Have you considered creating a fossil? You could try to determine the ideal conditions for fossil creation with soft tissue preservation like in the Burgess Shale. Perhaps you could create a repository somewhere deep within your mine as a gift to our descendants in the far future.
This can be interpreted 2 ways. The goldfish will either see him as a memorial statue, or an unkillable sparkly zombie that stares at them for the rest of their lives.
Or they will start worshipping it as a deity ... that could be the beginning of the next step on their evolution ladder - the mighty goldfish civilisation!
If they do recognize that then it's really creepy. Imagine if this happens to you. You're sitting at work and one day Johnson's not there. The next day there's a solid brass version of Johnson.
for those wondering why not gold, it would have cost over 200,000 USD to make a solid gold goldfish of that size (this accounted for the greater density of gold).
That means that he must have been murdered, right? I wonder who did it and if any weapons were found. Also, who would have a motive to do such a crime, except of Cody, that is.
Was really nostalgic watching this, I had a gold fish as a kid but moved to another country and had to give it to my neighbours, they took such good care of it, when I came back to visit as an adult they still had it, and it was huge. I was so surprised it was still alive as it had been nearly a decade. Gold fish are cool. Thanks Cody.
Chill out, what ya yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before. And if you could only let it be, you will see that I am the funniest YouT*ber of all time. Admit it, my dear follow*r jam
I don't care what the haters say, immortalizing your deceased goldfish in brass made from melted bullet casings is badass. Sorry about your fish, Cody :(
Gold Fish's Lab: Making a Brass Cast of My Human Cody. -- "He ended up to live up to around 40 years old in his small room, supporting the growth of CO2 in his environment where I had plants around. I think this will become a a plant growing project because my little sister wanted some humans. The final cast won't include the human, they will probably be removed and buried somewhere. etc"
Ha ha. I was thinking he was going to pour in the melted metal with the fish still in it and vaporize the fish out. That may have been a bit violent and disturbing.
Future tip, you definitely don't want to put brass objects in the tank especially if you have invertebrates. The copper and zinc can leach into the water if you have an acidic pH (e.g. if you use well water or rain water) and that's pretty toxic to some species, especially snails.
"It'll probably outlast me. . . unless somebody melts it down!" 10 years from now, on this very channel: Coby - "For this project, we're gonna need some brass! I thought I had plenty of brass ingots laying around, but apparently I was wrong! Fear not though! After searching around a bit, I found this solid brass casting I made years ago of one of my goldfish! Let's just drop this into the oven. . . "
@@smokintoes they should not have done that, it seems like they neglect how nice and generous grant was to them and are now just dancing on the body that was his channel after he died using up the relics of his existence for nonsensical projects for kids.
I half expected Cody to try and revive the fish in some evil doctor way lol. Jokes aside, as someone who keeps fish and has also lost some of them, this is a very cool way of remembering them!
this is really really sweet I can't imagine a better way to memorialize a fallen fish friend. I don't think keeping it in the tank would be morbid in the least either. Also seeing the old aquaponics bucket planter setup makes me so nostalgic for watching your videos back when I was in high school, I'm so glad you've stuck around all this time
If a good friend who I've spent a couple years of my life died in front of my eyes, disappeared for a few days, and magically reappeared as a statue in my home, I'd be scares shitless as well xD Jokes aside, amazing video
9 years is pretty good. I lost a Pajama Cardinal in 2020 that died just shy of 15 years old (at least, I bought him in 2006). It's crazy how long he was with me. You get attached to them. My wife painted a picture of him and it's beautiful.
Cyborg archaeologist in ten thousand years: ah yes, the Brass Fish Culture. Relatively high tech, immediately predated the Great Unmaking. We think the fish itself played a role in their religious rituals.
