I'm loving this fish keeping arc in the Adam Ragusea show

Hi Adam. I’m one of the crabs that escaped the tank. I have a daughter and two son now and we live happily in the state of Alabama. My wife and I are planning to pay you a visit next Christmas. I hope you got our wedding invitation. We understand you were busy.

"a chain of low islands dribbling suggestively from the tip of florida" thank you adam very cool

Thank you so much for sharing this with us Adam! Whether its recipes for the at-home cook or simply a look into your hobbies, we appreciate everything you create :)

I’m something of a planted tank enthusiast myself who has watched this channel for several years. Your recent addition of planted tank content is a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one! At this rate, pretty soon I won’t have to watch any other KZfaq channels, just this one.

I live in Florida, but never thought to do a mangrove tank. Such a cool idea, I can just stock it with native fiddler crabs.

Adam’s Channel is slowly morphing from a cooking channel into a variety channel like Atomic Shrimp. I’m here for it.

Need an aquaculture playlist! Keep this "stream" of content coming!

The biology arc is unexpected, but welcomed with pure excitement

It's pretty neat to see this Adam! Keep it up! I myself went from watching nothing but cooking videos to slowly getting into hydroponics, so I can grow my own food indoors since I'm an apartment dweller. But the beauty and bonus of hydroponics is simple; fresh veggies/herbs/fruit all year round relatively pest free!

Hi Adam, I'm really happy that you're doing this type of content in addition to your recipes/food science videos. Not so much because I'm interested, but because of how enthusiastic you sound talking about it! For your more recent recipe videos, I felt like you didn't have that same enthusiasm for cooking as you did in your earlier videos. I'm really happy that you have something else to talk about, and that you're branching out. Wishing you the best for your fish keeping arc!

Adam, I think you underestimate how many of us are here to watch you specifically and enjoy your brand of infotainment. So whether it's food, history, aquaculture or anything else that tickles your fancy, we're here for it. :) And as a fan of @SerpaDesign, I'd love to watch your tank builds!

6:28 Robed Ragusea, turkey knife in hand, shaving expanding foam is an image I never knew I would respond so humorously too. 😂

Yes, we care. We will watch you and whatever niche rabbit hole you happen to fall into and any time!

I'm shocked to be saying this, but I'd love a "getting started" video. i never even thought i might be interested in aquaculture until watching the last couple of your videos and realizing that maybe i could finally accommodate my kids' let's-get-a-pet requests with a tank i actually like without having to deal with accompanying allergies. Especially interested in the idea of a hydroponic herb/apartment-friendly-veggies garden with a fish tank component!

I've realized it's not the content that you make that I enjoy. It's listening to your voice. As you narrate it is just so wonderful.

This exudes the energy of someone who’s giddy over a new hobby and is dying to share their enthusiasm with literally anyone who would listen lest they burst from excitement

Adam’s channel conversion from food tuber to geeky guy lifestyle tuber is something I’m here for

Those teeny tiny little crabs are just unfathomably cute. 🥰

Very cool aquarium, Adam. Loved getting to see your process, and all the thought put into it!

I was so excited to see this pop up, please keep us updated! I’d also love to see more aquatic plant setups from you, as long as you’re comfortable with the rate you make them at of course

Mangrove forests are awesome. Wishing you the best of luck with your project Adam! :D

Love everything you make Adam, no matter what the subject is. Your passion for things is always an inspiration.

These kind of information, I don't even get from channels that focus only on fish-keeping. Loving this new fish-keeping content.

I spent the whole video thinking the tank looked cool, but what was going to stop the crabs from climbing out. Then at the end, Adam finally says oh yeah, the crabs can escape & he's fine with that. 😂

Never in my life did I think I would ever hear of the Eel Pit dude and Vampire Crabs in the same place, two of my favorite things

This was fantastic, thank you for sharing. The tank is beautiful.

Can I say I just love your editing style for your explanatory videos. It's weirdly like, soothing? It's always very clearly cleanly done

Thank you for all the close ups of the crabs + fish! It's really cool to see them all swim around + hang out!

I appreciate a channel that offers variety. I’m sure others do, too. Please, continue producing and sharing content such as this!

Adam Ragusea is turning into an exotic pet KZfaqr and I’m here for it

Hey Adam just wanted to wish you a happy holidays and hope you’re doing well! Thanks for the always fascinating content.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours. Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us. 👍👍👍👍👍

Adam I'm loving this sidequest style videos. Recently got some space back in my office room and was planning on making a vampire crab enclosure. Its been stuck in my head since seeing a video from Dr. Plants!

I've never kept fish and never intend to, but I've always enjoyed them vicariously. I love not just the content here and explanations and memories, but also seeing the very obvious joy it's giving Adam. More, please!

Those crabs are so chill, they're just lil dudes hanging out

Glad you ended up making this vid because I was super interested in seeing this build. Thanks!

