Omg i could listen to penny talk about betta fish forever

something i didnt know i needed in life until now, the voice of my fav character ever, Penny, talking about Betta fish. where has this been all my life!

They look so cute! Little miracle babies are gonna be living life there for sure :)

I started investing in chola wood to grow and sell java fern, it never hit me that i am a java fern dealer until i made enough to buy a rimless tank haha.

Oh this makes me happy! An animal keeping channel that doesn't demand my attention the way AntsCanada does. Something I can just turn on in the background while I do my schoolwork while supporting one of my favorite VAs! Plus, imagining Penny talking about keeping fish is so cute. Keep doing you, Taylor! :)

Very adorable fish, and happy you had fun with voicing Penny in RWBY! I'm still so sad about that ending.

Instead of using "lead" on risome plants, I glue them to a small pebble. Looks much more natural and keeps em down and in place :) And works for Bolbitus too ;)

For high ph. Get a container fill it with dried sphagnum moss I did half way, then fill the rest up with straight up tap water. Let it sit for a day. When you go to use it the ph will be in the 5 or lower range, depends on what your tap water is originally. Also you can keep using the same sphagnum moss for a long time

You have an amusing layer of eccentricity in your enthusiasm 😂. You're truly a woman of your craft. Keep doing what you love, God bless 🌿🐟

Nice little tank. I was under the impression that needle leaf and narrow leaf have were the same thing. I’m no expert though. I just put a bunch of narrow leaf java fern and bolbitis in a little tank with a couple of crypts and a few stems to break it all up. I’m hoping some of these will start growing out of the water.

I saw a video once where they boiled the catalog leaves for a few minutes, let them cool, and dropped them in the tank. Boiling made the leaves sink and release the tannins quicker. Love the wood pieces!! :)

I've been growing Monte Carlo and S. repens in a clear glass bowl emersed on my window sill for months but it never dawned on me to do the same thing with my java fern plantlets. Thanks for the idea. 🙂

I'm guessing bucephalandra! Love the new tank!

They're so cute such a big tank for babies

I love the gravel removal method!

One of my friends showed me your channel because we both love RWBY, I never though much about keeping fish until I came here and now I'm kind of obsessed with watching fish keeping videos.

i dont really plan on getting into the hobby of betta fish and keeping aquatic animals but this channel is relaxing :)

wow, i had no idea that b. macrostoma had such pretty babies!

I liked the first setup you did with the logs makes it look more dynamic.

Blackwater is so stunning!!

I really enjoy the format of your videos, I like the little extra pinch of production value you add. Thanks for sharing!

Love your videos! So inspiring. Keep the Betta Macrostoma vids coming as I need more info. Really hoping to get a pair myself ❤️.

Such a nice set up for them! I'm loving the look

This is super informative and helpful. I have 10 gallon tank with betta in it. Watching your videos really help me setting up my tank. 🙏 so now I have to get some Indian almond leaves.❤️

Looks great!

You are so relatable & I absolutely love watching your channel. I’m a mom of two and have quickly become a betta enthusiast. It’s so cool to see it’s possible to juggle mom life and be a betta breeder. I’m completely inspired by you. I hope to someday have a Simply Betta by Taylor. (I keep checking your website) :)

The new setup came out great.

You present your videos in an interesting, information and fun way

The tank looks good! Java fern will look really nice with that wood when it grows!

Aww little accident fry are so cute! They are going to LOVE this tank! They now have a fantabulous setup (from you and your hard work of course!!). I know it is pretty early in their life and hard to tell but wouldn’t it be awesome to have a male and a female? Then you could have another pair to try with!

Oo yay another video!!!! Loving the frequent uploads!

Hi Taylor! Happy you're back to doing more frequent videos. You are one of my favs! 🐟

Keep up the great work on Betta fish, my favorite too (4 tanks)!

Good stuff, as always. Thanks for sharing!

