Hi! I just broke down my 20 long and re-did it with some fluval stratum. I'm planning on doing a heavily planted tank and add some shrimp later on. I think those African Dwarf Frogs would be neat, but I'm still just in the researching phase with them. My son has been wanting to get angelfish for a while, but they're kind of intimidating for me. As always my fear is getting a really expensive fish and then I end up killing them.
I’m planning to set up my first ever planted tank this spring! Been planning it out for a while and super excited for my little community tank to finally come together.
Casual is fine, and you don't need to wear makeup. It's the content that matters. I enjoyed seeing your aquaria, and your 20H looked a lot cleaner (i.e. algae-free) than in the past. The Fluval Flex 15 is a good tank. I have one of these myself, and the only mods I did were add-ons to better direct the flow, put finer screens on the back, and to block the back from jumpers. I have a betta, cardinal tetras, Endler livebearers, a nystery snail, a nerite snail and some shrimp in mine and I'm pretty happy with it. I also have a 10 gallon and a 29. No special plans for change in 2023. The objective for me is to keep the fish I have alive and happy.
The personal mixed with the hobby of aquariums is great! Congrats on your first 14'er. Hope that the new tank brings you and your girl closer together. My oldest is also into photography and videography and I love how much I have both learned from him and the time together it has given us. Merry Christmas!
I absolutely love your casual, vlog style videos. Top favourite one was when you went through all the food you feed your fish for a week. Best, most practical video ever! Can you do an update? You have different fish and possibly foods now :P. Mostly it's really fun to watch people feed fish and learn about the different foods available. And you chat and reveal interesting tidbits as you go!
I'm making a pirate ship for my new painted turtle I rescued on October 21st. I live in minnesota and found the turtle when I was filling in stump holes. We grind the stumpthen I take a pitch fork and remove the mulch to fill in the hole with black dirt. When I was leveling the dirt with a rake, I thought I found an agate, but it was the baby turtle the size of a quarter. Now, he is the size of an Eisenhower silver dollar. The center of the hull is close to 35 gal right now, but I still need to make the back and front of it. The hull will have a plexiglass window to see inside, and I'm planning on having a ramp for him to come out of the gallows area of the ship to bask and explore the deck of the ship. The deck will be plexiglass to see into the bottom as well.
Loved this format, Irene 😊 Good luck with your daughter's tank. I am excited that you two can enjoy this hobby together. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 🎅☃️🎄🎁
Hi! This February I got my first betta fish. His name is Icicle and he is a half moon double tail male, and since I got him I am obsessed with fishkeeping!
Odo reminds me of a older dog I was taking care of his last year here. He was 15 and could hardly walk but yet after couple weeks of taking care of him he acted like a puppy he was at heart ❤️ he’d walk with a little hop and would do a little hop off a 3 inch porch and land in the grass. Sadly we had to put him down because he could no longer walk.. miss you Roscoe 😓❤️
Hi Irene, I have been watching your videos for a while. I liked seeing all your tanks and finding out a little bit more about you. My plan for next year is to switch my substrate to sand and get some kuhli loaches and a gourami.
My multies are my favorite species of my 25ish tanks. I had clown killies for a couple of years, and none of mine ever died. I just kept them in an unheated tank with lots of stem plants and they bred for me. Good luck with them!
Your first tank looks like it has black neon tetras - to go with the cardinal tetras. I have 10 black neon tetras with 7 female fancy guppies, 6 albino corys, and a beautiful blue female betta in a 55 gallon tank. I'm going to add real plants soon, like my other 20 gallong long tank.
Congratulations on the 14,ooo foot mark! And the new dog. Do you have plans for more 14ers? Your videos are so informative. I'm sharing my fishkeeping journey with my 10th grade students. My hardest part is transporting back and forth. Can you do a video on moving fish or changing tank setups?
So I got a 10 gallon biorb tube recently and there is the ceramic filter media it comes with. I was wondering if I could put like sand or something on top of it so it would be safe for bottom dwellers. Does anyone know if I can do this?
