My goldfish lives revolve around me feeding them. Everytime they see me its begging for food. I wish I could tell them, "your fine, your not dying, I fed you 15 minutes ago."
Just putting this out there that the creator of the first tiktok Chris reviewed commented that it was a fake fish, not sure how honest they were, just putting it out there to restore the tiniest bit of humanity
I've been to a small fish store once while visiting family. They had large vases with plants that grew out the tops and small sponge filters for their bettas. ALL their bettas had these large vases and are sold with the entire vase setup. To put this into perspective, the vases were larger than most fish bowls, the water was super clean, and the bettas were absolutely gorgeous. I still prefer at least a 10g for a single betta, but this was 1mil times better than those dinky freaking cups bettas are usually sold in...
Hi. My betta fish bengi hasn’t been swimming around for a couple days, but he is still breathing. I know that his last breath is near. I really am having a hard time with this death. I have cried even more for him than when my dog died. He really was an amazing and beautiful fish yesterday was my 5 anniversary of getting him and I just felt like commenting this cause he was the reason I came to your channel and my gateway into getting my 50 gallon tank and studying much more about fish and other aquatic organisms anyways rest well bengi.
Hi Chris! Two days from bringing home my daughter's 1st betta. We've been setting up a 10gal, planted for the last month. We're both really excited! Love your channel😍
Hey Chris! I just want to thank u for teaching me sm..If it weren’t for you I’d be keeping a betta in a bowl with purple plants and pink gravel. We are currently cycling our 20 gallon :) we are getting a betta! Tysm
Great to hear you are on the right track! I adopted a Betta from a girl which out of the blue got a Betta as a gift by a friend - "just put it into a bowl with tap water and feed it with tiny pieces of cucumber" he said. Fortunatly even this girl without any experience or interest in aquaristics realized that something wasn't right here and searched for somebody who actually could take care of the fish. For some reason people are confusing these animals with a piece of decoration - as if a fish would be nothing more than a flower in a vase which you already got knowing that it would look nice for a few days before you have to throw it out to make place for the next one, a concept which I also can't wrap my head around to be honest..
@@kai_plays_khomus If I wanted fish themed decorations I would probably get floating glass fish They also look a lot better in vases than real fish Real fish, from what I've seen on the internet, just look stressed in a vase and I don't want my pet to be stressed, I want it to thrive
@@kanalzumkommentieren2169 I absolutly agree! And glass fishes are safe from suddenly swimming upside down - not exactly decorative. I wonder how big the overall percentage of Bettas which lived a way too short life and died a way too early death really is.. I'm already thankful that over here where I and I assume you are living pet stores don't even offer bowls to begin with and the overwhelming majority of their staff would heavily discourage keeping a fish without a filter in insufficient conditions. A few weeks ago I also realized that the way too small bird cages which were widely offered 20 years ago also largely vanished from the shops - of course the layman will think it's ok to keep animals this way when a store offers this stuff. I personally witnessed a dealer telling a guy he wouldn't ever get a fish at this place again after he replied "when they die quick we can simply get new ones" when his approach of care got questioned. I was positivly surprised when I found that a well known chain store doesn't sell social animals like budgies, guinea pigsand such into single care any longer. Based on what I've seen on this channel I assume that the standards are much more lenient in US.
@@kai_plays_khomus yes, Okay, we had the tank all set up the filter .. so the filters stupid company diddnt include one part of it by “ accident “ the instructions diddnt mention it anywhere. We got a fish and the filter sucked him up.. I constantly feel so guilty because yknow we killed him.. he deserved so much better. We recycled the tank and bought a sponge filter..at school I told my friends and a guy heard me say it and he said “ it’s just a fish just get a new one it’s not that hard” If he said this about a dog it would be way different .. according to some people fish are toys.
Hey Chris! I found the first video you reviewed. The creator does confirm that the fish was fake. Thank god because I was scared too. Love your videos dude!!
I live in Canada too and everything is so expensive! Book prices are higher too. I was looking for some fish magazines or books or something, and the ones I found were all 20 dollars! They were paperback hreiwpghrew. Anyways, I got a haircut yesterday, and the hairdresser was talking about how she just couldn't keep her fish alive. I asked her what she was keeping the fish in and she said, "Oh, just kept the beta fish in a bowl." That explains why her fish kept dying. And yes, I know to spell Betta like Betta, but I spelled it with one T to be pronounced like "bayda".
When i saw American pet stores for the first time i was shocked that they put bettas in cups.I live in germany and the pet stores here keep the fish in 20+ liters of water.
QOTW: Swimming is my favorite way to cool off in the summer, the heat index in my area is 105 today and the actual temp is in the upper 90's; Swimming is a great way to cool off! Also refrigerated fruit is good as well!
Yeah, when temps get that hot for a long period of time an outdoor pool doesn't help. Maybe an indoor pool could help you cool off if you have one nearby.
