You say that you can't tell most of them apart early in the video but go on to explain the origins of the community in depth. I'd say you know them pretty well. Nice tank!
Thanks. That's what I like about community tanks with livebearers. Some of the offspring look all the same, but then some individuals stand out too. It was lots of fun adding different aspects to this tank along the way.
Holy color, Batman! That’s a bright tank! Lots of movement. Love the roseline. The trials and tribulations of a fish fool. The ick, the dropsy, the fish getting sucked into the intakes. The babies, the successful experiments! I laughed, I cried, 5 stars. 😁
A colorful planted community tank is what I envisioned when I initially set up this tank. I got lots of new ideas along the way and it continues to evolve. Definitely learned a lot and know what I'd do again and what to avoid too. I've enjoyed the entire experience to this point and look forward to the enjoyment that awaits.
@@NicolasLaBarre Yes. I'd try different things and I'd still do some things similarly. I'd try to make it the ultimate community tank. I'd leave some more open areas for swimming that aren't too planted. I'd get a group of roseline sharks instead of just the one here. I'd get several large groups of new types of schooling fish that I don't already have, like rummy nose tetras, brilliant rasboras, pristella tetras, scissortail rasboras. I'd still load it with livebearers. Probably get pairs or trios of all different colors platies and swordtails trying to get as many that I don't already have. A ton of corydoras. Maybe some 6 inch gouramis instead of dwarf gouramis. Or maybe angelfish. I'd get some dwarf cichlids like kribensis and apistogrammas and set of caves for them on opposite sides of the tank. And more that I haven't even thought of yet. I don't know when, but at some point in the future I definitely expect to have a 125.
Nice looking fish and tank. I'm thinning mine out today from three such tanks, and taking 50 to lfs, so I can consolidate and use the tanks for fancy guppy breeding. I'll still have plenty of stock so no worries about losing Swordtails, Platies, or Guppies. I have that same sponge and attachment. It dislodged and one of my rare black african tetras was sucked halfway in and got stuck. Dead when I found it. So the lone one is left. Searching for a replacement. I don't use that filter anymore. I think the fish are large enough in that tank to knock it lose. Thanks for the video and history of the tank.
Thanks Bob. It's probably about the time to start thinning the herd and giving fish away. Several times since I've used java moss strands and tied it around the intake sponge to help hold it in place. But then the java moss grows much and gets in the way when I need to clean it. It came loose only that one time though so now I just try to be careful and squeeze it tight.
You'll definitely have to thin out your livebearer population. If you want to keep your aquarium healthy long-term, you should be doing it about now. Bring the ones you like the least / the ones you have the least personal bond with to the pet store and get money or products for them or give them away to anyone who wants them. I'd say you cut your population in half and you can let them do their thing for a while 😊. I'd love to see that process too!
@@jobkaashoek It is about time I start removing some. I was thinking I might try selling some and try shipping when the weather warms up. I also intend to try to give some to my lfs as you mentioned. Thanks for the suggestion.
I know roseline sharks are supposed to be schooling fish kept in groups, and I do intend to get a bigger tank and move this one to it with several more at some point. I was looking into getting a centerpiece fish for this tank thought I'd experiment trying a roseline shark and found that it does a good job in that role.
I would love to. But I live in the Mojave Desert and it's 100+ every day in the summer so too hot. I've thought about trying seasonal tubs, maybe in spring and/or fall. I like watching videos of guppy / platy ponds. Have you thought about submitting a video on RUclips of your pond?
All those you mentioned except no mollies. What looks like mollies might be platies or variatus platies. That big red and black striped fish is a Roseline Shark aka Denison Barb. There's also guppies and endlers, otocinclus, andjulii corydoras. Since this video I've also added a couple Siamese Algae Eaters and a Panda Garra.
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 how do you keep shrimp in there? I have a shrimp tank and I just added 6 guppies and they killed a crystal shrimp now I’m selling the shrimp but I wish I can keep them together
Freaking awsome colony! I'm going in the same direction with a 37 tall, im a birchir, odd ball, eel and barb kind of guy.. with that being said I started getting into high fin variatus and tuxedo platys, you would love to see my female blue tuxedo platy! Here name is big momma ( she's huge! ) Like x3 the size of her tank mates, and her mate is x4 smaller than she is! But great video my friend, new subscriber!
