Huge African Cichlid Hatchery Tour - Something Fishy
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2016
- A tour of a really cool local fish store with a massive breeding operation in the basement. It's called Something Fishy. In this video, the owner (Dave Hale) shows us his 33,000+ gallons of tanks. Just when you think you've seen all of the tanks you go around a corner or down a hallway and there are more. It's a really impressive place and if you're ever near Cleveland you've got to check it out.
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I got around 80% of my CA/SA cichlids from somethingfishy. Super clean tanks and shop. Plus rare cichlids like my Golden Jag. Thanks Steve for coming to the Land!
hello u mentioned the pvc pipe floating. u need to ask for. foamcore pipe. it floats
Nice to see after 3 years many are enjoying Steve's video of our LFS and hatcheries. Stop in and say hi some time or check us out on you tube. Thanks
Me Dave
Well that is the clearest cleanest , big fishes, fish hatchery i've ever seen 😱😱
thanks Steve and thank you for the nice complements everyone that has posted here.
It's a lot of work every single day. Lots of water changes etc. help keep water clear and clean. I have been in the hobby including the business over 38 years. also been to SA collecting, Africa diving Malawi and Australia great Barrier reef and rainforest. Been fortunate to do what I have loved most of my life.
Support your LFS we are a rare & dying breed. :)
+Something Fishy Inc. Thanks again for taking the time to show us around. It was a great addition to the trip.
Something Fishy Inc. WOW!! that was amazing. You are very fortunate , I really enjoyed seeing this.
Something Fishy Inc. Wow a metal frame tank. Brings back memories. My 1st tank was given to me as a hand me down and it was a 10 gal metal frame with a corner bubbler.
I also started out with the old metal framed and slate bottomed tanks! Kind of dates us, doesn't it? LOL I loved those tanks. Heavy as all heck though. And yup, the little corner boxed filters. I was so dumb back then. Always threw away the filter floss when cleaning them, and the charcoal. Must have been crashing my cycle every time. Ugh. The hobby has certainly come a long way, hasn't it?!
Something Fishy Inc._ Dang bro you got the best shop ever, even most people in the hobby with tanks at home don't keep them this nice
Thanks for sharing Steve. Loved seeing the breeding setup and the collection of metaframe stuff too!
+Aquarium Co-Op thank you sir. The place was pretty impressive.
Top of my list 👍🏽
I've been getting fish from Dave almost the whole time he's had the store and I've also been downstairs it's mind blowing if you love chiclids. Dave and staff have always been friendly and there all very knowledgeable. If you love chiclids this is the place for you. I will always patronize his esablisment.
Thank you
Wow Something Fishy Inc......Hello from Canada
I gotta say, this fish room is just beautiful
How you maintain this much.and cristel clear water OMG so good 🙏
Awesome place and owner is very involved. Would love to visit the store and buy some of the fish.
Cleanest tanks I’ve ever seen. Beautiful!
First off I would like to say thanks Steve for making it possible for us to see the tour through something fishy you guys have a large variety of species throughout the cichlid family and I must say I have seen some brilliant colors today and you guys tanks are well taking care of crystal clear water and I must say the drain field piping inside the tank for a hiding spot brilliant idea gentleman's keep up the great work
COLORFINZ thank you
wow ive been in the hobby for 45 yrs and really that was awesome
Thank you
Thanks for sharing Steve. I got a basement tour from Dave a few years ago when I visited, he's got a real impressive setup and a great store. It's always worth a visit to the store if you are in the area.
+Parallax for sure. It's an amazing place.
Cool. A big collection of fishes. I find that you build a great environment for your fishes.
Hands down the coolest, best fish store I've ever seen! Mind Blown!!!
+Corey Hecker once we left we felt like we could have spent a few more days there just looking at everything. It was crazy.
Corey Hecker :) thanks
Something Fishy Inc. Credit where it's due. Probably in spring I'll swing by and check it out!
Corey Hecker ..give me a heads up before you come by so I can plan on being here?
