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I have to say "RUclipsrs making videos about things they're deeply passionate about even though it's different than their channel genre" is becoming (if not already) my favorite type of video
Agreed. I kind of miss this from before the algorithm started punishing content creators for going off brand. Absolutely love it when a creator can do passon videos like and not have to make some second channel or something.
same energy as internet shaquille's various videos on worms and pottery and whatever other neat hobby he gets up to. it's super refreshing to watch this type of stuff
I knew he wrote music but I guess didn’t realize he was an actual composer? 😂 there’s a big difference in skill set between someone who just writes music and someone who understands engraving, orchestration and “classical” tonality/modality, I was impressed with his score!
Let's go! I think you'll find moving to a larger setup to be even more stable/easy to maintain, especially with more plants doing the brunt of the filtration.
It's gonna sound weird but Adam saying long term he might be doing videos on aquaponics is a dream come true. This video is compositionally as well such a magnificent piece. Thanks Adam.
Adam, as a long time fan of yours, this might be my favorite video you've ever done, and that's saying something. At the risk of feeding the parasocial thing you've said very recently makes you incredibly anxious, I love the vulnerability and enthusiasm in this video. It's so nice to see a nerdy person getting to make reality a small dream they've had for a while. Remembering that grown ups like I am now often have the means to achieve those dreams is honestly going to inspire me to try to achieve a few of my own.
I wonder what about it he's worried about? Not a regular channel viewer, but Parasocial relationships are like, 50% of our attachment to most forms of media in some way shape or form, and especially after youtube. The only difference is people without boundaries can actually find you if you're a real person -- which was the real reason we lost jenna marbles. I wouldn't have thought adam's videos would do that to people.
@@woIf Listen to the last 20 minutes or so of his latest podcast, if you want to be clued in. Dudes been dealing with some issues, you wouldn't necessarily expect, just from watching his cooking videos.
I think my favorite genre of youtube video is “Happy and excited person talks about what they’re happy and excited about.” I love to see you happy and excited, Adam! Thank you for sharing this with us!
This is incredible. I’ve been in the aquarium hobby for over 10 years now and I’ve been in the cooking hobby for about five. It’s awesome to see them come together and someone I’ve respected and watched for so long. I would love if you made a second channel about your fish, or at least just keep us updated on this one please!!!
i clicked this to watch the goldfish trough build process but was definitely pleasantly surprised by the storytelling behind the love for goldfishes and 100% would love to listen to the full goldfish oboe performance
Adam being an Aquarist feels like two worlds collided. Man i love him even more now. Their home looks fantastic. Good filltration and an oval trough with no corners to needlessly bump into!
One important thing about goldfish is that you need to make sure not to release them into the wild or add them to a natural pond. They are extremely invasive and harmful to many ecosystems.
Long body goldfish are absolutely an invasive nightmare. Those fancy round body goldfish like the Ranchu in the video would be murdered in minutes by larger fish, or birds, outcompeted, or straight up die because they’re the pugs of carp
Last time I introduced a goldfish to my house he took over and I'm now living on the street. It is a serious issue that often doesn't have the media coverage it should. I would say more but the guy's laptop I'm posting this from in Starbucks is coming out of the bathroom and I should leave now.
George and Gracie the goldfish are precious little fish and i love how you made their home! It's such a cute little pond. If you blanch veggies like zucchini or carrot and offer a small piece they can nibble on it, it's good for their digestion 👍
of course I never thought I'd watch an entire video about a fish tank, but when Adam does something I must watch until the last second. I guess I'm just very impressed in the way he manage to convey information in a dynamic (dare I say "cinematic") way. That and also his voice is kind of soothing. But mostly the fact that his way of filming is deeply cinematic in a literal sense: as in using movement (kinē) to convey meaning.
The most wholesome and adorable thing on earth is watching Adam geek out about his fish. This made my kinda rotten day ever so much better. I don't think I'll ever quite understand fancy goldfish, but it's pretty damn cool that they really are so domesticated. Never really thought about that before! My stepfather kept several fish tanks once upon a time - but I think they were all tropical or something. Certainly some of them were big ol' bullies too, but I think cichlids are just...like that? They are VERY cute, and I hope that your experiment does well!!
As someone who has always wanted a pond with cool fish and a greenhouse I am envious! Also at the risk of being the internet pedant that tank looks more like galvanized steel than an anodized aluminum but I could be wrong.
