As a pond guy, I just wanna watch chris do a pond review.

@shize9ine

Жыл бұрын

I inherited pond responsibilities at my apt and had some pretty healthy coi for 2 years until another neighbor moved in, thought he was helping out and I woke up one day to a hose left in the pond overflowing and all the fish dead.

@alfredmarcos1761

Жыл бұрын

@@shize9ine ah yes the just add Water to your noodles method

@asharkhan8175

Жыл бұрын

Ponds have an inferiority that you cannot see the side view of the fish but yeah we have to agree that monster fishes like koi, alligator gar, arapaima can never be kept in a fish tank.

@Grace-er9ep

Жыл бұрын

I'd watch that for sure

@Piggy202

Жыл бұрын

You spelled his name wrong, it’s ‘Chris’

Got my 5th tank for Christmas! I’m 15 and love the hobby. Water change every Sunday, water tests on Fridays. I have autism and this is my special interest which I love cuz it means my fish are well taken care of since I’m soooo in to the science and love doing maintenance. New tank is a 10g, White sand with Fluvial stratum under it, drift wood (spider wood), real rock, lots of annubius and other plants. Once cycled it will be for a pea puffer!

@peopeo1.0

Жыл бұрын

Just a heads up, Pea Puffers school in hundreds in the wild so a school of at least 6 will be much better than just one.

@ava276

Жыл бұрын

@@peopeo1.0 hmmmm. Thx for the tip. I’ve talked to the owner of my local fish store and he was saying since they can be aggressive it’s better/more successful to have just 1. With the research I’ve done this seems to be true. Thx I will do more research and find how to best take care of this beautiful species!

@GirlWithFish

Жыл бұрын

I don’t have them myself, but I was considering setting up a tank with some at one point. They are extremely territorial and while they are social, people have kept them happy as a single fish in a larger planted tank.

@ava276

Жыл бұрын

@@GirlWithFish This is exactly what I read. I plan on having lots of tall thick plants as well as lots of driftwood and rock covered in annubies. Lots of hiding spots with all the wood and rock:)

@paintingwithacoustic

Жыл бұрын

@@ava276 agreed with just one. Had 3 and one came out on top in a 10 gallon. Might work as a school in a bigger tank but haven't tried it (: love that you're enjoying the hobbie. So much to learn and so satisfying

Your videos are the only videos where i don't check how much longer is left, but when it is over, i am depressed

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

aww :( always next week!!

the background plant in the “count the problems” tank is a dracaena houseplant which will grow emersed but definitely not submerged! It’s a common houseplant Chris you should add it to your collection, very easy to care for

@wendyanndarling

Жыл бұрын

LMAO, that's what I thought it was, but then I was like "naaaawh, who'd do something that stupid...?"

" *I can't even trust you to keep bacteria alive* " SHOOT DANG that's a 3rd degree EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

Happy holidays everyone!! My favourite thing about Christmas is time spent with family

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

happy holidays!

@eph2vv89only1way

Жыл бұрын

Kind of like my lasagna. I always called it a heart attack waiting to happen, with a tub of cottage cheese, half a 900g brick of mozzarella, half a brick of old cheddar, and parmesan to serve 8

Years and years ago when I was new I had a gold comet in a 40 with pothos. Damn did that pothos grow thick. The vines coming out of the tank were about half an inch in circumference and the leaves were huge

Chris, I heard you once said while building Tamagos tank I heard you once say:"Imagine if somebody got a 125 gallon tank and put plants and only neon tetras" or something like that. Well Chris I thought: "Hmm that is a good idea for a 100 gallon tank. But, instead of neons I put lambchop rasboras(yeah I think the names for rasboras are ussually lame)". So after weeks, I finally did it.

@drewzero1

Жыл бұрын

Lamb chop rasboras are probably my favorite schooling fish (with the possible exception of white cloud minnows). I've never seen any aggression from them, they school tightly, they're easy enough to find without being overplayed, and the color is hard to beat. The bright shimmering orange really pops against a tank full of green plants. How many did you get in there? I bet they're really stunning in a big group in a big planted tank.

@xtraskillptcg5292

Жыл бұрын

Can you post this on the subreddit? I think i and many others would love to see it

@Just_A_Guy_From_Serbia

Жыл бұрын

@@xtraskillptcg5292 I would like it, but since it has been set up for only 3 days. But also, my tank has probably the best lookin hardscape I ever saw. Since its quite tall, my dad glued some rocks on the back of the tank and it looks amazing. So yea, if you guys want it, I would be happy to deliver.