@@zockertwins depending on the carat of gold and type of brass thats probably mroe accurate. i converted weight of brass into volume(180 cu cm), and then that volume in gold into oz for pricing
@@Nderak I divided 1.5kg by the density of brass, multiplied by the density of gold and then multiplied by the price of 1kg gold. Of course this assumes we are talking about pure 24 karat gold and the density of brass can of course also differ based on the exact composition. It should be fairly accurate though.
this just adds to the list of bizzare stuff cody has done: breathing liquid mercury, biting sodium metal oh! using orphan bones to make sodium metal, stabbing himself in the eye, making a nuclear reactor, sulfuric acid drinks... dont forget the werewolf hunting with grant, oh the good ol times oh well next time use a bit of talcum powder so you avoid ripping off the skin out of the next pet you immortalize in brass
I kinda wish I had done this with my goldfish Sprav. I originally got him for my high school aquaponics system, and then after I graduated highschool I had him for about another 4 years in various tanks as he got bigger. When he died last year, he was almost 7 years old, we measured him at 11.5 inches.
@@BeetleBuns I take it you aren't having a whale of a time. I admit my sense of humor has jumped the shark, jokes don't go over swimmingly anymore. I think I'll have to go back to school.
Imagine the godly hand that feeds you one day taking the corpse of your deceased compatriot, and returning, dropping the brass facsimile of his death knell(blub) into the small enclosure you call home.
I had a goldfish for 7 years when I was a kid. I took care of her, made sure her water was good and well regulated, changed filters, all sorts of stuff. She would play with me; I'd point at the tank and she'd spit rocks where I was pointing. When she died I was so sad. I loved her like I would any pet. I still miss Fey sometimes.
I'm sitting here bummed we didn't get to see the guts boil to ether and here's the comments section mourning the death of a friggin' goldfish. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
Hey Cody, we love you. All these years, same old great Cody. I learned immensely from you and I just wanted to thank you. You are a great teacher and a great guy.
I have a goldfish that is 17 years old, they are most mistreated of all pets. Their natural lifespan is 40 years but people put them in to small aquariums and don't provide any filtration so they usually live about 2.5 years.
Reminds me of a fish we had. My sister wanted goldfish for the longest time but once she had them she never looked after them and barely fed them. She had two, Pinky (common goldfish) and Perky (another common, but it was grey with random black and grey scales). Pinky died a few years in due to my sisters neglect, but Perky never did. At one point one of her stupid friends poured an entire can of beer onto the tank and Perky survived. When she moved out, she left Perky there. I bought them the biggest tank I could afford and even bought more fish to be in that tank so they weren't alone anymore. Perky surprisingly outlasted all of the other fish, one of them died within a day of us owning it so my mother, pissed off about it, took the dead fish back to the store and they replaced it. Perky lived for about 12 years before they finally went belly up and it was a sad day when that moment finally came. My friend let me bury them in his garden since we didn't have one at the time.
8:54 that fan near the molds isn't a good idea, you can see the liquid metal start popping because the mold was so cold. Make sure you heat up those molds before you pour stuff in otherwise you'll get some very unpleasant fireworks
From other videos on this kind of thing that I've watched, it's said to always preheat your metal before putting into a crucible with molten metal in it. Basically it drives off any moisture that may be trapped and prevents sudden steam explosions. Hot brass in the eye doesn't sound fun
I'm so happy you're still doing your thing!! I know that breakup hit you hard but I'm so so so happy to see you bounce back, you are a huge inspiration ❤️
Nobody should complain about anything in my opinion. This is such a humble respectable act of kindness. Shoot I wish I was I was to receive such honor. Love your content Buddy 👏🏽 cheers.
U might try simple engraving to enhance it's features before gold plating. Great and easy material to try it out and the whole project should be fun with really good end results. Just in case if you read this comment: I love your work and watch you from years now. I hope you'll keep making those videos as I recommend you to everyone I know that is interested in science and some great experiments.
Interesting fact is formaldehyde was used to preserve dead specimens. They also another name for it called formic acid. This prevented the decay of bacteria and fungi. This is what made biology awesome! 👌 👏
Goldfish can live widely varied lives. Commons are cursed with pretty bad inbreeding in the hobby in a lot of places, and 9 years is really good. Your fish also looked pretty healthy, so it likely made it to old age. Nice job.
Interesting use of the old shell casings. Usually, I just keep mine to reload later on down the line when I have the means to do so. However, I have quite a few that are too damaged (corrosion, split case mouths, etc) to do anything with. I think it'd be fun to melt those down and cast something out of them, if I ever get into it.
