Reunited with My Favorite Fish After 2 Years

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While I've been making the 180 gallon aquarium, this moment has been in the back of my mind the entire time. I've been patiently awaiting the day that Maxwell would swim into new waters. Although I made the tank for all my fish, it was built largely with him in mind. In fact, my plans were much different when I still had the silver dollars, but after they passed, this project morphed into what it has become. That said, it still has to grow and my long-term vision is not yet fully realized, but I like how it’s progressed. What do you think?
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@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

Knifefish are just so interesting to me and, without a doubt, my favorite. Their elusive and bizarre behaviors are unmatched, in my opinion. What’s your favorite fish and why? I hope you all enjoyed the saga of this tank. It’s been an awesome experience and I’m excited to see how it establishes. I hope you all enjoy the video and have a great weekend SerpaSquad!

@aperson336 3 месяца назад

Most definitely! One of my dream fish are Hypopygus cf. lepturus they are one of the smallest knife fish and best part they are communal!

@Auhryofficial5884 3 месяца назад

For me, every kind of fish is my favorite, but my most favorite one is Betta fish, yea I know its very common, but Betta fish is my first ever fish in my entire life. I still remember the time when my Dad bought me a Betta fish, I loved her so much, but sadly she died due to old age, I'll always remembers you my loved one😁❤

@matthewzali5100 3 месяца назад

Definitely angelfish although they can be aggressive I found if you raise them with smaller fish like rummy or they don’t eat them and with enough cover and space

@BrightEyesEm 3 месяца назад

I love reed fish! They are so cute and have really fun personalities! Mine were super excited for feeding time and were always out and about! Very sneaky jumpers though 😂

@InvertMSM 3 месяца назад

I used to own one! They're really cool

@rifleraft 3 месяца назад

It was pretty funny hearing Serpa get frustrated with the jumping fish, considering how calm his voiceovers always are!

@vikreedoye8695 3 месяца назад

I didn't think he could be angry

@poochiew.9302 3 месяца назад

It is quite frustrating to find your fish dried up and dead on the floor. Happened to me many years ago too.

@laurieb3703 3 месяца назад

😢😢😢@@poochiew.9302

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

That went on for at least a half hour! One can only keep their cool for so long lol

@yvonnewong2146 3 месяца назад

Lmao

@yourlocaltoad5102 3 месяца назад

When I bought my first Ancistrus breeding pair, the male didn’t want to leave a crevice in large piece of wood and so the guy I got them from took a pair of pliers and took the wood apart so he could get the pleco out. It would have fit into the bucket I brought and I even offered to pay him extra for the piece of wood, but he said that we won’t submit to a fish. That was a weird experience, especially since I was 15 and he was a random 70-year old man I had just met, but I still have the fish and they have produced a ton of offspring over the years. And over time I even became friends with the breeder. He was a choleric and a chainsmoker, but he also was one of the best fish breeders I ever met. The guy casually bred fish that most people considered to be near impossible to breed intentionally. He once said that you just have to think like a fish and then everything will come naturally to you. Rip Karl, you truly did think like a fish.

@ZachEarwood 3 месяца назад

I shall raise a glass to Karl.

@vildhallon4709 3 месяца назад

Thank you for being honest and open about fish sometimes getting sick or end up passing away. I tend to feel like a "bad fishkeeper" when things like that happens and I've thought about quitting the hobby multiple times because of this. But loss is apart of life even when it hurts. And maybe it's okay that it's a part of this hobby too sometimes.

@cakeeeetime 3 месяца назад

Thanks for saying this. It helps me a lot, too.

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

Life can be fragile. Do this for long enough and something will go wrong eventually.

@sharonkaczorowski8690 3 месяца назад

The way a knife fish swims is so graceful…like a ribbon in the wind. Wonderful tank.

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

Right?! It looks effortless

@SamTheRogue 3 месяца назад

That slime mold footage was fascinating! The fish look great in their new planted tank!

@leafystreet 3 месяца назад

Whoever named the species nailed it

@tucker8364 3 месяца назад

Which one?

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

They are ghostly indeed.

@sendmorerum8241 3 месяца назад

@@tucker8364 Brown ghost knife fish

@evilrooster9960 3 месяца назад

That slime mold can be split for a nice treat for some springtails and isopods!! You can feed it all natural steel cut oats to keep it growing!

