This is very helpful for people very new to the hobby. Its important to know this early on for newbies to remember good dos and donts specially when starting. Top job and very informative again, Matt

This is your bread and butter matt, keep it up, these videos are mad helpful!

Ive just gotten back into the hobby after a many years break. Have set up a low tech cherry shrimp bowl heavily planted. Over 4 weeks this happened. My 6 new critters are in a week and settling in great. Thank you Matt for all your helpful information. I appreciate you

Just got back into keeping a few fish. Must say, after watching a heap of you tube vids, the only ones I watch now are yours and MD’s. You’re both very likeable chaps. Cheers for the entertainment.

I loved this one. Straightforward for newbies and experienced keepers alike! I also love how large the shrimp can look when they’re moving around the bowl behind you.

Got back into fish keeping during lockdown after a 20 years hiatus the technology may have changed but is refreshing to see the basics are still the same . Always have a backup quarantine hospital, And always have meds to hand spare heaters and spare filters as well as sods law says if something is going to go wrong it will be at the most inconvenient time .May be and idea for a video if you have not done it .Things to have on hand at all time as an aquarist

Thanks again Matt! You really have a gift for teaching. Lucky me! Getting back into the hobby as you build your You Tube has been ideal!

Thanks Matt - been wanting a video like this for ages. Well, been waiting for a quality one on the subject for ages! While I’m here, your production quality seems to have been knocked up a notch lately, too - we’ll done 👍🏻

I love this and these kinds of shows. And the Fish files. They are just so helpful.

great video Matt all good advice

I have some wild caught mosquito fish. Now that I've had them for approximately six months and they seem fine, I'm guessing there is no point in treating for parasites. LOL Anyway, I ended up with 2 males and 2 females, so I may go back and see if I can get some more females. I will be a little more careful with the next batch. Thank you for the information!!

And yes, I also ended up scaping my quarantine tank too. I totally get it: don't make it too nice, just functional. Now I need another tank.

Super Lastly! Hahaha I love "Super Lastly!"

I have never seen a more timely video. Some fish in my current tank don't look all that great. I need to separate them for a while before moving them to their new home. 👍

Perfect timing! Just saw fish with ich yesterday and treating the tank now

Yes Matt! Thank you for this!! Keep up the great content 🐠

Thanks so much Matt. Very straightforward without all the confusing fluff. Cheers!

I’ve been waiting for this!

I love that background of plants🌱🍀🍀🌷

Glad your feeling better and back at it.

Matt you're such a good presenter

Please read the instructions on the medication you use if you can use light. Most medications (like esha exit) shouldn't get light because of the chemical reaction.

I love these sort of videos Matt thanks for doing them. I find them very informative. 👍

Thank you, Matt. This was packed full of really great information.

Another great video again Matt! I love how educational your channel is, great for new keepers and experienced alike

Also, my angelfish has one eye that is covered with fungus, I think. I am not sure what to treat it with. I tried Melafix, but it had no results. Thanks for the great videos, Mark.

I usually quarantine for 3-4 weeks without any meds unless an issue comes up. But with my most recent purchase of angels and rummies I've used a low dose of methylene blue & aquarium salt. Although it doesn't make for a strong anti-parasitic, its the protozoan & bacterial infections that I'm worried about. And together those meds are pretty good at handling most of the common diseases. I've heard rummies are quite sensitive and these guys were on sale so I knew I was taking a bit of a risk. Luckily it's been a few days without any issues at all, eating well with bright red noses!

Very helpful...wish we could buy the NT Labs products in Australia, even the Maidenhead Aquatics shop isn't selling them online. Would like to add a warning...even with cycled filter media, a small tank is very volatile...a bit of over feeding and the water quality sinks rapidly. So great to have this explanation and reassurance re keeping fish for quite a period of time in a bare tank...and the trap of planting it!

Great video Matt, very informative and helpful. I can’t wait to see the new tank! Thank you.

Yaaayyy!!!! Thank youuu!!!! 👏👏👏

helpful video thanks Matt

I enjoy your videos, and I'm glad you did a video on this topic. Keep the good videos coming... ✌🏾🐠

Great information

what a great video - thank you for this type of content. Really useful.

Thank you so much for this valuable information... I have always wondered about quaranteen... like when, how, and why.

Oh the irony, I’ve just in the past few days bought an Alien Betta from your old shop mate, he has a parasite that the shop do now know about. I rang them the next day to inform them of the issue. I think he’s slowly getting better but still, the irony.

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I enjoy this so much! Amazing content, best wishes to you and your future projects! 🌻

Thank you so so much! This is so helpful! 😊

What medications would you suggest to use in Q-tank for salt water fish? Great video, btw! Thanks mate!

Quarantining here in Canada is a nightmare because there's nearly no medications available. If you're lucky you might be able to get potassium permanganate but it's really hard to find, same with methylene blue. The only readily available stuff I can find is shoddy topfin ick stuff with very few positive results and aquarium salt and stressguard

Really cool fish.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge ❤

very awesome video great job

Thanks mate ❤🎉😂😊

Thanks for the video, Matt! I have redhead tapajo geophagus and really like them. I am wondering if you would recommend a general treatment of a main display tank from time to time for no apparent reason, just as a precaution? And if so, what would you suggest?

Thanks for that Matt. You didn’t mention using salt. I know you’re a supporter of NT labs but is salt an option?

I miss the old maidenhead content, blackwater discus tank, drama causing slanted tank, big derpy puffer, giant entry tank, etc.

