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@lloyd011721

3 ай бұрын

i heard kofi takes less of a cut than patreon

HEY thats my "bettas deserve betta than a bowl" sign! 😀 I'm the aquatics specialist at that Petco in Arizona, though it was pretty cool that someone called me "aquatics director" haha. I'm just out here fighting the good fight for the fish every day 💚

I love how people are paranoid about ammonia and then they stick a rotting tree trunk in their tank and wonder where the ammonia is coming from.

@kylesinclair6324

3 ай бұрын

I always check for rot in the wood whenever I go to the river by my house in search of free drift wood

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

ahahaha

@wakingforbacon6439

3 ай бұрын

Only if it's rottening though. The wood breaking doen don't mean that it's going to cause an ammonia spike and very rarely does.

@danielthompson3205

3 ай бұрын

Nearly every FB discus person hardscaping their tank... I have had hard wood in my tank since I was a kid XD

@ThatOneCoolPufferfish

3 ай бұрын

Also me wondering why my water quality is so bad after emptying half of the entire bottle of fertilizer

Stuffies are the best starter pet for toddlers. If the kid repeatedly throws it down the stairs while giggling "uh oh!" it'll still be fine

As a former petco "companion animal manager" I can assure you that many Petcos have competent employees who know how to properly take care of fish. THAT SAID, there's nothing about Petco that is 'good' for fish. First off - nobody counts or reports dead fish. I did, because I felt there were too many. I was counting 50-70 per day, mostly the same goldfish that had the nice drawing on their tank. Even though dead fish aren't counted, "shrink" is, and I found that in the months of June and July at our store we lost around 3,000 goldfish. I brought this up with 3 levels above store management and was greeted with "well we aren't required to report fish deaths". Shipping kills lots of fish. Neon tetras have something like a 15% survival rate for shipping. Why? Because they pay no attention to temperature and weather conditions. They ship via UPS, who routinely leaves packages outside in summer and winter months and are then transported on their non-temperature controlled trucks to stores on their routes. As for labelling, they wont' allow you to correct the signage even if it's wrong. I had a house gecko ship as a crocodile skink and they told me I had to sell it as whatever it was shipped as. The fish are only a small part of the systemic abuse Petco subjects its animals to. Hope i dissuaded you of any idea that Petco is getting "better" in any way shape or form. For the record i was fired for feeding mealworms to hamsters. Which they eat. We even sell hamster food with mealworms in it.

Chis rattling on about DISCUS. Meanwhile real amazonian discus, chilling in muddy water and just as vibrant...

@tyler97511

3 ай бұрын

Really? A black water fish... in black water?!?😂😂😂

@danielthompson3205

3 ай бұрын

@@tyler97511 I know right? xD

@tyler97511

3 ай бұрын

@danielthompson3205 completely right lol mine live in a nutrient ritch planted tank and have for about 3 years and thrive

@hammad3180

3 ай бұрын

​@@tyler97511hey if you dont mind can you guide me about their caring process. Ive heard theyre extememly picky about conditions and die pretty ewsily which is why I have been a bit scared on getting them.

The 2nd last Ottawa PetSmart I went to had a militant fishtress who told me they absolutely refuse to sell "Betta Tanks" for Bettas and tell the customer to take it up with the advertising team if they go on about the pic on the box.

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

awesome

"I just washed my hands. That's why they're wet. No other reason" Me on Mondays watching FFT weenus deep in fish water

A 5 second search would have told him damsel fish aren't even remotely friendly lol. Tangs can also be aggressive and they get huge.

@sammygirl6910

3 ай бұрын

She was also the 1st fish in the tank. Come on. 😡🤬

@garg4531

3 ай бұрын

@@sammygirl6910 One of the first things I learned as a kid looking up saltwater for fun People used to use damsels to cycle tanks because they're so hardy, only for their aggressive and territorial nature to make that a mistake

@garg4531

3 ай бұрын

Then there are moorish idols, infamously difficult to keep in captivity, which is likely what inspired Gill's desire to escape back to the ocean

@MCM1965

3 ай бұрын

People need to do their research!

