With gouramis, I was more trying to emphasise that you should avoid keeping them together. Didn’t come across that way in the video so sorry if you got confused! ❤️

@TheEsat66

3 жыл бұрын

I have 4 kinds of gourami's, without problems....

@fjkhamdan

3 жыл бұрын

Nice honest intro man 👍🏻

@conalowens3441

3 жыл бұрын

I have 4 pearl and 2 moon gouramis togther and there fine together. Definitely can be kept in groups if u have a good female to male ratio.

@jessicagraham4268

3 жыл бұрын

I respect your opinion, but if I was a honey gourami I'd sue you for slander ❤️

@mrfish.-

3 жыл бұрын

I felt hurt when he said honey gouramis are aggressive 😭

We had a cichlid that lived to be 33 years old. He killed every single tank mate he ever had. Ironically, his name was Sweety.

@gethighonlife11

3 жыл бұрын

He was no "sweety"! He was "salty"!

@masidre1988

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh,,,soo sweet, sweety🤣🤣

@chrisbraiske3162

2 жыл бұрын

33 years......lord

@trejay2345

2 жыл бұрын

That fished lived longer than some of my cousins and friends who passed young. That's crazy

@AqifSaifi

2 жыл бұрын

@@trejay2345 Sad.

I am amazed at my common pleco Houdini. He is 13 years old and literally feet long. He is huge. Noone warned me when I first purchased him just how big he would get. I went through a lot of tanks before just ordering a one that takes up my entire living room wall. He is very happy with all of his space

@randomraavi

Жыл бұрын

my moms friend brought over this super murky fishtank and pawned off a pleco on my mom. we had NO IDEA how big it was! we had him for awhile before giving him to my uncle who had adequate space. fascinating fish, put good god do they get big

@thatstonerr7738

Жыл бұрын

That’s why I got albino plecos! They only get like 7-8 inches in comparison to the standard pleco at a foot long and they start out like a whitish beige color and as they age they turn the same color as standard plecos pretty cool

@fuzzymelon1261

Жыл бұрын

thank you for not releasing him in the wild. they are very invasive bc not many things can eat them

@liveyourbestlife143

Жыл бұрын

@fuzzymelon1261 you are welcome. To be honest he is family at this point. Lol. There is a pleco that no kidding is like several feet long that lives In one of our local lakes. He is HUGE.

@stevenschnepp576

Жыл бұрын

@@thatstonerr7738 Those are probably bristlenose plecos. Albino commons still get huge.

This is so helpful for new tank owners. The chain pet shops rarely have anyone that can advise you on fish (or anything else), and it's so easy for people to go into a shop and get totally sucked in by the variety of fish. Thank you for being so thorough and honest about these things. Much respect!

My kids won goldfish at a school fair. I went from a 3 gallon tank (filters, not a bowl) to a 36 gallon tank in the 2.5 years we had them. They are really dirty fish (but they were pretty). Thankfully I found someone who has a pond who took them off my hands. Now I am getting that 36 gallon tank ready for some nice tropical fish. I enjoyed the goldfish but I had no idea how big they could get and how fast they dirtied the water.

@wjp255

4 ай бұрын

Best of luck with the 36 gallon. Here are a few small suggestions: (1) Cherry barbs are a good fish. Zebra Fish Most of the small Tetras go together pretty good. Stay away from snails. (2) FILTER A hang on the back filter is fine. For a 36 gallon tank, use a filter for a 55 gallon. A little extra filtration is always good. Use test strips weekly. (Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia and PH. Water hardness is VERY hard to control. No need to worry about it. PH about 7.0. Do a 25% WEEKLY water change and vacuum the bottom of the tank. I use SAND as it is a lot easier to keep clean. The sand must clean itself when you first add it. Takes a few days, and you will have to clean the filter frequently as the water clears, but it is worth it once it settles in. Then add fish.

In my humble opinion there are a lot worse beginner fish out there. What most people forget is that they have to research EVERY fish they will ever buy. I'm 25 years in the hobby and I still do this for every fish I have never kept.

@maliachambers5367

2 жыл бұрын

I’m having a pea puffer for my first fish and my brother is having a parrot fish for beginner I’ve obviously had goldfish when I was younger one of them lived for seven years and one dies with lots of black spots but I was only 6-7 at the time

@tobiasgriffin2289

2 жыл бұрын

Great advice

@TedH71

Жыл бұрын

@@maliachambers5367 Goldfish are perfectly capable of living to 50 to 100 years old under the right conditions but people tend not to do their research.

@Kira-kg4kl

Жыл бұрын

Red tailed sharks were ones that were suggested to me when I first started 😆

@isabellecasier5702

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Before I began an asuarium I did 3 to 4 month of research. I have cardinals and guppies. The thing with guppies is you need 2 tanks or only males if you don't want babies. But I knew that trough research. I have bred because I knew my bought ones where not high quality, through carefull breeding I have mutch hardy guppies and they live longer. So do your research and do the work.

