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Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago

Check out the full length videos of us collecting in Peru here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maLGZ5XD_Kg&list=PLNM4mDAXGxWxA-AIGvZQ2OEeXVS5YKsio

Greg Smith - 5 years ago

What kind of gravel is that

Friday Fish Facts - 5 years ago

I could listen to Dean talk about fish for hours

Waidon Nielson - 5 years ago

Dean, you GOTTA quit your job and join the co-op crew!

James G - 5 years ago

+Aquarium Co-Op Haha she sounds like a wise woman. Can't wait to see you on another collection trip, what an adventure! Thanks for your hard work

Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago

She comes to China etc. Not everyone thinks having diarrhea in countries without bathrooms sounds like a great time.

Jose Montalvo - 5 years ago

Hey Cory,
Have you considered the Banded Knifefish/ Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus? It belongs to the Family Gymnotide; Genus Gymnotus Linnaeus. They will grow to about 1’ long. No Dorsal Fin. 200 to 260 anal fin. It’s nocturnal and they love lying in hiding during the day. It hunts smaller fish at night, so remove your small fish, or they will disappear. They can swim backwards. Dorsal, pelvic, and caudal fins are missing. There is no external sex differences observed. They can be found in waters from Peru all the way up to Guatemala. There are several Knifefish species, but those that you have seem to match those mentioned above. I could be wrong, but I highly doubt it!

Austin's Aquatics - 5 years ago

It wasn't you or Dean's fault

Hunting and Fishing Untamed - 5 years ago

Banded knifefish

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Braden Ellis - 5 years ago

Can I get the special Deans fish room tour? What age do the angels leave Dean’s fish room and come to Aquarium coop? Curious if I saw some last time I visited the store.

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

Generally angels are ready to go to the shops at 3 months, sometimes a little younger.

Tampa Tom - 5 years ago

I’m sorry to hear about the shipment. Dean I would like it if you would travel with Cory and continue collecting from the wild.

dentednj - 5 years ago

Maybe another option is to set up large breeding facilities in Peru and other countries that you import fish from. You will be saving the fish from environmental pollution and overfishing, plus poor shipping continuity with sporadic shipping. Think of all the jobs you'd be creating in these poorer countries! Importing/exporting would be under a more controlled time schedule and could be flexible when problems arise.

Mike Gibson - 5 years ago

Yeah....travel

Shoman Blues - 5 years ago

Having been a fish hobbyist for the majority of a lifetime and also having been a store owner and custom aquarium builder dealing in fresh and salt water fish and corals etc. I don't allow myself to do the "do we have a right" discussion. I have a hard time justifying a hobby that is systematically ruining our environment. Whether it's with over collection which happens on a global basis or release of non native species not the least problematic for the US is the Lion Fish. We can't argue that it's OK to collect because someone else is going to kill them. That is an extremely irresponsible position.

I can tell you that I am happy that I am no longer involved with the hobby or business. I don't condemn you for doing it but after watching myself and hundreds of other store owners kill countless millions of fish. I'm glad not to be a part of it anymore. Yes, I eat meat, yes I consume products that ruin our environment. If it's alive it is using other life to survive.. that's the way life works but I don't know..... just didn't feel right about selling things that could be the last.
I didn't feel right about it and got out of it. Responsible collecting does not exist. If there is no market, then the collecting will stop. You breading chihlids, tetras, etc does not preserver the wild fish. Teaching does not preserve the wild fish. The ability to not over harvest is what preservers things. Doesn't matter if it's fish, horses, birds.or trees.

This is just my opinion and there is nothing I would enjoy more than spending a day collecting or keeping Fish, ants, corals etc.

Benjamin P. - 5 years ago

I certainly agree with you on the releasing fish into non native habitats part, that just comes down to education. I get where you're coming from, but don't you think on some level that we as hobbyists that know how to properly care for these creatures have a responsibility to keep them alive if they are being threatened in the wild?

im frank - 5 years ago

Dean!?! are you kidding? work & make money vs travelling the world, looking at & for fish, eating crazy food and making money. there's no competition!! oh, and you don't do it alone? you hang out with friends? man! what a life! what an opportunity! imagine how many people ask cory if they could join him.

viperr007 - 5 years ago

Who knew dean was such a Miley Cyrus fan

Steve's Aquatics - 5 years ago

The Adventures of Cory and Dean, around the world collecting fish. I'm telling you right now you would have a million subscribers in less than 1 year.

