White cloud mountain minnow: EVERYTHING you need to know! Complete care guide.

[@timherstel5445]

These are fun and very easy to breed. They thrive and breed well when they are exposed to temperature differences. When i kept these i moved them to a small balcony pond in spring and moved them back in halfway autumn. They can be kept outside until 5 degrees celsius. I had large gravel on the bottom of the pond where the eggs fall between and can hatch. The adults rarely hunt their own fry i found. Every year they would spawn in the pond and my population would grow with about 20 to 40 young minnows. I love these guys, they are such an active fish!

[@FishShopMatt]

That's so so cool! I can't wait to have more space and start some breeding projects.

[@jonisolis9645]

My very first fish were mosquito minnows from the canal at the end of my road. And a few sail-fin Mollies from the same canal. My first aquatic plants were alligator weed, "Alternanthera philoxeroides" from the same canal!

[@naumacia]

These are the best fish ever. I love mine so much. They love low light, cold water and are not fussy eaters. They have a better orange stripe than any glow light tetra, they are absolutely beautiful.

[@FishShopMatt]

Totally agree!

[@Scaperoot79]

White clouds are so underrated! I just got a shipment of long fin white clouds after being on several wish lists. They are gorgeous and incredibly hardy. I keep them in community tanks and they get along with a large variety of fish. Great video☺

[@FishShopMatt]

I totally agree with you they are so hardy and beautiful they should be a recommended fish for all beginners!

[@leonardsupchak545]

Where did you get the long fin...? I've been looking for the L F....Thanks

[@Scaperoot79]

@@leonardsupchak545 Aqua Huna

[@sicilianotoronto]

@@FishShopMatt just as indestructible as the Zebra Danio lol

[@davidcoates9123]

White cloud mountain minnows were the 1st fish i put into my tank in the mancave. No heater and they were very happy indeed.

[@janetaylor8635]

Easy conversion Matt, if its 22 centigrade, double it and add 30 = 74 and that will be close enough, if you start with Fahrenheit take off 30 then divide by 2, another great video and we are looking at setting up a cold tank and these will be in it.

[@FishShopMatt]

Good tip!

[@TCS_Aquatics]

I have kept them in an outside pool pond in my home state of Mississippi through the winter and the cold didn’t phase them at all. Actually I’ve kept them all year round outside, they are extremely tolerant of a wide range of temperatures and always just seemed super happy.

[@Populiervogel]

Had them when I was 8, now I am 58 still keep them, my favorite of all fish. Last summer kept them outside in a Aquarium in the garden, now inside in small tank for the winter.

[@SimonCharbonnet]

I have 7 golden white cloud mountain minnows sharing a 110lt aquarium with chili and exclamation point rasboras, pygmy corydoras, some shrimp, and a mélange of snails. Unheated, heavily planted, and all is good. Thanks for the video Matt. 👍

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

We have some in a tank with black mollies, an angel fish, and two peacock eels. The minnows stand out so well with the darker fish.

[@FishShopMatt]

Beautiful both sound lovely!

[@TheZodiac-p2n]

What temperature does your tank run at Simon?

[@SimonCharbonnet]

@TheZodiac-p2n ambient room temperature no heater.

[@TheZodiac-p2n]

@@SimonCharbonnet yeah mine too. During winter nights it can get down to 15 degrees though.

[@steveknott5873]

I found them to be great at controlling snails . They gobble up the young seed snails but are harmless to the adults.

[@kerrypitt9789]

Hey Matt! I'm in Western Canada. White Cloud minnows are illegal to keep in most or all Provinces because they can survive our extreme seasonal weather. Aquarium Co-op has got a new recipe for feeding very small fish. I don't usually mention other businesses but the need for this outweighs my reluctant feelings.I love your show! I'm currently hoping to bring a tank on with crystal Shrimp and small minnows, we will see!

[@dantildesley4791]

I just bought 5 this morning!

[@Populiervogel]

Good luck!

[@FishShopMatt]

Great choice!

[@space_ghost_z941]

Hey Matt! Can we have a review of rice fish as well! Im super interested and love this format of getting details!

[@FishShopMatt]

Sure thing!

