What's up fishtank people.
Fishtanktv.com, dustinsfishtanks.com really excited about the way the new site is looking
by the way.
Bringing it to you on a Sunday, how is everybody doing?
Hope you are having an awesome weekend.
I am not I having a good one.
Got my church on this morning, I was thinking about you the whole time how I am going to
bring it to you today.
I am excited, wife and kids are at Panera and will be home any minute.
So I got to bust this out for you with some peace and quiet.
Having some fun folks!
Species Sunday, I got great species to tell you about today.
A little curve ball, I bet you all will not see it coming that's for sure.
I got some stuff to talk about first.
First and foremost I am coming to Cincinnati having my own little small event coming up,
it's going to be either on the Comfort Suites in Newport.
Newport on the levy right across the bridge still standing in Kentucky, but we are calling
it Cincinnati.
Possibly the Newport Aquarium, I am meeting with both the hotel and the Newport Aquarium
the Wednesday of this week.
I am going to try to have it at the Newport Aquarium, if I can.
Got to talk to them, see how we can do it.
I am really jacked about that.
March 1st, that's a Saturday, that's like one day less than three weeks from today.
Really pumped about that!
It will be a small thing, only thirty people will get invited, that's it.
Thirty people can come, the tickets are sold out.
I got four early bird tickets available, they are on the link below.
What is going to happen: First nine o'clock start, intros, hanging out, bs-ing.
I want everyone that is going to sit around talk about their tanks, introduce themselves,
what are they keeping, what they like.
Everyone like knows everybody in the room.
Then I am going to do a dirted tank demo, shocker I know.
I am going to sit there and do the whole thing, then we are going to break for lunch, then
I am going to go through a bunch of different species.
Probably like twenty different species of plant, just talking about each one of them,
passing them around.
Everybody can see the difference in the aquarium plants, lots of giveaways and stuff like that
too, then we are going to go into ferts, as you know I got some of my old ferts now, I
got my liquid CO2 rolling up on dustinsfishtanks.
I am real pumped about it too!
I have been using it to kill hair algae, it's just working great.
I am not going to pump it too much, but it's delicious.
Then I am going to talk about fertilizers, maybe a little CO2, I am messing with a little
bit more these days.
I am debating about getting some pressurize doing in of my other jungle tanks.
Then I am going to talk about my Peru trip.
I got a lot of fun stuff talking about there, a lot of videos.
It's exciting to share that and tell you all, like the whole story.
So small thing, there is a couple of early bird tickets left, get them while you can.
Another thing, thank you everyone for participating in the aquaticjungles and dustinsfishtanks
customers 10% off survey, you guys filled out a survey and are helping me help you.
It means a lot to get those surveys, by the way my cat is just like chilling, trying to
be up in the camera.
Might as well give her some face time, say Hi Gogo.
But yes all the feedback from that is really awesome.
I am really excited about it.
Everyone is telling me what to do, what they need more, of what you want to hear more about.
It helps me do more stuff and get better, so I really appreciate all that feedback.
Then finally got hand it to my man Bryan as the cat here flies off to me.
We are going to do another contest!
Dirted tank contest is cool, we are going to open the doors up, we have going to have
a big contest.
Debating about getting a big sponsor, folks.
Who should I get to sponsor?
What big company do you guys know that would actually get to help sponsor this contest?
Let's talk about it.
Throw me some stuff in the comments I want to know about it.
The only way that you can get the full details about how to enter the contest is to sign
up for Dustin's top ten planted tank tips on dustinsfishtanks.com, and you can't miss
it - It has got a video of me telling you what to do right when you go there.
Go there, signup for that.
Got more details coming on the contest.
I am really excited about it, people have been telling me to do contests all the time.
Last one was fun, I got to keep it organized, and it was kind of tough to do.
Tyler and Randy, I still owe you some plants, but it's too freaking cold to be shipping
them to where you are.
You want a lotus, I cannot give you a lotus yet.
