Sonny’s Fish Room
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You so need rosy red minnows but just don't know it yet
How to keep and breed one of the coolest, most underrated aquarium fish in the hobby
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Відео

Next best thing to live food: Quick & Easy DIY fish food
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A quick, easy and inexpensive recipe for home made fish food. I believe it's the next best food thing to live fish food. It speeds growth of young fish, and gets mature fish in spawning condition.
Testing Father Fish's live food starter method
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A quick review of Father Fish's method for isolating live food cultures from pond waters
Touring the National Zoo’s aviary wetlands exhibit
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A quick tour of the National Zoo's revamped Bird House exhibit, with an emphasis on horseshoe crabs and fish species found in the indoor ponds there. Includes tips on keeping the two exhibit fish species, mummichog and pumpkinseed sunfish.
Introduction to Japanese Rice Fish
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An introduction to keeping the Japanese Rice fish (Medaka) including tips from the hobbyists and the scientific literature on breeding, feeding temperature, and water conditions.
Easy wings for an aquarium club potluck
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Here's a quick and easy buffalo wing recipe for your next aquarium club potluck
How water changes influence angel fish aggression
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Details of a scientific study showing that water big water changes can increase fighting and aggression among fresh water angel fish. The study also determined the amount of water to change to remove waste while minimizing aggression.
Breeding fish in a backyard tub
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In this video, I tell you how to get a lot of fry from fish you put into your summer back yard tub or pond.
The Ultimate Guide to Scuds
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The Ultimate Guide to Scuds. You may have heard that people sculture scuds for live fish food. In this video, I give a quick overview of amphipods (scuds), surveying freshwater, land, and even deep ocean members of the group, review their contribution to science, and tell you how to start and maintain a successful scud culture.
Begin right with barbs
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Begin right with barbs. In this video, I talk about the commonly available barb species that beginners are better off avoiding. I explain where the term “barb” comes from, and describe four classic, colorful barb species that are well suited to beginners: the gold barb, the Odessa barb, the rosy barb, and the cherry barb.
Begin right with killies
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A quick guide to a successful beginning keeping killifish. I cover the basics for a few readily available, easy-to-keep species: where to get them, and how to care for and breed them. I explain the difference between annual and non-annual species, with advice to avoid the latter until you get some experience.
Keeping paleatus cories from eating their eggs
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Are your paleatus cories eating their eggs? In this video, I'll tell you about strategies for gaining some time to collect the eggs before the adult fish eat them.
White Cloud Mountain Minnows are the new guppies
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White Clouds have long been overlooked as a source for breeding new fish varieties. In this video, I go over the history of this old hobby favorite, how to keep, breed, and raise them, and how to identify traits to provide the foundation for new strains, like guppy breeders did long ago. To save the eggs of gold White Clouds, it helps to have a breeder box, which I described in my earlier video...
Building a breeder box for spawning egg scattering fish
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It’s tricky breeding egg scattering fish like barbs, danios, minnows and tetras because the parents will eat the eggs soon after spawning. In this video, I show you an easy way to save the eggs: with a breeder box. It’s screened in box that collects the eggs after spawning so they’re safe from the parents. In this video, I’ll explain how to build a breeder box and how to use it so you’ll get mo...
Pond field trip
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Field trip to my local pond
Getting rid of hydra: the most intriguing aquarium pest
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Getting rid of hydra: the most intriguing aquarium pest
Breeding Corydoras paleatus
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Breeding Corydoras paleatus
Feeding trout at the Buckhouse Inn
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Feeding trout at the Buckhouse Inn

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  • @matthieubastin5960
    @matthieubastin5960 5 днів тому

    Thanks for sharing 🙏 I wonder if you let the parent in the same tank, with the mesh on both side of the box, you don't loose to many egg when getting the box out of the tank with the flow of water leaving the box? Thanks 👍

  • @MedakasEs
    @MedakasEs 9 днів тому

    Nice video

  • @liana_lil
    @liana_lil 11 днів тому

    My minnows just laid their first eggs since I’ve bought them (3mnths ago). I got 1 male and 2 females. Let’s see

  • @FinsbyProductions
    @FinsbyProductions 15 днів тому

    Weirdly I am getting spawning still at 9-10 hours of light 😅

  • @twist4710
    @twist4710 17 днів тому

    i pray your okay sonny, love to see a fellow hobbyist shining some light on the most underrated yet quite fun fish to keep

  • @CatFish107
    @CatFish107 Місяць тому

    Solid information, with spoken citations! The absolute gold standard for informative videos. Bravo, and well done.

