I was lucky enough to get a tour of this fish room with Greg yesterday! Amazing! I love when people have a true passion about fish. The quality of these fish are amazing. Overall, I’m still nerding out.
For some reason, I keep coming back to this fish room tour. Im not sure whether is the outstanding chemistry between the two, the beautiful fish on display, or Greg's little nuggets of information he injects constantly, but there's something so exciting and enriching about this tour. :)
You know what I like about this guy? He keeps it real! I love the fact that he doesn't care about having water spots on his tanks. You know real life! I love the fact that he REALLY CARES about breeding and keeping/sharing these fish with us so they won't be lost. I love the fact that not only is he a breeder he is an educator! He has so much information on his website and will email you for any question you may have. I'm truly inspired by both of you! I'm new at breeding but I feel so much better with people like this in front of me showing it how it's done! A humble thanks to you both!
Absolutely fascinating! It's wonderful that he keeps certain species true instead of just trying to sell, sell, sell! He cares about preserving the species! That's very honorable!!
Steenfott Aquatics you can really tell he loves what he does with all the care and effort he puts into the fish. When fish look as good as these do on camera you know they are absolutely beautiful in person! Now the real question is Which of all these amazing fish will I put in my new 55, there are too many great options!
Greg is truly a great human. He is so nice and always willing to talk about his passion. He is a wealth of knowledge and he doesn't shy away from passing it along.
I don't know about in the US - but I was keeping/breeding and showing those Sailfin Mollies in the Mid 1970s - my 'Best in Show' boy got to 8 inches over two years.
This quickly became one of my favorite videos! Love the rare live-bearers. Having kept mollies and guppies for a year now, I have an affinity for live-bearers.
Greg Sage is an epic legend! He definitely knows his stuff when it comes to Goodieds. I wish that only one day I could be this good at breeding any fish.
I first saw this fish room in a video by Dustin's Fish tanks, but yours blows his out of the water! Such beautiful fish, especially the xenotoxa doadrioi. 😍
Greg Sage is a wonderful person, caring about the fish he keeps and shares great information to keep these fish in tip top shape and help others. Nice to have him nearby, beautiful fish. I have a pair of his Odessa Barbs and they are big, strong looking active fish! The Dragons are amazing.
Hey Cory! I wanted to let everyone know that I had a chance to go to Select aquatics today in person. My wife and I are avid newcomers to the hobby and Greg was great about showing us around and letting us tour his fish room. At the end of the day we picked up a little monster of a dwarf petricola and a hopeful mate for her. I highly suggest if you live in CO to send Greg an email, he is quick to reply and I am sure he would love to send some fish home with you. Thanks again for featuring them, his wife is lovely and they have a cute dog too.
Greg is an absolutely awesome guy, and has crazy assortment of rare fish in what looks like a super packed fish room. He helped me get some of those old school box filters, and they do a great job of keeping my tank clean. Thanks Cory for the tour.
I am just getting into tropical fish. I have lots of time so can do any number of water changes. I like the fact that people like you are providing the fish. Thank you
I admire the heck out of this guy. Just Wow. I am home sick today from a job I'm trying to eventually trade for a life passion one day.🤞🏻 I've been watching various videos based on my interests all day, Im SO glad I landed here. I just wanna sit and listen to him talk more and learn. He has SO much to teach and you can tell he is in it for the various species he cares for and not just an extra buck. 💚
Aquarium Co-Op Thanks, Will do! I just saw your fish room tour and you're pretty awesome yourself! I can definitely identify with the livebearer direction. I adore them. Your gups are AMAZING.
Fascinating video. I used to breed live bearers as a hobby and used filter boxes like those in the video. Rather than common I discovered that aquarium gravel made a good filtering medium that could be washed out and used over and over and being a poverty stricken hobbyist this was good. Part of why I got into live bearers is because they kept having babies which replaced the fish that died off for free. So you only bought them once. I used to have a lot of water plants. I often put them in little flower pots and planted them in aquarium gravel. That way I could move them. Some may winder why the fish are not more colorful. The answer is most of that color comes from cross breeding different but related species of fish most commonly platys and swordtails while breeder here is not crossing fish.
