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Of the two fish you didn't know, the one on the lower right is a rainbow shiner. They are native to the Cumberland River basin in Tennessee, United States. They don't live in the river down there, but instead live in small, clear streams which connect to the river. Like many fish in our hobby, they are becoming rare in the wild. They aren't too hard to breed in captivity, and are fairly common, especially in the aquarium hobby in Europe. They are a little less common here (Canada), but are even available by mail in the United States. These are fish which like friends, so always get several of them at a time or they will be unhappy. They are an egg laying species, so if you try to breed them, you'll need to keep them over gravel with no other fish in the tank or else they will just be spawning snacks in a convenient package for your other fish and snails. To breed them you should start with them in cool water for several weeks, the gradually warm the water over a period of two or three weeks to mimic springtime water changes. They like a gentle current, and will often shoal up around around the filter outlet.
And I think the other is a Medaka rice fish
@@ezrahamilton6247 I think you are right, though I wasn't confident in my identification to say as much. Thanks for chiming in!
@@ezrahamilton6247Yeah, it is!!!
Yeah I have always wanted rice fish for my outdoor pond ,they are cold tolerant and I have heard breed like guppies 👍😊
aw ty broski for catching ya boy up
I felt your rage with the guy showing off, pouring that water in all willy-nilly. How dare he not mess everything up like we've all done countless times?? IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO BE THAT EASY.
Oh, right, QOTW: Betta fish. My honey Gourami are close second, by my betta's are my faves. Don't tell the gourami.
HAHAHA YEAH
So early that Millie hasn’t even insulted me yet
milly's been thinking
Re: the snake tank, depending on setup and climate, heating pads can be useful, but it's very important to make sure there's so insolation between it and the snake, and that there is a cool end for the snake to escape.
great advice
My favorite centerpiece fish is a betta fish. Put a male betta in a densely planted 20-gallon with a school of green neons and you have got yourself a good tank.
the most popular but for a good reason!
I'm moving to the city away from my home and am finally going to be able to do my own aquascape and fishkeeping. Thank you for getting me ready for this wonderful world for so many years.
lets goooo!!!! it's a life-long journey that will know no ends :)
As someone who owned a hyper aggressive betta that nonstop flared and needed an intervention to CHILL OUT, can confirm that if the betta is flaring that much at the disco decor it should probably be removed. Flaring too much obviously stresses them out, but also if they're like my little idiot they can manage to tear their own gills and create perma injury or death.
And for anyone wondering, the betta fish in question passed after living 3 years which I'm convinced was purely on spite. Lil dude hated EVERYTHING and it took a long while to repair the damage to his gills. My man was born full of rage.
truuue
Your prayers have been answered! Lineage 8 was recently merged with Brochis following molecular phylogenetics work. That cory there is no longer a Corydoras, it's Brochis pantanalensis.
Regular old bronzes aren't true cories either, they're called Osteogaster now.
holy cow i wanna die
Snake keeper here--heating pads are generally accepted as fine (though not ideal) as long as there is sufficient substrate between it and the snake to prevent the temps getting too high. It's heat rocks and heat ropes that are automatic signs of abuse. However, with the lack of visible substrate and the ridiculously small tank that python was in, we do indeed have a snake abuse case.
ah good to know
I set up a summer tub to make my plants grow like crazy. I also have another half barrel tub that I used to put all my summer vegetable scraps in that makes the most delicious nutrients to add to my fish tank. I just always take a test to see how hot it is before adding a tablespoon or two to fish tank.
wow!!! wonderful idea with the veggie scraps
I've got a full sized strainer that i can set in my tank and the handles rest in the rim. I line it with a paper towel as well and it makes water fill ups so easy. My patio pond has a big open space in it that fits the container i use to do water changes and i can just lower it into the water then rotate it and lift it out. A gallon in seconds with minimal water disturbance. Having a good tool or system for not taking to manually control that flow is key to fish keeping if you ask me.
very nice!
