Hi! I just broke down my 20 long and re-did it with some fluval stratum. I'm planning on doing a heavily planted tank and add some shrimp later on. I think those African Dwarf Frogs would be neat, but I'm still just in the researching phase with them. My son has been wanting to get angelfish for a while, but they're kind of intimidating for me. As always my fear is getting a really expensive fish and then I end up killing them.
I’m planning to set up my first ever planted tank this spring! Been planning it out for a while and super excited for my little community tank to finally come together.
Casual is fine, and you don't need to wear makeup. It's the content that matters. I enjoyed seeing your aquaria, and your 20H looked a lot cleaner (i.e. algae-free) than in the past. The Fluval Flex 15 is a good tank. I have one of these myself, and the only mods I did were add-ons to better direct the flow, put finer screens on the back, and to block the back from jumpers. I have a betta, cardinal tetras, Endler livebearers, a nystery snail, a nerite snail and some shrimp in mine and I'm pretty happy with it. I also have a 10 gallon and a 29. No special plans for change in 2023. The objective for me is to keep the fish I have alive and happy.
The personal mixed with the hobby of aquariums is great! Congrats on your first 14'er. Hope that the new tank brings you and your girl closer together. My oldest is also into photography and videography and I love how much I have both learned from him and the time together it has given us. Merry Christmas!
I absolutely love your casual, vlog style videos. Top favourite one was when you went through all the food you feed your fish for a week. Best, most practical video ever! Can you do an update? You have different fish and possibly foods now :P. Mostly it's really fun to watch people feed fish and learn about the different foods available. And you chat and reveal interesting tidbits as you go!
Odo reminds me of a older dog I was taking care of his last year here. He was 15 and could hardly walk but yet after couple weeks of taking care of him he acted like a puppy he was at heart ❤️ he’d walk with a little hop and would do a little hop off a 3 inch porch and land in the grass. Sadly we had to put him down because he could no longer walk.. miss you Roscoe 😓❤️
1) Merry Christmas 2) Thank you for the content 3) For 2023 I have a cycled 40 breeder just waiting for some Multis before mean ole winter is finished. Once they are settled in the high rise apartment rocks in the back have Julis scheduled for move in. Happy New Year to all
Very cool! I really wanna get a 40 gallon breeder someday. So many cool fish could go in it. Hope you have a merry Christmas as well and thanks for watching!
I'm making a pirate ship for my new painted turtle I rescued on October 21st. I live in minnesota and found the turtle when I was filling in stump holes. We grind the stumpthen I take a pitch fork and remove the mulch to fill in the hole with black dirt. When I was leveling the dirt with a rake, I thought I found an agate, but it was the baby turtle the size of a quarter. Now, he is the size of an Eisenhower silver dollar. The center of the hull is close to 35 gal right now, but I still need to make the back and front of it. The hull will have a plexiglass window to see inside, and I'm planning on having a ramp for him to come out of the gallows area of the ship to bask and explore the deck of the ship. The deck will be plexiglass to see into the bottom as well.
I’m still working on getting my new 75g up and running. The hardscape and substrate are in. I need a filter and light before I start planting. Once that’s done I will move livestock around so I can take down my 29g leaving it available as a quarantine tank.
Love your kitchen tank! Your doggie is a sweetest! ❤️ This summer ( in New zealand) I am setting up a pond & mountain minnow tank in my greenhouse I built.. & I plan to set up a south american cichlid tank but wity 28 tanks I should probably downsize and get a life rather than get into new projects haha
Hey there! You don't need the mop for Clown Kilis. If you see spawning behavior you will likely see fry shortly thereafter. Parents don't eat their fry. Good luck!
This year, I've been doing a lot of research on aquariums and I hope to soon have my first community tank to work on over a long period of time :). The only thing I am sure of, I will have Kuhli Loaches.
I love your videos! You’re absolutely a joy to watch and I love how organized your videos are and all of the adorable videos of your fish (in such high quality omg)! You just got a new subscriber! 😊
I have 2 tanks. 10 and 20. I moved the Black Flame Endlers to the 20 gallon...mostly females. I left some fish in the 10 gallon and I keep having problems with that fish tank with repeated die offs. To date, no die offs in the 20 gallon and it's massively planted and I use the right type of gravel that is optimal for plant growth. The 10 gallon has the regular gravel so I'm thinking of getting rid of the gravel in that tank and having it bare. I already treated both tanks for the fish wasting syndrome just in case. It's frustrating! I tend to bring the excess stock over to the local fish shop for store credit so I need that 10 gallon tank to be up and running properly.
Hi! This February I got my first betta fish. His name is Icicle and he is a half moon double tail male, and since I got him I am obsessed with fishkeeping!
