Epic! All Access Fish Farm Tour Of Imperial Tropicals! The Largest USA Family Fish Farm Yet. How?
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- Опубликовано: 23 дек 2022
- A very special thank you, to Mike and Mike at Imperial Tropicals. This is the largest and most natural looking fish breeding and spawning operation I have ever seen. With over 3 generations of experience, Imperial is unlike any fish farm or ornamental fish breeding facility I have ever seen! Be sure to check them out at www.ImperialTropicals.com as well as on social media and RUclips!
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Thanks for the video. I really like how it turned out. It was great meeting you.
Thank YOU so very much. I was about to send you a copy but i didnt realize the link went live until 4 hours after i started uploading it. It was a big data file hehe. Keep in touch and Merry Christmas. Thanks again, Mike
Merry Christmas! Thank you for all the great information on your channel
you guys processed my order yesterday mike, when I get home from work there’ll be a box here. I’m very excited Mike have have a good day. Cheers.
It was a pleasure watching this video. You are truly living your dream . What a world of wonder you have created for yourself. Live long and prosper Sir.
Hopefully my order comes 🙏 Tuesday or Wednesday I'm so excited
Kind of an unrelated comment but it's reallly cool to have an educated person who can be "mostly" unbiased and open minded about ways to keep an aquarium. Stoked to be a part of your page movin forward man
🙏 welcome. Thank you. Im biased im sure... but i try and be aware of it lol. Tell me if im being unfair ever though. I rely on everyone's feedback. Happy new years!
Those Apistos are INSANE😮💨😮💨
Thank you @Alexander for taking the time and sharing this Fish farm tour... Love it.. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
You got it
Imperial Tropicals is an incredible company to deal with. I’ve bought ALOT of rainbows from them and they’ve all come to me in fantastic shape - all healthy well cared for fish. They even individually bag them
Awesome to hear! THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US ALL :)
I may order from them.
I love my LFS, but I do not like their distributer.
I want my fish to be humanly treated from the start.
Still watching the video as I type this but just wanted to say how much I appreciate this content! So interesting and informative, as well as great to see all the fish and the amazing setup at Imperial tropicals. Thanks so much for spending your time and money to make these videos.
You are very welcome 🙏 It's due to folks watching and commenting that i can do these videos, so thank YOU
Thank you, Alex and Imperial Tropicals for this tour!! I'm so impressed with this "fish farm"! Honestly, it is so much more than that! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!🥰🎄🎅
Thank you so much. MERRY CHRISTMAS REGINA!
Great video Alex. Imperial Tropicals place was impressive to say the lease. Thanks for doing this Alex.
Thanks for tuning in! Merry Christmas too
@@Fishtory Absolutely man Merry Christmas to you as well
Hi Mike and Mike from Imperial Tropical Farm Fishkeepers you guys are the best. This is where I get all my fish the best there is
Woot
ALEX is an excellent interviewer
Thanks...im working on asking more obvious questions for folks not there, where things arent apparent in context, but i need tp stop having conversations and shut up lol
I am a retired Veteran of 21 years. I currently live in Hanover, PA. Near Gettysburg. I found the world of the fish hobby back in 1996, after coming home from a deployment and getting a divorce. It has helped me a lot, and I will never not have at least 1 tank In my home. My girlfriend and I are looking to move to Florida in a few years when we retire, and I definitely want to go check out Imperial Tropicals. I can't wait!
Was able to go here with the local fish club and these people are really nice and helpful. Just like it shows on the video. At the time they had the golden gar in one of the front display tanks and it was beautiful.
They're still doing that breeding project but sadly the original had met misfortune...but its babies are there. F1
@@Fishtory sad to hear the original is gone.
Those Chulumba crack me up, they look like a cichlid + Creek Chub
Some of the best fish I ever ordered came from Imperial Tropicals. Mike is a awesome guy to. And shout out to Drayden to.
Right on. Mike was an awesome host. I was truly honored to be there. Merry Christmas P.
Merry Christmas to you and Laura to.
This was a fantastic video!! In part, the company Imperial Tropicals speaks for itself as you watch the tour and listen to the knowledgable, passionate folks there, but you did an amazing job of interviewing, photography, and asking the BEST questions ever!! I have only ordered from them once but never knew what an incredible operation they have. Thank you so much for all the work you put into this production. It just blew me away!! Well done:)
Whoa. Thank you. Im humbled by your kind words. 🙏 happy new years!
I just watching this video.
I have always been loving creating life.
It helps my ADHD to cool down when I watch my tanks.
Unluckily time passed sometimes too fast when I watch everything going in my tanks.