I wouldn’t say the hobby is getting boring but I do believe that it’s really not that interesting other then you keeping fish that’s the main thing of the hobby it’s self and all other things it just doesn’t interest me anymore I’ll keep fish again somday and maybe I’m just burnt out who knows I might love keeping fish again
I haven't had any of your species of killifish but breeding killis is a fun thing to try, I had garderi that bred in some christmas moss but the moss turned out to cause a huge mess and someone did eat most of the eggs/fry before I caught on. Hopefully clown killis aren't known for that and neither are the other inhabitants unless you're pulling and hatching the eggs outside of the tank, though you can raise them in the tank provided there's enough fine cover and you're prepared to accept some losses. Smaller killis do have kinda short lifespans though so I hope you can breed them and get at least a few good generations outta your current stock Other things, I like the video format and don't mind the more casual theme at all so keep doing vids this way if ya like it. Also hope ya enjoy the holidays, i don't celebrate but still hope everyone has a good time. I'll just be working with a new tank setup and watching over my first betta breeding project for the rest of the year into next lol
1) Merry Christmas 2) Thank you for the content 3) For 2023 I have a cycled 40 breeder just waiting for some Multis before mean ole winter is finished. Once they are settled in the high rise apartment rocks in the back have Julis scheduled for move in. Happy New Year to all
Very cool! I really wanna get a 40 gallon breeder someday. So many cool fish could go in it. Hope you have a merry Christmas as well and thanks for watching!
Love your kitchen tank! Your doggie is a sweetest! ❤️ This summer ( in New zealand) I am setting up a pond & mountain minnow tank in my greenhouse I built.. & I plan to set up a south american cichlid tank but wity 28 tanks I should probably downsize and get a life rather than get into new projects haha
So fun to see and hear your updates! I love the casual look 😊 Can you tell me what light you have on your office tank? It looks exactly like the ones I have on my nano tanks, but I see some red lights in there (I think) which I don’t have and am looking for. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Hope you guys are staying warm and safe during this crazy CO storm!!
I love your videos! You’re absolutely a joy to watch and I love how organized your videos are and all of the adorable videos of your fish (in such high quality omg)! You just got a new subscriber! 😊
I living now in Costa Rica. It is hard finding accessories that I used too. And the the tank are import it is about double. Hamster accessories the little town don't have the safe wood saving like pine bad for causes breathing problem too much dust. Long driving because of mountain and volcano road are not straight. Hamster accessories here driving 1.5 hours vs normal driving 43 minutes
I’m still working on getting my new 75g up and running. The hardscape and substrate are in. I need a filter and light before I start planting. Once that’s done I will move livestock around so I can take down my 29g leaving it available as a quarantine tank.
Hey there! You don't need the mop for Clown Kilis. If you see spawning behavior you will likely see fry shortly thereafter. Parents don't eat their fry. Good luck!
Does anyone know anything about salvinia oblongfolia? It just came as a free gift plant when I ordered a floating plant corral...just put it in my tank. Also came with guppy grass I put in as well. Both seemed VERY healthy. I like the way the guppy grass floated around and attached mid way down one of my fake plants....hopefully it fully envelopes the fake 🪴
Could you give me some advice??? I have fifty five gallon planted livebearer tank and the water has a greenish tint to it. I tried doing a water change but it seems to just keep it's greenish color.🤨 Do you have any ideas? MERRY CHRISTMAS by the way
*EMERGENCY!!!* i and my sister own two betta fish, a male dumbo and female koi. They both live in 3.5 gallon filtered tanks. I live in the southeast so even tho didn't yet have a heater our climate i thought was ideal. Recently there was a MASSIVE temprature drop so i decided to move the fish on our bathroom counter in two tuperwares next to a space heater. Today i walked into our bathroom and our floor was *wet.* so i go over and realize MY DUMBO'S TUPERWARE IS KNOCKED OVER. turns out my cat got to the fish and decided to strike and... You know, do what cats do. After an *extremely* frantic search i found my beloved dumbo on the floor completely still. I rushed him to his tank and while he is still mobile, he's extremely slow and lethargic (if i jad to guess, from shock), he has massive tears in his fins, visible wounds on his body though i dont think anything too deep for what it's worth, and i suspect at least one of his eyes were severely injured because he really doesnt seem to be aware of his surroundings. It's been around 15 minutes and i've set up a .5 gallon hospital tank with manually regulated water tempratures, one milliliter of stress coat, and 1/4 a teaspoon of aquarium salt. I am still a complete newbie in fishkeeping and although i have done research i have absolutely *no idea what i'm doing* 😭😭😭. I'm hoping to get some methelyne blue tomorrow, along with an actual tank heater and a bigger, at least 2 gallon hospital tank. PLEASE someone guide me i really don't want to lose my beloved smack!!!!
