I so desperately want to know if you get any sweet potatoes and how they taste. There is a very good chance I am going to try this in my 20 long I have terrestrial plant lights above that tank for the bamboo and pothos as well as my nicrew plant light for the fish. And I love sweet potatoes

Squish just squishin about being the legend he is😊 my spanish ribs did this samr floating back legged dance the other day

Are these good beginner pets they are so cool

That’s a gorgeous pleco. I love guppies. I have a 15 gallon with 10 females a 10 gallon with 8 males and a 20 gallon with about 1,785,604. A few are pregnant so I’ll have 2million next week. 😂

I bought a pair of rainbow lightning guppies there breeding well

What will you be doing with all those babies

Mine used to love hanging upside down by her toes 🫶🏼🤣😊

Simplicity often gives a big statement. Looks great

For me it's the flow that makes long fin bettas stressed not the size of the tank. I guess 5 gallon though is fine for a betta (long fin) if ideal in a healthy way. Anything smaller than that is awful and I don't know why anyone still does this . I really like your tanks and your bettas! Those low/floor tanks are hard to siphon. I've had to use an electric siphon to remove water even. I think it could work to siphon the bottom if the hose could be manipulated to slow the suction. The electric siphons really are strong.

Excellent information talisa!!i tend to prefer the shortfin betta types!,your betta tanks really are beautiful!😍 and it was lovely to see you on the livestream too! Thanks so much for this video!⭐️❤️⭐️

i have a betta i love him

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I love temperate tanks

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Oh he is so happy in the 20 long. Those are shallow like a 10 gallon so he will probably always do well in there. I love my 20 long it has a deep sand substrate so it’s even more shallow but my tetras, cherry shrimp, Pygmy Corydoras, and 2 upside down cats don’t mind the shallow one bit. Actually the male upside down cat loves digging under the sponge filter creating his lair while the female who is larger has the cichlid cave. No she doesn’t share her house she will share the wood scape sometimes.

I just hit play but I thought it was the opposite. So longer fin needs shallow tanks but less flowy fins can go in 20 standard height. My veil tail male started in a 10 gallon but is far more relaxed in his 5 gallon. It could be the different plants but he doesn’t swim back and forth like he did in the 10. It was like he kept thinking there was another fish in the tank. Both have lots of plants but the 10 didn’t have any anubias. Edit: I love the pea puffer and that will look amazing.

Yes start a disco tank🔥💯

Hello , I have been trying to find a few insightful things to say about the latest predicament and the style or the approach is a great description for the fish that you have had / have , snails & shrimp too....but in all of your videos in the 8 + months that I have watching it's not a big mystery it's just that you have been doing to much and I have to be honest with you about not having the patience for the ecosystem to get established and I have a feeling that you will have a lot of success in your future but just keep it in 3rd gear and let it rev up a little while before you get your plans for the new place or whatever you ( need ) is great, but maybe for great KARMA find out what they need 😺😸😼😽😾😻😹

So sorry to hear about your fish loss. You and I have really bad luck lately :( I know stress can do crazy things to all living animals.. I have also learned from not quarantining fish. Live and learn though. I do it for 30 days now. Your bettas looks great btw. Good luck on your future fish.

Did you check the heater? Was there a prolonged dip in temperature? It may not be that your parameters are off, maybe just that they're way different to the petstore's parameters .... Did you 'plop and drop' or empty in the petstore water when adding the new fish? High probability it was something preexisting introduced from the petstore water or internal from those fish. When buying fish ask how long they've been on display, when they came in etc. Observe the tank they're displayed in, ask if the tanks are sharing water with the other tanks/sharing a sump, obsreve those tanks too, if there's sick or dead fish or fish with sunken bellies in those tanks, then maybe hold off on your purchase. The SLOW and sick fish are easier to net out, watch as they're being netted, don't be afraid to say, 'that one looks a bit unwell can you swap it for another please'.

Unique.

Beautiful Platy, that is a gorgeous female, I have never seen that variety before. If you have a pump and sponge filter lying around I would use it, some extra bacterial filtration isn't going to hurt and the water agitation will add more oxygen. If you have a pump but no sponge filter even just an air stone would benefit by agitating the water surface and stimulate oxygen exchange. Yes a no tech tank can work, but just a low tech sponge filter or air stone adds a lot of benefits for very little cost.

