Want A Clean Aquarium? These Will Help! 

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Really like how you summed it up with "...fish that can HELP keep your aquarium clean." The fishkeeper definitely still needs to be involved. Good video!

Met John and Lisa in Charlotte. They are extremely wonderful people and John is very blessed to have Lisa. She is even more beautiful in person and John is so down to earth and enjoys talking to anyone about the hobby. My kids and I love you guys! Keep the videos coming guys!!

I have experienced both siamese algae eaters being peaceful but also I've had one that constantly harassed my rainbows and loaches

People like you make me love the hobby!

I personally love Otocinclus. They are cute and derpy and do a really good job. I supplement their diet with Repashy gel food and I’ve had my otos for at least 4 years now.

Fun video. Lisa now has me looking at shrimp but I don't think they will do well with my blood parrots.

Lisa snails arrived last night, and everyone seems to be happy in the new tanks! Food seems high quality, and t shirt looks amazing! Highly recommended 👌

Geos are my absolute favorite fish. The red head topajos are so beautiful. When they get the long fins ❤❤ gorgeous.

Love this format. That and you telling stories are my favorite.

I'm one of those people glad for the return of these Top-10s. And yes, we want the list of fish Lisa find adorable 'cause they are... ugly. That said, I have a Bristlenose and it's an excellent helping hand. But agree, you have to consider yourself as main "tank cleaner" of your aquarium.

My bristlenoses Peppi and Kokki are feeling so insulted right now! 😉 They're named after two Dutch silent comedy characters.

I love this! Every Sunday seeing a video and every Thursday seeing the live! I love this hobby and the community! ❤

I have six siamese algae eaters in a 75-gallon community tank. The only fish I've ever seen them harass is each other. My favorite part of their behavior is that they like to perch on the hardscape, often in groups. I've had many instances of seeing four of them chilling on the same rock. 😅

You were talking about geophagus but my electric blue acaras also do the same. My angelfish alway go around the plant bases or just below the sponge filter and eat if there's anything there with their pointed mouth . I've never faced algae issues in any of my tanks . Some people says black mollies eat algea but they only eat if they're kept starved , with food available they don't do much with algae . BTW good list with lots of information for future reference.

Yes please Lisa.

Yes they are. Gorydori are great fish

Love the lists!!..love you two also..keeping it top notch as always..John and Lisa..😁

Great video, as always, John and Lisa! And yes, Lisa, you do look so young and beautiful. Lucky John!!! Thanks guys for all you do for us fish keepers!

I got myself an apple snail for my goldfish tank, now its my favorite creature in that tank

Absolutely love my geophagus redhead tapajos, got a group of 5 with some other South American cichlids they definitely help clean the sand along with my wave makers and canister filter

We needed an aquarium tour of your house ASAP.

I NEED AN UGLY FISH VIDEO!!!! I love those kinds of unique fish

Thanks for the video John tanks looking better already! ❤

People often confuse Siamese algae eaters with Chinese algae eaters. Chinese algae eaters are the ones that are a total nuisance. Siamese algae eaters are peaceful and won’t mess with your other fish… BUT yes they do tend to fight each other quite a bit

Nice one you two,great vid

Another great video. I do enjoy a good "List" video for sure. Those Geo's are interesting and cool a fish for sure. Yes, Lisa, a video of your favorite ugly fish would be fun to see!

Well done, thanks for the video

Look! About the SAE fish... I had one and it was harassing the Celestial Pearl Danios non stop. I had to give it away because the CPDs were not eating anymore. He was even harassing a grey shark twice his size. And it was fed with shrimp and algae wafers.

I think the confusion over the Siamese algae eater (Crossocheilus oblongus) stems from its resemblance to the distantly related Chinese algae eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri). SAEs are smaller, calmer, and shoaling. In contrast, CAEs are bigger, semi-aggressive, and territorial.

Yay a Lisa video. I love my “clean up” crew. The only ones I got for that purpose were my otocinclus which I love. My Corydoras and upside down cats are because I love them. My upside down are full grown John is only 3 inches but Lisa is about 4 she is like a dragon compared to the Pygmy Corydoras. And finally love my mystery snails I have 2 with my veil tail betta in my 10 gallon.

I actually try my hardest to grow diatomic algea on rocks and other things to help keep my bristlenose and otocinclus well fed with a balanced diet. Algea wafers and rapashy is great but I feel these guys benefit from the real deal.

Team Bristlenose! The lady at the store looked at me funny when I said I didn't have an algae problem, I just thought he was a cute fish. 😂

John needs an extension on that python water changer hahaha

Lisa, Hun, agree completely, as someone who likes to say 21 + X years experience 😁

wish you were in Canada I love snails

😂😂Thanks Lisa and John 💕👍

Sand snails, siamese, cory. My tanks are looking amazing every day 😊

Yay! List videos!