[@Mystificationfull]

They are amazing! Please do the Paradise Fish next time

[@carolebraswell982]

I had a pair of Golden white cloud minnows in a large fish bowl for years and years! Absolutely loved them.

[@EmmelineJM]

My daughter loves her little minnows! Great to learn more about them - especially the ‘random’ info 😊

[@lewispickett3306]

Love these fish! They were the first I kept in the hobby starting out as a 10 year old getting my first tank for my birthday and 20 years later I still have a group of them along with some of the goldies! Love your stuff Matt- keep it up 👍🏻

[@FishShopMatt]

That's so cool! Thank you!

[@firebatfit]

I love my white clouds! I got them with some paleatus cories for a colder water tank and breeding project! I thought it was going to be super hard to get them to breed, but after some makeshift tools, i have 23 free swimming babies on my first go! Im excited!!

[@FishShopMatt]

That is awesome!

[@twistedvoodoo4960]

Added a few of these to my 20 gallon long heavily planted blue dream shrimp tank. Wonderful additions! Great activity, nice pop of color and seem to compliment the shrimp well.

[@hydrocooledcarrot]

A group of white clouds in an outdoor pond... beautiful!

[@giggiwidit5638]

I have a few of the Golden/Yellow version of these fish, and I love them !!! My tank is unheated, and they don't seem bothered by it at all, and, in the winter, I set my room thermostat to 22, so that the room never goes below that. And thank you Matt for also giving me some ideas of what type of fish could be added in with them too

[@FishShopMatt]

I am tempted to get some of the yellow but I've only seen chunky ones double the size of the standard ones I have.

[@giggiwidit5638]

@@FishShopMatt Oh I didn't know that there were bigger ones. Mine are tiny (about 1.5 inches max) 🤗

[@lostmangos]

I just recognized you from MDs videos, I loved the tank designs you did in your Maidenhead aquatics, very talented.

[@christianschmidt5744]

The best! We overwintered our white clouds outside below freezing in New York. worked well with a small de-icer to allow air exchange… Amaaazin

[@IgnacioGMlife]

I haven't had these for over 10 years, now I want more 😅

[@lilouthree8607]

Yayy so happy that cherry shrimp can go with them!!

[@Leahslittlepatchofparadise]

I fell in love with these guys when i got some to put in my Endler tank, I have been keeping them ever since, that was about 7 years ago now❤

[@WhiteCloudAffinity]

Im going to try the white cloud and cherry shrimp combo! Getting shrimpies tomorrow

[@Snailyandwhaley]

Really enjoyed the needy fish facts that you slip in. Putting these little beauties on my list for the future! Cheers Matt 😊

[@FishShopMatt]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@DeformedDevices]

White cloud minnows are so easy. My breed constantly. They look amazing. They are out and about all the time. Buy them they are wonderful.

[@calichick097]

Matt is so adorable. I love how clear his love for fish is.

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you! 💜

[@robertwalker7837]

Thanks Matt! This may be just the inspiration I need to start a tank of these little dudes.😊

[@FishShopMatt]

You should!

[@michellep4792]

You remind me of Jamie Oliver for some reason. Lol. Love your enthusiasm for these fish - I got some for a 20 litre fish bowl I was given because I didn't want to heat it. I wasn't that excited about these fish until I got them. They are great little things and I really enjoy them a lot more than I thought!

[@ThatFish_GirlJen]

Love these informative videos on specific fish! Do more!!

[@FishShopMatt]

Thanks! Will do!

[@AudreyCooper-n4k]

I have been loving your videos lately Matt, one of my favorite channels to watch! I was considering getting these guys for a future project because I’ve never owned them before ❤

[@Scumfrog74]

I love my white clouds. The males are a little territorial if they decide to pick a little spot in the aquarium, but they’re an inch big they can’t do too much damage to each other lol

[@halo2something]

yeah true, sometimes they change the spot, so no one allowed here now, attack everything that moves a bit faster than usual, even shrimp, no harm though

[@FishShopMatt]

Hahaha I do love watching their little disagreements!

[@TheCottonman]

I've got Rainbow Shiner Fish in my cold water tank... Great video Matt... I'll keep my eyes open for some of these... 😎🤙

[@FishShopMatt]

Rainbow shiners are definitely on my list! Gorgeous fish!

