Master Fish Breeder Visits Aquarium Fish Store!

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  • @TazawaTanks
    @TazawaTanks  3 роки тому +9

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  • @specialZ45123
    @specialZ45123 3 роки тому +49

    Dean needs his own show where he just overhauls fish rooms/stores🤣

    • @isaiahgarcia7513
      @isaiahgarcia7513 3 роки тому +1

      He NEEDS his own UA-cam CHANNEL 👍👌😎

    • @jordanbabcock9349
      @jordanbabcock9349 2 роки тому +2

      Dean doesn't need much. We need so much more. Dean's Cookin & Fish'n. Teach me cooking and breeding!

    • @stoneysscapes7544
      @stoneysscapes7544 2 роки тому

      @Andrew Members only L🥵L

  • @wigglewiggle3789
    @wigglewiggle3789 3 роки тому +37

    When I first started keeping fish, boy close to forty years ago, most aquarium stores were like this. How I miss them. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

    • @mattkinsella9856
      @mattkinsella9856 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, my local LFS looked like this. I think it was about 35 years ago when I got my first fish when I was about 8 years old. I think I brought it home on my BMX 🤣

  • @fastfolky
    @fastfolky 3 роки тому +21

    This was the one and only aquarium store I visited on my visit to the west coast (I live in the netherlands) and I loved it! The owner was great and After I told him I could not buy anything he still showed me around and was a great host. Loved it!

  • @bonniesdad4939
    @bonniesdad4939 3 роки тому +8

    Hi Dean. Justin has been my friend for over 25 years from when i had stores. You and Corey really help him out with the visits. He is truly appreciative. Absolutely the best people. Thanks for helping my friends.

  • @Staph_55
    @Staph_55 3 роки тому +16

    Idk if ppl know this but being vaccinated does not mean u can’t catch or spread Covid. It helps u stay symptom free n helps u fight the sickness. But on to a lighter note great video. Those planted tanks look amazing

    • @tsif7828
      @tsif7828 3 роки тому

      symptom reliever, not a vaccine, by their own literature.
      although modrna calls theirs an operating system, their words not mine.

    • @MELODYMUNRO
      @MELODYMUNRO 3 роки тому +2

      I think we are lucky this wasn't more like the Spanish flu ..can you imagine what the toll would have been if people had been as misinformed/confused (and behaved as poorly as some) during covid?

  • @MarsBarszs
    @MarsBarszs 3 роки тому +34

    Good on ya for bringing up the courteousness of wearing masks. I love close-ish to this store (across a bridge or two) and keep wanting to make the trip. I think I actually missed you by a couple of hours at the Academy of Sciences a couple of weeks ago!

  • @kenkingdotcom
    @kenkingdotcom 2 роки тому +5

    First time I stepped in to this store must have been 1991, yes 30 years ago! I was there all the time back then and witnessed when Ady went through her pregnancy, had the baby girl, and then in the blink of an eye the baby girl was a teenager. Also had that little dog that followed me around the store. Haven't been in the store for at least 15 years though, glad to see they're still there.

  • @cagarden8808
    @cagarden8808 3 роки тому +5

    It's an incredibly place! Justin and Ady taught me how to set up my tanks with only a gravel substrate for better filtration, 3 1/2" in the front and 5" in the back of the tank and lots of plants. I was skeptical at first but also followed their advice of no water changes, just topping off. It works...good water quality and healthy fish! I love their lush, DIY fish tanks. This is the only place where I buy my fish, plants and supplies! They quarantine their fish. YES! I bought some of the Venezuelan cordoras!

  • @sallydorsey1851
    @sallydorsey1851 3 роки тому +4

    This is my favourite store people could learn from this couple

  • @MDestron2282
    @MDestron2282 3 роки тому +19

    Anyone else just super jealous of Tazawa's silver locks? Man I wish my hair would've just started turning silver instead of thinning by my 20s..... anyways, ignore this, back to the fish!
    Dean has never seen sunspots?!?!?!? I can send him about a dozen in 6 months.