Frozen grapes are the best in summer! I don't do heat well, and they're my go-to snack. (And flavored ice cubes to help me drink more water, like mint and cucumber or berries etc)
My name is Charles Williams, and I approve this message! Thanks Chris, for the 5/5 I am at a loss for words! Thanks to you, I am an addict now, I have 6 planted tanks. All different styles!
QOTW: Chris, living in the carribean, I can tell you that the following might help: - praying for rain to come soon - eating sherbet or ice-cream, - cold bath or showers or going for a swim in the sea or in a river - icy beverages - make shift air conditioning : Two bottles of frozen water in front of a fan - wearing insulated knit, tank top, short, flip flops... - putting your feet in a bassin of cold water... - cold fruit salad
Congrats man stock it with 20 arapaimas 88 arowanas 1938 Oscars 1948573891101 Guppies 103948574738392049585 Shrimps 9 blue whales 494882 Goldfishes 29478299139848483929394857 Koi 284725738375 Plecos to clean the tank 68263741947384853 Axolotls And can't forget the 468816474667997642 bettas!
I just had my first shift at an aquarium and my whole 8 hours was the handle and maintain all the bettas (we got a bunch of shipment in that day). Very little of them are actually kept in those smaller betta tanks, most of them actually get spread around our giant planted tanks or community tanks (obviously one per tank). It keeps them very healthy and there is rarely a sad looking one (although it's my first shift, I have actually been going there for a while as a customer and never saw an ill betta).
I FINALLY GOT MY BETTA IN A CYCLED 5 GALLON!! ;-; ok I know that's not the ideal size for a tank. I put him in a 3 gallon tank for months. I'm slowly trying to erase my old mistakes. Next step is adding a couple of live plants (I know I'm going really slow ;-;). Thank you Chris for your videos! Your FTRs always make my Mondays more bearable!
My local fish store had the perfect betta set up with air bubbles and plants and then 4-5 months ago went back to keeping them in cups and it was so heartbreaking to see
Two 5/5?!?! Nice. Also, thank you for cutting off the last few seconds of that first video. Even if the fish was fake, I don't think I could've looked at that today. Qotw- Watermelon. Lots and lots of watermelon.
I live in Texas and to beat the heat, I shower in cold water, put shorts and a light shirt or tank on, light shoes or just walk in flip flops all day around the house. Always have water or a cool drink in the fridge and a few ice packs in the freezer, nothing like a cold ice pack on your face to cool off. You could also do the cold bandana around your neck when going outside. If your glasses or sunglasses are to hot, put them near a fan, you could put them in the freezer but DO NOT forget about them. Ice tea is also your friend, I like unsweetened tea. Popsicles also help with the heat. And always have a hat on and use sunscreen, sunburn is not fun!
I moved to Seattle almost 10 years ago for the overcast/rainy weather and mild summers. But man, the last couple of summers have been KILLER here. So hot and humid.
Growing up in south Florida, in the summer I would go to day camps and be outside all day. Frozen water bottles over night to drink, and FREEZING MY HAT. Soaking the hat the night before and freezing it overnight, I would keep it in my lunchbox to use when the temps were the highest and the sun's UV was the most intense. Also, light colored, loose fitting clothing, flip flops with perpetually wet feet, sitting in the shade with a breeze. Fruit, lots of fruit, it keeps you hydrated and the sugars keep you from craving heavier stuff. And the best part: swamp slogging. Being in the water is the best part, with or without the alligators.
qotw: I can handle heats pretty well. It helps to have bare feet and have a warm drink like a good tea. :) Great is to be in the shade of my little garden, enjoying both - the bare feet on the grass and a good tea. Even better is to go to the nearest stream, sit on the bank, feet in water and watch the nature. OMG I hate working, I want to go out now.
WHAT I totally forgot it was monday 😭 This is a good surprise :D It’s almost a year ago since I started in The Fish keeping hobby and I already have 6 tanks- I’m also getting my first 3 Goldfish for my 47.5509694 gallon in a few days :p
Okay I live in Australia and don't have AC anymore, but there's these little cube things, like a personal air conditioner that runs on USB. Purchase one, sit in front of it until Autumn. We also set up a cheap pool in our backyard which is great for flopping in and enjoying a cold bev.
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know about cycling my tanks until after I got my betta fish. But when I move to my apartment for school I’m upgrading to a 10 gallon and it’ll be my first planted tank. I’m really excited to let it cycle though! I’ve got a 5 gallon right now and my fish is pretty happy but I’ve been getting more interested in the hobby of fish keeping lately!
The only upside of that soap TikTok is that the creator did say the fish was fake. I have an axolotl so I have to keep my central air at a solid 70 so I don’t have to buy a chiller lol. Heaters are cheaper.
Qotw: humm Christmas tunes in your basement Also me: "Water change? Nah imma gonna move my 20gal across the room to free up shelf space." (It is now above my 6 10gl, neighbouring my other 20gal and below my 2x 15gal tubs {and my body hurts})
I like to cool off by swimming, drinking something cold, sitting next to a fan, or putting the electric bill through the roof. It's been over 100°F (37°C) where I live for a month now and I'm ready for autumn.