👍😎 My plan is to get another tank, my 125 that I’ve had since 1981-82? (actually 2nd, first split seem) but it won’t fit anywhere in my new home. Wanted to do a giant Shellie tank, just have to downsize. Like that style of video. Have a great year Irene. ✌️
Loved this format, Irene 😊 Good luck with your daughter's tank. I am excited that you two can enjoy this hobby together. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 🎅☃️🎄🎁
Hi Irene, I have been watching your videos for a while. I liked seeing all your tanks and finding out a little bit more about you. My plan for next year is to switch my substrate to sand and get some kuhli loaches and a gourami.
You were my first "fishtuber" and I'm finally starting my first tank. Thank you for making fishkeeping more accessible and transparent. There's a lot of flashy, in your face, elitist channels. You're a breath of fresh air.
I wish you good luck with your daughter s first fish tank. I have a 5 gallon planted tank. I got some guppies breeding. I want to add some cherry shrimps. Will they get on well together?? Will they eat each other ? I got some platies in the same tank too.
Happy Holidays, Irene. I really enjoy this style of filming from you. It's more inviting and has a cozier and more personal feel. I appreciate you welcoming us to your home like that. I have a few opinions to offer with regards to your purchase of the Fluval Flex 15. I love Fluval products and so I've had Specs, Flex of all sizes, Chi, etc. The Flex is a wonderful AIO tank. It is highly customizable and you can find third party made products for it on Etsy. I highly recommend you look through what they have for your customization needs. I suggest you invest in an adjustable pump because the one that comes with the kit can be very strong and loud. I think you mentioned that you have hard water. The mesh that the glass has to hide the water line, which is also all over the back of the tank, absorbs any calcium and hard water deposits so, unless, youre on top of cleaning that off as soon as you see it, it will be really hard to remove even if you use Vinegar or PH down. Normally you would use a razor, but since the mesh is vinyl it'll rip it off. Also, remember that the tank actually has about 12 gallons of usable swimming space, so take that into consideration when stocking the tank. Thank you so much for your videos and have a wonderful new year.
My multies are my favorite species of my 25ish tanks. I had clown killies for a couple of years, and none of mine ever died. I just kept them in an unheated tank with lots of stem plants and they bred for me. Good luck with them!
I want to have a tank again. I took a break after my Betta passed. He was around for two years. I would really like to try a heavily planted tank with some good schooling nano fish. I am trying to decide which size tank to get. I may get a 20 gallon long. That's it. I'm doing research at the moment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Gina Hetlage
Lovely video. My fishie goal for the new year is to go for "less is more" and "quality over quantity". No more impulse buys. No more tanks that I'm kinda neglecting. No more buying plants without a gameplan for how to grow them. Everything intentional.
LOVED your stuff through 2022, Irene ❤ Christmas Eve brought me my first ever Guppy fry! As the last male left us back in November, leaving the last female to mooch around with the Tetras, Otos, and Rasboras, I had no idea this would happen - and now here we are. Go go little guys! 😊❤🎉
Id really love to get some shelldwellers. My local area doesn't have a lot to choose from, but I have wanted to set up one of those tanks for a long time now. They're so cool!
Just came back before the ridiculous storm that hit there with the family! Went on a trip to Winter Park but had to leave Wednesday due to that storm rolling in. Hope y'all are safe and warm up there!
Yikes, I’m sorry to hear that! Thankfully we did not lose power so all is well at our home. I feel really bad for my friends whose travel plans were messed up by the weather. Hope you have a merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays to you and yours! 🎄We enjoyed meeting you in Dallas at Aquashella! My first priority for 2023 is to finally set up that tank using that huge piece of driftwood I brought home on the plane from Texas! 🤣
Your first tank looks like it has black neon tetras - to go with the cardinal tetras. I have 10 black neon tetras with 7 female fancy guppies, 6 albino corys, and a beautiful blue female betta in a 55 gallon tank. I'm going to add real plants soon, like my other 20 gallong long tank.
Congratulations on the 14,ooo foot mark! And the new dog. Do you have plans for more 14ers? Your videos are so informative. I'm sharing my fishkeeping journey with my 10th grade students. My hardest part is transporting back and forth. Can you do a video on moving fish or changing tank setups?
Just got my first cherry shrimp..10 of them. My Choprae danios, panda Cory's and BN pleco don't seem to bother them much, but I am going to take out a dark red plastic plant I have in there. I can't see the shrimp. They look great on the green plant and love the cholla wood I got. Hope to see shrimplets soon but it's only been 2 days that I've had them. They are fire reds so they aren't as bright red as I really wanted
I have had 2 fancy goldfish tanks for 36yrs. I am considering a community tank but I have a lot to learn. Decades ago I tried it and my heater cooked my fish, Heart broken I haven't used a heater since. I will try again maybe.Probably
I enjoyed your video and seeing your aquariums. Guess I was a little sad the shell dwellers were on the "to go" list but they will have a nice new home I'm sure. I don't think fishes (except wild bettas) are too adversely affected about big changes. Sad your dog passed away. I dream of my dog and it's been 30 yrs since she passed. Your new dog looks like a sweetie and a nice mix. Hope your new projects continue to be fun and successful.
