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I have three kids and I let them know all the time that as long as you're trying your best it's all good. I've been keeping fish for 13 years. My stepmom had a 55 gal when I was growing up and I would just sit and watch the fish swim for hrs
I've been at it for nearly 40 years now. The hobby is always changing. About 15 years ago, I started keeping live plants in a tank, and that was a gamechanger (once I figured it out). The TH-cam pet community is responsible for the rapid growth in hobbyists who are actually doing things right (for the most part). BTW, I'm up to 10 tanks + 6 reptile enclosures, and a pond. Stuff kind a blew up during COVID lockdowns LOL.
I turned 38 in July. Was literally sat in front of a wall of aquariums in my first week of life. My mom had gotten into the hobby about a year before she married my dad, so she'd only had.l stuff going for about 2yrs at that point. She bred guppies and all of her tanks and stocking came from rescuing. She sold to local pet stores at the time and hers actually got a higher price than some others because they said the quality was so much better. I remember them being electric blue and a vibrant orange. I was helping out with maintenance before I was 2. She recently got back into the hobby and took home some of my overabundance of cobra Endler's and plants
Love your story! I remember having a family community tank as a young child and watching the fish- I thought they were goldfish at the time but now I'm told they were mollies. My parents were both into aquariums before I was born and my uncle was really into breeding guppies, which I thought was really cool. Now I've got mollies and guppies and my own young children like to watch and help with the tanks. The circle of life continues!
Woohoo 🎉 Happy FTR Monday everyone!! Wishing all a radically positive week!! Go get your hands wet, get dirty, hug a tree if you want!! And spoil your pets like crazy!! ✌️
I just busted myself out in a work meeting watching this for laughing so hard when we learned it was a Chinese Algae Eater in the submarine and you said "Let him die" 😆😆🤣🤣🤣 Happy FFTday errybody!!!
I’ve been in the hobby for 3 years! I got my first aquarium when I was 15 and it’s still running with most of the same fish now! It’s a planted 20 gallon with sparkling by gouramis, harlequin rasboras, and albino cories! I also have a 5.5 gallon that I set up last year with jade neocaridinas.
Fish tend to have blank stares. First fish i've ever seen with a thousand yard stare. "I have seen where the rainbow ends... and it's horrors beyond imagining..."
You said in your commercial you don't have 80,000 anything, I bet you have got 80,000 laughs from all your subs. You make me giggle everytime I watch your awesome videos. Thanks
I started keeping fish seriously about three years ago. We had fish as a kid but my parents didn't know anything about how to keep them properly and they never lived long. I realized as an adult that there was so much I never knew about how to care for these animals and that they can be amazing pets if you do it right - I just hadn't been doing it right before. I combined my love of fish with my love of houseplants and now I keep a planted tank, looking to get more tanks once I have space
I’ve kept fish since I was 9 years old. And I’m 38 now. 21 years. Once I found live plants. Totally a game changer around 12-15 years ago. Lots of under gravel filters and plenums back then. Then started doing sumps after that.
i was holding my breath for the rescue of the fishy. WOW that was wild. i'm coming up on 1.5 years in the fish hobby and thankfully havent traumatized any fish with power tools
When I was a kid, my dad had a 75 gallon with a big stocking mess of fish (a kissing gourami, comet goldfish, and some others I can't remember). He had also had a Chinese algae eater that was the meanest fucker in existence. Eventually he gave it away and got a regular pleco after the algae eater sucked the eye off the poor goldfish. I was traumatized. QotW: Not counting keeping goldfish in little containers as a kid because I didn't know better, I've been in the hobby about 10 years on an off.
A little support commentary! Thank you so much for your videos! I am fascinated with aquatic ecosystems for some years now and dreaming of the day, when I'm finally at a place to get a good start into that hobby!
My first fish was a betta fish and I fell in love with fishkeeping ever since -- 17 years and still going strong. I have 8 tanks set up, from 3gal to 125gal and an outdoor pond. Love your channel and I look forward to Monday mornings so I can catch some FTR!
I’ve been in this hobby since I was 12-ish! Currently 15 now. I sent in that shrimp oto and snail tank a few episodes back! Currently working on a new tank, so expect some submissions soon…
I've been fish keeping for a few years (started with a 10gal my husband had when we met) but just last Christmas my husband got me a 20gal tall. So I started researching and learning more about fish keeping and realized I was doing it all wrong and that's why fish would randomly die. I was over stocking, not doing water changes, and I would completely take down the tank every few months and rinse everything 😅😅 I started watching planted tank videos and now I have a lovely planted aquarium and I do weekly water changes. 10 zebra danios/longfin, 1 juvenile black marble Angel, 1 juvenile BN pleco (I know those two need a bigger tank eventually), and a few white wizard snails. Plants: vals, Amazon sword, moneywort, cryptocoryne beckettii and anubias gracilis
I think I was 9 when I got my first tank. Chromed metal frame with a slate bottom. The glass had so much iron in it that it was green. I've kept fish in varying degrees for the greatest part of my life. This Nov I'll be 55. Love your videos, keep going with the great fish and life advice.