That sounds awesome. I guess we have similar taste in community fish. Have you thought about making a video of your tank to submit here on RUclips? I'd love to see it.
They will breed like crazy so it's hard to stop unless you can give them away or sort them in to male/female only groups. Platies don't mind being crammed together like that though.
Well all the marigold variatus platies are descendants of one original female. Some have mixed genes with other platies that have been added along the way. I think there's enough diversity now that interbreeding won't be too much of an issue.
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 Actually, i was trying to be funny and riff off of the old "Got Milk" slogan because of course you got platties! Maybe I should stick to fishkeeping and avoid comedy :)
There are no mollies in this tank, it's other livebearers like platies and guppies. But my water is very hard and I keep corydoras in several of my community tanks and they do just fine.
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 Thanks for answering. Im glad it is possible! Im thinking about putting mollies and corys together for a while... They're so beautiful. Also blue gourami. In a 55 galon tank (200 litre)
@@JcmAzzy I would guess so. Denison Barbs are generally peaceful community fish. Though they are considered a schooling fish even though I have just one in this tank.
Jeff's Aquarium Hobby Enjoyment thank you! I was so confused because when I typed “variatus platy” into RUclips, all the videos showed them with a heater
Bitches broken hearts if they are already pregnant when you get them of course you will get babies. I’m saying when the water is colder they choose not to breed (have sex) and therefore no more babies after that.
Lovely fish...and I am not a platy fan...you have some nice looking female guppies there..my boys would love them...I have one double digger tail male guppy..he was born a U shape and we nearly got ride of him..but he is now straight and one of my best looking males...
You say that you can't tell most of them apart early in the video but go on to explain the origins of the community in depth. I'd say you know them pretty well. Nice tank!
Thanks. That's what I like about community tanks with livebearers. Some of the offspring look all the same, but then some individuals stand out too. It was lots of fun adding different aspects to this tank along the way.
Nice community tank. Love the colors and activity level. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber. Cheers
Thanks. Colorful livebearers in planted tanks look pretty awesome.
Holy color, Batman! That’s a bright tank! Lots of movement. Love the roseline. The trials and tribulations of a fish fool. The ick, the dropsy, the fish getting sucked into the intakes. The babies, the successful experiments! I laughed, I cried, 5 stars. 😁
A colorful planted community tank is what I envisioned when I initially set up this tank. I got lots of new ideas along the way and it continues to evolve. Definitely learned a lot and know what I'd do again and what to avoid too. I've enjoyed the entire experience to this point and look forward to the enjoyment that awaits.
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 Would you change anything if you did a 125 gallon? Asking for a friend... lol
@@NicolasLaBarre Yes. I'd try different things and I'd still do some things similarly. I'd try to make it the ultimate community tank. I'd leave some more open areas for swimming that aren't too planted. I'd get a group of roseline sharks instead of just the one here. I'd get several large groups of new types of schooling fish that I don't already have, like rummy nose tetras, brilliant rasboras, pristella tetras, scissortail rasboras. I'd still load it with livebearers. Probably get pairs or trios of all different colors platies and swordtails trying to get as many that I don't already have. A ton of corydoras. Maybe some 6 inch gouramis instead of dwarf gouramis. Or maybe angelfish. I'd get some dwarf cichlids like kribensis and apistogrammas and set of caves for them on opposite sides of the tank. And more that I haven't even thought of yet. I don't know when, but at some point in the future I definitely expect to have a 125.
Love all the colors and action going on 💪🏾👍🏾
Thanks. I enjoy watching this tank.
Nice aquascape bro.... 👍👍👍
Thanks dude
Nice looking fish and tank. I'm thinning mine out today from three such tanks, and taking 50 to lfs, so I can consolidate and use the tanks for fancy guppy breeding. I'll still have plenty of stock so no worries about losing Swordtails, Platies, or Guppies. I have that same sponge and attachment. It dislodged and one of my rare black african tetras was sucked halfway in and got stuck. Dead when I found it. So the lone one is left. Searching for a replacement. I don't use that filter anymore. I think the fish are large enough in that tank to knock it lose. Thanks for the video and history of the tank.