My local garden store had a betta kept in a disgusting tiny vase and I swear to god it is the one and only time I have considered stealing someone’s fish
@@FishForThought oh and chirs before you think im an idoit because I call tampa a state I just call it a state because there are many people living there lol
@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 that depends on a hand soap used - regular soap based on fatty acid salts is indeed quite alkaline but many liquid hand soaps have a pH better suited for skin.
Watching this made me realize that I've not once seen a betta at my LFS that didn't have at least 20 - 30 gallons of its own space. Aquariums West yo, they know what they're doing. QOTW: Cold showers and lots of ice water to drink.
I drink a tall glass of lassi, also there is this drink that we sikhs serve in langar in the month of June it's called chabil and is mixture of rose syrup and cold milk
I went to a pet store today there fish keeping and lizard keeping was absolutely amazing everything was absolutely perfect i went to checkout and they had a beta tank that was less than 1 gallons and neon green gravel with a new beta in there EVERYTIME we go there like Bruh….
hispanics do that too, i went 19 years without knowing how to use a dishwater before i had to help my friend clean up after an event. she told me to do dishes and i was washing them with my hands and she showed me how to use the dishwasher.
Thank you Chris for finally saying “nutrient-rich substrate” instead of “nutritious substrate”. It used to drive me crazy for some reason because I feel like “nutritious” only applies to food 😂
I'm going out of town for a week and I'm seriously afraid of trying to teach my mom how to feed my fish. Three years ago, she didn't feed them at all, 6 months ago she overfed them and left all the lights on (algae killed half of my plants) lmao I'm headed to Alaska to escape the Texas heat. My car has no AC and it's been in the 100's for like three weeks now. Tips for the heat? I'd suggest leaving like I am lmfao
Saw someone put ice in bag or you probably also could use anything frozen except meats and duct tape it to the fan. But personally I get 5 of my fans and my portable air conditioner along with another one in window in different room…( I live in a apartment complex) I love the cold. 🥶
The big Drag/Rave/Tai Chi hand fans are excellent for moving a lot of air at you (but not the little paper ones). Although I wish there was advice on helping to keep the temp down in my fish tank. Or at least info on whats too hot (for a betta).
QOTW: I like going to movie theaters in the summer. They are dark, really cold and last about 2 hours. Of course you have to go out in the heat to get there so....
As someone who travels too much, I can’t have fishes so I cannot get “my hands wet ” so for this summer, everyday I’m getting my shirt wet 😼 but for real, T-shirt soaked in cold water and I’m good to go. Ps. After watching your videos, whenever I see a fish tank im analysing and judging it like some kind of specialist hahahah (Im sorry if my grammar isn’t correct, English is my third language )
This video makes my birthday 10000% better! Thank you for all the videos that you made, just 2 years ago, I used to kept bettas in a 0.5 gallon jar,. One day, TH-cam recommended me a video named “You Suck At Fish Tank”. Now I always doing research before keeping any fish and plants. You turn me from a bastard into a good fish owner. Love you Chirs! Edit: OMG IS THAT ME IN A FFT VIDEO????
A local fish store I go to only has around 5 bettas at a time and all fish are in the minimum size tank. Ex betta in a 5 gallon and they mostly focus on exotic fish with huge tanks
Best Monday ever 🙂I got day off and going to the local pet store and I get to watch FTR... Also not fish thought get a box fan and put a block of ice behind it ghetto AC🖤
@@FishForThought yeah she loves her new pen and do u know if they can eat crickets she is not a fan of mealworms the vet said she might only like vegetables and fruits snacks wise
Chris I have a 21 liter fish tank and it currently holds a betta fish, It has a big piece of driftwood that has a branch creeping out and I have tied some plants on that I was wondering what would be good plants for inside the water and some floating plants and if I could any other fishes in there like a few Chili Rasboras.
my best way to keep cool in the summer? do a water change on my 75gal. it's in our basement and the tile floors stay nice and cool. our Oscar hates the extra attention, but then again, he's a grump hates most things.
i looked the account up of the dish soap in fish bowl. they actually have pretty okay/good cages i think for their fish and gerbils. ow and they said somewhere in another vid the fish is fake.
I am also do my washup by hand. Could I there by bring detergents to the aquarium? I am more concerned by all the copper I am working with all day. But another goldsmith I know is breeding shrimps for years and never had problems with copper.
I have a Yellow Koi Betta named Sasha! I decided on the name because: 1. I love Attack on Titan 2. She is very good with my Kuhlis but eats all of their food and requires fishy prison.
Close all curtains, open all windows and pray for a breeze. Last week it was 38℃ here in South Yorkshire, England. For the first time in my life I could honestly say, "Damn, I'm looking really hot!" when seeing myself in the mirror.