Happy Monday y'all. Im ngl, I actually love CAEs. I'd totally do a species tank with just one that I would spoil to death. Lol. I started in the hobby at 8 with two common goldfish i won at a fair in a criminally underfiltered 10 gallon and my parents refused to let me get a bigger tank for them. They lived about 3.5 years and were stunted to hell. Poor fish. I tried my best for them with what I had. Once I started babysitting and making my own money I ended up with about 15 tanks (mostly bettas in 5-10 gallons) and a big 75 gallon. 20 years in now and I just picked up my 6th tank (a 40 gallon for growout breeding projects)
I've been in this hobby since I was 31, so like 1+1/2 years ago. I took care of my neighbor's 8 gallon over the holidays and found out they wanted to sell it so I pounced. I now have a 28 gallon and a 50 gallon sitting unused in my basement for when I figure out how to create space of it in my apartment.
The submarine fish is why i have mesh over any holes in decorations that a fish couldnt just easily get in and out of without trouble. That way i can use decorations without worrying regardless of hole size. I also have a chameleon, and so have since learned if it is physically plausible while disregarding a few rules of physics...they will find a way no matter how seemingly impossible it may be.
thank you, your channel inspired me to go from artificial decor and gravel to a natural sand, and plant based aquarium, cycled before I added fish@@FishForThought
I got my first tank at ten. It was a 5gal used tank picked up at a garage sale for a carnival fantail gold fish. That was 54 years ago and a slate bottom stainless steal, tar gasket tank. Air pump and a box filter. Can't say that much has changed 😄
I got my fish fish tank when I was about 10-12. I don't remember exactly cuz it was so long ago! I'm now 61. I've had at least 1 tank almost constantly ever since! Just finished setting up 180g a couple months ago. A big tank dream come true! Thanks for another great FTR!
The $5 betta "tanks" look like a half decent setup for a drip rack to sell bettas with - bur definitely not a their own tanks. QOTW: been in the hobby for almost two years! got into it when my cousin bought a betta, neglected him then left him on her dresser when she left. I cleaned his tank (there was just piles of food floating and laying on the bottom of a half gallon plastic tank) and remembered hearing something about bettas needing 3 gallons tanks. Looked it up and the site said ideally 5, and I went out and bought him anew tank the next week. Chili just recently passed, and he was buried in my favourite plant as a thank you for getting me into this amazing hobby.
Been this hobby since past 22 years. Though i myself am a 25 year old guy, i roughly remember getting a first fish bowl a gift from my dad having a betta named fred in it. Fred was with us for 2 years and now i miss him.
whew that operation video was intense! qotw-- my parents had a gigantic tank of somethings when I was in kindergarten. There is a very old picture of me hanging out in my disney princess pjs, leaning into the tank and talking to the fish :D I got my first betta...2008ish but I didn't become a responsible fishkeeper until about 5 years ago. I still have that origial 3gal tall tube thingy tank and it's a great growout for taller plants and shrimp and the occasional fishmergency
Almost two years 💪💪 started with all artificial plants and decor, no filter or heater. Now with a black water betta tank that’s a 20 gallon long, and some guppy fry and another betta in a 10 gallon heavily planted
I am 15 and my dad has always had tanks in the past few years I have got my own! I have a 75 gallon cichlid tank and a 20 gal planted shrimp tank. I also had 10 gallon betta tank but he unfortunately pasted away 😢
When I was about 4 my dad's friend gave us a fish tank with guppies and corys, we had it for like, 12 years. After a few years I started the hobby again on my own, about 10 years ago, still going.
Last month marked 2 years in the hobby. Started with 2 goldfish in a 10 gallon when in japan, now working on a live planted 40 gallon for my classroom - planning on populating it with shrimp, a couple snails from my hime tanks, a few guppies and some rasboras.
I have 3 fantail goldfish and one has suicidal tendencies! He had got stuck in the pleco tunnel, got squidged behind filter and rocks. Luckily each time i was at home when it happened and he seems to have wised up now!
I was drawing water out my hundred gallon tank out my apartment window neighbors kids being loud af comes running buy takes a nice long drink before going back to play tag. I laughed so hard
finally upgraded my filter for my 55-long community tank. got rid of the internal canister, the h.o.b., and the sponge filter. Swapped it out for fluval fx-4. so much cleaner looking organized and quieter. I've got about 60 micro fish in there. so the extra room and filtration is appreciated
I’ve been thinking about getting a betta fish. I’m researching loads because I was a newbie before and my old fish died. I’ll keep the betta in a 5 gallon with an amazon sword plant and other essential equipment. This channel has helped so much with my research.❤
14:53 that's one of those so called self cleaning tanks..as you add clean water dirty water exits..they are fun tanks for plants and maybe snails only but definitely nothing even remotely fish shaped
I had the same decor sub and my betta fish got his head stuck in the window. I am lucky that I saw him in time. I lifted him out of the water so he got some air and I gently pushed him out. It is definately true that fish can get stuck. Please be careful of any decor you put in your tank. Thanks for all of the great videos.
I've been around fish keeping since I was small, but I've only been getting serious about it in the past few years. I grew up with a decent 20-gallon molly tank my dad kept, but now I only have the space for one small tank that I am redoing since the last fish I had passed. I plan on getting a planted 5, maybe 6-gallon with a betta. I hope to get set up and start cycling in the next few weeks and I am continuing to learn wherever I can in order to improve my husbandry. FTR has been both informative and entertaining. Keep up the good work!
been keeping fish properly since 2018 but always loved fish as a child. Sadly I wasn't the best when I was a child keeping bettas in .5 gallon bowls and even taking them out of the water :(
QOTW - I've been in the hobby for about 5 years. I started off because people in my family were keeping a betta in a 0.5 gallon bowl, and I upgraded it to a 5gal (eventually a 10gal) after doing research. Now I don't keep fish anymore, only snails/shrimps/crays/plants. Personal preference.
