Don't worry about perfection. We prefer genuineness. ❤️

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Always breed for a genetically diverse population so you can contribute to a diverse population that will last for years. It’s as easy as not breeding sibling pairs or selling pairs from the same spawn. It’s best to buy from different sources periodically so you can boost genetic diversity and reduce inbreeding. If you are going to breed for designer morphs, do it responsibly so they don’t end up like domestic bettas, neon tetras, or designer clown fish, they just don’t last that long due to bad breeding practices(hereditary diseases or bad genetics). So instead of taking the nicest looking fish from the same spawn and breeding them, breed them with their parents so it’s line breeding and not straight incest. Lots of breeders fall short when it comes to breeding, they may know how to breed but they don’t go into depth about securing a stable and healthy LONGTERM population. All they know how to do is make 2 into a thousand, then make quick bucks. Even though fish are more resistant to inbreeding, that doesn’t mean you should do it. Inbreeding should be the last resort, people should swap grow out fry with each other so they can maintain a strong gene pool to disperse into the hobby, similar to that of the tarantula hobby(they always swap slings and don’t breed siblings together). Newly introduced species are hardy from the start but when under qualified breeders breed them, they slowly loose the health and vigor over time. Eventually they are overbred like neon tetras then everyone else moves on to the next fish to ruin. Instead of moving on, people should put in effort to restore what was once a hardy and healthy fish through genetic rescue. You take imports, quarantine them, then add them to your weak breeding stock to reinvigorate them. Another way to make improve this genetic rescue is to up the standards of breeding fish, if the hobby can be on par with the tarantula hobby, the captive population will become more sustainable and stable long term. *This is intended for all breeders or potential fish hobbyists looking to breed fish, we all have our part to play if we are going to enjoy this hobby for many years*

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Will keep all this in mind

@Tgiles13

8 ай бұрын

Im building bristlenose colonies from a range of places and breeders Commons, albinos, calicos, super reds, peppermint, orange spot and long fin varieties. A few L numbers L201 L397 Will be getting by end of next year L333 L134 L002 L168 L129 L046 2 from each different place grow them out in separate tanks and then build the colonies when i can sex them

I like it when it's just raw footage rather than highly edited . Thanks for educating all of us about breeding of different fish and Care requirements for them

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Don’t worry about what others think unless it’s positive, my opinion is that you should make what ever vids you enjoy making, keep up the great work on your vids 😀

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Just keeping doing you mate, got back into the hobby and you're content has been great to binge and learn from

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Any chance you could make a video on how u culture infusoria (yes ik there are tones of videos online) would be great to see how you do it keep up the amazing work ✌️

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Yes !

I had great success with breeding the hillstream loaches and I wasn't even trying to breed them. They were just a cool fish I decided to buy as a group at my LFS. Here is somethings I did or how my tank was set up that caused all the breeding to happen. I had tons of rock all different sizes and shapes, how I had them in my tank was they were stacked in a pile with little crevices they can hid into. I also had terracotta plants saucers flipped upside down in various spots on top of the rocks. It served as hiding spots for the hillstream loaches. Also over time algae grew on the flat surface of the saucers. I also didn't have high flow water and my water temps were at 81, for substrate I used more of a pebble type. I was also using regular city tap water with dechlorinator chemicals. My ph was in a range of 7 to 7.8 sometimes 8. Hopefully this helps you with producing some more hillstream loaches. Good luck!!!!

I've always wanted a hillstream loach. I hope it's successful. I'd buy some.

@thezerastora

2 жыл бұрын

They’re good fish, my dad didn’t like them when I grabbed some up when setting up his tank but they’ve grown on him. Cute little bastards they are need 6-8 really to keep them happy I found. PS: My profile is a hill stream we have.

@Official_Zim

10 ай бұрын

@@thezerastorabro likes cars no

@thezerastora

10 ай бұрын

@@Official_Zim yeah got an R8 so kinda changed it. Shit car, too temperamental. Selling it now

@Official_Zim

10 ай бұрын

@@thezerastora 😭sorry bout that

I started out with 6 HSL's and 2 yrs later my 75 gallon heavily planted tank is littered with them. Babies keep arriving. Really fun to watch them chase each other around the tank.