  • @captaintoonlinkctl795
    @captaintoonlinkctl795 Місяць тому

    I have golden wonder killies, and they are beautiful fish. Though, they beat the tar out of each other if given the chance and yes, jump out of the tank. They are super easy to spawn, mine are now 4th generation. I just transfer floating plants between tanks and their eggs hatch, it’s always by accident

  • @rustyfan89
    @rustyfan89 Місяць тому

    I got a dozen rosy reds and quarantined them and used the aquarium co op quarantine trio and they all survived and are still doing well without a loss 2 years later

  • @cowgoesbaa
    @cowgoesbaa Місяць тому

    Sounds like your tank is too sterile. Those fish need all the wild bacteria, micro fauna and funk that is found in nature. They had nothing to forage on in your tanks. Commercial fish food is junk.

  • @darksage6969
    @darksage6969 Місяць тому

    I got about 70, my kou kept eating em 😂 but they ARE his food tho so no biggie

  • @remhk6672
    @remhk6672 Місяць тому

    These guys eat cyanobacteria! What other fish, shrimp, or snail that you know of that eats cyanobacteria?? I had a huge cyanobacteria problem and these guys worked relentlessly to keep it under control. Constantly picking on it throughout the day on driftwood and large rocks.

    • @sonnysfishroom3241
      @sonnysfishroom3241 Місяць тому

      I did not know that! Thank you.

    • @remhk6672
      @remhk6672 Місяць тому

      @sonnysfishroom3241 no problem! If only they had mouths like plecos or hillstream loaches.

  • @FusionDeveloper
    @FusionDeveloper Місяць тому

    I'm thinking they may be a better to "Sea Monkeys". They are very active and very easy to keep alive and reproduce.

  • @anonymouse7074
    @anonymouse7074 Місяць тому

    Great for garden ponds. Goto variety add to goldfish and koi

  • @storiesscaryandspooky
    @storiesscaryandspooky Місяць тому

    mann get back on youtube i enjoyed watching your video alot, im going out today to buy rosy reds

  • @W-H-O
    @W-H-O Місяць тому

    I'm new to keeping wcm, just subscribed, impressive video, what really made me stop to subscribe though was when you suggested I check out WC Dynasty, I thought that was really really cool of you and as I was about to look them up I thought, "oh, wait, I should subscribe, this guy's really in it for the community." Thank you!

  • @jordanduff3775
    @jordanduff3775 Місяць тому

    Very informative, thank you 👍🏻

  • @StormiidaeBlogspot
    @StormiidaeBlogspot Місяць тому

    Great video. Thanks for giving them the love!

  • @Hauntcade
    @Hauntcade 2 місяці тому

    I'm currently keeping 10 in a tank with 4 tiger barbs, all are happy and healthy.

  • @kydop6128
    @kydop6128 2 місяці тому

    good stuff, very informative. would be cool to try.