@Just_A_Guy_From_Serbia

Жыл бұрын

@@drewzero1 I put a bigg group. Around 50-ish.

@drewzero1

Жыл бұрын

@@Just_A_Guy_From_Serbia Awesome! 😍

my fav is when xmas is over! not to be a grinch... i love it, i just work myself to death making things for gifts and am so stressed and tired by the time its here. relaxing at home AFTER its all done is my fav.

Ahahaha that last one. I knew anubias and crypts didn’t grow super fast, but they should’ve at least sprouted one new leaf in six months. Turns out my gold barbs were eating all my new growth and the softer leaves as well. My LFS got a free school of them one day, lol. I’ve had those plants longer than I had those fish and pretty much any other fish come to think of it 🤔

Watching holiday movies with my daughters has to be my favorite thing about Christmas

This video has reminded me that its Monday, not Sunday, and that i need to put my bins out. Only way to tell the day of the week is via KZread uploaders sometimes.

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

yes xD indeed

My favorite thing about Christmas is there is always board games and/or science depending on what children got for Christmas. I buy them science kits so I can do them too!

My dad was of the belief that a 10 galon aquarium was too big for my betta. He got some tankmates for him when I was busy with work. Now I need to save up for a second aquarium for those fish, because my betta is extremely annoyed

@KatFrostfur314

2 ай бұрын

Make him buy a tank for HIS new pets, and that he can't keep them in yours

My favorite thing about Christmas is how happy my mom is, we also got our first Christmas goose yesterday because I raised us one!

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

yay!!

I don’t feel like buying a super big tank but when I grow up I want to and just make it awesome

9:19 ahhh, hearing that kerning city BGM from maplestory hit me with nostalgia i wasn’t ready for 😭♥️ great video chris!!!!

So I was watching one of your old videos, and noticed the tank in the background on the right. And wow! It has really changed over the months (in a good way).

Presents are my favourite. I enjoy giving and receiving gifts. I also like to make custom gifts such as paintings, as an artist.

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

aw :) gift giving is fun and rewarding for sure

the idea that these pet keeping is kind of a conservation effort is why i like to get the live bearings that are hard to find at least breed them once.

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

awesome!

Friend: I think I wanna get fish Me: bombards them with information about taking care of a fish until they don't know what a fish is anymore Me: ends up making the tank for them anyway

@ItsLaurenE

Жыл бұрын

Now this is relatable AF. I've been thinking about gifting some of my guppy stock. Then think, if anyone is interested they must be willing to listen to me basically give them a 30 min to a hour detailed talk about what they need to properly house them along with water care, illness info, quarantine info... Do they want a single sex tank and are they prepared in the event they want to breed.

@cleetusmacdonald

Жыл бұрын

@@ItsLaurenE just tell them to search it up and show them prime time aquatics

@ItsLaurenE

Жыл бұрын

@@cleetusmacdonald that too. I tell people make google and KZread your best friends, rely on multiple sources and look for those that are professional based, or at least advice seen repeatedly with pics, videos or examples. Also be sure not to believe everything you read and to remember what works for some may not for them. Trial and error has to play a roll. Sadly many people want their hands held and don't look things up they just want answers.

@cleetusmacdonald

Жыл бұрын

@@ItsLaurenE yeah

I've had mollies for years and aside from grazing on algae they leave my plants alone. My banjo cats and pagoda snails, on the other hand, really like to rearrange anything that's in their way.

Fav thing about Christmas is new fish stuff and family time

My favourite thing about Christmas is being woken up by my excited son to open presents... ...at 5am. Christmas is a long day. 🎄

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

dang yeah sounds like it xD

Happy holidays and see you next year Chris 🫡

My fav thing about christmas... Seeing my kids smiles

My fav thing about Christmas is making scarves for my friends and family. I can arm-knit a scarf in about 20 mins so I don't get stressed over time constraints. My biggest problem is picking out the yarn LOL

I was sick as a dog on Xmas and Monday so I am just now watching this and I'm so happy.

Interestingly, when I see videos of professional aquaponic systems, the fish are usually enormous salmon or similarly sized monsters that are crammed into a tank far too small to keep them healthy long term, albeit in a much larger overall water system. However, they are usually using food grade fish which they remove, sell and replace after a couple weeks.

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

that's definitely better

Thank you once more for making Monday the best day of the week!

I like the food and presents during Christmas. Just ordered some live cultures recently so I'm excited for them. 😊

My favorite thing about Christmas is, well we don’t really celebrate Christmas so yea idk but… it would be spending time with family specially with my cousins.

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

family time is nice!