👍😎 My plan is to get another tank, my 125 that I’ve had since 1981-82? (actually 2nd, first split seem) but it won’t fit anywhere in my new home. Wanted to do a giant Shellie tank, just have to downsize. Like that style of video. Have a great year Irene. ✌️
I don’t know how you limit yourself to 3 tanks lol. Right now I’ve got my 20g high wild type Trinidadian guppy colony tank along with some shrimp, I’ve got my 5.5g betta tank and my 5g emmersed grow out tank, a currently empty 10g I don’t quite know what I want to do with yet but I’m thinking a trio of pea puffers, a 30g fancy goldfish tank with a pair of rescued fantails in it, a 55g long tank that I’m turning into a large community that currently has 5 khuli loaches, 1 neon khuli loach, and 6 rummynose tetras, I have a small 1g “fishbowl” that only houses a couple micro snails and a few plants, I have a 3.5g cylinder that’s meant for shrimp but currently houses more of a mini ecosystem with micro snails, and finally my newest tank which I’m currently in the process of resealing is a 35g highboy (22”Hx30”Lx12”W) which I’m planning to stock with a pair of angelfish along with a few others when I figure out who will go well with them and whatever their colour palette ends up being.
I want to have a tank again. I took a break after my Betta passed. He was around for two years. I would really like to try a heavily planted tank with some good schooling nano fish. I am trying to decide which size tank to get. I may get a 20 gallon long. That's it. I'm doing research at the moment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Gina Hetlage
This year, I've been doing a lot of research on aquariums and I hope to soon have my first community tank to work on over a long period of time :). The only thing I am sure of, I will have Kuhli Loaches.
I have had 2 fancy goldfish tanks for 36yrs. I am considering a community tank but I have a lot to learn. Decades ago I tried it and my heater cooked my fish, Heart broken I haven't used a heater since. I will try again maybe.Probably
My powder blue dwarf gourami Frank has a serious eye injury and hasn't been doing well for over 3 weeks. I treated the tank with erythromycin as a preventative. It looks like he might lose the eye if he survives, but he's been lethargic and staying close to the bottom. Anyway, I want to get more ember tetras for this aquarium (20L), and a group of other small tetras, but for now have to wait for him to heal. He's been very lethargic and stays close to the bottom ☹️
If you do end up wanting some Bristle nose plecos I live in Colorado and would be willing to give you some of mine that Im breeding. Ive got the super reds and the honeycomb/wabenmusters.
One of my tanks is struggling to grow plants and I noticed youi are using CO2 on yours. Can you give a comparison to CO2 vs not using CO2? You migh have already created a video about it, I am still digging through them.
I have 2 tanks. 10 and 20. I moved the Black Flame Endlers to the 20 gallon...mostly females. I left some fish in the 10 gallon and I keep having problems with that fish tank with repeated die offs. To date, no die offs in the 20 gallon and it's massively planted and I use the right type of gravel that is optimal for plant growth. The 10 gallon has the regular gravel so I'm thinking of getting rid of the gravel in that tank and having it bare. I already treated both tanks for the fish wasting syndrome just in case. It's frustrating! I tend to bring the excess stock over to the local fish shop for store credit so I need that 10 gallon tank to be up and running properly.
Hey, Irene, we could trade! I have a bunch of bristlenose plecos of various sizes, and I’ve wanted some shell dweller cichlids ever since I saw your video on them! I live in Centennial, CO, southeast of Denver. I do know the cichlids are more expensive, but we could work that out if you’re interested.
I lost my study supervisor betta to dropsy earlier this month. I overspent my budget trying to save him so I'm currently living on instant noodles and cereals and trying not to spend over 5 bucks a day to rebalance stuff. Oh, I kidnapped 6 guppy fries from my university's goldfish and guppy pond, so they're the current inhabitants of my late betta's home.