  • @Shark0pathic
    @Shark0pathic 2 місяці тому

    I would def buy healhy bred rosys from you

    • @Shark0pathic
      @Shark0pathic 2 місяці тому

      also this collection of information on this fish could save it in the future do to climate loss and people like you so i hope you make an update on these guys

  • @bletz5732
    @bletz5732 2 місяці тому

    In my experience with skinny disease I've found the following to be dramatically helpful. I don't know what part of this adopted procedure does the trick but.. Identify illness (nearly always present what appears to be collapsed or sunk in throat. Immediately isolate to prevent spread but to also stop any competition for food. Increase oxygenation. Feed seed shrimp without restriction for about 2 days, this is high protein and acts as a dieretic helping cleanse the bowel. Then change to high fat high protein flake and feed it to its fill about 5 times a day till it's back to healthy weight. I've never had it reoccur after this. I usually do this for 2 to 3 weeks before putting it back with others, then I watch closely to make sure it isn't underfeeding. It seems they get too weak to compete, isolate themselves and starve out while picking what is essentially dust off the floor of your tank. Hope this helps someone as it has saved my ptsmrt fish numerous times.

  • @sebastianpacurar8350
    @sebastianpacurar8350 2 місяці тому

    Hi,Gaudgeon Peacook killi fish,thanks

  • @ParrotKing-vu2nk
    @ParrotKing-vu2nk 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for the well summarized lesson, sir

  • @azure2896
    @azure2896 2 місяці тому

    Can you do a video on the red shiner?

  • @meecee7136
    @meecee7136 2 місяці тому

    I agree, these are great fish. I keep them outside year round, they live about three years, and get pretty chunky. Fun fish to watch from above, too bad they are so badly treated in the hobby. I think those who use them would rather pay a bit more, so that they may offer healthy food to their pets. Nice video, thanks!

  • @rosalinehendershot3075
    @rosalinehendershot3075 2 місяці тому

    I live in Vermont and bought 5 rosey minnows 5 years ago for 10 cents each. I bought them as feeder fish for my 500 gal outdoor goldfish pond. I now have about 30 of them and they are about 2 inches long and happy AF.

  • @Xaves511
    @Xaves511 2 місяці тому

    I got scuds by accident too and they totally infected my shrimp tanks and I had to start all over.

  • @SomeRandomEcho
    @SomeRandomEcho 2 місяці тому

    One of my minnows died today and I feel so awful and I don’t know if I was feeding them enough and i just wanna cry

  • @wcdeich4
    @wcdeich4 2 місяці тому

    Do they eat fungus biofilm?

  • @Crustaceanking50
    @Crustaceanking50 2 місяці тому

    I just found some while fishing from snagged lake plants. I found a bunch of small green ones and two medium sized tanish orange ones.

  • @RTimR65
    @RTimR65 2 місяці тому

    I want to add Rosy Red Minnows to my outdoor pond in Northern Virginia, but am afraid of introducing disease. Is there a good source for healthy Rosy Red Minnows?

  • @shawndoe2834
    @shawndoe2834 3 місяці тому

    Since it looks like theres a picture of an Medaka Yo-kihi? on this video I thought I'd ask a question. Some pictures for sale online are brilliantly orange while others are washed out, have very little color, & are more transparent. Is this due to good strain vs bad strains, male vs female, and/or can these brilliantly colored fish wash out and loose there color when they're stressed or not doing well? Thanks Again for The Video & if You or any other viewers can answer this for me.

  • @shawndoe2834
    @shawndoe2834 3 місяці тому

    Hi Sony, just stumbled into your video & really enjoyed your information. Had the wild type years ago. I've been researching small coldwater fish & decided I'm going to try Gold WC's. My goal is to start small & see if I can improve the gold coloration.

  • @chrishowell4775
    @chrishowell4775 3 місяці тому

    Just starting my white cloud breeding project thanks for the video ❤

  • @smittysfishroom6350
    @smittysfishroom6350 3 місяці тому

    Great job i have a blast doing stuff like this. Keep up the great work sonny

  • @pondfishrancher
    @pondfishrancher 3 місяці тому

    Used to study genetics? Im sold

  • @OscarSangoyoJr
    @OscarSangoyoJr 3 місяці тому

    I only have one angel fish 🐠 however everytime I purchase new angle fish my exsisting angle fish keep on kill new angle fish what should I do?

    • @sonnysfishroom3241
      @sonnysfishroom3241 3 місяці тому

      I don’t keep angels, so I don’t know. I just reported on the study. My guess is that they feel threatened by the new fish. Maybe move the old fish to a different tank and let the new one get established for a week or so? Then move an old fish back into the tank every couple of days or so?