Your operating table comment made me laugh. I had a massive blood clot in my lung and they needed to put a hose into me to dissolve it. They took me in the operating room and put a tarp tent over me. From there they started blasting Linkin park in the operating room. The doctor and nurses were singing and cutting up as they numbed me up and put the hoses in. I found it relaxing tbh and felt better. Needless to say I'm doing ok and came out great.
QOTW I have been keeping fish for 50 years. In that time, I have seen many changes from internal air driven filters, under gravel and canister filters. I'm a fan of hob filters myself.
I had betta fish from a teen. When I was 25 I got my first 55gl tank, it had fake decor and was probably over full of cichlids. After I sold them back to the pet store I got 3 koi. My ex husband killed them when I went on vacation. I'm now 43 and started a planted tank about a year and a half ago. They are doing great!!!! You and MD fish tanks got me into the planted tank hobby, and bavk into fishtanks in general.
Had a guy at petsmart talking about how much he knows about fish and to an extent yes but then the guy who was informing me of proper etiquette turned around and told someone else that betta sororities are perfectly okay and hes had one before but "accidentally got male betta" that KILLED ALL OF THEM....dude...
We once had a loach get caught in the head of a three piece ceramic dragon. Fortunately, since it was ceramic, it was easy to break. Those resin ornaments look to be a lot more durable, which could be a problem in those circumstances
I'm 17 now and this hobby started when I was 5 years old. It all started when I spent the summer in the village and caught small fish in a net and tried to creat a fish tank from three liter jars. I didn’t understand then why the fish were dying and tried to change everything, but nothing worked. At the age of 7, my parents bought me two guppy fish and they also lived in a 3-liter jar for about a year. My parents noticed that I change the water every week, wash the jar every week and feed the fish. They decided to buy me a 40 l fish tank. I moved my guppies to a new fish tank and a couple of months later my parents bought me 2 more Corydoras, 4 Guppies and 4 Neon Tetras. They lived for about a year and I still remember their names. One day I noticed white spots on all the fish and the fish were behaving strangely. I told my parents about this and they said that on the weekend we can go to the store and get medicine. But it was too late, by that time half of the fish had died. Only the guppies remained. Due to the fact that I always separated all fry and not eutinized defective ones, most of them had problems with blindness and spinal problems. I understood that these fish were suffering and I decided to remove the two males that remained so that the fish would no longer breed defective offspring. After another two years, almost all the fish died and only a few old guppies remained. I remembered how, as a child, I tried to grow river fish in jars and decided to try putting one carp fry into the fish tank. He had a lot of personality and was not aggressive towards the remaining guppies. He lived in the fish tank for another 4 years. Then the war started in my country and I left home. My father looked after him, but as a result, the carp died after some time. I moved to the UK and bought first one and then two more fish tanks. I learned a lot about fish and plants and learned more about the nitrogen cycle. I realized how many mistakes I made in the past. Now I have one fish tank with goldfish and two with guppies and corydoros, and this hobby really helps me relax. Each fish has its own personality, which is really cool. I'm still improving my knowledge and want to create my first planted fish tank. Before this, I only planted plants in pots and did not use carbon dioxide. Now I want to try this.
Been in the fishkeeping hobby for about 6+ years, been in the saltwater fishkeeping hobby for ~2 years. I'm 14 right now and my largest setup is a 120 gallon saltwater mixed/LPS reef (I'm not lying)
I’ve had fish since I’ve been 6 years old, my mom bought me a 55 gallon long tank for Christmas. Naturally I was too young to take care of them at 6 years old but I still remember going to the local fish store. We moved alot from 8-16 so I stopped. I picked the hobby back up when I won a comet goldfish from the state fair. He died last month… I’m 21 now, I have a 15 gallon I turned into a tank for my crayfish and will be upgrading from my 20 gallon into a 55 again.
QOTW. I've been keeping a community tank for 2 weeks now. I've watched your "you suck at fish tanks" and the 10gallon stocking video to get some advice. Best advice I've ever got. Tysm.🎉
first fish tank was the obvious goldfish at like 3-4 years old, started keeping tropical at 5/6 years old and moved onto marine at 10 now keep a 50/50 mix of marine and tropical tanks
I've been in the hobby off and on for about 10 years probably I remember getting my first betta and putting the poor thing in a 1gal bowl with no heat back when I was 18/19. Luckily I eventually asked a community online what I was doing wrong and was brought to the light, now I don't keep bettas in anything less than 10gal tanks and I'm working on my first fully planted one.
