Honestly I was sceptical about your one fish idea. This is seriously amazing.

FINALLY!!! Perfect choice of fish man. I've always wanted either an umbee or a dovii I just don't have the space for such a huge tank to house one permanently. I hope you enjoy him and I'm really looking forward to some more videos with this beauty. Congrats steve!!

You've made the right choice. Umbees are beautiful.

It was because of this fish that i decided on an electric blue jack Dempsey as the center piece for my show tank. I dont have the room to house an umbee so i had to look for something smaller but loved those blue freckles and body shape. Thank you for this video!

@StevePolandAquatics

4 жыл бұрын

EBJD was on my short list. Good choice!

Been waiting for the reveal Steve, awesome choice man 👍👍 lighting looks awesome.

Never heard of an Umbee but glad to see it now. Beautiful fish. Thanks for sharing.

@willhopson1277

Ай бұрын

Murder machine

My friend has a 17 inch umbee in a 220 and it's outgrown it lol. Beautiful fish. Welcome to the REAL cichlids

Wow! That's a beautiful fish! Good job!

Aww man I’m jealous, love these guys!!!!

Nice Fish! I really like looking at Andy Woods Central American Fish. He is a very talented fishkeeper. His fish are absolutely beautiful! For me I'm too in love with African Cichlids. Preferably Tanganyikans. Great video Steve as always!

such a beauty! thanks for sharing it with us!

Nice to have you back.

What a beauty! I'd get in touch with Dayton Aquarium Pros for the best type of lighting. I watched one of there Umbee videos and they have nice lighting to show off all the colors of the fish.

WOW!! He is cool, he looks like a huge geophagus Brasiliensis? I've never seen these in person but I have seen alot of pictures like you were talking about.... awesome fish Steve!!!

Gorgeous umbee

Super cool Steve I don’t know anything about those fish looking forward to new vids

Absolutely beautiful fish dude.

Awesome looking fish

Great Choice! I hope to own one someday

Such a great pick!

Wow that guy is cool neber heard of that species but super colorful, thanks for sharing friend and have a great day brother man.

Congrats on the new fish. Would like to see him in regular lighting.

Sweet choice!

I subscribed today as I've watched of your videos and they are cool .

They are awesome

I love him you chose well. Did you know that blue popps under Red green lights. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice aquarium! 👍👍👍 Thanks for the great video!

Wow, didn't know that you would head to this direction. I've been subscribed to you for a while but I'm not an African cichlid guy. Glad you made the decision. I'm jelous I can't get ca sa cichlids in my country. Especially wild caught ones

Awesome Umbee!

This fish is so awesome

Nice choice the blue speckled monster .

Finally got the Beast very nice

I have 2 Gorillus Black Umbee

Great Choice

amazing fish 👍

On and off subbed to you in the past because I like your style, just didn't like Africans.....but now I'm subbed for good. Umbee are my favorite all time fish.

Beautiful big guy

I went with a dovii. Where did you get your driftwood

Nice..............I got a 300 Sitting in the Garage (Acrylic) when your ready!

Goes from lake to small box....very nice

Jumped into Umbees, nice

This is awesome

Great fish Steve! Love all the projects. I'm keeping juvenile festae (red terrors) currently. Can you recommend a good South American Cichlid channel? Most of the quality channels I've found are African enthusiasts. Thanks!

perfect !

Great choice.

Dude what light do you use? It looks amazing! Bid you use a purple light or something?

Looks awesome Steve. As for a name you could call him "Gumby" and if you ever got him a tank mate name him "Pokey"! :)

Absolutely a beautiful fish, my question is do they breed in captivity?

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

NICE!!!

Never seen or heard of this fish, great looking. How big will he get?

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

24 inches

Quite the change but an awesome one

very cool, his fins look great. do you ever feed him any shrimp or anything?

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

I haven’t yet but I may do that. Wanted to stick with food that I was familiar with and trusted in these early days.

What’s your opinion on Northfin or Xtreme? I’ve been feeding Xtreme to my peacocks and Haps for 2 years now. They love it and are healthy and have great color. I bought some Northfin and tried feeding it multiple times and they spit it out. Which food do you think is better. What’s your opinion. I’ve been feeding my Super Red Flowerhorn northfin and his Red has faded. What are you feeding your new guy

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

I’m feeding this guy Northfin Carnivore and Northfin Jumbo. Flowerhorns are kind of a different deal and I know there are a lot of foods made specifically to bring out their color that might be a better choice for him. But with your africans I wouldn’t worry if they spit it out at first. When I first got this Umbee he spit it out for at least a week. Now he mows it down. But also if Xtreme is working for you then don’t stress about switching.

Where did u get ur fishes from

The blue lighting gives the Umbee more of a mystique. Northfin is truly agreeing with your wet pet; you chose very well‼️

Where can I buy of your fish?

Perfect I like it a lot

He's clearly not used to his reflection showing he's wildcaught

Meu, seus videos são top parabéns!!