Am I the only weirdo who wants to see the brass goldfish flushed down the mercury powered toilet? Would be a true heavy metal memorial service...240lbs plus heavy 🤣
Since you gave us the weight of the brass, I was able to math out the approximate volume assuming a density of 8.55g/cm^3 for the brass. It has a volume of 175cm^3. For funsies, gold has a density of 19.3g/cm^3 175cm^3 of gold weighs 3,377g (7.3lb) $213,838 worth of gold. I think we'll excuse you for not making it out of gold. (sorry your fish died. You seemed fond of it. You gave it a good life.)
The cut to the old hydroponics farm was nostalgic. That was the time I found cody's lab, zero interest in plants what so ever but got hooked and been watching ever since!
To be honest, I'm waiting for this story arc to end with Cody having a long hair again. This well taken care of look is nice but I need the mad scientist.
good video sonny Jim , thought you were gonna do some lost wax casting but this worked great..... would love to see you back to Gold mining and refining .....Oh YEAH !!!! Need a little excitement ....snap into Slim's Gym ..... those beefy juicy Nuggets ...Oh Yeah !!!!!
I keep fish and have for about 20 years now (in my 30s), most folks cant keep a gold fish for more than 5 years due to how big they get and how small a tank they get kept in. you did well sir.
Poor fish. Recently my family went away on a trip for a week, so we set up automatic feeders, which we have done many times before. When we came back, the feeders were all in the water and all the fish where dead. The stench was horrible and the water was very murky. There was a lot of fish, probably close to 100, most of them where breeding diamond tetras. Thankfully, the oldest fish, a pleco, survived, he is probably 15 inches long!
Sorry that happened :( Too late for your poor fish now but for any future fishy endeavors it's okay for them to go a week without food. I've heard of other disasters with auto feeders and pet sitters. Safer just to not feed them while you are on vacation IMO.
In a few years from now: "Fellow Goldfish of this tank, today we come together to remember and commemorate our lord and saviour, the brassfish! This is his story: He lived his live as a normal goldfish, as a brother, neighbour, husband and caring member of this community. At the ripe old age of nine years, he suddenly, but peacefully died. As it is custom in our world, the big caretaker took him out of our tank, and we mourned his death not only for one day, but for two full days, because we loved him so much! On the third day, the increndible happened: he returned from the dead! He was there only for a brief moment, and the eldest of our community can still remember that day. He spoke not many, but so important words, that we recite them today as the basis for our faith. This was his message: "Even though we always strive for gold, be happy, even when you can't reach that goal! I spoke to the big caretaker in the afterlife, and he made me into brass! At first I was disappointed, but then I realized: No matter how you look and what you are made out of, bring joy to the fellow entities in your life, and you will be remembered forever!" Those were the words of the brassfish!"
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Cody, the modern day alchemist. Turning a goldfish into a brassfish.
This comment is underappreciated
Law of equivalent exchange
maybe he could turn my silverware into platinum-ware?
This should be the title of the video
@@darius2640 or tupperware into copperware ;-)
Have you considered creating a fossil? You could try to determine the ideal conditions for fossil creation with soft tissue preservation like in the Burgess Shale. Perhaps you could create a repository somewhere deep within your mine as a gift to our descendants in the far future.
This sounds like a great video
He technically did create a fossil.
Judging by the mold, I think fishy fell apart already. Maybe next time.
Creating a fossil is easy. Just sit down and wait for a very, very long time.
This is a cool idea!
This can be interpreted 2 ways.
The goldfish will either see him as a memorial statue, or an unkillable sparkly zombie that stares at them for the rest of their lives.
maybe the fish will live on in fear of the day they get turned to metal by Feeding Hand.
They won't nibble on the fins on that one.
Or they will start worshipping it as a deity ... that could be the beginning of the next step on their evolution ladder - the mighty goldfish civilisation!
“And the goldfish shall forever more slave away within god Cody’s hydroponics tank out of fear of his Midas touch”
Genius. Like the thinking. Lol
If they do recognize that then it's really creepy. Imagine if this happens to you. You're sitting at work and one day Johnson's not there. The next day there's a solid brass version of Johnson.
I kinda wish to be made into solid brass (although, would prefer steel) statue when i die now.