Do you have any suggestions on shrimp pellets for bottom feeders? The brand I was using I cannot seem to find, I tried cobalt but they don't breakdown and my fish will not go near them so I end up taking them out. Any suggestions?
I’ve had cherry shrimp for ages now and i haven’t managed to get any babies from them :( i have the feeling the fish stores i go to just keep giving me females cause they’re all just dark even though i specify that i want a mix of males and females
I have a male betta fish and ever since I got him a few months ago he hasn't eaten in front of me. He still poops and swims around but he just won't eat. I feed him 5-8 Aqueon pellets a day and they always end up sinking to the bottom without him even moving to it. His fins are healthy but somedays he barely moves. His behavior hasn't changed much since I got him so I dont know what I should do.
I wish you good luck with your daughter s first fish tank. I have a 5 gallon planted tank. I got some guppies breeding. I want to add some cherry shrimps. Will they get on well together?? Will they eat each other ? I got some platies in the same tank too.
no plans but Im not sure how much longer my poor Sharkbait is gonna last. He has a tumor thats growing around his head and no matter how many times I treat his fins he seems to be losing them faster. So I'll enjoy what I have with him and then maybe get a Galaxy Koi betta.
@girl talks fish what is the plant you have that is similar to a sword in the back of your back to basics 20 gallon tank. I have one like it that I just cant figure out the real name for. thanks for the video!
I was given a Betta fish out of the blue. I always see everywhere stating that Betta needs heater. I was wondering if I live in a tropical country, south east asia do I still need a heater?
*What kind of plans do you have for your fishkeeping hobby next year?*
first hi
Still waiting for my tank to cycle.
I plan to move my betta mahachaiensis into a 20 gallon long with some chili rasboras and a maybe some pygmy cories
Hi! I just broke down my 20 long and re-did it with some fluval stratum. I'm planning on doing a heavily planted tank and add some shrimp later on. I think those African Dwarf Frogs would be neat, but I'm still just in the researching phase with them. My son has been wanting to get angelfish for a while, but they're kind of intimidating for me. As always my fear is getting a really expensive fish and then I end up killing them.
I’m planning to set up my first ever planted tank this spring! Been planning it out for a while and super excited for my little community tank to finally come together.
Casual is fine, and you don't need to wear makeup. It's the content that matters. I enjoyed seeing your aquaria, and your 20H looked a lot cleaner (i.e. algae-free) than in the past. The Fluval Flex 15 is a good tank. I have one of these myself, and the only mods I did were add-ons to better direct the flow, put finer screens on the back, and to block the back from jumpers. I have a betta, cardinal tetras, Endler livebearers, a nystery snail, a nerite snail and some shrimp in mine and I'm pretty happy with it. I also have a 10 gallon and a 29. No special plans for change in 2023. The objective for me is to keep the fish I have alive and happy.
The personal mixed with the hobby of aquariums is great! Congrats on your first 14'er. Hope that the new tank brings you and your girl closer together. My oldest is also into photography and videography and I love how much I have both learned from him and the time together it has given us. Merry Christmas!
Awww, thank you! I already messed up while setting up her tank, so she’s already learning how hard the hobby can be. 😂 Merry Christmas to you too!
I like the casual style. Your tanks are very nice and you manage them very well. Happy New Year.
I absolutely love your casual, vlog style videos. Top favourite one was when you went through all the food you feed your fish for a week. Best, most practical video ever! Can you do an update? You have different fish and possibly foods now :P. Mostly it's really fun to watch people feed fish and learn about the different foods available. And you chat and reveal interesting tidbits as you go!
Awww, I'm so glad to hear this. Will definitely be working on a food video soon.
You have amazing self-control. I could never limit myself to only 3 tanks. 😆
I'm now up to seven of them T_T
I'm making a pirate ship for my new painted turtle I rescued on October 21st. I live in minnesota and found the turtle when I was filling in stump holes. We grind the stumpthen I take a pitch fork and remove the mulch to fill in the hole with black dirt. When I was leveling the dirt with a rake, I thought I found an agate, but it was the baby turtle the size of a quarter. Now, he is the size of an Eisenhower silver dollar. The center of the hull is close to 35 gal right now, but I still need to make the back and front of it. The hull will have a plexiglass window to see inside, and I'm planning on having a ramp for him to come out of the gallows area of the ship to bask and explore the deck of the ship. The deck will be plexiglass to see into the bottom as well.
killifish are underrated it seems like i love them ALL off them
Love your dark green plants.