I need guppy toys. I did make a cave out of a broken terra-cotta pot. It’s big enough for all the relatives to come over and get in there too.
oooo get some java moss and put it in the terra cotta pot,then if you have fry they will all hide in it! :)
I swear, not the silent intro✋😭✋, but damn I might need to get one of those tunnels that is crazy 😂
hahaha the return of the silent intro xD Thanks for le support!
Making our monday morning EVERY WEEK !!!!!
lets goooo
KHULI CAVE FR
IMAGINE actually seeing the fish u buy...
Lol... me with my banjo catfish 😅
yeah fr what a blessing
Thanks for the nice Monday entertainment. It always gives me something to look forward to. Keep up the great work!
QOTW: Red Eared Slider Turtle. Old roommate brought one home in a Kritter Keeper as a baby, then dipped. For the last 3y I've been keeping TurtBro alive and now he's got a big tank & fish friends 🐢❤
(btw I use a similar cave to keep fish safe from the hungry/bored turtle, but they do a great job cleaning up his messy food scraps ✌️)
Can you do a fish room tour? I would like to see how the tanks have been doing.
My fav centerpiece fish for now is the honey gourami, he was my first sweet little fish after growing up and learning about how to really care for fish! Thank you Chirs for your inspiring vids:>>
dwarf neon rainbowfish, my current centrepiece in my danio tank. absolutely stunning to watch and the male has a real attitude towards me doing any sort of maintenance. puts a smile on my face daily
awesome!
My Kuhlis love the lace black lava rock I have. Theres so many tunneling and large pores plus i a natural cave aspect they can swim through. Its like a playground.
It wasn't my fish directly but growing up my mom had this massive 100 something gallon tank. We had this huge Pleco who, as a child, I would just called him Suck. He loved getting pets, and at some point we got lucky and acquired a blue lobster, My Gourami would tempt fate and mess with him constantly. We also had a cow fish tank, but bro was mad stupid and got himself stuck one day while we were out and drowned himself.
Thanks Chris. These videos are the only thing keeping me sane on mondays lol
glad to hear it man keep on keeping on
QOTW: Gold wonder killifish are an amazing centerpiece. Bright, gold and red coloration with active surface dwelling tendencies. Kind of like a betta to feed and even acts like one but is more active. Very peaceful and entertaining to watch it forage for bits of food. One could work in a 20 gallon or in a m/f/f trio in a 30 gallon. Only con is that its somewhat hard to find and is not shrimp safe, otherwise amazing community fish.
awesome!
RAINBOW DARTER IS THE BEST SMALL FISH HANDS DOWN. They're like little puppies that hop around the bottom of the tank following you around and watch you through the glass
That water disperser thing is pretty sweet though. I started using a watering can, but even that is kinda annoying because it takes a good amount of time.
Thank you for making my monday better today i just got two honey gouramis for my 25 gallon i saw a little girl and her father at the pet store they had a den entry sized tank and were looking for a pleco immediently told them that it would get too big they listened to me and got snails overall that fish trip was great.
awesome !!
lol i designed and 3d printed a full co2 reactor with the spinning blade. also has loc-lines connected to it with a flow eductor. Need to try the caves you were talking about
Great vid as per usual Chirs! My favorite centerpiece fish of all time has been my Apistogramma Cacatuoides. The males are stunning!!
awesome choice, so colorful!
My all time favorite centerpiece fish is the Festivum. You don't see them much these days so I keep Angels now. Great episode BTW. Makes me want to order one of them 2g tanks for my desk.....
Angel fish. I prefer the white/silver ones with the yellow heads and fins. And yes, I've kept them before. Several times. 2 of them got as big around as my hand. I could pet them and they always came up to me for pets. It was really cool.
My favorite centerpiece fish were my blue and red Frontosa. If I get back into the hobby again they will be among my first fish.
The gasp I gasped at 7:27 my favorite fish, that is a Medaka Ricefish in the Youkihi color.
