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That footage from 1896 made me curious enough to do a cursory Google search on Victorian aquariums, and apparently there was something of an aquarium craze in the latter half of the 19th century thanks to the opening of large public aquariums in big cities. These tanks would usually have glass fronts and wooden sidings held together with cast iron and sealed with pitch and yes, apparently it was around this time that goldfish became a popular pet in North America. Tbh, even the smallest bowls I saw in Victorian portraits/photos seem bigger than what tiktok influencers shove their poor unfortunate bettas into. Their ancestors must be shaking their heads at their .5 gallon tanks from their graves.
I have never paid attention to fish hobby before, but now that I am, I realized something interesting: Fish hobby is extremely advanced compared to many other pet keeping hobby such as rodents, reptiles and even cats. Yet simultaneously fish seems to be the most abused pets. It seems to be rather equally divided to horrible keepers, average keepers and passionate keepers while other pets are on the average keeper being the biggest group and the abusers and passionate people are smaller in numbers. Maybe I'm imagining it, but the more I get to know this hobby, the more I see this pattern. (By average keepers I mean people with overall satisfactory to good/great quality of life for their pet, but are not delving any deeper to the hobby to improve even further)
@@typicallyusual6984 Yup, they deserve all the luxury in the world since we're the ones who took them out of the endless bodies of water and put them into glass boxes. Might as well compensate them for the lost of freedom
@@plantedlife It’s a little different for bettas since they often don’t have a lot of swimming room in the wild anyway, because if it’s a thriving community of bettas, the population density will be pretty high and they each have their own little territories. What ends up happening sometimes is that bettas will stay in a very small area their whole lives in the wild, at least is what I’ve heard. Each individual betta’s territory can be a little as a few gallons, or even less. Also, and this is true for many (not all though) types of pet fish, not just bettas: if we take care of the fish properly, their living conditions will be better and much more stable that what they’d get in the wild. They’d be subject to less stressors and live much longer. I’m sure you already know this, but I’m just mentioning it because these are the reasons I can feel good about keeping my little female betta in her planted ten gallon. She wouldn’t survive in the wild anyway, she’s completely fearless and has zero sense of self preservation if it means there’s a nonzero chance of her getting a bite to eat 😂
True story: my friend actually did this w gold fish for her daughters 7th birthday party. She set up a table and had tiny dollar store containers. She had a lot of cheap goldfish and gave them out as party presents. I tried to go home and buy a tank and set it up that day to help this poor fish. It cost me almost $100 for this 'gift' and the poor fish died days later despite my efforts. I realize now I knew nothing about gold fish, but I definitely tried. Silver lining: most of the fish remained unspoken for after the party, so a friend of ours took them home and put them into his unstocked pond on his farm. The fish live to this day and are large and seemingly happy. I didn't find out he was doing this until weeks later unfortunately.
"Did goldfish exist in 1896?" Well yeah... They were domesticated over 1000 yrs ago in China but it wasn't available all over the world, ofc due to transportation issues and fish keeping not being popular enough....
Also i think I read that fish were often kept in display bowls at markets, and the rest of the world ended up thinking that was how they were supposed to be kept when they bought them and popularized them through europe. (Also glass tanks were probably way more expensive years ago than they are now)
@@snakewithapen5489 yea ,cuz big aquariums were expensive ,they displayed them in bowls and ppl thought it was how they wee supposed to be kept....also fish keeping got popular due to westernization and colonization ...
I wanna be like “imagine thinking every kid at your daughter’s birthday party has parents who can afford all the expenses of keeping a fish” but of course the parents who buy fish as party favours probably just think it’s free to watch an animal die in a plastic tub.
I love looking at aquarium books and catalogs from the early 20th century. Most of the fish I've kept were already available in the hobby, and many of the practices haven't changed aside from the equipment. Bowls were already controversial and not recommended by people who knew better.
