I completely sympathize with Wendy because when I was a beginner fishkeeper, I also did a ton of research but still ran into many problems. Wendy was gracious enough to let me share her story and will most likely see this video, so please - no mean comments down below.

@-8_8-

2 жыл бұрын

Wendy sounds like most beginner fish keepers. I encourage Wendy's MTS. It's a beautiful disorder, and one that can really educate you on the ingredients of life. Including the cost of your own food vs the live food for that fish you had to have. Here's the thing: Wendy is suffering from being new to a hobby that is supposed to be hands off most of the week. At least the betta girls are the same species she's dealing with. She's not like.. trying to put 6 rams with a school of neons in a 15.The fact it's not a community 5 gallon deserves applause. She's new. She wants to do, not just learn. And that's great for her and her local shop unless things start to die because she gets overwhelmed and then walks away. One of the things I do when I get antsy is cultures. Set up some brine shrimp, harvest some green water... depends on the species of fish. Maybe she's already got a green thumb and could handle a tank of anubias and java fern and rabbit snails so she can move stuff around all the time. Turn her on to Racheal and Secret History... I'm sure you have, and have your favorites. Maybe some of the nano tank people from Europe. She's being proactive by binging you. But you are not enough. Your videos are great, you do good work. but we learn best from consensus. And you would probably have more screen time if she had more sources. The life lesson that comes from fish keeping is how to troubleshoot. Every lesson has a cost. Unfortunately it costs most of us lives, on more than one occasion. Good luck Wendy! It's a curving road, but you want to know things. That can't be taught! Plan well!!

Yup… helping my sister set up her first planted tank. She’s dying to get fish, but it’s not completely cycled yet.

@jeffalbillar7625

2 жыл бұрын

If you have an aquarium, you could give her a sponge from your filter to instantly cycle her aquarium.

I can relate. I have a friend like Wendy. Her tank is overstocked but never does water changes. Shes always asking why her fishes are stressed.

One thing I’ve learned in the hobby and having a dozen tanks with a variety of fish is the importance of doing your own research well in advance of adding fish to tanks. Your video did a good job of showing just how bad things can get if you don’t plan ahead. Things can go horribly wrong even if you do plan but the poor fish have little chance if you don’t educate yourself on their specific needs. Thanks for your videos and I’m happy to see you’ve recovered from being I’ll last month.

@TheGrm7801

2 жыл бұрын

true before I set a tank I take more than a month to do research on what I want and what is okay for the tank cause if you don't you could lose fin and even ruin your tank

I feel sorry for newbies, which I technically still am. I went into Petco wanting one betta fish for relaxation. I was handed all the small tank, plastic sharp plants, etc. and told that is what I needed to get and that I could get the fish the same day. I listened to the pet experts. It never dawned on me that a lot of PETco employees don’t actually know about PETS. Luckily, they didn’t have a fish I liked that day. Getting and keeping a “regular” fish is almost always advertised as an easy and quick thing, especially when you look at the pictures on the boxes. Given the pictures, you really do think goldfish belong in small bowls. Anyway, I came home that day and went online to look for a colorful fish tank and that is when I went down the rabbit hole of information and Facebook groups and KZread videos, which can be dizzying at first because of so much conflicting info. After sifting through it all and learning some things, I now have MTS and balanced tanks that usually only need to be topped off. I had good intentions that first day. I wasn’t cavalier about the fish’s life. I just was ignorant and didn’t even know it and felt secure in trusting chain store “experts.”

@kellygoodman6167

Жыл бұрын

At the Petco I used to work at we were taught a lot about betta fish and when we would give customers advice on tank size and not to use plastic plants they would get mad at us for giving them the info many of them just wanted us to sell the fish and give them a small tank. Because whenever I would tell them 5 gallons would be the bare minimum they go over to a 1 gallon tank we were selling and say "well can't I just do this." We would also refuse a sale if you refuse to buy the proper stuff for the fish. I guess not all Petcos follow that motto and just want to make a quick buck.

As someone who's constantly called out for talking to himself, I found this very relatable.

@chrise.321

2 жыл бұрын

Well, if we don't answer ourselves, that's just being rude!!! 😉 No shame in self talk here!!!

@johnnygee4206

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrise.321 HaHa! Very true. I figure talking to myself is perfectly OK until me and myself get into a heated argument while out in public.

@Hello_Fuckers0

2 жыл бұрын

@Johnny Gee just tell them you're forced to talk to yourself because you only engage in intelligent conversations and you're the only around worthy. That's what I tell people...they generally stop calling me out for talking to myself lol

@johnnygee4206

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hello_Fuckers0 Not sure I can use that angle in good conscience. Just this week I've been outsmarted by my keys (lost them), my phone (lost it), and my great-niece. Didn't lose her, she's just better at video games...😄

I have gone through this myself 😂. I saw a couple at petco the other day and they looked completely clueless on how to set up their tank. I helped them out, but it turned into many questions like this.... what have I done lol. Either way I don’t mind giving advice as they were going down a path that hurt my soul. They were gonna try to put Molly’s into a 5 gallon and I screamed inside! Too small. I guess we all start somewhere.😂 They were grateful for my help

I can totally relate to Wendy! Except I didn't know any fish keepers at the time. Now I finally got to the point where I can help beginners with some stuff. But it is hard when you can't meet in person. This was a fun video to watch thanks for sharing this story 😊

Blackwater tanks need more love! We love tannins! ❤

Amazing video! I think it’s an accurate portrayal of how many people seem to try the shotgun approach to fixing problems. Often times we make it so much worse.

Thanks Irene, Love the light-humor in this one. We need more posts like this.

Thank you Irene. You do such a great job. The fishfam is lucky to have you.

Thank goodness for people like you, Irene! ~Love, the newbs.

This is hilarious! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this! You make awesome vids! Keep up the good work! 🐠😊❤️

It is SO hard to give advice when you can't see the tank for yourself, observe the fish, and do a couple of water tests. Plus I hate giving anybody advice when they aren't going to listen anyway, lol. Example: friend with 1st ever tank, she wants pretty little fish, guppies, platys, etc, he wants an Oscar. After I get done explaining that no, NO, you can't keep an Oscar in a twenty g small fish community tank and why. She's like...oh OK, I understood. 2 days later she calls...so we took the 20 g back and got a 50 L and reset everything up and we got TWO Oscar's in there with the fish I already had. And I put pics of our tank on FB and everybody is yelling at me that my little fish are just swimming treats and food for the Oscar's and that the tank still isn't big enough for just 2 Oscars. So hubby said, bump 'em, we're just gonna enjoy our fish and tank and not even worry or care what "they" think. See...I can't give advice on situations like that. Bad things will come out of my mouth, 😂 You're very good at what you do, Irene, and very patient too. 👍❤👍

As someone who was the person who kept on asking questions, we most of the time don't know we're being a bit annoying. We just want the best for our fish XD

@GirlTalksFish

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I wish I had someone to "mentor" me when I was a beginner fishkeeper. There are so many random, confusing things that can happen that the internet doesn't always have answers to.

@Nayclan

2 жыл бұрын

@@GirlTalksFish yeah, agreed. Discord is a pretty good place to ask questions if you were wondering!

Will one day be a future fish keeper, and the lesson I keep learning is get those test strips :P

This made me giggle because Wendy was me in the beginning!

This video was hilarious! Keep up all the great work!!!

My betta doesn't give a thing about anything. The tank used to be full Walstad but I bought him a tiny canister filter just for water circulation 2 days ago. He was like: "Ah ok, nvm".

I love when you do skits! Ur so good !

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this... It seems like the more I learn; the more I learn I don't have a clue. Kinda part of what makes the hobby interesting

I’ve learned to ask first and foremost: Did you cycle your tank? More than half of the time the people asking for help either did something like “deep cleaning” or switching out a filter cartridge to crash the cycle, or they straight up never cycled the aquarium in the first place. Experienced fish keepers take it for granted and beginners are often never told about it. It hurts my soul to hear “what’s a cycle?” AFTER the fish is already in the tank, but hey, anything to give a fish a better life, right?

@GirlTalksFish

2 жыл бұрын

Very true... when I was a beginner, I thought aquarium cycling was optional. Thankfully, I researched more into the topic before I started my first community tank.

I’m a newbie and I am binge watching your videos. I never knew raising a betta fish would be this hard. I am buying a lot more things just to keep him happy and my family thinks i have gone crazy 😅

Im pretty sure Irene is not here to solve our individual fish problems. She shares insights and lessons learned from her own experience and that of others. To expect her to individually reply to our questions is so dumb. How many times has she said in her videos that she's a busy mother? Anybody have any idea how much time that requires? Let alone take care of fish tanks? And a household? And a job? 🙄 I think this video says it all Without poking us in the eye about it 🤣 Keep Talking Fish, Girl!

I totally get wendy, luckily, now i'm much more educated on reasons why your fish might not be feeling well.

The fun of people knowing you, when I go to LFS to drop off an order of fish or shop I’m there when the doors open and am out soon as I can!

@GirlTalksFish

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no! 😂

I would like to have seen the filming process…and how much time did you spend editing? 😄

@GirlTalksFish

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, it was definitely a lot weirder than my normal scripts! I had to use my daughter's room for one of the scenes and dumped all her stuff onto the bed to make room for my filming equipment. She definitely wasn't happy with that. 😂

Seems like with all the thousands of hours of video available most folks should have a pretty easy time of it. I had a rule that I never put prized, rare or expensive fish in a new tank or with any new major equipment or systems. Throw in something cheap and hardy and let them take the risks. After things cycle and season then make slow changes. It's a very hard hobby for the impatient but it will save them so much grief. . .

I love your videos. I enjoy the scientific approach to problem solving. The research you do prior to making a conclusion is so helpful. No one can resolve everyone’s issues in real time but your videos are one tool in the personal learning process we all have to go through to become successful fish keepers.

Could you do a kuhli loach care guide? If you already have could someone send me a link?

Hilarious, but your videos are always very helpful 👌

@GirlTalksFish

2 жыл бұрын

Awww, glad you think so!

"helping" anyone in a facebook aquarium group

Make a video of the best color for neocaridina shrimp.

Living in Taiwan what I found was the water's volcanic so it pretty much kills off all tropical fish. For those of you who have water that's basically like acid the best way to fix it is let the water sit for 3 days and add in a piece small piece of dried cassava leaf or almond leaf. I don't even need to use chlorine and my fish are thriving my plants are thriving in fact when you put in your driftwood and if you don't boil it the tannins will release into the water so actually it creates a pretty good environment. Last year I haven't had any fish death. 3 years to figure out what was going on

Looking to start my first tank and I want to use white gravel but everybody says it will look bad within days because of the detritus. Is this true?

Do u have plans on making a freshwater aquarium or getting goldfish?

🤣 Loved this video

Please do a video on ghost shrimp.

This was toooo funny

Any questions that I may have I just go to google and find forums with a similar question that someone has answered already.

So, for future reference, what is the cause of the foaming after adding the wood? Is it because of the organic waste produced by adding the wood direct to the tank without boiling it or letting it soak for a couple of days and then dirtying the water column?

@GirlTalksFish

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think it was the excessive tannins from the mopani wood, concentrated in a nano tank. People recommend boiling the driftwood in an old pot that you don't mind getting stained, but with mopani, apparently the boiling can take forever to leach out all the tannins. 🤷‍♀️

@edmundovazquez-ramirez8134

2 жыл бұрын

@@GirlTalksFish I have a 32 gallon Fluval Flex with 3 small pieces of Mopani wood which I soaked for two weeks prior to adding them to my tank and that have been in there now for over 3 months and, even with Seachem Purigen, the water still looks brownish. Apparently, the more knots the wood has the longer it takes for it to cure.

@GirlTalksFish

2 жыл бұрын

@@edmundovazquez-ramirez8134 Oh man, thanks for sharing. Definitely never going to use mopani unless I'm setting up a blackwater tank.

@pippagill7338

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was the Betta fish creating a bubble nest!

My first betta fish lived a year and a hafl but when I got him he,he was older when we got him

great parody, I'm seeing this exact same sequence in all the forums, I'm sending people to your video page with the art I created. I'm getting great feed-back as people enjoy your videos, me too .....