I'm definitely getting on of those green dragons. I love bristle noses and those guys just look like hypercool versions of them. From what I can tell, they like the same conditions too.
In a word Greg Sage is amazing! Really cool to see two of my aquarist idols together talking shop about crazy cool livebearers! Keep the vids coming Cory!
Love those Yucatans!!!!!!! I was going to setup my 150 with 3-4 Demasoni breeding groups. I had a few Yucatans 45 years ago. I think the 150 will become a Yucatan tank now. Sounds like it's still an underrated fish. Thank you Cory, great trip.
Those giant Sailfin Mollies, remind me of small Arctic Grayling. I enjoy watching people with passion towards their hobby, though this is beyond a hobby I suspect. Thank you for sharing this!
18:53 One of my favorite fish. I started with 5 Odessa barbs, and the dominant male was very aggressive to the females and other fish. I added 3 more, 2 females and 1 male, for 4/4 and they were very chill. THey behave better when in larger schools. Very active fish always foraging and exploring. Some people say they aren't very hardy but i've had mine for 6 years now, lost 2 (i have a planted tank and do very minimal water changes). They were also rarely in stock at the LFS. The camera/light doesn't do a good job of showing their blue. They have a very bright neon blue flash on, i guess when the flash light hits them you can see it but they look way better on a well lit tank.
The river were the "Puente Pino Suarez" lived is now completely dry. The fish is lost in the wild here in Mexico. I hope you keep breeding them. It would be more of a shame to lose the ones that are left. I should say. Thank you for saving those little ones!
I've been waiting to see his fish - his website got me excited about swordtails again and taught me a lot! Just so MANY GREAT FISH!! Thanks Greg! Thanks Cory!
I really enjoyed this Cory. I've watched it when it first came out but came back this morning from the Selectaquatics site. I'm going to order from him when my new tank is cycled. Thanx for sharing.
I was just at his house to pick up some fish. He has amazing fish. Super rare breeds. If you can order some fish or you live in Denver like I do I highly recommend you check out his website and get some fish that you won’t find in your local fish store.
I must have those plump Yucatan Mollies; they have been #1 on my fish wish list for over a year now. I'm moving some stock out and around to accommodate those beauties. God, I can't wait; this year for sure!
Aquarium Co-Op For sure! Setting up another tank this week was originally for more swordtails but now seeing just how many different livebearers there are starting to change my mind lol
I had sailfin mollies in the early 90s I caught them in a lake in texas. I had them for years they were a lot of fun to have. I am going to get some soon for a pond I have. The males have iridescent blue on their tails that can be seen from the water surface.
Outstanding video. Everything so simple and old school in that firshroom. Some of the most beautiful looking fish I've never seen. Thanks for sharing and posting.
With the rio otapa and what Greg mentioned about the small early maturing males is similar to what are called sneaker males in the Blue gill or sunfish species, the sneaker males stay very small because they put all their energy into developing the gonads early, they do not generally display male characteristics like aggression and bed guarding, but can spawn with females and often go unnoticed by the other males while doing it. My guppies seem to do this as well, a small number of the male fry will develop incredibly fast and stay very small their entire lives. Fish are quite amazing and nature will usually find a way.
Not sure if you check old comments but im gonna go for it: when talking about the shrimp and how they are throughout the room why does he mention he doesn't have Corydoras or catfish as if the two couldn't co-exist please let me know as I'm starting a black corydora breeding project and was thinking of getting shrimp as tankmates to breed together. What do you think? Love these older fish room tours I have been learning so much info on breeding Cory's especially alloddballs room! Keep it up!
I love this guy! His tanks arent beautiful (neither are mine) But his fish are so happy and breeding heavily, like mine always do as well! Those dragon fin plecos are amazing!
Great visit Cory - What a guy Greg is! Proper fish man! Those swords were unbelievable and definitely you should get some of those Alvaresi Gold - stunning! Man I wish I lived in the USA!