Adam - my folks had a working aquaponics system in NC where we stocked a little over 100 tilapia, which fed into our greenhouse grow beds to feed plant rafts. They live in Farragut now, which I think is not far from you, but will be moving to Maryville shortly and setting up a similar system with off-grid power. I can tell you from first hand experience that aquaponics rigs are EXTREMELY power hungry if your power goes out in the winter time. The issue is tilapia need to be kept in a very specific temperature range or they will die, and if your power goes out and you can't heat/cool them, you can run into some issues. For reference we had around 100 solar panels generating enough power to fully power their home (~6k sqft), with battery backup using Telco batteries that were enough to last 3 days without grid power and minimal recharge from overcast skies. That aquaponics rig tho, when there was no power, consumed 95% of our available electricity during the winter time. If you want pointers setting up a more energy efficient setup, we'd be happy to help. We learned a LOT from making a bunch of mistakes on that rig. Overall it's MAYBE worth it if you're really serious about growing your own food, but a stocked pond is probably better at actually helping you grow a large number of fish for consumption.
I've been watching you for years Adam and I cannot say I have ever been more delighted to accidently cross into food youtube during a fish youtube rabbithole. Im a marine Biologist myself working on farmed mussels with a little shrimp tank of my own. Its honestly a delight to see you talk about your hobbies of Music and weightlifting, this is the fist time I've heard of your aquarium passion and I'm all here for it!
It really shows how you needed something different. I enjoyed every second of this video (except Immi not being available in Europe, but whatever), as a curious being who knows nothing about the subject. Also they're so cute! You have my support, do whatever you need to get through these hard times :) Hugs, because hugs are good.
This was such a delightful video. After watching this, I feel like I should start calling this my favourite channel. You cover such a broad spectrum of topics in such an easily digestible but thorough manner. I've probably watched about 90% of your catalogue at this point and both the quality and my enjoyment levels have never dropped.
I deeply appreciate the myriad little looks into your world you've shared with us here, even how you integrated the sponsorship with just the right amount of whiplash.
THANK YOU for not contributing to the "Here's a .5 gal bowl with 12 fish and one pothos stem. The water is clean because that's how nature works!" shit that most non aquarists imagine when they think about plant-filtered tanks. This is a really nice setup for them.
Reminds me of the time I was in the big school and rented a house with my girlfriend . The guy that owned the house was a slumlord type of guy and hired me to take care of his rentals while I went to college. There was a HUGE ice maker with stainless steel tank to hold the ice in the back yard. Well nothing worked but it seemed a shame to just let it waste away so I decided to use it as a fish tank. My buddy worked at a pet shop so we got great deals on guppies. We pitched about twenty in the "Tank". Added tropical plants etc. After much hanky panky they had multiplied into hundreds. About a year later we just couldn't give them away fast enough. It was fun, lots of fun until the night of the "Great Fish Massacre". You see one of the gang was netting fish in a local canal and caught a baby catfish about 5" long. He was a perfect addition to the tank for about a year. THEN IT HAPPENED !!! One night he went wacko and ate ALL of the guppies. End of story.
while i can't imagine myself having enough gumption to properly care for fancy fish, i do have a soft spot for watching aquarium enthusiasts share their hobby with anyone who will listen. looking forward to more of this topic!
What a wholesome video!!! That greenhouse is gorgeous and it could easily be converted into an aquaponic system. We did that on the farm I did my internship with, it's been running for 6 years now, with trout in the pool and veggies growing in a bed filled with river rocks/pebbles. Can't wait to see where this one is going.
Same here! We had a koi pond that my dad and I built out of scraps, plus a tank of African Cichlids. The koi all got to be around 20 years old, but we never could keep the cichlids from murdering each other.
I'd love to hear a full podcast episode doing a deep dive on aquarium keeping (pun intended). I know you touched on it a bit in the comfy content episode but I found myself yearning for more!
i'm so happy youtube decided to recommend me this! it's comforting watching someone else passionate about the social dynamics of their fish - whenever i talk about it to someone who doesn't do aquariums they never relate!! also i dont watch often so seeing that whole composition that you made blew my gourd wide open
A cooking channel, discussing fish…and Snazzy Labs a Tech channel discussing food, all within the same week? I love this new… “RUclipsrs doing what makes them actually happy” vibe we have starting.
I love this! I have an outdoor goldfish pond with water lilies and it makes me so happy. I think there is something about watching koi and goldfish that brings you a feeling of calm. I also like the fact that the pond is self sustaining - so much easier to maintain than a typical backyard fountain where you have to worry about algae and mosquitoes. Please do tell us more about your aquaponic plans. I always thought it would be interesting to try someday.