This year I got back into fishkeeping. I discovered your videos and they have been interesting and helpful. Keep warm and Merry Christmas! 🐟❤
The shell dwellers are so neat.
You look ✨beautiful✨ without make up! Your tanks look amazing!
Loved this format, Irene 😊 Good luck with your daughter's tank. I am excited that you two can enjoy this hobby together.
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 🎅☃️🎄🎁
Yay, glad you liked it! It’s one of the few videos where I didn’t have a script. May you and your family have a wonderful Christmas as well!
Hi! This February I got my first betta fish. His name is Icicle and he is a half moon double tail male, and since I got him I am obsessed with fishkeeping!
two favorite tanks sizes I have at home are my 20 long, and my 40 breeder
Odo reminds me of a older dog I was taking care of his last year here. He was 15 and could hardly walk but yet after couple weeks of taking care of him he acted like a puppy he was at heart ❤️ he’d walk with a little hop and would do a little hop off a 3 inch porch and land in the grass. Sadly we had to put him down because he could no longer walk.. miss you Roscoe 😓❤️
Hi Irene, I have been watching your videos for a while. I liked seeing all your tanks and finding out a little bit more about you. My plan for next year is to switch my substrate to sand and get some kuhli loaches and a gourami.
Breeding hillstream loaches would be cool. I have always loved how they looked.
My multies are my favorite species of my 25ish tanks. I had clown killies for a couple of years, and none of mine ever died. I just kept them in an unheated tank with lots of stem plants and they bred for me. Good luck with them!
Odo is adorable
Your first tank looks like it has black neon tetras - to go with the cardinal tetras. I have 10 black neon tetras with 7 female fancy guppies, 6 albino corys, and a beautiful blue female betta in a 55 gallon tank. I'm going to add real plants soon, like my other 20 gallong long tank.
Congratulations on the 14,ooo foot mark! And the new dog. Do you have plans for more 14ers?
Your videos are so informative.
I'm sharing my fishkeeping journey with my 10th grade students. My hardest part is transporting back and forth. Can you do a video on moving fish or changing tank setups?
Can I keep shrimps with dwarf gouramis???
Love your look and attitude as well as your info.
Hey Irene! I felt so bad that Unicron died. But, I did get a powdered blue dwarf gourami and I decided to name him after yours!
So I got a 10 gallon biorb tube recently and there is the ceramic filter media it comes with. I was wondering if I could put like sand or something on top of it so it would be safe for bottom dwellers. Does anyone know if I can do this?
I wouldn’t say the hobby is getting boring but I do believe that it’s really not that interesting other then you keeping fish that’s the main thing of the hobby it’s self and all other things it just doesn’t interest me anymore I’ll keep fish again somday and maybe I’m just burnt out who knows I might love keeping fish again
I haven't had any of your species of killifish but breeding killis is a fun thing to try, I had garderi that bred in some christmas moss but the moss turned out to cause a huge mess and someone did eat most of the eggs/fry before I caught on. Hopefully clown killis aren't known for that and neither are the other inhabitants unless you're pulling and hatching the eggs outside of the tank, though you can raise them in the tank provided there's enough fine cover and you're prepared to accept some losses. Smaller killis do have kinda short lifespans though so I hope you can breed them and get at least a few good generations outta your current stock
Other things, I like the video format and don't mind the more casual theme at all so keep doing vids this way if ya like it. Also hope ya enjoy the holidays, i don't celebrate but still hope everyone has a good time. I'll just be working with a new tank setup and watching over my first betta breeding project for the rest of the year into next lol
Love ur style of videos :)
New-ish subscriber. I like your videos.
What on earth have you got wrapped around that dog? No wonder he's shy!!
I love your videos! Happy New Year!
For the 20g long tank, I would love to see hillside loaches!