I added 4 Ottos this spring, two died and two made it. As soon as the first one died I started doing 20 percent water changes and gravel vac every other day for two weeks. I also noticed just a trace of ick on a few fish so I treated with ParaGuard for those two weeks also. I might have just gotten lucky but everything returned to normal quickly. I think Father Fish and others have done a disservice to the aquarium hobby with his anti-water change stance. I have been keeping fish off and on for 30 years and I swear by weekly water changes, plants or no plants. I am fortunate to have good tap water though.

I ordered a 20 galaxy Rasbora and 20 emerald dwarf rasbora.. I quarantined them together for 4 days. No issue so I added them to my established tank that had 25 chili rasboras. 2 days later the chilis had ick…. I’m guessing the stress of the new inhabitants stressed them out. Sometimes it’s something you couldn’t predict

It's probably your water source, you should switch to R.O water. This sounds like a lack of experience in fish keeping.

That stinks Talisa, I’m sorry! Sometimes these things are a mystery. I had a friend that couldn’t keep a lot of fish, snails and shrimp alive no matter what he did. Eventually found out it was a softener he was adding to his house water. Not saying that’s the case with yours but my point is all water is H2O but everyone’s has differences whether slight or huge and some fish and inhabitants are just more touchy to those. Hope the new fish don’t give you any problems.

Also I’m gonna need you to send me that beautiful branch in that tank 😂

Hi talisa! Great video! I quarantine all sick and new fish, it’s tough as u don’t want to spend the time and money doing so, but being patient and doing so is worth it in the long run, the stress for sure is a huge factor, so when I do it I add salt , the api med trio , and turn the lights off for hours in combination with seachem stress gaurd and add extra air stone for more oxygen as meds and salt reduce oxygen, that’s for new fish , when I get a sick fish I like to just use salt and seachem stress gaurd as first then move to the meds if needed , but sometimes fish just die even when we have tried everything, I always test my water once a week just because you never know , things can change in an instant

I also have water that catfish of any kind survive in. Also shrimps too for me. And in saltwater I can't keep Anemone either even with perfect parameters

I'm sorry about your fishes... Have you tried panda garra? They are very personable, pretty and peaceful. I think they fit perfectly in your newly scaped 49g!

I’m so sorry. I losing fish is heartbreaking especially when something you did may have caused the issue. Honestly though maybe quarantine would have helped but probably not. It doesn’t sound like there was enough time for a sick fish to have caused the death of other healthy fish. It most likely was bad timing. But there is no way to know for sure. I’m super guilty of not quarantining and it is absolutely good advice and at the very least it makes it easier to tell if it was bad timing or a sick fish

I think it is always good to have some sort of filter and sponge filters are perfect! Your new fish are stressed from shipping but also they are in a new home - they may be use to sponge filters too. Ask the breeder if he used sponge filters, plus the beneficial bacteria that will house in that filter can only help your tanks in the future. When you get your test strips, cut the in half length wise, save some money but also encourage you to just dip and test on whim.

Corries can carry parasites it has happened to me before . Now I treat my tank annually with Para cleanse Fritz

So sorry about that .. Cory's can be strange but that is peculiar.

Honestly, Talisa - i'm not sure quarantining or not was a factor. The sad reality is tanks and fish can experience what I cal "mystery death syndrome." Yes, there is a reason but we might not ever know it. The water changes and maintenance session more productive path in my view. Good luck!

I vote pea puffer

Do you plant your plants deep down to get to the nutrient soil?

Wonderful!

you are right that a proper aquascape makes a tank look bigger and adds depth.

The tank looks awesome Talisa, I plan on rescaping my 10 gallon in my fishroom into a shrimp tank after I find a spot for my small angelfish grow out. Love the setup 😁👍

That looks really nice :)! Perfect piece of wood you picked :)!

looking good

Well put together talisa! Thanks for doing this with us

Question about the monstera. I’ve seen them get really big and I would like to get one for my 20 gallon I worry about the weight. Will it make the tank heavy?

I love how you don’t plan it out and end up with such amazing aqua scapes. Me I plan it out in my head and then I’m disappointed. My skill set is not nearly up to my imagination. 😂 Edit: I have a heater in my 2.5 gallon shrimp tank but I have it set to 72F. Idk how often the heater actually kicks on but I have lots of blue dream babies.

pops up as I finish 47 water changes.

Love that tank. Can I ask what type of tree that branch came from and could any old tree branch do?

Your

Love it !!