100% Agree on the guppy. They just die for "seemingly" no reason. Its just discouraging people that wanna get into the hobby. When you get guppys these days, best bet is to get a pregnant female and hope it lives long enaugh till it gives birth. The Babys that are born in your tank are then almost indestructable.

@briannaharter4411

3 жыл бұрын

It's cuase they almost owes have parasites and not easy to treat ones either.ones that require extermely harsh medcines that the avrage preson isn't going to know where to find.

@Iguana5k

3 жыл бұрын

@@briannaharter4411 In some cases the medication is impossible to get for normal people. Im from germany and here you only get "mild" medications in the pet store due to strict laws. So you have fish that are kept alife in asia with hardcore medication. And ones you have them in your tank their parasites laugh at the stuff you are able to put against them...

@briannaharter4411

3 жыл бұрын

@@Iguana5k I live in the US and meds needed to treat camallanus worms is hard to find. Fenbendazole is the one we are most likely to find cuase it's a common dog deworner but if someone wants some specificly made for fish it is only found online. Levamisole while possible to find online us extermely hard to find. I think we should just boycott guppies from these countries at this point and only buy local cuase these worms are ridiculous and one of the worst diseases I have ever seen in the hobby.

@Iguana5k

3 жыл бұрын

@@briannaharter4411 Yeah, that crap kinda destroys the hobby. i used to have a big tank but it stopped being fun due to all these super diseases... Now I only have one small 30 liter tank with a betta. Not much but it stays alive and is healthy. So that one really common fish to me is more fun then a tank with a bunch of fish cause stuff doesnt die...

@berndmayer1765

2 жыл бұрын

@@Iguana5k Hint- ebay 😉 Betta are beautiful! I only keep them. ( since 35y)

I wish i'd known about the issues with guppies before getting into the hobby, i was very disheartened when they kept dying to diseases and infections. Thankfully i stuck to it and eventually got different fish instead

@TedH71

Жыл бұрын

Did you cycle your tank before getting the guppies?

@rainman7794

Жыл бұрын

I had the opposite problem mine just kept breeding and I couldn’t control it

@Abbanellie

Жыл бұрын

@Ted H Cycling has nothing to do with diseases and infections :/ the cycling only prevents ammonia/nitrite poisoning, while the constant diseases and infections would just be because eif infections spreading between the fish as they breed faster than it can be treated...

@stevenschnepp576

Жыл бұрын

@@Abbanellie Plot twist: Yes, it does. Fish stressed by an uncycled tank are more susceptible to infections that they might have otherwise fought off.

@chick201

Жыл бұрын

Need to deworm and do more research on youtube

I had four blue gouramis in my first tank and they were pretty peaceful during the almost 10 years they lived with me. They had their favourite spot in the tank around one big plant where all of them chilled together most of the time, and they only chased off other fish if they wandered under their plant, which was never a problem since there was enough of space in the rest of the tank, so other fish just learned to avoid that particular spot. So I'd say a lot of the aggressivity issues stem from people not having big enough tanks for all their fish to settle.

@kaylawojo8863

2 жыл бұрын

My blue gourami is the chillest in my tank! He freaked me out at first because he chills on the bottom of the tank

@DissentingDogLevi

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I had a 36 gallon and I never had trouble with aggressive gouramis. Sometimes my big blue one would chase the little fish from the algea tab. Other than that though.

I agree with you Gouramis can be aggressive but you got something completely wrong in saying Honey Gouramis are the most aggressive. Actually they are the most peaceful ones.

@bajablast3612

3 жыл бұрын

agreed

@papasmerf6453

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I usually love his advice but when he said honies are aggressive I lost it. My honey is so peaceful. In fact sometimes I wish he could was a little more aggressive. My BN pleco loves torturing him chasing him around the tank.

@celticbarry9877

3 жыл бұрын

I have a 125 litre tank with 12 corydoras, 12 ember tetras, 5 platys, 1 bristlenose and 2 honey gouramis and agree they're peaceful fish who do well in that kind of community tank.

@HannahFlower79

3 жыл бұрын

My male honey was extremely aggressive and killed my female

@nurrr2041

3 жыл бұрын

@@HannahFlower79 after breeding perhaps? it is recommended to keep the female away since he protects the nest. My male absolutely adores his mate, they are always together.

I'm just gonna say that while other gouramis may be more aggressive, honey gouramis are amazing community fish and I would totally recommend them to beginners. The only thing is that thick lipped gourami often gets mislabeled as honey gourami and if you accidentally mix the two species the honeys will get bullied by the bigger and more aggressive thick lipped gourami.

@fataxolotlpie1998

2 жыл бұрын

I have red honey gourami and a thick lip gourami and they do quite well but that might just be mine or red honey gourami are chill I don’t know

@DefNotAThe1nth

Жыл бұрын

@@fataxolotlpie1998 red honey gourami are thick lipped gouramis

@Arcane662

Жыл бұрын

Im thinking of getting a Honey Gourami with some ember tetras or Pearl Danios or maybe even some guppies. Do you think the Gourami will go well with them?

