Joined this channel during its early days, when I was getting back into the hobby and it's been sooooo helpful. Unfortunately I stopped keeping fish about 1½-2 years ago due to a house move, then lockdown. I'm still here here though. Great work 👍
I have Oscars, they dig and spit sand into my filter inputs slowly filling my filter with sand :( I topped my sand with river stones, and that has been great. If ever I get around to reset my tank, I will skip the sand and just use stones.
@@RickCatita true, sand is generally high maintenance, it's usually better to have an input high up. A sump system generally works best. I personally always use gravel, I love how sand looks but I've found from a filtration and maintenance standpoint, medium to large sized gravel is the best.
Part of that fog after you turn on the filters is really the beneficial bacteria spreading throughout the tank from the out water. Really great advice! Some gets collected again but it starts to columnize.
Great job Joey, I love Oscars, always hungry and always willing to engage with you when you are at the aquarium. I'd really love to see you raise and breed them - I kept Oscars years ago but never managed to grow them out and breed. All the best with this.
My ultimate goal in fish keeping is an oscar shoal (or a pair of grumpy giant gouramis I can feed grapes to). I'm so happy to see someone living that dream! My ultimate goal is an 8' oscar tank with 2 tigers, 2 albinos, 2 commons and 2 of whatever the newest variation of oscar exists. Oscars and angelfish are the ultimate puppy dog fish. Thanks for the videos, I love the content!
Great video, loved the cats reaction to the new tank. Tamara is a good catch (excuse pun). Thats quite an achievement, always nice to hear about your family. The fish are stunning, sign is looking great its going to be quite a den!
First lesson I learned way back when I first started keeping fish.... you can't be a keeper of fish until you understand and know how to keep the water that they need to survive and thrive in.
oscar is classic, love them and yeah they are aquatic dogs.. way back in 90s i trained a tiger oscar to jump while holding food.. more than half of its body is outside the water :D
Absolutely love cichlids but I've ALWAYS found myself coming back to my water puppies. So glad they finally went in! Currently I have three oscars and one of them loves to be hand fed. He won't grab anything from my forceps but will always grab anything in my hand.
Looks great with the wood, Oscar are wonderful fish and once they mature they will appreciate having the wood seperation so they can each claim territories. They like to dig which has caused my filters to slowly fill with sand...my answer has been river stones as substrate. To answer your challenge Joey, I keep fish in an aquarium; but you are right they do a fine job being happy without me... It's tending the bacteria colony which is my critical role in their environment. Also don't tell my wife but I have a secret bin of red wiggler composting worms hidden under our basement stairs. The compost is great for the garden, and from time to time my Oscars get some worms as a treat.
Lol! your cat asked to be picked up so he could see too! That was cute overload. The tank Looks incredible! You're driving yourself crazy trying to feed to youtube monster.
Ranchers can run cattle from the back of a horse all day. But what no one talks about is they have brilliant pasture maintenance rituals to keep the grass growing. No pastures no cows. No bacteria no fish. Id say you're a cowboy. Keep up the amazing stuff. Im so happy about an oscar tank.
Hey Joey not sure if you've ever heard of Vantablack. This black tank made me think of that. You said you didn't like your paint to the tank, and I was thinking it would be amazing to do a space themed tank like your arrowana one where you literally only see the fish swimming inside but nothing else. Would take a very good lamp though. If you want an idea of what that would look like, I believe so eon in RUclips has an entire room painted with it and it's insane what you can do with the correct lighting and such.
I think that plywood tank with the arowana was my favorite tank you’ve done on the channel. I thought that looked absolutely phenomenal
Same . That and the 375 acrylic
I think you should put wood trim on the outside of class panel to hide silicone
I was going to say the same I thought he might of had it off or somthing for the video
You should put in a circular island in the tank. The big wood looks like it takes up too much space and doesn’t complement the oscars
WAIT A MINUTE - WHY is this the FIRST TIME I'm hearing about this disc thing with the dogs? GO GIRL. YOU RULE.
Joined this channel during its early days, when I was getting back into the hobby and it's been sooooo helpful. Unfortunately I stopped keeping fish about 1½-2 years ago due to a house move, then lockdown. I'm still here here though. Great work 👍
The first time I moved, I thought the bacteria was in the water and I should save it. Over 150 gallons transported in 5-gallon buckets🤣🤣
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This hurts me. Dang so much effort when you needed at most 3 buckets for all decor.
I drive a Yaris too, so it was in trips of 5-6 buckets at a time. Took me longer to move the fish than all my stuff😂.
Omg i literally did the same, but in my case it was done in 1 trip. (60l tank) now I know better xD
😅but its better to start with aquarium water if you have a planted tank
I think some white sand would look pretty neat.