1) Merry Christmas
2) Thank you for the content
3) For 2023 I have a cycled 40 breeder just waiting for some Multis before mean ole winter is finished. Once they are settled in the high rise apartment rocks in the back have Julis scheduled for move in.
Happy New Year to all
Very cool! I really wanna get a 40 gallon breeder someday. So many cool fish could go in it. Hope you have a merry Christmas as well and thanks for watching!
Upgraded my 10g to a 15g tank & redecorate my existing 15g too. And it's the first time stepping into Apisto fish keeping
Stay with shellies, but try gold Occelatus
Nice tanks and video
Hopefully keeping my two betta girls alive! I had way too many losses this year of some very favorite fish.
Love your kitchen tank! Your doggie is a sweetest! ❤️ This summer ( in New zealand) I am setting up a pond & mountain minnow tank in my greenhouse I built.. & I plan to set up a south american cichlid tank but wity 28 tanks I should probably downsize and get a life rather than get into new projects haha
Nice fish 🐟
So fun to see and hear your updates! I love the casual look 😊 Can you tell me what light you have on your office tank? It looks exactly like the ones I have on my nano tanks, but I see some red lights in there (I think) which I don’t have and am looking for. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Hope you guys are staying warm and safe during this crazy CO storm!!
Thank you so much for the well wishes! We're staying nice and warm at home thankfully. I'm using a Finnex Stingray clip-on light for that tank.
@@GirlTalksFish Thank you! I’ll add it to my last minute Christmas list for Santa ❤️🎅
I love your videos! You’re absolutely a joy to watch and I love how organized your videos are and all of the adorable videos of your fish (in such high quality omg)! You just got a new subscriber! 😊
Etsy has some cool stuff for the Fluval Flex. You will want lid props otherwise the lid is a pain in the behind.
I living now in Costa Rica. It is hard finding accessories that I used too. And the the tank are import it is about double. Hamster accessories the little town don't have the safe wood saving like pine bad for causes breathing problem too much dust. Long driving because of mountain and volcano road are not straight. Hamster accessories here driving 1.5 hours vs normal driving 43 minutes
Angle fish PLEASE
I’m still working on getting my new 75g up and running. The hardscape and substrate are in. I need a filter and light before I start planting. Once that’s done I will move livestock around so I can take down my 29g leaving it available as a quarantine tank.
Do you use sponge filter and hang on back filter on your aquarium ,no canister filter ???and the water is so clear
So happy to hear about your project with your daughter. Would love to see the progress. Merry Christmas to you & yours ❤️🇦🇺🎅🏼
Your tanks look so good keep them. Happy Holidays
I am getting ready to move a 29gal planted, 10 gal guppy breeding, and 3 gal shrimp tank across town... prey for me.
Thx for everything you do for the LGBT community !
Hey there! You don't need the mop for Clown Kilis. If you see spawning behavior you will likely see fry shortly thereafter. Parents don't eat their fry. Good luck!
Great video Irene! And great dog! My condolences for your last ol' girl 🤗
I find it so interesting how everyone enjoys the hobby differently.
I'm sorry for your loss of your powder blue dwarf gourami 🥺
Does anyone know anything about salvinia oblongfolia? It just came as a free gift plant when I ordered a floating plant corral...just put it in my tank. Also came with guppy grass I put in as well. Both seemed VERY healthy. I like the way the guppy grass floated around and attached mid way down one of my fake plants....hopefully it fully envelopes the fake 🪴
Why don't you do a bigger tank instead a few smaller tanks?
I unfortunately don’t have a lot of space for tanks in this house. I really want a 40 gallon breeder someday.