@CharlesParez

Жыл бұрын

I was warned that my dwarf gourami would be semi aggressive but he's so peaceful and gets along very well with my skirt tetras, kuhli loaches, and platies etc.

@Yuckfou132

Жыл бұрын

Dwarf gourami aren’t extremely aggressive either and can be in community tanks

My first fish tank when I was 8, the shopkeeper conviced my mom to buy 2 angels 2 golfish and a pleco for my 10 gallon aquarium. Needless to say how it went down.

@iwantfood-koda9583

2 жыл бұрын

I’m worried 😂

@darthdoggie0031

2 жыл бұрын

I think the lives of those fish were probably more important than the profit made. Did they not know anything about fish or just want to make money.

@thomasholden500

2 жыл бұрын

I've never understood why some LFSs will sell inappropriate fish to a new aquarist. Sure they made a sale, but they probably turned the beginner off the hobby and lost future sales

@zamiaramirez1390

2 жыл бұрын

@@darthdoggie0031 of course they just wanted to make money. Its sad how often pet shops dont care about the actual care of the animals.

@TheHurdyGurdyMan.

Жыл бұрын

@@darthdoggie0031 I feel like a lot of the time it’s just for the money. Petco for example never told me about tank cycling when I was younger or about the proper chemicals to dose the tank with to dechlorinate the water. So my dad bought me a 10 gallon tank with a bunch of fish with no heater, filter or anything and they died after that night 🙁 I remember I was so sad the next morning

I once put an Angel fish in a 50 gallon tank that I also had a small Bluegill and an Oscar about the same size as the Bluegill. At the time the Bluegill kinda bossed the Oscar around ( chasing him out of favorite resting spots and kinda bullying him at feeding time) but the Angel Fish that was smaller than both immediately became boss of the tank!

Honey gouramis are very peaceful fish. I have a pearl in a community tanks and no problems at all.

@bajablast3612

3 жыл бұрын

yeah wut? honey gouramis are definately peaceful don't know why he said they are aggressive.

@c4trolling298

3 жыл бұрын

No I had one and was a monster

@charleschung660

3 жыл бұрын

@@c4trolling298 just like bettas every one has different personalities

@henk4700

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@henk4700

3 жыл бұрын

@@c4trolling298 i had a 2 females and 1 killed the other but now she is realy peacfull

I think you mixed up honey gouramis with gold gouramis. Honey gourami: very small and usually very chill. Gold gourami: gets to a decent size and tends to be territorial.

@Lucid_Spuds

3 жыл бұрын

Oath 🙌🙌🙌 Gold gouramis by god assholes, like stunning love them but on their own in a species tank not in a community because I've personally had alot of problems with them trying to yeet other fish

@deez420

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lucid_Spuds i had golden gouramis they started killing babies and chasing my other fish

@jo0k

Жыл бұрын

Yeah my honey are very chill, like a lamb

You should include Tiger Barbs on the list, highly active and beautiful, but so aggressive to each other.

@RobertRoman

Жыл бұрын

My tiger barbs were fighting everyone in the tank. Unfortunately I had to get rid of them because they were too agressive. I kept the green barb's though

@ArbitraryOutcome

7 ай бұрын

I thought their notoriety as fin nippers was common knowledge.

Thank you SO much for posting this video!! I've ALWAYS wanted a Pterygoplichthys Multiradiatus also known as Pleco Catfish, but it can grow up to 23 inches-2 feet long, and I can't have a tank more than 10 gallons in my apartment. So thank you for suggesting the Bristlenose Pleco cuz they look VERY similar to what I've always wanted, but they grow up to 3-5 inches! WHOOHOO! YOU just made my day!

I definitely agree with guppies not being particularly suitable as beginners fish but for entirely different reasons. Most beginner have no idea just how productive they can be. One female guppy might drop a litter of maybe 30 fish every month, that's roughly one fish per day. If you're not careful you can quickly become overwhelmed. I dropped 4 large adult females and 2 males into a 40 gallon tub on my patio for the summer. When I drained it out 5 months later I had over 400 in there.

@skullmarrowprozpekt6857

Жыл бұрын

That's actually a good thing if you ever plan to make fish hell I might buy an extra 10 gallon for breeding guppies

@psycobasschick

Жыл бұрын

It's like that for a lot of live bearers. I love mollies and platies, but males don't do well in a bachelor tank and females aren't as pretty. I'm planning to set up a live bearer tank after the beginning of the year, but it's main inhabitants will be clawed frogs, which will eat the babies, so solving that problem

@jiyounkim7702

11 ай бұрын

Me who keeps males only: 🗿

@Rob_uno

3 ай бұрын

I have Mollies platys tetras and guppies all in one tank and I’ve only had 2 tetras die

@ChicagoMel23

2 ай бұрын

Ugh yes I had a tank of them and wound up with so many that I was using them as live food for bigger fish

I had Balla Sharks, Oscars, convicts, placo and dalmatian mollies in tanks as a kid. I had no clue why they kept dying as a child.