And damn.... sometimes expensive as well 😂
Oh i hear that lol
Thank you for bringing us along with you on this tour. Your enthusiasm for the hobby encourages me not to throw in the towel. Love hearing you on the AG podcast also. Be well!
You are so welcome! Have a great week
Thanks for visiting us Alex! I haven’t had time to watch it all yet, but judging by the comments you did a great job with the video!
Thank YOU, so much Mike! I had a great time and I cant state how grateful I was to speak with you about so many topics and i wanted to share your work with the folks who may not know about it, yet. Keep up the amazing work. And keep in touch. Happy New Years! @Mike Drawdy
I’ve never been one to buy fish online, it was just too expensive for shipping and the risk of them dying on the way home was enough to steer me clear of it. But, when I saw some picta rainbows and wanamensis rainbows on their site, I knew I had to try it. And I couldn’t have been any more satisfied. The fish came in stressed, but completely healthy. No ich, no weird wounds, just 2 bags of beautiful fish. And once they entered my 75 gallon, they started eating about 15 minutes in to being in a completely new environment. The picta rainbows have even started laying eggs that I hope to give to my LFS! I cannot recommend this place enough. An amazing selection of healthy, beautiful fish. It was all 100% worth it!
What an amazing place! I’m so happy to see such an amazing tour of this magical place!
Glad you enjoyed it! And Happy New Years!
@@Fishtory happy New Years to you and yours my friend!
That frontosa display tank is so nice. It looks so clean
Yeah very impressive
fantastic film thank you from Yorkshire Alexander!!
Glad you enjoyed it. cheers mate. Thanks for tuning in
yoooooooooooooooooo i love that story of how that delivery guy got into the hobby. i love stories like that becouse it was my friend thatgor me into the hobby with 2 swordtails and now i breed all types of fish. i love this hobby
Right?
I am so glad you visited them! I live in Potomac, MD, and the water here is terrible (very high GH with very low KH) and I had the worst experience with shrimp and crayfish. However, everything changed since I started to work with this company. Their fish and invertebrates seem to simply be healthier and hardier. They are excellent when packing and shipping fish and they are also very serious about timing. Again, thanks for featuring them!
Thanks for sharing
Dude. You’re seriously so cool. I live close to that shop, I didn’t even know it was there. I’ll definitely be going to check it out on my next day off.
Why thank you. Call and ask mike for a tour perhaps?
I bought fish from imperial about 8 months ago the quality of the fish were and still are amazing I don't see myself shopping anywhere else when I need peacock chiclids customer service is on point to overall great company wish I had seen this video before I got the fish but I'm glad I went with them
Thanks for sharing. That's great to know
Absolutely amazing farm thank you so much to Imperial Fish Farm for allowing this video to happen best tour I’ve seen and really nice chap showing you round ,well done 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it! They were great. I wish all fish farms and importers were like this
Excellent!!! I always have said they would all be great speakers at events.....
So impressed that you managed to touch on the importance of aquariums for psychological resilience, and they way the hobby introduces our attention to environmental issues less than 8 minutes in!
I'm a diagnosed suffering anxiaiting person since I have been a fish keeper and being properly medicated life is just buitiful
Chronic illness…check! Disabilities check! Buying show fish from Asia…check! 😅 I actually started my breeding program one week ago, thank you for such great info I hope to succeed in breeding my Ranchus, Oranda Pandas, short tail ryukin & crown pearlscales! I’ve also got 4 varieties of shrimp! I have kept fish in the past but this will be my first go at breeding I’m super excited 😊 thanks again
Best of luck! Green water is my tip for the goldies!
I love that you discuss sociopolitical issues, stewardship of nature and how natural habitats are entangled within human interference and activities as well as within their individual and complex ecologies. Your channel is my favourite as you not only showcase species but also include really interesting discussions and facts 😊
Thank you so much. Your post means a great deal to me. Im humbled and honored. Welcome anytime!
Y y’a y’a y’a un y’a y’a
Understatement
That is amazing great to see a fish farm caring for the livestock and for giving you a back stage pass for behind the scenes to show all of us. ❤❤❤
Thanks for the behinds the scenes look. I've ordered from Imperial Tropical before. Very healthy fish, fast delivery, well packed, and reasonably priced. Now I see why the fish were so healthy. I love your tours. Imperial Tropical is an incredible fish farm.
👍💖👍
Sure thanks for sharing your experience with us too!
Thank you so much for making this fantastic video ❤️
You are so welcome!
I've had good luck w/ their fish -- they have a great selection for sure, and now I know why -- AMAZING spread and operation + doing things right. LOVE IT!!!
Great to hear. Thanks for sharing my friend!
This was fascinating to watch! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you guys so much for sharing. i would have taken days to walk around that place. so many stunning fish.