Initially, I was going to mention the intrigue of the *shrimp cube* ~ but I just listened to the full four movements of Types of Goldfish. So cool that you composed these!!! My favorite movement was Jikin -- felt like it could be part of a Ghibli film score. The beginning of Celestial was magical, as well. The main oboe line in Ranchu sounded like a ton of fun to play (albeit I've never played oboe...it made me miss playing flute!) Thank you for sharing your passions with us, Adam! Brilliant description, by the way. "...Hopelessly domesticated... just kinda friendly, and soft, and dumb." 😅
As a manager of a pet store and aquatic enthusiast, you did a great job doing the fish justice and informing parts of RUclips that may otherwise have not have learned more about fish. You would be amazed at just how little effort the vast majority of adults care to learn, well, anything about the animals they are about to be responsible for. Edit: also your vessel of water is not too small at all for two ranchus. And if anyone thinks it is, another funny thing I run into is people who take info from some place on the Internet and treat it like gospel. They will say anyone who puts a Betta in anything smaller than a 150 gallon is a horrible abuser. What I find curious is these people never ask a very essential question, what should be the first question out of anyone's mouth when talking about the quality of care for a fish, and that is "what are the water parameters?" The reason there are these metrics online is because people tried different things and they either succeeded or failed and told other people. Then others evaluated why. And the cycle continues. When a website says a fish does best in x number of gallons, it is because that is what they found works to keep things healthy. It wasn't written in their DNA, a scientist didn't find "ah, well here in the genome it says it won't live in anything less than 20 gallons." They can swim and forage and seek refuge in your vessel, and so long as the water parameters are healthy and stable, it's looking fantastic. You're already doing heaps and bounds above what any "rescuer" does when they buy a "sad little goldfish" at a big box pet store and shoves it in a 10 gallon acting like they "rescued" it. Keep up the good work.
What a cool synchronicity. I started watching your channel around the time I started keeping fish in early 2021, and here you are 2 and a half years later contributing to the aquarium corner of youtube which got me into fishkeeping in the first place.
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This was a nice surprise. I have been wanting a greenhouse for awhile. I've dabbled in hydroponics and have considered getting some aquaponics going. It never occurred to me to get some fish tank going inside of a greenhouse, which I think is fantastic. The re-use of the water for the plants, the aesthetic. It's all super awesome. I'm glad you shared this.
Years ago we rented a house with a very large front porch, awning & lattice wall with a honeysuckle growing all over it. Under the awning was a 7ft, 2.5ft deep metal horse trough. I stared at it for years, yearning to turn it into a pond. One day, I was at a garage sale and an older man had this enormous greenhouse pond overflowing with plants. He told me I could climb in and take what I wanted, so I took starts from everything. I went home, put some cinder blocks and sand in the bottom of that tank. Planted in some bamboo, canna, water lily, etc, etc, and built my own filter system. I then walked into Petco and bought 2 dozen 50 cent feeder fish. That tank was an outside joy for years. We would sit out there and listen to the water fountain, trimming plants, watching things grow, feeding fish. Many of those feeder gold fish reached 8" long, filling the palm of my hand At time we would get Colorado River Toads making themselves comfortable during the heat. The only additive I ever used was 3% hydrogen peroxide. I have the same tank you are using, but I ended up turning it into a red wiggler worm home. Now to find another tank for another pond ❤
The most excited I have gotten about anything on youtube in a while is the chamber music about goldfish. Thanks for sharing that. Would love to hear more of your music in the future.
Such a pleasure to watch a video of Adam talking about something that brings him so much joy, even if it pivots from the 'food YT' realm. I personally would like an indepth video on the koi pond and frequent updates on both 😊
Adam you brought up one of my favorite aspects of aquariums from a nerdy perspective. Watching plants grow in the tank and realizing it’s a physical nutrient export. The trimmings are literally pulling out fish “poop” naturally without the need for complex chemical filtration. I have cheato algae in my refugium on my reef tank.
Gotta say this was excellent. Might even be one of my favorite videos you've done, and it has 100% (along with the previous podcast) inspired me to look into fish keeping. Hope you do a follow up video!
This is now one of my favorite videos of yours because it marries 3 of some of my favorite youtube topics. Food, Animals, and Education. Thanks Adam you are also living a dream of mine.
I wasn't expecting this, but as someone who does want to get into the aquarium hobby when I have both space and money this is very welcome! I always enjoy watching Adam be passionate about things too.