@ringosfruitreview3376

2 жыл бұрын

@Sekoj 2 no you baked potato, they died because that’s the worst possible combination of fish, convicts are mean cichlids, bala sharks get giant and are kinda mean, oscars get huge and are very aggressive, pleco get giant, and mollies will get picked on

@InternacionalBoxing

2 жыл бұрын

Bro i had Oscars, Sharks and Bettas in the same tank as a kid lmfaooo

@supremeleaderarmy9164

2 жыл бұрын

@Sekoj 2 Fool

@simpleman5688

2 жыл бұрын

@ringos fruit cake: Numbskull

@darthdoggie0031

2 жыл бұрын

Did things randomly disappear or was it a water problem I think I know the answer but the wordings kinda confusing me.

Haven't kept fish in a long time but when I was younger I used to keep both tropical freshwater and saltwater fish. Yeah I can agree with this list for the most part, you wouldn't think goldfish would be included but yeah they're not good for beginners at all. Couple others worth mentioning though. 1. Clown Loach: They look beautiful but require a large aquarium when they're young they're small but can grow up to a foot in length (30cm) So a large aquarium is required. 2. Puffer Fish, for experienced keepers who know what they're doing, these fish can be great to own, they are intelligent and can be very playful, and even have their own distinctive behavior, but require very specific care, there are both freshwater and saltwater species but other then that consideration the same rules still apply. 3. Pleco fish: Algae eaters that can grow up to 20 inches in length, unless you have an aquarium in the 150 gallon range at minimum, don't even try it, they can also live up to 15 years, so these fish require a long term commitment. 4. Bettas (Siamese fighting fish) damn these fish are beautiful and damn they're also aggressive. We've all seen these kept in little bowls at the store by themselves with no filtration, heater or room to swim, do not ever keep a fish in such horrible living conditions please. 5 gallons is a decent size tank but do not keep them in a community tank and please for the love of Neptune, don't keep 2 males together in the same tank unless you want to see the aquatic fish version of a UFC or MMA bout. Keeping females together is fine, but I hate to say they don't have the vibrant color patterns the Males are known for. They're also not known for their parenting skills, after mating you should separate the Male and Female, the male will build a bubble nest for the eggs but afterwards when the babies hatch they're on their own because neither will care for the babies when they hatch, they'll be on their own. 5. Barbs: more specifically Tinfoil Barbs, their bigger then other common Barbs (around 10 inches larger) and they thrive in groups so they can't be kept in smaller aquariums like their other relative Barb species keep that in mind.

My beginning fishes were a huge pleco, a koi, many glo fish, many gold fish, a cichlid, a small pleco, guppies and angelfish, it was like the hunger games in there, today a lot of the goldfishes and goldfishes remain, the koi fish died peacefully, but the angelfish were eaten, and the cichlid died for some unknown reason, everyone else remains.

Thanks for mentioning guppies! Another big problem people don't realize is the breeding. They can overpopulate your tank in a matter of months. (I made the mistake)

@amplify3304

Жыл бұрын

We had this we brought the tank came with 2 and a some other fish by the end of the year we had 6 then 11 so on for maybe 2 years we gave them all to a fish shop for free in the end must of gave away 30+ had to buy a whole new tank for them

@seachangeau

8 ай бұрын

Wow mine would eat all but the offspring if i don't weed them out the night they get born. Yah even with loads of guppy grass.

You know it’ll be a good fish video if there will be controversy over the content

Really informative and yes, some of your suggestions will cause umbrage with people, yet the reasons are absolutely correct. Would have had Angel Fish higher - they always want a fight!

My first tank was a 55L, I did a lot of reading about fish before buying any. I started with 4 quarter sized Angels, a couple of marble hatchets, a small pleco. I let them hang out for a few weeks before adding more.

Back in the day cichlids were an advanced fish to get and keep. Now they're in petsmart / big box stores, and it's so weird to me. 😅

My Angelfish adores my Guppies. He schools with them and sleeps with them.

@smaccafe3186

2 жыл бұрын

and swim with them. drinking water with them and having beer

@robingagan6288

2 жыл бұрын

I have 2 angelfish which I had to separate due to fighting with each other. With all the other fish in both of their tanks they are very peaceful. It’s with other angels that they are very aggressive

@RG_Rizzy

2 жыл бұрын

Thats cute

@kinglyzard

2 жыл бұрын

@@robingagan6288 Males?

@robingagan6288

2 жыл бұрын

@@kinglyzard yes

Glad I watched this as I didn't think guppies could cause problems like that. I knew about the other breeds of fish but the guppies were a surprise as so many people recommend them

I got a little defensive when you said guppies, but I'm glad you explained yourself. I got wild guppies from a semi local river. They were tank bred here in the city, and I got half a dozen from a feeder batch. I've had a great time with them.

