What's up fishtank people. Fishtanktv.com, dustinsfishtanks.com new sexy look is live
on selling plants on there now. Aquaticjungles is going away soon. It's all on one spot for
you folks. So I am sitting here, I am home. Wife is at a work, kids are at the day care.
Chilling today, and I am doing some big picture thinking and I am just like chilling, I am
relaxing. I am six months into this mess having a lot of fun, going through just kind of like
high level stuff, where I am, hit a few goals, came short on a few goals. But I am pretty
excited about six months in and all the feedback I am getting from people, the love like people
buying combos "Oh yes, I have seen your tanks dude. Give me whatever the heck you got. Here's
what might setup. Just do it!" it's a lot of fun, you know just stuff that I am coming
out with is a blast, is being well received. You know repeat customers, I shipped out like
16 orders yesterday, which probably if you got plants from me get them, because it is
freaking cold and half of them were customers that bought from me before. I know that I
am going to make it, and I am excited about life, so sentimental Dustin.
Decided to bring it to you today in the middle of the week video. Doesn't happen often, but
I got six months under my belt. I got six tips for you, when it comes to buying fish.
1. Don't buy fish out of crunk tanks okay? - If all the fish in the tank look crappy.
You don't need to be buying fish out of there. That's the first thing. Just don't do it!
If there is other dead fish in there, all those big setups are all connected most of
the time. If you can find a local pet store that has individually sectioned off tanks.
Those are the people you want to buy the fish from, because then if one tank is infected
with something, the rest of them won't get it.
2. Buy fish that just came in and look. People are always like "this just came in, this is
sweet". Cool, guess what, this fish just traveled like god knows where okay? I shipped these
fish from Peru, that guy and that guy, and angels, and whatever. I don't know how long
they were travelling. Three of those angels didn't make it right when they came out of
the gates. Let the fish sit, let them share, let them have a couple of days and then come
back. You can pay for them! That's cool. Pay for them, but then don't bring them home,
if they die while they are in the shop. I didn't scrape the algae, because I didn't
want to scare the fish. Apistogramma caught with my own two hands in Peru. I really need
to go back there. 3. It sounds gross, but it's worth talking
about. Don't buy fish with stringy poop. Weird looking like pinched in, like stomach or whatever.
There could be internal parasites. It's gross to say, but when the fish come and they take
a poop and the other fish comes and swims in it, parasites travel like that folks. You
really don't want to buy fish with any kind of funky looking poop hanging out or pinched
in stomachs or anything like that. 4. Ask the people to feed the fish. If you
find a good princess say "I am about to buy these fish. Feed them for me" and they feed
them for you, and the fish eats good, that's a good sign. That was one tip that I really
took home. If a fish is eating in a store. It's going to eat when you get home. If it's
not eating at the store, you are not bringing it home.
5. Air in the bag! Oh darn! I forgot to do this. I had a cool trick going to the show
people with a bag. All right, I am going to show this and this is just showing off right
here. Let's see how you pet store folks you really are. Make sure they put enough air
in the bag. I am going to take this bag, and I am going to put some water in, I am going
to pretend like I am bagging a fish. Like I am at RMS aquaculture or Pets Surprise,
because that is where I used to work. Here is what you folks. This is just a lot of air
in the bag. You want a ton of air in the bag, and a whole lot of water. I am sure the people
bagging your fish now this, but I just want to show this trick here. Check this out here.
Let's see if I can do it. I can hold the camera and this is going to be hard, but the trick
is to grab the bag and get a lot of air. See that? One handed grab, lots of air. I challenge
you to do that! See if you can do that. Grab the bag and get a lot of air in it. Wanted
to show that. Make sure they have that kind of a thing going on. Especially if you are
travelling far. Tell them, hey you I am going to far distance or whatever and make sure
they leave lots of air. Separate the fish when they bag them. Make sure they give you
a brown bag to put clear bag in so the fish don't go all freaked out watching everything
as well as reflections coming through. 6. Acclimate really slowly. When I get fish
home, I take them, I set them in here. I open the bag, and I let it sit, and I let it kind
of like drape over like this and I let the fish sit, and I make sure I got something
like this or whatever. Something heavy to kind of keep it there. That's not heavy enough,
but for the sake of this video that is what I am doing. Let it sit there and don't add
any of your water until that bag is set for like five, ten minutes to get the same temperature
as the water. Then you add a little bit. I would add only like a tiny little portion
at a time. Small cups worth like that, every five-ten minutes or so. I like to keep the
fish in the bag for I don't know, half an hour, forty five minutes if I am adding anything
and so burp the bag periodically. You can take the bag and go like this, to get more
of your water in there, just a little bit. And then once you have more of your water
than their water in there, this is the big tip folks. Get in that and do not pour that
nasty fishtank aids water if you will into your tank. Do not pour the water from this
bag that you have your fish in and you traveled home. Don't pour it in your tank! Take it,
get in that. Pour the water into the sink, into the net. Take the fish from the night
and quickly put them in your tank. Do not put them in your tank. Do not put the foul
gross water from the pet store in your tank. That water is foul, the fish have been pooping
in it and god knows what is in it. That is very important! I felt like doing a video
in the middle of the day. I hope you got some value out of it. I am having some fun. I t's
not for sale, but I have got some anubias, which i am having it's a fun worth over here
so. Then the tanks in the mix! Aaron , I am hope
you enjoying your crinum. But that is what I am doing. Welcome new subscribers. If you
like what I am doing, subscribe! Also March 28th, Columbus, Ohio. Ohio boy is going back
to Columbus for the cafe Columbus Area fish enthusiasts, maybe. I think that is what it
is. They are having a thing. I need to reach out these people. I am going to be there chilling.
Too close for me not to go, so mark your calendars on that. If you like what I am doing subscribe,
check out dustinsfishtanks.com new look, looks good on an iPhone, iPads and all that good
stuff. Download the top ten planted tank tips. You will also get a video with that, where
I go through them and yes. That is what I am doing folks. If you like this, I got thirty
three tips in a forty three minute long video. The top 33 biggest mistakes is available on
there as well. Welcome new subscribers, loving doing a middle of the week video while nobody
is around. Have a blast folks. Tank on! Later!