I added a group of Bolivians to my Amazon tank this weekend. I have one old lady Bolivian left over from a group who had mostly lost her colour, I thought through old age. Within an hour of adding the new ones in she's coloured up brighter than I've ever seen her! Lovely little fish

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

That's amazing news! Sounds like she was very happy with her new friends! ❤️

@yashtapase3821

10 ай бұрын

Hello sir I'm getting 2 pairs of them Can I keep them with leaf litter tank and lots of driftwood to hide, high current flow. Tanning water. And will they live bristlenose pleco angles tetras and Cory's

Love this vids! I think it would be awesome if you did a video telling us how you got involved in this hobby/business. Always nice to hear how people find their niche. Keep up the good work!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Yeah a few people have asked for this so definitely will be one for the future.

Sorry, unhinged matt is the best kind of matt.

Congratulations on the birth of your son. Keep the dad jokes coming 😂

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and will do! ❤️

Matt, we love your videos. How about a bio video? Tell us how you got into fishkeeping, what drew you to the store, how you and MD got together.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, yes definitely one for the future.

Just added a couple Bolivian Rams to my tank that has already Pearl Danios in it, so great video Matt, just the info I needed.

Thank you for confirming that I can keep my German blues at 78°F!!! I’ve been nervous after reading so many places saying it needs to be 80 at a minimum. Others have pointed out that after so much time being bred in captivity that they should be fine in a slightly lower temp.

Great video Matt thank you congratulations again on the birth of your son

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

Good to see you! Glad to hear the youngling is well! Don't worry, he'll eventually sleep more.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, yeah he's getting there! ❤️

Great video. Rams are one of my favourites. You get all that cichlid personality in a small package.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and absolutely you do!

Rams are my very favorite, but I had no luck with them. I do have beautiful bolivians that are doing great though. Thank you for your awesome videos, and keep em coming please! Love to you all! ❤

Thank goodness. We've missed you Matt. So glad you're back and making videos. This makes me happy. Job well done, and keep them coming. Love it.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I missed it too! ❤️

Thanks to MD fish for introducing your channel which I prefer as it’s more to do with fish than flower arranging in a glass box.looking forward to some more of your vids….a big thanks 👍

This was just what I needed. Been thinking about getting a pair of rams. This video sealed the deal.

Another great video! Always assumed I couldn't have Rams in my community. Probably still won't but it's been very interesting!

Waiting for more Species Highlights! Love em. Tanks for the series.

Nice one. Thanks, Matt.

Fantastic as always -- cheers!

Hi Matt!! Happy to see you back doing videos and keep holding up 💪🏼🙌🏼 It’s already great that you’re back and filming again so soon. Would love to see you do a video on all kinds of rasboras. Chili, Axelrodi, and more. And perhaps a video of shrimp? Even if it’s called fish files. I’ve been struggling with my shrimp tank (every time I het new shrimp, they settle in for a month and typically breed. Then after the first month I usually start getting a death per week…)

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ❤️ With your shrimp they may not be getting the elements they need. Check your water chemistry and compare online to what the species you're keeping requires. It maybe a food issue where they aren't getting enough of the food they need, with this just get a specific shrimp food from a reputable company. Or lastly it maybe a slow poisoning issue where a heavy metal or something coming from your water is slowly poisoning them. With this have a look at Arcadia poly filter as you can run it in your filter and it will change colour depending on which pollutant is present.

So good to see you back! Sleep deprivation is great - for us 😂

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha thank you! ❤️

Great video - Congrats on the new baby boy !

Great video. 👍

Great video! I really like the fish files :) would love to see one about the rainbowshark.

Very informative, and it was cool to see the salt water tank and watch your puffer. I'd love to see more of the tank

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's actually a completely freshwater aquarium with our puffer and rays. Will cover it in a future video.

Glad your back! Congratulations on the baby ❤ … I also love your wearing a MD shirt and supporting your friend ❤

great to see you back, Matt, and congrats on your new baby. I am sure you're relieved, but for those of us desperate to trim your beard, we're just as happy as you!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy, be careful I may let it grow again. 😂

Loving the fish files! It makes my wish list bigger. Congratulations on the kiddo!! Hope you and yours are well.

What I was looking for! Thanks mate valuable info.

Loving the content bud, keep up the good work!

Love your videos. Great presentation and easy to understand the info.

Thanks Matt while I do enjoy my Rams these guys are so fragile I have my Rams in a 10 gallon with Penguin Tetras and l Lemon tetras. The Rams are golden and German Blue. My most recent order was the German Blue Rams but I think I got the Bolivian Rams. I wasn't to mate them up but before you know it there's another deceased fish 🥹what to do .