Nice work! I also use plant weights on my epiphytes! Such a great idea.

I’m in love with the betta “puppies” in the tank, watching you work on the black water tank. Their colors are gorgeous. PS: I love the unusual botanicals I’ve ordered from Tannin Aquatics. Scott is great to work with, everything obtained responsibly and the blackwater tanks shown on the website are inspirational.

You're basically the AntsCanada of fish and I love it. Same sort of energy and passion and everything!

Love watching your videos very informative

Your Betta fry are so pretty. I love the fish that look truly wild.

TAYLOR!!!!! OMG!!!! THAT FISH TANK LOOKS SOO COOL!!! I LOVE IT!!! Very excited to see how you continue upgrading it :DD

Thanks for reminding me of to get my H20 ready.

Great video. The babies are beautiful.

Tyler, tank looks great, look forward to the update - from NYC.....

Yay! Can't wait to see this tank mature :)

Any thing u do with tanks it always looks amazing

I have (soon to be) 3 tanks and none of them are betta tanks, however - I do love the venn diagram of shrimpkeeping and bettakeeping and super appreciate you pointing out the overlaps specifically!

That is so pretty! Love it!!!!

Super nice tank..and fish. Remember if you wanted more tannins theres also liquid tannins you can put in the water to help with that. Love the vids ❤️

Another great video! I really like the tank

The Betta macrostoma tank came out great! I thoroughly enjoyed this video. :D

Looks beautiful

Just that "hello" that u usually reply back. Down here from Brazil 🇧🇷👋

Hello! Great vid can't wait to see the final set up

The fish are gorgeous!’

Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Those are some lucky babies.

The tank looks adorable and is complimented by your miracle fry

Im just getting all caught up ... can't wait for you to have some bettas and plants available!! Wow those Betta Macrastoma are HUGE!!

Hello 👋 these ones won’t make your naughty list with that awesome set up! Happy place acquired 👍

I really love bettas

Hi! Love your channel! Can't wait for you to get a bigger fish room in your place! You deserve it 😁

Very cool setup, should fill in nicely. As far as Tannen color, I have seen others boil some botanicals and use the water like a concentrate. Keep the news and how-tos coming.

Hi Taylor. Enjoy your videos full of info and big personality 🤣. Looking forward to seeing mommy’s little helper too when they’re old enough.

Hi! Greetings from Malaysia! My first time at your channel. I found your channel while searching macrostomas as I’ve begun to miss mine, and wanted to just look at some. There are myths as to what they need. Please bear with me while I try to dispel some of them. Unlike the imbellis for example, macrostomas live in rivers with varying ph but never low (so the pictures of their natural habitat that you showed is incorrect). They are shy compared to the splendens and rarely actually fight. They move to flooded areas during the monsoon and those that remain there when the water levels recedes will adapt to rising acidity. Now, the lowering of ph in their environment triggers hormones that stimulates them to breed. They do not breed as often as the splendens or imbellis so don’t worry if nothing happens for a while. The trick to breeding them is to keep a pair in relatively “high” ph, say 7.3 - 7.6, then slowly lower the ph to anywhere around 6 plus. Also, unlike the splendens they need cooler temperatures, do not go above 20 Celsius. Mine used to breed only about twice a year but that could be due to my not intentionally trying. Also, I never had many fry, just a few each time. Oh yes, for breeding build them a room (not joking). Not a must, but I find that that helps. My sincerest apologies if I come off sounding like a smart @$$. Enjoy the hobby, I’m missing mine. Cheers friend! Take care

The tank looks great. Your fry will be very happy in their new home. Thanks for sharing. I hope you will be able to do a live stream for my aquarium Society, as our members will find your story very interesting and inspiring. Thanks for reminding fish keepers how great Bettas are as pets.

Beautiful fish

Hi Taylor, love that tank. I recently bought a 20 long to use as a quarantine tank but now I may but a betta in it. I like the 30” long tank vs a standard 20. I have kept fish for years but never had a betta. I agree that betta is awesome! I may have to get me one. Thanks for the inspiration.