I agree
I think black bare bottom or black sand black :)
I have Oscars, they dig and spit sand into my filter inputs slowly filling my filter with sand :(
I topped my sand with river stones, and that has been great. If ever I get around to reset my tank, I will skip the sand and just use stones.
@@RickCatita true, sand is generally high maintenance, it's usually better to have an input high up. A sump system generally works best. I personally always use gravel, I love how sand looks but I've found from a filtration and maintenance standpoint, medium to large sized gravel is the best.
Fish store: So how big do u want your Malaysian bogwood?
The king of DIY: Yes XD
Joey will just build an even bigger tank to accommodate the bog wood 😂
Tres cool about Tamara n her pupper.....and that kittykat sure has a powerful meow, lol.....this channel is the best!!!!!
you should add sand so it looks brighter in the tank and you can see the Oscars better
Oscars move sand and make it cloudy
Nice tank, but I suggest putting a trim around the glass to cover the silicone seam.
Tamara is a long time dog champ and we hear this only now.???
Absolutely phenomenal, Haha Tamara coming to look after reminds me of me and my wife after I set up a tank.
That's interesting about Tamara and her dogs. Border Collies are so smart and love to do sports. Good for her and the tank looks awesome 👌
Part of that fog after you turn on the filters is really the beneficial bacteria spreading throughout the tank from the out water. Really great advice! Some gets collected again but it starts to columnize.
Great job Joey, I love Oscars, always hungry and always willing to engage with you when you are at the aquarium. I'd really love to see you raise and breed them - I kept Oscars years ago but never managed to grow them out and breed. All the best with this.
I really love oscars. They look awesome. Can’t wait to see them moving around in the tank. It’s awesome
My ultimate goal in fish keeping is an oscar shoal (or a pair of grumpy giant gouramis I can feed grapes to). I'm so happy to see someone living that dream! My ultimate goal is an 8' oscar tank with 2 tigers, 2 albinos, 2 commons and 2 of whatever the newest variation of oscar exists. Oscars and angelfish are the ultimate puppy dog fish. Thanks for the videos, I love the content!
I have to say, your explanations on bacteria and the nitrogen cycle and so on are spot on!
Hmmm, it's the murder wood again. (Yes I'm holding a grudge.)
Great video, loved the cats reaction to the new tank.
Tamara is a good catch (excuse pun). Thats quite an achievement, always nice to hear about your family.
The fish are stunning, sign is looking great its going to be quite a den!
First lesson I learned way back when I first started keeping fish.... you can't be a keeper of fish until you understand and know how to keep the water that they need to survive and thrive in.
That tank is phenomenal!! Congrats on the build & perfect finishing touches!!
That’s so cool about your wife! I hope y’all enjoy the oscars
I agree that is amazing news about her wife. I agree then oscars look so cool too .. I may have to get then again
Nice job on the water level
At this point you might as well keep
Those glowifish. You've had them long enough.
oscar is classic, love them and yeah they are aquatic dogs.. way back in 90s i trained a tiger oscar to jump while holding food.. more than half of its body is outside the water :D
Buddy's tank was one of the best one! it was unique and awesome
Wait, so all those people who refer to me as a bacteria were giving me a compliment!?!? 🤣
I love this tank build. Something about the diamond shape. Super cool
I actually really like it, their color really pops with that dark background. They'll look even better given time.
Absolutely love cichlids but I've ALWAYS found myself coming back to my water puppies. So glad they finally went in! Currently I have three oscars and one of them loves to be hand fed. He won't grab anything from my forceps but will always grab anything in my hand.
Looks great with the wood, Oscar are wonderful fish and once they mature they will appreciate having the wood seperation so they can each claim territories. They like to dig which has caused my filters to slowly fill with sand...my answer has been river stones as substrate.
To answer your challenge Joey, I keep fish in an aquarium; but you are right they do a fine job being happy without me... It's tending the bacteria colony which is my critical role in their environment.
Also don't tell my wife but I have a secret bin of red wiggler composting worms hidden under our basement stairs. The compost is great for the garden, and from time to time my Oscars get some worms as a treat.
Love the setup in the basement!
In the koi hobby there's a saying "we don't keep fish, we keep water"
I love that you’re showing the growth rate of these guys :D no one really knows how quickly these guys grow till you have them
The red veins on the oscar looks amazing, like lava
Looking awesome as always, have been anticipating the final results 👍
Lol! your cat asked to be picked up so he could see too! That was cute overload. The tank Looks incredible! You're driving yourself crazy trying to feed to youtube monster.