I haven't had any of your species of killifish but breeding killis is a fun thing to try, I had garderi that bred in some christmas moss but the moss turned out to cause a huge mess and someone did eat most of the eggs/fry before I caught on. Hopefully clown killis aren't known for that and neither are the other inhabitants unless you're pulling and hatching the eggs outside of the tank, though you can raise them in the tank provided there's enough fine cover and you're prepared to accept some losses. Smaller killis do have kinda short lifespans though so I hope you can breed them and get at least a few good generations outta your current stock Other things, I like the video format and don't mind the more casual theme at all so keep doing vids this way if ya like it. Also hope ya enjoy the holidays, i don't celebrate but still hope everyone has a good time. I'll just be working with a new tank setup and watching over my first betta breeding project for the rest of the year into next lol
My powder blue dwarf gourami Frank has a serious eye injury and hasn't been doing well for over 3 weeks. I treated the tank with erythromycin as a preventative. It looks like he might lose the eye if he survives, but he's been lethargic and staying close to the bottom. Anyway, I want to get more ember tetras for this aquarium (20L), and a group of other small tetras, but for now have to wait for him to heal. He's been very lethargic and stays close to the bottom ☹️
Trying to find the right balance of hobbies. I have a passion for freshwater shrimp tanks, shellies, reef tanks and hiking. As you can see, one of those is not like the other haha. I have downsized as much as possible for my significant other who is willing to maintain my tanks next year as I will be thru hiking the Appalachian Trail. Better believe I will be ramping up tanks when I return though.
Hey there, Like the update. My shellies just had their first babies! Got 5 little ones who pop out during feeding time. My kids love them I love watching them in my office. I was sad to hear you were thinking about breaking down your 20-long to breed other things. I'd like to put in an argument for keeping your shellies. I also have a 20 long, my long-term plan for that is to sell babies to the local fish store for in-store credit and then upgrade to a 40 gallon breeder. Put my shellies in there and add some julidochromis transcriptus! They can live in the rocks while the shellies live in the open bottom and both of them can breed! Then I can have two different fish I'm breeding. I'd argue for that for you rather than getting rid of your shellies! Maybe you could add some yellow labs for open water areas if you wanted. Or you could do the Princess of Burundi in the rocks if you don't want the Julies. I'm also thinking about breeding plecos in my second tank. I'm only doing two tanks max. It's a 15-gallon, and right now it's got a sunset honey gourami with some rasboras, ammono shrimp and pond snails.
I don’t know how you limit yourself to 3 tanks lol. Right now I’ve got my 20g high wild type Trinidadian guppy colony tank along with some shrimp, I’ve got my 5.5g betta tank and my 5g emmersed grow out tank, a currently empty 10g I don’t quite know what I want to do with yet but I’m thinking a trio of pea puffers, a 30g fancy goldfish tank with a pair of rescued fantails in it, a 55g long tank that I’m turning into a large community that currently has 5 khuli loaches, 1 neon khuli loach, and 6 rummynose tetras, I have a small 1g “fishbowl” that only houses a couple micro snails and a few plants, I have a 3.5g cylinder that’s meant for shrimp but currently houses more of a mini ecosystem with micro snails, and finally my newest tank which I’m currently in the process of resealing is a 35g highboy (22”Hx30”Lx12”W) which I’m planning to stock with a pair of angelfish along with a few others when I figure out who will go well with them and whatever their colour palette ends up being.
I'm getting ready to upgrade my ember tetras from a 5g kit rimless tank to a 7g rimless tank. The 7g will go into the same spot as the 5g currently sits. I'm planning to convert the 5g tank into a waterfall terrarium, which will be moved to a table supporting a couple of my larger houseplants (not sure that would take the load of a full aquarium, even one that size, but it should have no problem with the terrarium conversion). BTW, I hear you on the limited number and size of tanks. There are fish I'd love to have again, but I don't have any place to put the larger tanks needed for that yet. In my case, it's a matter of having a blended household. Eventually, I hope the living arrangements will settle out a bit better and I'll have room for at least one larger tank. For now, I'm just utilizing the space I have as best I can. My largest tanks are 2 29g. The rest are 11g and under, strategically placed.
I’m so glad you did this update! I love the back to basics tank. Can I ask what that centerpiece plant is in there? The one with the big broad dark green leaves
Merry Christmas to you and your family! Thank you for the content you produce! I am very interested to see how you set up the Flex 15. Enjoy the holidays!
I'm taking down my 10gal aquarium. I noticed these flat worm like creatures and at first they seemed interesting but I have so many. I never noticed how they swarm and take down the snail's.
I lost my study supervisor betta to dropsy earlier this month. I overspent my budget trying to save him so I'm currently living on instant noodles and cereals and trying not to spend over 5 bucks a day to rebalance stuff. Oh, I kidnapped 6 guppy fries from my university's goldfish and guppy pond, so they're the current inhabitants of my late betta's home.
I just started a Multi tank along with Daffodil Brichardi. So, I guess it is a Tanganyikan tank. I also am planning on entering the Aquascape bowl show in April but have not started that project yet.