Memorial statues are a thing that exists irl. It's not that weird
Of course, this is after you nibbled on Johnson’s appendages when he rolled upside down and stopped moving lmao
@@alex9x9 statues are usually sculpted by an artist, not by putting a corpse in a plaster mold. the results are stylized enough not to be uncanny
Sounds like Johnson went out a hero
Imagining the POV of those fish when their friend returns from the grave in full brass
WITNESS ME!!!!!!!!!
Full Metal Goldfish!
Especially after they’ve eaten bits of him
RIP
Fish leveled up and acquired +100 xp golden armor
for those wondering why not gold, it would have cost over 200,000 USD to make a solid gold goldfish of that size (this accounted for the greater density of gold).
I just calculated that myself and got almost 210k $, then came across your comment.
Roughly, what's the total volume of gold for the same brass weight?
Thats not much
@@okkomp ok bougie
The value of the gold can be represented in numbers, but the value of the fish art is infinite.
Goldfish can live to about 10 years in captivity. Seeing the coloration of the fish, I think it was pretty healthy when it died.
He died of being too healthy
That means that he must have been murdered, right? I wonder who did it and if any weapons were found. Also, who would have a motive to do such a crime, except of Cody, that is.
@@NullScar Buddy is innocent!
@@NullScar - Something is certainly fishy about all this
15 in some cases ;)
Was really nostalgic watching this, I had a gold fish as a kid but moved to another country and had to give it to my neighbours, they took such good care of it, when I came back to visit as an adult they still had it, and it was huge. I was so surprised it was still alive as it had been nearly a decade. Gold fish are cool. Thanks Cody.
that's a wonderful story ty for sharing it :)
Chill out, what ya yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before. And if you could only let it be, you will see that I am the funniest YouT*ber of all time. Admit it, my dear follow*r jam
Thanks to your neighbours :)
Cool story
I'm happy to hear that goldfish lived a long life.
I don't care what the haters say, immortalizing your deceased goldfish in brass made from melted bullet casings is badass.
Sorry about your fish, Cody :(
Only in america
@@do0myk Only in America would you expecting such a thing
Totally 💯
Immortalized as shiny magickarp
melted bullet casings being a metaphor for man-tears, the most alpha of american tears.
“I will do the same thing I did for the mushrooms, but with a goldfish” that is incredible without context
Cody's lowkey mutant sentient mushroom kingdom!
Fry it in butter?
I've never tripped balls after eating a goldfish.
It is disturbing how casually Cody put his sleeved arm into the fish tank water
That bothered me too haha
Ikr!
me too, but its cody, we love cody and anything he do even if it worsens my slight OCD.
Gold Fish's Lab: Making a Brass Cast of My Human Cody. -- "He ended up to live up to around 40 years old in his small room, supporting the growth of CO2 in his environment where I had plants around. I think this will become a a plant growing project because my little sister wanted some humans. The final cast won't include the human, they will probably be removed and buried somewhere. etc"
Obviously the Goldfish Universe Cody is called Goldy.
@@Alex-qq1gm that was very wholesome for some unknown reason.
we gotta go back ricky
While I am familiar with the lost wax method of casting this is my first encounter with the "lost fish" process.
Ha ha. I was thinking he was going to pour in the melted metal with the fish still in it and vaporize the fish out. That may have been a bit violent and disturbing.
Ayyyyye
@@feeeshmeister4311 oh my god JESUS 😂
@@feeeshmeister4311 at least he could have a T-800 goldfish
@@feeeshmeister4311 Effectively cremation with a better memorial
Future tip, you definitely don't want to put brass objects in the tank especially if you have invertebrates. The copper and zinc can leach into the water if you have an acidic pH (e.g. if you use well water or rain water) and that's pretty toxic to some species, especially snails.
Does this only becomes a problem if it stays there for some days or more, or were the few seconds he put it in enough to intoxicate the fishes?
First thing he thinks of when seeing his dead fish is to make a bronze cast of it. Legend
Imagine his dog or horse dies, that would be an expensive casting lol.
@@twoibacku.8535 I suppose good thing he never found Buddy's body then
rip Bud Cat :(
When I die, I want that to be done to my body.
"It'll probably outlast me. . . unless somebody melts it down!"