Could you give me some advice??? I have fifty five gallon planted livebearer tank and the water has a greenish tint to it. I tried doing a water change but it seems to just keep it's greenish color.🤨 Do you have any ideas? MERRY CHRISTMAS by the way
this was a really fun video. not just seeing the tanks but hearing the other bits of your life like the backpacking and the doggo. : )
*EMERGENCY!!!* i and my sister own two betta fish, a male dumbo and female koi. They both live in 3.5 gallon filtered tanks. I live in the southeast so even tho didn't yet have a heater our climate i thought was ideal. Recently there was a MASSIVE temprature drop so i decided to move the fish on our bathroom counter in two tuperwares next to a space heater. Today i walked into our bathroom and our floor was *wet.* so i go over and realize MY DUMBO'S TUPERWARE IS KNOCKED OVER. turns out my cat got to the fish and decided to strike and... You know, do what cats do. After an *extremely* frantic search i found my beloved dumbo on the floor completely still. I rushed him to his tank and while he is still mobile, he's extremely slow and lethargic (if i jad to guess, from shock), he has massive tears in his fins, visible wounds on his body though i dont think anything too deep for what it's worth, and i suspect at least one of his eyes were severely injured because he really doesnt seem to be aware of his surroundings. It's been around 15 minutes and i've set up a .5 gallon hospital tank with manually regulated water tempratures, one milliliter of stress coat, and 1/4 a teaspoon of aquarium salt. I am still a complete newbie in fishkeeping and although i have done research i have absolutely *no idea what i'm doing* 😭😭😭. I'm hoping to get some methelyne blue tomorrow, along with an actual tank heater and a bigger, at least 2 gallon hospital tank. PLEASE someone guide me i really don't want to lose my beloved smack!!!!
👍😎 My plan is to get another tank, my 125 that I’ve had since 1981-82? (actually 2nd, first split seem) but it won’t fit anywhere in my new home. Wanted to do a giant Shellie tank, just have to downsize. Like that style of video. Have a great year Irene. ✌️
i really liked the style of this video, would love if you did more!
I’m wondering where you got your Bloody Mary shrimp? I’ve been struggling to find high quality ones 😌
40 secs in the vid: Like u however u r!
I don’t know how you limit yourself to 3 tanks lol.
Right now I’ve got my 20g high wild type Trinidadian guppy colony tank along with some shrimp, I’ve got my 5.5g betta tank and my 5g emmersed grow out tank, a currently empty 10g I don’t quite know what I want to do with yet but I’m thinking a trio of pea puffers, a 30g fancy goldfish tank with a pair of rescued fantails in it, a 55g long tank that I’m turning into a large community that currently has 5 khuli loaches, 1 neon khuli loach, and 6 rummynose tetras, I have a small 1g “fishbowl” that only houses a couple micro snails and a few plants, I have a 3.5g cylinder that’s meant for shrimp but currently houses more of a mini ecosystem with micro snails, and finally my newest tank which I’m currently in the process of resealing is a 35g highboy (22”Hx30”Lx12”W) which I’m planning to stock with a pair of angelfish along with a few others when I figure out who will go well with them and whatever their colour palette ends up being.
Love these personable videos. No make, casual, cell phone, none of those matter. You have a great personality and great content!
I want to have a tank again. I took a break after my Betta passed. He was around for two years. I would really like to try a heavily planted tank with some good schooling nano fish. I am trying to decide which size tank to get. I may get a 20 gallon long. That's it. I'm doing research at the moment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Gina Hetlage
This year, I've been doing a lot of research on aquariums and I hope to soon have my first community tank to work on over a long period of time :). The only thing I am sure of, I will have Kuhli Loaches.
Im redoing my 20 long and making a hillstream aquarium - hoping to breed some hillstream loaches!
Pretty without makeup and beautiful with. You are doing well. Enjoy all of your fish keeping videos. Can I have a one gallon planted shrimp tank?
I have had 2 fancy goldfish tanks for 36yrs. I am considering a community tank but I have a lot to learn. Decades ago I tried it and my heater cooked my fish, Heart broken I haven't used a heater since. I will try again maybe.Probably
Do you know about MD Fish Tanks? He makes really beautiful low-tech aquariums. It might be a great source of inspiration for you next tank!
My powder blue dwarf gourami Frank has a serious eye injury and hasn't been doing well for over 3 weeks. I treated the tank with erythromycin as a preventative. It looks like he might lose the eye if he survives, but he's been lethargic and staying close to the bottom. Anyway, I want to get more ember tetras for this aquarium (20L), and a group of other small tetras, but for now have to wait for him to heal. He's been very lethargic and stays close to the bottom ☹️
If you do end up wanting some Bristle nose plecos I live in Colorado and would be willing to give you some of mine that Im breeding. Ive got the super reds and the honeycomb/wabenmusters.