Glad you're finding joy in fishkeeping! It's good to have someplace where we can go to feel peace, and it's good to have a hobby that you can immerse yourself in, pun absolutely intended.
Awesome set up, thanks for showing us what inspires you in life becides youtube and cooking. My wife got my son a fish fir his birthday and I have been enjoying it much more then I expected.
Loved the video Adam! I would be very interested to see more on this topic and get updates on aquaponics system building! It might also be cool to see some more non-food videos, if things like that interest you
Well I surely didnt expect to be learning about goldfish, when waking up this morning, but so I did and found it surprisingly interesting. A great and informative video as always from Adam, kiitos paljon from Finland 😊
I used to build large aquarium tanks, and sculpt the habitats for state level aquariums. It was extremely rewarding work. The pay however was not. I'm glad you get to indulge in a life long hobby on the scale you're at with it. It looks awesome!
The part I'm most interested in is the aquaponics.. seems really partly self sustainable mini ecosystem a homesteader can build.. I hope they grow and expand as Adam Ragusea the cook continue to feed us his polymathic exploration
RUclips algorithm is indeed recommending this to “fish people.” Looks like a great setup - Thanks for talking about responsible fish keeping with your audience!
I'm all over aquarium youtube, so I initially put this video on watch later and scrolled down, but then I saw it was you and did a double take! Aquaponics is one of my favorite things to watch videos about, I love seeing how people put their setups together, especially with vertical racks. If only I had the space!
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I have to say "RUclipsrs making videos about things they're deeply passionate about even though it's different than their channel genre" is becoming (if not already) my favorite type of video
Agreed. I kind of miss this from before the algorithm started punishing content creators for going off brand. Absolutely love it when a creator can do passon videos like and not have to make some second channel or something.
same energy as internet shaquille's various videos on worms and pottery and whatever other neat hobby he gets up to. it's super refreshing to watch this type of stuff
That's basically the idea behind April Cool's Club, an alternate to April Fool's Day pranks!
Plus it helps the RUclipsrs write off their hobbies as a business expense =)
I'd pay money to see a curated playlist of that genera
Composer, chef, journalist, gardener, aquarium enthusiast, and more. Adam, you're a genuine modern-day Renaissance man! :)
Don't forget Dad 😊
Don't forget gymbro
...and videographer, and editor, and forager, geez this guy Adam can do a lot!
I knew he wrote music but I guess didn’t realize he was an actual composer? 😂
there’s a big difference in skill set between someone who just writes music and someone who understands engraving, orchestration and “classical” tonality/modality, I was impressed with his score!
Also completely rocked those women pajamas and proud and secure enough to show his thousands of viewers.
Positive masculinity y'all
We thought he was here to cook, but all along we were just funding his master goldfish plan. That’s awesome.
Let's go! I think you'll find moving to a larger setup to be even more stable/easy to maintain, especially with more plants doing the brunt of the filtration.
dang, everybody coming together!!!
Ayyyy funny seeing you here!!! 😂
THE GOAT🐐
Serpa Squad!
Ayo this is mad, food tube and aquatube were meant to be together.
For obvious reasons this is now my favorite Adam Ragusea video - Kevin
Luv ur vids :)
Omg it’s Epic! Goals! Lol
Yooo I love you Eric! Eric Gardening is some of the best content
OMG I didn’t expect to see Eric here!
In your larval form you looked exactly like a guy who would compose music about goldfish varieties. Great video, I love everything you do.
It's gonna sound weird but Adam saying long term he might be doing videos on aquaponics is a dream come true. This video is compositionally as well such a magnificent piece. Thanks Adam.
In my experience, people that successfully maintain an aquarium, rarely stop at one setup. I look forward to seeing your expanding empire of tanks.
Multi tank syndrome is very serious problem affecting many a hobbyist😔
@@wxlurker it's true. 32 tanks at the height of my affliction. In fairness, some/most were terreriums.
We've already seen a shrimp tank, a koi pond, and the goldfish trough. MTS has already set in.
its more contagious than covid 😝@@Kraus-
Can confirm. I have enough terrariums, aquariums, and plant/bug bins to fill half an apartment.
Adam, as a long time fan of yours, this might be my favorite video you've ever done, and that's saying something. At the risk of feeding the parasocial thing you've said very recently makes you incredibly anxious, I love the vulnerability and enthusiasm in this video. It's so nice to see a nerdy person getting to make reality a small dream they've had for a while. Remembering that grown ups like I am now often have the means to achieve those dreams is honestly going to inspire me to try to achieve a few of my own.