  • @wildscoutloggi4907
    @wildscoutloggi4907 3 місяці тому

    I've found medicated fish food really helps for rasing minnows and wild caught bluegill. Also reccomend a mix of Para salt mixed with prazipro. Seems to hold up well. Fishbendazol works great as well had great success with it.

  • @Davey333
    @Davey333 3 місяці тому

    Very good

  • @IceLogger
    @IceLogger 3 місяці тому

    nice video. Im just beginning my adventures in breeding egg laying cherry barbs. Do cyclops copepods harm eggs?

    • @sonnysfishroom3241
      @sonnysfishroom3241 3 місяці тому

      To my knowledge, no. But I think there may be multiple copepod species, so it may vary according to the species.

  • @arafathabib4020
    @arafathabib4020 3 місяці тому

    Very informative and well documented video 😊. Worth watching

  • @facundoorsi3237
    @facundoorsi3237 3 місяці тому

    Excelente information I ve never see such detaliled explanation, best facundo from Argentina

  • @Junkbox_Aquatics
    @Junkbox_Aquatics 4 місяці тому

    Really love the dedication and hard work you put in

  • @timnossaman9358
    @timnossaman9358 4 місяці тому

    Some pointers: salt is a great way to treat parasites. The adults can get a salt bath when they get home from the store and you can add a few teaspoons to the tank. As for fry rearing... your green water setup was not nearly green enough. The fish will not eat the algae cells, only filter feeders can. So you need little plankton to eat the algae and the fry will hunt that... which means you can't even filter a green water tank at all. They had too much empty space to roam with not enough food. They need to be completely surrounded by food to get enough. An infusoria culture (paramecium) is just the ticket. Then you can progress to vinegar eels and baby brine shrimp or daphnia. Egg is a no-go since it will foul the water without filtration. Hope that helps, good luck

  • @Seawing-v5d
    @Seawing-v5d 4 місяці тому

    Nice video but I just want to say hardiness of rice fish varies a lot based on different factors. Longfin types always need heaters. Many new fancy varieties coming out of Japan need heaters. In most ways they are very like goldfish or guppies, the simplest varieties that have been around a while and the species are obviously very hardy just like comet goldfish, mosquito fish, etc, but super-fancy goldfish and guppies are sometimes a huge pain to keep alive even in ideal aquarium conditions.

  • @Bcmtmom
    @Bcmtmom 4 місяці тому

    Last year I added around 5 dozen from the local persmart to my pond. Only about 9 survived and made it through winter. Right now I have several dozen babies growing and living well in my pond, with koi, goldfish and a frog who made my pond home. I don't know how more haven't gotten eaten but they are so fun to watch and doing well so far!

  • @zs4580
    @zs4580 4 місяці тому

    I really like them. A few years back I had an aquarium with just a few Rosy Red minnows in it and they were so lively and I really enjoyed keeping them.

  • @RondleWest-xo1dv
    @RondleWest-xo1dv 4 місяці тому

    Great video, I bought 25 from a koi pond company for a new pond I put in my garden in new Mexico. I put them in about 6 months before I added goldfish just to be sure my water quality was good. I must of got lucky because I only lost 5. After a year the only problem I’m having is that they seem to over be over populating my pond. Not sure what to do about that? I agree with you that these little guys are amazing fish. They seem to handle a wide range of water temperatures. They also keep the pond free of mosquitoes. Do you know if they will slow down on their breeding since they have established a good colony?

    • @sonnysfishroom3241
      @sonnysfishroom3241 4 місяці тому

      Thank you. They’ll stop breeding when the day length is 8 hours. They spawn in response to long days.

  • @rcarioca
    @rcarioca 4 місяці тому

    i see you have some long fins with a different order of red and yellow areas in dorsal

  • @pacae911
    @pacae911 4 місяці тому

    Minute 2:00 That is a endlers fish , is not a guppy