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MD and Matt getting distracted by how cool random fish are is one of my favorite things. Heh.

I'd bet money if you chucked some weighted Cabomba in there (I saw you say you had a hard time growing it before) it would grow like a weed since they produce so much nitrate. It just soaks it up like mad and grows wild and while they'll play in it and pick at it, they can't really pick it apart and make a mess with it. I live in Japan and they sell it as "the goldfish plant" lol. Cute little guys, best of luck with em!

100% understand your reservations about naming them. I have turtles and frequently house them with minnows and feeder goldfish. (Good for the diet and to keep them active). One goldfish must have bonded with one of my turtles because they lived peacefully in harmony for over 3 years. It was great for me because the fish would help keep the turtle tank clean. Until one day, my turtle (what I suspect was purely out of instinct) nipped him behind the head along the spine pretty bad. I thought he was a goner. I don't like watching them suffer, and selfishly I didn't want to have to clean up the mess in the turtle tank, so I immediately scooped him up put him in a hospital tank and nursed him back to health and now he lives in his own tank. I named him Spartacus, because I figured if he lived that long fighting, he deserves both a name and his freedom!

Best of luck my dude. Ranchus are essentially the pug of fish, and I wouldn't be surprised if they developed some sort of sickness eventually, regardless of if they're kept in pristine conditions. Definitely a good move to go with the round rocks--if there's a way to get hurt by something sharp, a ranchu will find it lol. They're like an amoeba with gills. Not a thought behind those little eyes

i think this tank would definitely benefit from a monstera or peace lily, the roots would make the scape more intricate and it would of course help with all that goldfish waste

I would LOVE a super quick “hardscape 101” video going over the common different stones/pebbles (seiryu, dragon, etc) and wood used in the hobby! Being new to the hobby and binging all your videos, the different types of hardscapes are fun to learn about but also a bit overwhelming lol 😅. Different properties of the stones, pH or erosion considerations over time, if they are available in a hardware store or more ~speciality~ stones. Things like that. Love your videos - thanks for all the advice, honesty, and really positive attitude!

Gulping air as the issue for swim bladder is basically a myth. Duckweed is an excellent food for Goldfish. They should be fine eating it from the surface. It's also alive and growing, so it won't rot in the tank like leftover bits of that frozen spinach might. I've fed my fancy Goldfish a combination of floating pellets, sinking pellets, and dried seaweed for over a year now and he's doing great, no swimming issues. Wishing you all the best with your new Goldies 💖

I remember back in the day, the MD Oranchu Crew, so REALLY looking forward to watching these babies grow up.

I like the fact that the rounded stones echo the ranchus’ shapes 😊. Wish I had a big enough tank to have some goldfish myself.

I’m so happy you decided to give them another chance. I have also struggled with keeping fancy goldfish, but to be fair they were also the first fish I learned how to keep because they were gifted to my family. I would love to see you put some hardier stems or some moss, but I understand keeping it simple for cleanliness. Maybe consider adding some really nice houseplants to the top to keep it clean inside?

Thank you for that shell dweller update around 10:20. Love those fish

I'm really glad you specified the sizing and upgrading 🥰 its a very common misconception they grow to the size of the tank and that lots of people don't put them into the right size tanks they need.

Your hardscape arrangement is always awesome, hope someday you'll set up a hardscape only tank, at least for your friend who keeps aggressive cichlids:))

MD, gulping air to have swim bladder disease is a Myth, I have been feeding mine duckweed 2X to 3X a week with all floating pellets for a long time and not a single problem. Besides, duckweed is healthy for them that prevents Swim bladder infection and intensifies their color. The maim cause of their SBI is temperature and over feeding. Fancy Goldfish temp is on the higher end compare to their pond cousins. Ideal will be around 75 to 78F. Also feed them lightly daily or every other day and weekly water change of 50% and they’ll stay healthy. Fun video and thanks for making contents for us.

Brilliant video. I've kept tropical fish for 40+ years since I was a small kids, but this video and your other goldfish related videos has inspired me to research and possibly keep them. Thank you so much. Roll on 2023.

MD, fancy goldfish like Ranchu need much more filtration and water space. The hangover filter is not enough. Your setup may work for natural body-shaped goldfish like comment or bristol shubunkin. As your Ranchu grows, you need a bigger tank and stronger filter like a sump. Good luck.