  • @jamesmorningstar5217
    @jamesmorningstar5217 3 роки тому +9

    This store is a hot mess, but boy do those fish look healthy!! Nice video

  • @bencharisse4079
    @bencharisse4079 3 роки тому +11

    Such a legendary Shop haha almost looks like another world

  • @michaelboulos3272
    @michaelboulos3272 3 роки тому +5

    This is that place that has bottles of like gatorade and misc bottles upside down on the side of the tanks where the owner refills it manually everyday with a tank. Super cool. If I ever go to SF I'm totally stopping by

  • @mikecovey4498
    @mikecovey4498 3 роки тому +38

    Fish stores are like Chinese food restaurants. The least flashiest store is the best store

    • @connorarmas
      @connorarmas Рік тому

      Bro said “food restaurants”

    • @PULAG
      @PULAG Рік тому

      @@connorarmas he eat good at the ODB Dirty Chinese Food restaurant I seent it

  • @Calax
    @Calax 3 роки тому +7

    Great video miss seeing those kinds of stores they remind me of my childhood. Your take on mask is spot on. To hear you say it's to be mindful of others that the kind of thinking society is missing. 👍

  • @phreakerbythespeaker9902
    @phreakerbythespeaker9902 3 роки тому +6

    Thank you for providing a great example of respect for the mask issue that shouldn't be an issue.

  • @marypaigeflynn4512
    @marypaigeflynn4512 3 роки тому +5

    Woooooo Hooooo we get to go to oceans aquarium with Dean and Zenzo❤️ What a way to start the day!!
    Thank you for bringing us along!!🙏🌿🤗🌿💚

  • @ricosnake3591
    @ricosnake3591 3 роки тому +8

    I would love to buy my fish here and to get lost in the store for hours just watching the tanks

  • @xiphophorus3088
    @xiphophorus3088 3 роки тому +8

    I live a few hours north of the bay. I drop $ 500 every time I stop by that store.

    • @MattyP650
      @MattyP650 3 роки тому +1

      lmao. thats cause its very overpriced, but I like to spend a bit too to help keep them running. Rent in the middle of the city off Van Ness aint too cheap

  • @darrylmoore5847
    @darrylmoore5847 3 роки тому +2

    After an eleven hour shift this video really hit the spot. Two really knowledgeable fish keepers in a super cool store, it doesn’t get any better.

  • @dewittgeorge9242
    @dewittgeorge9242 3 роки тому +6

    Dean said like a kid in a candy store. I can agree 100% . When I am in Jacksonville NC there's this store called (The Fish Cave) amazing mom & pop store been there for years. I just love places like this. Thank you so much for sharing this content 👍👍

  • @gracew3372
    @gracew3372 2 роки тому

    When a fish shop has proper tanks and planted tanks you know they and their customers care deeply about their animals

  • @johndee759
    @johndee759 3 роки тому +2

    He always comes back to this place.

  • @AccessibleCruises
    @AccessibleCruises 3 роки тому +9

    Who else is planning an aquarium store tour when this pandemic is over? ❤️🐠

    • @AccessibleCruises
      @AccessibleCruises 3 роки тому +1

      I'm in Ontario, Canada, we're in a "stay-at-home" order for 6 weeks. Then I suspect the Canada/US boarder will continue to be closed for non-essential travel. As much as I love my aquariuma hobby it's not essential. A fish tour is something to look forward to!

  • @James-yv1qq
    @James-yv1qq 3 роки тому +3

    Deen and Zenzo twining the co-op sweaters

  • @FlyTyer1948
    @FlyTyer1948 Рік тому +1

    Hi Zenzo. Don’t know if you will see this note so long after posting this video, but I hope so. All of the tanks had a deep layer of gravel. My first thought was they all have undergravel filters, not then I realized they didn’t have the bubbler towers. The fish & plants were clearly very healthy. Did you or Dean ever learn why the gravel layers were so deep?

  • @jordanleroy19
    @jordanleroy19 3 роки тому +2

    A very commendable approach to safety and your community Zenzo, keep up the good work 💪

  • @paidinfull5844
    @paidinfull5844 3 роки тому +3

    The shop looks so run down and this is the kind of store I want to buy all my fish from. I go to a shop like this in my town. Always the best experiences

  • @ponygirl1624
    @ponygirl1624 3 роки тому +1

    This has got to be one of my favorite videos I've seen in a long time. Such great energy....Thank you for sharing this majestic place with us.

