I'm planning on making a video about top 5 purple fish, and I was wondering if I could feature some rainbow shiner footage from your UA-cam videos. I would give you full credit, both onscreen and in the description. No pressure at all; feel free to say no if you're not interested. 🙂
Absolutely. Go ahead! If you’d like extra footage, I can share many more unlisted videos of the shiners. Shoot me an e-mail: fish.folk.aquatics@gmail.com, or PM me on the CARE Forum, and I’ll give you loads of links. Cheers!
Gorgeous! My local fish shop has just started selling them alongside with Goldfish, unfortunately my tank is in a spot which tends to heat up a lot during Summer, or I'd have seriously considered them for my aquarium. If anyway someone would like to set up a cold/temperate aquarium, I usually suggest them going for Shiners, which doesn't need as much space as Goldfish and also have some stunning colours.
@@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058 I eventually opted for Congo Tetras, which practically gives off a very similar effect, just in warmer waters (I have to keep it softer and more acidic, but still it's more economical to invest in a reverse osmosis system than in a cooler), but I anyway always love those iridescent colours. Glad to have had the possibilit of choosing between species having them, only one being better suited for colder and the other one for warmer temperatures.
Hey there, This is "flyng fox on C A R E forum, I happen to found this video you had up & I got to ask, is this what mine will look like when they are grown ? that's AWESOME. What size aquarium are they in & how many was in it ? They look healthy & happy, can't wait till next week to get mine. thank you.
Yours won’t look like this yet. You’ll need to wait until later in the summer or fall for colors to emerge. But wait for it! Once they’re fully grown, you’ll love their colors.
@@fishfolk4059 That's what I was hoping you would say those are AWESOME POUSSUM, if they get to this stage O M I'm going to have me the # 1 show tank for SURE. Wonder what they would look like under a blue -black light ? not all day but for showing on video, I bet they would look AWESOME.
Thanks! Fed them a ton of BBS today. They do like "drift feeding." These were born just last summer. I think once they mature more, they'll be incredible! Got several plans for breeding set ups. Tried a stone-pan in the tank. Nothing seemed to happen yet. But males are chasing females some, so they're gearing up. Temp in tank still balancing between 63-66 degrees Fahrenheit. Once light duration gets broadened again here in the next few weeks, and once room temp nears 70-degrees, I think they'll be spawning. Rainbow Darters are fascinating too! Hoping they'll be triggered similarly.
@@fishfolk4059 not really in aquariums. I live not too far from the rivers they are found. Seem to see them a lot around limestone outcroppings, so assume they like minerals in their water. However I have heard limestone turns water acidic and the ph in their waters is well above 7, so I really don’t know what to tell you. They are definitely in breeding colors.
If I can get a little time at home, I might have to put an aquarium together with Rainbow Shiners and Hillstream Loaches. My wife keeps Oranda Goldfish, but not my cup of tea.
This is a 29 gal. You could put a huge school in a 75 gal. One note: don’t use a fan-powerhead. Several wriggled up in our hydor and were decapitated! 🥴
Where do you get your Rainbow Shiners from? I really want to set up a tank with them, a Reticulated Hillstream Loach, and some other cool water species!
Hi there! We got ours from a guy in North Carolina who breeds them each year. He doesn’t really breed or sell them all that much for business, but you can check out his UA-cam channel WhitCloudDynasty. Check with your LFS, and ask them to contact their suppliers about them. I know there’s one supplier in CA that ships overnight. They’ve got them. Jonah’s Aquarium (www.jonahsaquarium.com) had them for a window last month. Most places sell them young. They need time to color up.
@@fishfolk4059 ok, no worries. Just thought I'd ask. Can't find ones you have with all the color you get anywhere. I'll keep looking. Let the guy know he could make some good money if he sold and shipped!
If I had figured out how to successfully get mine to spawn, I’d gladly sell to you. But so far, no luck. Look up Jonah’s Aquarium. Mark is selling them for $15 USD / ea. It might take 6 mo. for them to color up.
@@khandeexiong7769 a little Corydoras like the Corydoras super parellelus goes for $300 each ton dans fish just a few days ago and all 30 were sold within 2 days after they were posted. So a $15 shiner? Small fry. Lolololol.
@@khandeexiong7769 What other fish can you find with that much awesomeness? & you can get them to breed you got it made, I know my fish store doesn't have them so I'm going to try my luck at breeding them for the store.
Is this what they look like once fully matured and outside breeding season?
I'm planning on making a video about top 5 purple fish, and I was wondering if I could feature some rainbow shiner footage from your UA-cam videos. I would give you full credit, both onscreen and in the description. No pressure at all; feel free to say no if you're not interested. 🙂
Absolutely. Go ahead! If you’d like extra footage, I can share many more unlisted videos of the shiners. Shoot me an e-mail: fish.folk.aquatics@gmail.com, or PM me on the CARE Forum, and I’ll give you loads of links. Cheers!
@@fishfolk4059 Awesome sauce! I'll let you if I need more footage and when the video gets released.