[@nightlite9009]

I recently started keeping these, I have them in a community with some galaxy rasbora and pygmy cories and they're really fun to watch. They're always busy and they're a great dither fish to bring the more timid fish out. I keep them with a heater at 23°C and they seem quite happy and healthy. I wouldn't want to keep them at the extremely low temps, but they're such hardy little guys I doubt they'd be bothered by higher temps. Lovely fish. Great to watch. They're really growing on me.

[@siharries2014]

I love watching your care videos Matt. Would you consider featuring the Rainbow shiner in future episodes please? Thanks in advance

[@FishShopMatt]

Yes absolutely, I have plans to get a nice group of them in the future.

[@siharries2014]

@@FishShopMatt I had no idea such a fish existed until recently Matt. I've not long got back into the hobby after a 43 year break

[@BarmyGamerVods]

Another great Video cheers Matt, You and MD have reignited my love of fish keeping with your videos. So re-starting my hobby of old.

[@FishShopMatt]

That is awesome!

[@andycarter4581]

I like the pigs head in the tank! I have their Vietnamese relatives and I love them!

[@1969longshanks]

The video everyone needs to watch

[@FishShopMatt]

Thank you!

[@bennystropicalswimmigwolf8691]

I love white clouds one of my favorite fish

[@MickysAquariums]

They have been one of my favourite fish for a long time. Have them in a planted tank with cherry shrimp and are doing great. Even had a few babies who survived to become adults.

[@megmills4798]

Matt glad to see you again

[@rgilroy1909]

dropping knowledge in the first 60 seconds - - I was today years old when I learned how mountain minnows got their name

[@nabokovfan87]

Speaking of endangered species..... Sharkminnows. Especially Red-Tailed Black sharks and a lot of similar species. I'd love to see this video for them. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL fish. Also.... You can absolutely keep barbs, white clouds, etc. with them.

[@FishShopMatt]

Totally agree the red tails are gorgeous, I've got a tank in mind that one could go in.

[@33ttpat10]

I would love to know more about paradise fish

[@FishShopMatt]

I've been keeping an eye out for a pair so watch this space!

[@gibbnasta]

My lfs has a whole bunch, and I look at them every time I go in. I also have an empty tank. You're twisting my arm pretty hard 😂

[@ParrotKing-vu2nk]

Your channel is really coming into its own. Great stuff man. These fish profiles from such an experienced fish keeper are awesome. I’d love to see profiles on paradise fish, honey gourami, cherry barbs, medaka rice fish-if you were looking for suggestions 😅 nice work!

[@nolwen8919]

Hi Matt! Great fish profile Would be amazing to have a video on cold water fish options by size 🤩if that inspires you one of these days Have a fab Friday and weekend!

[@FishShopMatt]

Sounds good! I've been thinking of something like this so leave it with me

[@aileenelizabethtrip8269]

I'm just starting out with 3 of the white cloud and a snail and I'd be very interested in this! ​@@FishShopMatt

[@ragozzinehq]

I've only been in the hobby for under a year, and my first fish have been various mollies. Has gone very well! Interested in these minnows so I can ditch a heater need in my next tank. TY for the info!

[@FishShopMatt]

Good luck! I look forward to hearing about it.

[@pegmountney2708]

I have a dozen or so of the gold WCM. Love them!

[@LordChumbley]

Another great video about an awesome fish. Don’t keep them currently but they are top of list for new setup. Thanks for the info.

[@sparrowsfish]

I have a nano tank with 24k white gold mountain minnows they make me so happy! The colors are amazing and they are a sweet fish that hangs out with my shrimp.

[@stevegee8010]

24 thousand white clouds seems a lot, especially for a nano tank.

[@grassnake7122]

I was told by Pets at home that I couldn't keep barbs with my mountain minnows and Platy fish, great video Matt 👍

[@DaffCookie]

I have a male platy with mine. He eats all the eggs though 😂

[@FishShopMatt]

Depends on the barb to be honest. You cannot paint them all with the same brush. It's like saying you can't keep dogs with cats, sometimes yes and sometimes no.