Of course! Thanks for joining us.
Boosting for the algorithm 🙌 Love your work, keep it up! 🌻🐝
Just got some regular blue acaras from IT. I was super impressed with the quality of them! After seeing this, I'm even happier knowing that I acquired them from a place like this! Thanks for the video, and thanks to Imperial Tropicals. Both of you guys, keep up the great work!!
Right on! Happy New Years!
Awesome fish farm tour!
Hey Mike just got some geophagus winemilleri from you about three weeks ago they're doing fantastic they arrived in great shape they're absolutely beautiful can't wait till they get full grown thanks for filling the order so quickly and neatly
Great to hear!
This is so cool to see, thanks for sharing this!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What amazing tropical fish farm
100%! I Found their place incredible.
This place is huge, you are a very lucky man .
100 percent. I bugged them for 6 years lol
I love this! If you're still there can you do a short segment about how the tanks in the warehouse are set up? Like the plumbing and the air system and all? I'd love to see the mechanics of those tanks from the beginning. They had marten sponge and were on wooden racks. I couldn't really make heads or tails of what was an air line and what was a water line.
I wish...i have similar footage from the next video i have in the works too. Sadly i could only afford 10 days there
@@Fishtory I watched it as soon as you uploaded so I was hoping you had uploaded it from the hotel! Lol I was wondering if they had an auto water change system. I seen lots of matten filters
Many thank's for sharing 👍
Greets from Germany
Danke
Great video ! Defiantly ordering from this place
Poona Creek Rhads. I live about an hours drive away from Poona Creek. Was there a couple of weeks ago and brought home 8 juvenile Rhads.
Oh you lucky dog!
I know right. This coming week, I have another field trip. Past Poona onto the Cooloola area to visit Teewah and Carland Creeks, also known hotspots for Rhads.
Wow, what a great ran operation...
You’re a treasure in this realm!
Lots of very good questions.
Glad you think so!
Blessings for the New Year!
Awesome fish Mike, thanks for the tour Alexander 🐠
AmAzing fish farm tour, thank you. I Learned a lot, thank you so much, have the healthiest happiest New Year!
This was a great tour. Love all of your content ! Keep up the great work.
Merry Christmas Alex! Wow you certainly hit all of the great spots on your trip to Florida. As a resident i hope to one day visit Mikes (Imperial Tropicals) awesome facility. Thanks for taking us on this tour :)
Lucky you! MERRY CHRISTMAS AS WELL!
It's funny how fish can fix what pharmacuticals couldn't.
I was depressed for a year. I stayed in bed for a year. My husband took it upon himself to buy me a tank, cycle it, buy 2 of my favorite cichlids, and then aqua scape it so horrendously I had no choice but to intervene. He knew my love for the hobby. That one tank was enough to get me out of bed every day.
He might be regretting it now. We have 4 personal tanks and several for fry.
Ironic indeed! Me too
@@Fishtory I hope you're both doing better.
I can totally relate. Something I fight too
What a fabulous, fascinating and informative tour - great viewing!
Thanks for.joining us!
Really good video. Enjoyed this tour. Thanks!
Thank you so much! Im trying to bring new and exciting places and info to the channel. MERRY CHRISTMAS
@Alexander I just bought some false bandit corys from them. I was really impressed with the condition they arrived in. It's so fun to see where they came from!
Love these kind of videos... fish room/breeding facility tours
Thanks for the feedback! MERRY CHRISTMAS
It looks like you had a great trip to Florida! Thanks for sharing!
Most definitely. Glad i got to bring a slice of it to everyone on the channel. Merry christmas my friend. Hugs
Just wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas Alex and may 2023 be your best year yet I every way! ❤🇨🇦
Aww thank you so much! Right back at you
This was a GREAT video!! Thank you!
Thank you. I enjoyed making it, of course. So im very happy you enjoyed tuning in. Happy New Years!
Super cool fish farm 😎🤘👍✌️💯
Thanks 👍
Happy Holidays Much Respect
I watched lots of your videos, this is the one that got me hitting that subscribe button. Fantastic to see a big professional outfit caring for the fish so well, loving the hobby and thank you for taking the time to produce this content.
This place is unbelievable! Thanks for sharing. Looking to get another aquarium soon.
It really is! Best of luck with the new tank!
Amazing place !!! I respect the fish farm so much. Great video and knowledge!!
Thanks for watching and im glad you got the same impression as i did heh
What an awesome video! Informative and great footage, too!
Thanks brotha
been following Imperial Tropicals for years, such an amazing setup. Is mike single? he is mad cute hehe
Hes a freaking fish stud for sure hahaa! Im not 100% sure, but i think hes married
@@Fishtory what a shame 🥲
I loved this place!!!