I wonder what about it he's worried about? Not a regular channel viewer, but Parasocial relationships are like, 50% of our attachment to most forms of media in some way shape or form, and especially after youtube. The only difference is people without boundaries can actually find you if you're a real person -- which was the real reason we lost jenna marbles. I wouldn't have thought adam's videos would do that to people.
@@woIf
Listen to the last 20 minutes or so of his latest podcast, if you want to be clued in. Dudes been dealing with some issues, you wouldn't necessarily expect, just from watching his cooking videos.
@@woIf There is a lot of festering hate in this world waiting for any excuse to be released.
What a kind and heartfelt comment
Adam's hobby videos are the ray of sunshine I didn't know I needed. More of this!
what are some other examples?
As someone who has 16 planted tanks and also watches you for COOKING, this is not the crossover I expected, but it was the one I needed 😭
I think my favorite genre of youtube video is “Happy and excited person talks about what they’re happy and excited about.”
I love to see you happy and excited, Adam! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Lol, same. Are you already subscribed to Atomic Shrimp? Sounds, like his content would be right up your alley.
This is incredible. I’ve been in the aquarium hobby for over 10 years now and I’ve been in the cooking hobby for about five. It’s awesome to see them come together and someone I’ve respected and watched for so long. I would love if you made a second channel about your fish, or at least just keep us updated on this one please!!!
i clicked this to watch the goldfish trough build process but was definitely pleasantly surprised by the storytelling behind the love for goldfishes and 100% would love to listen to the full goldfish oboe performance
Adam being an Aquarist feels like two worlds collided. Man i love him even more now. Their home looks fantastic. Good filltration and an oval trough with no corners to needlessly bump into!
The fun you get from this fishtank project really came through in the video, hope to see more of the little water pups.
One important thing about goldfish is that you need to make sure not to release them into the wild or add them to a natural pond. They are extremely invasive and harmful to many ecosystems.
Because they are very hardy and resilient. Maybe too much
Long body goldfish are absolutely an invasive nightmare. Those fancy round body goldfish like the Ranchu in the video would be murdered in minutes by larger fish, or birds, outcompeted, or straight up die because they’re the pugs of carp
While this is true for all aquatic pets and plants, these fancy goldfish aren't very rigorous. they'd be eaten summarily, unlike koi or common golds.
Last time I introduced a goldfish to my house he took over and I'm now living on the street. It is a serious issue that often doesn't have the media coverage it should.
I would say more but the guy's laptop I'm posting this from in Starbucks is coming out of the bathroom and I should leave now.
And VERY hardy fish. Since carp are cold water fish, they can survive in near freezing water just fine.
Your goldfish setup is lovely. I also loved listening to the snippet of your music. What an informative and fun video 💕
It's like Adam writing a wholesome, awkward love letter to his younger self and I dig every second of it
George and Gracie the goldfish are precious little fish and i love how you made their home! It's such a cute little pond. If you blanch veggies like zucchini or carrot and offer a small piece they can nibble on it, it's good for their digestion 👍
Adam for his eventual fish and chips video:
"Why I season my fish trough, NOT my fish"
Adam, it’s really great to see and hear about some of your other loves. Thanks for this video
of course I never thought I'd watch an entire video about a fish tank, but when Adam does something I must watch until the last second. I guess I'm just very impressed in the way he manage to convey information in a dynamic (dare I say "cinematic") way. That and also his voice is kind of soothing. But mostly the fact that his way of filming is deeply cinematic in a literal sense: as in using movement (kinē) to convey meaning.
The most wholesome and adorable thing on earth is watching Adam geek out about his fish. This made my kinda rotten day ever so much better.
I don't think I'll ever quite understand fancy goldfish, but it's pretty damn cool that they really are so domesticated. Never really thought about that before! My stepfather kept several fish tanks once upon a time - but I think they were all tropical or something. Certainly some of them were big ol' bullies too, but I think cichlids are just...like that?
They are VERY cute, and I hope that your experiment does well!!
As someone who has always wanted a pond with cool fish and a greenhouse I am envious! Also at the risk of being the internet pedant that tank looks more like galvanized steel than an anodized aluminum but I could be wrong.
As an aquarium expert, this channel is getting better and better each time!
As someone with no knowledge of aquaria, I agree.