Ha, I loved this one - completely get this!

So here’s my questions I’m so ADHD🤦🏼‍♀️ what is the best 25 white heater I can get it that’s not a arm and a leg. Can you put two female betas in a 6 gallon tank and again it’s a corner tank so there’s lots of room to swim tiger. Lily hates his reflection so I think that’s why he’s happy or in the rectangle or one but cerulean was more chill, and it didn’t bother him:( also, is there a corner tank filter that you can recommend? How do you clean those corner filters because there’s an insert that goes inside that is small and I just don’t know how to clean it without taking the filter out. Is a half inch the correct amount to leave without water so they can breathe? What are the best toys and chill stuff to relax on and is a must for a good thing to put in a tank and what kind of snail is the best? Also, what are the best tank mates if I just get one beta for the 6 gallon and do you put them all in at once? So many questions please help.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink ...

Don't worry about it. People find creative ways to misconstrue your videos, I'm sure.

Question: My water is really hard (19dGH to be exact) so I thought I was going to need an RO unit. However after visiting a local fish shop and asking them what they do they said they use tap water, so since the fish and plants (I’ll use fancy soil and supplements for the plants) are already used to the hard water should I bother with RO? P.s If you think I should don’t hold back.

@lenaneubert777

2 жыл бұрын

When I tested my tap water, it said 22 dGh. Because a RO unit seemed like too much effort to me, I tried several other stuff. And a "BRITA water filter" reduced my tap water to 14 dGh in one go, even slightly more, when I filtered the same water again. As the filter only fits a volume of 2.4 Liter at once, it's only suitable for smaller-sized aquariums. Most fish that don't necessarily require non existent dGh are fine with parameters up to 12 dGh. Especially when they are not wild caught but bred in water parameters similar to 10-15 dGh.

@mattkinsella9856

2 жыл бұрын

@@lenaneubert777 Does the water stay less hard in the aquarium even after weeks? I only ask because I considered using water from my BRITA filter but read that the water softening process through this type of filter is not permanent.

@mattkinsella9856

2 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of fish and plants that prefer harder water. I used to use an RO filter but I did find it a bit too much work and effort after a while, so I just switched to fish and plants that prefer harder water and it's definitely easier and more enjoyable for me not having to deal with all the RO filtering.

@nathanmitchell5217

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattkinsella9856 ik but i dont have the space for a 55g AC tank.

@lenaneubert777

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattkinsella9856 I don't know why the filtered water should only temporarily decrease in hardness. Of course, if there is hardscape in your tank that influences the water hardness, like most stones do, it'll change over time. I haven't noticed anything like the dGh going up after a while.

I'm really hung up on one thing.....what were you playing on your Switch?

@GirlTalksFish

2 жыл бұрын

Dark Souls 1 😁

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH MOOD

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

🤣

Lol!

Nice 😁

Laughing out loud!

Question Do fish need water or just a good sauce 🤣

I don’t know what’s wrong with my betta. It’s like he doesn’t know how to eat. Tested the water. That’s fine. Water temp is good. Regular water changes. He just lays on his side. Someone help. He doesn’t have ich. No white spots. No introduction to new fish. He doesn’t have swim bladder. Cuz he doesn’t eat

Omg

So i have 1 batte fish and i go to my coside house and he pun his betta fish ni a plastik bag and i was Like bro wth why you put a batte fish ni the plastik bag and my coside say take idc and i took it home and it's been 2 years and i still have the betta fish and my coside came to my home and he say can i have back and i say no

Funny🤣

If it makes you feel any better this is exactly how people act regardless of the subject. My husband sells android boxes & we encounter people like this daily

Cute

Hola Wendy

hi

Woohoo

I got my first Betta fish he is blind in one eye.

great video irene wishing you and your family a great 2022 love you in christ

Iv seen a few problems with your videos honestly like when it comes to cycling

Frist one

I am frist one

I have to say, I could help these people much better. Dump your test strips, dump your filter, keep your room warm. Clean the gravel frequently. Feed live foods 1 by 1 until he gets full then stop feeding. Problem solved. 10 seconds of speech.