I had a 15-gallon fish tank in college and stocked it with a pictus catfish, red-tail shark, and common pleco knowing that I would have to update the aquarium because the pleco was going to get so big (don't know why more people don't use this really awesome search engine called Google). I updated to a 40 gallon breeder (would like a 75 gallon, but I move around a lot) and my pleco is still doing great at 13 years old (the catfish and shark both passed away but they lived to 7 and 5 respectfully). Research is the key to making any fish a good beginner fish. When my pleco does pass on I do not plan to get another. Although he is healthy (he is just as big as the one at the Boston Aquarium so I must be doing something right) I do feel bad that I can not provide him with more space. I plan to get one or two fancy goldfish (since I'm so used to cleaning up after messy fish) and a rubbernose pleco because I hate cleaning algae.

We got a few angelfish a year ago. They grew up and started sucking mystery snails out of their shells, and killing guppies. Yikes! We've had far less trouble with our peacock cichlid tank.

Good list. I might add some more cichlids and any fish that get bigger than people realize. I’ve never had any luck with guppies so I can appreciate them being in the list.

Good info. Subscribed. I've had fish for a long time, including some small salt water ones, and I still don't know many things.

I just bought a school of guppies for my daughter and I realized after I bought them no matter what I did they got very skinny and eventually died off. I'm so glad I saw this video and realized it wasnt something I did.

Gourami’s are definitely nightmares. Even in my dwarf cichlids tank... I would add Neon Tetras to this list. They have always proven difficult to me as well.

@user-ot4wm2fh8g

3 жыл бұрын

Ironically neon tetras get called the beginner fish but they inhabit black waters and so often require special set ups!

@billyschannel997

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ot4wm2fh8g I have no special set up for mine, going on 10 or 11 years now.

@lordhawkridge4116

3 жыл бұрын

Cardinals are a much, much better alternative!!

@user-ot4wm2fh8g

3 жыл бұрын

@@lordhawkridge4116 agreed. Cardinals are a much simpler fish and require much more average conditions than Neons!

@camjam219

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmachos8969 ikr

My guppy was so skinny until I realized there was a bully sailfin that was scaring every one away from the food. I put him separate and the thin one now looks big and bold. You have to really watch them interact.

This is a great video. Thanks for your candor!

Am i the only one who has kept alot of gourami of various species and they have been the most peaceful fish ever?

@sjaaakvandijk321

3 жыл бұрын

no you are not. I always make sure that I only have one male in a tank with 2-3 females and they are great.

@7inreallife

2 жыл бұрын

Really wish i could get a giant gourami but cant afford hundreds of gallon tanks, i settled with green terror she a sweet pea.

@brunosausagescrusoeandfrie8300

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@beaudevinsalix

2 жыл бұрын

They are very peaceful imo

@yui_rose5302

2 жыл бұрын

yeah i have a paradise gourami and he’s very chill; he got badly bullied by some tetras that a friend gave me a while back lmao (my gourami is in a tank with four corys now and we quickly got rid of the aggressive tetras before they could tear up the gourami’s fins anymore)

A very unknown but amazing pleco that I would recommend or even a 10 gallon tank is the clown pleco. They’re smaller than bristlenoses without the weird tentacles, and they have a very nice pattern.

@ClashOfClansFan-yf3yr

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, just need lots of wood for them, as I believe they eat wood or something, when I was a kid I had like 5 clown pleco’s.

@jiayaw

5 ай бұрын

They look very pretty and stay small but you almost never see them as they always hide in the wood haha.

MD Fisht Tanks recently did a video on having a planted goldfish tank; it takes specific plants, but it can be done. It also probably helps if they're well-fed to begin with, but having a planted tank would help at least a little with all the waste they produce

Great presentation keep up the good work 👍🏼

This video is very accurate. When I started keeping fish, I had all of this fish. I didn’t have luck with this fish. I had them in a 10 gallon 😬 6 years later I have a 36g planted tank with nano fish. I can say, I’ve come a long way. Videos like this are very helpful to new people to the hobby and refreshing for people who are already in the hobby :)

I have 6 dwarf flame/honey gouramis and there awesome in a tank with zebra danios. I haven't seen aggressive behavior once but definitely did with the bigger gouramis. I have to agree with you on guppies and mollies too. They are more difficult to take care of then the 4 afican cichlid tanks we have. Learned my lesson on the pleco. He's almost a 1 1/2 foot now and a hugh pain in my butt lol.

Great info :) got suprised when u mentioned Guppy but rly good explanation :P i bought 5 guppys last week for my new aquarium and i have 2 left xD my Corydoras and Ancistrus sp have rly much energy though :P.

Mum started a tropical tank about ten years ago. The sales person suggested a common Plec. Sadly It was the only fish to survive Mum's tank and she gave the hobby up. I took the tank, a little 3ft tank bought a big external filter and started to look after the Pleci. Ten years later, several tank size upgrades and now it's nearly 14" long and living on it's own (It'll kills any other fish I put in there) in a 6ft 2ft 2ft tank, with a full external filter system.It's still very healthy and thriving and apparently it could out live me over the next 20 years. We'll worry about that when the time comes. As you say unless your prepared to look after this fish, it's a no no for a first time buyer. But I'm still shocked when I hear the sales people recommending this species of fish to first time buyers.