Way to go! I love to see someone work on something that they're passionate about. I also admire all the thought and creativity that you used in creating your set up. The crabs are adorable! I have very fond memories as a kid of checking out the tidepools during low tide on the Oregon coast. Your set up seems like a personal tidepool. Keep us updated! Love to see how things progress, especially the mangroves. We don't have over here in the Northwest, unless I make my own tank... No, I have too many hobbies as it is! I'll live vicariously through yours.

Hey Adam, glad to see you so passionate about something. Hope you're doing well and happy holidays!

Adam I feel like you would have a ton of fun with bonsai! Especially the tropical varieties like ficuses and chinese elms that grow SUPER well in greenhouses.

I love all the information you give on each plant and your process. Also, there is a genius idea for that. Water circcculation system! I hope it lasts more than 20 years!

Love the concept Adam. very interesting and absolutely beautiful. Super creative the foam raft. Looking forward to seeing how she does, 20 years from now.

I had a vaguely similar setup in a 100 gallon tank vivarium, with a 10" false bottom made.from plastic crate qnd carbon fiber window screen material, upon which I placed the substrate for the plants allowing their roots to grow down and into the water. The outflow of my canister filter made terrestrial river which flowed into a small pond which had a sand covered pipe to allow water to seep from the pond to the false bottom chamber, and back to the outflow. Happiest terrarium I ever built.

Thanks for following through and sharing this with us! Awesome job!

I had a vaguely similar setup in a 100 gallon tank vivarium, with a 10" false bottom made from plastic crate and carbon fiber window screen material, upon which I placed the substrate for the plants allowing their roots to grow down and into the water. The outflow of my canister filter made terrestrial river which flowed across the tank into a small pond on the far end which had a sand covered pipe to allow water to seep from the pond to the false bottom chamber, and back to the inflow. Mine didnt allow the aquatic critters into the false bottom, which qfter seeing your setup I think I may rectify in the future. Happiest terrarium I ever built.

That's a really cool idea to do a floating platform. I just did a very similar build recreating an overhanging riverbank with spray foam. The problem I run into is that the water has to be a specific depth or else the overhang starts to float. This idea just embraces the floating

I literally thought of something like this yesterday and now I see it on my feed! I am very interested. It looks amazing!

I love the fish arc. I'm a big fish enthusiast and I think it's awesome that food and fish are coming together 41.

All the thought and science that goes into this is fascinating. Looking forward to your aquarium update in a year's time.

I tried making my own cave with great stuff and using silicon with sand but guess the sand I used was too fine. Awesome to see you having success. Will use your technique to make something similar. Great Vid!!!

Hi Adam! My old school had a fish tank club! We would take out the old water from the fish tanks to water the plants around the school because of the nutrients from the fish poop! Then we would get plant clippings and also submerge them in the fish tanks to grow them!!!

Every Adam Ragusea video is a gift, Merry Christmas! 🎄

I love this video so much! I am currently setting up a vivarium for a jumping spider, and I own two 29 gallon freshwater tanks. I didnt expect for my two hobbies to mesh so much, food and taking care of animals. Please make more videos like this, I love that you used foam.

Totally reminds me of the times I spent with my late dad on our six tanks of various sizes. Thanks for sharing, Adam!

More like this. Wishing you the best Adam, hope you're doing well brother. Cheers

It's a beautiful viv! The mangroves are an especially nice touch.

This is the coolest thing ever! I've been wanting to make an aquarium in our tiny condo. I've been watching a lot of fish youtubers but it's really nice to see my favorite youtubers get into the same stuff I'm interested in 🥰

“Fish enthusiast Adam” has been such a fun, unexpected tangent.

Excellent work! Can't wait to see how this develops, going forward :) Your delivery suits this topic well.

Literally shouted in excitement to know one of my fave food youtubers is doing a video on my off and on favorite thing, fishkeeping. The cowturtle crossover made me HOOT AND HOLLER! YESS!! Love this and its such a good match for your videomaking style, with the heavy science focus. Even if it didn't match your existing video style I wouldn't care!

I’m so glad you’re doing this it looks like this makes you really happy and you really enjoy doing it. I’m happy for you.

I've been watching your channel for a couple years and got into aquariums a few months ago. Really enjoying the dive into my new hobby.

when your weather loaches get too big and get transferred to the pond(love that you actually addressed this), kuhli loaches might be worth looking into, funky little guys but they stay much smaller, get a few and you should be seeing them quite frequently, depending how warm your tank is

I had some little crabs like this as a little kid. They always found a way to climb out, crazy escape artists.