I first got in this hobby when I was 10. I got my own 25l tank and even at that age I knew I couldn't keep much in there. i got a bunch of shrimps and they bred like crazy. About two years or so later I gave the tank away. Buuuut now - 14 years later - I'm an adult with adult money. And I got back into that hobby last November (Thanks to Fish MD xD). And I'm really invested. I even went to a fishkeeper convention in March! It started with one tank. I was in the market for a better 25-30l tank, for shrimps. I bought a 60l one instead. I got it - and all the necessary stuff one needs for a new tank - cheaper, because I worked in that store. Shortly after I got a 30l tank. First I bred shrimps, then I rescued a Betta and moved him in. His name is Ominis and sadly he has issues with his swimm bladder. I hope he bounces back. But I also got another 100l tank. Never planned on getting 2 tanks, let alone 3, especially big ones. Weeeeeellll, fish happened xD
QOTW answer: as a young kid(3-9), i had plenty of goldfish, some living up to 4 years! Then i made my first native tank with a baby bluegill in a 10 gallon. after i accidently squished him (RIP skipper), i took a 5 year break before getting back into it with 2 yellow bullheads and another goldfish. The yellow bullheads are doing great(besides mini chad, who died tragically a month ago), and my goldfish is as hungry as ever. I am also the sole caretaker for the 100 gallon tank at my school(currently being redone because the previous person who made it had no idea what they were doing). I am a proud fishkeeper and i intend on continuing for a long time.
My beta fish got stuck in a ceramic log, there were holes in the log and its hollow inside he seemed to have stuck himself in a narrow dead end I couldn't get him out! He died😢stuck in there now I know to really look at the decorations for my tank to make sure no fish can get stuck! I loved my beta he was a beautiful 💙 blue and very healthy
I had an angelfish that wedged itself in a plastic rock while I was on vacation. I came home and thought it had jumped out until I saw it peeking out of a tiny hole in the rock! I ended up cracking the rock open with a pliers to get the angelfish out.
I've been obsessing over it for months, painting and building 4-tank fish room. Early onset MTS. Still not completely set up, but just got some sketchy Amazon sprouts in one tank, so maybe it can have a Betta soon. Also using Stability. Trying to make an ecosystem that requires fish to thrive, to add fish to a place that they'll love.
Been in this hobby for around a month with a community tank with gouramis neons khulis and a golden Apple snail, I also have a separate tank with 2 frogs in it.
I think those fish at 5:55 are golden ram cichlids! I recently got two of them for my big tank (which is completely different from the video I posted a while back of it, disease went through it and like everything died) and they look like those fish in the video.
Bought a clown peco that wouldn't/couldn't get out of this log. I used a vibrating saw to cut pieces off until I could free the little guy. He'd been in there so long his face was flat and wonky. He lived a couple days. 😢
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but chrs u have 370k subs lol so u do have 80k of something
Sub doesn't have a bottom
Oh jk nvm
Really cool wallet, but WAY too expensive for me to buy.
I just joined ur patreon & it won't let me join the discord server. Can u plz help
Thumbs down. As it should be.
“How many hours of oxygen did he have left?”💀
48 hours max probably imploded tho💀
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Oh my god, my sides hurt from laughing so hard at this comment 😂 ☠
I’ve been in this hobby for less than a month. I have a red betta named Sidon and have learned an absurd amount in the past few weeks
cool name and great choice of fish!
Zelda fan?
That's how it was for me too! I got into it super quickly
I just know you are a zelda fan 😭
Sidon deez
9:51 I like how that betta recognized the hand before it even saw the bloodworms and immediately jumped right out of the water and in there
I have three kids and I let them know all the time that as long as you're trying your best it's all good. I've been keeping fish for 13 years. My stepmom had a 55 gal when I was growing up and I would just sit and watch the fish swim for hrs
great role modeling
I've been at it for nearly 40 years now. The hobby is always changing. About 15 years ago, I started keeping live plants in a tank, and that was a gamechanger (once I figured it out). The TH-cam pet community is responsible for the rapid growth in hobbyists who are actually doing things right (for the most part).
BTW, I'm up to 10 tanks + 6 reptile enclosures, and a pond. Stuff kind a blew up during COVID lockdowns LOL.
I turned 38 in July. Was literally sat in front of a wall of aquariums in my first week of life. My mom had gotten into the hobby about a year before she married my dad, so she'd only had.l stuff going for about 2yrs at that point. She bred guppies and all of her tanks and stocking came from rescuing. She sold to local pet stores at the time and hers actually got a higher price than some others because they said the quality was so much better. I remember them being electric blue and a vibrant orange. I was helping out with maintenance before I was 2. She recently got back into the hobby and took home some of my overabundance of cobra Endler's and plants
Love your story! I remember having a family community tank as a young child and watching the fish- I thought they were goldfish at the time but now I'm told they were mollies. My parents were both into aquariums before I was born and my uncle was really into breeding guppies, which I thought was really cool. Now I've got mollies and guppies and my own young children like to watch and help with the tanks. The circle of life continues!
Woohoo 🎉 Happy FTR Monday everyone!! Wishing all a radically positive week!! Go get your hands wet, get dirty, hug a tree if you want!! And spoil your pets like crazy!! ✌️
radically positive week! that's the energy we need in the studio
Definitely getting my hands dirty today, I just finished making and painting a aquarium stand to fit 4 ten gallon tanks 1 29gal and 1 20 long.