Great vid matt👌👍✊

In that bedroom how do you combat condensation especially this time of year ….. I had to put a Iid on my 500l tank as it caused condensation everywhere

Another great video. When do you think we will get another fish files i love those may i suggest one on a scarlet badis as i have just recently discovered them

What type of treatment would you recommend for corydoras?

I would love any tips for treating fish in Canada. We aren't allowed to buy fish meds here.

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Another great video 😊 I have a betta that has had his tail bitten. I've put him in another tank. I've treated him with Myxazin for 5 days, which is what the bottle states. Should I leave it at that, or continue using it until I see his tail starting to grow back? Being a newbie I'm not sure what to do 🤔

@Fish shop matt Do you sterilize your quarantine/hospital tank after every use? How do you do it? Tnx

What effect does hard water have on planted tanks. Compared to soft water.

I know that this is an ask which no one else will want to know, but because I'm a reader and love books, I want to know what books you have on your shelf, and which you have found through the years to be the most useful. Maybe it would be a good topic for a short? Also, are there books you don't have, but that you would really like?

im so happy i finally found chilli rasboras in Aus. Have you had any luck breeding them Matt? i cant find many videos on youtube about it

Hi matt, can you use the 2 medications together or use each separate with a gap in between medications. Cheers

Hi Matt, I'm wanting to change my setup, which has been running well for ago few years. The issue I have is, I have some good sized Jack Dempseys' and a decent size cichlid, 3 bleeding hearts and a Reed fish (I think). So what would you recommend I do, it'll be a day change I'd say.

Hi Matt, excellent content, I’m going to go get the anti bacterial and parasite treatment from NT Labs, do you have a discount code before I click order?

A great helpful video I've only started a tank in the past few months and been following your videos for awhile now. Just a quick question a few of my fish have been flashing in the plants but are showing 0 signs off any illness and it only ever seems to happen after they do their mating dance? I don't want to start giving different medications without knowing what's wrong. Any help would be great.

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Great video! I have some dwarf platys, I started with 10 and am now down to 3. They eat, swim actively ect, but they suddenly have clamped fins and then disappear. Any idea what that is and how to treat it?

I have a hole new idea for my 200 letter 😊

Hey matt how is the isopod terrarium doing ?

what if your setting up your 1st tank everything is new your using well water and not using dirt just gravel

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Stingray pellets in the background!?

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Hope you're on the mend Matthew and that you didn't self medicate with the fish meds😂😂😂😂😂. Very timely info.

If u were treating a main tank for bacteria what would the time scale be or would it be till visually better but at least a weak

Does the anti bacteria treatment have any effect on the good bacteria already in the tank?

Conductors have nothing on you in the hand movement department 😂

Say something does end up going wrong and you spot a sick fish in your main, heavily planted tank. How do you make the call to tear the tank down to get to the fish, treat the entire tank, or decide that either of those options would be too disruptive for the tank as a whole?

Hi Fish Shop Matt! I have a question. I set up a quarantine / hospital tank a couple weeks ago after a thought I may have introduced Ich into my tank. No Ich thank goodness but still have the tank up and running. No substrate, plastic plants and a hide. Sponge filter and heater, its a 10gallon. I tested the water to see how my levels were looking and it seems no more ammonia or nitrites, low nitrates so easy fix there. My PH though... since there are no plants or wood the PH in the quarantine tank is 8.2! I threw in a good handful of boiled oak leaves but the PH has not budged. Any suggestion on how to get the PH down in a quarantine tank like this? If I put wood in there is likely to get contaminated or stained by the treatments right?

Hello Matt, what would you recommend as precautionary treatment-wise when it comes to quarantining a new discus fish that comes from a new breeder? Previous breeder closed down so unfortunately wasn't left with any other option but to go somewhere new! Fish seems very healthy but I'm very concerned about causing issues with the discus in the main tank.

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Hi is a 25L quarantine fish tank big enough for guppies

I wish I see this video a week earlier lol

I lost last year 12-13 Neons and app. the same amount of Rumy Noses, because of some sickness - a fish pox or something. Really not cool.

Way do's fish get zwimblader

How often do you water change your quarantine tank?

Should I quarantine a fish I got out of a vending machine in Laos? Yes, it is a live fish, not food. Or at least it's alive at the moment. It's kind of crazy. I've never seen fish in a vending machine before. I see them all the time in the markets, but this is the first I've seen anywhere in a vending machine. They come in little plastic cups. I don't have a clue what specie they are. They aren't rice fish, guppies, bettas, goldfish, or any of the usual fishes people get on a whim. There are several species to choose from, absolutely none of which I recognize, which means they were probably poached from somewhere local. As is the case with almost anything here, no one knows anything. The big trick will be getting it through customs. I'll probably end up going to jail just for trying. I have a shoebox which I use to quarantine fish. I just put them in the shoebox, and push it under the bed. I usually forget that it's under there until I hoover the floor in there (which I do once a year, whether it needs it or not). When I get around to hoovering under the bed, it will run into the shoebox and that reminds me that I have fish in there quarantining. After a year of being in a shoebox under by bed, they don't have any parasites or other harmful microbes in them, and they are usually dry, hard, and crispy, so they stay at the surface for quite some time.

So many poor quality Rams out there. Internal parasites are an absolute nightmare with a lot of them and to date I’ve never been able to cure that sunken belly

my tanks are not a sterile environment. I seed my tanks with water and materials from my local ponds. nature is not sterile why should our aquariums be? mind you I put all my fish in at one time and never add more to a setup. So new sickness ever enters after I setup.

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