Hahah always... they always do it

Thank you. Yet again, Laura brightens my day :)

Whoa! That sounds epic. I gotta see that now haha. Thank you for the kind words and well wishes, my friend

Of course! Yes, the veil tails are the ones I have. They were 15 dollars each, however (I think redfishbluefish.shop is the first person to import them into the USA actually). But im hopping to get them to spawn eventually

@@Fishtory if they do (or I ever time it right to hook up with a female scarlet badis before mine dies a lonely bachelor), I am sooooo interested, lol. I expect I am not alone.

I'd give it a go. The wild and domestically bred ones are both pretty hardy ... the green ones can be more temperamental, so perhaps try those second. Best of luck!

Thanks for the positive thinking. I think i will I've always loved how they look in a tank. Ower stimulus check should be coming in a couple weeks there saying. Ill get a school of around 20 maybe more!!! 👍❤

Hey, THANK YOU! for coming back and watching. Cheers, Bruno!

Ayyyeee! Thanks again for watching Rickostan!

Thanks Vivian. I hope you have a great week

Right on. Thanks for the feedback! And thanks for tuning in, also 🙏

My pleasure, thanks for tuning in

Glad you think so!

I actually didn't know about some of them (cardinal variants) when I started researching this. But for the most part, I like to see all the fascinating new lines...the balloon body, being the exception.

@@Fishtory agree...I like hybred fish, just never have liked balloon anything, starting with the balloon mollies. The long split fins are super gorgeous though.

Thanks as always Mary Paige 🤗

@@Fishtory ❤️🙏

Knowledge! Thank YOU for inspiring me to keep looking up odd and wonderful topics, and following the rabbit trails of topics that make up most my videos. Cheers!

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Thanks Chevy! I just felt like they all had been under appreciated by the hobby lately. With the pandemic causing tank raised populations to grow, we are seeing some of the new Variants on display, and if people weren't so use to seeing then as 2 dollar fish, I think people would have paid 5, 10 even 15 dollars a fish for such beauty. Thanks, as always- for watching. -Alex.

Life is too darn complicated, so the first cardinals I actually have doing ok are going to need to go to a cooler tank? (Or to move my rams, argh.) Or is that just a neon specific thing? (I can see I am going to have to research yet more, sigh.)

They may not be super happy, but blue neons can withstand those Temps and easily do so, for treating ick. But yes, as with all fish, the lower end of their thriving temperature range, will cause them to usually live longer and be more vivid. Green neon tetras can withstand more acidity by far, as they are only a black water fish in the wild. But they cannot handle the higher temperatures (over 84) for more than a few weeks usual

Yes. Yes, That is exactly what I'm saying lol. Thanks for tuning in, Leo!

Yeah they're pretty cool fish!

Jennifer Merva I like those too! Want to find out more about them.

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No problem brother, thanks for tuning in!

Hydrophilia polysperma

I like them...rummynose tetras and "brilliant rummynose" tetra, school a lot tighter. Also Reed, Ember, Kitty tetras and corydora habrosus, all school/ shoal together really nicely also!

@@Fishtory I've always been pretty plane even with my fish but now this longer tank makes me see the colorful fish are the way to go

Specifically try and find some food with astaxanthin in it. That's what helps fish produce red pigments the most of all the carotenes

They are Ornate tetras, and rosy tetras... likely Hyphessobrycon bentosi is the one you enjoyed. Hard to find in the hobby, but lovely!

Alllriiiiight!

Dr. Pepper anything will do just fine lol

Dr. Pepper Spicey

The following would all look awesome with a ram, and also should get along well...Rummynose tetras? Jellybean Tetras, ember tetras, Kubota Rasboras, harlequin rasboras, lambchop rasboras, psuedomugil luminatus or furcatus.

@@Fishtory ahhg, the forum folks keep yelling HEAT at me, until I feel like I've been bullied out of any tankmates at all! I have 2 of them in a 29 at about 81', I have a lot to think about now, (especially since I already have several of those on the list here and there). Thank you for being so chill with us noobs and our silly questions- btw, as a master gardener I'm often appalled by how silly questioners are treated in this hobby- if I rolled my eyes are hard as some 'advanced' aquarists to folks who don't have fifty years of binomials under their belt, with where a plant originated, and how Irish monks used it in 1254 when they are just asking me, 'HEY, CAN I PUT THIS OVER HERE?', I would feel like a jerk (and not a real Master at all- the real ones are so gentle on the rest of us trying to play catch up in the biggest illustration of Dunning Kruger I've ever witnessed in my life- I keep mentally hearing 'You know nothing, Jon Snow!' 😄 and I really don't). Thank you again.

I started with a little flock of cardinals on your recommendation, and they look excellent, but boy did it make those little rams spicy to have to share the tank! I was going to put my kubotais in there, but I'm leaning towards the black metal guppy tank after watching the little cichlids get 'comfortable'. I wish the high heat wouldn't shorten neocaridina lives so much (I don't heat my shrimp tanks after a cheap heater disaster 😔), I wonder if the thai microcrabs or a bigger filtering shrimp would make the tank more peaceful than corys, for bottom cleanup? They actually had sterbais for once at the LFS, but I don't think I want the hungry swarm upsetting my rams (if they actually pair, I can't tell what they are at this age, lol). And tbh the rams do a fair job of picking the stray bloodworm of the gravel, it's not like they let much go to waste- they're pretty thorough. 😛

The food. Carotenoids, betacarotine, athataxin and omega 3s & 6s... lots of frozen or live options honestly

@@Fishtory I'm feeding baby brine and ultra fresh brand tetra pellets. I wonder what other frozen food is good for color

@@Fishtory is it possible too much light in your tank can make your fish lose color? I had my tank set up for 8 hours of light a day. Started keeping it off and idk if it's just my imagination but my cardinals seem to have more color now when I do turn it on.

I totally agree.

I think that's part of it, and a really good point! Also, I know in Chinese and Korean Markets, they are sought after because they look just like goldfish finage...so they select for it.

@@Fishtory Very good point and very true. I do know however that the fast running water trout ( I have caught many) have better flavor and texture when compared to farm/lake trout of the same species. I know not relevant to aquarium fish but I have seen the same happen with other large aquarium/wild fish like Blue gill, Pumpkin Seed, Red Ear, Silver Pearch and Yellow Cat fish. With enough water these can and are kept as Aquarium fish they are all also considered as food fish at least in Colorado.

@@jaxntax5509 I can never eat the pumpkinseeds, they are too pretty, I didn't know you had them in Colorado too! Fishing the Yampa I didn't see any, anyway 😄

@@voluntaryismistheanswer I caught mine around Stirling in the North Platt South Platte and the small creeks and streams as well as the North Stirling Reservoir . There are Shadd and Croppie and shinners minnows and Carp, as well as Bass to be found. I am sure I have missed some of the lovely fish.

Yes. Yes I do. Lol this is maybe the 8th "edited video" and I'm not very good at it

Because you don't name a fish after yourself... you're supposed to honor someone else (or you're considered selfish , rude and tacky).... but people have named fish after family members many times