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Hey Nick..I just literally discovered 1 Sewellia Lineolata newborn fry in my river rock tank yesterday..I lifted a flat rock to moe and saw something wriggle. About 2 mm if that and like a slither of glass. I managed to turkey baster it out and have popped it into a holder with airhose. This tank has only been set up for roughly 5 weeks so I’m truely amazed that I’ve found fry so soon. I have owned the 2 males for over a year but bought them 4 girlfriends just a few months ago (one sadly passed via an injury) so I’ve 3f/2 m now. I’m so excited. You defo got quite a few males in your bad, all the ones at front showing under neath of body were male but maybe a couple at back of the bag may be female. Good luck with breeding. I actually hear they aren’t that easy as there’s not many people with them for a start and hardly any breeders. Who knows. I’m in Perth so very hard to find at times and dam expensive. All the more reason I hope I have loads of bubs.😜🙏🏻😊

For the galaxy rasboras, if that doesn't work, try a few layers of marbles on the bottom of the whole tank. I haven't tried myself, but I've heard good things

Love these little guys

Big fan of your vids

Raised my hillstream with rocks and plants. They love zucchini. They've already bred. I have Galaxy rasboras in them to.

We here called those stream loaches “ violin fish “ a fun name after thinking twice about it

2 yrs later, now again in your online store and since i saw then the other month quite interested, think my tanks about the same size you have them in this VID. time to do another Hill stream loach vid / update

Love the raw random videos

Really enjoy the vlog videos and all your other as well. I’ve been going back and watching all your videos.

These videos are a good thing thanks for sharing.

Hillstream loaches are definitely one of the coolest “cool water” fish!

Still can't wait for those gold fires and boesmani... 👀👀👀

You could try a bowl too and add sand to it or aquarium sealent and pebbles to mimmic a spawn bed too

Great stuff! Very interesting to see.

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

All ways very interesting 🧐 keep up the good work David from Northern Ireland

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks !!

This is perfection! Please continue doing these series, kinda nice hearing you talk some of the things you do in the fishroom! Love you lots!

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Very nice! I haven't seen these for sale in years there used to be a guy on qldaf that had them. I even had some Albino ones at one stage. Hope you have great success

Thoroughly enjoyed!

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Loved it!! Thanks from Canada 🇨🇦

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Love these honest casual vlogs. These videos are great. keep it up buddy. It's impressive what you've done so carry on. Also pick out the larger snails to increase chance of egg survival

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You can keep a dish of rocks in dirty waste water in a sunny window to grow algae for the hillstream loaches I have heard. Not sure if having abundant food for fry would help like that, but it wouldn’t hurt- except it would feed the snails too.. maybe it would be easier to pick them out or add a snail killer in there. A different loach, assassin snail, or a puffer for a while?

@liquidrockaquatics3900

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, and love the vlog vids

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Good ideas and thanks!

Very cool. Alway enjoy whatever what type of videos you make.

I enjoy all your videos!

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This will be a good project!

Man... What ever you do, I truly enjoy watching. You are so genuine and humble, I really like all your videos. Just keep it up, let perfection come as you evolve. And perfection does not nessesary mean good.. 😉👍

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

awesome video very informative!

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I really liked this one! The alternative video style gives me a better sense of the scale of your operation and was interesting because your fish room was shown from different angles. Great work and thanks for sharing all of your awesome projects!

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Enjoyed the vlog bud. Keep up the great work.

Amazing such a huge fan!

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

That was great. I love this style of video.

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Darryl!!!

Oh really cool. I love those fish but didn’t know how to breed them😁

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Really enjoyed the vlog style. Curious as to the differences between Borneo Suckers and Hillstream Loaches. I've read that Borneo Suckers are a type of Hillstream Loach but not every Boneo Sucker is a Hillstream Loach.

@UncalBertExcretes

2 жыл бұрын

Borneo suckers are part of the hill stream family, they come from a specific river in borneo, malaysia. They stay smaller than most hill stream species, staying under 3 inches.

The cpd are a great fish, bit drab from a distance but close up they're awsome. I only have one female and a few males cause they are so hard to find but she's managed to give me at least 60 fry so far. Almost big enough to go into the display tank.

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gavin

I like the blog style videos.

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!

Hi just wondering 2 things when do u think ur peppermint catfish will be back in stock and can you do a video if possible about how to breed your bristle nose because I would be very interested Thanks for posting vids your vids make me so happy even if I have a bad day you make my day

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very soon

Love your content and appreciate the day in the life type videos

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Your content are getting better and better Love it

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Will is watch the vid tomorrow, but you are doing an amazing job and always produce the BEST videos! Keep up the amazing work and hope you get some Hillstream Loach breeding action! 👌

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Laz

Another great one man!

Very interested to see how your hillstream loach breeding project goes. I love the way the loaches flutter around, chase each other at times, then just stick to the glass. Very quirky fish but cool.

This was really cool :)

Keep up the good work mate

I am just getting back into the hobby after many years and looking for videos all I tend to see are overseas ones. It is refreshing to see some Aussie content and information that is relative to our area. Keep up the good work and I look forward to more videos.

Nice

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love your videos!!!!!

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hope u get success in Hill stream loaches

Really looking forward to this😁 hillstream loaches go for a steep price here, so I might try my hand at breeding them after watching this

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

MORE VLOGS! Love it!