Lol!! Your videos make my day! Thanks for the great info! And CONGRATULATIONS on your new human addition 😊

I'm so happy you started youtube can't wait to watch all your stuff

Love rams! I had a beloved Electric Blue Balloon Ram and had it for more than a year but suddenly had hole in the head disease. Broke my heart when it passed away. It had a alot of character and responded to my taps that i learned from MD.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Awwwww sorry to hear that! ❤️

Perfect Vid! Thank you! I just saw the link on MD's latest! I'm so happy to see you have a channel as well! I'll be binging! BTW congrats and hope the little man is sleeping well now!

Hi Matt good to see you 😊 Thanks for the video. Fatherhood suits you . I can see how happy you are ( even with little sleep 😴 It doesn't last too long so hang in there ! 👍🏻💚

Hi Matt... Greetings from New York! So glad to see you have your own channel. Always enjoy the banter between you and MD. Your videos look great! Thanks for the Ram info.

Love that big fish tabk.. i can stare at it whole day.. its so relaxing

Congrats on the extension to the family!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

Nice to see you back Matt, and great to hear your little boy is doing good. I have a breeding pair of electric blue rams, and a pair of german blue rams( that dont seem to be interested in each other). Your video has confirmed im doing thing right. Hopefully i get some babies soon. Keep up the good work. Keeps safe 🐠

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy, very kind of you ❤️

Great to see you back, Matt! Look forward to more.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Great to have you back and another great vid ✌️✌️

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Great video! While there are some very important things in life outside of the hobby it is good to see you back to making new KZread videos.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and I'm glad to be back! ❤️

"WHAT IS A RAM!!!!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 love a good shouty intro!

I love your videos I always watch MD. I love your videos! Supporter from Philippines!

Great job. Great information. Glad to see you again.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️❤️

Thanks Matt. Have an Amazon themed aquarium I am setting up and was considering rams. It's 39 gallons, so I'll get a pair. You're info was helpful and timely. Remember the days of little sleep, but those little ones are such a blessing. Congrats to you and your wife.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

You're more than welcome and thank you! ❤️

Glad to see you back on your channel Matt! Rams are such interesting fish, it was good to hear you give us fish lovers tons of info again.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, definitely more to come! ❤️

Fish shop Matt - you are the best at species files. Bravo.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Great video Matt thanks for posting again!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Great vid mate! Rams have always had a special place in my aquariums, cant wait to see whats next!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️ Definitely more to come!

Perfect coincident, was planning on going to check some out tomorrow morning! Thanks Matt 🙌top work

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Awesome glad it came in handy! ❤️

Matt, I love these fish file videos! It is awesome watching you get better and better at making them. It makes me excited to keep fish! Keep up the great work!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy! ❤️

Love ya vids...keep it up! Watching from Australia 🌏🦘. 👍🏼😁

Just subscribed Matt. Omg wow I love this. U got a loyal followers after seeing this

He's baaaack! Thanks for making another Tuesday awesome.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! ❤️

Omg. I can relate to the level of exhausted mania that is going on in this video lol. It's now my new favorite.

Biutiful fish end fabulous lessen. Thanks Matthew

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! ❤️

Another awesome video! great to see you back in action! Looking forward to getting some Rams one day.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy❤️

Matt, I'm coming over from MD's channel, and I'm so glad you're a youtuber now! Really good video - I like your content/information, your presentation style, and of course the fish! As someone who sits on their ass all day watching youtube videos, could I offer some notes? Upgrading your microphone and sound quality will go a long way. I like your graphics, text, and b-roll, so you can definitely up those as well. It feels like some type of elevator (sry, "lift") music would do well. Can't wait to see what else you upload - Cheers!

Congratulations. Glad your back

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

Awesome info, thank you!❤️🇦🇺

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🫶

Brilliant as always matt

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Welcome back, great to see you make these videos again!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

They are beautiful fish, I'll have to try keeping them one day. Thanks for the info

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and they're well worth it!

As usual great content, you nailed it. Rams have been a thought, but never dived into them. Excited to see what you have next for the fish files

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

You're such an informative guy...... loving the videos

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

great to see you back Matt and glad your boy is doing well! All your funny moments were making me giggle! I've always loved rams but I've never had a large enough community tank to put them in- definitely want german blues at some stage!!!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad I could entertain. Fingers crossed one day you can tick them off your list! ❤️

Thanks for your gr8 content Matt, and keeping it real!! 😊 please could you do one on Bolivian rams. Such an underated fish in my opinion. Yes not as vibrant as their eastern cousins, and look pretty drab at the fish shop. Once aclimated to your tank though they are awesome. Theyre less demanding than GBR and grow bigger. Ps: belated congrats on ur new addition to the family. 🎉

Love it

Sleep deprived Matt!!! Good thing babies are so cute. Take care, thanks for the video. Be well

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, yeah he is lucky he's cute!