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@@FishForThought sending those positive California tree hugging hippy vibes your way, in a radical way!! ✌️
I just busted myself out in a work meeting watching this for laughing so hard when we learned it was a Chinese Algae Eater in the submarine and you said "Let him die" 😆😆🤣🤣🤣
Happy FFTday errybody!!!
ahahaha I hope other people know I'm just kidding xD
@@FishForThought Oh for sure!!!! LOL I loved it 😁
I’ve been in the hobby for 3 years! I got my first aquarium when I was 15 and it’s still running with most of the same fish now! It’s a planted 20 gallon with sparkling by gouramis, harlequin rasboras, and albino cories! I also have a 5.5 gallon that I set up last year with jade neocaridinas.
Fish tend to have blank stares. First fish i've ever seen with a thousand yard stare. "I have seen where the rainbow ends... and it's horrors beyond imagining..."
You said in your commercial you don't have 80,000 anything, I bet you have got 80,000 laughs from all your subs. You make me giggle everytime I watch your awesome videos. Thanks
Same! So he has 160,000+ of something instead of 80,0000. 😆
aw thanks so much y'all :((( so encouraging!!
I started keeping fish seriously about three years ago. We had fish as a kid but my parents didn't know anything about how to keep them properly and they never lived long. I realized as an adult that there was so much I never knew about how to care for these animals and that they can be amazing pets if you do it right - I just hadn't been doing it right before. I combined my love of fish with my love of houseplants and now I keep a planted tank, looking to get more tanks once I have space
I’ve kept fish since I was 9 years old. And I’m 38 now. 21 years. Once I found live plants. Totally a game changer around 12-15 years ago. Lots of under gravel filters and plenums back then. Then started doing sumps after that.
i was holding my breath for the rescue of the fishy. WOW that was wild. i'm coming up on 1.5 years in the fish hobby and thankfully havent traumatized any fish with power tools
Been a while since I watched a FTR but it's just as entertaining and informative as ever!
woohoo! thx for coming back to it
When I was a kid, my dad had a 75 gallon with a big stocking mess of fish (a kissing gourami, comet goldfish, and some others I can't remember). He had also had a Chinese algae eater that was the meanest fucker in existence. Eventually he gave it away and got a regular pleco after the algae eater sucked the eye off the poor goldfish. I was traumatized.
QotW: Not counting keeping goldfish in little containers as a kid because I didn't know better, I've been in the hobby about 10 years on an off.
the classic dad's 75 gal! Those who experienced that as a kid are lucky, even if it maybe wasn't stocked so properly :)
A little support commentary! Thank you so much for your videos! I am fascinated with aquatic ecosystems for some years now and dreaming of the day, when I'm finally at a place to get a good start into that hobby!
My first fish was a betta fish and I fell in love with fishkeeping ever since -- 17 years and still going strong. I have 8 tanks set up, from 3gal to 125gal and an outdoor pond. Love your channel and I look forward to Monday mornings so I can catch some FTR!
I’ve been in this hobby since I was 12-ish! Currently 15 now. I sent in that shrimp oto and snail tank a few episodes back! Currently working on a new tank, so expect some submissions soon…
I've been fish keeping for a few years (started with a 10gal my husband had when we met) but just last Christmas my husband got me a 20gal tall. So I started researching and learning more about fish keeping and realized I was doing it all wrong and that's why fish would randomly die. I was over stocking, not doing water changes, and I would completely take down the tank every few months and rinse everything 😅😅 I started watching planted tank videos and now I have a lovely planted aquarium and I do weekly water changes. 10 zebra danios/longfin, 1 juvenile black marble Angel, 1 juvenile BN pleco (I know those two need a bigger tank eventually), and a few white wizard snails. Plants: vals, Amazon sword, moneywort, cryptocoryne beckettii and anubias gracilis
I think I was 9 when I got my first tank. Chromed metal frame with a slate bottom. The glass had so much iron in it that it was green. I've kept fish in varying degrees for the greatest part of my life. This Nov I'll be 55. Love your videos, keep going with the great fish and life advice.
Serpa design refurbished one of those retro aquariums not too long ago, you’d probably love that video! Nostalgia haha
Happy Monday y'all. Im ngl, I actually love CAEs. I'd totally do a species tank with just one that I would spoil to death. Lol. I started in the hobby at 8 with two common goldfish i won at a fair in a criminally underfiltered 10 gallon and my parents refused to let me get a bigger tank for them. They lived about 3.5 years and were stunted to hell. Poor fish. I tried my best for them with what I had. Once I started babysitting and making my own money I ended up with about 15 tanks (mostly bettas in 5-10 gallons) and a big 75 gallon. 20 years in now and I just picked up my 6th tank (a 40 gallon for growout breeding projects)
holy cow I've never even considered a CAE species tank, that's a horror story to me! but might also be kinda cool now that i think abt it xD
I've been in this hobby since I was 31, so like 1+1/2 years ago. I took care of my neighbor's 8 gallon over the holidays and found out they wanted to sell it so I pounced. I now have a 28 gallon and a 50 gallon sitting unused in my basement for when I figure out how to create space of it in my apartment.
Whoohoo another ftr 🎉 happy Monday yall , and I've been in the hobby about 9 months now
happy 9 months!!
Reminds me of that skit you did ages ago where your dad wanted you to get goldfish so his friends thought you guys were rich 🤣
ahahaha classic xD
The submarine fish is why i have mesh over any holes in decorations that a fish couldnt just easily get in and out of without trouble. That way i can use decorations without worrying regardless of hole size.
I also have a chameleon, and so have since learned if it is physically plausible while disregarding a few rules of physics...they will find a way no matter how seemingly impossible it may be.