[@naumacia]

The magic aquarium triangle - hornwort, bladder snails, white cloud mountain minnows

[@FishShopMatt]

Every person starting in the hobby needs this!

[@Thedartslife]

The minnows eat the baby snails I think. The minnows ate my pulex

[@naumacia]

@Thedartslife you need more hardscape

[@naumacia]

@Thedartslife also keep a few small spaces / crevices for the snails to hide in. Most of the babies will probably get eaten but a few will make it :) the minnows eating them is a good thing too

[@naumacia]

@Thedartslife I don't know why but if my minnows don't have at least some sort of snail, even if it's just a ramshorn, then the tank gets problems. As long as you've got one in there everything will be fine

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

Great video. I have always said they are the best beginner fish by far.

[@AM-cp9qm]

Just saw you featured on Kaity's Cichlids ... what an amazing tour of your house! 😀

[@jaysonworrall9479]

I really enjoyed that profile fish fishy would like to see more of this fantastic thank you

[@SleeperBBQ]

just picked up 6- 2 weeks back first time seeing them

[@bjack1]

I have had these for 5+ years with some Borneo Loaches in a medium flow tank (90 litres) & they are so underrated. Must be on the 5th generation by now with around 40. Looking to upgrade their tank to a 200-250 litre tank next year next to my 600 litre tetra tank. I find 18-20 degrees is the sweet spot for them.

[@gigi3242]

Thanks Matt

[@SunnySingh-sy5jb]

Like the idea of these! But also chilli raspora’s. I have swordfish, guppies, Corydoras and pair dwarf gourami and Amano shrimp possibly (not seen for a couple of weeks)

[@FishShopMatt]

Great choice of fish!

[@walker2790]

Well… I think I fell in love with these fish

[@Thedartslife]

Ive just bought 6 white cloud mountain beauties two days ago for my first time tank planted with bladder snails and gammarus pulex. The pulex have quickly disappeared. Great little fishies, I’m loving them.

[@quillhappy]

Thanks Matt! I think I'll try moving the cpd in with them.

[@leandudelifestyle1159]

I keep them in my axolotl tank. Temp about 67 degrees. Great fish.

[@Khaeris]

I recently got some of the golden, and really love these little guys. I'd like to get some of the standard as well.

[@andreashessler838]

The best beginners fish by a country mile.

[@lpoolck17]

I have them with Odessa barbs and peppered Cory's. All tank mates thrive. 18-20c seems like the sweet spot of all inhabitants.

[@mcbabs7495]

Un grand merci pour la vidéo!

[@megmills4798]

That gecko is is so cool 😊

[@grassnake7122]

Great Information, thank you 👍

[@FishShopMatt]

My pleasure!

[@andromidia1]

Yet another good post 👍👍

[@blairgardiner6930]

I love my white clouds and they've been a constant in at least 1 tank since 2017. I've had a terrible time finding them in my area though when I've tried to restock.

[@riverp9019]

Yah we get these in the aquarium shops year round. I often wonder where they're being bred, though. I'm in Asia and the temps get super steamy 27 - 33%C being the average in the rainy season. Our fish all come from around here, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan etc so unless using cool houses they're being kept and bred at warm temps. Ultimately this could change things for them, making them more tender, not sure but I'm going to try some.

[@jonisolis9645]

I am in south Louisiana USA and I tried the golden variety in a small outside pond and they did not make it through the winter. I read that the normal colored ones are hardier. They did look great all summer in the sunlight and turned a lovely orange/red color! I would love to find some normal colored ones to try.

[@dhiranraajraaj1995]

Im from Malaysia, ive had them for 2 years now and the tank is right by the window and gets a blast of sun around 3 - 4pm. Average temperature is around 24-27 but they seem healthy, big, really bright coloured

[@markvonwisco7369]

The Vietnamese White cloud is another option. The older males have longer fins that look great when they're flaring at each other.

[@jozefscury4369]

Much nicer fish

[@FishShopMatt]

Beautiful fish and also thought to be the first fish in the evolutionary chain of this family group

[@andreashessler838]

Quite difficult to get ahold of these.