As a non-Portuguese speaker I don't know what it means when someone says something "is keeping better and better." 😏
Adam - my folks had a working aquaponics system in NC where we stocked a little over 100 tilapia, which fed into our greenhouse grow beds to feed plant rafts. They live in Farragut now, which I think is not far from you, but will be moving to Maryville shortly and setting up a similar system with off-grid power. I can tell you from first hand experience that aquaponics rigs are EXTREMELY power hungry if your power goes out in the winter time. The issue is tilapia need to be kept in a very specific temperature range or they will die, and if your power goes out and you can't heat/cool them, you can run into some issues. For reference we had around 100 solar panels generating enough power to fully power their home (~6k sqft), with battery backup using Telco batteries that were enough to last 3 days without grid power and minimal recharge from overcast skies. That aquaponics rig tho, when there was no power, consumed 95% of our available electricity during the winter time. If you want pointers setting up a more energy efficient setup, we'd be happy to help. We learned a LOT from making a bunch of mistakes on that rig. Overall it's MAYBE worth it if you're really serious about growing your own food, but a stocked pond is probably better at actually helping you grow a large number of fish for consumption.
I've been watching you for years Adam and I cannot say I have ever been more delighted to accidently cross into food youtube during a fish youtube rabbithole.
Im a marine Biologist myself working on farmed mussels with a little shrimp tank of my own.
Its honestly a delight to see you talk about your hobbies of Music and weightlifting, this is the fist time I've heard of your aquarium passion and I'm all here for it!
It really shows how you needed something different. I enjoyed every second of this video (except Immi not being available in Europe, but whatever), as a curious being who knows nothing about the subject. Also they're so cute!
You have my support, do whatever you need to get through these hard times :)
Hugs, because hugs are good.
Hi there! We ship to the UK and EU!
@@immieats oh, good to know, didn't notice!
This was such a delightful video. After watching this, I feel like I should start calling this my favourite channel. You cover such a broad spectrum of topics in such an easily digestible but thorough manner. I've probably watched about 90% of your catalogue at this point and both the quality and my enjoyment levels have never dropped.
I deeply appreciate the myriad little looks into your world you've shared with us here, even how you integrated the sponsorship with just the right amount of whiplash.
Adam Ragusea + fish tube?? My two favourite things!! Show us the shrimp tank too sometime!
THANK YOU for not contributing to the "Here's a .5 gal bowl with 12 fish and one pothos stem. The water is clean because that's how nature works!" shit that most non aquarists imagine when they think about plant-filtered tanks. This is a really nice setup for them.
As someone who loves both cooking and aquariums this was a welcome surprise! Thanks for colliding fish RUclips with food RUclips Adam!
Reminds me of the time I was in the big school and rented a house with my girlfriend . The guy that owned the house was a slumlord type of guy and hired me to take care of his rentals while I went to college. There was a HUGE ice maker with stainless steel tank to hold the ice in the back yard. Well nothing worked but it seemed a shame to just let it waste away so I decided to use it as a fish tank. My buddy worked at a pet shop so we got great deals on guppies. We pitched about twenty in the "Tank". Added tropical plants etc. After much hanky panky they had multiplied into hundreds. About a year later we just couldn't give them away fast enough. It was fun, lots of fun until the night of the "Great Fish Massacre". You see one of the gang was netting fish in a local canal and caught a baby catfish about 5" long. He was a perfect addition to the tank for about a year. THEN IT HAPPENED !!! One night he went wacko and ate ALL of the guppies. End of story.
while i can't imagine myself having enough gumption to properly care for fancy fish, i do have a soft spot for watching aquarium enthusiasts share their hobby with anyone who will listen. looking forward to more of this topic!
As a cooking and aquarium keeping hobbyist, I'm very delighted to see one of my favorite youtubers share my same activities.
It's so fun how enthusiastic Adam is about these lovely fish, I really enjoyed this non-food episode :) makes me wanna get a fish tank ngl
What a wholesome video!!! That greenhouse is gorgeous and it could easily be converted into an aquaponic system. We did that on the farm I did my internship with, it's been running for 6 years now, with trout in the pool and veggies growing in a bed filled with river rocks/pebbles.
Can't wait to see where this one is going.
This is the most wholesome video of adam i've seen, love to see his love for the fishes!
As a foodie who has several fish tanks themselves, this is the best day ever. 😊
Same here! We had a koi pond that my dad and I built out of scraps, plus a tank of African Cichlids. The koi all got to be around 20 years old, but we never could keep the cichlids from murdering each other.
Same!
same
I'd love to hear a full podcast episode doing a deep dive on aquarium keeping (pun intended). I know you touched on it a bit in the comfy content episode but I found myself yearning for more!
i'm so happy youtube decided to recommend me this! it's comforting watching someone else passionate about the social dynamics of their fish - whenever i talk about it to someone who doesn't do aquariums they never relate!! also i dont watch often so seeing that whole composition that you made blew my gourd wide open
Love it. Glad you're able to do this & thanks for sharing with us, especially with all the backstories included.