You guys are masters of lists. p.s John I’m diving into cichlids soon with some Rusty’s 🤙

I just got three Siamese algae eaters. I hope they do really good. Because my pleco died and I don’t wanna risk losing another pleco

My first order arrived yesterday!! Did I keep the receipt and put it on the fridge because it was signed by Lisa? Yes. Yes I did :)

Wow❤❤❤ amazing

Great videos. Do you guys keep any crayfish or fresh water crabs? I have some red claws and one vanilla lobster and one Electric Blue Lobsters and I adore them, especially the Vanilla. If you have any videos of those please post, I'm always looking for ways to keep them well fed and happy.

Amano shrimp, since hair algae is my bane!

I was waiting for the cut scene where there was a skeleton with its hand in the yellow lab tank... :)

So if I am being honest. My SAEs definitely fought each other when I first put them in my tank. That has finally stopped and while doing that they are all the black hair Alage in my tank and it hasn’t came back. I love ‘em though and they crack me up they got my Ottos to feel more comfortable and come out so much now(before I thought they all die and I couldn’t find them). Heck one of them even likes to hang out with my Cories lol. Note they never I mean never bother anyone but each other and voice hierarchy was determined they stop.

Another great fish for cleaning your tank: common goldfish. :)

Siamese algae eaters are also jumpers I’ve had one jump out. Found my cat eating it.

Corycats, Plecos, Snails and Loaches are my choice.

I'm 64 and I believe if you don't use it your loose it I'm a hyper old women I make myself get up off that butt cause I believe if I don't these dogs, fish well die and I would without them my kids and grandchildren are all grown up now so they help me so I'll help them till I'm 6ft under😮❤❤❤❤

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Mornin! Yes please to the video of the fish Lisa likes that are so ugly she thinks they are cute! 😁

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I have a deep sub planted sand tank and the snails were out of control. I had 3 small bishirs in there and after the rest of the fish disappeared (1st time bisher keeper) I noticed fewer and fewer snails. The bishirs love to roll baby snails around in their mouth, suck the meat out, and spit out the shells. Those monster fish are 7-8 inches now and the tank and snails are all theirs.

@KGTropicals. This may be my anxiety talking again but if you keep fish with shrimp and a few shrimplets get picked off how much harder is it to determine how much to feed your fish? I'm just curious I've seen Mark from MD fish tanks do some great shrimp tanks i'm sure I could manage.

I know this is for fish but motto "I'll always be 28" is great life advice thank you !

Yeah lists! 😁

Even a pool or hot tub needs maintenance. The water changes from a sparkle blue to a greenish yellow. Pools and hot tubs need water changes and chemicals. Preventative maintenance is easier vs waiting too long, think of your lawn mowing.

Brayden said "what's his name again?" Haha jk he said what's papa John doing?

Yessssss I neeed moooooaaaaarrr

I have never seen SAE be aggressive to other fish. I have kept them with various fish for over 40+ years. The fish that look like SAE are Chinese algea eaters. They are meaner than stink. Before I learned how to tell them apart, I found them the hard way. Read up on the differences between SAE and CAE

I think the debate over the Siamese Algae Eater comes from people confusing it with the Flying Fox fish, which IS a feisty little beggar. Whereas the Algae Eaters are very sociable and barely squabble at all. In fact, when I had five together in a tank they used to lie all over each other in a cute fishy pile. I have found, as well, that they aren't very happy unless they have at least ONE companion. When I've had them alone they hide all the time. In groups they can become so confident that they'll come to the surface to eat out of your fingers, and they come to the front of the tank and flap their fins in excitement when they see you. (Presumably because they think that there's food coming, and boy do they love their food!)

I have been 28 for over 30 years now.

Obviously common pleco is always the answer

Cichlid unless you have some dope decor and a badass fish

John you guys should try the reticulated Siamese Algae eaters they are like the Superman version of the regular ones

I’ve had 2 SAEs. One was a perfect angel. The other was from HELL!!! 🤨

Happy 25th to Lisa! :)

Don’t know why, but my Angelfish also enjoy eating algae (especially hair algae), along with my Amano shrimp.

I never had problems with SAE, except: 1. They demolish Java moss: So no Java moss unless you have high tech, CO_2 _may_ save it. 2. If 1 SAE gets skittish, other learn it. I had few SAE in a smaller tank, carefully I caught them, put into a larger tank and suddenly they became very skittish. Later I bought another group to have more SAE. I should have at least 7 SAE in that tank, but they barely come out when I'm near the tank. Like a collective trauma. It's not the lights, it's not the other fish or the shoal being too small. 3. SAE are hard to catch, they are fast and they can jump far. 4. They are related to Rainbow Shark Minnow and similar barbs, which are notorious in their relation with their "cousins", SAE included. They can be kept together, but they aren't exactly friendly. I wonder if the aggressiveness issue other mention comes from different species (there are some similar fish). SAE have narrow black strip which goes all the way in the fin (I think there's other barb with strip ending before the tail fin), but I wouldn't be surprised if some localities had less timid fish unless those imported to Europe. AFAIK nobody breeds them in Europe, because it's way cheaper to breed (catch?) them in Asia where the fish breed during the Monsoon season. It can be done with hormones, but a hobbyist may easily end with hundreds of baby SAE that way. Overall I love SAE (not on a plate as they think), they grow about 6" in length, live over 10 years if they are lucky, pretty easy to keep and they can help combat algae when they are young or hungry.