@sarahwatts7152 3 месяца назад

Sooo do people keep slime mold as a pet?

@evilrooster9960 3 месяца назад

@@sarahwatts7152 Some people keep anything as a pet lol I have roach colonies, Florida Skunk Roaches, Green Banana Roaches, Lobster Roaches, and Dubia Roaches, then some Isopod amd Springtail Colonies, some globular as well from my front yard, my 3 leopard geckos, then the fish and cat

@evilrooster9960 3 месяца назад

@@sarahwatts7152 some people will keep anything as a pet lol I know a guy who found a worm snake and dug up a fire amt nest and queen just to feed it lol

@shanrrosh 29 дней назад

@@sarahwatts7152 Yes

@Meliketurtle2007 3 месяца назад

The pleco:serpa!dont leave me here!SERPA!!!!!💀

@francismayer3841 3 месяца назад

HELP ME

@SequoiaElisabeth 3 месяца назад

Put the Driftwood in the bathtub and watch closely. The Bristlenose will come out to breathe and you got him. Frankly, I just toss the wood on the floor or in a bucket (if it fits) and the fish comes out on its own. Nice to see the fish back in a happy place, for both them and you. 🙂

@richmondlandersenfells2238 2 месяца назад

These are the same hardships we fish keepers endure all the time whenever it's moving day. Not only fish, but many of the animals we also keep. That is a very valuable lesson for me. Especially that I have to move out to another house again for the last time.

@jmarshal 3 месяца назад

I had a knifefish and absolutely loved him, too. Hardly ever saw him but he seemed happy! Unfortunately that tank sprung a leak while we weren’t there and drained leaving the fish nothing and they all passed away. Was pretty upset.

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

Oh no that's awful 😭

@dkp7073 3 месяца назад

We kept our lace catfish in a tank with anubias, java fern and moss that was attached to driftwood. Anything planted in the substrate was pulled up, like the crypts and swords.

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

Good to know!

@VividTerrariums 3 месяца назад

You inspired me to make my own channel about terrariums 👍💚🌿

@silasfoulon 3 месяца назад

I subbed!

@VividTerrariums 3 месяца назад

@@silasfoulonThx I appreciate it👍💚🌿

@defeatSpace 3 месяца назад

Subbed!

@melwallace1255 3 месяца назад

I subbed as well! Looking forward to your next video! 😊

@rickynolan 3 месяца назад

Subbed too dude 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@codiwawi911 3 месяца назад

Legend says that pleco is still in the Log, refusing to leave

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

Surely this one will be passed down the generations

@froggochannel469 3 месяца назад

Now the weekend is even better

@missdivine3557 3 месяца назад

Ooooh, I’m so glad to see some of the fish back in view! Especially Maxwell the third

@Jonas187-qc4tw 3 месяца назад

Hi Tanner! I just wanted to say thank you for the video every weekend! I've been watching your channel for about four years and got to love it, the animals and the community! Your videos helped me to keep strong in difficult times and I really appreciate that. I have just created a youtube account so I'm now able to finally able to like all of your videos. You have got me started in the aquarium and terrarium hobby with your simple jar terrariums. Now I own two ponds and a few terrariums and managed to start with setting up my first reef tank! I'm looking forward to all of your future videos. Greetings from Germany.

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

Awesome to hear my content has enriched your life. Appreciate your support as well. Keep going! 💚

@caketropolis 3 месяца назад

I love seeing how much you, your animals and your tanks have grown over the years. Also, that slime mold was so cool to see!

@AlLen-rh2ex 3 месяца назад

I could watch a livestream of that tank with that pretty music you picked at the end for hours!

@wispyspirits2158 3 месяца назад

Tanner’s voice when trying to catch the jumping guys was so funny haha! Jumping fish are always so hard to net 😅

@suzaynnschick158 3 месяца назад

I just love it so much more with the fish!

@MsLeenite 3 месяца назад

Thank you for the fishumentary, Tanner. Everyone looks happy in their new home. I like Maxwell's ventral ruffly fin. I remember the first time I saw live flounder at a big aquarium, I was fascinated by how they scoot along the sea floor using the continuous ruffly fin on their perimeter. Nature presents such a rich variety of shapes, colors, ways of movement, and other animal and plant features, you will never run out of wonders in your lifetime. Pink slime mold! How strange and amazing!