Thanks Bob. It's probably about the time to start thinning the herd and giving fish away. Several times since I've used java moss strands and tied it around the intake sponge to help hold it in place. But then the java moss grows much and gets in the way when I need to clean it. It came loose only that one time though so now I just try to be careful and squeeze it tight.
You'll definitely have to thin out your livebearer population. If you want to keep your aquarium healthy long-term, you should be doing it about now. Bring the ones you like the least / the ones you have the least personal bond with to the pet store and get money or products for them or give them away to anyone who wants them. I'd say you cut your population in half and you can let them do their thing for a while 😊. I'd love to see that process too!
@@jobkaashoek It is about time I start removing some. I was thinking I might try selling some and try shipping when the weather warms up. I also intend to try to give some to my lfs as you mentioned. Thanks for the suggestion.
Sounds like a solid plan to me! Good luck with your good-looking livebearer community! I love your tanks.
Have you thought about opening a store on GetGills.com ? @@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468
So much colour. Looks great Jeff. I was surprised to see a Dennison barb or roseline shark with the platys and guppies, it looks cool
I know roseline sharks are supposed to be schooling fish kept in groups, and I do intend to get a bigger tank and move this one to it with several more at some point. I was looking into getting a centerpiece fish for this tank thought I'd experiment trying a roseline shark and found that it does a good job in that role.
Platys can live up to 3 some little longer so I've read . Beautiful fish .
Beautiful. 😍
lots of color in this tank looking great man
Thanks David.
Your tank is beautiful
Thank you
you should get a backyard pond for those guys, i have one and it’s a lot of fun
I would love to. But I live in the Mojave Desert and it's 100+ every day in the summer so too hot. I've thought about trying seasonal tubs, maybe in spring and/or fall. I like watching videos of guppy / platy ponds. Have you thought about submitting a video on RUclips of your pond?
Beautiful tank! How many species do you have in there? I saw shrimp, platy, molly, tetra, gurami and the one with red and black stripes 😆.
All those you mentioned except no mollies. What looks like mollies might be platies or variatus platies. That big red and black striped fish is a Roseline Shark aka Denison Barb. There's also guppies and endlers, otocinclus, andjulii corydoras. Since this video I've also added a couple Siamese Algae Eaters and a Panda Garra.
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 how do you keep shrimp in there? I have a shrimp tank and I just added 6 guppies and they killed a crystal shrimp now I’m selling the shrimp but I wish I can keep them together
@@lexicordova154 depends on it’s personality
saw the big roseline!
Stunning👏
How often do you do WC here???My tank is overcrowded too
I was pretty consistent with weekly water changes on this tank. Occasionally a week might get skipped.
Gorgeous!
Thanks :)
Beautiful
Thank you
Freaking awsome colony! I'm going in the same direction with a 37 tall, im a birchir, odd ball, eel and barb kind of guy.. with that being said I started getting into high fin variatus and tuxedo platys, you would love to see my female blue tuxedo platy! Here name is big momma ( she's huge! ) Like x3 the size of her tank mates, and her mate is x4 smaller than she is! But great video my friend, new subscriber!
I'm sure you'll enjoy your livebearer tank. Just letting them mutt it up and colony breed and producing all kind of cool looking colors and patterns.
Do you have any hybrids? I thought I saw a platy/guppy but idk.
Platies and guppies cannot hybridize. There are guppy/endler hybrids and platy/variatus platy hybrids though.
Your fish tank looks like mine I have platy s and neon tetras 16 of them and oto catfish (4) rainbow tetra s I love my tank also , I have a 40 gal.
That sounds awesome. I guess we have similar taste in community fish. Have you thought about making a video of your tank to submit here on RUclips? I'd love to see it.
Are those guppys with the blue fin and tails
Yup, they're descendants of the very first guppy I started with.
Great video brother thumbs up
Thank you
This video inspired me to do the same. But I hope it will grow like this.
It'll be fun to add different fish and plants to a community tank. What species do you have in mind?
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 I got molly and platy for now.
How many guppies,platies and mollies should I have in 26 gallon
You could try to start with a few pairs or trios of each. Then they could have babies and eventually fill up the tank like this.
Very beautiful aquarium but I think it is overcrowded
There's less fish in it now.
They will breed like crazy so it's hard to stop unless you can give them away or sort them in to male/female only groups. Platies don't mind being crammed together like that though.