Este Glez - 5 years ago

Is jimmy going on vacation to Ohio, or is he moving back to ohio?

Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago

Moving back to Ohio.

maniatikoleal - 5 years ago

It sounds great Dean quitting his job and you two going into fish missions worldwide. I imagine this as you two in superheroes costumes.

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Jake Douglas - 5 years ago

Dean’s tanks are immaculate! How does he do it??

Bug Gus - 5 years ago

mean green breeding machine

Ed Wolfram - 5 years ago

Dean, Cory, and Gary do Papua!

BO BO DEE - 5 years ago

in order to keep em alive a great way is actually soak the food in ginger. before shipping if you feed them ginger I bet you'll come back with 95% of them.

matthew smith - 5 years ago

The Internet needs more Dean, a whole hour of incite will do me for now!

Scott Villeneuve - 5 years ago

Who cares about a Hannah Montana poster when there's a 917 in Gulf livery on the wall!

Scott Villeneuve - 5 years ago

+Deansfishroom I have that car on a shirt, and some Gulf livery shoes, too. I noticed the other cars...but that one catches my eye as a Porsche nut.

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

Exactly, and they missed the other cars too!

nsane992002 - 5 years ago

I love Dean's fish room. You guys make me want to go check out wild habitats of fish I love so bad.

blesson87 - 5 years ago

Finally I ve got closure to the Peru shipment... I'm surprised anything survived being bagged for 4days straight! It's a tough pill to digest but hey atleast we re aware of what goes on in Peru and well you still have the experience of collecting in Peru.

Gary Smith - 5 years ago

Wow those lanceolata are awesome looking! It’s a shame Dean isn’t going to breed them! Cory can you get some of these from that same location?

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

You do never know though, sometimes fish that I have no intentions of breeding figure out how to do it anyway.

Jeffrey Myers - 5 years ago

Dude those black oto’s are sick

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

They are really cool, and another fish that I started out with just two and probably have over 100 now.

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Vinnie Judilla - 5 years ago

Quit your job Dean!!!

Richard Huff - 5 years ago

Love seeing vids of Dean's fish room. You will never see a dirty tank in his fish room and that says a lot. Plus you can really see he cares about the fish to.

Michael Shipman - 5 years ago

These videos are awesome. Dean has the best collection of fish I've ever seen.

Tareck Fahmi - 5 years ago

Im surprised plecos naturally like high currents

Aub_K - 5 years ago

Wonderful fish tour! Loved every minute of it!

Redbeardexotics - 5 years ago

I believe the kinda zebra striped knife fish is a zebra carapo knife fish and the get about 11 inches. I've got them in before at the pet store I work at. the other ones I don't know.

OMGiFoundNemo - 5 years ago

Yes, yes, yes, Dean should quit his job and do everything you just listed

August Duwell - 5 years ago

What type of sponge filters does Dean run?

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

+August Duwell Yes the pro is coarser but still do the regular cleaning.

August Duwell - 5 years ago

+Aquarium Co-Op what would be the difference between the pro and the regular? Is pro coarser? Hence less regular cleaning?

Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago

Hydro pro sponge filters. Like these. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/filters/products/hydro-sponge-3-filter

AVP Aquariums - 5 years ago

1 hour of Dean’s fishroom and knowledge... yes please! Thanks for sharing it with us Dean!

Dave Jenkins - 5 years ago

Thanks for the unboxing story! I would not want to watch that unboxingt!! Yeah, I use to work for a wholesaler and we got shipment from Africa that came in like 50 degrees and we lost a ton of fish, they do not even have heat packs there

Stephen FitzGerald - 5 years ago

Really enjoying the grand tour!

Denny's Fish Tanks - 5 years ago

Awesome video guys!!! Thanks so much Dean, Cory and Jimmy :)

Tyler - 5 years ago

So excited it’s a dean video what is it only an hour and 13 mins :P

Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago

He had a birthday party years ago in the garage and all his friends showed up with Hannah Montana themed wrapping paper, cake etc

mucks - 5 years ago

I know, I know, I know what they are ... they is, fishies! :))

Chad Bellbowa - 5 years ago

Why hank hill

TimmyME - 5 years ago

150 wild caught tetras... 5 survived. The nasty part of the hobby.