10 years from now, on this very channel:
Coby - "For this project, we're gonna need some brass! I thought I had plenty of brass ingots laying around, but apparently I was wrong! Fear not though! After searching around a bit, I found this solid brass casting I made years ago of one of my goldfish! Let's just drop this into the oven. . . "
Sadly, that actually happened on TKOR. They made a small bust of Grant's likeness, but used it later (before Grant passed away) for another project.
@@smokintoes they should not have done that, it seems like they neglect how nice and generous grant was to them and are now just dancing on the body that was his channel after he died using up the relics of his existence for nonsensical projects for kids.
@@raycert07 i don't think you got it correctly, they melted it down before grant's passing, nobody knew what was going to happen to him
@@FAB1150 still.
i thought you were going to say that someone will make a brass statue of him instead
I half expected Cody to try and revive the fish in some evil doctor way lol. Jokes aside, as someone who keeps fish and has also lost some of them, this is a very cool way of remembering them!
"Turning my goldfish into C4" was probably the original plan, but it would have been demonetized and delisted. ;)
I so expected evil cody
@@Chrislk1986 "making nitroglycerin from goldfish"
“I hope you enjoyed “. Oh I did
he did that offscreen, cant get demonetized, geez
this is really really sweet I can't imagine a better way to memorialize a fallen fish friend. I don't think keeping it in the tank would be morbid in the least either. Also seeing the old aquaponics bucket planter setup makes me so nostalgic for watching your videos back when I was in high school, I'm so glad you've stuck around all this time
I always thought I heard Cody start his videos by saying “Hide everyone, it’s Cody’s lab”
He finally has that nuclear bomb
@@Convolutedtubules and his name is actually CodyDon🙃
@@Convolutedtubules His name is actually CodyDon though, so you're not wrong.
@@GerardMenvussa Erry body gettin' brassed out here! 🐠
Hi everyone, codydon here!
If a good friend who I've spent a couple years of my life died in front of my eyes, disappeared for a few days, and magically reappeared as a statue in my home, I'd be scares shitless as well xD
Jokes aside, amazing video
Imagine having some shiny, gold plated, brass goldfish in your home and telling people their story. Sounds very nice :)
I'm disappointed he didn't make a gold fish
@@jacksonsilva4409 that would be very expensive
@@dudelebowski8629 Yeah, so I think brass is good enough
9 years is pretty good. I lost a Pajama Cardinal in 2020 that died just shy of 15 years old (at least, I bought him in 2006). It's crazy how long he was with me. You get attached to them. My wife painted a picture of him and it's beautiful.
Cody is back quite often now. Everybody likes that!
Except Kanyon
@@andybaldman Did they not have a peaceable split? I remember it being so.
I thought it was peaceful, If I remember from his video he put out back when
@@andybaldman who is Kanyon?
@@KainYusanagi Won't stop people from bringing it up all the time...
Cyborg archaeologist in ten thousand years: ah yes, the Brass Fish Culture. Relatively high tech, immediately predated the Great Unmaking. We think the fish itself played a role in their religious rituals.
"complaining about the fact that it's not real gold"
Damn, Cody, you know me too well!
it'd cost about $160k in real gold
@@Nderak Considering the difference between the density of brass and gold, I calculated a price of almost 210k $.
@@zockertwins depending on the carat of gold and type of brass thats probably mroe accurate. i converted weight of brass into volume(180 cu cm), and then that volume in gold into oz for pricing
@@Nderak I divided 1.5kg by the density of brass, multiplied by the density of gold and then multiplied by the price of 1kg gold. Of course this assumes we are talking about pure 24 karat gold and the density of brass can of course also differ based on the exact composition. It should be fairly accurate though.
@@Nderak you fogot the density as the right honourable gentleman on the other side mentioned
This is no different than making a death mask of a human being. There is nothing inhumane about immortalizing a fellow companion. Nice job Cody 👍 😊
"ever hear of the goldfish who went bankrupt? now he's a bronze fish" - Spongebob, "Squirrel Jokes" S2 E31b
this just adds to the list of bizzare stuff cody has done: breathing liquid mercury, biting sodium metal oh! using orphan bones to make sodium metal, stabbing himself in the eye, making a nuclear reactor, sulfuric acid drinks...
dont forget the werewolf hunting with grant, oh the good ol times
oh well
next time use a bit of talcum powder so you avoid ripping off the skin out of the next pet you immortalize in brass
I'm glad you didn't keep that in there with the fish, too much dissolved copper in the water could kill the other fish out of irony.