@@FishForThought I've been working my way through The Complete Aquarium (1936 ed.) by William T. Innes (after whom the neon tetra is named, Paracheirodon innesi!). Right away at the beginning of chapter 1 he quotes a letter from a fishbowl owner and remarks, "The lady should be awarded a medal for crowding the greatest amount of aquarium ignorance into the fewest possible words."
My friends aunt did bettas for table top decor at her wedding and her mom was left with 20 Bettas and a load of tiny glass jars. She had them all around her house and used them to probagate a load of plants. (Also sorry for spelling mistakes I'm dyslexic and idk what I did wrong but I can feel it)
I was going to say, I could see putting them in nice big tanks for wedding decor (5 or 8 gallon maybe?) along with instructions about how to take care of them, and then ... oops! Sorry hubby, there are 15 bettas leftover, guess I get to take them home myself! 🙂😉😎
sometimes i look at my planted betta 10 gallon and think "it looks horrible, why doesn't it go my way" but then I look at Chirs' weekly Monday FTR and my tank looks godly
Aw man I wish I had a picture of my old Beta bowl. I had a big one like that it was about 12 gallons. I got it at Ross for $20, but when it broke after my Beta died and I was cleaning it, I tried to replace it, I couldn't find another. I got a bowl heater and I had all these live plants and I had this Beta that I had for 4 or 5 years that would build a bubble nest every day. My friends had goldfish at their wedding, it was a part of the bride's culture's tradition, My ex and I had an empty tank at home so we were the ones who took the fish home, and the damn things had Ick and we couldn't save them.
I'm buying a new 75gallon tank soon and I am going to attempt to finally use live plants and a carpet, it's for my yoyo loaches. But if I fail, I will cry, and my tears will be on you Chirs.. for giving me these crazy ideas.
its surprising that people actually use fish as decor or party favors. I have refused sales for stuff like that. One person wanted to use goldfish as party favors because it was a "fair" themed party... :c
My first Betta was a wedding centerpiece fishbowl, I taked him home and replaced the atrocity with a 5 gallon tank (I was 13, today I know that it wasn't enough for Betta to be happy but I tried my best until he died at the age of 5)
Wow what some people do to living creatures just blows my mind. Sometimes I wish that you would get names and addresses so we can go over and rescue those fish! Thanks Chris. Have a happy holiday I hope Santa brings you lots of fish or fish stuff. You can’t go wrong with that stuff
Love your channel! I just got into to the Fish Keeping Hobby and rescued a common goldfish. He’s in a planted 20 gallon now but, I am planning to move him into a 40 gallon in the next month or so. Your channel has taught me so much and I thank you for that.
Today my parents finally let me make another tank, I’m gonna have a black water tank with catalpa leaves and a white dumbo betta and if I have enough space I’m gonna get 4 red crystal shrimp, but I’m not sure, it’s 5.5 gallons, would I be able to have both, I don’t wanna risk the health of the fish
There is a chance that your betta will leave the shrimp alone, but more than likely at least the baby shrimp will get eaten. You may want to start with the shrimp and let the colony get well established before you add the betta. But there have been reports of people waking up in the morning and finding every single shrimp dead. 😬
Went to a nautical themed baby shower. The used male bettas as the centerpiece of the tables. They weren't even planning on the fish being taken, just gonna throw them away. I managed to take two, bought a 20gallon on the way home. And yes the two males lived together for 4 years till one got dropsy. The other stopped eating when I separated them.
I love my beautiful carpet because it really compliments my big river rock in my 10 gallon Also I usually know the bad aquariums because I look on the subreddit very frequently
My week is Sunday, FTR, MDTanks, Prime Time Aquatics livestream, KGTropics livestream, Friday, more MDTanks...and whatever else comes in the week that I am forgetting.
My aunt had a wedding where instead of using fish for Decour she had plants. A bunch of the people did not take the plants home so I ended up with like 25 plants.
To think that we have made some much improvements on stuff like technology and we have done nothing to the fish bowl. Is the fish bowl ever going to die?