I'm 25 now so I've been into fish keeping since I was 10 years old. The FTR ep was superb as always :)
I have been in the hobby for 8 months! I am learning new things about the hobby everyday!
woohoo! happy 8 months!
thank you, your channel inspired me to go from artificial decor and gravel to a natural sand, and plant based aquarium, cycled before I added fish@@FishForThought
I got my first tank at ten. It was a 5gal used tank picked up at a garage sale for a carnival fantail gold fish. That was 54 years ago and a slate bottom stainless steal, tar gasket tank. Air pump and a box filter. Can't say that much has changed 😄
I got my fish fish tank when I was about 10-12. I don't remember exactly cuz it was so long ago! I'm now 61. I've had at least 1 tank almost constantly ever since! Just finished setting up 180g a couple months ago. A big tank dream come true! Thanks for another great FTR!
15:11 Lol, we can still hear your fish tank in the background XD
Chris went hard on that submarine bit ngl but this is what I’m here for. Thank you chris
The $5 betta "tanks" look like a half decent setup for a drip rack to sell bettas with - bur definitely not a their own tanks.
QOTW: been in the hobby for almost two years! got into it when my cousin bought a betta, neglected him then left him on her dresser when she left. I cleaned his tank (there was just piles of food floating and laying on the bottom of a half gallon plastic tank) and remembered hearing something about bettas needing 3 gallons tanks. Looked it up and the site said ideally 5, and I went out and bought him anew tank the next week. Chili just recently passed, and he was buried in my favourite plant as a thank you for getting me into this amazing hobby.
Been this hobby since past 22 years. Though i myself am a 25 year old guy, i roughly remember getting a first fish bowl a gift from my dad having a betta named fred in it. Fred was with us for 2 years and now i miss him.
whew that operation video was intense!
qotw-- my parents had a gigantic tank of somethings when I was in kindergarten. There is a very old picture of me hanging out in my disney princess pjs, leaning into the tank and talking to the fish :D
I got my first betta...2008ish but I didn't become a responsible fishkeeper until about 5 years ago. I still have that origial 3gal tall tube thingy tank and it's a great growout for taller plants and shrimp and the occasional fishmergency
ah yes the transition into a responsible fishkeeper, the true moment when we join the hobby!
QOTW: I've been in this hobby for maybe 8 months now:>> thank you for introducing me to this hobby Chris, love the FTRs, thank you!!!
Almost two years 💪💪 started with all artificial plants and decor, no filter or heater. Now with a black water betta tank that’s a 20 gallon long, and some guppy fry and another betta in a 10 gallon heavily planted
In the hobby for 64 years, and still excited about it. Still learning. 🤔
I am 15 and my dad has always had tanks in the past few years I have got my own! I have a 75 gallon cichlid tank and a 20 gal planted shrimp tank. I also had 10 gallon betta tank but he unfortunately pasted away 😢
When I was about 4 my dad's friend gave us a fish tank with guppies and corys, we had it for like, 12 years. After a few years I started the hobby again on my own, about 10 years ago, still going.
Last month marked 2 years in the hobby. Started with 2 goldfish in a 10 gallon when in japan, now working on a live planted 40 gallon for my classroom - planning on populating it with shrimp, a couple snails from my hime tanks, a few guppies and some rasboras.
I have 3 fantail goldfish and one has suicidal tendencies! He had got stuck in the pleco tunnel, got squidged behind filter and rocks. Luckily each time i was at home when it happened and he seems to have wised up now!
Aye I was just wondering where the upload was, refreshed my feed and bam
You are first
I was drawing water out my hundred gallon tank out my apartment window neighbors kids being loud af comes running buy takes a nice long drink before going back to play tag. I laughed so hard
"Maybe the sub implodes"
Too soon 😂
finally upgraded my filter for my 55-long community tank. got rid of the internal canister, the h.o.b., and the sponge filter. Swapped it out for fluval fx-4. so much cleaner looking organized and quieter. I've got about 60 micro fish in there. so the extra room and filtration is appreciated
I’ve been thinking about getting a betta fish. I’m researching loads because I was a newbie before and my old fish died. I’ll keep the betta in a 5 gallon with an amazon sword plant and other essential equipment. This channel has helped so much with my research.❤
Get a 10 gallon over a 5 gallon. At Petco they’re the same price from Aqueon.
14:53 that's one of those so called self cleaning tanks..as you add clean water dirty water exits..they are fun tanks for plants and maybe snails only but definitely nothing even remotely fish shaped
I had the same decor sub and my betta fish got his head stuck in the window. I am lucky that I saw him in time. I lifted him out of the water so he got some air and I gently pushed him out. It is definately true that fish can get stuck. Please be careful of any decor you put in your tank. Thanks for all of the great videos.
Im 43 and i've been in this hobby since I remenber, from the times of undergravel filters, and pumps that made more noise than a train 😂
that is awesome! to be in the hobby for a lifetime, goals
I have been in this for almost 4 years i think. Had betta, rasboras, and now only jade shrimps. They are loving their 70l tank
Started about 16yrs or so ago from a Betta, to mixed Freshwater, then African Cichlids then Reef.