Coppery, not irony
(hue)
@@SeeNyuOG Coppery is indeed the description of a hue. Thanks for sharing! ;)
If there were invertebrates in the tank even dipping that thing in the water could be a death sentence.
I kinda wish I had done this with my goldfish Sprav. I originally got him for my high school aquaponics system, and then after I graduated highschool I had him for about another 4 years in various tanks as he got bigger. When he died last year, he was almost 7 years old, we measured him at 11.5 inches.
its those school projects! Me too it was senior year also I got the fish! Except he is luckily still alive.
Cody just spawned the fledgling fish religion that will ultimately be our downfall.
heheh "spawned", "fish"
@@tissuepaper9962 you fecker, I could have gone my entire life without noticing that pun but yoU RUINED ME
@@tissuepaper9962 😂
ALL HAIL THE BRONZE FISH.
@@BeetleBuns I take it you aren't having a whale of a time. I admit my sense of humor has jumped the shark, jokes don't go over swimmingly anymore. I think I'll have to go back to school.
Imagine the godly hand that feeds you one day taking the corpse of your deceased compatriot, and returning, dropping the brass facsimile of his death knell(blub) into the small enclosure you call home.
I'm getting flashbacks of the one Planet Of The Apes movie where they find one of the other astronauts taxidermied in the ape museum.
"He must have owed Jabba the Hutt money" - the other fish
9 years old means you're taking better care of them than probably 90% of goldfish owners. Sorry for your loss, but very cool idea to memorialize it.
So sorry to hear about the loss of a pet; even if it is “just a goldfish”.
I had a goldfish for 7 years when I was a kid. I took care of her, made sure her water was good and well regulated, changed filters, all sorts of stuff. She would play with me; I'd point at the tank and she'd spit rocks where I was pointing. When she died I was so sad. I loved her like I would any pet. I still miss Fey sometimes.
He was apart of this channel for many years.. rip
I'm sitting here bummed we didn't get to see the guts boil to ether and here's the comments section mourning the death of a friggin' goldfish. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
@@crazyfingers619 bro what
"So sorry" it's a fish dude
11:10 my heart melted a little at how wholesome this full circle is, back in the tank with its buddies where they belong
I'm sorry for your loss. Wonderful to see you memorializing it in this way.
Hey Cody, we love you.
All these years, same old great Cody. I learned immensely from you and I just wanted to thank you. You are a great teacher and a great guy.
rip fishy :(
Honestly, making brass casts of your goldfish and gold plating them would make really cool memorials of your fish.
I have a goldfish that is 17 years old, they are most mistreated of all pets. Their natural lifespan is 40 years but people put them in to small aquariums and don't provide any filtration so they usually live about 2.5 years.
If that. Most folks I’ve spoken with can’t keep them alive for a week because they didn’t even know about the nitrogen cycle.
not all types goldfish can reach such high ages
Mine lasted for like a day because I left it on a window stall and forgot to close the window.
Aren't a lot of the goldfish held as pets also very inbred? Making it even less likely they'll live that long I would presume.
@@MinkSquared the type that he had that died is the type that has the longest lifespan, the ones that live shorter are fancy goldfish.
i laughed when you put it back with it's friends. good stuff.
Sorry Mr. Common Goldfish passed. This was a really awesome video! Lovely statue to preserve the memory of the fish and project.
Protip, adding some sand to your plaster mix reduces cracking and improves thermal characteristics
The goldfish, after they see the bronze statue placed in the tank: "OMG! What did they do to Jerry?!"
Reminds me of a fish we had. My sister wanted goldfish for the longest time but once she had them she never looked after them and barely fed them. She had two, Pinky (common goldfish) and Perky (another common, but it was grey with random black and grey scales).
Pinky died a few years in due to my sisters neglect, but Perky never did. At one point one of her stupid friends poured an entire can of beer onto the tank and Perky survived. When she moved out, she left Perky there. I bought them the biggest tank I could afford and even bought more fish to be in that tank so they weren't alone anymore. Perky surprisingly outlasted all of the other fish, one of them died within a day of us owning it so my mother, pissed off about it, took the dead fish back to the store and they replaced it.