I may not afford a monster tank right away but atm I'm earning to get one. Studying while still keeping up with the hobby is really challenging, it will be worth it once I graduate and get a stable job. Next year might be my year, cheers always bro, FTR fill my Mondays while on break after the storm. No storms could stop me from watching. 🤜🤛🐟
Chris shoes belong on the carpet. If you keep them on your fish tank they may end up sitting on the river rock. Lol I have an eight gallon sphere tank and love the lighting option used in today’s video.
I think Chris that fish that they love seems to be a blue polar ciclid. They are naturally very messy fish based on my experience however they also do some tank maintenance like making their own substrate from their poop.
Chris fish tank reveiw *claps* uploades video *sees its a monday and not a sunday chris : yessss now you guys can't say anything comment section lol chrissy uploaded a ftr on sunday chris : ah man here we go again uhnhhh
And the big white koi has something wrong with it, maybe the start of scoliosis. I rescued a koi from a pet shop that has a bent spine and is now in my pond doing very well, will have to see how it does long term :)
Hey Chris. Aboute your underwater-mold question. It is indeed possible to get masive smounts of mold and fungus in aqwarium. It is a big problem when you want to be a fish breeder, because fungus can grow over tho eggs and kill them. It can allso be a problem when a pet Axolotl for one reson ore the other gets its mucus membrane damaged, If that happens the fungus will kill the Axolotl wihin Days.
Pretty sure the fungus that kills amphibians doesn't casually grow outside its host species, bit there is indeed a very problematic fungus going round among amphibians, including axolotls.
@@jobkaashoek I dont think you've seen an Axolotl with realy badly damaged mucus membrane. The ones that are aboute to die because of fungus literaly look like they have a carpet on them. I've seen it 1st hand when a friend of mine had it's Axolotl die from fungus because he didn't bought a cooler while it was 39 C outside.
@@kubakornijenko1927 I have seen fish with funghi, but even then, the fungus weren't growing in the tank, only on the fish's body. Funghi give off spores that can persist in the environment and start growing when on their host. I am really sorry to hear about your experience with fungal infections in axolotls! And cool water is a must for them
I am making a new scape with river rocks and possibly a pearweed carpet. I am going to stock it with shrimp and pygmy Cory's! (Btw this is true, I am super excited!)
Now golden axos are yes that color and sand i prefer for axos as they tend to eat pebbles or stones that are barely mouthsized. Ik alot of people complain about it but i use to breed axos and its better to have a soil or sand setup as my old axos loved looking for food /foraging for food as they are ambush predators....like most aquatic. Predatory animals.i noticed my axos will dig in the substrate to find whats in the substrate. Worms fish whatever was hiding thwy would dig away the sand and dirt to find if its prey. Now axos i will never suggest to be in anything less even for 1. I'd say a 15gal would be minimum while 30 is max for one as they need shallow set up as they prefer shallows instead of depth. Axos will commonly predatebon each other if theres no food or not enough food for each other and yess thet are aware of each others abilities
Hi Chris happy Monday! I personally like pink gravel in my fish bowl. Cory gang for life! You should do a FTR stream, like an hour long FTR. I think that river rocks are great in any aquarium the only issue is the it is difficult to plant your carpet.
I bred kribensis in a tank that i never clean. It's a planted tank full of algae and detritus and they're a good source of food for the fry. I only do 30-40% water change every month and never scrape the glasses nor syphon out the dirt on the substrate. The fry grew quicker than in the sterile environment. That being sad, i dont think that convict cichlid tank is a breeding tank nor a show tank, but algae and detritus is not a bad thing in a tank, it just looks unsightly
I worked in PetCetera waaaay back in the day and you would not believe how many trashy people would be trying to buy fish for wedding centrepieces. I refused to even sell them a plastic fish every single time. One time a co-worker did sell like 20 bettas to some moron couple and then they tried to return the fish that didn't die or get taken by guests like a week later. They thought they could just "rent" the fish and get their money back. We took the fish back but certainly didn't refund them.
