Water Colors Aquarium Gallery

In this exciting episode, we have two celebrity guests in the studio to discuss their personal fish room builds! Mike Monje and Craig Forist share details about their own fish rooms at home, as well as some secrets to help you build your own dream workspace. The hosts and guests share some great accomplishments, tank disasters, and tips and tricks for creating the most efficient and effective fish rooms. What does your dream work space look like? Looking for more content? Become a YouTube member for exclusive access to behind the scenes livestreams! https://www.youtube.com/@watercolorsaquariumgallery Enjoying the show? Support the gallery by shopping aquarium plants, merch, equipment, and more! https://watercolorsaquariumgallery.com/ Join the discussion on the Water Colors Aquarium Gallery Podcast Listeners Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/788428861825086/ Join our growing community on Discord! https://go.watercolors.shop/discord

In this episode, the Water Colors team discusses their top 5 favorite fish that are not safe to keep with coral. The average reef aquarium in 2026 has a variety of mixed corals. Many of the most interesting fish in the aquarium trade are unsafe to keep with corals. This means there’s a whole world of fun and unique species that get overlooked, simply because they’re not compatible with the average reef tank. Many of the species mentioned in this episode will eat corals, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a place in the hobby! What are your favorite non reef safe fish? Looking for more content? Become a YouTube member for exclusive access to behind the scenes livestreams! https://www.youtube.com/@watercolorsaquariumgallery Enjoying the show? Support the gallery by shopping aquarium plants, merch, equipment, and more! https://watercolorsaquariumgallery.com/ Join the discussion on the Water Colors Aquarium Gallery Podcast Listeners Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/788428861825086/ Join our growing community on Discord! https://go.watercolors.shop/discord Species mentioned in this episode: Scribbled boxfish, ostracion solarensis Yellow clown goby, gobiodon okinawae Red Sea cleaner wrasse, larabicus quadrilineatus Orange spotted rabbitfish, siganus guttatus Eibli angelfish, centropyge eibli Lemonpeel angelfish, centropyge flavissima Regal angelfish, pygoplites diacanthus Brownband butterflyfish, roa modesta Threadfin butterflyfish, chaetodon auriga Chocolate chip starfish, protoreaster nodosus Peppered butterflyfish, chaetodon guttatissimus Undulated triggerfish, balistapus undulatus Caribbean longnose butterflyfish, prognathodes aceleatus

We all love bettas, but what other anabantoids need some time in the spotlight? In this episode, the Water Colors team discusses their top 5 species from the suborder anabantoidei. This includes many beloved fish such as gouramis, paradisefish, badis, and even channa! Discussions include native habitats, captive care, breeding reports, and more! What’re your favorite anabantoids? Looking for more content? Become a YouTube member for exclusive access to behind the scenes livestreams! https://www.youtube.com/@watercolorsaquariumgallery Enjoying the show? Support the gallery by shopping aquarium plants, merch, equipment, and more! https://watercolorsaquariumgallery.com/ Join the discussion on the Water Colors Aquarium Gallery Podcast Listeners Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/788428861825086/ Join our growing community on Discord! https://go.watercolors.shop/discord Species mentioned in this episode: Blue paradisefish, macropodus opercularis Spiketail paradisefish, pseudosphromenus dayi Gollum snakehead, aenigmachanna gollum Noble gourami, ctenops nobilis Ornate paradisefish, melpulatta kretseri Peppermint pikehead, luciocephalus aura Crossband chocolate gourami, sphaerichthys selatanensis Honey gourami, trichogaster chuna Giant sparkling gourami, trichopsis schalleri Leopard bushfish, ctenopoma acutirostre Black paradisefish, macropodus spechti Rainbow snakehead, channa bleheri Banded bushfish, microtenopoma fasciolatum Red flame badis, dario hysginon Strawberry licorice gourami, parosphromenus nagyi Moonspot licorice gourami, paosphromenus linkei

In this episode, the Water Colors team takes a trip back in time. The early aquarium hobby has some fascinating origins, some good and some not so good. Much of what we know about aquariums has changed through the years, but one thing remains constant – people are enamored with fish. In this discussion, we’ll go through some of the earliest fish species to be imported and kept in the US, as well as aquarium styles, equipment, and care through the years. Do you own any retro aquariums? Join the discussion on the Water Colors Aquarium Gallery Podcast Listeners Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/788428861825086/ Enjoying the show? Support the gallery by shopping aquarium plants, merch, equipment, and more! https://watercolorsaquariumgallery.com/ Looking for more content? Become a YouTube member for exclusive access to behind the scenes livestreams! https://www.youtube.com/@watercolorsaquariumgallery Sources used in this episode: The Aquarium, Mulertt, Hugo Handbook to the Fish House, E. W. H. Holdworth The Way We Were: 1973: Breeding The Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris, Martin A. Moe Guppies, The New York Times

In this episode, the Water Colors Team discusses their top 5 aquarium plants found in Africa! When in comes to plant diversity, Africa is hard to beat! Some of our absolute favorites come from this region. This discussion revolves around our favorite species, their native ranges, care, and more! If you’re interested in designing a biotope to this region, this episode is a great place to start! What are your favorite African plants? Join the discussion on the Water Colors Aquarium Gallery Podcast Listeners Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/788428861825086/ Enjoying the show? Support the gallery by shopping aquarium plants, merch, equipment, and more! https://watercolorsaquariumgallery.com/ Looking for more content? Become a YouTube member for exclusive access to behind the scenes livestreams! https://www.youtube.com/@watercolorsaquariumgallery Species mentioned in this episode: Ammania gracilis Ammania capitellata Nymphaea zankeri Nymphaea micrantha Eleocharis dulcis Eleocharis minima Eleocharis wallichii Eleocharis huperiana Eleocharis atropurpurea Hygrophila odora Ottelia ulvifolia Bolbitis heudelotii Aubias heterophylla Anubias gigantea Aponogeton madagascarensis Crinum calimastratum Aponogeton ulvaceus