I knowingly added parasites to my aquarium! (Its not what it seems!)
In this video, I’m doing something that might seem counterintuitive to many aquascape enthusiasts. I’m knowingly adding parasites to my aquarium. But before you think I’ve lost my mind, let me explain that it’s not what it seems. The fish we are introducing today have a parasite but not in the standard sense. Whether you have a nano aquarium or a fully planted aquarium these little tetra will normally get on well. We have lost a few aquarium plants in this fish tank recently but we explain all of that in the video.
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Plant list:
Echinodorus parviflorus
Ficus pumila (Climbing fig)
Fish list:
Gold tetra (hemmigrammus rodwayi)
Spadetail checkerboard cichlid
Black morpho tetra
Gold laser corydoras
Cardinal tetra
Beckfords pencilfish
Hardscape list:
Fossilized wood stone
Mangrove wood
Botanicals list:
Savu pod
Palm pod
Sapucaia pod
Oak leaves
Monet leaves
Jack fruit leaves
Dracaena leaves
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22 Comments
What is the name of the plant in the middle that grows above the water surface?
Edit: got it, Echinodorus bleheri 18:50
Love the backstory! Nature is simply amazing! Thanks!
Nice
You should create some merch that says"Don't tell Katie"!šš
Just saw these in my local Maidenhead. Very interesting little fish. Hope you and your wife are getting some sleep with the new baby! Thanks matt ā¤
Ohhh mate, I didn't expect you to be posting anything for weeks.
Again, thanks for the education, and my absolute best regards to you and your family x
I would absolutely adopt these pretty fishies ā¤
3:01 Mat, I am curious why you donāt put a few corse sponges first then the finer sponges second on each time instead of all corse then all fine. Is it just because it doesnāt make any difference?
You need honeycomb catfish in this aquarium
Or this should have a huge group of PYGMY corydoras
Beautiful fish. I had a group off Owen at Taunton a few weeks back ā theyāre tripled in size and look amazing. ā¤
Great video. Really interesting information about golden tetras. Thanks for sharing
I don't understand people's aversion to using kitchen utensils. I just wash them between uses.
Definitely thinking about picking up an oase biomaster 2. Been running my 60 gallon as a setup for African butterfly fish with just sponge filters, and itās been great for years, but Iām wanting to switch it to a more riverine setup for longfin banded hill trout. Theyāre such beautiful and active fish, and I think it would be really cool to have them with some vampire shrimp and hillstream loaches.
I tend to just chuck my smaller botanicals in the tank to sink on their own. If there's too much in the way of tannins, I stick some purigen & charcoal in the filter overnight. I really only boil large or woody stuff.
Fantastic looking set up, Iād love to try that, but just getting started into keeping fish so I best leave that well alone š
Hello Matt
I have a group of them for about three years. Bought it golden. Now they are silver. With a reflecting middlestripe in the light. A little like black neon. They were hiding a lot until i mixed them with pencil fish.
Really like them (i have this fish on the wish list) with a nice black water such as yours they shine very much, btw i'm finishing to cycle my 350 liters (the upgrade of my 110 liters), can't wait to add fish in it, what kind of fish may i add in it besides my Apistogramma viejita and a pair of Bristle Nose Pleco? As the shoaling fish i'm planning Rummy Nose tetras and Corydoras Orange Venezuela on the bottom, what other cichlids may I add? I was thinking Angel Fish Manacapuru Red Back
So obsessed watching those tetras in the tank completely no idea what you said š need to rewatch
Two torches, one club and a handful of leaves sounds like a Monty Python movieš
Love the water reflection on ceilingš
I fell in love with the gold color of them and bought 8 of them. BUT I didn't know the full story about the parasites. And if I had known then I can't say for sure if I would've risked it. Even for love. I guess it's a great thing I bought them first. LOL š. I still love the little buggers.
P.S. mine never bred. š¢