That's a golden albino axolotl morph. Axolotls can be on fine sand after they are 4-5 inches in length because they'll no longer get impacted by sand, but as babies it's deadly to them. I have axolotls and they are really lovely animals.
I have a bunch of River Rocks in my tank, but I don't have anything to Carpet with. ;D (Some day I'll be brave enough to submit my tank. Today is not that day.)
I need to watch FTR to praise the almighty Chris so that he may bless my Java Fern to be plentiful. (Because I literally went from 2 Java Fern to 31 in 1 year, they are reproducing like crazy. Someone help-)
eh chirs, I think that yellow axolotl is actually a genetically modified one with green fluorescent protein, I've seen them at a few LFSs in my area now. Like GloFish lol
Chirs!!! Try Maggi cake. I know you love Indian Maggi and you've got to try this, it's basically leftover Maggie. So, make Maggi and don't make it too soupy, make it kind of thick and saucy and put it in the fridge overnight and UGH it's heavenly.
Usual carpet memes: Wife: goes to store to buy carpets, and she bring her husband Husband: dies of boringness My meme: Me: walk to the fish store to buy CARPETingplants. Friend:dies of boredness
Chris, I'm setting up my first fish tank today with pea puffers and some corydoras. Im going to try apearlweed carpet with a 3 layer substrate. I'm thinking of maybe using some river rock but I will probably go with okho. I will for sure send it on petscord sometime. 🐟🪴
Ngl I hate that any decently sized glass bowls have become collectively known as 'fishbowls'. Every time I hear the phrase I cringe. Like, no. Fish should not be intrinsically linked to the idea of them living in a decorative bowl!!!
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Carpet..... Hey Chris can you do a video about all fish tank you have
update
For that long fish meme of yours earlier 0 out of 5 3:40
How do I post a picture for you to do a review on
I want to show my planted aquarium how can I bro ?
That footage from 1896 made me curious enough to do a cursory Google search on Victorian aquariums, and apparently there was something of an aquarium craze in the latter half of the 19th century thanks to the opening of large public aquariums in big cities. These tanks would usually have glass fronts and wooden sidings held together with cast iron and sealed with pitch and yes, apparently it was around this time that goldfish became a popular pet in North America. Tbh, even the smallest bowls I saw in Victorian portraits/photos seem bigger than what tiktok influencers shove their poor unfortunate bettas into. Their ancestors must be shaking their heads at their .5 gallon tanks from their graves.
I have never paid attention to fish hobby before, but now that I am, I realized something interesting:
Fish hobby is extremely advanced compared to many other pet keeping hobby such as rodents, reptiles and even cats. Yet simultaneously fish seems to be the most abused pets.
It seems to be rather equally divided to horrible keepers, average keepers and passionate keepers while other pets are on the average keeper being the biggest group and the abusers and passionate people are smaller in numbers.
Maybe I'm imagining it, but the more I get to know this hobby, the more I see this pattern.
(By average keepers I mean people with overall satisfactory to good/great quality of life for their pet, but are not delving any deeper to the hobby to improve even further)
Very true.
True, it's more common to see a lavishly planted 200 gallon for a handful of rummy-nose tetras than to see a lavishly decorated, dedicated cat room.
@@plantedlife Fish exist to be spoiled 😌
@@typicallyusual6984 Yup, they deserve all the luxury in the world since we're the ones who took them out of the endless bodies of water and put them into glass boxes. Might as well compensate them for the lost of freedom
@@plantedlife It’s a little different for bettas since they often don’t have a lot of swimming room in the wild anyway, because if it’s a thriving community of bettas, the population density will be pretty high and they each have their own little territories. What ends up happening sometimes is that bettas will stay in a very small area their whole lives in the wild, at least is what I’ve heard. Each individual betta’s territory can be a little as a few gallons, or even less.