Week 11, I feel like a betta in a bowl. Just waiting to die…. Or wait…. There it is, a wild Chirs! He comes to rescue me! He scapes a natural biotope and then leaves me in my bowl and goes to a local creek and collects some other fish. Oh wait, I’m just a betta in a bowl at the doctors office watching TH-cam over a patient’s shoulder. Please somebody give me some hand sanitizer so I can just pass on like the other betta from tic tok
Chirs, I hate the heat, too. I do a community access show in York, PA and I'm always looking for ideas. I'm putting together a show about the connection between animal abuse and human abuse. I think I need to do a separate show just on Tik Tok animal cruelty and fish abuse.
A channel named MandJtv does a song in some of his videos like Pewdiepie but instead it’s Pokémon meme review and I just thought of that when the song came on
Here’s the thing with lyre tails. they’re not mules, they can breed still. That technichallu means endlers and guppies are the same species. By definition.
I love my fish but I really don't have any idea of what I'm doing so can you do a reaction to my tank and tell me what I should do or if I'm doin it right please
whats funny is that all aquatic plants here costs 50 cents or less i made a whole ass 10 gallon shrimp tank with shrimp, filter, 4 plants, substrate, and nitrifying bacteria for only 10 usd oh and how long do i wait for the tank to cycle with quick start for shrimp?
I actually got a Dinosaur Bitchir for $8 a few days ago. He's only 2 inches right now, in my 75 gallon. When he gets bigger, I hope to upgrade him to a 90 gallon
On my birthday i will be upgrading alot of my fishes stuff (at least i hope) i will get a bigger aquarium for my parrott cichlid as it is too small rn and my old parrot cichlid aquarium will be used for mollies and platies and one of my betta fish Also in indonesia it gets so hot that i couldnt bring my turtles out as they will die of heat
My goldfish lives revolve around me feeding them. Everytime they see me its begging for food. I wish I could tell them, "your fine, your not dying, I fed you 15 minutes ago."
I tell my platies that all the time. They assure me that they are, in fact, starving.
@@KhaeLikesCoffee my platies pretend like they're dying even when theyre eating food lol
SAME WITH MY JACK DEMPSEY
my betta does the same lol
LMAO yeah wish they could understand and just relax xD
Just putting this out there that the creator of the first tiktok Chris reviewed commented that it was a fake fish, not sure how honest they were, just putting it out there to restore the tiniest bit of humanity
I've been to a small fish store once while visiting family. They had large vases with plants that grew out the tops and small sponge filters for their bettas. ALL their bettas had these large vases and are sold with the entire vase setup. To put this into perspective, the vases were larger than most fish bowls, the water was super clean, and the bettas were absolutely gorgeous. I still prefer at least a 10g for a single betta, but this was 1mil times better than those dinky freaking cups bettas are usually sold in...
Hi. My betta fish bengi hasn’t been swimming around for a couple days, but he is still breathing. I know that his last breath is near. I really am having a hard time with this death. I have cried even more for him than when my dog died. He really was an amazing and beautiful fish yesterday was my 5 anniversary of getting him and I just felt like commenting this cause he was the reason I came to your channel and my gateway into getting my 50 gallon tank and studying much more about fish and other aquatic organisms anyways rest well bengi.
Hi Chris! Two days from bringing home my daughter's 1st betta. We've been setting up a 10gal, planted for the last month. We're both really excited! Love your channel😍
woohoo! Grats on your girl's first betta :)
What is the bettas name
@@gachi1297 Peppermint, Pepper, or Pep if we're in a rush. She's iridescent pink/white on her body with red fins and blue/green fin rays.
Hey Chris! I just want to thank u for teaching me sm..If it weren’t for you I’d be keeping a betta in a bowl with purple plants and pink gravel. We are currently cycling our 20 gallon :) we are getting a betta! Tysm
Great to hear you are on the right track! I adopted a Betta from a girl which out of the blue got a Betta as a gift by a friend - "just put it into a bowl with tap water and feed it with tiny pieces of cucumber" he said. Fortunatly even this girl without any experience or interest in aquaristics realized that something wasn't right here and searched for somebody who actually could take care of the fish.
For some reason people are confusing these animals with a piece of decoration - as if a fish would be nothing more than a flower in a vase which you already got knowing that it would look nice for a few days before you have to throw it out to make place for the next one, a concept which I also can't wrap my head around to be honest..
SO awesome to hear that!!! Hope you have lots of fun times with your new betta :)
@@kai_plays_khomus If I wanted fish themed decorations I would probably get floating glass fish
They also look a lot better in vases than real fish
Real fish, from what I've seen on the internet, just look stressed in a vase and I don't want my pet to be stressed, I want it to thrive
@@kanalzumkommentieren2169
I absolutly agree! And glass fishes are safe from suddenly swimming upside down - not exactly decorative.
I wonder how big the overall percentage of Bettas which lived a way too short life and died a way too early death really is..