Will do brother. I live just south of Detroit, but have family in Pennsylvania so I roll down I80 3 or 4 times a year. I'm excited to see your building!
beautifull fishes, u are a great breeder too, nice shop man!
aqsha izac thank you
Holy...... that's super awesome!!
Thumbs up Steve!
+Danny's Aquariums thanks Danny
I love to see people still so passionate about doing things RIGHT. the care can be seen and that's what matters. Great Job and all the best
Aumie The Phoenix thank you
9:37 That tank just looked like a shelf with coating fish haha. The water clarity is insane!
This place is awesome, it has a friendly hands on feel to it, just by looking at the video it feels like I know Dave!!!! good stuff coming from New Orleans!!!
Would love to have one of those!
I have met Dave Hale and he takes care of his fish. I would definitely buy from him
Wow thanks For sharing I have kept Africans for over 30 yrs thanks
This is awesome man I haven’t really met or seen anyone else into Africans like me, this was very nutritional content
Oh Steve thank you for posting!!! This was an awesome video!
We are coming from Tiffin, Ohio to check this place out next weekend! I'm super excited!!
You'll love it
There are very many tanks here.
- Chuan
Wow what a fantastic fish store. thanks for this awesome video! I really enjoyed it.
Been to this place a month ago. Never knew they had the whole ass building full with aquariums. Place been there for years and I finally got hip! Im gonna check them out this week and stock my 75!
Thank you for sharing this great experience of this awesome (privately owned) and maintained aquatics business. I also appreciate Dave's vintage display as I too enjoyed that era "back in the day"! Keep up the good work.
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Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!! If I'm ever in Cleveland I'll have to check it out!!
This dude is amazing with all these tanks and they look pristine oh my gosh I would love to visit his facilities thank you for sharing 😉👌🏽👍🏽
Amazing! Thanks for doing this. So cool
His place looks fantastic steve thanks for taking us with you this was a real pleasure to watch 🤗🤗
+PsychedelicBabe thanks PB as always
"The Godfather of freshwater." That was a incredible tour we had Steve. Dave was very cool & knowledgeable. Never witnessed that many epic fish & tanks in one location. Great job on the video! Is it time to go back yet? Lol
+Maximus Aquatics haha you really want to take another road trip with me already?
7:45!!! Awesome fish!!
I personally do most of my shopping here, It has funny hours however I would recommend this place to anyone.
Tanks 😊
amazing amount of tanks!! #fishlove
Wow I'm on Cali and I want to go to Cleveland just to visit this store. Great vid
Cool tour of the aquarium shop cheers "D
Amazing dedication to our hobby. His meta frame display was clearly the highlight of the vid, or maybe seeing that school of piranhas. Who knows? This was a great excursion.
I WANT MORE STEVE!
+wyzemann haha well I'm sure I'll go back
Thank you
dang he had an old "Silent Giant" air pump from back in the day... had mine for years! Great vid!
Thanks for doing this video. Will definitely check this place out next time I visit family in Cleveland.
+Cichlid Sal it's worth checking out for sure
Steve Poland Cichlids I
The pvc that floats is called cellular core and if ya plumbing with it you have to glue the ends because it wont hold a air test lol
Wow this place looks amazing!! 😍
This is absolutely amazing! Thanks for the video. Something Fishy looks cool and I will be a customer for sure!
+Cichlid City awesome. Glad you enjoyed it
Great store I frequent as often as I can!
Wow! The amount of work it must take to keep that many tanks that clean. Great job to you and your employees. It would be a dream of mine to be able to do something like this except I doubt Id have the energy lol.
phenomenal
UNREAL. Thank you for sharing this.. +Something Fishy Inc. has a great setup!
+Tropical Fish Success without a doubt!
Steve, thanks for posting this awesome video. really enjoyed it.
+Brian Bain thanks Brian. It was a really cool place.
great footage,really enjoyed this ,would be awesome if you could do another tour in greater detail.
that store is amazing ...as a teenager I wish I could be there after school to work .....amazing bro....amazing
Lito thank you
Great video, really enjoyed. nice fish
best fish store & fish rooms ive seen ever...in person or the net.
+cichlidaddicted me too, me too
Wow!!! Impressive. Wish they were near me!