QOTW: I love that free time with my family (also I have more time for my animals), christmas tree decorated with glass ornaments, all the food (I am from Czechia - I enjoy our traditional fasting/christmas eve dish - fried carp) and festive mood. :-) And in my country we spend a lot of time on Christmas by watching fairy tales. I like that too.

6:00 those plants in the background (if they are real) are semiaquatic and will drown when fully submerged. They are similar to indoor bamboo but variegated.

Happy Holidays, Chris! Is getting together with family & friends! 🙂

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

Happy Holidays!

@kirabowie

Жыл бұрын

@@FishForThought Thanks!🙂

went to a local zoo with mostly crocodiles they had tons of cool fish in the various enclosures like mbuna and synodontis buttikoferi tilapia, tinfoil barbs and lemon fin barbs and endlers, guppies, bristlenoses and some huge neon tetras

Ohnoooo -- We have Mollies also refusing to let our grass grow out ! How do we fix this ? We only have a ten gallon set up as halfway, but the mollies are in a 20gal long !

I just ordered a 16 gallon waterbox for my 2 blue dwarf gourami. I can't wait to plant it

Pretty Pumped I joined a local fish club! St.Catharines and Area Aquarium Society. I got some black bar endlers from the auction!!!

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

awesome!!!! that sounds so lovely :)

i keep a few fish but still my favourite part of christmas was eating salmon, next QOTW should be do keep and eat fish

Merry Christmas to you and to you all, though I am late. QOTW: best thing about Christmas is food. Though where I live there are Christmas songs and a couple of interesting traditional refrains or "ritournelles " added. That music sure is groovy.

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

ah yes the food is great

I’m gonna be getting my first corydoras within the next two days! I’m so exited

@HaizeyWings

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations!! :DDD

@SickBoiRENegade

Жыл бұрын

I love my Corys!! They are so fun. Just a heads up tho...I started with 6 about 3 years ago and now have about 25!! They breed fast so u might wanna make sure u get all the same sex or have a big enough tank for when they multiply😂 Hope u enjoy yours as much as I do!

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

yay!!! first time cory owner is very exciting times!

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

@@SickBoiRENegade wow!!

@eskilbofjall9206

Жыл бұрын

*cory gang music intensifies*

Me: Setting up a 30 gallon planted aquarium for a betta and cory catfish asking myself if Chris would approve or not.

2am on a tuesday morning and freshly posted FTR keeps me going

@watafumx

Жыл бұрын

lol this comment somewhat freaked me out and I had to double check my calendar. I forgot for a second timezones are a thing.

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

aha xD

What I like the most about Christmas is it being over.

I do not understand how a creature that eats almost exclusively FRUIT can have SO MANY GIANT SHITS. Cresties are an enigma.

Waiting on some new amanos and floating plants to come in and super hype! Can't wait to watch everything grow! And my favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with loved ones. This year was different since mom got sick so I didn't get to see my family. My boyfriend invited me for dinner with his family and it was so great! I got to try beef Wellington for the first time (absolutely 🔥🔥🔥), played bingo and won a blanket, and we played something called wonderball/doubles. The game is pretty much where you have to open a ball made of Saran wrap and it's loaded with prizes, you have to open it with oven mitts or gloves on as fast as you can to get prizes, the person next to you has to roll a pair of dice and get doubles as fast as they can and you keep going until they get doubles and pass it to them. It really helped me get into the spirit after feeling sad about not seeing my own family.

This really is my favorite monday show. Thanks Chris

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

ty so much!! rly glad u enjoy it :)

Tbh the bar for good fishkeeping is set so low. Like at this point if you don't put your betta in saltwater it's a miracle

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

yeah that's crazy xD

So chirs Couple weeks ago i got myself a pair of neon acaras For my 55g These things are so sweet They follow me as i walk about the tank And they even eat out of my hands Slightly nipping it if i don't have food in it Really Among the cutest fish species i have had Would recommend 5/5

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

that is awesome :) I've known acaras to be super personable but this is great to hear

Giving my friends gifts. My favorite part

My favorite thing about xmas is the moss named after it.

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

aw :)

First time I've seen a 5/5, and it didn't even have fish in it 😂

My CPDs are laying 80 - 100 eggs every 3 days I got my first load on christmas morning. Nice little treat to hatch out! My favorite thing about Christmas is when it's over. 😛

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

so freakin awesome

I have never submitted a tank and don’t know if I ever will but I STILL design my tank so that I won’t get roasted on FTR. Happy New Year 🎉

Transparent acrylic box makes tank smaller

I have axolotls, and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest that those derps are critically endangered in the wild. What surprises me is that they lasted as long as they did. I adore my lotls, but they're really not an animal designed for survival.