Maybe you could market a daphnia farm kit to people so they can take the initial stock you sell them and then start raising their own food stock for their fish?
bigmntn I believe he said somewhere that he feeds them to another fish. Honestly the thing that makes most sense is using them as live food. Though, he could just be flushing. I don't like to think that though
Cos I am broke and can't seem to keep fish alive I could prefect keeping them alive and whin I get it right i could buy a angle fish or something pretty cool once I know I can keep them alive . I think our water here is bad or something and i keep getting ick even in New tanks
I definitely appreciate the in depth email responses! I bought six (eight arrived) Xenotoca doadrioi San Marcos and they are doing so well! The largest female looks like she is pregnant, though not ready to drop yet and the males are gorgeous! When I can afford another tank, I may just have to go with Ilyodon furcidens...or maybe the Tiger Limia... At least I have a while to decide!
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I was lucky enough to get a tour of this fish room with Greg yesterday! Amazing! I love when people have a true passion about fish. The quality of these fish are amazing. Overall, I’m still nerding out.
I can watch this Video Over & Over! Love Livebears 🐟 🐟 🐟 ✍
He's a very generous man with his knowledge and time! Thanks Greg!
Thanks, Cory. These visits to dedicated breeders are refreshing. Keep up your dedication to the hobby.
There are still lots of people in their basements making the next big thing! I love to see what people are working on.
For some reason, I keep coming back to this fish room tour.
Im not sure whether is the outstanding chemistry between the two, the beautiful fish on display, or Greg's little nuggets of information he injects constantly, but there's something so exciting and enriching about this tour. :)
Probably the same reason I went back myself. Been there more than once :)
My favorite tour by far
Same I’ve watched this probably 6 times or more lol
Same. Wish I could just walk around with Greg in his fish room and get pointers for my fish room. I love his swordtails!
You know what I like about this guy? He keeps it real! I love the fact that he doesn't care about having water spots on his tanks. You know real life! I love the fact that he REALLY CARES about breeding and keeping/sharing these fish with us so they won't be lost. I love the fact that not only is he a breeder he is an educator! He has so much information on his website and will email you for any question you may have. I'm truly inspired by both of you! I'm new at breeding but I feel so much better with people like this in front of me showing it how it's done! A humble thanks to you both!
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I’ve watched this video once or twice a month for the past 3 years. I want to be Greg Sage when I grow up
Absolutely fascinating! It's wonderful that he keeps certain species true instead of just trying to sell, sell, sell! He cares about preserving the species! That's very honorable!!
ohh my goddd I have to have a dragon pleco sometime in the near future. I'm in love
Thank you. This guy is awesome. Loved this tour. My favorite tour so far. Will be ordering from him.
Glad to hear it, I want to make sure he stays in business cause he is doing something so few do.
I Concur
I knew I wanted to order from Greg Sage but this tour has definitely sold me!
Chris G Aquatics his fish are amazing
Steenfott Aquatics you can really tell he loves what he does with all the care and effort he puts into the fish. When fish look as good as these do on camera you know they are absolutely beautiful in person! Now the real question is Which of all these amazing fish will I put in my new 55, there are too many great options!
I end up owning about everything from him lol. I've got the swordtail itch again :P
I'm actually getting a delivery of his fish today!! They are in the first 10mins of your video!!! Cant wait to see what the little guys look like!
Awesome, I'm jealous!
so good breeders still do exist
Greg is truly a great human. He is so nice and always willing to talk about his passion. He is a wealth of knowledge and he doesn't shy away from passing it along.
I don't know about in the US - but I was keeping/breeding and showing those Sailfin Mollies in the Mid 1970s - my 'Best in Show' boy got to 8 inches over two years.
This quickly became one of my favorite videos! Love the rare live-bearers. Having kept mollies and guppies for a year now, I have an affinity for live-bearers.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw those Longfin alvinos. Amazing.
Greg Sage invited me to see his fish room in Colorado (2014), awesome place!
Greg Sage is an epic legend! He definitely knows his stuff when it comes to Goodieds. I wish that only one day I could be this good at breeding any fish.
Wow this guy raises beautiful fish.
Now there's a man dedicated to his craft; I could listen to him talk for HOURS.
I first saw this fish room in a video by Dustin's Fish tanks, but yours blows his out of the water! Such beautiful fish, especially the xenotoxa doadrioi. 😍
You can go look at all the pictures I took when I first visited like 6 years ago before I opened my store. They are on the store's facebook page.