I've been around fish keeping since I was small, but I've only been getting serious about it in the past few years. I grew up with a decent 20-gallon molly tank my dad kept, but now I only have the space for one small tank that I am redoing since the last fish I had passed. I plan on getting a planted 5, maybe 6-gallon with a betta. I hope to get set up and start cycling in the next few weeks and I am continuing to learn wherever I can in order to improve my husbandry. FTR has been both informative and entertaining. Keep up the good work!
I’ve been in this hobby for . I got my first fish, a betta, in . Since then I added 2 more tanks, each bigger than the previous :)
I started the hobby about 1 year ago and have upgraded the tank 3 times already and am saving up for a new tank to get soon
I got into the hobby for the first time almost 10 years ago, seriously two years ago. I was not great about researching 10 years ago 😅
been keeping fish properly since 2018 but always loved fish as a child. Sadly I wasn't the best when I was a child keeping bettas in .5 gallon bowls and even taking them out of the water :(
that arwona (my spelling is horrifict sorry) tank is so pretty, it gives a natural river or habit feel, it's so amazing and cool
QOTW - I've been in the hobby for about 5 years. I started off because people in my family were keeping a betta in a 0.5 gallon bowl, and I upgraded it to a 5gal (eventually a 10gal) after doing research.
Now I don't keep fish anymore, only snails/shrimps/crays/plants. Personal preference.
Your operating table comment made me laugh. I had a massive blood clot in my lung and they needed to put a hose into me to dissolve it.
They took me in the operating room and put a tarp tent over me. From there they started blasting Linkin park in the operating room. The doctor and nurses were singing and cutting up as they numbed me up and put the hoses in. I found it relaxing tbh and felt better. Needless to say I'm doing ok and came out great.
glad to hear everything was okay!
Just leaving a comment to say hi to the guy I met at the wedding who also watches your channel!! Hiii!! This was your bartender!!!
QOTW I have been keeping fish for 50 years. In that time, I have seen many changes from internal air driven filters, under gravel and canister filters. I'm a fan of hob filters myself.
oh man! You don't see it often but happy 50th in the hobby!
I had betta fish from a teen. When I was 25 I got my first 55gl tank, it had fake decor and was probably over full of cichlids. After I sold them back to the pet store I got 3 koi. My ex husband killed them when I went on vacation. I'm now 43 and started a planted tank about a year and a half ago. They are doing great!!!!
You and MD fish tanks got me into the planted tank hobby, and bavk into fishtanks in general.
I've been in the hobby for 30 years but still looking for new ideas. Enjoying your videos Chris 👍
Oh man, Chris. Its my first day of high school. Thanks for making it a little better! And i noteiced that your mic cut off at the end?
Had a guy at petsmart talking about how much he knows about fish and to an extent yes but then the guy who was informing me of proper etiquette turned around and told someone else that betta sororities are perfectly okay and hes had one before but "accidentally got male betta" that KILLED ALL OF THEM....dude...
Love seeing some fish tank review posted while I'm on break at work
nice nice!
5:42
apistogramma agassizii
%100 sure about that
Watching this before school makes my Monday better
glad to hear it
We once had a loach get caught in the head of a three piece ceramic dragon. Fortunately, since it was ceramic, it was easy to break. Those resin ornaments look to be a lot more durable, which could be a problem in those circumstances
I'm 17 now and this hobby started when I was 5 years old. It all started when I spent the summer in the village and caught small fish in a net and tried to creat a fish tank from three liter jars. I didn’t understand then why the fish were dying and tried to change everything, but nothing worked. At the age of 7, my parents bought me two guppy fish and they also lived in a 3-liter jar for about a year. My parents noticed that I change the water every week, wash the jar every week and feed the fish. They decided to buy me a 40 l fish tank. I moved my guppies to a new fish tank and a couple of months later my parents bought me 2 more Corydoras, 4 Guppies and 4 Neon Tetras. They lived for about a year and I still remember their names. One day I noticed white spots on all the fish and the fish were behaving strangely. I told my parents about this and they said that on the weekend we can go to the store and get medicine. But it was too late, by that time half of the fish had died. Only the guppies remained. Due to the fact that I always separated all fry and not eutinized defective ones, most of them had problems with blindness and spinal problems. I understood that these fish were suffering and I decided to remove the two males that remained so that the fish would no longer breed defective offspring. After another two years, almost all the fish died and only a few old guppies remained. I remembered how, as a child, I tried to grow river fish in jars and decided to try putting one carp fry into the fish tank. He had a lot of personality and was not aggressive towards the remaining guppies. He lived in the fish tank for another 4 years. Then the war started in my country and I left home. My father looked after him, but as a result, the carp died after some time. I moved to the UK and bought first one and then two more fish tanks. I learned a lot about fish and plants and learned more about the nitrogen cycle. I realized how many mistakes I made in the past. Now I have one fish tank with goldfish and two with guppies and corydoros, and this hobby really helps me relax. Each fish has its own personality, which is really cool. I'm still improving my knowledge and want to create my first planted fish tank. Before this, I only planted plants in pots and did not use carbon dioxide. Now I want to try this.
YES. FTR is just what I need in a Monday
Best part of this vid, two unskippable ads in the middle of a ridge wallet ad read. Excellent work TH-cam, 3.375/5 keep it up! 👍🏻
sheeesh im sry bout that
@@FishForThought lmao I just thought it was hilarious on TH-cam’s fault. Top flight content as always Chirs, you killed it!