I'm thrilled that Adam has crabs and I would like to see more of them.

can't wait to see the update video in 20 years that thing will be beautiful

Ok I didn’t watch this video (yet) I just wanted to talk to you directly. I’ve seen your videos all over TikTok but realized it was reposted fan pages and not actually you. I tried to find somewhere to write this where you might actually see it. Thank you for making content. I love your videos; how clear and well spoken you are, and your enunciation. It sounds like a funny compliment but it makes your videos addictively engaging to me. You’re eloquent and articulate and explain things in plain English concisely without sounding condescending, even though you sound like a brilliant person probably smarter than most of the viewers. I’m too shy to make my own content but you inspire me to want to try, especially since you have many of my same interests (for example I’ve always wanted to build a vivarium exactly like this and didn’t even know the video was here. I was looking for the rest of a one pan meatloaf TikTok. The only problem is, i used to speak nearly identically to your oration style, but had no friends in primary grade school. Nobody wanted to talk to the walking textbook. So as a5-6 year old I tried to fit in by actively speaking with a lazy slang speech and mumbling my words so I didn’t stand out as much. And over 30+ years my mouth tongue etc got lazily trained to speak how I do now. But you inspire me to be better. Thank you.

i've been subscribed for years and years for cooking and always been a huge fan, i'm thrilled to see the aquarium hobby here!! love it!!

Was literally thinking about aquascaping so your timing is perfect

I had no idea just how cool mangroves are. Love learning new things..

Ive always loved aquariums and fishkeeping so to see you get into it and so handily with your first tank is awesome :)

I've had dojo loaches for a few years now, and they are by far the most entertaining fish out of any I've kept. They swim all over despite being bottom feeders, they're 99% peaceful (one decided to murder one of my snails after 2 years) and super compatible with other species, they can fart... I think it's awesome you're getting into and sharing the joy of fishkeeping. I definitely understand the temptation to make more tanks, but I think a good way of resisting is to keep the tanks themselves interactive or keep fish you really enjoy the personalities/behavior of. Community tanks are great, getting to see how different species interact with each other and coexist. Also as a tip if you want higher dissolved oxygen, which effectively has no downside, just install a small air pump with an airstone in your canister filter. You wont disrupt your flowrate/direction, if you hide the pump somewhere it shouldnt add any noticeable noise, and its super cheap/easy to do

Im super exited about this new content! food + plants+ critters are all of my favorite things! 🙂

Looks great! Been in fish since 1971 and in epiphytic plants since 1978.

love ragusea going from what fills the bank to what fills the heart

I like these new kind of videos! Your interests are interesting! It helps me branch out onto things I could also enjoy!

You inspire me now I want to create something like this myself. No matter what you do it's interesting

Aw this is absolutely gorgeous!! Your crabbies might enjoy some bloodworms, shrimp, fresh veggies, and fruits since they're scavengers and would usually eat a very varied diet in the wild. Also, a cuttlebone might be a good addition since they need a LOT more calcium than you'd think. If you want a crab ladder, plastic embroidery mesh is my go to option. Best of luck with your little guys!!!

Really beautiful idea. A great project for you might be real wasabi. It grows partially submerged in streams so it fits in your layout. also if you want to test out co2 injection there are these very simple and cheap baking soda / citric acid generators. I got one for my small shrimp Iwagumi, also with monte carlo, and the growth is magical.

Thank you for this treat to watch

As someone who loves both cooking and aquarium/terrarium building, I really appreciate that you are sharing this with us Adam.

Coming back to this one

Very fun to watch. Have to say I enjoy these more than all the other food stuff!

side idea i've been thinking about. if you get into making mead then you can take the co2 from that process and wash it thru some water then straight to the diffuser. a home made co2 generator with a sweet byproduct. happy plants, happy fish, and happy belly lol

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 WOW ... Love your design ... You have aquarium landscaping talent for sure ... Well done & great video

Yay aquarium, thanks for sharing Adam

I normally watch this kind of content on channels like serpa design and the dark den, so I thought nothing of it when a vampire crab popped up on my home feed and decided to click it. Suddenly I was met with the voice of Adam Ragusea and I had a total, "whoa, who, what, where am I!?" moment, what a lovely surprise! Would definitely love some future updates on this project, even if the mangroves haven't completely filled in yet. :)

Very joyful to watch

Was literally using silicone caulk today and wondered why it smelled like vinegar. Thanks Adam.

Most aquarium plants are sold immersed as that's how they were grown in the nursery or lab which is why many aquarists dry start their tank to give the plants time to adapt instead of melting because they are fully submerged straight away

Love the support I am seeing from your non fish keeping fans, really refreashing to see! Keep up the great work!

omg yesss I fell in love with vampire crabs after Clint's Reptiles did a video on them, so cool!

So cool Adam. Pleasantly surprised by this new venture

This is one of the coolest tanks I have EVER seen!

Excited for the 3-month update!!

I've heard of beekeeping age but Adam has hit a fish keeping age and I'm here for it.❤

Love, everything you did on your tank.

YES FINALLY!! THE FISH CONTENT I NEEDED

Adam, keep doing videos like this. You seem way more enthusiastic about these than your other videos lately. Your passion and energy seems way higher when you're making videos you want to make instead of videos you think you need to make

Beautiful habitat, Adam, and it's a joy to see you immersed in building a little world to escape to. Please don't be dismissive of the invasive potential of any exotic species, though. Just because they are small and cute doesn't mean that they can't be a pest in the wrong place. Some of the worst invasives in the world were prized as ornamental treasures until they escaped from captivity and drove out natives. Think snakeheads or Kudzu, and beware.