What about butterfly loaches.. plus they look like little mini stingrays!

Is there going to be a video about the new custom aquarium that Lisa got. I saw the video of it getting delivered but haven't seen one in it set up.

Let's go team snails!!!

Got 2 geophagus Sveni and 2 Topajos

I love my Chinese algie eater i named him speedy cause his fast his very smart its not his faught i didnt know i shouldnt put him with goldfish, do your reserch "Becky" geez. 😮

Hey, I have questions concerning a clean tank. What do you think of the Fluval aqua pro vac? Or anything similar? Any recommendations..especially when it comes to sand substrate?

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12:16 Cory’s- I have a question- I purchased a bigger Cory- no sea what type it is ( it tooks like a sparkly disco ball under lights)it was the only one of its kind in a tank. I asked the employee at LFS if I woke need to find more of them so he has his group and he said NO, that rule only applies to young Cory’s. Is that true? I worry my Cory is lonely. He seems okay in a tank full of Endler’s and mystery snails 🐌

Hi! I figured I’d comment on the most recent one so you’d be more likely to see it, but I have a question. For background, I’ve kept a small 5 gallon tank before but it’s been a few years and I’m getting a 10 gallon this time. I know the basics of cleaning and water tests but found my old test kits (ph and ammonia droppers and then the 5 in 1 test strips). Since it’s been so long, my old test kits are now expired by about two years for most of them. I did get new ones but haven’t got EVERYTHING yet. I was wondering if the expired ones would still be accurate enough? I’ve only found one video and it was for liquid ammonia tests, but what about the strips? If you or anyone in the comments who knows could help, that would be awesome since I’m kind of on a budget and don’t want to buy new 40 dollar kits yet if I can wait. Thank you!

Do you guys sell big aquariums or recommend a place in North Carolina that sells tanks or 100 gallons I'm located near Durham

John, plz upload the videos in 4K..

If you want to recommend snails for aquariums that DO NOT BREED in fresh water, try Nerite Snails.

I think Lisa is on to something. We need a video of the best ugly fish.

Will corys be happy if you get 3 different breeds or do they only related to their own type?

I'm laughing my shorts off

What would you put in a 75 gallon you only had one aquarium would it be a pet fish or a community chiclid tank

I think that people who say that Siamese Algea Eaters are aggressive, are probably misidentifying the as the Chinese Algae Eater. Just a thought

I'm so adverse to snails that I got rid of all my plants and got artificial plants instead after trying uncesscesfully for many years to get rid of them.

I think Lisa is immortal :) I would like to see a list of ugly fish. Shrimp were snacks to all my fish. "Aren't they..." *chomp* *fish burp* Well that was an expensive snack.

Lemme put it this way about siamese algae eaters that ive had, I had one who killed all his brothers so I put him in my cichlid tank (mbuna) and he holds his own in that tank and its algae free, lol.

John, if no one has said it already, you also don’t look a day over 25. Besides what is age other than a meaningless number indicating how much distance you’ve put between the cradle and the grave?

SNAILS ARE PUFFER FOOD THOUGH 😝

Why don’t you have sand to your geophagus ?

My mystery snails keep eating my live plants, I feed them algae wafers (one per five snails) daily, plus whatever flake food falls whenever I feed my other fish in the tank. There isn’t much algae growth in my tank and I dose CO2 for the plants and have about 10 hours of daylight. Anyone have advice on getting my sweet snails to leave my plants alone 😭

“Play-co?”

I would love a list of fish you like because they're ugly!

Lisa looks like she is 20 yr old😂😂

Lisa will always be 28. Jack Benny was always 39.

I have a problem and I need urgent help , one of my male mollies (around 5 months old) just disappeared! out of nowhere. I took everything out of the tank looked around the tank in the filter he is gone. I do have other 2 female mollies, 2 cory catfish(1albino) , 1 small pleco (albino), 2 danios, 3 neon tetras (we are gonna get more), 2 penguin tetras and 2 Chinese algae eaters. this morning he didn't come up for food and I looked and saw him in the boat hiding, later when I saw he still didn't come out I looked again and he was gone. Did one of the fish I have eat him? how can he just disappear like that. someone please help. thank you