MD fish tanks proves that the Honey gouramis are very peaceful with each other. He kept 5 in like an 8g tank and then moved them into his 150 gallon and they’re perfectly fine with other fish too . I think that’s a myth. Gourami can be aggressive but honey ones arent

@scoty_.g1772

3 жыл бұрын

Love MD Fish Tanks

@CobyCollins0215

3 жыл бұрын

The dwarf I think he mixed up with the honey. I’ve heard of problems

@yaboijdizzle227

2 жыл бұрын

With honey gourami, I believe it boils down to the Individual fish personality. I had one that was super chill, bothered no one. Now the red honey gourami I currently have. He will try nipping at my corydoras, ottocinlus, and my snails. He can be an asshole sometimes but interacting with him is cool. I can basically pet him

Had the same problem with my angel fish. At first they weren’t very aggressive but eventually I noticed that they would chase and bully the smaller fish in the tank. Witch would usually stress out or kill the smaller fish.

@richardconroy1434

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm considering taking my angel back. He's absolutely beautiful and active and a real show piece on a budget but he's made life pretty tough for all the other fish in the tank

Thanks for putting goldfish at number 1!! I built a pond in my parents place, just to keep the giant goldfish I kept getting donated and returned when I worked at my local fish store lol

I’ve had good luck with gourami community tanks but the key is to heavily plant. I have a dwarf and four pearls with tetra and emperors

"Sharks" in aquariums are technically carps. You just bought a fancy goldfish. Lol

@brendanhall9346

3 жыл бұрын

Not carp but they are catfish still definitely not sharks, sharks dont have scales lmao

@brendanhall9346

3 жыл бұрын

The bala sharks definitely do look like a carp though

@brendanhall9346

3 жыл бұрын

@J D you are correct but in most cases "sharks" are just catfish like my rainbow shark

@Nepo35

3 жыл бұрын

@@brendanhall9346 your rainbow shark are not catfish either. They still belong to the Cyprinidae family which are the family of barbs, carps and minnows...

@randomcarnotaurus1416

3 жыл бұрын

@@brendanhall9346 True, bala sharks are actualy releated to goldfish, koi, carp and curucian carp.

Hi, I've been watching your videos for a while now. Thanks for the great content.❤ I was wondering if you can make a video about the hitchhikers and signs that they are present in the aquarium 🙏 For new fishkeepers like me hehe. I recently bought some plants online and ask for some water lettuce from the neighbor. I was just observing the aquarium for 3 weeks now. Hope that you could make one. Thanks for the vids❤

I always had pearl gourami in community tanks and never had issues, but was given a baby sailfin pleco when I was 12 lol he's now in a 10ft monster fish tank with a gar and some other large fish that people have needed to rehome due to size and aggression

one that I think you should have incuded with the guppies for the same reasons are mollys. i have run into the same health problems with mollys that you mention with the guppies. thanks for giving good clear reasons why you have each of these types on your list. ive had most of them with mixed results. my favorite 2 ive had in my life have been a common plecko and a tiger oscar. i had good luck with both and found them to have personality and they communicate via body language with you. i had to give them up due to a long haul move but one day I will own both types again. good helpful list. thank you especially for having number 1. it could save a lot of kids some heartache

When I was very young I bought two bala sharks and two angel fish from a fish store and put them in a 15 gallon tank. On the second day, I fed them and went to sleep, but when I woke up only the two bala sharks were left in the tank and my child brain was so upset.

Can you do a video on medicine for your fish in Australia? What’s available to general public and what it’s for etc.

@danimationd8886

3 жыл бұрын

just use methylene Blue, or use cattappa leaves. since cattapa leave is most cheap but the medicine takes longer than the methylene blue

Totally agree with pleco. When I started the hobby I had 4 plecos bc the it is labeled as easy care/ beginner fish and unfortunately they all died within 4 days .

My first fish were a couple of comet goldfish 😂 (lived to be 20 years old!) second fish was a convict cichlid named “Bubba”… he had such an attitude but didn’t require a lot of maintenance- whatever I did I must have done right and he lived to be 12… but he had the entire tank to himself and loved moving gravel back and forth. Loved and miss my very first fish.

I recently got a 40 gallon and my firdt ever fish was a blue gurami, I got a golden one next and the blue bullied the gold alot, we later got the 40 gallon and an angel with two guppies, a Molly, and snail and a baby lobster. Since then there's absolutely no issue! We just needed the bigger tank and gave them friends to school with. They havnt attaced since

Honey gouramis are really peaceful, but other gouramis like blue gouramis are nightmares for me

Interesting video. I have to agree with the Pleco and Angel fish, I wish I saw this vid before I first had them, ten years ago. The worst thing about the plecos is when they grew large they polluted the tanks in a really bad way with their waste. I currently have a Clown Loach that I bought to deal with a snail infestation, except now its grown quite large and likes to dig. It regularily uproots my plants, moves stones and bottom features around and leaves big holes. Problem is local pet stores in my area (since covid) no longer take large fish in for return. I had Rosline Sharks a few years ago, they are beautiful and gentle fish that also can out-grow their tank after several years, and the pet store gave me good money when I eventually returned them. Probably the best fish for hardiness and community for beginners are anything from the Tetra family. For some reason the least expensive priced fishes tend to be the most hardy.