That's betta is from my country. I love our wild betta species. 😊

Awesome aquarium, I love dark water!!

love watching you.

Beautiful betta. Im going to find more info about them

Those little babies are beautiful! With such a rich nutrient soil in there how about planting some crypts? Like some cryptocoryne balansae! Or cryptocoryne wend/brown! ♥

Looks Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I love it. I swear everytime I watch one of your video I get a explosive URGE to start another brand NEW tank..... This is a problem~

I JUST HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ACROSS AN ANIMATED VIDEO ABOUT YOUR LOVE OF BETTA FISH, AND I AM NOW COMPLETE!!! This is amazing, and I love the fish too 💚

those babies are so cute, the tanks gonna look great when that java fern grows out 😤👊🏽

I want to see an update on the Java fern propagation, I never would have thought of that…

I don't know how helpful this is for you since your issue was the male eating the babies, but since we're talking about dirty water, I thought I'd add this excerpt from Diana Walstad's book: "Green water algae is not always a curse. For example, I set up a 10 gal 'Demo' planted tank at work with a female and male Betta. The tank almost immediately developed an embarrassing case of green water algae. I struggled mightily to get rid of the green water algae- to no avail. Then, my co-workers pointed out that the Bettas in the tank had spawned and there were babies! After that, I left the tank alone. (I did remove the parents who would eventually have eaten the babies.) Thirteen babies survived. They grew very well, feasting on the many little protozoa that were feeding on the green water algae and soil-associated bacteria in this tank's rich ecosystem." - Ecology of the Planted Aquarium

Hello from Tijuana, Mexico! Love your vídeos!

Those babies are huge!

Rhizome plant you haven't tried? I can't fathom the possibility you haven't done bucephelandra, so.... bolbitis? Something I've never heard of? Can't wait to see! Also loved the little glimpse of the paradise fish! I've kind of wanted to try keeping one for a while (since I instinctually want anything that shares my name), but it hasn't been a priority due to limited tank space and the cooler water temp preference--my apartment is not air conditioned and can get up to 25 C or so in the summer, so I'd be nervous about stressing them out even with an unheated tank :( I'd love to see a longer video about your paradise fish, though, and how you've found the experience of keeping one!

Perfect home for to really cool fish.

Great video! We need more well-spoken fish nerds on KZfaq :)

Ooh! This is so pretty! How did the plant weights work out? I’m wanting to try that on my Java ferns.😊

Nice video

Great video, beautiful betta. I'm guessing for the new rhizome plants🤔 bucephalandra 🙂

wow, nice👍

Hello I love your channel, keep up the good work

I can't wait to get my first betta in my first planted aquarium eek!

It looks great! Love those bettas and might try them one day! Maybe buy your babies haha! I think your going to put buce in there? Can’t wait for the update!

Hello, great video! The fry look great in there. Is the mystery plant Becephalandra? I have some in my Betta tank (Kedegang).

Thank you for the sub! I appreciate the support! much love!

Hello, i love your video. Keep up good work

I wonder if the gravel cap impacts the effectiveness of the buffering substrate and water parameters

Maybe Bolbitis?.. The first setup with the wood had more drama. But it still looks nice. I'm a Guppy and high tech planted tanks addict but bred a lot of Bettas in my days. Love your videos.

I'll definitely need to check out those stickers and drip line. Gorgeous tank! Those babies are so lucky to have you. Maybe you'll be known as a betta macrostoma breeder some day if you continue having miracle babies. 😂

I 💘ur channel.

I love Betta macrostoma , one day i would like to breed them too. Greetings from Italy .

Almost 100k!

I want to try to breed those too

Hi, thank you for sharing. You look gorgeous end of the video. Always stay happy😉

Buce! OMG, please say you're getting some Buce!! :)