Main host Repashy looking extra glorious today!

With the 1st one it looked more like a 10 gallon and 100% definitely had a hard-core filtration system going on there was too many fancies in their but he could probably do 1 fancy in they're arguably it wouldn't be the best space why's but personally I'd do alot of guppies with a breeding trio of bristlenose personally

I got a fish for thought hoodie for Christmas!!! Woot woot!!!!! I am super happy.

@SqueakysHatchery

Жыл бұрын

YOOOO good job!!!

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

ayyy!! hope you enjoy!

@empressireneabitfishcrazy

Жыл бұрын

@@FishForThought it fits perfectly and it is black so don’t really have to worry about my clumsy self staining it! Thank you for the merch ❤️

QOTW: My favourite thing about Christmas? First is time with family. Second favourite is picking out or making things to give people

Merry Christmas my dude!

My favorite thing about Christmas is sleeping

Merry Christmas Chirs!

Lmao 🤣 " I can't even trust you to keep bacteria alive"

I've got a 40g planted with a 20g bucket underneath filled with several submerged filters, lava rock, heater, lighting, lots of pothos and using it to grow out stem plants. Does my 20g bucket quality as a sump? Also guys I designed and 3d printed my overflow, tube extensions and such and let me tell you 2$ of material vs 60-100$ to order one.

@girrl88

Жыл бұрын

I'm no expert but that sure sounds like a sump to me

Where can I send you a video of my 6 gallon cube? It’s one of my first “true” aqua-scape and I wanna show you because I feel like you’d like it. I’ve been watching for a while but I just now subbed😂

My crayfish had a tug of war on a dying plant stem

Hey Chris! I am going to get a black moor goldfish, ranchu goldfish, and maybe a few zebra danio. I was wondering how many rocks or plants I should put into the tank with them?

@girrl88

Жыл бұрын

It's really going to depend on the tank size.

At first I thought that Repashi was dead, then he moved.

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

repashy walks the fine line of life and death

Mm.. last time I did a water change the waterhose leading new water into the tank exploded.. water everywhere. I'm not terrified to do the next waterchange..

Good job Chris

Merry Christmas

My Monday just got much better when I saw you uploaded! Also, any good tips on lowering the ph in my tank water? I live in a high ph area..

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

almond leaves and alder cones! peat moss for some extreme decrease

@brickosaurus2276

Жыл бұрын

@@FishForThought thanks!

"Whomst is he?" I saw that chonker SAE and my immediate thought was "Did they take this picture at my local pet store!?" because someone dropped off a monster SAE like that some months ago at my local fish/reptile shop and I IMMEDIATELY snatched her up! Except, mine looks even BIGGER than that one! Last I measured, mine was pushing seven inches now and THICCCCCC. Thicker than that SAE, even! Somehow she is a master at hiding though, and I rarely ever see her among all the plants in my aquarium. ....Until I put a treat in there for the shrimp, and then her piggy ass comes out like the eldritch beast she is and goes whole hog eating all the delicious shrimp food LOL. They rarely ever get a bite once Big Bertha smells that Ultra Supple.

@xtraskillptcg5292

Жыл бұрын

We need you to post this to the subreddit

I enjoyed this video so much I pressed the Like button twice

So favorite thing of Christmas is just having my school break lol Also I just wanted to comment that I have two common goldfish, I’ve had them for almost a year now, they’re in a 20 gallon - v - I would love to relocate them since they’re growing quite big also I would NOT have gotten them AT ALL if not for them being rescues from a left over science experiment of one of my previous biology classes. I seriously do not like having them in the 20 gall, but I live in an apartment and I’m still in high school (plus the apartment I live is really small) and my mom is adamant to not allow me to get another bigger tank. My cousin was gonna take them once they got bigger but my aunt and uncle got divorced so, it’s not really an option (he was building like an actual p o n d, but yea :v) The goldie’s tank is empty except for some substrate and a couple plants, and I do water changes as often as I can, hopefully I’ll be able to build myself a nice outdoor tank soon (I have a very small backyard) without to much trouble from my mom cuz my goldfish seriously need an upgrade :,,) and if I do I’d love to get a betta or my tank be filled with guppies or some other type of schooling fish with tons of plants :3

what kind of fish, snail or shrimp can i keep with a betta in a 6 gallon tank ? if yeah how many ?

Merry Fishmas

qotw: my favorite part of xmas is when it's over

We need some fish for thought betta fish freestyles

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

xD

Great imagination and sensitivity

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

thx!