Highly recommend bristlenose plecos for those interested in that look in catfish! They are a beautiful fish and easy to care for well!

My neon blue dwarf gourami was a little aggressive at first but after 1-2 days he mellowed out, he has such a colorful personality I’ve never seen in a fish lol I did name him Cujo 🤣 I love my Cujo tho 🤪

Your honesty and truthfulness is to be commended. And I do agree with you also keep up the great work buddy.

I bought a common pleco 5 years ago when I got in the hobby. Just gave it away after it grew over 18 inches and was not happy in its small tank.

I didn't realise, alot of great info there.now to look at the best top 10 🙂

I love how you forgot to add Discus in this list...

@7inreallife

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah for sure

@simonthibodeau7082

2 ай бұрын

Beginners don't really go for discus, they're too expensive anyway

Ive always kept gouramis and i think its either go big or go home when it comes to them i have a pair of pinks two male blues a female pearl a female gold 6 gold honeys and a bunch of danios and tetras as long as you add hiding spots and have enough to disperse the aggression you should be perfectly fine might be case specific they all do have different personalities

Bought a common pleco when I had a 10 gallon tank to go along with my goldfish tank, a year later he grew about to about 4 inches, switched to a 49 gallon tank and he is now 10 inches and 8 years old

me who has 4 Goldfish and 2 common Pleco in a 54 gallon tank: *chuckles, im in danger*

@Ricardo_Veteran

3 жыл бұрын

So a beginner needs a 54 gallon tank to start?

@thehardestyt

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ricardo_Veteran im still new, only a few months into the hobby, i saw a 54 gallon for a cheap price and i just had to take it, even tho i have 3 other 10 gallon tanks XD

@chiefpanda7040

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ricardo_Veteran depends on fish but yes for 4 goldfish and pleco cause they get so big

@Tool970

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah if you give them enough space goldfish and plecos will get massive

@makayla5194

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tool970 they will get massive either way unless they get stunted and you misshape them

I'm sorry but I'm in total disagreement about Honney Gouramis. I think you needed to do a bit more homework, because they're hands down the most peaceful of all Gouramis. The Gourami you must have heard of is the Dwarf Gourami, which is a different species. I have both in a community tank and they do well with the other inhabitants, but Dwarf Gourami's can be hit or miss.

@CobyCollins0215

3 жыл бұрын

Also disease. Importers killed them sadly.

Mad useful. Thx. 🙏

Thanks, I'm getting redtail catfish for my beginner pet.. maybe arowana too

I loved my angels. They had babies and they grew up. So beautiful to watch the transition from birth. At one point I thought they couldn’t possibly be angel fish because they were long and slim babies and then morphed.

Yeah I can understand where you were going with some of the fish. The thing I learned from angelfish is provide a big enough tank, and either keep 1 or a whole bunch. Also a pleco was my first fish and I always have kept one in the tank. That being said I keep one because I really like the way the pleco looks. I actually almost never recommend getting one (even small species). With their heavy bio-load plecos are definitely wet pets, not a good clean up crew.

@sophiabilodeau1691

2 жыл бұрын

do you have any recommendations for clean up crews? I have a goldfish who produces a ton of waste that i keep with a community. never had any problems, just looking for some help at the bottom of the tank and w/ algae.

@benjaminsilvert1880

2 жыл бұрын

@@sophiabilodeau1691 for algea I found more frequent water changes and reducing lighting often helps with algea. As far as bottom, if you have fine gravel or sand small loachs like kuhli loaches are good. A group of corydoras could also be good and they are less picky about gravel size.

@GameGuy667

2 жыл бұрын

I know they dont help but every time I;ve made a tank from being a kid to now I always get a plecko just cause of how cute they look ;-;

@sophiabilodeau1691

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminsilvert1880 thanks!

From personal experience bristlenose plecos are quite a nice addition but they are quite scared sometimes if you approach quick

I agree 100% on Angel fishes they can be very aggressive and territorial plus the size if you feed them well but they are beautiful 👍🏽 great video over all

Another reason to avoid Balas is that they're schooling fish, that can become aggressive if alone. have three and thankfully there doesn't seem to be one dominate one...yet

I've kept goldfish for years, some are hard to keep for beginners and fancy ones come with their own set of problems. I don't agree that you can't have a planted tank, mines planted you just have to select the right plants.