Gorgeous! My local fish shop has just started selling them alongside with Goldfish, unfortunately my tank is in a spot which tends to heat up a lot during Summer, or I'd have seriously considered them for my aquarium.
If anyway someone would like to set up a cold/temperate aquarium, I usually suggest them going for Shiners, which doesn't need as much space as Goldfish and also have some stunning colours.
They are very stunning for real, I'm getting some next week
from him & I can't wait to see them look like this O M ! ! ! 😱
@@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058 I eventually opted for Congo Tetras, which practically gives off a very similar effect, just in warmer waters (I have to keep it softer and more acidic, but still it's more economical to invest in a reverse osmosis system than in a cooler), but I anyway always love those iridescent colours. Glad to have had the possibilit of choosing between species having them, only one being better suited for colder and the other one for warmer temperatures.
Hey there, This is "flyng fox on C A R E forum,
I happen to found this video you had up & I
got to ask, is this what mine will look like
when they are grown ? that's AWESOME.
What size aquarium are they in & how many
was in it ? They look healthy & happy, can't
wait till next week to get mine. thank you.
Yours won’t look like this yet. You’ll need to wait until later in the summer or fall for colors to emerge. But wait for it! Once they’re fully grown, you’ll love their colors.
@@fishfolk4059 That's what I was hoping you would say
those are AWESOME POUSSUM, if they get to this stage
O M I'm going to have me the # 1 show tank for SURE.
Wonder what they would look like under a blue -black
light ? not all day but for showing on video, I bet they
would look AWESOME.
Nice group. Mine love the bloodworms but are less interested in frozen brine shrimp. But they’ll eat BBS all day long!! Good luck breeding.
Thanks! Fed them a ton of BBS today. They do like "drift feeding." These were born just last summer. I think once they mature more, they'll be incredible! Got several plans for breeding set ups. Tried a stone-pan in the tank. Nothing seemed to happen yet. But males are chasing females some, so they're gearing up. Temp in tank still balancing between 63-66 degrees Fahrenheit. Once light duration gets broadened again here in the next few weeks, and once room temp nears 70-degrees, I think they'll be spawning. Rainbow Darters are fascinating too! Hoping they'll be triggered similarly.
Beautiful! 😊😊😊😊
Thanks! We think so too.
Amazing 👍
Thanks! Little native North American fish . . . very beautiful. These will color up even more in the next year.
Great video!
Thanks!
Loved this video. Rainbow Shiners are my favorite fish.
Thanks! They’re new to us. Any tips?
@@fishfolk4059 not really in aquariums. I live not too far from the rivers they are found.
Seem to see them a lot around limestone outcroppings, so assume they like minerals in their water. However I have heard limestone turns water acidic and the ph in their waters is well above 7, so I really don’t know what to tell you.
They are definitely in breeding colors.
Gotcha! Hey, are there any Saffron shiners near where you’re at?? They’re hard to get ahold of.
If I can get a little time at home, I might have to put an aquarium together with Rainbow Shiners and Hillstream Loaches. My wife keeps Oranda Goldfish, but not my cup of tea.
@@fishfolk4059 saffron shiners? Are they called anything else. Seems like the locals always call fish by a different name.
Lol extra special breakfast they getting
😂 there’s about 40x fish in the tank... looks like even more than it is due to high flow. Still, lots of feeding... lots of cleaning!
How big is the tank and how many do you have stocked? Trying to gauge how id stock a 75
This is a 29 gal. You could put a huge school in a 75 gal. One note: don’t use a fan-powerhead. Several wriggled up in our hydor and were decapitated! 🥴
Where do you get your Rainbow Shiners from? I really want to set up a tank with them, a Reticulated Hillstream Loach, and some other cool water species!
Hi there! We got ours from a guy in North Carolina who breeds them each year. He doesn’t really breed or sell them all that much for business, but you can check out his UA-cam channel WhitCloudDynasty. Check with your LFS, and ask them to contact their suppliers about them. I know there’s one supplier in CA that ships overnight. They’ve got them. Jonah’s Aquarium (www.jonahsaquarium.com) had them for a window last month. Most places sell them young. They need time to color up.
@@fishfolk4059 ok, no worries. Just thought I'd ask. Can't find ones you have with all the color you get anywhere. I'll keep looking. Let the guy know he could make some good money if he sold and shipped!
Is it possible for me to buy some off of you?
If I had figured out how to successfully get mine to spawn, I’d gladly sell to you. But so far, no luck. Look up Jonah’s Aquarium. Mark is selling them for $15 USD / ea. It might take 6 mo. for them to color up.
Damn, 15 bucks for one!? Lol, not a bad deal regarding how beautiful they are. I sure will check it out, thank you so much!
@@khandeexiong7769 a little Corydoras like the Corydoras super parellelus goes for $300 each ton dans fish just a few days ago and all 30 were sold within 2 days after they were posted. So a $15 shiner? Small fry. Lolololol.
@@khandeexiong7769 What other fish can you find with that
much awesomeness? & you can get them to breed you
got it made, I know my fish store doesn't have them so
I'm going to try my luck at breeding them for the store.