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Great video!!! I was shopping at pet smart the other day (for my cats, lol) and stopped by the live fish to see what they had. And there was a ten year old boy with his family and he had a ziplock bag with water and a dead fish in it. He wanted to find out why his fish died and how he can save the other one he had. The young girl gave him fairly accurate information but went in a little to heavy with the details, cycled not cycled, etc. You know the stuff that beginners are clueless about. They looked at her like she was speaking a foreign language. So I waited a bit till they walked off I pulled out my phone showed them the ACO KZfaq channel and told them about the website. They were excited. I didn’t tell them about the blogs I forgot but, I believe your educational videos and blogs are priceless and hopefully they will to and learn a lot!!! Thanks for being awesomeness you guys!!!!

I got kuhli loaches and they are constantly on the move. They love playing in the bubbles from my sponge filter

Just a suggestion but if you do another one of these, you should include not only the schooling sizes but also what size tank they would be best in.

I love your explanations. "Low light looks like this" *turns down lights*

This hobby and your videos literally help my anxiety and depression, thanks man :))

I think ember tetras are the hardiest and easiest to keep fish I ever owned. They can handle a lot of variety in water parameters and are small so you can fit more into a tank than the other fish on this list.

Khulli loaches are probably my favorite! Sometimes they are hard to find in the tank, once I thought that I had lost 4-5 of them over the years but then I rescaped my tank and found all 9 of them going strong. Some of them will have fun "personalities" and do things that you don't expect like someone I know had one that would work it's way up into the top of his filter and hangout almost all the way out of the water.

Kid: I want that Kuhli loach with the weird stripe. Employee: They’re all the same kid. Kid: I want that one. Employee: Take this one for free, kid, and don’t ever come back. Kid’s dad: See Junior, works every time.

100% agree with kuhli loaches. One of mine jumped out of its tank at night, I found it on my floor in the morning its skin was dry but as soon as I put him on a cup of water he started swimming perfectly

Khuli loaches, particularly the banded are an under appreciated gem for a large planted tank. Had them in a 180 and they were spawning well.

I really appreciate your listed recommendations visibly separated on the video scrubber. Thanks!

Endlers have by far and away the best personalities of any fish I've kept. So inquisitive with great colours.

I love Kuhli Loaches. However, they hide under my substrates and I never saw them even at night with the lights low. They did ate all my ghost shrimps and snails. They are very hard to catch. But are a very tough fish.

Read too many "beginner" fish videos but this was the definitive one. Fixated on Cherry barbs and white cloud minnows for my 20g as soon as its cycled. Thanks Cory! Also planning to add otocinclus catfish later on - anyone with experience with them? I have a coarse gravel, would it damage their fins? That worries me a bit.

I've learned a lot about fish and live plants from you. Thanks for all your videos. I've had my fish tank for 10 months and it is Doing so great. I have your live plant food food and there getting so big. Thanks again. 🙂

LOVE the labeled sections on the video!

Ember tetras are so... underrated!

You are so good in explaining things for beginners, love these video's!

Loving the rasbora and barb recommendations on this channel! There's a lot more fish out there then you'd usually get reccomend in a pet shop!

This video couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. Haven’t had fish in probably 12 years and I’ve been wanting to get back into it past year or so. I was thinking about picking up a 20 gal tank and thought black sand with some albino Cory’s and either cherry barbs or ember tetras would be an awesome starting setup. Maybe I’ll add a showpiece later on but this video just made up my mind on what I want to start with. Thanks!!

Excellent video! It has really helped guide my future tropical fish purchases.

Totally agree about the red eye tetra. Have an upcoming scape video that will feature them heavily! Absolute beauty once you give them time!

This is a great video as always Cory, I love it when you upload!

Thank you putting out Beginner content!

Thank you for the insightful information!

Love your videos. I learn so much.

I just found out the store is located in Washington!!! You’re not too far from me. You’re definitely going to be my go to fish store from now on!! I’ve always dreamed of going to the shop. You’ve been the biggest inspiration and support to me with everything fish! I wouldn’t love this hobby so much if it wasn’t for you!

Thank you. As a beginner this video has inspired me to get a bigger tank. Happy new Year

Very well explained! Love it!

Amazing video as always :) Thank you Cory!

Awesome content as always, thanks for sharing.

White cloud minnows are my personal favorite. They are pretty much indestructible 😂

Great video! Thank you for this!

Honestly mate....Thankyou so much for all the information and tips...love, love, love your videos....feel as though i have real support in the hobby Thankyou. DAMIAN

Many thanks, perfect for beginners like me!