@MP-fe5ur 3 месяца назад

watching those cory cats swim around has brought me so much joy! they are my favorite fish

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

They look so much better in a big shoal like this!

@heyguys2639 3 месяца назад

Man I love this channel. It educates me and all of Mr. Serpa’s tanks are gorgeous works of art.

@clifflifekeith2490 3 месяца назад

watching your newest video every Saturday morning while eating my breakfast has become part of the schedule

@darlenemorris6011 3 месяца назад

Beautiful tank as always Tanner. Maxwell is stunning! "Darlene, crazy scooter lady at Aquashella"

@banditfishing1558 3 месяца назад

I kept 2 knife fish a few years ago. My first was a Black Ghost Knife and he was great. Had him for 3 years before unfortunately he was mauled by a green Texas cichlid pair that decided to breed in his cave. The other was a clown knife which although I knew I’d need a tank upgrade from my 120g at some point I had to have him, he was about 5 inches when I got him living in a tiny tank at my lfs. He was offered to me for £5 because no one had showed any interest in him the 7 months he was at the store. I had him 18 months before having to re home him due to my grandad becoming ill (the tank was at my grandparents). In the time he had grown to just under 2 feet long. He ran the tank completely and would come up to me every time I was near the tank begging for food. He went back to the lfs he came from and when he sold he was nearly 27 inches. The best fish I’ve ever kept and if I had the chance to get one again I’d jump at it. Knife fish are amazing

@allday-rt8nm 3 месяца назад

Thanks for asking Tanner...I love loaches & Puffers & Emerald Green Cory Cats✌🏻

@DanteYewToob 2 месяца назад

Perhaps in the future you should put a white liner at the bottom of the stock pond. Just white plastic, or white flex seal or something. That way you can see the fish a bit better instead of looking into a black void hoping to spot movement… lol

@Aqua_M963 3 месяца назад

Overall this is one amazing tank and you were able to reunite with your fishy friends which was amazing

@annak6751 3 месяца назад

Have you ever thought of a second channel where you post longer form videos of your builds with some music? You could link back to your builds and we could enjoy the creatures and calming scapes you’ve created. Just a thought. (: SerpaDesignTV

@gregorynull5630 3 месяца назад

I think a few upside down catfish would be really cool in your aquarium with all the ledges & driftwood.

@lindseymercuria3971 3 месяца назад

This is so beautiful! It's peaceful and natural, so calming I bet. I'm glad Maxwel is doing great!

@Moody-Boy 3 месяца назад

Hi Serpa! A few years back you did a carnivorous sundew terrarium. Have you ever considered doing a larger bog terrarium with bog plants native to Pennsylvania and Ohio? It would be really cool to see more carnivorous plants showcased on your channel. Especially, pitcher plants! As a fellow midwestern, I would be delighted to see it!

@budder2626 Месяц назад

I've had a black ghost knife for about 3 years and i love the fishy so much he's about 18ish inches now and thriving in my 150 GAL soon to be going into an indoor pond to grow even more

@ArtisticNightmares Месяц назад

little wiggly dude is adorable

@fabriglas 3 месяца назад

Beautiful tank, i miss having one! Its so relaxing watch a fish tank compared to tv.

@Verlisify 3 месяца назад

An absolutely wonderful video

@sandyloyst1811 3 месяца назад

Another beauty Tanner. Congratulations. Love and Peace.

@seeing8spots 3 месяца назад

Tank is looking great and slime molds are so incredibly cool! What a neat surprise that is! :D

@cindystimson3632 3 месяца назад

I'm so glad you got them in a tank again. I did not realize you were having issues with a broken tank and having to keep the fish in the tub. You did very well managing to keep as many as you did in good health. I feel bad for you for the losses. I love the way you take such good care of all of your room mates. Also, I don't know why you stopped but I miss you saying Peace at the end of your videos. I hope you are having a good day and may peace be with you Tanner. Cindy 11:01

@nancycornett9949 3 месяца назад

Thank you

@viperluciano6328 3 месяца назад

Looks absolutely beautiful. That knife fish is absolutely stunning

@BobyChanMan 3 месяца назад

I'm so excited for the rest of this series!