One of my tanks is struggling to grow plants and I noticed youi are using CO2 on yours. Can you give a comparison to CO2 vs not using CO2? You migh have already created a video about it, I am still digging through them.
That’s funny a have a 20 long on my kitchen counter as well filled with many generations of cherry 🍒 🦐 shrimp
Wow I was expecting like 30 aquariums. Ur life must be very manageable :0 fish wise at least, idk what you do lol
I have 2 tanks. 10 and 20. I moved the Black Flame Endlers to the 20 gallon...mostly females. I left some fish in the 10 gallon and I keep having problems with that fish tank with repeated die offs. To date, no die offs in the 20 gallon and it's massively planted and I use the right type of gravel that is optimal for plant growth. The 10 gallon has the regular gravel so I'm thinking of getting rid of the gravel in that tank and having it bare. I already treated both tanks for the fish wasting syndrome just in case. It's frustrating! I tend to bring the excess stock over to the local fish shop for store credit so I need that 10 gallon tank to be up and running properly.
Hey, Irene, we could trade! I have a bunch of bristlenose plecos of various sizes, and I’ve wanted some shell dweller cichlids ever since I saw your video on them! I live in Centennial, CO, southeast of Denver. I do know the cichlids are more expensive, but we could work that out if you’re interested.
I love this type of video! Merry Christmas!🎄⛄🎄🥳
I lost my study supervisor betta to dropsy earlier this month. I overspent my budget trying to save him so I'm currently living on instant noodles and cereals and trying not to spend over 5 bucks a day to rebalance stuff. Oh, I kidnapped 6 guppy fries from my university's goldfish and guppy pond, so they're the current inhabitants of my late betta's home.
Odo is an amazing looking dog. Merry Christmas Irene
Yes, he's such a funny looking sausage dog with his giant Yoda ears. Merry Christmas to you too!
I currently have 5 tanks
one 75 g two 10 g one 20 g and on 5 g on my kitchen counter
Do you have any suggestions on shrimp pellets for bottom feeders? The brand I was using I cannot seem to find, I tried cobalt but they don't breakdown and my fish will not go near them so I end up taking them out. Any suggestions?
I’ve had cherry shrimp for ages now and i haven’t managed to get any babies from them :( i have the feeling the fish stores i go to just keep giving me females cause they’re all just dark even though i specify that i want a mix of males and females
I have a male betta fish and ever since I got him a few months ago he hasn't eaten in front of me. He still poops and swims around but he just won't eat. I feed him 5-8 Aqueon pellets a day and they always end up sinking to the bottom without him even moving to it. His fins are healthy but somedays he barely moves. His behavior hasn't changed much since I got him so I dont know what I should do.
I wish you good luck with your daughter s first fish tank. I have a 5 gallon planted tank. I got some guppies breeding. I want to add some cherry shrimps. Will they get on well together?? Will they eat each other ? I got some platies in the same tank too.
Keep the multis... Breed the plecos or hillstreams in the 20 tall
I like this kind of video. Happy new year and Christmas
Seems like I remember you having a Betta. Do you still have one?
What are your pygmy corys eating? I've had pygmies for like 2 years now and I swear I've never seen them eat once.
My plan for 2023 is to become more of a fishkeeper and less of an algae farmer. Wish me luck.
no plans but Im not sure how much longer my poor Sharkbait is gonna last. He has a tumor thats growing around his head and no matter how many times I treat his fins he seems to be losing them faster. So I'll enjoy what I have with him and then maybe get a Galaxy Koi betta.
If you can get the psuedomigil signifier great little Aussie fish
@girl talks fish what is the plant you have that is similar to a sword in the back of your back to basics 20 gallon tank. I have one like it that I just cant figure out the real name for. thanks for the video!
Girl you need more tanks. Don’t fight it
I was given a Betta fish out of the blue. I always see everywhere stating that Betta needs heater. I was wondering if I live in a tropical country, south east asia do I still need a heater?
Odo named after Star Trek Deep Space Nine? :P Cute!
You can actually get doggo dna tests, they’re really cool for mutts
Merry Christmas
Thanks for sharing
Life outside of yt and fish. Very cool
Sorry to hear about your dog. But your new dog is too cute