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- What's up fish tank people?
I think it's time to start talking
about the 350 gallon aquarium.
You can see how big this thing actually is.
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What's up fish tank people?
Dustin's fishtanks talking about a fish tank.
How's everybody doing, I hope you're doing well.
In today's video, we're gonna talk about
a 350 gallon aquarium that has been in my garage
since November of 2017 back when the
Aquatic Experience was held in Chicago not in New Jersey.
Today's video is about fish, I'm gonna give you
one two three four five options
that I'm thinking about for this
350 gallon aquarium that is gonna go in greenhouse 2.0.
But I would love your feedback in the comments
about these different fish options.
Let me calm down a little bit.
Alright so we set up the 900 gallon
aquarium at the New Port aquarium.
And while I love that tank, I also hate that tank.
The reason I love that tank is 'cause I think
it's one of the better hardscapes that I've ever done.
However the soft scape, in my humble opinion
left a little something to be desired.
I'd love all the comments on that
and if you haven't seen the 900 gallon series
go ahead and click the links on here and check that out.
However, the 900 gallon aquarium was left
in the hands of the New Port Aquarium.
So in today's video, it's got my head reeling
'cause I'm actually getting close on greenhouse 2.0
with what I'm gonna do in an aquarium
that I'm actually gonna be around all the time
and that people are gonna come and potentially see me with.
We're gonna be talking about the 350 gallon aquarium today.
I'm not gonna talk about the hardscapes,
the planting, that stuff, but I wanna talk about
some of the stuff I'm thinking about
with the fish in an aquarium that you all can come
and see me and that I can actually work on myself.
Okay so where is this aquarium actually going to sit?
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Right here.
This aquarium is actually going to sit
hopefully at the entrance way of greenhouse 2.0.
When you walk in I want you to be
greeted by something, potentially.
What could greet you, what fish would come up
and actually greet people as they walked in?
Let's talk about that.
So the first of my five options of fish
that I'm thinking about for the 350 gallon
aquarium is goldfish, yeah goldfish.
I already have coy, I'm thinking the fat wobbly kind.
The one with the big eyes, maybe a black moor,
couple of ryukins, a couple of orandas.
Here are the reasons that I would consider keeping goldfish.
And I love your feedback, you goldfish people.
I know you're out there, goldfish are extremely hearty.
Okay they're related to carp.
Now the ones that I wanna keep are a little bit fancier
so not quite as easy to keep as my beloved coy.
Nevertheless goldfish are hearty.
They also could perpetually eat duckweed
which I would keep at the surface of the 350.
I also like goldfish 'cause they can handle
a little bit lower temps which we would
see temperatures below 70 in the greenhouse
and I wouldn't really worry about
keeping a heater with them.
One thing that I've always wanted to do
and I don't ever think I've seen it done
the way I'd like to do it is a planted
aquarium with goldfish which also
leads me to the downside of goldfish.
Goldfish are like cows, they're just constantly grazing,
constantly feeding, it's what they do, okay.
So any sort of aquascape, if you will,
is constantly gonna be dug up, pulled apart, or ripped out.
I also like to run dirt in my tanks.
Goldfish digging down into the gravel
and spitting it out as they perpetually
roam around for food could be a problem.
There's another rub with goldfish
and I think people get this wrong.
There's an old adage, the old
one inch of fish per gallon of water rule.
That one of fish per gallon of water rule
is actually out the window with goldfish
because a one inch goldfish is gonna poop
way more than like a one inch tetra or something like that.
If anybody keeps goldfish they know this.
Goldfish are constantly eating.
Goldfish are constantly pooping.
There's gonna be something called balance
that I'm gonna have to work a little bit harder to get.
This is a photo of my girl Mandy's tank
up at Aquatic Wildlife in Connecticut,
great wholesale customer of ours.
And she has goldfish but she
doesn't have quite enough plant.
Look I like to see personally if I can
overcome the challenge of keeping big goldfish
with a ridiculous amount of plants, full sun,
and keeping that whole thing balanced.
Goldfish, one of my top five ideas for the 350.
And the second option for the 350 in greenhouse 2.0.
Now look, already done these fish before.
And I miss them, talking about rainbow fish, folks.
Rainbow freaking fish, children of the morning sun.
Oh my goodness, a 350 with rainbows.
Now look I did the 220 with rainbows and I loved it.
Why rainbow fish, folks, folks, rainbow fish
are a fish you see in the pet store
and they simply do not look that great
because they take a little bit of time to color up.
But if you give them time, good
food, and big old water changes,
rainbow fish will change your life.
Rainbow fish, big, hearty, but they don't get too big.
They get like about this big or whatever.
So they're the perfect size for a 350.
You get a school of them, I'm friends with Gary Lang,
I'm friends with Luca Brass, I'm friends
with all kinds of fish farms in Florida.
I could get the most ridiculous rainbows ever
and I could have a school of them.
Rainbow fish, you walk in they go (trills tongue)
like little dogs, they swim right up
to the front of the tank, greet you, ready for food.