Those Oscars look super cool
we used to have an oscar in my hs science classroom. We loved him.
WOW the red color in those fish really pops!
I love the aquarium..the Oscars are cool...a couple of months and they will be huge....Love your Videos man...
That tank looks awesome Joey. And that red color on those Oscars, so freaking cool.
Ranchers can run cattle from the back of a horse all day.
But what no one talks about is they have brilliant pasture maintenance rituals to keep the grass growing.
No pastures no cows.
No bacteria no fish.
Id say you're a cowboy.
Keep up the amazing stuff.
Im so happy about an oscar tank.
the color on them looks amazing!! i think the driftwood looks ok? but itll definitely need to go when they start growing
Tiger oscars are really nice fish . They become puppy dogs with their wonderful personality
Oscars are some of the best fish ever, but so mistreated by people. I love that you have this huge tank for them!
Letssss gooooo joey I’m so happy you made this vid on the ply wood tank! Cant wait to see how the Oscar does!
I think some light color substrate would look cool too.
Nah because fish have more color with a darker substrate. The dark look of the aquarium is perfect in my opinion
Beautiful such a treat to watch all you wonders !
Wow! Its nostalgic of keeping my oscars!
Definitely gotta cover that glue with trim
Really turned out kinda neat, that huge piece of wood is insane 🔥
Hello from Ontario 🇨🇦
So cool 🤟 the Oscars look amazing!
Your videos always keeps me in a positive mood.👍🙂
Hey Joey not sure if you've ever heard of Vantablack. This black tank made me think of that. You said you didn't like your paint to the tank, and I was thinking it would be amazing to do a space themed tank like your arrowana one where you literally only see the fish swimming inside but nothing else. Would take a very good lamp though. If you want an idea of what that would look like, I believe so eon in RUclips has an entire room painted with it and it's insane what you can do with the correct lighting and such.
I'm so glad you went with Oscars in this tank!
Go on Joe !!
Looks great man.
How about some jack Dempsey’s and some queen purple Cichlids
That would turn into a bloodbath
Love your videos I’m into salt water but it’s so nice to see lots of exciting things
You should definitely put a single albino oscar in that tank and a big pleco
I am not an aquarist... I am an bacterist
CHANGE MY MIND
Essentially yes. A bacterist who also throws fish in.
Oscars have so much personality 😊
Oscars are by far my favorite fish, getting some this weekend
Wonderful tank wondering you doing hard work on it. Beautiful oscars. Good luck man. :)
Adding a simple 1/4 round edging around the from of plexus would make a huge difference
I feel like have multiple tanks for plants would be a fun challenge so you can show noobie aquarist the greatest of them
your cats are so cute
Looks awesome. 💘 the look of the tank with your Oscar's very cool.
Love this tank the fish are beautiful
Black diamond blasting sand for substrate would look great
Vines and wood are a nice touch
I think you should put a couple inches of river rock in the bottom. Oscar love to dig around in rocks. Like most cichlids👍
I look forward to you @thekingofdiy doing a colab with @fatherfish 🥰
I'm a water keeper , and that allows me to keep fish that match my water🤗
Your work is a ppreciated brother nice video😃👍
Am I a fish keeper? Am I an Aquarist? No my friend, YOU, like me, are a "backyard biologist"! 😆
Others: What are you do for a living?
Me: Im a bacteria cultivator. :D
Wall art is dope 🔥💪🏾
Keep up the good work Joey. You keep me inspired to step up my tank game :)
Turned out good mate. Will be a fun tank to follow keep us updated.
Any videos of Tamara doing her dog competition. That looked cool.
Ya, she has her own channel. A few of them actually. I here she used to post all that stuff
Discus would look good in there.
Nice job 👍 the smartest fish you will ever own
I think you should put some white sand so the oscar will pop out. Plus.. personally, u should remove the wood and put smaller woods in there
Nice...that looks awsome!
Braddah J the Oscar tank looks 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
They look great in there! Their red really pops. Also, are those Savannah cats?
yes they are savannah cats :)
@@yannickovereem9914 thank you!
Shout out from Winnipeg! Your channel is my favourite.
Please put a 3 inch common plec in there, so we can see it grow to a monster size :)
How about some red cactus Pleco...
look great!!! would look better if you added 1 more fish, a albino oscar
Video within a week. We are fixing up my mess! Title confirmed. Keep em coming Joey.
beautiful can't wait for them to grow
They look like they have lava insides! So cool.
Love it man! Love Oscars
are there any tanks that haven't been changed in 1-2 years?
This is awesome!
great job joey☝☝☝
Been literally waiting for this to come up for 3 weeks haha
We are all of those. We culture and care for many life forms in our aquariums.