Bumpy - 5 years ago

Should’ve left em alone lol

Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago

No one enjoys that part.

Dave Jenkins - 5 years ago

Thanks for doing!! Dean should quit his job and you should open up a breeding building so there are more tanks for breeding and grow outs, and a shipping area

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium - 5 years ago

Also, Did dean ever spawn or Identify those yellow cory's from the first trip? I love those.

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

Those are C-123 and have not spawned for me yet. . . Still one of my favs from that trip.

Anthony c - 5 years ago

Love the Dean videos

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Michael Duncombe - 5 years ago

Love your videos

Corona Ken - 5 years ago

super interesting, thank you.

Jeff Mueller - 5 years ago

Nope so I breed dark knight rams and usually it's about 70% gold rams and 30% dark knights

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

So if you breed the gold ones back together do you get some dark knight ones in those?

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium - 5 years ago

Quit the job Dean! ; )

Mitsuolevel - 5 years ago

$250 for that fish wot

Marvel Geak - 5 years ago

Those could be Eigenmannia virescens, not sure about the striped one tho

Gerald Wallace - 5 years ago

Thanks for the tour. It's always great to visit with Dean. I also really appreciate the Peru wrap up. Dean...it's time to hit the road. Viva La Cooperatives!

Bongwater Aquatics - 5 years ago

Mean Dean the fish catching king.

Elissa Jackson - 5 years ago

Love this video.

The Fishy Life ! - 5 years ago

Wow that is a terrible story about the shipment, I hate to hear that! Importing fish is a tricky business, more like gambling then business!!?? I also wonder why the Peruvian government won't crack down on the Illegal gold mining? Their native waters and the fish that live in them are such a huge natural resource ,I think it could help to write the government and bring a huge awareness of the problem and try to get someone to protect the waters and environments...it makes me mad that they just ruin whole ecosystems without being challenged or confronted!!?

Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago

The same reason we still have violence in the USA. It's hard to stop people with guns from being violent. Money and government is involved etc

Redacted Xx - 5 years ago

What are those tubs you are floating your fry in?

Redacted Xx - 5 years ago

+Morgan Newby Thank you very much!

Morgan Newby - 5 years ago

I think they're cambros. They're used for food prep in big kitchens and Dean is a chef so it makes sense he'd have some. If you look at the back end they're held up with screws because they only have one handle.

Rodney Thompson - 5 years ago

Yes, Dean needs to quit his job. Where he’s able to ship his fish around the country and spread them throughout the hobby.

Paul Grimes - 5 years ago

150 taken and only a handful survive?

Raymond Bardeen - 5 years ago

Paul Grimes whole rivers are being destroyed by illegal gold mining... chew on that

JAWB's Aquarium Tanks - 5 years ago

this, this type of videos are the best imo. thanks for sharing

Reef Daddy - 5 years ago

If you want even current, use maxpect gyres instead of eco tech mp10’s

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

Thanks, I'll look into them

Collins Aquatics - 5 years ago

I have rams bred by local guy with the black bars down the side. As they get bigger the lines faded and you see the yellowing/oranging of the fins at the same time. They come from a line of rams never subjected to hormones.

ipkb - 5 years ago

Greetings from malaysia. I always love a trip to Dean's. Thanks for sharing.

Southjersey scumfuc - 5 years ago

The one stripped knife is a species of Gymnotus most get fairly large (12-24inch) hope that helps very big knife fish fan . Thanks for sharing dean is the man!

Addi B - 5 years ago

Huge fan of Dean! If he does go full time, I think he would do great on youtube

Collins Aquatics - 5 years ago

Any video with Dean is a special treat!

Bill Druding - 5 years ago

Awesome video! I know you're going to get smacked by Youtube for low viewership, but thanks for putting this out there.

Alan Pitkeathly - 5 years ago

Dean said he hadn't kept puffers before so what happened to the amazon puffers he collected in Peru on his first trip?