I'm already thankful that over here where I and I assume you are living pet stores don't even offer bowls to begin with and the overwhelming majority of their staff would heavily discourage keeping a fish without a filter in insufficient conditions. A few weeks ago I also realized that the way too small bird cages which were widely offered 20 years ago also largely vanished from the shops - of course the layman will think it's ok to keep animals this way when a store offers this stuff.
I personally witnessed a dealer telling a guy he wouldn't ever get a fish at this place again after he replied "when they die quick we can simply get new ones" when his approach of care got questioned. I was positivly surprised when I found that a well known chain store doesn't sell social animals like budgies, guinea pigsand such into single care any longer. Based on what I've seen on this channel I assume that the standards are much more lenient in US.
@@kai_plays_khomus yes, Okay, we had the tank all set up the filter .. so the filters stupid company diddnt include one part of it by “ accident “ the instructions diddnt mention it anywhere. We got a fish and the filter sucked him up.. I constantly feel so guilty because yknow we killed him.. he deserved so much better. We recycled the tank and bought a sponge filter..at school I told my friends and a guy heard me say it and he said “ it’s just a fish just get a new one it’s not that hard” If he said this about a dog it would be way different .. according to some people fish are toys.
My way to cool off in the summer: *dump my head in my aquarium and have a deep conversation with my shrimp*
Hey Chris! I found the first video you reviewed. The creator does confirm that the fish was fake. Thank god because I was scared too. Love your videos dude!!
I live in Canada too and everything is so expensive! Book prices are higher too. I was looking for some fish magazines or books or something, and the ones I found were all 20 dollars! They were paperback hreiwpghrew. Anyways, I got a haircut yesterday, and the hairdresser was talking about how she just couldn't keep her fish alive. I asked her what she was keeping the fish in and she said, "Oh, just kept the beta fish in a bowl." That explains why her fish kept dying. And yes, I know to spell Betta like Betta, but I spelled it with one T to be pronounced like "bayda".
When i saw American pet stores for the first time i was shocked that they put bettas in cups.I live in germany and the pet stores here keep the fish in 20+ liters of water.
Cheap fish so no need to waste water more than a cup that why
QOTW: Swimming is my favorite way to cool off in the summer, the heat index in my area is 105 today and the actual temp is in the upper 90's; Swimming is a great way to cool off!
Also refrigerated fruit is good as well!
both VERy solid suggestions ty!
In Phoenix it's like 115° swimming doesn't help here lmao
Yeah, when temps get that hot for a long period of time an outdoor pool doesn't help. Maybe an indoor pool could help you cool off if you have one nearby.
Like swimming in a bathtub at my pool this time of year.
Frozen grapes are the best in summer! I don't do heat well, and they're my go-to snack. (And flavored ice cubes to help me drink more water, like mint and cucumber or berries etc)
My name is Charles Williams, and I approve this message! Thanks Chris, for the 5/5 I am at a loss for words! Thanks to you, I am an addict now, I have 6 planted tanks. All different styles!
QOTW: Chris, living in the carribean, I can tell you that the following might help:
- praying for rain to come soon
- eating sherbet or ice-cream,
- cold bath or showers or going for a swim in the sea or in a river
- icy beverages
- make shift air conditioning :
Two bottles of frozen water in front of a fan
- wearing insulated knit, tank top, short, flip flops...
- putting your feet in a bassin of cold water...
- cold fruit salad
the first tip xD
The weird thing @3:18 is nothing else but a drop checker to measure the level of dissolved CO² - it's just another design approach.
ty!
Chris is the real one for saving us from seeing extreme abuse 🥺
not the hero u thought u needed xD
Hey Chris just finished setting up my 70 gallon tank
Sounds like you could fit 5 arapima in there
Congrats man stock it with
20 arapaimas
88 arowanas
1938 Oscars
1948573891101 Guppies
103948574738392049585 Shrimps
9 blue whales
494882 Goldfishes
29478299139848483929394857 Koi
284725738375 Plecos to clean the tank
68263741947384853 Axolotls
And can't forget the 468816474667997642 bettas!
@@DreacoPlays Forgot the goldfish and pleckos, can't be called a fishtank without those
@@Thebeetlemangr oh yeah lemme fix that
lets goooo
6:44 when Chris says punch, it sounds like falcon from smash Bros saying falcon punch🤣🤣🤣
I just had my first shift at an aquarium and my whole 8 hours was the handle and maintain all the bettas (we got a bunch of shipment in that day). Very little of them are actually kept in those smaller betta tanks, most of them actually get spread around our giant planted tanks or community tanks (obviously one per tank). It keeps them very healthy and there is rarely a sad looking one (although it's my first shift, I have actually been going there for a while as a customer and never saw an ill betta).
I FINALLY GOT MY BETTA IN A CYCLED 5 GALLON!! ;-; ok I know that's not the ideal size for a tank. I put him in a 3 gallon tank for months. I'm slowly trying to erase my old mistakes. Next step is adding a couple of live plants (I know I'm going really slow ;-;). Thank you Chris for your videos! Your FTRs always make my Mondays more bearable!