Perky lived for about 12 years before they finally went belly up and it was a sad day when that moment finally came. My friend let me bury them in his garden since we didn't have one at the time.
8:54 that fan near the molds isn't a good idea, you can see the liquid metal start popping because the mold was so cold. Make sure you heat up those molds before you pour stuff in otherwise you'll get some very unpleasant fireworks
I thought you were talking about the plaster mold them I clicked the timestamp and yeah you're right. Remember to heat those molds.
SAS : Ka-Boom
*the entire hill goes up into the air*
True, but I think the ventilation was to keep zinc fumes within a tolerable safety margin
this is also in cody's will, how he wants to be remembered.
The way you reached into the fish pond and wet your sleeve distrubed me more than the whole fish casting thing 🤣🤣 good video non the less
From other videos on this kind of thing that I've watched, it's said to always preheat your metal before putting into a crucible with molten metal in it. Basically it drives off any moisture that may be trapped and prevents sudden steam explosions.
Hot brass in the eye doesn't sound fun
I was gonna suggest a "brass monkey" for the jokes, but then I realized that's implying needing a monkey carcass, so I take it all back
yeah, the waiting list at the zoo for those is probably pretty long....
well who would do the casting then? its codys channel
That turned out better than anticipated for just using plaster to make the casting. A really cool way to immortalize a fallen friend.
I'm so happy you're still doing your thing!! I know that breakup hit you hard but I'm so so so happy to see you bounce back, you are a huge inspiration ❤️
that is a beautiful way to remember the fish who has been a part of your hydroponics journey for many years, sorry for your loss.
Bobs friends: "BOB YOURE BRASS NOW?!"
The most disturbing part of this video is watching cody ruthlessly dunk his sleeve into the water with no hesitation or remorse.
Nobody should complain about anything in my opinion. This is such a humble respectable act of kindness. Shoot I wish I was I was to receive such honor. Love your content Buddy 👏🏽 cheers.
videos like this are why i love this channel
Aww… I’m so sorry to hear of the little one’s passing.
"I wonder if they recognize it?" His perspective won my heart.
That sure is a beautiful looking brass fish. I imagine the other fish looked at it like it was some kind of statue of their friend.
U might try simple engraving to enhance it's features before gold plating. Great and easy material to try it out and the whole project should be fun with really good end results.
Just in case if you read this comment: I love your work and watch you from years now. I hope you'll keep making those videos as I recommend you to everyone I know that is interested in science and some great experiments.
i think gold-plating it would be really cool.
This was not morbid at all Cody, but rather so poetic. Thanks for sharing!
"Mommy, I want a goldfish. No, gold is too expensive, you get a brass fish!"
Interesting fact is formaldehyde was used to preserve dead specimens. They also another name for it called formic acid. This prevented the decay of bacteria and fungi. This is what made biology awesome! 👌 👏
I love Cody's videos so much.
He seems like an amazing person.
Loved those original aquaponics videos
Looks great. Brings back memories of the brass turtle I made.
Goldfish can live widely varied lives. Commons are cursed with pretty bad inbreeding in the hobby in a lot of places, and 9 years is really good. Your fish also looked pretty healthy, so it likely made it to old age. Nice job.
I'm amazed the goldfish got to nine years in that tiny jug...
I'm wondering what ate its fins off. A scary-ass microbe?
@@MrPossumeyes The other goldfish
@@dahcus In that tiny jug?
A beautiful tribute to a family friend.
This is one of the strangest and most “Cody” things I’ve seen him do. I absolutely love it
You can tell he likes the fish lol
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Interesting use of the old shell casings. Usually, I just keep mine to reload later on down the line when I have the means to do so. However, I have quite a few that are too damaged (corrosion, split case mouths, etc) to do anything with. I think it'd be fun to melt those down and cast something out of them, if I ever get into it.
When melting brass, always do it outside in a well ventilated area, ideally with a respirator, and use flux. Burning zinc fumes are no joke.
Fish statue. I really liked that close shot of the casings melting in the brass lava
thanks for uploading more often, your videos always make my day (:
You immortalized your fish in brass.
Beautiful.
Am I the only weirdo who wants to see the brass goldfish flushed down the mercury powered toilet?