Great video Matt and great to see you back. Being a dad you’re sleep deprivation bought back a lot of memories of my boy as a newborn. Amazing how we can still function on bugger all sleep. Keep up the great work 👍

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, yeah it's crazy how little sleep we can function on.

Top work buddy keep it coming 👍

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Grats to fatherhood and glad you kept the bloopers in. Another good vid. Welcome back.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you liked them! ❤️

Legend, thanks for the tips

CONGRATULATIONS a million times over on your new lil babe! Excited to see you back at it!!! I wish I could add Rams to my tank but my water is very hard and no amount of botanicals is going to help. Maybe in my next home 🥰

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤️ Yeah it can be an issue for them.

Great video Matt. Looking forward to the next one, and planning to visit the store at some point too so I can see the tanks in person

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, look forward to seeing you soon! ❤️

Great video and really good information

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Welcome back Matt! 😁👍🏽 😂 Thanks for the information 🔥

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy! ❤️❤️❤️

Welcome back!!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

Thank you again Matt! Making learning easier and fun

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! ❤️

Loved the video as always, would love to see a Fish Files video about Apistogrammas, I am particularly interested in the cacatuoides triple red variant but would love to see a video on them, different color variants, lots of visuals and care tips

great vid

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Another interesting video Matt!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Congratulations on your new baby

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

Welcome back. Despite the sleep, very informative as usual. Hope you get more sleep soon.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much I hope so too! ❤️

Absolutely love Bolivian rams, for me they were my go to ram species. biggest regret was rehoming mine. I'll have to get some more. Great fish file, enjoyed this one. Encouraged me to keep rams again👍

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Awesome that's great to hear it's inspired you ❤️❤️❤️

Welcome back. Very nice presentation on Rams. Very informative and entertaining. I have not had good luck so far with German Blue Rams. I read alot about poor genetics due to poor breeding to sell fast. Hoping to have better luck in the future.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, what you need to remember is there will be hundreds of companies/people breeding rams and some will be stronger and more looked after than others. It's just finding that decent supplier.

female rams usually have reflective scales in the black spot( or area where the black spot would be) males to my knowledge never have the reflective scales(stars , sheen ,whatever else you want to call it) covering the black spot so with at group to pick fish from with most colour forms you can use this to select a pair

I love the vibe. Continue the good work. You are natural at this.

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤜🤛

@rechelieu

Жыл бұрын

@@FishShopMatt It looks like the baby keeping you up, eh? It's like 4 in the morning over there. Greetings from Philadelphia, USA. 🙂

Keep em coming

Great video

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Ok, Matt. You wore an @MDfishtanks shirt, and I think it’s only fair that MD wears one for Maidenhead Aquatics. Make it happen! Great to have you back, even when you’re exhausted

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Maybe he will be wearing a fish shop Matt shirt soon! 🤫🤫🤫

@misskimbenner

Жыл бұрын

@@FishShopMatt 😂

Great video. Love Ram's cichlids they are my go to fish species. There is another great little pleco that goes well in just about every smaller community tank and that is the CLOWN PLECO. Never had major issues with them. You should really do a video series on the Pleco's in the trade.

Awesome

Really like your bloke down the fish shop style... Very endearing... Sleep deprivation being kept at bay it seems 😂.. Love the fish files... Perhaps perhaps a good in depth product video on what you get with and may like to add to (in terms of gear) with the Aqua marin systemised tank/cabinet sit ups....

Hi Matt. Great video. Love your bloopers❤️😂🤣. I have never kept rams, but they sure are a nice looking fish. By the way, I’m glad baby boy is doing well...and (random comment) your beard looks nice!

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Hey 👋 Thank you 🧔👶❤️

So I've followed u from MD, I love your energy together! Love your knowledge and I've learned so much from you. I really hope u keep up your KZread even though you're busy with work and the family, one tip to you though, on your videos you feel stressed. Relax and know that we love you and your personality 😁 And pleeeease get better audio or do voice over 😝 Happy new year! Love from Sweden 💚

Hi 👋 Matt ! New subscriber here ! I really enjoyed this video. Looking forward to the next! Now go get some sleep lol 😆. Frances

@FishShopMatt

Жыл бұрын

Hey 👋 and welcome. I'm trying to get sleep but the boy has other ideas 🤣

Je veux vivre près de ton magasin, Matt. Ainsi, mes aquariums seront tous bien entretenus et seront magnifiques !!!