LOL awesome
QOTW dwarf gouramis just have that sparkle and flair and those funny lil antennae that they touch things with. But also.... mystery snails were the reason I got into the hobby and at one point I had a single blue mystery snail with a 10 gallon all to itself. They always draw my eye cuz they're silly
12:41 , it"s not a catfish Chriss :'D just a cat bro, just a CAT xD
ahahaha
You know that 55 gallon blackwater tank well a couple of weeks ago I finally finished it! I just need to add the checkerboard cichlids and Amazonian leaf shrimp. When I get the discord I'll send a picture.
Thank you Chris for keeping it fresh and toasty, my hopes still lives because fish hobbyist like you post to entertain us viewers. Thanks a lot for posting.
there we go glad u enjopyed!!
Bottom right looks like a rainbow shiner we use them for bait when fishing
Here I am using the bottom of a bottle that I cut holes into, clipped to my tank with a chip bag clip 😂 I need me one of those.
By far my favorite centerpiece fish is the Lemon Oscar or any longfin Oscar. Simply due to the fact that have you ever actually seen one without having to look up photos of one first? They are so cool, so unique and seemingly very rare in this hobby
awesomeeee
At 7:35, rainbow shiner bottom right, medaka rice fish middle top! And the paradise fish, dario tigris, glow light danio, and... rosy barb I think???
Gouramis or betta fish are pretty much my go-to centerpiece fish as a 10 gallon enjoyer.
my QOTW Answer is Betta fish. I love how curious they are and enjoy keeping betta sorority tanks.
I honestly don’t hate a pico 2 gallon all in one and maxspec is a trusted brand to my knowledge truly a clean and cheaper way to bring saltwater into your life. Tons of coral choice, and really I love the idea of doing a single species coral tank
I don’t know if it counts as a centerpiece, but I set up a 110 specifically for my beloved dojo loaches. They have some hillstream and corydoras friends, but they are the stars of the tank and all the decoration is with them and the hill streams in mind. My fish have a fancier home than I do. 😂
oh yeah for sure u think it's the centerpiece then it is !! dojo loaches are awesome
Oooooo that straw hack might be perfect for my cat. She likes bubbles and playing in water, but the air stone is boring (too many bubbles, too concentrated). If I could get a straw to stretch them out for her, tho…. 🤔🤔🤔 I’ll have to try that this week!
Real time wether events for different countries built into you tank lighting would actually be pretty awesome
Thank you for reminding me to clean my tanks!😁 I was living on Sunday until I saw your post!🎉
Qotwa; As a small aquarium hobbyist I need to admit there's hardly anything as charming as a healthy betta fish BUT darios sure do come to close!
I have a 10 gallon, and so far my favorite fish that I've kept in it is a 3 spot gourami. He's in there with a sunset platy, and a golden panda molly, plus 2 african dwarf frogs, and 3 nerite snails.
nice :)
oh lord we fishkeepin this fine monday morning
aw yes
Favorite centerpiece fish has to be an Oscar Cichlid. Specifically a black and orange one. Had a beautiful sweet girl growing up who started as a tiny baby to grow into a massive queen. I hope to someday have the space to raise another one 💕
awesome!
@7:28 . That is a Rainbow Shiner that is native to the US. Favorite centerpiece fish is probably my Platinum Betta in a blackwater setting.
nicenice!
Bettas would be my go to centerpiece fish for tanks smaller than a 30 gallon. 30 gallon to 40 gallons would be dwarf cichlids.
good choices
7:28 its a juvinile Rainbow Shiner. your end of video question, Id choose a pod of Orcas if there was no isues over funds, or space, or tank
Angel fish is my fave centerpiece fish. Calm, yet aggressive sometimes. Elegant swimmers and great variety of colors and patterns. 🐠💕
well-said!
7:45 i think the one was a medaka rice fish
We used to have a large tank with a jack Dempsey cichlid named Lucifer, and the tank was called Hell. Lol. This big clown would hide when my mom came over! He did not like her voice or something! Lol Dispite his name he was pretty chill and didn't bother the smaller cichlids he shared his tank with. He lived a good long life.