Anyway, that is what I am doing.
It's time to talk about the Species, folks.
So you know I keep only so many species right?
I have only got so many fish that I keep, and I can't keep every species.
It's kind of like: "Oh, Dustin whatever are you going to show, what are going to bring
to people, how do we do it?"
You know what am I going to talk about for these folks?
I got to tell you the species that I think are cooler or what are making the cut.
This is a fish that my boy actually bought my 125 upstairs.
We talked about him before, his name is Eric Jackson and he lives out in San Francisco
about to move to New York.
The dude is my man and he had a pair of these things in his 125.
He had a monster Cichlid tank.
Today I want to talk about Buffalo cichlids.
These guys I think are really cool.
I have never kept them in a planted tank, I have never actually kept them myself, but
I hang out a hell of a lot with the guy who had them.
He actually bred them too.
Buffalo head cichlid, Steatocranus casuarius the Greek and Latin I am about to bust on
you, Steatocranus casuarius whatever, I don't know.
"Steato" means fat and "cranus" means skull and then "casuaris" is helm in Latin, so there
you go Fat Skull Helmet.
Get it?
The big Buffalo head.
Obviously they got the hump on, the head here, males having more pronounced than the females
and it does get bigger.
You will see that a lot of cichlids frontals is that kind of thing too.
The ladies are more rounded, the males get a little bigger.
They say four or five inches.
I have only seen them about this big.
They bred when they are this big folks and it was wicked.
They had this cool, little behavior where they sat next to each other, these fish are
kind of like pump sick kind of like chill, like a Gobi kind of deal.
They are from West Africa.
Africa fish are probably going to assume a little higher pH.
Higher being like 7.4, 7.6 or whatever, like a little bit warmer.
My boy had two heaters in the tank.
I say he had a pretty warm tank.
I can't give you all the water Parameters of the tank.
They are very easy to breed.
Not quite as easy as like a convict cichlid, but really a cool fish.
I would debate putting these in a planted tank.
Just because I look the way they just chill all over the place.
I would love to know what you all know about Buffalo head cichlids.
You had a big school, and you had like a bunch of little babies and everything.
You should have seen them try to...like cichlids, a rough fish.
He was tempted to take this one 125 and like block off the other half, so the Buffalo head
cichlids babies could make it.
That was hard work.
It didn't work out well.
I don't think he was able to keep the babies.
I like the way sit, I like they chill, the way they school around and hang out with each
other.
They say you can keep them at a small to twenty gallon tank.
That makes sense.
I have seen them about that big.
Quite coloration too!
Buffalo head cichlids, no I am not going to be sitting on the cichlid tank anytime soon,
but I just wanted to show you, that's what I am doing so Species Sunday - Buffalo head
cichlids.
Tell me what you know about Buffalo head cichlids and as always, if you like what I am doing
subscribe, check out the dustinsfishtanks Facebook fan page and get over to dustinsfishtanks.com
I am doing a lot of fun stuff there.
Oh, got to give a shout out to my man Toro out in California, what's up brother?
Thank you for helping get that customer's tank gallery rolling.
A lot of cool tanks there!
My goal is to have the sickest fish tank gallery on the web, straight up!
If you got something sweet, go over there and throw it down.
This hobby is supposed to be fun.
Enjoy it!
Over here I was playing a little something.
Let me tell you!
Removing the Aponogeton was not easy.
It took a lot of work.
I had a lot of fun.
Has anybody got any tips on growing Crypt Usteriana faster?
That is slow man!
That's one of the sweetest plants I got, and I just can't get to like really bong.
I am blasting with CO2, I am hitting it with Potassium, but I just can't get it... it's
slow growing.
That's what I am doing.
Welcome new subscribers.
I am excited about March 1st in Cincinnati!
I am pumped, I am meeting with the Newport Aquarium, it's going to be great!
Hope you are having an awesome weekend.
Make it an awesome week and tank on!