Dave very impressive set up. Let me know when you are in the NJ area so you can come by and see my place. Love the Diamond Rhom and all the Predatory Fish.PedroAquaScapeOnline
Thank you sir
Been there many times great store
Fantastic video....and good for him for being in business independently for 24 years. #supportyourLFS
+Lucas Fletcher agree 100%
Very beautiful 😍👍
awesome place!!! not even oriented to fish business but i am in awe
omg, bucket brigade... thats insane. Great video Steve
+Steenfott Aquatics thanks, yeah I can't imagine the amount of work involved in maintaining that setup.
Woah what a place, I would be extremely proud to achieve this level.
Thanks
thank you Steve for sharing this with us
+Jacob Chrem thanks for watching Jacob
Just an amazing store all around. In love ♡♡
Wish I could see all this in person, but I would never want to leave :)
Dat was 1 superb collection of Cichlids.huge variety.u name it u get it 🙂
If there is a store anything like this one in California please let me know. I would really appreciate it
Steve..thanks a lot for sharing dis most beautiful set up of cichlid home..your water quality is amaizing...plz do try jewel cichlids also..
Wow, crystal clear water!
frontosa/gibberosa city! I love it!
Wow.....just amazing.......love it
Beautiful! And I KNOW this is alot of work! Amazing still!
Frontosa4life Thanks
beutiful store, that nostalgia stuff he has reminds me, when I was a teenager I had a heater that was rebuildable, you could replace the glass and the element
+Todd T that's awesome!
such a nice set up!
Great video, really enjoyed. Enjoyed seeing Malawi mixed with Tanganyikan, that's what I have, reluctant to post because of backlash. My fish get alone great, no aggression and I think it adds personality to the tank.
+ron foerster it can definitely work if you know what you're doing.
So damn nice... I wish I can visit the store sometimes...
Awesome fish tour Steve, Im like 4 hrs away from it. Will definitely have to plan on checking it out & Dave also :) not nessecerilly in that order...lol, Nice video ~♡~
BB's bb's thank u
That's really huge!
thanks for the Vid. looks like after I build my own tank they will be getting my business. I've been looking for a place to get shellies and some other ciclids.
Outstanding, thanks for the video.
+Mark D thanks Mark
Awesome video bro
nice shop, love the front door and the fish look as happy af. Never seen anything like it in the UK
and the fish are amazing! thanks for sharing
we are have a lot of it in iraq
Awesome!! Thanks for sharing!
+Diver joe thanks for watching Joe
Awesome Video, I've just started a cichlid breeding project on my own channel. This is very impressive.
The Tank Files thanks
For one moment I thought that you had built a new Fish Room lol, OMG thats an amazing inwall tank.
+Paul Chippington if I built this I would be single very soon after. Yes, the in wall tank was really nice.
Single broke but the rest of us would be Grrrrrreeeeen with envy lol
Paul Chippington
lol
Very impressive!
Thanks for sharing!
+Len Wyatt thanks for watching Len
Fantastic 😀👍👍👍
Awesome video!
+Marcus Pressley thanks!
good job!
I know he doesn't like centralized systems, and I totally understand why, but It looks like he could save a lot time by automating the water supply input in his hatchery? Even with the help of a few part-time employees it's gotta be a huge chore! Poor guy, that is a colossal amount of work managing that many gallons of water. I've actually tried unsuccessfully running this sort of operation, and it ain't in no way for the faint of heart! Maybe it just says something about his character? Probably.
65FullMoon83 howdy...it is a lot of work and time. I wanted to do a water change setup originally the first room we call H1 but I'm not always the most patient person especially about 15 years ago when I bought this building. To get the tanks all drilled would added cost and time so I said screw it. Even with a water changing system you still need to go in and vacuum poop, move decor to get to dead spots etc so do not totally get away from manual maintenance.
me Dave
OMG, I first read the title alas "Huge African Child Hatchery"
+Weird and Amazing haha
Amazing godfather and respect to you !!👍
Wow! Awesome!
+KG cichlids 👍
Absolutely love this video awesome
+Evan Coleman thanks Evan