Like it, keep making them

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

very nice videos.

Fascinating and super clear style of presenting a ton of info! Kudos to new vlog.

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You're doing a great job, keep it up 😊

@jesskull5048

2 жыл бұрын

Your female betta thought she was the star of the video. 😅

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahhaha

Awesome mate

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi iv been watching a few of your videos and I really like them your doing a grate job I’m over in the uk and I have a fish room only 14 tanks but I’m breeding lots of different colours of cherry shrimp and plecos and I’m trying to breed corys over the last year iv been buying a lot of fish / stock to grow out so hope will be breeding soon also got some beautiful black dark knight rams and they are so dark it took me 2 years to find them I’m finding your videos helpful keep up the grate work

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I love hillstream loaches. I have some but mine haven’t bred.

Keep it up young man!

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Vlog days make for a good change of pace and brings some added variety to your channel. Love your work mate, keep it up!

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

Great content. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. How old were you when you started? Impressive!!

I had 9 Celestials in a heavily planted 20 long. Temp 79F; non stop breeding. There are about 20-30 babies of various sizes now after 4 weeks. I also float a lot of plants and the babies eat the springtails.....Lowered temp to 77.5F and they stopped the luvfest. They are in with Columbian Zebra and Queen Arabesque Pleco's and bunch of Green Shrimp. I tried Hilstream Loaches and failed by purchasing sick fish.

I would absolutely love to buy some hillstream babies off of you as I've been searching for them forever! I will have to keep an eye on the website in the future for when they're ready. Hopefully they love their new tank :)

Love your work man keep it up, the blog idea is awesome I hang out for every new video to get inspiration on what I can do next in my own fish room

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank youuuu

i love the filter camouflage @12:53

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

Great Vid, Nick! Love the new style! Keep up the great work

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I have a single pair and they breed like crazy

Hi your videos are great I've got 4 hill stream coaches only had them 6 months they have just bred the fry are so tiny

I love all your videos

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Random question. Have you tried glasses for colourblindness? If that’s even a word lol If they worked for you it would be awesome to see you have a propper look through your fish room for the first time in full colour! You have some beautys!!

Good job loved this, I’m excited for the next episode

We like it👍

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Mukis_Aquatic

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure man...i should thank you for all the great advice over the years

nice moustache !!!

Another great informative video Nick. Keep up the good work.

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Make sure you keep doing what you do man! I love your content, it's so good to watch a fellow aussie

I have a old book and in the book they use marbels to breed danios

JEEEEEZZZZ! Wash your face before the video shoot. My guess is thst you just did a barbecue, had your hands dirty with charcoal and wiped your upper lip.Other than the fact that nothing you do in your fish room is easy,the contents are spot on! Love it, subbed and liked each and every one of you vids thst I've seen so far.

Vlogs are key!

Don't mind what that one person want your video to become, there's a lot of people loving your video ever since you started a small fish setup up until now where you produce a massive types of fishes. Just still keep moving

Love your videos, love from Tanzania 🇹🇿

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

They look great dude, I always look forward to these vids

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Buddy do a video on breeding rummy nose tetras!!!

Dude, Keep up the good work! Very jealous man that you managed to obtain the hillstream loaches here in WA I can only get the Borneo scooters!!!

I found it was difficult to get the Borneo loaches out of plastic bag. Little things held on to plastic. 😆 🤣 😂

😁great vid. Almost my bday and I’ll be ordering a pair of rams from you. Hopefully as wells as a micro worm culture and that amazing book about breeding fish. Really excited. Yay

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lachie!

Please do a video breeding blue gouramis

What brand of aquarium s do you own.

Like the vlogs I’d keep doing them

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

hey i know this is an old video, but what do you think about having hillstream loaches with pictus catfish?

Ever think about using a fresh water puffer fish and moving it from tank to tank to eat up the snails?

@jackpitt8316

2 жыл бұрын

Only problem is they cost about 200$ for a single pea puffer here in Australia

@rfraser13

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackpitt8316 that would be a bit of a problem...here in Canada I think they are like 15 dollars

Will hillstream loaches do good in gravel .. I have the bronze gravel from petco.. it is mostly smooth but some have slightly sharp edges..

Is that a cigarette in your hand at 11:44?I Wouldn’t have guessed man. No biggie I smoked for years and just quit 2-22-23. Anyway, awesome stuff man. I get my information from you first. It’s cause of you I have breed my crown tail bettas, bristlenose plecos, soon hill stream loaches, blue eye fork tail rainbows, panda Cory’s, and pea puffers. Good stuff man!!

Realy love your work! Its my dream to start somting like this now i got 9 tanks only with L numbers and some betta's 😉

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you !!

If the video wasn’t even this good of a edit I would still enjoy it… keep it up man💯💯

@KeepingFishSimple

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark