What She Keeps in Her Fish Room after 50 Years in the Hobby
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Lessons from an old school hobbyist. Bonnie has been keeping and breeding tropical fish for over 50 years... wow! She is the OG (old guy hahaha). Bonnie was a huge blessing to spend time with and learn about her life in the hobby and how the hobby saved her through live. This fish room tour will always be one I remember as Bonnie was such a great person to spend time with.
Bonnie is currently breeding corys, rainbows, chiclids and some angelfish. She has over 40 aquariums and she isn't stopping there. She even has one of the coolest antique aquariums I have ever seen!
Check out some of the other fish room tours I have done:
• Fish Room Tours
![Discus, Angelfish, and Ram Breeding Room [Tour]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vR2pcFPleUA/mqdefault.jpg)
I'll say, she's managing the fishes way better than my local aquarium stores.
Duh
Is that a surprise? She’s literally a veteran fish keeper
"What are these? ...
"Chocolates"
"Are they? They look like Philippine Blues"
"no"
"Do you breed those?"
"yes."
tk45440 😆😆 I thought that was funny too, but he is right, those angels are Philippine blue chocolates
I feel called out. Recently experiencing burn out and anxiety and I got into aquascaping and snails. And I can spend 1-2 hours just watching it when I'm having a bad day.
Crushin it fam
AQUAPROS nice to see you here
Wow! She has beautiful tanks!!! How cool that she does this!! She is a special one of a kind lady!!
I love Bonnie. She’s true to what she loves and she never gave up because nothing in life can take away what she loves, fish hobby. Wow nice organization and beautiful set up.
I love this lady!
You and me both Craig!
I have family in Ohio, I wish I could work with yall. Such a positive attitude and all the building and aquariums.... dream come true lol
I love Bonnie's fish room more than I think any other I have seen. She is the best.
It's easy to get so deep in to this hobby you start with one tank and end with 40... I'm at 11 now so know this lady tough as nails to have 40 on the upkeep and she has beautiful fish that breed well awesome work ❤️...
I just love how you treat/ love your guests. 🤙
All basic sponge filters and the water looks great. I guess that's all one really needs!
That mop thing is a fantastic idea. I’ve been doing this for 20 years and have NEVER heard of a mop! Wow. What a great idea!
Great tour, I regret that I have but one "like" to give!
haha thank you so much Riley!
Fish are definitely cathartic. I am 62 and am finally able to indulge my fish habit. Four aquariums and counting. I have a debilitating lung condition that makes life difficult but when I'm at my big natural pond or with my aquariums, I am HAPPY.
Interesting. I started to fishkeep after my mom died. It really helped me get through my grief. I made me feel better. Watching my fish and shrimp was relaxing and helped me keep my mind off things.
Best fish room tour ever. I bet hanging with Bonnie was a blast. Those angels are spectacular
How the f#$k can anyone thumbs down this little woman and her 50 years experience?
Wow! Bonnie, what a treasure! She's the real deal!
I swear this lady is me in the future lol I love fish !
REALLY L💜VE THIS! She is so ON IT and THANKS YOU GUYS FOR SHOWING!
All of her tanks look beautiful.
Wow beautiful fish and what a great fish room.
"uhhh they're called Marci's".. "Cold Marcis, okay" lol :) awesome video tho :)
lol
What a great lady. Thanks, enjoyed getting to know her.
"I used it until one day I got electrocuted" 😂
She is great!! Cool lady!
Favorite fish room tour so far 🙂
Absolutely amazing fish keeper I wish I could pick her brain bet she knows all manner of tricks to run so many tanks so well. So many beautiful tanks!
so impressive, from young to old her keeping and breading fish , greeting from indonesia
Very cool old school
Wow ~ Totally Awesome !!!
She needs her own channel!!!
Bonnie the OG. I love it.
wow! thats a fish room!
Now that’s being dedicated to your hobby
What heartless souls downvoted 37 times?
I don't know how people dislike these videos. It doesn't make sense. Must be competitors.
It can also be bumps on mobile devices. :)
Stupid ppl that have no concept of anything beyond TV, movies and video games I guess 🤷🏾♀️
Squirrel wow you sir are very cool and edgy
What a wonderful lady
I been watching a lot of videos on UA-cam and research a lot! I want to buy my own tank! But before that I want to get knowledge from different sources. This week I had so much fun watching fish tank videos! I am so excited!
she is adorable.
Wow 50 yrs.😀👍40 tanks. Great vid
I hope to be like Bonnie one day!
I'd love info on the brooms. They look cool
Dawn Ruhl hello stranger
+dylon davis Hey babes! Long time no see! It is a small world, isn't it? Hugs to Courtney.
Such a beautiful video to make !! What a wonderful lady bonnie is :) .. Thanks dude for sharing this ..
Really loved the angel fish!
Sub'd. Loved this video. When I was getting started as a youngster my grandma gave me a "Golden Guide: Tropical Fish" (Bruce W. Halstead) small book, and that's what I learned from in the pre-Internet days.
Can you please do an update on Bonnies fish room please? Mainly her because she is a wonderful spirit
this is awesome! thanks for sharing
Best video I have seen in a long time, just awesome!
Great vid! Fish are a total escape and relaxation for me every day after work. Also nothing better then getting some pointers from an OG. We easily forget with all the new tech how easy and basic keeping fish can be.
You seem like a really cool guy. Funny, I am an aquarium freak and electrician by trade myself. Wish I had a fish room worth touring lol!
She manages all those fish tanks than I ever managed myself. If I had to spend 4 hours cleaning fish tanks everyday, I would sell all the fish and call it done.
Seeing the shrimp guy being so clueless about brine shrimps is way too amusing to watch 😅
amazing video
Inspirational person
love all her tanks! animals help everyone :)
Love it!
What a nice lady.
great video
So many awesome tanks..
This is so cool. Were you able to help her with breeding shrimp?
Such a sweet lady
wish i could like this video twice
Wow!
That is so cool...
that is so cool..
that is so cool.
that is so cool..
that is so cooooool..
thaattt isss sooo coooooll
Noo...
That is so coollll
that is so cooooolll
She is motivational to all of aqua hobbist...
#Respect
That's great
she is worthy of the fishes
Man I picked up a few tips..... wow
Great to hear! Learning from a generation that won't be around for forever.
I wonder if she has any aquariums in the regular rooms of her house or are they all in the fish room (I assume her basement)?
Bonnie is legit
This lady needs to have a sink installed in there with with all the tank slightly higher then and water changes would be simple
what's the purpose of the mops? sorry, not sure i understand
My tank keeps going green and I have tried so many things any ideas??
got to love yt subs laughing my head off with what it writes
Where is this place I live in buffalo too would love to visit
Love her! Would love to be able to chat with her!
how do you sal the old tanks
Omg he so cute
wow amazing!! :-O
I can imagine her grandkids spending an hour in her fish room
They said something about Youngstown Ohio???
You don't have to breed convicts, lol. Just buy some, they'll eat all your other tank inhabitants and make tons of babies, haha!!
It'd been a lot easier to maintain with a little filtration equipment. Who uses just bubbler sponges on all of them?
I wish I knew Ralph what she knows.
Whats this plant called in 7:54 ?? The one stemmed long plant?
It's Hornwort.. I looked it up. I know I've seen it before, I just couldn't remember what it was called.
I’ve been in the hobby 35 years and I’m still young 👍
You sure it wasn't an electric eel?
Bonnie is such a lovely lady
She truly is! Loved her so much!
Only 2 minutes in and it's already amazing!! Bonnie is so cool!
I love her so much haha I smiled so much editing this video :)
Isn’t she a pip! What a doll. A living treasure ! She warmed my heart! It’s nice to see such an experienced woman fish keeper. I love her tanks and fish room. Beautiful.
I love those Angels! Oh the gold ram tank is beautiful !
hahah I love her! Such a sweet heart! It is good to see old school gals being experts in this hobby
Flip Aquatics - LupDiesel yes it is! It’s wonderful that she is doing something SHE loves all this time! Such an inspiration !
Got electrocuted and flew across the room at that age and just brushes it off. A GOD AMONGST PEOPLE.
Honestly this happened to me as a kid with my first tank. But it was a short in the air pump that got me.
She is the great grandchild of Poseidon and Zeus. Must have felt nostalgic to her.
That comes with age..
The definition of electrocuted is dying by shock. She was never electrocuted.
@@isaaccuervo147 you are wrong. Because shock on it's own can also mean just getting scared or surprised. Should have put in "electrical" in that sentence. But still come on you know what the guy is talking about...this isn't a courtroom.
I was really stressed going through Law school and securing a job at a firm etc. During that time I got really into fish keeping. I was in a skyscraper looking up the nitrogen cycle and learning all the basics at 25. Buying a tank, getting it settled, decorating it, and getting my fish etc really helped me through that time. Fishkeeping is definitely therapeutic.
This is weird a lot of people say this, but I just find that it brings more stress (aka additional tasks)
@@GlobeXLabels Depends. You can look at it one way; you are taking care of something and watching it grow. It depends on you. Or you can look at it as a chore.