Also, and this is true for many (not all though) types of pet fish, not just bettas: if we take care of the fish properly, their living conditions will be better and much more stable that what they’d get in the wild. They’d be subject to less stressors and live much longer. I’m sure you already know this, but I’m just mentioning it because these are the reasons I can feel good about keeping my little female betta in her planted ten gallon. She wouldn’t survive in the wild anyway, she’s completely fearless and has zero sense of self preservation if it means there’s a nonzero chance of her getting a bite to eat 😂
I personally think RIVER ROCKS are a good decoration, particularly on a sand substrate. Good luck growing a CARPET in that, though...
I actually have sand and river rocks in my aquarium :D
ayyy c:
Yeah, scattered river rocks look good
Same river rocks here 2!
@@FishForThought translates to "oops c:" lmao
True story: my friend actually did this w gold fish for her daughters 7th birthday party. She set up a table and had tiny dollar store containers. She had a lot of cheap goldfish and gave them out as party presents. I tried to go home and buy a tank and set it up that day to help this poor fish. It cost me almost $100 for this 'gift' and the poor fish died days later despite my efforts. I realize now I knew nothing about gold fish, but I definitely tried. Silver lining: most of the fish remained unspoken for after the party, so a friend of ours took them home and put them into his unstocked pond on his farm. The fish live to this day and are large and seemingly happy. I didn't find out he was doing this until weeks later unfortunately.
"Did goldfish exist in 1896?"
Well yeah... They were domesticated over 1000 yrs ago in China but it wasn't available all over the world, ofc due to transportation issues and fish keeping not being popular enough....
Also i think I read that fish were often kept in display bowls at markets, and the rest of the world ended up thinking that was how they were supposed to be kept when they bought them and popularized them through europe.
(Also glass tanks were probably way more expensive years ago than they are now)
LOL dang I was off by 1000 years!
@@FishForThought Hey, I guess we all make mistakes. Maybe not this one in particular, but ya never know.
@@snakewithapen5489 yea ,cuz big aquariums were expensive ,they displayed them in bowls and ppl thought it was how they wee supposed to be kept....also fish keeping got popular due to westernization and colonization ...
@@FishForThought lmao,np
I wanna be like “imagine thinking every kid at your daughter’s birthday party has parents who can afford all the expenses of keeping a fish” but of course the parents who buy fish as party favours probably just think it’s free to watch an animal die in a plastic tub.
I know people cant even look after themselves with 30 goldfish, a cat, 4 budgies and 9 children
Great hack:
Cut off the top lip of a planter pot and use it for keeping your floaters neat and tiny
Nice vidio Chris 👍
GREAT IDEA! I have sooo many black nursery pots and this would be a great way to recycle them!
Yeah I never thought of this one but it seems very easy and cost-effective! Thanks for the idea :)
Great idea! I usually use the lip of boba cups but they're quite small so I needed a lot.
Finally someone got his name right
Wait...
Advice from an axolotl owner: yellow is natural and it's called Golden Albino. Sand is also an OK substrate as long as the axolotl is matured
Wow!!! My tank was reviewed by Chris on minute 6:00. That’s awesome 4.75/5.00. Take a look guys! N tks mate!
I love looking at aquarium books and catalogs from the early 20th century. Most of the fish I've kept were already available in the hobby, and many of the practices haven't changed aside from the equipment. Bowls were already controversial and not recommended by people who knew better.
wow! That is super neat. We've been fighting fish abusers for a long time it seems
@@FishForThought I've been working my way through The Complete Aquarium (1936 ed.) by William T. Innes (after whom the neon tetra is named, Paracheirodon innesi!).
Right away at the beginning of chapter 1 he quotes a letter from a fishbowl owner and remarks, "The lady should be awarded a medal for crowding the greatest amount of aquarium ignorance into the fewest possible words."