Being honest, I do not have an aquarium. We had one growing up, but my parents didn't keep it too long. I hope to have an aquarium one day. Probably starting out with a 20 gal long. Maybe brackish one day too.
I currently have a group of 6 amazon puffers. All combined make the best centerpiece of any tank I have or had. 60 breeder, heavily planted with diy co2.
awesome, such a cool tank dude
7:24 top row middle is a medaka japanese ricefish orange variant, bottom right looks like a rainbow shiner
awesome
Wow I think that was the least amount of nonsense I’ve ever seen before getting to the
👏fish 👏 tank 👏review. 😂
😂 altho honestly the nonsense is my favorite part
Y'all, the cave is on Etsy. I've ordered them before.
Mi pez favorito es Brachygobius Xanthozonus. Lo mantuve en un acuario comunitario de 240 litros. Vivió muchos años y a pesar de su pequeño tamaño era bastante territorial e inteligente. Excelente video,acabo de descubrir tu canal y te felicito por tu original enfoque y por la cálidad con que lo desempeñas. Enhorabuena 👏👏
I’ve only kept 2 “centerpiece” fish and they were both jerks. My molly rescue was my favorite but my blue dwarf gourami was beautiful. I’ll definitely stick to my cory gangs being my centerpiece fishes from now on.
in PA we have satinfin shiners, maybe 4" max. Have seen in local lake... may have been feeding them cheese crackers while filming... ridiculously irridescent pearlescent rainbow unicorn fish....
When the tank was connected to the phone it would be a good idea for it to give you notifications and the perimeters in the tank so you know when to water change before it could kill any of your fish
that is true
You just need a high spot near your aquarium (or a strong lid) that you can place the bucket on and siphon the water in.
About the belly flop at 5:08, we have a national splash championship every year. The biggest splash wins.
oh shoot!
Pearl gourami, I kept one a while ago. It's always been in my top 3 fish. I live abroad now so I set up a five gallon tank with a betta. But I yearn for a bigger tank and a pearl gourami. Haha.
I didn't know the ramen guy did fish tank reviews dayum 👀
I currently have a beautiful blue and white koi betta as a centerpiece fish and he specifically has become my new favourite lol but my real favourite has to be dwarf gourami. I've had them a couple times and I plan on getting them again in the future. I really enjoyed keeping them.
awesome!!!
QTWA: I only have two Cockatoo Cichlids in a neon tetra tank. I guess it can be called a "center piece" but generally I'm not into that. I set up tanks with one or two schools of specific fish species and it's enough for me.
Pea puffers, they are literally mini angry birds that interact with me and their surroundings 🥹🥹
Today was the day I realized these cool, rimless tanks have no place to rest a bucket!
Got a summer tub for my guppies right now, those colors coming in clutch! They're breeding something fierce, can't wait to pull them and see what I got.
Qotw: my fav so far has to be the pearl gourami. So delicate looking and beautiful. And he likes to touch his whiskers to my finger!
Favorite center piece fish gotta be a silver Asian arowana, they may be a little bit expensive but I still wish to get one one day😩
my favourite centerpiece is a honey gourami
QOTW: What always works to me in community tank is harlequin rasbora. If I can't find any in the shop, then I buy tuxedo guppy. For non community tank I just go ez with a betta, it doesn't matter if it's male or female. To me the "centerpiece fish" depends on the tank type, the tank size and what the guys sell at the local store when I arrive, but these are my all time top 3 choice. 🙂
My favorite centerpiece fish is a betta! But if I want more of a community tank and less betta+bottom feeders, I would say an angelfish
Everything should connect to your phone! Anyway, BRB. Gotta reboot my socks.
When I pour water into my tank I usually just pour it into my (clean) hand and it doesn’t disrupt anything so that’s easy and free
My favorites are all the big Charisins. Ive kept a few but my tanks aren't big enough for most of them.
Honey Gourami are my favorite center piece fish so far!