I started and still have some Africans; but recently purchased a hybrid South American. She also has the blue freckles. I believe they said she was supposed to be part Texas cichlid, part Red Devil. Eating from my hand now. Very cool. Am deciding that Africans are not as personable as South Americans. Don't know where I will go from here, but totally understand your transition. You have a beautiful interactive fish!

@kinnikuzero

6 жыл бұрын

Jerome Perner yeah I never liked africans, except for Tanganyikans. They have such bland personalities compared to ca sa cichlids

Wow, very nice steve. Light is to blue, probably its not the same in real

great looking fish, needs a more natural looking light to show is true colors.

Beautiful fish sir

Did you have to change the ph for it?

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

No

Beautiful specimen Steve. I thought you might try a Jaguar but the Umbi is gorgeous. The fish, wood and sand look awesome. What type and brand of sand is that by the way ?

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

Carib sea

@UnderTheTide

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, there are so many types of Carib Sea do you remember the actual one you used.

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

African Cichlid mix

hi i want to know how much i the fish i like to have one to

Where do you get those driftwood?

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

Local fish store in Cleveland, Something Fishy

Any update vids on this guy

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWp_x9xshazRgdY.html

Sir.what is the best food for chiclid fry they grow fast tell me food name ????

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

Northfin krill pro

@rahiarman718

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Nice fish Steve Any plans on getting a mate?

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

Not at this time. May change my mind someday

Waiting for the "too small of a tank" comments.. I suggested an Umbee from your first videos, there were several "experts" in comments section mentioning the tank was too small.

Nice

Any updates on this guy ?

@StevePolandAquatics

5 жыл бұрын

He’s still good. Growing and being an a-hole as expected

How can you tell if a fish is wild-caught

@kinnikuzero

6 жыл бұрын

Ron Villa you get it from a reputable importer. Visually it isn't possible

If it's not a dovii , then best be an umbee!!!

@kinnikuzero

6 жыл бұрын

Brant there are alot more to chose from why limit yourself to two species?

@valzalbo5932

6 жыл бұрын

Brant Agreed sir. Lol.

Good choice there's no cichlid quite like an umbee!

@valzalbo5932

6 жыл бұрын

Corey's Cichlids Eh-Hem "DOVII"

@everythingfishy1207

6 жыл бұрын

Valz Albo I agree a Dovii is right up there but my personal favorite from owning the two would be an umbee for me!

@valzalbo5932

6 жыл бұрын

Corey's Cichlids You must have had a dudd dovii in that case LMAO. JK. Each to their own.

Not tempted to get him a female mate ? Great job on the tank 👍

YEEESSS!!!!!

What a Beauty!! But I'm partial to Colombians.

Post more of the Ohio fish rescue

I got a pictus catfish this report said the cleaner catfish this catfish is fast i have rock in my tank they like to hide

Maybe name him Umbert? Like an Albert but an Umbee

Looks like a Jack Dempsy

@kinnikuzero

6 жыл бұрын

Harvey Yong Don't insult that beautiful umbee.

You from poland 🇵🇱??

@MarcusLindvall

6 жыл бұрын

have always wondered!

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

No

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

Poland is actually an English name

Damn..you moved to the darkside...congrats :)

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

Haha I’ve been waiting for this man!

@MbunaMarcus

6 жыл бұрын

beautiful specimen though...it's like having dog lol

Wait thats your only fish now? Hah, what happened to all your other cichlids or did I miss something?

Awesome tank and fish, but why support wild-caught? I know this is a widely debated topic, but with so many captive-bred fish available, I have a difficult time purchasing wild-caught fish and supporting such practices at this day and age.

@StevePolandAquatics

6 жыл бұрын

It’s a fair question. I didn’t specifically seek out a wild caught fish. I just wanted the best fish I could find. I have mixed feelings myself about wild caught but more in situations like Malawi where it’s causing real issues with the native fish populations. These Umbees aren’t being overfished, at least not at this collection point, as Chris is the only one importing them as far as I know.

@santosleeli

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply, Steve. Love your tanks and channel - I hope one day to have such organized setups. :)

Please guys don’t buy it if you guys can’t afford 500 gallons tank

@kinnikuzero

6 жыл бұрын

El ponchis Rodríguez isn't 500 too much? I know bigger is better, but I think footprint is more important than volume.

I really look up to you and what you do for the Hobby! Thank YOU! Hey there, I'm a fellow aquarium enthusiast and i just noticed that you and I have similar taste in youtube subjects. I wouldn't normally ask folks unsolicited, however I am trying to build a community of like minded viewers and looking for constructive feedback. I'm trying to personally message folks about my new channel, rather than annoyingly spamming with ads or asking; "will you do a sub for a sub? " I hope you may like some of my videos. If you have a minute, I would deeply appreciate it if you could please consider taking a minute to look at my channel and see if you're interested in it. Also, what you think I could do to improve my content and subject matter. "Tanks" again, your time and opinion would mean a great deal to me! - Alexander and The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium

Only one fish and one tank?! Man your crashing hard Steve! I can't watch this anymore..

@kinnikuzero

6 жыл бұрын

magnump713 this is way cooler than peacocks