How do you do water changes with all of those plants?
The plants do get in the way which makes water changes a bit more challenging, but still manageable. I hardly do any gravel vaccing though.
how many fish did ou start out with sir?
As for livebearers, all the guppies were descendants of 2 adult females, and it might have been something like 4 or 5 pairs of platies.
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 ok thank you sir and how long has it been since then?
So this entire school of platies came from one pair of platies?
Platies don't suffer from inbreeding?
Well all the marigold variatus platies are descendants of one original female. Some have mixed genes with other platies that have been added along the way. I think there's enough diversity now that interbreeding won't be too much of an issue.
Got Platties?
At the time I had lots of them. The populations tend to ebb and flow with available time allocated to the hobby.
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 Actually, i was trying to be funny and riff off of the old "Got Milk" slogan because of course you got platties! Maybe I should stick to fishkeeping and avoid comedy :)
@@LushSaltyAquariums LOL... don't quit your day job. But I got your joke and found it funny...😅😅😅😅
That is a lot of fish.
I really wanna know how many gallon is your fish tank?
This tank is 30 gallons.
Awesome tank!! So corydoras can stay in the same water hardness of mollies?
There are no mollies in this tank, it's other livebearers like platies and guppies. But my water is very hard and I keep corydoras in several of my community tanks and they do just fine.
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 Thanks for answering. Im glad it is possible! Im thinking about putting mollies and corys together for a while... They're so beautiful. Also blue gourami. In a 55 galon tank (200 litre)
what is that colorful shark shaped fish?
That's a Roseline Shark aka Denison Barb
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 its so beautiful, do you think theyll get along with my rainbow shark?
@@JcmAzzy I would guess so. Denison Barbs are generally peaceful community fish. Though they are considered a schooling fish even though I have just one in this tank.
What size is your tank?
30 gallons
I left the 100 like yay
Thank you
Can variatus platys live in cold water tanks??? I heard they could???
Yes. I've kept variatus platies in a tank with no heater where room temps might have been as low as 68 in winter and they were fine.
Jeff's Aquarium Hobby Enjoyment thank you! I was so confused because when I typed “variatus platy” into RUclips, all the videos showed them with a heater
They can but they don’t eat as much and will rarely breed. I keep mine at 81 all year round and get babies like crazy! Good luck :)
Jordan Green are you sure about that??? I had 4 platys, I now have at least 16. I’ve only had them for a few weeks
Bitches broken hearts if they are already pregnant when you get them of course you will get babies. I’m saying when the water is colder they choose not to breed (have sex) and therefore no more babies after that.
Roseline is magnific
Roseline sharks are awesome looking fish.
Lovely fish...and I am not a platy fan...you have some nice looking female guppies there..my boys would love them...I have one double digger tail male guppy..he was born a U shape and we nearly got ride of him..but he is now straight and one of my best looking males...
Thank you. My guppy boys do find the girls attractive. Glad your male straightened out looks good.
What is a variatus platy?
It's very similar to a platy and can interbreed with platies, but is a separate species.
How many fish you have there?
About 100
Do they crossbreed
Yes, the platies and variatus platies crossbreed. The endlers and guppies crossbreed too.
Rate at which they give birth my tank will look like that in 18 months.
Always starts with 3...
Or just get all the same sex.@@flybobbie1449
New update of this ?
I have posted several videos of this tank since this update nearly 2 years ago. I expect to submit a new update soon.
what size tank?
30 gallons, per his answer to another comment.
30 gallon: 36" L x 12" W x 16" H
don’t forget asoka barbs
Asoka barbs?
@@jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468 yes my friend. Look them up
Tank size and gallons
This is a 30 gallon aquarium. Dimensions are 36"x12"x16"
Awesome! I need to upgrade mine for live plants! Check it out any advice will be helpful 🤙
You have a video of your tank? I'll check it out.
Large Marge, LoL
😁
Not a clue.
Zero
Put cardinals and red tailed guppies, you need some red.
Good suggestion, thanks. I'll likely add some more neon tetras and red guppies.
way too many fish in one tank.
OK, thanks for the heads up
Literally. I've checked out some of these videos, and like half of the tanks are WAY overstocked.
Beautiful
thanks
Beautiful
Thank you