Native Fish Care Video Series

divemaster99

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Some of you may have seen some of the videos from my YouTube channel before but for those who haven't, a little background. My YouTube channel is called Everything Fish and focuses on my three main hobbies: Fish Keeping, Scuba, and Fishing with videos mainly about fish keeping. Me being a proud native fish keeper and seeing how there is an extreme lack of information available on the internet for the care of North American species in home aquaria, I thought I'd make a video series. This series called 'Native Fish Care' talks about almost every aspect of keeping an individual species of native fish in captivity and I do one species per video. I only do videos on species I keep or have kept successful and know about sufficiently so as not to give false information. This series is definitely the most popular one on my channel as of now and I'm extremely happy that I'm getting a lot of views on these videos which shows that people are interested in keeping native species. We need more native fish keepers in the community and I hope that eventually, native species will be just as popular as tropical fish. I'll post embedded videos on this thread as I make them. Hope you guys enjoy!

-Sean
 

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[video=youtube;Sv0lIyx5XiM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv0lIyx5XiM[/video]

Quick-Facts
Name: Yellow Bullhead
Scientific Name: Ameiurus natalis
Tank Size: 75 Gallons (for a single, average-sized fish), bigger preferable
Max Size: 12-14" (16" possible)
Temperament: Semi-Aggressive
Experience: Moderate
Feeding: Omnivore
Temperature: Ideally 64-78 F
pH: 6.0-8.0
 

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[video=youtube;IYO7-zAnKD0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYO7-zAnKD0[/video]

Quick-Facts
Name: Greenside Darter
Scientific Name: Etheostoma blennioides
Tank Size: 10 Gallons
Max Size: 4-5" (6" possible)
Temperament: Peaceful
Experience: Difficult
Feeding: Omnivore
Temperature: 56-74 F for general keeping purposes
pH: 7.0-8.0
 

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[video=youtube;ktaKZqiit9o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktaKZqiit9o[/video]

Quick-Facts
Name: Creek Chub
Scientific Name: Semotilus atromaculatus
Tank Size: 75 Gallons
Max Size: 10-14"
Temperament: Semi-Aggressive
Experience: Moderate
Feeding: Omnivore
Temperature: 60-72 F
pH: 6.5-8.5
 

divemaster99

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[video=youtube;8o_6g4hTiW4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_6g4hTiW4[/video]

Quick-Facts
Name: Rainbow Darter
Scientific Name: Etheostoma caeruleum
Tank Size: 10 Gallons
Max Size: 2-3"
Temperament: Peaceful
Experience: Moderate
Feeding: Omnivore
Temperature: 56-74 F for general keeping purposes
pH: 7.0-8.0
 

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[video=youtube;Sv0lIyx5XiM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv0lIyx5XiM[/video]

Quick-Facts
Name: Yellow Bullhead
Scientific Name: Ameiurus natalis
Tank Size: 75 Gallons (for a single, average-sized fish), bigger preferable
Max Size: 12-14" (16" possible)
Temperament: Semi-Aggressive
Experience: Moderate
Feeding: Omnivore
Temperature: Ideally 64-78 F
pH: 6.0-8.0
Nice vid, and info thinking about darter fish , ironically thought about you because I know you keep them.:)
 

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[video=youtube;IYO7-zAnKD0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYO7-zAnKD0[/video]

Quick-Facts
Name: Greenside Darter
Scientific Name: Etheostoma blennioides
Tank Size: 10 Gallons
Max Size: 4-5" (6" possible)
Temperament: Peaceful
Experience: Difficult
Feeding: Omnivore
Temperature: 56-74 F for general keeping purposes
pH: 7.0-8.0
Awsome!!! Divemaster99:)
 

divemaster99

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Nice vid, and info thinking about darter fish , ironically thought about you because I know you keep them.:)
Thanks! If you're thinking about setting up a darter tank just PM me and I'll be happy to give you any info you need.
 

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[video=youtube;8o_6g4hTiW4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_6g4hTiW4[/video]

Quick-Facts
Name: Rainbow Darter
Scientific Name: Etheostoma caeruleum
Tank Size: 10 Gallons
Max Size: 2-3"
Temperament: Peaceful
Experience: Moderate
Feeding: Omnivore
Temperature: 56-74 F for general keeping purposes
pH: 7.0-8.0
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