7 Terrible Fish for your Community Aquarium

Dont make my mistakes, do not add these fish to your community aquariums. Let me know down below other species that are not community friendly.

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0:00 Intro - Terrible Community Fish
0:36 Bala Shark
1:34 Rosy Barb
2:46 Chinese Algae Eater
3:46 Pea Puffer
4:50 Oscar Fish
6:05 Tiber Barb
7:10 Bichirs
8:10 Outro

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[brittanylynn]

As a current Petsmart employee, thank you for posting this. I enjoy and appreciate videos that help me sell fish/animals to healthy, loving, fitting homes. I will keep this information in mind when selling fish to people. ❤️

[bansheer]

I work at PetSmart and lemme tell you... it irritates me when customers come up to me and ask for an Oscar or any other cichlid for that matter and I ask how big their tank is and they always say 5 gallons and sometimes even 1 gallon! Customers hate me there cause I always refuse to sell them fish and other animals when they don't have adequate environments for them lol!

[alanrad]

I watch in horror as I have put the first 3 fish you describe into my community tank - being new to the hobby. Thanks for the great advice.

[adkaquatics]

Instructions unclear: I now have a 20 gallon high with 5 Bala sharks and 3 Jack Dempsey chiclids

[stormlinesaysstuff]

may I propose classic plecos? most people stick em in a 20 gallon and call it a day, despite the fact that they get like a foot long. they’re gentle giants with an emphasis on giant lol

[squeegee]

So glad to see Bala Sharks on this list. They were the bane of my existence when I worked in a couple of the LFS's around here, as the boss always wanted to carry small ones but then 6 months later didn't want to deal with what they become. Great video overall!

[trinankurdas]

I had actually tried keeping pea puffers with neon tetras and ember tetras, and it turned out to be just fine. They were not much aggressive towards each other nor towards other fishes. For reference i had a 30gallon tank.

[kelleyforeman]

Nothing is worse than the common Pleco. Thanks, Bob!

[isaacfortner]

I'd say roseline sharks are a great alternative to Bala sharks if you want the shark-like looks without the agression and enormous size. My four roselines are my favorite fish in my 75gal community tank and they've gotten along great with everyone, despite being the largest fish in the tank. They school together and are always exploring around. Their coloring makes them look like little fighter jets zooming around.

[opalfishsparklequasar]

🐡 My pea puffers have lived in a community aquarium for over SIX YEARS with blind cave tetras, paradise gouramis, angelfish, male and female bettas, microcorys, and dojo loaches and guppies.

[allthingsfishy]

Earlier when I was new to the hobby I kept buying single bala shark and eventually each one would die, but now keeping a school of 7 in my 300gallon… they are healthy and thriving…

[supportyourtroopsathletes]

I breed very high end guppies but not in what many would think is the reason. I have worked in dna genetics for 22 years and exotic Veterinarian Medical for 15 years for two major zoos. Currently breeding rare Guppies in genetic testing but sell off the ones we do not need obviously cheap to help fund the progress.

I do appreciate that you reach out to the public on not doing spontaneous buys as it leads to people releasing exotics into our water ways which is actually criminal and one can be arrested in doing so. It destroys the natural economy and resources while posing problems all around. With working in two zoos, this area had always disturbed me personally. So thank you for making this video sir.

[marksoliva]

THANK YOU For your clear explanation of what are really bad beginner choices. I also loved the fact that you had similar options for these fish that WERE community friendly!

[GeraldGama]

Good thing I found this video, though I was going to research about them but I had great interest on Pea Puffers for my community tank. They are sooo cute!

Great video!!!

[GreatNW]

My experience with rosybarbs is that as long as you keep 5 or more and you have them in a larger tank they will keep the nipping between themselves.

[WOLFTICKVIDEOS]

Man that was a great rundown, my dad loves fish and I'm more into mountain biking. He had it playing this morning and I just had to take the laptop from him and tune in myself! Lol Thank you very interesting👍👍

[jackadair]

Nice. I for sure think red tail/rainbow sharks should make an appearance. They can be pretty brutal in the wrong setup, but absolutely gorgeous in the right one lol

[lifeisgood]

Love what you do Bob! Your love of fish, animals and the outdoors is heartwarming. I agree that many of the Gouramis for sale are too territorial for community tanks. Love the angelfish but they need a large tank and more numbers if you keep more than one.

[Aquatasy]

I enjoyed this video, Bob. I had to watch to see how much crossover there was with the "10 Terrible Community Aquarium Fish" video I did a couple years ago. It was interesting to see which fish our lists had in common and which fish you selected that I didn't. I hadn't even thought about Rosy Barbs being more aggressive at warmer temps. Great video. Looking forward to the next two installments.

[sharrick]

I made the BICHIR mistake every time the light went out another fish went missing. Eventually it was just him and the pleco and I loved that fish so much that's just how I kept the tank. 1 bichir 1 pleco and tons of plants. I moved the survivors to another tank.