Best of luck MD with your newest additions. I think you've learned so much since Amber and Crew as well as made new friends with fish experts that are willing to help you be an even better fish keeper. You always look out for the health of you fish and plants so they are in great hands IMHO.

I love the different rock colors and textures! Looks really good! I never would have thought to use different rocks like that but I love it!

MD. I got the Ranchu also. I breed them also. They need to be kept at 18-20Celsius. As I recall your room is at 24(?). They can handle these temperatures, but for a short amount of time. Higher temperature means higher metabolism and a higher chance of obstipation. Put a small ventilator on it (those ones that you can connect to a usb outlet).

What's amazing about this filter as well is that you can put plants in them. Adding a peace lilly in the hang on back filter for example can help reduce the amount of water changes you need to do

I had some of these (well, I think we called them Moore's) when I was in my 20s. They were about the size of a quarter when I got them, and when I gave them away, they were as big as my hand! I used an undergravel filter (because, as you said, they are dirty!) and when I would clean their tank the water came out black! On a plus note, I would keep the dirty water in a 5 gallon bucket and use it to water the houseplants. They loved it!

When I had my first goldfish, it was a black moor and he grew to be easily 6" long and lived 10 years before swim bladder got to him. I fed him frozen deshelled peas to keep it at bay for a really long time, they love them!

I'm so glad you finally got more ranchu. They're my all time favorite fish next to the Amazon puffers. I have 12 ranchu myself. Can't wait to watch them grow.

HEY MD - your videos are awesome. They make the internet a better place! Thanks for being you! Ranchus are great.

Goldfish are never easy but with care they make great pets. It's a long learning curve but you have the experience to keep them. Mine love brocoli from the Sunday roast!

The ring defeated pushing the duckweed into the aquarium where the fish would eat it, without having to eat it off the surface. Just a thought.

Hey MD! Been a long time since I lastly watched a video but I had to watch this and and I am so excited to see them grow 💕

I almost switched my 90g to ranchus a few years ago. I ended up getting 14 mollies and since then mostly kept community fish. I didn't want to remove the driftwood from my tank. I noticed the use of smooth stones. Great choice

I’m so excited for Ranchu Crew 2.0! Of course the tank looks great but let me recommend bare bottom. I have tons of plants in with my huge fancy goldfish I planted them in rock wool with root tabs in terracotta pots. Amazon Swords and Crinum Calimastratum are gorgeous and they don’t eat them. Also Marimo moss balls that they roll along the bottom of their 1020 liter tank. I also created rock sculptures with marine epoxy and silicone. They are just too dirty for substrate and then getting an impaction isn’t worth the risk. They love cooked veggies. Generally anything green that I have for dinner I blanch and give them some. Also Repashy Gold gel food is amazing if you have access to it! I make it up about once a week and mix in pellets and veggies. They go crazy for it.

So here for this, back to basics with the added experience 💪🏾

Two things i gotta say, First, u cant be as lazy with this tank as you are with the others, frequent water change is a must not just to dilute the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrates but also because goldfish produces growth inhibitor hormones that polute the water, if you wanna have optimal growth, water change. Second thing, the back side of that intake tube might be a hazard for your pugs to get stuck, maybe attach something along the length to block access.

This tank looked absolutely amazing. But I do see some problems. I've had experience of growing baby ranchu and oranda goldfish in almost exactly the same sized tank, and it's going to be difficult. for you. For the amount of bio load these babys make, I'm almost 100% you will need more filtration. At least a large spongefilter. And I strongly suggest getting a very good bennificial bacteria colony going before adding these cuties. There ammonia levels can jump significantly overnight without a good cycle in the tank. But I wish you luck man

I love the fact that you're getting back on keeping ranchu, but I was hoping you'd wait out for a week or two tops before adding them in - despite adding the quick start. Because it does take time for the bacteria to fully cultivate.

Beautiful scape and am excited to see them grow!

MD kicking out the vids lately!!! Life is good! 😊👍

It is so great that you haven’t quit. My fish has died recently and I want to continue the hobby even more. (Was a ranchu)

Loving the post every two days I always look forward watching your videos when I see that you have posted a new video love the content you kill it!

I'm excited to see you going back to goldfish! I have also just recently set up a goldfish tank because they are just so friendly and entertaining. The advice about varying their diet is great. Mine love the algae wafers I feed to my snails a lot.

Awesome scape, the fish look great. I am looking forward to seeing how they do.