What are the other upsides to the rainbow fish.
You get a big school, rainbow fish can be
put together with other different varieties
of rainbows if you wanna flow that way.
I may just do all of one type, species.
Rainbow fish breed easily, rainbow fish
can handle big water changes.
And here's a huge and final upside with rainbow fish.
Rainbow fish, my friends, would not mess up
an aquascape should I choose to get my flow on in a 350.
But now it's time to talk about the downside
of keeping rainbow fish in a 350.
Folks, there are absolutely zero downsides
to keeping rainbow fish in a 350.
Let's talk about another option, folks.
You gotta do things to get you out of your comfort zone.
This is for all you cichlid people out there.
What if your boy Dusty put frontosas
in the 350 gallon aquarium, that's right frontosas.
Think about that for a second.
Big giant Lake Tanganyika fish in there
swimming around, staring you in the face.
The upside with frontosas, they get big
but they don't get too big, they got that awesome purple,
I mean it's a purple zebra fish.
I don't know what the good Lord was thinking
when he did the purple zebra fish, but they're money.
Alright cichlid people, I need you to drop me a note
in the comments of what cichlids I'm missing
that you would put in the 350.
Cichlids aren't my game, drop me a note.
I got another idea for the 350.
You should get some bass, man.
You got that big fish, you should get some big old bass,
feed them some minnows, that'd be awesome.
Bit tank, big fish, no, I'm absolutely not
gonna get a large mouth bass or any sort
of giant native fish for this tank.
What do you think, Brave, what should I get?
Should I get some neon tetras?
Am I bothering you with my loud voice?
Am I bothering you, dog, sorry.
Another idea for the 350, I haven't ever done it
properly the way I would like to do it.
Big tank needs big rocks, big tank, small fish.
How about 500 neons in a 350 gallon aquarium.
Only Oliver Canot, in my humble opinion
has done the neon tank properly.
I think it would be awesome, the fish are cheap.
The neons would school, it would be fantastic.
The downside with neon tetras is this.
They are a little bit finicky
and when they go, they all go.
They all die like boom boom boom boom boom boom boom.
The upside of the neon tetras however,
is that they can be kept at slightly lower temperatures,
they're cheap, I could get them
from whole salers super cheap.
I could slowly add them over time
and you walk in and it's just (exhales sharply)
giant school of neons greeting you in greenhouse 2.0.
And yet another option for the 350 in greenhouse 2.0,
a fish I've never kept before.
They're also a cichlid, I'm talking about discus.
Oh my goodness, big, round, beautiful,
any color of the rainbow, easy to keep
in a planted tank, schooling fish.
Folks, you've seen my videos about this,
there's no way I'm keeping discus fish.
They're like the hot chick at a bar that you can't talk to.
(scoffs) Sarah let's get out of here.
Discus fish, there's no way I'm keeping discus in there.
Too finicky, gotta keep the temps right.
I'm not gonna be able to control
the temps good in the greenhouse.
Discus are out, no chance.
Now my number one idea for fish
for the 350 gallon aquarium.
I like my rap, I like my Wu Tang, I like my old dirty.
How about old dirty oscars in the 350.
Can you imagine, folks, oscar fish.
In your face, right when you walk in,
big old black oscars greeting you.
Hey, hello I'm an oscar fish, feed me feed me feed me.
Oscars would be awesome, I could get them
with some of the 500 crinum that I have
coming in from Sierra Leone as you watch this video.
Click the links around, check that stuff out.
Yes folks, oscars would be fantastic.
I don't know anyone doing oscar fish with plants.
I'd like to try it, I'd be up for the challenge.
I could do big rockscape, I could do massive crinum natans
all over the place with giant big goofy oscars
up in your face and up in your grill.
Oscars in an aquascaped Africa style tank
with a South America fish, I think
oscars would be the bomb in the 350.
You know how many videos I've done
where oscars just are number one.
Like dude, I mean look at them though.
I mean they're bright orange.
- [Man] We've been growing this guy out
for almost two years now and he's a stunner.
- [Dustin] They're just so, I mean they've got
so much chill and personality and color.
- [Man] Everybody loves oscars once they have them.
They're like having a true pet.
You know what I'm saying, they'll interact with you.
- [Dustin] Oh yeah, oh man this
fish is just giving it to us.
How long have you had this fish again?
- [Man] This fish is around two, probably going on three.
- [Dustin] You've had this fish for two years?
- Yep. - Where do you keep him?
In that steam room with all the--
- [Man] Yep in the greenhouse.
- [Dustin] Got you, does he stay in a vat
or is he in a - A vat.
- A vat, yeah, what do you feed this boy, just whatever?
- [Man] We got a carnivore diet that we feed him.
- [Dusty] He's got a nice little spot on that back, too.
Folks, maybe I'm missing something.
Maybe you've got an idea for a sweet
set of fish for a 350 gallon aquarium.
So do my a favor, drop me a note in the comments.
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