My local fish store had the perfect betta set up with air bubbles and plants and then 4-5 months ago went back to keeping them in cups and it was so heartbreaking to see
aw man :((
Two 5/5?!?! Nice. Also, thank you for cutting off the last few seconds of that first video. Even if the fish was fake, I don't think I could've looked at that today.
Qotw- Watermelon. Lots and lots of watermelon.
ftr out of control today!
I live in Texas and to beat the heat, I shower in cold water, put shorts and a light shirt or tank on, light shoes or just walk in flip flops all day around the house. Always have water or a cool drink in the fridge and a few ice packs in the freezer, nothing like a cold ice pack on your face to cool off. You could also do the cold bandana around your neck when going outside. If your glasses or sunglasses are to hot, put them near a fan, you could put them in the freezer but DO NOT forget about them.
Ice tea is also your friend, I like unsweetened tea.
Popsicles also help with the heat.
And always have a hat on and use sunscreen, sunburn is not fun!
Sometimes I think people can't get worse at aquariums, until Chris posts another video😂😭
I moved to Seattle almost 10 years ago for the overcast/rainy weather and mild summers. But man, the last couple of summers have been KILLER here. So hot and humid.
lotsa forest fires everywhere too
Growing up in south Florida, in the summer I would go to day camps and be outside all day. Frozen water bottles over night to drink, and FREEZING MY HAT. Soaking the hat the night before and freezing it overnight, I would keep it in my lunchbox to use when the temps were the highest and the sun's UV was the most intense. Also, light colored, loose fitting clothing, flip flops with perpetually wet feet, sitting in the shade with a breeze. Fruit, lots of fruit, it keeps you hydrated and the sugars keep you from craving heavier stuff. And the best part: swamp slogging. Being in the water is the best part, with or without the alligators.
Everyone: you must be in a good mood if you gave a-
Chris: aaaaahh!
the "FISH TANK RE- absolute fish torture and/or weird content- VIEW" Is the most entertaining part of these videos
qotw: I can handle heats pretty well. It helps to have bare feet and have a warm drink like a good tea. :) Great is to be in the shade of my little garden, enjoying both - the bare feet on the grass and a good tea. Even better is to go to the nearest stream, sit on the bank, feet in water and watch the nature. OMG I hate working, I want to go out now.
WHAT I totally forgot it was monday 😭
This is a good surprise :D
It’s almost a year ago since I started in The Fish keeping hobby and I already have 6 tanks-
I’m also getting my first 3 Goldfish for my 47.5509694 gallon in a few days :p
I like to cool off in the summer by eating popsicles and fresh watermelon! Has always been my favorite summer thing to do since childhood.
The Monday night routine of reminding us to water change (Yes, even on Mondays) 😆
The intro though 😆
never too early or late for a water change xD
currently pretty sick rn, this new vid made me feel a bit better thanks lol
Okay I live in Australia and don't have AC anymore, but there's these little cube things, like a personal air conditioner that runs on USB.
Purchase one, sit in front of it until Autumn. We also set up a cheap pool in our backyard which is great for flopping in and enjoying a cold bev.
Yo…humidity done got ya hair, my guy. Is that…is that a dot of ice in your left ear? Ite, Chris, I see you…💎💎💎
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know about cycling my tanks until after I got my betta fish. But when I move to my apartment for school I’m upgrading to a 10 gallon and it’ll be my first planted tank. I’m really excited to let it cycle though! I’ve got a 5 gallon right now and my fish is pretty happy but I’ve been getting more interested in the hobby of fish keeping lately!
The only upside of that soap TikTok is that the creator did say the fish was fake. I have an axolotl so I have to keep my central air at a solid 70 so I don’t have to buy a chiller lol. Heaters are cheaper.
I run a small USB fan blowing on the top of the tank and my axolotl tank sits at around 67-68 degrees.
Glad it was fake
@@greenj24130 I have a fan, he’s currently tubbed while the tank recycles so it’s easier to keep the tub cool this way.
RIP to your electric bill
@@justasmolfrog literally though 💀
Qotw: humm Christmas tunes in your basement
Also me: "Water change? Nah imma gonna move my 20gal across the room to free up shelf space."
(It is now above my 6 10gl, neighbouring my other 20gal and below my 2x 15gal tubs {and my body hurts})
To cool off i always have a dip in my 2 gallon betta bowl, there's plenty of room...
I like to cool off by swimming, drinking something cold, sitting next to a fan, or putting the electric bill through the roof. It's been over 100°F (37°C) where I live for a month now and I'm ready for autumn.
Got my first tank today and I’m cycling it for at least a month!
My local garden store had a betta kept in a disgusting tiny vase and I swear to god it is the one and only time I have considered stealing someone’s fish
Oh my got almost 300 thousand subs that's almost as much as the whole state of Tampa!
SHEEEsh!!