I never get over how you can take a few rocks and turn them into something beautiful. There are some easy to grow plants that goldfish don’t tend to eat. The tougher plants like Java fern and the larger Anubias varieties should be safe, especially since you are offering spinach, since they will definitely prefer that. They also like zucchini! I also feel like the fish would pop a lot more with a black background, but that’s just an aesthetic preference, of course. I also like the idea another commenter had about adding a monstera plant.

you can get silicon ice cube trays at like ikea that make the tiny ice cubes, I use those and freeze the spinach it's useful, might be hard to find cubes small enough for yours though

From my experience, duckweed is a great food for them (this might be different with ranchus). My koi and large goldfish will devour 3 square feet of the stuff within a day.

Looking forward to these growing out, thanks for sharing.

I'm happy you've gotten some goldfish again! I have some telescopes and an oranda and love those little gluttons.

FYI duckweed is very good for goldfish contains high protean, I grow it in 3 containers to feed to my GF. when you feed duckweed their turds are green, normal and healthy.

Good video MD. And a nice selection of Ranchu there. Biggest tip I can give you, remove the bristlenose plec. They are known for eating the slime coat from goldfish. You can find videos of it online. Good luck with these 3 and I hope they do well for you 👍🏻

I love goldfish, when I lived in Scotland it was my first pond fish before I moved on to koi, thanks for the video sir. 👍

You are such a Great bloke. Love from Sweden.

Duckweed is an awesome foodsource for goldfish, you should gather excess smaller floaters and feed them to the goldfish

Try boiled cucumbers and boiled broccoli too! My 5 year old ranchus love them. Also, make sure they have a fast once a week at least. Good luck on the new ones. 😊

Finally ... these are the fish I keep. I absolutely love them so its SO GOOD to see you keeping them 👍 🇬🇧

A new Ranchu Crew! Love it.

You could use aquaponic filter with lots of pothos. It would keep the water healthier

honestly I loved the look of the single rock at the beginning… very modern looking

Duckweed is really good food tho. If you don't mind processing it, you could still feed it to your fish. @MarksShrimpTanks has a video on it. I recommend you'd check it out! And rounded river rocks are amazing! I love the colourful arrangement you made with these!

Large rocks looks nice in a minimalist style but can you try polished quartz stones like labradorite or moonstones? They come in varieties of shapes and sizes. That would look so awesome.

I'm glad I saw this right before shifting my fancy goldfish to a bigger tank. I didn't realize the food tips. I'm jealous you still have a Maidenhead shop. My local one closed years ago :/

tyvm blessing to you and your family

I have a black ranchu and they're known for their bad eyesight (they're basically blind) and I trained it to know it's feeding time by knocking at the glass twice and it will go to one corner of the tank and I'll feed the other goldfish at the other corner and then feed the black one in it's corner. If I don't do this, it won't be able to compete with the others.

Love this video, you should try do a corner styled tank aquascape that would be cool

Simple idea, very extraordinary.

I love Matt's reactions to some of your one liners. LOL

I notice how goldfish are more pets than other fish too. Looking forward to seeing how these beauties grow! Luke’s goldfish KZfaq channel is awesome to checkout too!

Good luck and they're super cute it's hard not to get attached to our water pets. Have you looked at Dr. Novak's channel on anoxic filtration? He uses kitty litter and an undergravel filter plate to complete the nitrogen cycle for his goldfish, because apparently fancy goldfish are very sensitive to nitrates so he developed a system to help them live many years without the problems they usually have. Anoxic filtration just helps maintain very good water quality just like the natural processes found at the bottom of the ponds and lakes in nature. Vary good as always and looking forward to seeing these guys mature. Cheers! 🤗

Good looking build there :) Glad to see you back at goldfish. Your Ranchu will move that ring very quickly and the duck weed will be gone in a day or so any way and it won't hurt them. Also this breed of fish is quite poor in general, if you really want good success you should start with Comet goldfish, there are a lot more hardier and enjoy the warmer room all year round temperatures you have. I cannot wait to see your face and reactions when these grow up, they get big, they will move your rocks around bang in to them, you name it :) oh and they get massive, I have had to put all of our fish in a 6ft tank now, as 22 years we had our oldest goldfish for and she was massive by the end. Now we have got her baby's and one of them is 8 now and absolutely massive he is about a foot long easy, he smashes the place up when he is mating, so be prepared if they are healthy they last a long time and get very big! Thanks, for taking the time to document and share. Cheers.