Been in the fishkeeping hobby for about 6+ years, been in the saltwater fishkeeping hobby for ~2 years. I'm 14 right now and my largest setup is a 120 gallon saltwater mixed/LPS reef (I'm not lying)
I’ve had fish since I’ve been 6 years old, my mom bought me a 55 gallon long tank for Christmas. Naturally I was too young to take care of them at 6 years old but I still remember going to the local fish store. We moved alot from 8-16 so I stopped. I picked the hobby back up when I won a comet goldfish from the state fair. He died last month… I’m 21 now, I have a 15 gallon I turned into a tank for my crayfish and will be upgrading from my 20 gallon into a 55 again.
Happy FTR Monday baby
QOTW. I've been keeping a community tank for 2 weeks now. I've watched your "you suck at fish tanks" and the 10gallon stocking video to get some advice. Best advice I've ever got. Tysm.🎉
first fish tank was the obvious goldfish at like 3-4 years old, started keeping tropical at 5/6 years old and moved onto marine at 10 now keep a 50/50 mix of marine and tropical tanks
Qotw my family's always had a fish tank or pond, and watching you since around 13 has made me want to try and make them better for the fish.
so great to hear that i've helped you along your fishkeeping journey!
I've been in the hobby off and on for about 10 years probably
I remember getting my first betta and putting the poor thing in a 1gal bowl with no heat back when I was 18/19. Luckily I eventually asked a community online what I was doing wrong and was brought to the light, now I don't keep bettas in anything less than 10gal tanks and I'm working on my first fully planted one.
Time for another Monday made great thanks to your fish content ❤️ good job!
thx!
The fact that I don't even have a tank, but I'm excited AF every week for an FTR
Another week,another Monday,another FTR😊 Keep it up🎉
tyty!!
@@FishForThought Oh,you're welcome
I first got in this hobby when I was 10. I got my own 25l tank and even at that age I knew I couldn't keep much in there. i got a bunch of shrimps and they bred like crazy. About two years or so later I gave the tank away.
Buuuut now - 14 years later - I'm an adult with adult money. And I got back into that hobby last November (Thanks to Fish MD xD). And I'm really invested. I even went to a fishkeeper convention in March! It started with one tank. I was in the market for a better 25-30l tank, for shrimps. I bought a 60l one instead. I got it - and all the necessary stuff one needs for a new tank - cheaper, because I worked in that store. Shortly after I got a 30l tank. First I bred shrimps, then I rescued a Betta and moved him in. His name is Ominis and sadly he has issues with his swimm bladder. I hope he bounces back. But I also got another 100l tank. Never planned on getting 2 tanks, let alone 3, especially big ones. Weeeeeellll, fish happened xD
QOTW answer: as a young kid(3-9), i had plenty of goldfish, some living up to 4 years! Then i made my first native tank with a baby bluegill in a 10 gallon. after i accidently squished him (RIP skipper), i took a 5 year break before getting back into it with 2 yellow bullheads and another goldfish. The yellow bullheads are doing great(besides mini chad, who died tragically a month ago), and my goldfish is as hungry as ever. I am also the sole caretaker for the 100 gallon tank at my school(currently being redone because the previous person who made it had no idea what they were doing). I am a proud fishkeeper and i intend on continuing for a long time.
I love this channel so much. I am a bit late due to my classes. I am so excited to bring my betta here when my tank is ready!!
woohoo! one lucky betta, whichever one you end up choosing!
My beta fish got stuck in a ceramic log, there were holes in the log and its hollow inside he seemed to have stuck himself in a narrow dead end I couldn't get him out! He died😢stuck in there now I know to really look at the decorations for my tank to make sure no fish can get stuck! I loved my beta he was a beautiful 💙 blue and very healthy
I had an angelfish that wedged itself in a plastic rock while I was on vacation. I came home and thought it had jumped out until I saw it peeking out of a tiny hole in the rock! I ended up cracking the rock open with a pliers to get the angelfish out.
I've been obsessing over it for months, painting and building 4-tank fish room. Early onset MTS. Still not completely set up, but just got some sketchy Amazon sprouts in one tank, so maybe it can have a Betta soon. Also using Stability. Trying to make an ecosystem that requires fish to thrive, to add fish to a place that they'll love.
5 year on this hobby, one of the best things that happen to me ❤
Been in this hobby for around a month with a community tank with gouramis neons khulis and a golden Apple snail, I also have a separate tank with 2 frogs in it.
I have been a fish hobbyist since I was about 6. I'm 42 now. My uncle started it all 😅😊 We are a family of fish enthusiasts 😎
the title and the first clip is crazy at this time chris lol LOVE YOU CHRIS
That last one looks like a fry box that you put in your tank to stop the fry from being eaten
i use old tank water for my houseplants and theyve gone insane since i started doing it, theyve grown more in the last year than in 4 years before it
I think those fish at 5:55 are golden ram cichlids! I recently got two of them for my big tank (which is completely different from the video I posted a while back of it, disease went through it and like everything died) and they look like those fish in the video.
Bought a clown peco that wouldn't/couldn't get out of this log. I used a vibrating saw to cut pieces off until I could free the little guy. He'd been in there so long his face was flat and wonky.
He lived a couple days. 😢
POV: Chirs becomes the best counselor at 12:42
13:04 A bit off-topic, perhaps but appropriate and well stated ❤