Really learning a lot from you. Thanks!

Great suggestions! Thanks for pointing out that SAE's get territorial when they get bigger. I think a lot of people are surprised by that.

Saw Emperors tetra in the thumbnail. Can't agreed more ! I had some of them like 15 years ago il my old old old tank, actually it was my dad tank, now that I'm older it's more my tank than his tank, I love taking care of that 90 gallons. We had a lot of babies that survived, they go through a lot of algae problems, tank changements, medications in the whole tank, etc. And still now I have 2 left of them at this day, they're very old ladies tho. I have some Rasboras with the emperors too. They're super calm, but kinda shy and seems like they're sensitive to medication a little, but they're pretty and easy.

Wonderful that you list the fish you are dicussing. Getting back in, with son.

A nano aquarium for a grandparent (especially in a small apartment) would be a wonderful gift, if you can see it's taken care of.

Thank you for sharing this video 👍😀

Thank you for the info! Love your channel!

As always, fantastic video!!!

Great list, thanks man

Could do with you here in Thailand,nice to see,hear ,good people. Keep it going....!

I currently have 10 Black Neons, 4 Bristlenose Plecos (separate tanks), 6 Bronze Corydoras and 10 White Clouds. All great choices.

Well done!!!! Great information!!!

9:30 yes the cory blink is awesome cute even, looking at my angel fish eyes remind me of a cd player lazer bobbing left right

Good information as usual

Great video! Thanks Man!

Thank u for posting so informative video. Want to start a 30 gallon community aquarium.

very educated a plus to all your vids bro

Thank you Cory!

Loved the sump build video. Wondering if we'll get an update on the sump for the 800 gallon.

More good information. Thank you.

Great info for beginners, and intermediate keepers as welol

I love the Kulhi loaches little whiskers/barbs

very nice ... im glad i came across you ..

Love my lil loaches & bristlenose over a year old & no losses !

saw the title, heard your name, and had a chuckle!

Thats a great list, jumping straight to African Cichlids definitely was a challenge lol

I need a fish guy that will sell me fish and say, "Let me know how its going in a week or so." :/

I love khulis, they're so charismatic

thanks for sharing your videos sir.. very informative .. i really love also caring tetra fish ..

Thanks a ton .. it's a fantastic video...

Excellent recommendations. Years into the hobby and those are still the fish I prefer. Peaceful tropicals. I live in an upstairs apartment so I'm limited to several smaller tanks. 2 I'd add to your list are pygmy corries, and my latest fascination which is neocaridinas. I've always heard that you should keep a 2 female to 1 male ration with the cherry barbs to avoid the girls getting worn out from being chased by the boys. You seem to indicate that a 1:1 ratio is ok. I tend to believe what you say more, so if I decide to keep them again I'll have to remember that. I love my little bristle-nose even if I do only get to see usually his tail end scurrying away from me once every week or so. Any tips for getting to see him more? He seems to really enjoy his Sera "wafers with wood" that I feed him, but he must sneak out in the middle of the night to eat those. He's in a heavily planted community tank. It's what I call my "retirement" tank where the odd balls from diminished schools go to live out their final years i.e. I've got 1 harlequin rasbora left from a school. He's been seemingly happily living for almost 2 years now solo. There's 2 remaining neon tetra and 2 cardinal tetra that pal around together, both were at one time part of a school of 7 each in two different tanks. There's a couple of black neons, and my 1 remaining female cherry barb in there. All peaceful no aggression problems. I also bought a mix of 1 dozen red rili and bloody mary culls from a local breeder just because I like how they keep the plants looking so nice. I didn't think they'd do that well because I know tetra will eat shrimp fry, but they've exploded into probably 100 or more. So now they're getting spread to other community tanks. I even put a few of the less colorful ones into my Betta tank thinking that if nothing else he'd have himself a nice snack, but no no Bubba seems to like his shrimpy friends so now they're starting to reproduce in his tank too. I also bought some subwassertang from the local shrimp breeder. That stuff seems to grows like a weed in my tanks. The betta tank is full of it so the shrimp do have a safe place to duck into, but after a couple of weeks they were out free swimming with the lights on and my betta doesn't even chase them.

Awesome info!

who can resist watching a top 10 video from aquarium co-op.

Finally, Im tired of people who reccomend guppy, bettas, mollies, barb, and so on. I mean they are super common for begginers like there's no other fishes in the world. Thank Cory :D

I love these videos. I've watched some multiple times.