@@FishForThought oh and chirs before you think im an idoit because I call tampa a state I just call it a state because there are many people living there lol
I don't think the pH is actually the problem with hand soap, it's its amphiphilic nature which messes up with the sensitive gills of fish
@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 that depends on a hand soap used - regular soap based on fatty acid salts is indeed quite alkaline but many liquid hand soaps have a pH better suited for skin.
Do u know where the first video is?
Watching this made me realize that I've not once seen a betta at my LFS that didn't have at least 20 - 30 gallons of its own space.
Aquariums West yo, they know what they're doing.
QOTW: Cold showers and lots of ice water to drink.
You helped me a lot in this hobby.. Thank you so much.. Lots of love 🥰
great to hear it Trisha :)
How do you keep cool during the summer? I either dump a bunch of water onto myself or jump into a pool.
that sounds like it'll do the trickkk
My answer, hopefully soon it will be cooling off in our future koi pond!!!
My crested gecko Charles loves to sleep. How heavy is your crestie? I’m curious.
I drink a tall glass of lassi, also there is this drink that we sikhs serve in langar in the month of June it's called chabil and is mixture of rose syrup and cold milk
that rose syrup do hit different
mango lassi is so freakin' goooood
Yesss almost halfway through the fanart!
woohoo!!! email me !!
I went to a pet store today there fish keeping and lizard keeping was absolutely amazing everything was absolutely perfect i went to checkout and they had a beta tank that was less than 1 gallons and neon green gravel with a new beta in there EVERYTIME we go there like
Bruh….
I loved the OG Maple Story music, keep it up
hispanics do that too, i went 19 years without knowing how to use a dishwater before i had to help my friend clean up after an event. she told me to do dishes and i was washing them with my hands and she showed me how to use the dishwasher.
My favourite way to cool down during Canadian summers is by simply getting my hands wet
Thank you Chris for finally saying “nutrient-rich substrate” instead of “nutritious substrate”. It used to drive me crazy for some reason because I feel like “nutritious” only applies to food 😂
What do you mean? You’re telling me you’re NOT supposed to eat the substrate?
@@peggedyourdad9560 daily vitamins
@@graciousssssly Yum 😋
QOTW: Korean ice noodles (naengmyeun). Chewy arrowroot noodles in frozen slushy broth topped with cucumber, egg, meat, chili paste, and pear
At this point, both of Chris’s channels are arriving at 300k at the same time
such a vibe xD
Almost 300k subs, nice job Chrissy :)
ty for ur support
I'm going out of town for a week and I'm seriously afraid of trying to teach my mom how to feed my fish. Three years ago, she didn't feed them at all, 6 months ago she overfed them and left all the lights on (algae killed half of my plants) lmao
I'm headed to Alaska to escape the Texas heat. My car has no AC and it's been in the 100's for like three weeks now. Tips for the heat? I'd suggest leaving like I am lmfao
These vids remind me of when i first got a fish tank. Oh the mistakes I’ve made
Thank god I’ve learnt from my mistakes
I understand Chris, right now is the first day of seven where temps are over 100 degrees F I feel like I'm in a oven. 😭🥵
I just got my first clownfish pair yesterday and I swear that they're like puppies begging me for treats when I walk by the tank lol.
Favourite TH-camr right now
I agreeeee
thx y'all sheeeesh the support is through the roof
Saw someone put ice in bag or you probably also could use anything frozen except meats and duct tape it to the fan. But personally I get 5 of my fans and my portable air conditioner along with another one in window in different room…( I live in a apartment complex) I love the cold. 🥶
The big Drag/Rave/Tai Chi hand fans are excellent for moving a lot of air at you (but not the little paper ones). Although I wish there was advice on helping to keep the temp down in my fish tank. Or at least info on whats too hot (for a betta).
QOTW: I like going to movie theaters in the summer. They are dark, really cold and last about 2 hours. Of course you have to go out in the heat to get there so....
As someone who travels too much, I can’t have fishes so I cannot get “my hands wet ” so for this summer, everyday I’m getting my shirt wet 😼 but for real, T-shirt soaked in cold water and I’m good to go.
Ps. After watching your videos, whenever I see a fish tank im analysing and judging it like some kind of specialist hahahah
(Im sorry if my grammar isn’t correct, English is my third language )
This video makes my birthday 10000% better! Thank you for all the videos that you made, just 2 years ago, I used to kept bettas in a 0.5 gallon jar,. One day, TH-cam recommended me a video named “You Suck At Fish Tank”. Now I always doing research before keeping any fish and plants. You turn me from a bastard into a good fish owner. Love you Chirs!
Edit: OMG IS THAT ME IN A FFT VIDEO????
woohoo! Happy birthday :)
A local fish store I go to only has around 5 bettas at a time and all fish are in the minimum size tank. Ex betta in a 5 gallon and they mostly focus on exotic fish with huge tanks
Ooooouf @ the intro 🙃 now I ✨need✨ to know who’s videos came first.
For the QOTW, I cool off in the creek by my house :).