Ranchu goldfish are my favourite too!!! 🧡

Wuu. So a beautiful set up for our cute fish. Your rocks are just so cool.

My goldfish absolutely love broccoli! I cook it until soft then store it in the fridge.

For goldfish, bare bottom tanks are the best!

I really dont know if you need my oppinion or not but i think you need to feed one at a time. Blood worms morning and spinach at night. Little fellas looking cool and setup also good look md almaya pleasure to see your videos specially i know your Channel since the beginning

Would be great to see a little aquarium room update soon!

Really nice setup. The filter must be a EU brand. Would not mind a quick look inside filters as they may not be available everywhere. Goldfish are not quite my thing but that setup looks great and I could definitely see their appeal.

Glad to see Goldfish given another chance....

Such cute fish!

Never had any issues with my fantail goldfish eating duck weed but they don’t have it all the time. I buy it every couple of months, but I don’t get chance to grow it out because it’s gone within days. 😂 I do give them a variety of foods as I do with my tropical fish too. My goldfish are chunky they’re the size of my hand and aren’t quite 2 yet. They’ve also been breeding this summer too and their fry are all ready for new homes now. If I had the space I would keep them myself as they’re super cute. 🥰 So I wouldn’t stress out about other peoples views on duck weed you do you and do it your own way, that’s all I did. 😊

Cooked deshelled peas are great for fancy goldfish 😀👍🏻

I'm Still surprised by how much you upload, but I'm not complainin' , i love your videos!

When I had goldfish I used to feed them fresh frozen green beans. It is great entertainment for them. They swim around and chew on it for hours before it is gone.

Two thumbs up! Great video. Thanks!

I'm very glad to see a new Ranchu crew back in the studio, they're adorable rounded chubby guys. I have a question, they are cold water fish, if the entire studio is at tropical temperature, how are they getting their cooler water?

The sand reminds me of Malto-meal (it’s like grits) beautiful set up.

Ive always been interested in starting fish tanks and started watching lots of channels now about how to get started. I found your channel and it's been super enlightening as well as your tank layouts are STUNNING. I have a question that I haven't been able to find a good answer for... I know the filtration and sorts need to be cleaned and maintained sometimes weekly or at least biweekly, but do the occupants need to be fed daily? Are they needing a pet sitter like cats and dogs to be checked on every day when you're out of town?

They are so cute! Looking forward to future updates on them.

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Hello MD. I would recommend only feeding bloodworms a few times a week as it is high in protein which could cause constipation. Also your daily pellets should be sinking. I do believe that floating food will cause your goldfish to intake too much air and float. That is from my experience in keeping goldfish

This man’s fish live better than me 😂

Fishes are beautiful

So cute, I love Orandas. I think that’s that’s their name. Lol

Hi @MD Fish Tanks, you are my inspiration for the planted tanks!! I love your creativity. Just want to give a thought, I don’t see bonsai setup in any of your tanks. Would be nice if you can setup a tank with bonsai drift wood.

YESSS! I LOVE GOLDFISHHH!

Would it be possible to bake off some duckweed and spinach in the oven till it’s dried out and crispy then turn it into a mixed green flake food for them? Could probably feed it to a lot of fish and it’d be beneficial. I have no idea tbh but was just wondering if it’d be easier than freezing and adding water to it

I’ve got 2 Lionchu goldfish that are massive. I feed them high protein food 5-7 times a day (small feedings) and do 60% water changes every other day since they were babies and they got big real fast 😂

Good auld Flo working hard again 😉😂

I heard goldfish are very rough with planted tanks, I hope to plant mine personally because I love the look. What made you decide not to plant this tank?

Would love to see you do a video where you start with plants that need to grow in, the plants you use would cost hundreds of dollars and are not easily available everywhere - would be cool to see you do a tank that uses smaller, beginner plants and update over time on it growing to look like your most of your tanks look when you build them out now... I love your tanks but cannot find good local plants and online with shipping would be insane for anything but small or nano tanks... come on MD, you can do it!

Cute fish

Would love to know what you use to do your water changes. I've got two goldfish in a 400L tank and lug buckets back and forth from the sink

Happy to see you keeping goldfish again 😊

Make sure not to feed them flakes cause they’ll gulp air, which is most likely why your previous fish got swim bladder issues