Would be a true heavy metal memorial service...240lbs plus heavy 🤣
That's pretty metal, making a statue out of your fallen goldfish with bullet casings; I hope I too will be preserved out of bullet casings one day.
I think we all understand why you didn’t use gold, most people don’t have $90,000 in their fish memorial sculpture budget
Professionalism at its best. Raw talent.
This is awesome, it turned out really well!
That turned out quite well. Gold plating would be very nice, and really be fitting.
Since you gave us the weight of the brass, I was able to math out the approximate volume assuming a density of 8.55g/cm^3 for the brass.
It has a volume of 175cm^3.
For funsies, gold has a density of 19.3g/cm^3
175cm^3 of gold weighs 3,377g (7.3lb)
$213,838 worth of gold.
I think we'll excuse you for not making it out of gold.
(sorry your fish died. You seemed fond of it. You gave it a good life.)
The cut to the old hydroponics farm was nostalgic. That was the time I found cody's lab, zero interest in plants what so ever but got hooked and been watching ever since!
To be honest, I'm waiting for this story arc to end with Cody having a long hair again. This well taken care of look is nice but I need the mad scientist.
The other goldfish must be like "Shiet, never disobey this dude! Looks what he does if you do!"
good video sonny Jim , thought you were gonna do some lost wax casting but this worked great..... would love to see you back to Gold mining and refining .....Oh YEAH !!!! Need a little excitement ....snap into Slim's Gym ..... those beefy juicy Nuggets ...Oh Yeah !!!!!
Lmao
I keep fish and have for about 20 years now (in my 30s), most folks cant keep a gold fish for more than 5 years due to how big they get and how small a tank they get kept in. you did well sir.
Poor fish. Recently my family went away on a trip for a week, so we set up automatic feeders, which we have done many times before. When we came back, the feeders were all in the water and all the fish where dead. The stench was horrible and the water was very murky. There was a lot of fish, probably close to 100, most of them where breeding diamond tetras. Thankfully, the oldest fish, a pleco, survived, he is probably 15 inches long!
Sorry that happened :( Too late for your poor fish now but for any future fishy endeavors it's okay for them to go a week without food. I've heard of other disasters with auto feeders and pet sitters. Safer just to not feed them while you are on vacation IMO.
That Pleco is a fucking champ, christ upon a bike.
That poor pleco :(
@@infernaldaedra He is doing fine, they are hardy bois
@@OfficiallySnek That kind of shock will vastly shorten their lifespan
This video is a great blend of macabre, technically interesting and comical
Could be interesting to try a gold foil "gilding"
Certainly a lot more reasonable than a solid gold fish, if perhaps even more tedious
He could always do a gold electroplating; chemistry and fun project in one. Then it will still be able to be called a "gold"fish. ;)
It's impressive to see a 9y.o gold fish, you did a great job as an owner Cody my goldfish didn't even last my childhood
They can live 30-50 years dude.
The best way to honor your gold fish rest in peace fishy
capturing a moment of time and streaching it for thousands of years. not sure how easy fossilization is in the lab. a pleasure to watch.
How much Gold can you recover from the fish?
Underrated comment
Hey a golden fish is close enough, the simple fact that you wanted to honor it after taking care of it for 9 years is already nice
In a few years from now:
"Fellow Goldfish of this tank, today we come together to remember and commemorate our lord and saviour, the brassfish!
This is his story: He lived his live as a normal goldfish, as a brother, neighbour, husband and caring member of this community. At the ripe old age of nine years, he suddenly, but peacefully died. As it is custom in our world, the big caretaker took him out of our tank, and we mourned his death not only for one day, but for two full days, because we loved him so much!
On the third day, the increndible happened: he returned from the dead! He was there only for a brief moment, and the eldest of our community can still remember that day. He spoke not many, but so important words, that we recite them today as the basis for our faith. This was his message: "Even though we always strive for gold, be happy, even when you can't reach that goal! I spoke to the big caretaker in the afterlife, and he made me into brass! At first I was disappointed, but then I realized: No matter how you look and what you are made out of, bring joy to the fellow entities in your life, and you will be remembered forever!"
Those were the words of the brassfish!"
ok I have a morbid curiosity about taking the gross dead fish out of the mold. A Cody'sblab idea?