The summer is so hot that I don’t need a heater😂
now that is crazy xD
Best Monday ever 🙂I got day off and going to the local pet store and I get to watch FTR... Also not fish thought get a box fan and put a block of ice behind it ghetto AC🖤
Chris out here giving me flashbacks to my auntie and the dishwasher full of Tupperware.
lmao xD
Hi chirs I want to say thank you for answering some of my questions I know you don’t really do hedgehogs but she is doing amazing thank you :D
that's awesome! Glad things are going well :)
@@FishForThought yeah she loves her new pen and do u know if they can eat crickets she is not a fan of mealworms the vet said she might only like vegetables and fruits snacks wise
Chris I have a 21 liter fish tank and it currently holds a betta fish, It has a big piece of driftwood that has a branch creeping out and I have tied some plants on that I was wondering what would be good plants for inside the water and some floating plants and if I could any other fishes in there like a few Chili Rasboras.
I wouldn’t do another fish but shrimp or snails would be good
@@SavageSav0813 no bettas attack shrimp
You can get anubias it'd going to go very well with your driftwood and either red root floaters for contrast or frogbit
@@DreacoPlays not all bettas. mine lives with amano shrimp
@@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 not all bettas are the same as you said mine decimates all shrimps like a t rex :(
my best way to keep cool in the summer?
do a water change on my 75gal. it's in our basement and the tile floors stay nice and cool. our Oscar hates the extra attention, but then again, he's a grump hates most things.
i looked the account up of the dish soap in fish bowl. they actually have pretty okay/good cages i think for their fish and gerbils. ow and they said somewhere in another vid the fish is fake.
What’s the name of the account please? I’ve been trying to look up the video to see for myself ? XD
I am also do my washup by hand. Could I there by bring detergents to the aquarium? I am more concerned by all the copper I am working with all day. But another goldsmith I know is breeding shrimps for years and never had problems with copper.
QOTW- river swimming it’s really fun!
My mother’s side of the family is Asian. My mother, me, my siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles and grandmother uses their hands to clean dishes.
i would fit right in xD
I hope i get on the next FTR my fish kept moving when i was taking my pics.
I have a Yellow Koi Betta named Sasha! I decided on the name because:
1. I love Attack on Titan
2. She is very good with my Kuhlis but eats all of their food and requires fishy prison.
Where can you get those nice rocks and driftwood for tanks?
Close all curtains, open all windows and pray for a breeze.
Last week it was 38℃ here in South Yorkshire, England.
For the first time in my life I could honestly say, "Damn, I'm looking really hot!" when seeing myself in the mirror.
haha xD good vibes
Week 11, I feel like a betta in a bowl. Just waiting to die…. Or wait…. There it is, a wild Chirs! He comes to rescue me! He scapes a natural biotope and then leaves me in my bowl and goes to a local creek and collects some other fish.
Oh wait, I’m just a betta in a bowl at the doctors office watching TH-cam over a patient’s shoulder.
Please somebody give me some hand sanitizer so I can just pass on like the other betta from tic tok
That wierd thingy in the top of that one tank is fluvals drop checker
Chirs, I hate the heat, too. I do a community access show in York, PA and I'm always looking for ideas. I'm putting together a show about the connection between animal abuse and human abuse. I think I need to do a separate show just on Tik Tok animal cruelty and fish abuse.
Thanks!
A channel named MandJtv does a song in some of his videos like Pewdiepie but instead it’s Pokémon meme review and I just thought of that when the song came on
Here’s the thing with lyre tails. they’re not mules, they can breed still. That technichallu means endlers and guppies are the same species. By definition.
I love my fish but I really don't have any idea of what I'm doing so can you do a reaction to my tank and tell me what I should do or if I'm doin it right please
Oh my gosh. That water is so foggy it looks like my glasses when I am washing my hands
whats funny is that all aquatic plants here costs 50 cents or less
i made a whole ass 10 gallon shrimp tank with shrimp, filter, 4 plants, substrate, and nitrifying bacteria for only 10 usd
oh and how long do i wait for the tank to cycle with quick start for shrimp?
I actually got a Dinosaur Bitchir for $8 a few days ago. He's only 2 inches right now, in my 75 gallon. When he gets bigger, I hope to upgrade him to a 90 gallon
my fav way to cool off in the summer is fishing waist deep in a river or something.
Yo my first FFT MONDAY!!
YOO welcome Franco :)
On my birthday i will be upgrading alot of my fishes stuff (at least i hope) i will get a bigger aquarium for my parrott cichlid as it is too small rn and my old parrot cichlid aquarium will be used for mollies and platies and one of my betta fish
Also in indonesia it gets so hot that i couldnt bring my turtles out as they will die of heat
Chirs the Chill, coming soon.
I like to drink cold water. I would swim more but I get too cold haha!
QOTWA: I'm Florida born. You don't know what heat is! @chris options are pool, cool shower, swim in a lake.
true i rly shouldn't complain... over here if you stand in the shade it's like ur in spring time again