  • @boognish.
    @boognish. 3 роки тому +2

    Absolutely perfect timing. I’ve been wanting to visit this store for a few years after seeing the videos. Long long ago I was heavy into fish. I just set up a tank for the first time in about 20 years. My plan is either a shell dweller (I know they’re very difficult to get, I still know a couple people though) colony or a birchardi colony. I live 2 hours south of this store and I’m headed up Monday to get some of those birchardi!! Sitting in front of a fish less aquarium and super excited!

  • @deansfishroom
    @deansfishroom Рік тому

    It's been 2 years but, this video just popped back up on my feed today. Boy do I miss my almost monthly visits to Ocean Aquarium in San Francisco. Such a great shop and super nice folks, easily one of the must see shops to see in the country.
    I need to plan another trip there with big "Z" of Tazawa Tanks.

  • @kristyhill4599
    @kristyhill4599 3 роки тому +2

    Ah this is the place Cory did a tour of! Amazing that they do no water changes! From the UK 😊❤️

  • @robweis9
    @robweis9 2 роки тому

    "I use 'stuff' loosely"
    Perfect application for it.

  • @gestaltgal
    @gestaltgal 3 роки тому +4

    When my partner and I were finally fully vaccinated, we masked up and half lived in our LFS for a while. Such a great place!!

  • @redman9pablo
    @redman9pablo 3 роки тому +1

    That fish store has a such nice aura about it

  • @kelleyforeman
    @kelleyforeman 3 роки тому +2

    We used under gravel filters when I was a kid in the 80’s in our meta frame tank!

  • @litoloco4fish
    @litoloco4fish 6 місяців тому

    I've seen this video many times and i never got tired...your audio is fine bro...great video

  • @ianolbison1363
    @ianolbison1363 3 роки тому +2

    What a unique place old dated a health and safety nightmare but a treasure chest of fishy goodness

    • @MattyP650
      @MattyP650 3 роки тому +1

      periods and commas my boy, periods and commas.

  • @jrperez1840
    @jrperez1840 2 роки тому +1

    His bettas are so lively

  • @LeilaSoleil
    @LeilaSoleil Рік тому

    LOVE...IT...! 5:17 when Dean says, "Sometimes old school can be a lot more fun." Word. 😆

  • @AccessibleCruises
    @AccessibleCruises 3 роки тому +4

    Give me snacks plus a bathroom and I could quarantine in this store happily for weeks!

  • @teamramey
    @teamramey 3 роки тому

    Thanks so much for being a great respectful fish keeper 👍🏽

  • @hnc521
    @hnc521 2 роки тому +1

    this reminds me of old school fish store in Asia. SE Asia to be exact. Definitely will come visit next time I go to SF. Thanks for the video! Subbed

    • @SKULLKR3W
      @SKULLKR3W 2 роки тому

      the owner is from burma so checks out

  • @alexcrowl
    @alexcrowl 3 роки тому

    I visited this store in 2019 I was so impressed. Every tank is planted and they all look amazing

  • @EthanRock101
    @EthanRock101 3 роки тому +3

    Looks like the kind of place that you might possibly be able to purchase a Mogwai.

  • @winterlion9366
    @winterlion9366 2 роки тому

    I'm so glad to see organized chaos fish store....for real people

  • @meandthemenagerie
    @meandthemenagerie 3 роки тому +3

    I love this place!! I wish Justin and Ady would adopt me as their adult child haha

  • @cizia69
    @cizia69 Рік тому

    I am in love with this store, life!!!

  • @DW7887
    @DW7887 3 роки тому +2

    14:19 Aspidoras pauciradiatus - an amazing little fish. No matter if your a cory-lover or not. Get them when you see them, you will never regret it :-)

  • @achevsyed6858
    @achevsyed6858 Рік тому

    Magical
    Fish store
    Very enjoyable video
    Blessings
    From
    California

  • @stephanieguyot
    @stephanieguyot 3 роки тому

    I love you guys together in videos! And what a fun tour. I love places like that are unique and full of visuals. The amount of plants they have make me smile too.

  • @OfMiceAndTrains
    @OfMiceAndTrains 3 роки тому

    Love the old school. I still run under gravel filters. To all you youngsters they rally work well. Thanks for the fun tour

  • @seizedcarcass8440
    @seizedcarcass8440 3 роки тому +1

    The adventures of dean continues!!!

  • @dsfreddo
    @dsfreddo 3 роки тому

    I could spend hours searching through tanks there, but the place looks like a fire hazard waiting to go up.

  • @SassyHippo
    @SassyHippo 3 роки тому

    That was so much fun. I love seeing how excited you both are.