Chris: hydrocotyle The captions since my computer speaker's broken: hydrocado

@Boulder_Betta

Жыл бұрын

Also: danio --> daniel, corydoras --> corridors, school --> skull, ??? (fish name) --> programming, fish --> fist And yet it still got 'chunktastic' (8:55) correct somehow

so glad your crested gecko is doing well, my cat broke into mine’s cage (i put aluminum foil on top to keep them off but orange cats gonna do orange cat things) and he messed my crested up a little bit. i’m hoping he’ll pull through, seems to be doing ok about a week later, but i’m upset that he dropped his tail after having him for about 10 years. he has some scratches and a tiny prolapse coming from his cloaca, i’ll give him another week or two to see if he improves and if not i’ll be forced to euthanize him

@cwill2127

Жыл бұрын

You… only left a barrier of aluminum foil between a cat and a gecko?????? Straight up asking for it

Thanks for your sharing

I don't even think my 36 gallon is enough for my 6 neon tetras, they're way happier than their first tank I had them in, but still no breeding. You can tell they're THRIVING with all the swimming space though. (They were in a 10 gal before)

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

best mindset a fishkeeper should have!

@peopeo1.0

Жыл бұрын

@@FishForThought calling 6 neons in a 36 gallon thriving is a bad mindset

@cleetusmacdonald

Жыл бұрын

@@peopeo1.0 agreed

@ava276

Жыл бұрын

@@peopeo1.0 why? 36g is more then enough for 6 neons. Do you mean it should be a bigger school? I agree, with that much space it would be good!……..

@peopeo1.0

Жыл бұрын

@@ava276 Assuming it's a species only tank as they seem to want breeding, they should at least add around 20-30 neons.

I wanna wish you a Merry Chirsmas!

Hey Chris, I just got my fish today in my 29 gallon freshwater. I got 11 neon tetras and four mollies. One of my female mollies is hiding from everything. Do you know why?

@GirlWithFish

Жыл бұрын

Make sure the males aren’t bothering her and make sure you have more females than males, otherwise they will chase her to death and she will hide from them

Beginner: oh no my fish tank is dirty! Fish tank keeper: fish tanks get dirty?

I see all these pretty tanks and look at my overgrown jungle mess...

Chris, can a female betta and neon tetras live in a 10gal without any issues?

@cleetusmacdonald

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I've done it before

Goldfish are actually one of the best for aquaponics and growing plants in water.

ayye, happy holidays aquarium homies

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

happy holidays hydro homie

I watched a video on New Caledonia, and I was surprised and disappointed. After researching Leachies, gargoyles, and creaties, I had this image of their home that was mossy and thick, like Madagascar or Papua-New Guinea. Well, it’s not. New Caledonia is kind of sandy, sparse, and brambly…lots of dry wood piles and tall, dry grass. Not at all what I pictured!

This is a great video! I was at my neighbour's house for a Christmas dinner and heard their kid talking about his betta fish and I really wanted to see it. I didn't want to bother anyone at first which was why I walked around trying to find the fish tank. After 7 minutes of searching I finally found the fish in this small fish bowl on a shelf with a plastic plant in it. I'm not a fish owner but the bowl literally looked like something my mom would put her flowers in and probably wasn't the best for the fish. I'm getting a fish soon but my mom only got a 2 gallon tank. What fish should I get for that tank?

@xtraskillptcg5292

Жыл бұрын

Get some nice plants and shrimp/snails, that's like the only thing you can do.

@helpmeno3761

Жыл бұрын

@@xtraskillptcg5292 Thanks! That still sounds really nice to me.

2:51 EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!

Hanging out with my fish and family

@Luna__kitty1240

Жыл бұрын

@Fishthought cool

@Luna__kitty1240

Жыл бұрын

@Fishthought can't wait to see what next

I have a 33 gallon long. It’s 4 ft wide and I LOVE the tank. Unfortunately as I am reaching the end of my degree, I cannot maintain it anymore and I made the hard decision in moving most of my plants into a 10 gallon. That also meant I had to move the fish, 4 ember tetras, 5 khuli loaches, two neon tetras, and a single red eye tetra. If you’re asking why such weird numbers… many of my fish died when I neglected my tank. This is the main reason why I decided to downsize. I’m tempted to get rid of all the fish and just put a beta in there but I don’t know how to surrender my fish and I wish I had more time to maintain my big tank🥲

It is almost ep 200 🎉

@FishForThought

Жыл бұрын

ikr!!!

I’m trying to hatch some 2 year old brine shrimp eggs