Will definately buy from this guy, love buying from people who there stuff and he genuinly likes what he does
My god I wish I could visit this guy, his passion about the varieties I used to keep surpasses mine. I could watch his tanks for days!
Anyone else notice the itty bitty single fry he missed!?!? Too cute.. :-) AWESOME video!! Ty! Xo
Greg Sage is a wonderful person, caring about the fish he keeps and shares great information to keep these fish in tip top shape and help others. Nice to have him nearby, beautiful fish. I have a pair of his Odessa Barbs and they are big, strong looking active fish! The Dragons are amazing.
Hey Cory! I wanted to let everyone know that I had a chance to go to Select aquatics today in person. My wife and I are avid newcomers to the hobby and Greg was great about showing us around and letting us tour his fish room. At the end of the day we picked up a little monster of a dwarf petricola and a hopeful mate for her. I highly suggest if you live in CO to send Greg an email, he is quick to reply and I am sure he would love to send some fish home with you. Thanks again for featuring them, his wife is lovely and they have a cute dog too.
I got to meet Mr Sage back in September and bought some limia Perugia and amecca splendens. Awesome awesome guy .
What can I say I'm nothing but impressed! The fins all standing up off the charts!
I love his PVC work.
Greg is an absolutely awesome guy, and has crazy assortment of rare fish in what looks like a super packed fish room. He helped me get some of those old school box filters, and they do a great job of keeping my tank clean. Thanks Cory for the tour.
Yeah, Greg is awesome!
Make sure to check out the unboxing I did of his fish so you can see his packing job from last year. ruclips.net/video/dpfhODuLh40/видео.html
I really would like to buy from you
Has anyone else noticed the trend here: Both Lucas and Greg have long hair with shabby white shirts. Lol😂😂
Neon Tetra Aquarist Lol
I only trust people who look like that with my technical issues. If you're wearing a collared shirt you're probably paid more than you're worth.
I am just getting into tropical fish. I have lots of time so can do any number of water changes. I like the fact that people like you are providing the fish. Thank you
I admire the heck out of this guy. Just Wow. I am home sick today from a job I'm trying to eventually trade for a life passion one day.🤞🏻 I've been watching various videos based on my interests all day, Im SO glad I landed here. I just wanna sit and listen to him talk more and learn. He has SO much to teach and you can tell he is in it for the various species he cares for and not just an extra buck. 💚
Yep, Greg is amazing. He has his own channel too, make sure you check it out ;) select aquatics.
Aquarium Co-Op Thanks, Will do! I just saw your fish room tour and you're pretty awesome yourself! I can definitely identify with the livebearer direction. I adore them. Your gups are AMAZING.
I'm probably going to pick up a couple Green Dragon Plecos thanks to this video. Gorgeous and very interesting animals
super awesome fish!
Steenfott Aquatics those Swordtails are crazy. And the Odessa barbs are the best I've seen.
Thanks for posting this! I live in Denver and would have never known about Select aquatics.
I bet this guy feels my pain about the hot magnum being discontinued. He sure has a lot of them. Awesome fishroom tour! Thanks Cory and Greg!
Man the dedication this guy has is amazing. Nice fish and those barbs are huge. Thanks for posting!
The legend, Greg Sage!
Fascinating video. I used to breed live bearers as a hobby and used filter boxes like those in the video. Rather than common I discovered that aquarium gravel made a good filtering medium that could be washed out and used over and over and being a poverty stricken hobbyist this was good. Part of why I got into live bearers is because they kept having babies which replaced the fish that died off for free. So you only bought them once.
I used to have a lot of water plants. I often put them in little flower pots and planted them in aquarium gravel. That way I could move them.
Some may winder why the fish are not more colorful. The answer is most of that color comes from cross breeding different but related species of fish most commonly platys and swordtails while breeder here is not crossing fish.
I'm definitely getting on of those green dragons. I love bristle noses and those guys just look like hypercool versions of them. From what I can tell, they like the same conditions too.
I like this guy. I know its been a few years but I was watching his videos.
In a word Greg Sage is amazing! Really cool to see two of my aquarist idols together talking shop about crazy cool livebearers! Keep the vids coming Cory!