  • @jaybrielakoi7747
    @jaybrielakoi7747 2 роки тому

    Super cool place to visit. I loved it and picked up more fish. Make sure you tell him you're a fish nerd so he talks to you like one. If you don't he'll assume you're a tourist.
    Love Justin and his wife. I went last week and I'm going again next month when I stop in San Fran

  • @sarahcountryman1776
    @sarahcountryman1776 3 роки тому

    Awesome fish store tour! It reminded me a little of some of the stores that Ryo Watanabe has toured. Thanks for bringing this to us. Stay safe!

  • @bk2pla
    @bk2pla 3 роки тому

    I cannot believe I still haven’t been to Ocean Aquarium. Time for a road trip soon! Thanks Zenzo and Dean, fun video! 👍

  • @mfaisalbobby33
    @mfaisalbobby33 2 роки тому

    Very nice old store. Very nice video. Beautiful. Thanks.

  • @shesellsfish
    @shesellsfish 3 роки тому

    I love the tour of this store that I have ever seen. If I ever get to San Francisco, this is the only fish store I absolutely HAVE to visit!
    👍💓👍

  • @jasonreding6453
    @jasonreding6453 3 роки тому

    holy crap when you started going through the nano tanks and I noticed they were just on L brackets... my jaw dropped. I can't believe they are holding that well. Great video as always

  • @jakekelly640
    @jakekelly640 3 роки тому +2

    I love that shop!! It’s so amazing

  • @RogueAquariums
    @RogueAquariums 3 роки тому

    A cool store with A lot of gear and Fish. Thanks for the tour Zenzo

  • @israelponce4177
    @israelponce4177 3 роки тому +1

    Imma go there next week for some guppy grass I'm looking for a big proshion

  • @Marshallo.o
    @Marshallo.o 3 роки тому

    How have i never thought about using a bottle + airline + sponge to create a sponge filter! Genius!

  • @souravdas5152
    @souravdas5152 3 роки тому

    It's like a aquarium warehouse.

  • @heaven7360
    @heaven7360 2 роки тому

    I've visited this store recently. I just wouldn't bring up opposing ideas if I ever go back

  • @kidsstorytime7720
    @kidsstorytime7720 3 роки тому

    I purchased 4 of master Justin’s butterfly orandas last year. I will visit him soon. Thank you for this content.

  • @VinylUnboxings
    @VinylUnboxings 3 роки тому +1

    Dean - The Masker Breeder

  • @bruceyung70
    @bruceyung70 3 роки тому

    Beautiful looking tanks! Thank you for this wonderful video!

  • @mannyfernando7198
    @mannyfernando7198 3 роки тому +1

    Reminds me of one of my favourite LFS in Sydney Australia

  • @CLU7CHxCl7Y
    @CLU7CHxCl7Y 2 роки тому

    gotta love mom and pop small aquaroum stores they vram as much as they can and still take good care of the fish' compared to bix box fish stores'

  • @zsworld6609
    @zsworld6609 3 роки тому

    I'd never leave! I'd love to have a store like this! this is inspiring my next tank set up!

  • @flyby183
    @flyby183 3 роки тому +2

    The video is nice but I don’t get why no one takes the time to interview Justin. He’s always willing to talk. What makes his shop so special is all the info locked in his brain we need to ask questions to get out. If someone would do a good video like that it would blow the other yours out of the water. People want to know the secrets of how Justin does it.

    • @TazawaTanks
      @TazawaTanks  3 роки тому +2

      We intended to, but he left before we had a chance to (he had to pick up a fish shipment). There will be more videos of Justin in the future...more interview style.

  • @WorldAquariumSingapore
    @WorldAquariumSingapore 3 роки тому +2

    Nice tour there super nice shop cheers :D friend

  • @pilotavery
    @pilotavery Рік тому

    Aquarium fish Depot in San Diego is the bomb

  • @Wabbajacked-bg5nc
    @Wabbajacked-bg5nc 3 роки тому

    I could watch these videos all day and sometimes I do!