Christian Gronberg - 5 years ago

I have a school of six serpae tetras in my 20 gallon and they are still being semi aggressive

Dope Aquariums - 5 years ago

Those zebra knife fish are cool

Josh Deskin - 5 years ago

Can someone help me out cause I couldn’t understand the name of the fish , it’s when Cory had to climb on the ladder to look at it. He was saying they were selling for 250 a pair? Beta something. That fish was stunning.

Josh Deskin - 5 years ago

Delaine LD thank you very much. Just found a pair for sale.

Delaine LD - 5 years ago

Josh Deskin betta macrostoma

Gerald Wallace - 5 years ago

I believe it was Betta Maculatus

rich andy - 5 years ago

Great video.

Pablo Lagos - 5 years ago

Dean and Cory are an excellent example for the future of our hobby. I want to be just like Dean. Accidents while shippings fish is to be expected but are always a terrible outcome.

Sean OHara - 5 years ago

Miley cyrus on the wall and fridge.
What's going on here friend ??

Predator_Magnus - 5 years ago

What is up with the Hannah Montana posters and pics everywhere?

cgobeng - 5 years ago

Black ghost knife fish maybe? Also, Rachel O'Leary would love those nut husks. Love this follow up from your trip.

cicco - 5 years ago

Thank you guy's for video just love the fish room....

R.M. d'Alost - 5 years ago

The striped knife fish looks like Gymnotus pedanopterus.

Brantov - 5 years ago

Very nice video, interesting.

Mike Gibson - 5 years ago

Allison Lepage - 5 years ago

Most likely it’s his daughters and it migrated into the garage. Or, it’s an inside joke with him and his friends. We never know lol

The Fire Blaster 123 - 5 years ago

25 th comment
Love it

Shelley G. - 5 years ago

So very enjoyable to watch and learn. Dean, I love your fish room. Everything looks to be thriving. I was in aww of your Praecox tank. But then I love many of your tanks. :)

yea , its me - 5 years ago

Jimmy is filming cory which is filming the fish in which is looking at cory which is the same as filming with the brain as the memory card making jimmy filming cory filming the fish filming cory who is getting recorded by jimmy

corrosive72 - 5 years ago

Dean whats with the Hannah Montana poster (got something you need to tell us lol)

Zeke D - 5 years ago

Where does dean get his little fry tubs from?

Elissa Jackson - 5 years ago

Check out some of the old tours of his room. There old microwave dinner containers.

Arnaldo M.B. - 5 years ago

Ohh yeah I was waiting this video since the last tour!!!!

HalfMan HalfCichlid - 5 years ago

I love these types of discussion. Get some specimens from these ecosystems for the hobby while there are still some left

A.R Aquatics - 5 years ago

great video

Bare Bottom Aquariums - 5 years ago

Great long video. I always feel like even though Dean's fish room videos are about an hour long. We still dont get it all. But I love dean videos. Thank you.

Big City Bettas - 5 years ago

"What have we got that's hidden in the garage?" A Hannah Montana poster apparently. That's what is hiding in Deans basement. lol

Kris Rogers - 5 years ago

What we didn't know until now is that Dean IS Hannah Montana, not Miley Cyrus...

chamberlain hunt - 5 years ago

You need to tell him make a YouTube channel in would be sick to

chamberlain hunt - 5 years ago

Great vids man keep it up

jehr bear - 5 years ago

No judgment ^^
I loved HM, I know all the songs. <3

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

She was my fav, okay, not really, see my reply somewhere else in these posts.

Draconical Gamer - 5 years ago

Early squad where you at?

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Martin Balogh - 5 years ago

That knife fish looks like gymnotus carapo or gymnotus coropinae

TJ'S FISH AND REPTILES - 5 years ago

Awesome fish collection

Mattias Wahlberg - 5 years ago

Lance.. awhattus?

Golden Fish Tanks - 5 years ago

Awesome fish room tour!

Brittany Arnette - 5 years ago

I have no idea what species of knife fish these are but I love them! They are gorgeous!

Sailesh StHa - 5 years ago

can u tell me at which time

3xzsucof - 5 years ago

None of my fish like frozen brine shrimp, they eat them but dont really like them.

Deansfishroom - 5 years ago

I find it to be a great go to frozen food, sometimes though it can be the brand you get. I'd try a different brand and see if that makes a difference.

HalfMan HalfCichlid - 5 years ago

3xzsucof try freeze dried.