[@markvonwisco7369]

@@andreashessler838 If you're in the US, Dan's Fish usually has them.

[@andreashessler838]

@@markvonwisco7369 I'm in the UK. I think I've seen them for sale once.

[@Caomhghin]

The best buddie of the white cloud mountain minnow is the medaka rice fish I think...

[@megmills4798]

Thank you loved this

[@jessicasinclair323]

Kept both the standard (aka poor man's tetra) and the golden variation on and off for years. Currently got 10 golden wcmm in heavily planted 4ft low boy with a paradise fish, gang of pygmy corys, 3 rainbow shiners, gang of peppered corys, gang of kuhli, gang of ottos, 17 cpd, 10 green kubotai, hundreds of neocaridina and a gang of amano.

[@stevegee8010]

Is the paradise fish well behaved towards all those? Males especially tend to be psychopaths.

[@JamesUmim]

Love them, thanks!!

[@pushkatu]

Cool fish! Love’em!

[@nickfleming3719]

They are much more interesting than my group of cardinals

[@callmesenpi9476]

Hey Matt absolutely love your work but I was hoping you could make a video for us who lives in cold part of the earth and it’s so hard for us to choose the right fish especially centre piece for our aquarium as electricity is not very stable out there

[@jessicaduffy3549]

I don't know what sound you are using around the 11 minute mark, but my dog found the squeaky bits INCREDIBLY upsetting 😂 wasn't sure we were going to get through the rest of the video

[@miniandy82]

Another great fish choice 👌 can you do a fish file on siamese flying fox please? Notably how to choose the right one, as apparently they vary under the same name 😊

[@SteveMorrisTCS]

What air pump do you use, trying to find a quiet pump?

[@philipeagles]

Great looking tanks. Can't see a spot of algae in there. I have a new tank with a school of WCMM who are going well, just need to reduce the algae issues with some companions of some sort???

[@js5189]

I have a big tank of african cichlids but I have a little 60 litre just for the Minnows. My favourite fish.

[@JakiBell]

Thanks for this! I have a dozen of these fish and love them. How often do you recommend feeding them? I'd been feeding them once a day but they bred while I was on holiday and one little fry managed to survive so I began putting in a tiny pinch of food in the morning as well.

[@gemmacorinne9487]

Great video as always. Currently have a small group of CPDs, who are bold as brass! 😂 but two emerald dwarf rasbora as they were in the same tank at the shop and looked kinda lonely…. But those guys hide all the time, even thought one had died I didn’t see it for so long. Should I get a couple more to make them happier and more confident? My tank isn’t huge, but is heavily planted for its size and lots of rocks and wood to hide behind too. Would love your advice, pretty please 🥺 Also… since watching you I’m planning on getting a larger tank … I only had shrimp to begin with, and your videos convinced me to get the cpds… now I want more 😂

[@MorningDriftwood]

Had them with cherry barbs, glow light and espei rasboras.

[@lpoolck17]

When you say the three stripe Cory can handle temperate temps, is that aka the false Julii Cory?

[@FishShopMatt]

Yes that's right not ally they will drop down to around 16c happily

[@vannared1198]

I love cpd's, but they didn't do well with my koi guppies. thanks for the info, i will probably try this with them in the future.

[@FishShopMatt]

Oooo interesting. I have heard from a few people that there are a few poorly bred lines of cpds out there so maybe worth shopping around

[@Ussnoss]

Great fish, the only fish l keep!

[@MissChelle]

I have a cold water tank with white clouds, zebra & leopard danios and a few rosy barbs. Tanks been running nearly 3 years here in NSW Australia. I have a couple that have turned black, I’m thinking it’s their age. (I have lost a few barbs over the past few months too)Parameters are all good. Just coming out of winter where the coldest we would have inside is probably about 12 degrees (c). Have you ever had any turn black? ❤️🇦🇺

[@billlansdell7225]

I have both colour variety of white clouds, and the older female golden white clouds have large black splotches across their backs.

[@jonisolis9645]

The aquarium you have these in good great! What size is it? thanks

[@adamcarter9375]

Hey Matt. I would love to come visit your shop but cant seem to find out where it’s located? Would you be able to help. Look forward to visiting in the future