Very Good Info.

Would you mind doing a video for fish tank ideas for 30 gallon plus please thank you , great videos as always 🙌😊

Ordered from you recently. Loved the products and plants. Just got corys. Love them. Wish you had a store on the east coast. So I could buy your fish. Any one near northern Va check out Nova Tropicals in Dale City. Amazing store.

I absolutely love your channel. Keep it up.

Having started keeping fish October last year I picked up a Bristle-nose pleco, pretty much for all the reasons you mentioned... what no one seems to talk about is the sheer amount of crap these produce!!! (until you google each of your fish to find out which is making the monstrous amounts of faeces! lol) I think it would be great if beginner videos highlighted this sort of thing more because maintenance is one of the basics alot of beginners struggle with and the amount of poop these guys produce can really cause water condition issues if not kept on top of!!

Great content as usual! Cheers #coop!

Fantastic. Top bloke

Very nice video. 📺. Thanks. 👍

Awesome video!!!

I have a SAE and cherry shrimp tank. They're doing all good surprisingly

Got 12 Albino Cardinal Tetras a short while ago. They look phenomenal in my densely planted tank, with a few older leftover glowlight tetras and my wild-caught guppies. Kuhli Loaches are my favourite odd fish. I see mine poking out every so often, and its one of those fish you are always pleasantly surprised to see.

GREAT stuff again

Love it!

I love saving the feeder white cloud danios

I really never comment on videos but thank you!!! Your videos are great

I have 13 Black Skirt Tetra, i love them. They are all about full grown now (i had them about 3 months lol). I also have some corydora catfish, which are also full grown (i feed my fish like 7 different types of food, so they grow FAST lol). I also have 4 Red Blood Parrots and 1 Angel Fish. Some say that Angel fish are difficult to care for, but mine is fine in the community aquarium. He is actually the most fearless fish in the tank lol

Nice, a lot of my favorite fishes in this category. I would say though, that I miss some of the bigger tetras like black tetra, bleeding heart or diamond tetra (though the diamond tetra can be aggressive). As a lover of kuhlii loaches i would strongly recommend to make an aquarium, centered around these fish, or just overstock the aquarium with them (like 50 for a 30 gallon tank) - then some individuals always show themselves :) The one problem I have found with kuhlii loaches is that often they are wild caught (I think) and I have had quite some that died shortly after I got them, it turned out to be retained eggs, I could imagine they have some spawning migration where it is easier to catch them - any thoughts on that? Also I think you are mixing the "Siamese algea eater" complex up, I think you show pictures of both the Crossocheilus oblongus and the Epalzeorhyncos kalopterus, but I am not sure. In my opinion it is the Epalzeorhyncos that is the number one algea eater and the most peacefull, it has 4 barbs around the mouth compared to the Crossocheilus that only have two, but I know that people will disagree on this subject.

I haven’t had any luck with the Albino corys but my bronze are thriving. I have 3 kuhli loaches a bristlenose pleco 6 white cloud and 10 cherry shrimp in the the tank. So far it’s a very beginner tank

I would also recommend the serpae tetra and the black widow tetra if you're looking for hardy and beautiful school fish

I love my cherry barbs, they are my favorite fish. I think I can add some stuff about them: 1) Females are gorgeous, don't listen to Cory 2) They also do the peacock thing just like the White Clouds 3) They really like to dig in the ground for food just like Corycats so a soft substrate like sand is ideal 4) The males can be territorial, so better keep them at a ratio 2:1 females to males 5) They are ravenous feeders and will outcompete slower fish 6) They are very curious and have great personality 7) They love plants and hiding spots 8) When they feel comfortable you'll see them all the time

Thanks for this video and all your others as well! My fav fish so far is the Cherry Barbs. They look great and not aggressive at all! They hang out with my neon tetras minding their own business even when I have a bit of an aggressive endler guppy.

You are making me want to start an aquarium again.

great content, thank you :]

all I have in my tank is tetras. bunch of cardinals neons and blacks. really fun and vibrant tank to sit and watch.

Good job on close ups.

I've actually caught my cory "blinking" on camera! It was the first time I've ever seen that or knew they could do that. Mine is a Peppered Cory and I love it so much. Used to get the albino ones but wanted to have a different one this time. I really want a green gold or a gold laser cory as well lol.

There is something about the bronze cory, has always been my favourite. good to see the goldfish fry are still rocking the 800g

Nice video thanks

Excellent 🤓