I would totally watch an aquarium show with Adam Ragusea.
I would absolutely love a 24/7 livestream of George & Gracie.
A cooking channel, discussing fish…and Snazzy Labs a Tech channel discussing food, all within the same week? I love this new… “RUclipsrs doing what makes them actually happy” vibe we have starting.
Adam, this was a wonderful glimpse into your passion about a hobby you’re clearly completely in love with. I’d love to see update videos on your fish!
I really appreciate this video after your last two podcasts, and I really am glad to get an example of your musical composition.
What a lovely garden, as a college student this is very lovely.
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Haiiiii ^~^
I love this video. For all the great research and technical presentation it’s fundamentally a kid showing off the fish they finally got to keep :)
I love this! I have an outdoor goldfish pond with water lilies and it makes me so happy. I think there is something about watching koi and goldfish that brings you a feeling of calm. I also like the fact that the pond is self sustaining - so much easier to maintain than a typical backyard fountain where you have to worry about algae and mosquitoes. Please do tell us more about your aquaponic plans. I always thought it would be interesting to try someday.
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What a funny comment 😂
Loved this! Thx Adam! Congrats. Would love to hear more about your greenhouse in the future
I really love this for you Adam. So glad you are able to do what you’ve wanted after 20 years.
Initially, I was going to mention the intrigue of the *shrimp cube* ~ but I just listened to the full four movements of Types of Goldfish. So cool that you composed these!!! My favorite movement was Jikin -- felt like it could be part of a Ghibli film score. The beginning of Celestial was magical, as well. The main oboe line in Ranchu sounded like a ton of fun to play (albeit I've never played oboe...it made me miss playing flute!)
Thank you for sharing your passions with us, Adam!
Brilliant description, by the way. "...Hopelessly domesticated... just kinda friendly, and soft, and dumb." 😅
As a manager of a pet store and aquatic enthusiast, you did a great job doing the fish justice and informing parts of RUclips that may otherwise have not have learned more about fish.
You would be amazed at just how little effort the vast majority of adults care to learn, well, anything about the animals they are about to be responsible for.
Edit: also your vessel of water is not too small at all for two ranchus. And if anyone thinks it is, another funny thing I run into is people who take info from some place on the Internet and treat it like gospel. They will say anyone who puts a Betta in anything smaller than a 150 gallon is a horrible abuser. What I find curious is these people never ask a very essential question, what should be the first question out of anyone's mouth when talking about the quality of care for a fish, and that is "what are the water parameters?" The reason there are these metrics online is because people tried different things and they either succeeded or failed and told other people. Then others evaluated why. And the cycle continues. When a website says a fish does best in x number of gallons, it is because that is what they found works to keep things healthy. It wasn't written in their DNA, a scientist didn't find "ah, well here in the genome it says it won't live in anything less than 20 gallons." They can swim and forage and seek refuge in your vessel, and so long as the water parameters are healthy and stable, it's looking fantastic. You're already doing heaps and bounds above what any "rescuer" does when they buy a "sad little goldfish" at a big box pet store and shoves it in a 10 gallon acting like they "rescued" it.
Keep up the good work.
When I thought you couldn’t get any nerdier, I learn you wrote a musical score about goldfish. Love you Adam!
I’m happy for you, Adam, enjoying your fish tank and your fish i’m glad we got an update on your fish.
I really don't trust this man to not eat his goldfish.
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What a cool synchronicity. I started watching your channel around the time I started keeping fish in early 2021, and here you are 2 and a half years later contributing to the aquarium corner of youtube which got me into fishkeeping in the first place.
Having a koi and goldfish pond has also been my childhood dream! I'm not quite there yet.
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This was a nice surprise. I have been wanting a greenhouse for awhile. I've dabbled in hydroponics and have considered getting some aquaponics going. It never occurred to me to get some fish tank going inside of a greenhouse, which I think is fantastic. The re-use of the water for the plants, the aesthetic. It's all super awesome. I'm glad you shared this.
Years ago we rented a house with a very large front porch, awning & lattice wall with a honeysuckle growing all over it. Under the awning was a 7ft, 2.5ft deep metal horse trough. I stared at it for years, yearning to turn it into a pond.