Great video . I am doing a water change video listening to this in the back ground . Really great info about breeding, i keep rewinding
I've watched this way too many times. Greg Sage is a treasure
This Yucatan's are WOW!!! I have to limit myself to about six tanks, but I continually grow to understand how you could have a runaway!
Love those Yucatans!!!!!!! I was going to setup my 150 with 3-4 Demasoni breeding groups. I had a few Yucatans 45 years ago. I think the 150 will become a Yucatan tank now. Sounds like it's still an underrated fish. Thank you Cory, great trip.
Awesome video! It's good he doesn't ship to Canada or my goal of a "manageable number of tanks" would be difficult to keep.
This was one of my favorite posts this guy is amazing and loves his fish 😇🙏👍🏻
Those giant Sailfin Mollies, remind me of small Arctic Grayling.
I enjoy watching people with passion towards their hobby, though this is beyond a hobby I suspect. Thank you for sharing this!
He's just like me... also a very passionate keeper of wild livebearer species. Really loved to watch this video. Thumbs up!
WOW awesome fish room. Lots of information. Thanks for sharing.
Greg is very knowledgeable and helpful. I have purchased synodontis lucipinnis from him in the past.
Those mollies are astounding!
18:53 One of my favorite fish. I started with 5 Odessa barbs, and the dominant male was very aggressive to the females and other fish. I added 3 more, 2 females and 1 male, for 4/4 and they were very chill. THey behave better when in larger schools. Very active fish always foraging and exploring. Some people say they aren't very hardy but i've had mine for 6 years now, lost 2 (i have a planted tank and do very minimal water changes). They were also rarely in stock at the LFS. The camera/light doesn't do a good job of showing their blue. They have a very bright neon blue flash on, i guess when the flash light hits them you can see it but they look way better on a well lit tank.
What a beautiful set up thanks for video from uk
The river were the "Puente Pino Suarez" lived is now completely dry. The fish is lost in the wild here in Mexico.
I hope you keep breeding them. It would be more of a shame to lose the ones that are left.
I should say. Thank you for saving those little ones!
Those Green Dragon plecos look exactly like Trantor in Ernest Scared Stupid.
I've been waiting to see his fish - his website got me excited about swordtails again and taught me a lot! Just so MANY GREAT FISH!! Thanks Greg! Thanks Cory!
Yeah, I have a feeling he's gonna sell out of some stuff soon :P
Hands down the coolest fish room tour I've seen :)
Watched this video 2years ago watched again and i will def be ordering from this fish wizard 🧙♂️thank you cory for all you do
The Yucatán mollies are the prettiest live bearer I have ever seen. CORY HAS TO GET THOSE!!
I have them already from greg, just growing them out.
WOW! Great video I love his fish room. I'm a huge live bearer fan so this was awesome. Thanks for making it and posting.
+Stephen OldFort Exotics glad you enjoyed it. I'm a huge livebearer nerd myself
I really enjoyed this Cory. I've watched it when it first came out but came back this morning from the Selectaquatics site. I'm going to order from him when my new tank is cycled. Thanx for sharing.
I was just at his house to pick up some fish. He has amazing fish. Super rare breeds. If you can order some fish or you live in Denver like I do I highly recommend you check out his website and get some fish that you won’t find in your local fish store.
How does Greg Sage only have a few hundred subscribers?! This guy and Ted Judy are legends in the hobby ❤
I guess most of their time goes into their fish instead of their channels :)
i am OBSESSED with those green dragon plecos, holy cow!
I think he's sold out now, but get on the list :P
I must have those plump Yucatan Mollies; they have been #1 on my fish wish list for over a year now. I'm moving some stock out and around to accommodate those beauties. God, I can't wait; this year for sure!
This is by far my favorite fish room to date. Will definitely be ordering from him in the future!
I hope you do, money spent with Greg is essentially keeping some of these extinct species alive.
Aquarium Co-Op For sure! Setting up another tank this week was originally for more swordtails but now seeing just how many different livebearers there are starting to change my mind lol
I had sailfin mollies in the early 90s I caught them in a lake in texas. I had them for years they were a lot of fun to have. I am going to get some soon for a pond I have. The males have iridescent blue on their tails that can be seen from the water surface.