Im pretty sure that using expanding foam for a cave should work, i have no source or proof but i think it should, if it does its another way to make a diy cave
Finally got the 29 gallon bought a carpeting plant and some Echindorus if I’m right. And my honey gourami loves it and 1 day after I transferred him to the 29 gallon he started making a bubble nest haha :) My Bristlenose has also found its fave spot. Thinking of adding neons and corys soon
As it can’t get any better today i watched FTR
And tommorow it’s my bday
Best last week of vacation ever
That hack for dispersing the water came to me too late... me as a noob fish keeper, destroying my substrate. And I personally love planted tanks, it's just sad none of my siblings appreciate it and would chose rainbow-unicorn barf gravel with fake pink and blue plants... makes me want to cry. (Favorite centerpiece fish has to be a galaxy koi betta. They have amazing personalities and I just love em.)
Betta fish.. i know it's the most basic of fish, but i really like giving Betta a "betta" life. the other critters in the current main tank (14ish gallons) are neutral colors, so Scruffy has friends, but they're invisible in most pics (3 pygmy corydoras, mystery snails, 3 zebra danios that wont let me catch them to move them to a longer tank.) We named him that because he was the ugliest fish we'd ever seen when he came home... like a broken thumb... now he's grown up into a beautiful iridescent pearl with splotches of the bluest blues on his body and streaked through his tail. the tank's light is one that cycles through a full day of light types (blue to red in the morning, white most of the day, red to blue at sunset) and when it's blue, Scruffy's tail and fins absolutely glow.
Chris loosing his mind over phone connection tanks.....
Me looking at my 180L bow front with a Bluetooth light....."But I thought it was cool" 😂🤣😂🤣
hahaha xD to each their own!
@@FishForThought oh aye, wouldn't buy one full priced though. Team bargain finds! 😁
qotw- Team Betta for life! Each one is so beautiful and unique and such a fantastic range of personalities... I just love them so much.
It's extremely hot in Texas right now so I have to let my tap water cool down from about 29.4 degrees (85F) and I keep water in those giant jugs like you have in water dispensers. Some of my tanks are right next to tall shelves, so I'll put the jug up there and use my siphone hose to get the new water into the tank. For my smaller tanks, I'll either hold the 5g jug or put it on a paint can so that it slows down the flow. Aaaaaand I have a 3d printed water diffuser (got it on etsy) that helps spread it out enough that guppies and shrimp aren't even moved around. A game changer for sure.
There is a great seller on Etsy for under gravel caves.... might have already bought like... 6 XD. Hope they do well with sales because its genuinely great.
I like chili rasbora for nano tanks. The red colors get bold if you feed them good food
QOTW: Betta, I particularly like keeping female bettas. I currently have a white betta named Sirena who I'm looking forward to finding out if she colors up over her lifetime. She already has some red coming in in her lower fins.
When I get a 20 gal one day, I would love to get a honey gourami as a center piece fish. They're so pretty and goofy looking at the same time.
awesome, hope it's soon!
Qotw: I haven’t had much centerpiece fish but can’t go wrong with betta as long as it’s temperament is cool. Looking to get into honey gourami soon tho 😁
QOTW: Only centerpiece fish I kept was a german blue ram in my 20 long 😅 I actually did intend for it to be a centerpiece fish before I even knew that was a thing!
My favorite in concept would probably be a honey gourami, simply because most centerpiece fish tend to be on the aggressive side but honey gouramis won't be causing any trouble. Betta would be my next pick due to being very hardy and readily available, plus having so many varieties to choose from
Chirs just angry with that pico two-gallon.
Qotw: my favorite centerpiece fish most definitely are apistogrammas not big but not that small either and a whole ton of character and social interactions for that size!
Qotw: The one dominant male in a small school of Florida Flag Fish. I have this dude that is red, orange, blue, iridescent green, and silver depending on how I look at him. He is absolutely captivating. They are the only fish in the tank. Even the females are super beautiful with the iridescent green and rarely blues.
ITS A GREAT MONDAY WHEN HE POSTS 🎉