One day, I was at a garage sale and an older man had this enormous greenhouse pond overflowing with plants. He told me I could climb in and take what I wanted, so I took starts from everything. I went home, put some cinder blocks and sand in the bottom of that tank. Planted in some bamboo, canna, water lily, etc, etc, and built my own filter system. I then walked into Petco and bought 2 dozen 50 cent feeder fish. That tank was an outside joy for years. We would sit out there and listen to the water fountain, trimming plants, watching things grow, feeding fish. Many of those feeder gold fish reached 8" long, filling the palm of my hand
At time we would get Colorado River Toads making themselves comfortable during the heat. The only additive I ever used was 3% hydrogen peroxide.
I have the same tank you are using, but I ended up turning it into a red wiggler worm home.
Now to find another tank for another pond ❤
The most excited I have gotten about anything on youtube in a while is the chamber music about goldfish. Thanks for sharing that. Would love to hear more of your music in the future.
Such a pleasure to watch a video of Adam talking about something that brings him so much joy, even if it pivots from the 'food YT' realm. I personally would like an indepth video on the koi pond and frequent updates on both 😊
Adam you brought up one of my favorite aspects of aquariums from a nerdy perspective. Watching plants grow in the tank and realizing it’s a physical nutrient export. The trimmings are literally pulling out fish “poop” naturally without the need for complex chemical filtration. I have cheato algae in my refugium on my reef tank.
I love how you’re so passionate about something so particular ❤ this was so fun to watch because you were so excited
Gotta say this was excellent. Might even be one of my favorite videos you've done, and it has 100% (along with the previous podcast) inspired me to look into fish keeping. Hope you do a follow up video!
What a lovely video. I needed this today. Such a great body of work you've built.
I am so here for you branching out into your hobbies, I like how you explain things.
I am very impressed with your knowledge of fish keeping, and the benefits of keeping a pond in your greenhouse. You covered everything.
This is now one of my favorite videos of yours because it marries 3 of some of my favorite youtube topics. Food, Animals, and Education. Thanks Adam you are also living a dream of mine.
I wasn't expecting this, but as someone who does want to get into the aquarium hobby when I have both space and money this is very welcome! I always enjoy watching Adam be passionate about things too.
Thanks for sharing this fun story!
Thanks for role modelling different ways to experience success! I’m so happy for you!
Love the content I can never get enough plant and fish info. Love the food content also - it makes me happy just watching the tank and fish.
Among the best Goose vids on the net. Love content like this. You are a great conveyer of information and I love learning whatever you'll teach!
Wonderful video ❤ thank you Adam
Excellent set up. I’ve seen this done many times and always feel tempted to try.
What a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing
I demand a full length performance of "Types of Goldfish"
Glad you're finding joy in fishkeeping! It's good to have someplace where we can go to feel peace, and it's good to have a hobby that you can immerse yourself in, pun absolutely intended.
Everything about this looks awesome.
Awesome set up, thanks for showing us what inspires you in life becides youtube and cooking. My wife got my son a fish fir his birthday and I have been enjoying it much more then I expected.
Loved the video Adam! I would be very interested to see more on this topic and get updates on aquaponics system building! It might also be cool to see some more non-food videos, if things like that interest you
Well I surely didnt expect to be learning about goldfish, when waking up this morning, but so I did and found it surprisingly interesting. A great and informative video as always from Adam, kiitos paljon from Finland 😊
This is my favorite vid in a while. I love these little sillies.
I used to build large aquarium tanks, and sculpt the habitats for state level aquariums. It was extremely rewarding work. The pay however was not. I'm glad you get to indulge in a life long hobby on the scale you're at with it. It looks awesome!
Big props for showing the old pics. Great video as usual.
Adam, This was a very good video. One of your best. Looking forward to seeing how you fish grow over the next year.
Loved it! Been in the aquarium hobby since the late winter of 1971.
The part I'm most interested in is the aquaponics.. seems really partly self sustainable mini ecosystem a homesteader can build.. I hope they grow and expand as Adam Ragusea the cook continue to feed us his polymathic exploration
this made me happy. thanks for sharing!
I have always wanted a container pond with a few fish but mainly i want some waterlilies. Some of the tropical waterlilies are very colorful!
RUclips algorithm is indeed recommending this to “fish people.” Looks like a great setup - Thanks for talking about responsible fish keeping with your audience!
I'm all over aquarium youtube, so I initially put this video on watch later and scrolled down, but then I saw it was you and did a double take! Aquaponics is one of my favorite things to watch videos about, I love seeing how people put their setups together, especially with vertical racks. If only I had the space!