Me tooooo
Wow I definitely will be waiting for an orange Florida Gar!!! For my koi pond in Florida Thank's for sharing Alex!!
Thanks for tuning in. Merry Christmas
Love your videos can’t wait till to redo my basement
Thank you. Welcome to the channel also!
2 of my favorites
Love Imperial Tropicals. ❤
It's pretty freaking epic
Thank you , ❤️ living vicariously through your heard work
Thanks
...glad to hear it
....i do it with many channels lol
@@Fishtory you and me both thing are getting blured not knowing if I'm being a stocker or or lurker not sure if I know the difference lol 😆
Is it possible to do a video on to keep so many tanks... standing. I'm in awe of the ranks that can hold so much weight without fear of crashing. I want to start breeding shrimp but honestly have no idea how to set up tanks except one per stand.
Excellent video sir thank you 🙂
Thank YOU
Loved it! Thanks mate! Oh & Happy Christmas or Holidays or whatever they are to everyone, Have a great one!
Haha Merry Christmas mate! 🎅 🐨
Awesome thanks you / I live in Florida as well / looking forward to support good people in the hobby
That's awesome
Good video. I wish there would of been more video of all the tanks. I really was hoping to see all the fish. That place is so cool.
Yeah there are a lot of duplicates actually...so 3 tanks of the same fish breeding. But also it was like 600 tanks or something, and i didnt bother with the fish you see at petco or petsmart for the sake of time.
Ya I understand it would of took hours to go over every tank. I have been watching them for awhile hoping they would do a tour. But it's pretty impossible. Thanks for showing us the video.
Great video! Nice job. I've bought fish from them before and they were great to do business with 👍👍
Thanks. Im glad you enjoyed it too! Happy New Years!
This might be your best video ever Alex; I loved it! I would be interested in knowing why they use aeration driven sponge filters in so many of their tanks and then Matten sponge filters in others which seemed to all be larger fish. I generally think of the Matten filters with fry, shrimp, etc. which I know Dean uses a lot, but these folks have them in tanks with much larger fish. Did this come up during your tour, or do you have your own thoughts on it? This place has what seems to be like 5 million glass tanks and they all look better than my small number. Is it because you did not include footage of the 500 people they must have working there keeping it this pristine LOL. Again, great video Alex. To answer your question, yes, more like this please!!
I think it was simply that they wanted all matten but its pricey... also they want better aeration and the ability to cool the outdoor ponds because those hothouses are 95-120f ...so it helps keep the water at 80 or 85 in summer...if you can get the sponge filters really bubbling
WOW, that was impressive 😊
Yes it was!
This video was enjoyable! i started it a while ago, and finished it today. What a cool place to visit, Alex. Love it! Such cool fish!
The favorite fish I've ever kept so far were the Praecox rainbows. Beautiful fish in their prime, but decided to sell them to pursue my nano fish tank. They got a great home, thankfully because those guys are too frantic for Nano fish and they'd have eaten them LOL
You must have had a fantastic time visiting Imperial Tropicals! How fun!
Glad you enjoyed it! I had a blast touring the place and chatting with the breeders and owner off camera
My go to place
40:19 camera shy 😂😂
looks like a very nice facility..professionally run. This would be a great place to work and learn the business.
I think so too! Best looking farm or ship stations ive ever seen actually!
Nice info
You got it brother 💪
Happy New Year 2023 💥🔥🎆🧨🕛🥳🎉🎊🍻
Happy 2023 to you too!
They're smart with marketing... putting their stickers behind the tanks.
Thanks Lisa. You’ve given me another idea about how to drive my wife to insanity! Ha, ha.
Awesome video! I watched the entire thing! I edit videos s d I know the amount of work it takes to put together long videos. Thanks for the great entertainment!
I appreciate that! If you edit videos you know how bad iam at editing lol. My appologies...its all been done on a phone since my laptop died
My chocolate cichlid from them is just doing amazing!
I wonder how they keep the bottom sand clean from fish poop.
Constant flow strong filters . Something like 2x a day the water is renewed in some of the qt tanks
My dream is to have a piece of land where I can make a greenhouse for plants and fish, have a little safe indoor ecosystem. (Ofcourse I'd be trying to grow certain plants in there too, grow my own and spend less on what I consume. Bet you thought I was talking about a certain plant that burns, well that too but I'm talking about " I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes (Look)
Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes (You name it!)
Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes (Look)
Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes".) 😆
My dream too hah
@@Fishtory
Merry Christmas! 🎄 🎅 🤶 Thanks for your knowledgeable and enjoyable videos!
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Love you black rams
Thank You