@terrienhumain6723 3 месяца назад

Great, just great. Bless you.

@TheLemonLily 3 месяца назад

Thanks for making such a beautiful video!

@littlemidwestrebornsdolls 3 месяца назад

It was great to learn the story of Maxwell. Beautiful tank. 🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐠🐠🐠🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 (Gina)

@ashketchum2574 3 месяца назад

Wow the tank looks amazing with the fish 😍 I'd love to have an update on this down the line!

@moonbasket 3 месяца назад

Wow. Congratulations on the smooth move for everyone!

@studioaquaeden 3 месяца назад

I love your tank design 👏

@loribell6453 3 месяца назад

My last big aquarium was a tall 110 gallon filled about three quarters and housed three red-eared sliders, a huge plecostomous (that grew up with the turtles), cory catfish and speckled cory catfish, and a vast array of mixed guppies. I realized the cory catfish were like the chickens of the community with all the eggs they laid and which the female guppies ate voraciously following the catfish around as they were laying. There were enough eggs to go around though as some did survive to eventually appear cricket sized. That's when the turtles would get interested, but I provided lots of cover for them, so some of them managed to make it to adulthood. It was like National Geographic in my bedroom every day! 😁

@ShrimpWizard 3 месяца назад

A Serpadesign video and a Dr plants video on the SAME DAY!!?? We are getting fed boys!😌😌😌

@ArielVelazquezHernandez 3 месяца назад

So beautiful

@dennisfeldmann7399 3 месяца назад

Looking forward to the next video. 😊

@prixalternative4201 3 месяца назад

Well done

@JOATMOFA 3 месяца назад

Awesome looking tank!!!

@rickyt3961 3 месяца назад

Thank you! 🐟

@Native_ichthyology 3 месяца назад

Trust me Waited for this this whole week🎉🎉

@jeffmoore78 3 месяца назад

I used to have some Lace Catfish in a planted tank. Key words “used to”. I had to pull them as they matured. When they were small they were “ok”. They were a little messy as they did uproot some of the smaller, less established plants. But as they grew, they became territorial and yes, they were like bulls in a china shop.

@DasK.48 3 месяца назад

I had a Laced/Upsidedown catfish in my planted african river tank and they didn't *maliciously* uproot anything but they did bumble through denser plants. I found that only larger anubias (like coffiefolia) on higher rockwork really worked. Taller val species did well(ish) for almost a year but was under constant harassment.

@melissaplatero9654 3 месяца назад

gorgeous tank as always!

@maxxedtfout 3 месяца назад

Amazingly beautiful as usual.

@Frostihaider 3 месяца назад

that slime is amazing , i would love to have one one day but i had a freshwatersponge once :)

@KCtheKat101 3 месяца назад

I love slime mould ❤

@kilrkitty0818 3 месяца назад

Hopefully we can get an update and Maxwell feeding video in the future Absolutely beautiful tank ❤ Great Job 💯

@IzItShiny 3 месяца назад

I could not be that calm about a slime mold. I understand they are... natural, but I find them exceptionally creepy. It's the sentience and problem-solving that gets me. I don't want "thinking slime" in my house. :)

@KellyFrisby 3 месяца назад

Cory catfish are some of my favorites. Love your videos!

@denisewhitlow7493 3 месяца назад

I have loved knife fish since my first one over 35 yrs ago!!!

@TheSeptemberRose 3 месяца назад

Beautiful! I was going to say, as you were mentioning adding more fish, that it looks like the Cories are already helping you out there! I have Cories too, so I recognized their breeding behaviour!

@elijahwells696 3 месяца назад

I have a black ghost knifefish in my 125g, has always been and will always be my favorite fish. They are just so cool and personable, so keepers have ever said you can hand feed them.

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

This! I trained my old one from 16 years ago to hand feed and it was awesome!

@mstreech 3 месяца назад

My lace catfish does great in my planted tank. Heavily planted and he’s only interested in rock caves and catfish food.