Good morning fishy folks! Wishing all a wonderful week! Let's all meet back here next week for another infusion of FTR, okay? Edit; umm no lady, toddlers are not ok with fish. My son "helped" me clean our tank with baby wipes!!! when he was a toddler. I quit the hobby for the next 15 years till he was a legal adult!! 😅

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

that is very responsible of you to quit the hobby until he's old enough to not mess it up for your fish xD

Happy FFTday everyone!!

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

happy FFT day to you!

It’s actually crazy just how much I learn from watching your videos, like I know so much more about taking care of fish, plants, types of tanks, etc.

3 years or so ago you got me into this hobby, now I have 4 tanks, a 5gal fw, a 20gal fw, a 29gal fw, and I'm going to fill up my 65 gallon Saltwater quite soon, at the age of 14 I'm more experienced than most.

@nas1037

3 ай бұрын

I just got a 29 gallon myself lol

@myplecosatemyphone

3 ай бұрын

@nas1037 nice, what you putting in it? Mine has celestial pearl Danios and nothing but a shrimp and plants other than that.

@Landofhaloforg2904

3 ай бұрын

Bro me and you are in the same boat. I have a 30 gall reef tank and two black water 5 galls

@garg4531

3 ай бұрын

Wow that is astounding, and congrats! Good luck with your saltwater 👍65 is a great size for that imo!

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

Great to hear it!!! This is an amazing success story

me: Chris is my fav youtuber also me: doesn't have fish

Found this. How the danio cerebs make the sound. After analyzing the footage, they saw that the fish were making the sounds with their swim bladders. A special muscle pulls one of the fish’s ribs against a piece of cartilage with an indentation. Then, when the fish releases the rib, it collides with the swim bladder to make a loud drumming noise.

I wouldn't take it over any painting. I'd take a really famous painting over the tank, because I could sell the painting and buy a lot of tanks that size, fully scapped with rare plants and filled with the rarest fish in the world. If someone gave you a Rembrandt, or a really famous Picasso, or an original Munch... You could turn your whole house into t he aquariums of your dreams! You could have a mountain brook running through your living room full of salmonids and char. And instead of living in a cramped little apartment, you or I could build a house to specs with all the walls being aquariums! That single painting would be worth enough to do some really crazy things. QOTW answer: My favourite Disney/Pixar movie hasn't been made yet. I doubt it's even in the planning stages, so I'm not holding my breath.

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

LMAO now there's an idea

I work at a petco and can confirm majority of my customers dont really know anything and just try and cram as much fish in their big tanks (big tank = 5 gallons..) also we have signage as well

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

good stuff

My favourite Disney movie (and music) is probably still The Hunchback of Notre Dame, even though my uncle spat in my popcorn before his favourite song came on. He said it was like sitting beside Esmerelda's goat. At a matinee of a kids movie, as a grown-ass man who's already gone to see it enough times alone to have a favourite song. The song, naturally, God Help the Outcasts.

People hating on ammonia should shop hating and start hating on the fact THERES SO MANY CLOUDS IN THE SKY, THAT MEAN NO ECLIPSE TO WATCH for me

@_AquaArt_

3 ай бұрын

SAAAME!!

@Partypooper12

3 ай бұрын

Lmao it happened to me aswell I did get to see a bit bc it eventually cleared

@just_your_average_fish_keeper

3 ай бұрын

@@Partypooper12 I only saw 30 mins of the eclipse until about 18/20 covered and the clouds came

@tyler97511

3 ай бұрын

I wish I could post the pictures I got it was cloudy till the peak coverage started then a little gap appeared and made for a even better effect to spite me thinking I wouldn't see it

@maikwolleben1983

3 ай бұрын

@@tyler97511had the exact same expierencw

I live with a toddler. Only once did she sneak into the fish tank room and tried to feed them herself. For a toddler she did pretty well, because we’d fed the fish together. Only took a small water change to recover and she was able to tell me exactly what she did and why. One day I would love to start a tank for her, but right now any fish is my fish.

For that marine tank (5:49), as far as I know, it seems great. Not to many corals, macro algae on the substrate (I think it's shaving bush macro or smthn that type), a blenny (that colorful fish) is great fish for that size. One dough is a single Aphiprion (Nemo), they need to be stocked in pairs for them to develop each one's gender

@garg4531

3 ай бұрын

They also have a firefish and an orchid dottyback All of these fish do well in small tanks (though I personally feel that bigger is better)

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

awesome

@nah4238

3 ай бұрын

No need to stock clowns in pairs actually. really cool when they do pair up but not essential at all for their health. pretty sure they default to female transition at maturity when kept singly so its not as though the isolation stunts their development. much bigger issue is that it looks like a maroon clownfish not an ocellaris. maroons often grow to be far too hostile for the current tankmates and also grow far larger than the common ocellaris clownfish and are best housed in a 55 gal or larger imo. not that 10 or 20 gal in the video. other fish selections are great

Can confirm, three striped damsels are jerks. Among my 10 tanks, one is a reef, and one saltwater fowlr that houses my three striped, which is the only fish i have that actively attacks me every time my hand has to go in the tank.

The place I order fish from is great about checking the weather so they know if they need heat packs. I’ve ordered Amano Shrimp from there and all arrived alive and that was in the winter😊 Another great video!

I have ordered shrimp online and while three of the ten died pretty early, we now have shrimplets and three berried females so you can get a colony going.

Qotw: Recently rewatched Treasure Planet and it's a banger film. Kinda miss when disney did these kinds of movies.

10:13 I live in Indonesia, probably because of the climate, We can buy fishes, shrimps and plants online anytime of the year. The biggest problem is shipment delays... I avoid buying livestocks near holiday seasons because the courier companies will encounter overload. Outside those times they sometimes lose packages or have a system issues or just send the packages to wrong address or cities

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

truuue holiday shipping is a nightmare and a half for things that aren't even alive, imagine shipping live x x

I've ordered ALL of my shrimp online.. and I have never had them show up as a block of ice. I would be totally baffled if that happened... All the ones I get have either had a cooling or heating pack depending on the temperature, and were very securely packaged. Of course, it depends on where you order from, but...

@Jon-mu7tn

3 ай бұрын

Ive seen multiple companies say they wont ship to place below freezing or will hold your order until weather is better , a ice block of shrimp is crazy

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

I guess shipping is never the same all across the board haha

I’ve been seeing that discus tank in my recommended for weeks and loved seeing the updates

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

yeah it's so cool

holy crap you’re still making these i thought these woulda ended. love the content man ❤ (started at ep 70 sum)

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

never quit gang!

I found your channel a week ago, and now I’ve watched your 101 most recent FTR.

I appreciate the review!!

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

keep it up!

Happy Tuesday from Australia

I recently adopted a betta with a crooked lately but she still is managing to swim, and I want to give her the best life possible, she is a koi female named Strawberry and was wondering if u guys had any tips on giving her a great life. Ur vids inspire me to do my best in fishkeeping, including persuading me to make my second betta tank into a planted tank and I HAVE MADE THE BEST DESECION YET, Peaches (my first female betta) really enjoys it. Thank you for inspiring fishkeepers, experienced or new.

I have never been able to support a KZreadr on patreon, my guy Chris may be the first!

Getting my first fish tank and I am very excited …

I would have loved to see java ferns in that discus fern to hide the flat end of the wood trunk. And make it a bit more naturalistic

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

that would be cool yes

ur almost at 400k omg well done

The jazzy intro music you used, activated my ADHD. I have read 6 books in the first 4 minutes watching your video and forgot my own name.

The thing is, fish could be a great first animal for a toddler. Meaning : YOU the ADULT take care of and oversee the fish in an open space , to teach the child how to care for and understand animal's. I got my 3 year old a copper koi Betta about a week and a half ago now, and he's in a 6 gallon fully planted tank , complete with marble queen pothos on top:) cycled for a few days before , but the filter came from a previous tank. And my 3 year old is in love. We feed him frozen bloodworms. And I just got some almond leaves in for his scales to heal up from the ammonia burn he seemed to have in his old cup when at the store. Teach. Kids are so so much smarter than we give them credit for

Fell off. Caught up on the last 6 months of videos yesterday just in time for this new video to drop.

My aunt has tow slay water thanks, one a 500 and 1000 gallon. They are both have a connect filtration system (I believe I’m not 100% sure). And about a month ago her anemone from the 500 gallon tank got sucked into the filter killing most of the corals and fish in both tanks. :/

Early Monday fish tank review let's goooooo!!!

I was like omg i wanna hear this gunshot fish! so i searched up a video and watched it, came back to see chris play the same video i just watched lmao

I love how amazing people can be when it comes to fish tanks:

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

ahahaha

Tangled. Love the little gecko.

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

CHAMELEON

Happy Monday everyone

8:20 cant wait for the shark

Great video as usual i have lost all my adulf guppies to old age but theu lived a long livd and theyre babies are still their

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

aw :((

when i ordered shrimp online for the first time, they had that green algae disease and all died :')))) i found someone else though who has never had that with their colonies though and i'll be buying from them now!

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

nice!!

One more FTR until a quarter to 1k les go!

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

lets gooo

Love the videos keep it up you inspire me as a 13 year old ❤❤

hi Chris, love your videos! and all your helpful tips! 😊 wanted to share my own tank for u to see/review, but the link below your video won’t work? thanks 🦐

thanks for the 15 min distraction. first fft since my fiances passing.

A 20 gallon can take quite the residents, I have 7 cardinal tetra, 7 rummy nose tetra, 5 julii corys, 6 khuili noddle bois and the "final boss" plakat female betta along with a plethora of plants, water parameters are crisp 🤌

@dabskiiboii74

3 ай бұрын

20gallon long btw*

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

20g longs are so good

hello, im a beginner, and i want to know what the best type of medication for ich is, as well as the best routine for the tank to make sure i can get rid of it safely and asap!

Mulan had my heart ❤️. I love the humor and the song like I'll make a man out of you are great workout songs 😂

@juliatulip2259

3 ай бұрын

Same here I like the lil grandma 😆 "would you like to stay forever?"

I need that fish. I would love to listen to them at night time.

Hey Chris, nice video as always! I'm thinking about getting my first fish tank, do you think a Betta and some Boraras are a good choice for 8 gallon tank? I'm open to suggestions, this is all very new to me

After ordering live shrimp, and knowing people who have, sellers are normally *very* conscientious of weather patterns and either pack very well against it or don't ship at all. Live plant and animal shipping are usually both very expensive, to prevent exactly that.

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

darn I wonder what happened with that one xD

@jem5636

3 ай бұрын

@@FishForThought Either freak accident, really bad seller, or really new seller who did no research.

HELLO CHRIS!!!

fox and hte hound. you know. for when i need to experience some light trauma.

When i grow up and start making money I will join your patron fft

Love ur vids Chris don't have a fish tank but ur vids are amazing

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

thx! hopefully one day you will join the hobby!

Me with my slime mold I call "the perfect starter pet" 😬

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

ahahaha

Clown loaches make a clicking noise.. I wondered what it was for days til someone posted it on a group

I'm picturing Colonel Mustang being ambushed while aquascaping and discovering that his alchemy doesn't work 😅😆😎 " Lieutenant STOP! The muzzle blast will break the tank!!" 😂

@monochromegoggles4265

3 ай бұрын

He best get clappin' before he can start snappin'!

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

hahaha

Brave or Princess and the Frog are my favorite disney movies. Underrated imo

Not sure if they're Pixar or Disney ( I don't pay attention lol) but "Up" and "Wall-E" are ny favorites.

You could probably make a longer video and I would still watch it. You’re not boring.

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

thx !

I just got a nice group of sparkling gouramies, I also have adult dart frogs, so my room is full of sounds of nature 😅 altho just at daytime, at night every loud pet is sleeping 😂😊

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

ahahaha

@adamnagy4544

3 ай бұрын

@@FishForThought tho I sent you a picture about their tank in insta dm :DD

QOTW: My favourite Disney/Pixar film? Toy Story because it reminds me of when my kids were small. Yeah, it drove me nuts when my son watched it 5 billion times a day, but now I miss those days

With semi aggressive marine fish the first one in claims the territory and all the rest may be attached.