Also, if you have 1 or 2 tanks...it's nothing. Especially if they're well balanced. You can have a self sustaining ecosystem and the only thing left to do is top off a tank.
You must be trolling or you’re just that out of touch and completely have no self awareness lmao.
Also depends on what you are running in your tank. If you are doing a full planted tank, then less time doing maintained and more time enjoying the fish as the plants are absorbing all those excess nutrients for you and doing way less water changes. Non planted tank on the other hand is a different story. Also depends on the type of fish you have and sizes of them and size tanks also, its just a lot of variables that go into it, but at the end of the day, you decide how the outcome of the tank is going to be and the amount of work you would be giving yourself
“enjoy your life too?” “no not really” 😂
Too many tanks causes something I call burnout. I have had fish tanks for 62 years starting with quart jars of guppies. Burnout happens when you get tired of the work and the challenge of keeping them alive.I have seen burnout many times over the years. It is a natural consequence of getting tired of a particular hobby. Some of my fish are 30 years old. Bonnie is an unusually dedicated fish keeper. Full time tank keeper.
James King incredible right!?! I have owned my cichlids for approximately 3 years now and burnouts happens at a point I stopped caring for a while I stopped cleaning or feeding.
I got a kick in the butt when I saw them getting weak and started making changes got them a new aquarium, better canister filter, changed gravel to sand to match their natural habitat I also got rocks, new lighting, heater and everything. I've been with them for 3 years and I would cry if I see them die.
You have done very well congratulations.
Yeah I’ve been keeping with breaks here and there for 35yrs. I think that’s totally natural and life is all about cycles of on/off. Most go through this in most aspects of their life-like my job/ hate this boring job, like living here/I need a change, I love spending time with my wife/ Lol better not type this one. Life itself is setup like this so you don’t get burnt out-you have the experience of life and then bam the switch shuts off. Omg I’ve been watching too much Alan Watts. Sometimes a species change such as her leaving angels can revive you.The most impressive dedication I’ve seen in person to a species was visiting old Jack Watleys discus room back in the early 90s. He had been working with them breeding from wild form to what we have today since he traveled down to get his breeding stock in 1963.
Ya as a former park ranger I try to remake a natural habitat. I stick to ponds that don't require filters and clean themselves. I'm a truck driver so Iam only home once a week.
I'm in a burnout RN,,
They look like Philippine blues
Nope
Lol. She's a riot
hahahaha I know, right? She had me cracking up
Rip I don’t get it
Yes I had the same fish sold as smokey blue pearl scales they r lovely
She's amazing...wow and the quality of those tanks and species are outstanding
I love Old G fishroom tours, as others have said, Bonnie has forgotten more about fishkeeping and breeding than I will ever learn, and done it all without benefit of the internet back in the day. THESE are the folks we need to learn from.
Amen! She has so much knowledge and learned everything through trial and error then through others in fish clubs. Such a different generation and so much to learn from them.
Are you saying that you're stupid?
did she sell sometimes ? another type of income
"Old g" ??? Lmfao
Older people aren't that crazy 😊 They have many secrets to reveal 😊
People like her are indeed precious.
I am 34 and i have kept aquariums for more than 2 decades. Its all about love. You are so attached with it that every individual fish becomes a family member. Some really grow big n some hatch numerous babies. You keep on adding tanks to make room for them or even build ponds. They deserve that. Lucky me, i have 10 tanks, very big and very small n a DIY pond too with a total of 200+ fishes. I m sure i will keep expanding bcoz my son is a bigger fish lover than me.
We all can totally relate to what you've mentioned in this hobby!
Yep, u described it. I got a sucker fish and left it with my x. I named him The Godfather..I honestly miss him. So, yes, they are family. I'm about to get a Siamese fighter fish and a Black cat. We'll see how that works 😃😳🤷🏾♀️
This woman knows her fish. Every specimen was lively, colorful, and SUPER HEALTHY! Bonnie's Gold Rams were the showstopper; no one on UA-cam has a colony more beautiful...at all. She's truly one of a kind in our ever-expanding fish universe. Thank You, Flip for bringing her fish room to our attention.
You're right. The Gold Rams are something else.
Wow!!! The amount of knowledge in her head!! Folks like her are a treasure in the hobby....she has probably forgotten more than many will ever know!!! And the changes she has seen!! Loved the old tanks!!! Thank you Bonnie and Rob for the tour!! :)
Thank you for watching!~ She was amazing! What a great time and you're right, the amount of knowledge is so immense! These are the types of tours I love.