@casandraolund9006 3 месяца назад

Maxwell certainly grew up to be such a handsome boy. I guess serpa will have to build a tank around the log for the pleco he doesn’t wanna move out

@Green_Tube 3 месяца назад

You should make a beginner honey hourami and neon tetra tank

@victorsaavedra6595 3 месяца назад

Amazing

@AckoMunze 3 месяца назад

I had a large synodontis eupterus in a fully and densely planted tank years ago and never had any issues with him uprooting anything or even rooting for that matter. He's more of an opportunistic hunter/scavenger than a sifter. I would not be concerned. All of my large tanks always host(ed) my favourite cat , brown spotted hoplo, which is a true sifter, and even he never uprooted anything with all of its chunky 6-7" adult size.

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the insight! I know they'd look awesome in here, so this is reassuring.

@fortunesfishing4766 3 месяца назад

Keen as for this one legend

@LukeVGogh 3 месяца назад

Cool build❤

@caughtafaygo 3 месяца назад

Very cool man! Looks great. Silly pleco reminds me of my trigger fish who would love to latch on to live rock

@SMDoktorPepper 3 месяца назад

You might enjoy skunk botias. Not only will they help control your snail explosion, they actually talk to each other.

@bigslappy7850 11 дней назад

Yea my chubby lace catfish did dig up my all my plants 😅 I did try for a while too..

@falcolf 3 месяца назад

It's so beautiful ❤❤❤❤

@TealCheetah 3 месяца назад

New tank looks much better with fish!

@k3lit0 3 месяца назад

Corys are so fun. Have you tried Kuhli Loaches? Got a few of them recently and they're amazing. So much personality and energy. And cute little faces. Definitely seems like something you'd enjoy if you haven't kept them before.

@TheFishBeast 3 месяца назад

Beautiful fish in an amazing tank. I have a Gymnotus javari myself… one of my favorites!

@myuselessyoutubechannelsho8422 3 месяца назад

Those cories r huge

@timothywhieldon1971 2 месяца назад

I had a Black Ghost knife from back when i started as a newb, 8 years later and it being 13 inches long. i have never loved another fish like that one. My 2nd Favorite is the glass cat fish "Kryptopterus vitreolus". Please make a setup that has 50 of them and a ghost knife or 2!

@-Jeff222- 26 дней назад

Put the pleco in the log up on rocks so the fish is 10-25% out of the water and give him a place to hide at the bottom and he should come out

@stampinturtles 3 месяца назад

Maxwell is definitely happy in his new set up. I’d love to sit and watch these fish all day. Beautiful aquarium and home for all these animals. That slime mold was fascinating! It can think?!?! Crazy! God sure was creative making all these amazing creatures! ❤🙏🏻 Thank you for sharing your creativity with us. It’s very inspiring.

@dragonstooth4223 3 месяца назад

when I kept aquariums, black knife ghost fish were my favorites as well. And fire eels. They are awesome fish.

@SerpaDesign 3 месяца назад

Ahh yeah Fire Eels too! Those are a bucket list fish for me.

@dragonstooth4223 3 месяца назад

@@SerpaDesign highly recommend them. We had one we called wally, even though we were sure he was a she. Wally knew who I was and would come up to the glass and try to interact with me (but couldn't due to the glass). Wally was very observant and would follow us everywhere. We named her Wally because we had to check she was out to make sure she got something to eat at night when we first got her (where's Wally lol). Eventually she learned dinner time and would be out in a flash. Lots of personality in them. Sadly when we upgraded her tank something happened and she went missing. As they are escape artists we suspect the change of tank upset her and she escaped the tank. As we have cats and dogs, well, you can imagine what likely happened. We were gutted as she was our favorite and my little friend. Such a shame. So much personality. You'll love a fire eel I think :)

@smithplayz1564 3 месяца назад

I don’t know if you’ve ever owned one but you should get a gulper catfish they’re so funny!

@archangelspythons Месяц назад

I think it was Tokyo? one japanese city used slime mold to plan one of the most efficient subway systems in the world

@Daspankyfish 3 месяца назад

Just making my mark before this blows up

@steev927 3 месяца назад

Being in NJ, where we can't cast-net fish, I have a pretty legit net for landing fish. Just tried to look it up, and The Pond Guy has the closest thing to my personal net!