Shrek!! Honestly such good movies, beauty isn't everything, friendship is important, mutual respect, solving problems with family, liberating enslaved creatures, etc. I think its a great movie for kids to recognize meaningful aspects of real life but in a fantasy setting so it's fun for them.

My favorite Disney Pixar film is Wall-E but what about Dreamworks? Shrek, How to Train your Dragon and Sinbad are so fun

I love this channel dude

Favorite Pixar film probably Cars or Up.

0:34 I don't agree. Nothing beats Beksiński art ❤😂

It is an interesting theory. Apparently not everyone knew that all of the photos of earth have been photoshopped...

ima be honest i have came so close doing doing the vr vid before , well not me but lil cousin to make a long story short beat saber plus 15 year old plus old small fish breeding room that wasnt fully emptied equalls 80 gal of water damage (tank was empty welll apart from the water)

I would not have let the fish bullying go on that long at all in that saltwater tank. I only keep freshwater, but I always have a second back up tank for any of my fish running and cycled so if I bring a new fish home and it does not get along with the rest like one of my cichlids then they get separated immediately and I might try placing them back in the tank once things have settled and I have another day off to watch. If it fails I will either set up a new tank, or I will take the fish back. I would never let them kill each other especially if I had the chance to buy saltwater.

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

yeah. I don't think they sent it back ASAP lmao

OHHH IM EARLY AGINN, that discus tank is pool big

My red cherry shrimp had kids today im a grandpa 😂

I swear I thought the wood scape here was an octopus lol 7:17

Top of the monday morning

Hey bro i just want to say that you inspired me to get a 29 gallon to finally get back into fishkeeping after 5 years do you have any stocking ideas

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

awesome! There's just too many options for a 29 gal, I recommend googling it and picking out your faves that work together

Something about the way he said “mine is frozen” had me dead

fav pixar is wall-e, hello monday!

THE BFG, Big Friendly Giant. Disney. Yes, I agree, seemed like the video was over fast, miss you until next week. *smile*

My favorite Disney Movie is The Princess and the Frog!

I wasn’t expecting the intro 😂

@FishForThought

3 ай бұрын

lmao

I actualy got a petco employee try to deny the sell of a hamster to a friend cause she didint had a picture of a suitable habitat. I whas sponsoring her so a quick glance at my fish tanks suficed to convince the sleller that we could take care of a hamster but hey, great job there. (Still they sell super shitty setups but hey, ill take that over complete disregard for animal care)

Chris my friend. Those that memes meant about hard working hands for money.

7:20 everything reminds me of him

I cant lie Monana is a goated film

My cat is sleeping in my face while I watch

Ratatouille because the cooking and food is really good. Also the last “review” at the end of the movie made it special.

That wood from the first Discus tank looks sus

qotw: Original Lion King. As far as I'm concerned it was the last film Disney ever made, RIP. Not that EVERYTHING after was terrible, it just feels like a totally unrelated company.

Best show

yo everyone so i had started my first ever proper planted tank(i had grown some random easy plants like hornwort duckweed javamoss java fern etc and since im a broke 16yearold i didnt have enough money to go for proper aquasoil and all that and i used organic manure with a thick sand cap and it has worked awesome plants i used were elodea,vallesnaria spiralis, cryptocoyrne wendtii tropica, cryptocoryne ponternidifolia, hygrophila polysperma, hygrophila difformis, java moss, amazon sword and cerapatopteris thallicroides elodea didnt survive for some reason but all of the other ones are absolutely popping off with no co2 and these chinese FULLSPECTRUM led lights its a 15gallon tank housing a breeding pair of channa andrao(before anyone says about overcrowding, snakeheads are not active swimmers, they spend most of their time hiding or sitting on the sand till i walk by the aquarium and these guys will not grow above 6inches(about 5inches right now ) i lowkey made a mistake putting the amazon sword cuz now i realise itll outgrow my tank( it was not growing at all in my 30gallon) AND i made a lot of effort for keeping thr price low but high quality products and total it came to was 120 canadian dollars (including the fish,substrate,driftwood ,RIMLESS TANK,plants,filter)