Outstanding video. Everything so simple and old school in that firshroom. Some of the most beautiful looking fish I've never seen. Thanks for sharing and posting.
Used to raise moina and daph in 2 gallon jars and fed them gram flour (ground up chick peas) worked for me.
those long fin plecos man they look awesome
I love this video. It is great to see people who are essentially already made it.
I think this is my favorite video about mostly freshwater aquatics of all time, great stuff!!
Glad you enjoyed it Derrick :)
With the rio otapa and what Greg mentioned about the small early maturing males is similar to what are called sneaker males in the Blue gill or sunfish species, the sneaker males stay very small because they put all their energy into developing the gonads early, they do not generally display male characteristics like aggression and bed guarding, but can spawn with females and often go unnoticed by the other males while doing it. My guppies seem to do this as well, a small number of the male fry will develop incredibly fast and stay very small their entire lives. Fish are quite amazing and nature will usually find a way.
When I put fry into nets I put one or two shrimp wet nurses in there to take care of the poop and left over food.
Wonderful breeder,really cares about the quality of the fish
WOW Amazing livebear and pleco! Sucks living in Australia! Thank you for the video
Not sure if you check old comments but im gonna go for it: when talking about the shrimp and how they are throughout the room why does he mention he doesn't have Corydoras or catfish as if the two couldn't co-exist please let me know as I'm starting a black corydora breeding project and was thinking of getting shrimp as tankmates to breed together. What do you think? Love these older fish room tours I have been learning so much info on breeding Cory's especially alloddballs room! Keep it up!
Amazing ...fishroom ...fish I have never heard of ...Soooo beautiful and VERY...interesting...ty soooo muchbfor sharing 👌👍😊
Wow, just wow. Those are some amazing livebearers. Greg is probably my new hero. Thanks for sharing!
thanks! so cool to know that I can buy things that I previously didn't know existed.
I love this guy! His tanks arent beautiful (neither are mine) But his fish are so happy and breeding heavily, like mine always do as well! Those dragon fin plecos are amazing!
So I will say it I want to be Greg Sage when I grow up!
Very cool guy full of great info and with a fantastic fish room!!
The box bubblers really brought back memories.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORY!!!!!!!!!!!MAY YOU LIVE LONG!!!!!!
Great video. Gary seems like a really nice guy, just like you, Corey!
Great visit Cory - What a guy Greg is! Proper fish man! Those swords were unbelievable and definitely you should get some of those Alvaresi Gold - stunning! Man I wish I lived in the USA!
Maybe you could market a daphnia farm kit to people so they can take the initial stock you sell them and then start raising their own food stock for their fish?
Those Odessa barbs looked awesome, really wish I could find some like those closer to home.
I had noticed that as well when breeding velifera in fresh, very small batches of around 20 on average, and at sg 1.013 they drop 40 on average.
Greg's an amazing breeder!
I'm just seeing this video!
Absolutely amazing!
Those first lot of fish are gorgeous!!!
Great Video !! I was just wondering how he culls his fish ? What happens to them ?
Yeah i was hoping he would answer that, maybe cory can share some off-camera information or maybe we'll just have to email Greg and ask!
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bigmntn I believe he said somewhere that he feeds them to another fish. Honestly the thing that makes most sense is using them as live food. Though, he could just be flushing. I don't like to think that though
I would take them
Cos I am broke and can't seem to keep fish alive I could prefect keeping them alive and whin I get it right i could buy a angle fish or something pretty cool once I know I can keep them alive . I think our water here is bad or something and i keep getting ick even in New tanks
I definitely appreciate the in depth email responses! I bought six (eight arrived) Xenotoca doadrioi San Marcos and they are doing so well! The largest female looks like she is pregnant, though not ready to drop yet and the males are gorgeous! When I can afford another tank, I may just have to go with Ilyodon furcidens...or maybe the Tiger Limia... At least I have a while to decide!
Yep, Greg is great at customer service.
those first Molly's he showed I catch in my cast net when catching bait in alabama
Coolest fish I've kept is a freshwater stingray...those guys are so addicting lol. Keep buying more
It would be sweet to morph those into nice colors. I would LOVE that project!!!