട് വീട്ടിൽ.

[@Phantombay415]

Jill Check ur patreon 🐡🐡 I wanted to show how awsome I think you are and how much ur channel means to me ! ❤ congrats on getting monetized soon you'll be richer than lil tay lol 👾

[@JillsFishRoom]

Danny 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 I don't know what to sayyy. You are my fave! I don't deserve such kindness 😭 Uploading a vid to Patreon to thank you soon :) recording a new video right now as well. Woooo 🌻😇

[@Phantombay415]

@@JillsFishRoom I wanted to surprise slash/prank you. I saw in ur last video u named off all ur patreon supporters and I wasn't up there lol , I been wanting to support u more 👾 glad could make u happy 🙏 keep up the good work jill 💪

[@poornachandra3222]

Nice ...but small tank...

[@jlm3744]

Do you guys cook Curry everyday? Every time I'm in Reefs stream he always says you guys are having Curry for Dinner!!! Also tell that Reefster to get on Twitch and go for a walk!!!

[@JillsFishRoom]

We have asian food almost every night. Curries, stir fries etc 🙂

[@gazavalleyodg2911]

Whats jill’s ig ?🥺🥺