  • @emp9545
    @emp9545 3 роки тому

    Brillianteeee! And inspirational!! ❤️❤️

  • @vinceolshove1499
    @vinceolshove1499 3 роки тому

    I love this video. I hope this is not a duplicate post. My power blipped for 5 seconds and my computer went down so I will try to recreate my original comment. This video looks like the TV show "Hoarders" went to a fish keeper's house, but I love it. So much product in their space is amazing. Talking old school Dean, my first tank when I was 12 years old was a metal frame 10 gallon just like you remember. More old school, I use Lee's Premium under gravel filters in all my tanks as a supplement to my Aqua Clear HOB's. One of my LFS's has been in business for over 30 years and they run UGF's in all their tanks. We talk about putting oxygen in our tanks with airstones and moving water. Why not draw that water through 97 bazillion bacteria living in the gravel? High Tech/New Tech always tries to get us to spend more money. Is the I-Phone 475 really that much better than the I-Phone 474 that I need to spend $1,500 to $2,000 to upgrade?? If so, why did you talk me into the I-Phone 474 6 months ago when now you are saying it is junk and I need to upgrade. OK, an exaggeration on version number, but I think you get the point that there is not that much of a difference. It has been built by big corporate as a status symbol. I-Phone 135 in my example still gives you all you want lol. GREAT video guys...my next trip to SF takes me to that LFS. A truly great vendor supporting the hobby.

  • @jeffhester1443
    @jeffhester1443 3 роки тому

    Thank you so very much for the time and work for this video. We have all seen some incredible fish we've never seen before now. Again thank you and to all those behind the scenes.

  • @gaius9240
    @gaius9240 3 роки тому

    Haven’t been able to make it out here in a bit and I was worried there where closed. Super happy to see them still open!

  • @winstonpratt604
    @winstonpratt604 3 роки тому +1

    Rocking the Grey hair looks good brother...

  • @arnoldkim5135
    @arnoldkim5135 2 роки тому

    I want to try deep gravel substrate with no filter. 6 gallon cube with 4 inch substrate might work. Of couse, I'll monitor the water parameter regularly for awhile until I feel safe.

  • @jeremysalazar6775
    @jeremysalazar6775 3 роки тому +1

    why do they put a tape border on the tanks?

  • @shadydeckotnb1042
    @shadydeckotnb1042 3 роки тому

    Nice dope video 👌i miss that store so much☹️☹️☹️

  • @philipwilkinson988
    @philipwilkinson988 3 роки тому +1

    Tanks and fish amazing but blimey like a bombed drop.

  • @SpeekofDee
    @SpeekofDee 3 роки тому +1

    Haven't been to SF in awhile. Is Aqua Forest Aquarium still open down there? I loved that place when I was there a few years ago.

    • @TazawaTanks
      @TazawaTanks  3 роки тому

      Yes, Aqua Forest is still around.

  • @darshayfarmer1440
    @darshayfarmer1440 7 місяців тому

    Dean is fantastic 👏

  • @alphabetgrow1040
    @alphabetgrow1040 3 роки тому +3

    neat store! is this one of the shops that does little to no water changes?

  • @snoopdogg734
    @snoopdogg734 3 роки тому

    Awesome video, appreciate the sharing...I live in michigan and we have alot of LFS still around and thriving. . I agree with you people should respect each other more and be more mindful of just being polite.

  • @jle92708
    @jle92708 3 роки тому

    What a magical place!

  • @TwoTreesStudio
    @TwoTreesStudio 3 роки тому

    In case anyone is curious about the nano tanks with curved corners: 14:47 marineland portrait 5gal, 14:56 marineland contour 3gal

  • @newmexicoaquatics282
    @newmexicoaquatics282 3 роки тому

    New sub. Love you videos. Love Dean. Thank you for sharing! - Little Bobby

  • @rgilroy1909
    @rgilroy1909 3 роки тому

    AAAAA - I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!! I graduated from the SF culinary academy which was a couple of blocks over

  • @johngonzalez7967
    @johngonzalez7967 3 роки тому

    Green and more green.

  • @charlihochgraef19
    @charlihochgraef19 3 роки тому

    Your hair looks great!

  • @jacintocabrales6372
    @jacintocabrales6372 3 роки тому

    I went to this store last month and I have to say it was a cool little spot

  • @jerrygonzales4006
    @jerrygonzales4006 3 роки тому

    Great tour of that store. Hoping you are going to visit Aqua Forest as well! 🤙

  • @captainandrewcrabtree6535
    @captainandrewcrabtree6535 3 роки тому

    Cool store, wouldn't want to pay this guys electric bill 🤣