@MooKau_

2 жыл бұрын

agreed! I had real plants in the tank with mixed goldfish for years

I am glad you mentioned guppies and goldfish. The slightest problem and they are dead - this can easily discourage a beginner. They are beautiful, active fishes - an experienced hobbyist can keep them alive and healthy for longer period of time. I am just starting out - my first two purchases of guppies died (inexperience, obviously). I was depressed and discouraged for days. But I am going to try again😊 with different species of course!

I loved this video I just got a 50 gallon tank thinking about getting a bala shark

I’ve found gouramis to be very very different from fish to fish, I’ve had some that swam around like they owned the tank and some that hid from neon tetras.

@chesterdagoc5915

2 жыл бұрын

What kind of fish is that that hides from a school of fish that is literally smaller than the gourami

I have guppies and neon tetra don’t have any problem with them with my other fish and they are in my 35 gallon tall

I was very lucky to have a store actually teach me the right way to raise goldfish and had two for about 5+ years until one died and eventually gave the other one too the shop that tought me how to care for them and took a break from the hobby but recently started looking back into it specially for micrograms aquaponics and breeding seeing now I'm not a literal child and know I can do more with it and always found it very positive for my mental health and that's been something I've been needing the past few years very happy too have found this channel

Nice information thank you...

Hey. I come from Poland and I have had an aquarium for 7-8 years. I always had guppies from the beginning, there were about 25-30 of them in a 200 liter aquarium and some times I decided to buy 5 moskow blue in a shop. unfortunately I made a mistake and kept them in quarantine for too short a time and it turned out one of them had a parasite. it killed the whole aquarium ... I took a half-year break and decided to restart the aquarium, so I cleaned it, I thought, arranged it again with a new substrate. I bought 25 guppies from a friend who looks after them professionally. after letting guppies into a mature aquarium, after about 2-3 weeks, I noticed that the guppies are starting to lose weight again and yesterday I noticed one is dead and the hustoria begins to repeat. tell me how do you deal with parasites, if there have ever been one in your aquarium. sorry for english but i use google translator

HONEY GOURAMI THE SHARK OF THE SALTY SPITOON 🤣 no I’ve kept them together alone with shrimp there super easy to keep and are a perfect starter

Love this one, I can confirm all of the problems. It is great video and great info, I would add to the keeping guppy, it is very easy fish to breed, and I always have the same problem with them, you end up with ton of babies and then population will crush and all the problems will appear because you'll end up with overcrowded aquarium

Maybe you are talking about gold gourami, those 3 spots (blue, gold, opaline, all of them) are very territorial when they get bigger or when they mature in a tank. Honey and pearl gourami are actually a bit peaceful, dwarf gourami can be a bit aggresive as well. Gouramis are hit or miss, best to keep just one in a tank for starters.

I had Bala sharks, an Oscar cichlid, and a large pleco all in a 60 gal ironically together at the same time with a jack dempsey and tiger cichlid and they all loved each other lol. 10 plus years somehow

Wonderful. Just got a bala shark because it was recommended by the associate.

Goldfish are actually one of the hardest fish to keep imo, especially fancies. They get big, they produce a ton of waste, and there’s so much bad breeding that they just die no matter what. I love fancies, but due to the looks they’re bred to have, they’re practically doomed from the start. I’ve actually had way better luck with keeping discus, lol.

Won’t fish get as big as the tank will let them or will they just fill the tank and ruin it?

@enzzo5039

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought

@hatrcarnage6596

3 жыл бұрын

The fishes body will only grow to size of ur tank but the insides of the fish keep growing no matter what size tank u put them in causes them to get ill and die most likely infecting rest of ur tank

great site great info Thanks,Bill in Ireland

I had a 3 spot gourami, Pearl Gourami and a Rainbow Gourami and they were the most peaceful fish in my tank except when they got nipped on their tendril fins.

I definitely agree with you on all of these, I had guppies as one of my first fish and all of them died with fin rot, so sad as I was only 7 or 8.

Do a best beginner fish video!!😁

@melissaturner1737

3 жыл бұрын

He did and he recommended some of these fish. 😂

I had a lot of guppies growing up. The ones I had were extremely hardy somehow, but yea, some did die on my journey of figuring out fish care.

Honey gouramis and other dwarf gouramis are pretty peaceful, gold and blue gouramis though are a bit of a different story id agree with you on those

As someone who’s dedicated 95% of my time to the hobby for over 20 years, I don’t agree with the fact that honey gourami’s are aggressive, let alone “the most aggressive”; it’s quite the opposite. They are peaceful if not, the most peaceful type of gourami. Gold, opaline, and blue’s are the most aggressive type. Everything else in this video is pretty accurate. Guppies are a disaster to work with cause they are so finicky and sensitive, bala sharks are extremely skittish and paranoid and have cracked one of my tanks years ago, plecos are extremely dirty fish and grow too fast, goldfish need extremely clean water and tons of oxygen allllll of which a beginner will not know to maneuver and handle.

@humpy936

Жыл бұрын

Literally everything you have said is complete bullshit.

I got a pleco, when I didn’t know they got so big, he is now 5 and a half inches. Needless to say I always do research before getting a new breed now…