@@drewzero1 That's the best roast I've ever heard
@@FishForThoughtSomeday, We will win the war.
Did they already have rectangular tanks back then?
I'm starting to use FTR as a reminder to clean my tanks for the week.
It’s honestly really sad seeing how people from more than 100 years ago were more considerate than people today
1:06 Goldfish was the first fish that was keep. In Asia fishkeeping is I think 3000-5000 years old
alright LOL I know nothing xD
My goldfish in their tank dig up plants within a few days. I can’t have nice things now. Luckily they will be moving to my pond soon
My friends aunt did bettas for table top decor at her wedding and her mom was left with 20 Bettas and a load of tiny glass jars. She had them all around her house and used them to probagate a load of plants. (Also sorry for spelling mistakes I'm dyslexic and idk what I did wrong but I can feel it)
I was going to say, I could see putting them in nice big tanks for wedding decor (5 or 8 gallon maybe?) along with instructions about how to take care of them, and then ... oops! Sorry hubby, there are 15 bettas leftover, guess I get to take them home myself! 🙂😉😎
I love waking up and watching Fish Tank Review best part of my Mondays.🐟
And I love watching it before sleep 😊
wow! That's super cool, 2 totally different timezones!
Its usually monday night when the ftr releases in my country and yet, it makes my monday better after all the shitty strain and work!! love ya chirs
that's so great to hear!!! Cheers
sometimes i look at my planted betta 10 gallon and think "it looks horrible, why doesn't it go my way" but then I look at Chirs' weekly Monday FTR and my tank looks godly
Never thought that I would come to love Mondays
Aw man I wish I had a picture of my old Beta bowl. I had a big one like that it was about 12 gallons. I got it at Ross for $20, but when it broke after my Beta died and I was cleaning it, I tried to replace it, I couldn't find another. I got a bowl heater and I had all these live plants and I had this Beta that I had for 4 or 5 years that would build a bubble nest every day. My friends had goldfish at their wedding, it was a part of the bride's culture's tradition, My ex and I had an empty tank at home so we were the ones who took the fish home, and the damn things had Ick and we couldn't save them.
Chris: here to start your week off just right!
Video: *𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞*
Me: *sips tea* yeah no that ain’t gon happen srry Chirs
I'm buying a new 75gallon tank soon and I am going to attempt to finally use live plants and a carpet, it's for my yoyo loaches. But if I fail, I will cry, and my tears will be on you Chirs.. for giving me these crazy ideas.
I’m still waiting for another Sunday FTR..😅
Edit: and no, we will NEVER let that go, Chirs
WTFFFF
@@FishForThoughtwhat can I say..🤷♀️
its surprising that people actually use fish as decor or party favors. I have refused sales for stuff like that. One person wanted to use goldfish as party favors because it was a "fair" themed party... :c
My first Betta was a wedding centerpiece fishbowl, I taked him home and replaced the atrocity with a 5 gallon tank (I was 13, today I know that it wasn't enough for Betta to be happy but I tried my best until he died at the age of 5)
Wow what some people do to living creatures just blows my mind. Sometimes I wish that you would get names and addresses so we can go over and rescue those fish!
Thanks Chris. Have a happy holiday I hope Santa brings you lots of fish or fish stuff. You can’t go wrong with that stuff
At 8:00 the goldfish tank deserves 5/5 that tank was beautiful
Love your channel! I just got into to the Fish Keeping Hobby and rescued a common goldfish. He’s in a planted 20 gallon now but, I am planning to move him into a 40 gallon in the next month or so. Your channel has taught me so much and I thank you for that.
for the axolotls the gold colour is a type of albino. but that axie tank is horrible
ohhh I thought it was one of the gmo ones with green fluorescent protein? they definitely have those now
All technology is just getting smaller over time, fish tanks included.
Someday soon there will be pocket sized fish tanks!
there already are :( unfortuantely
I guess you missed the key chain "fish tank".
Or the wrist watch
@@FishForThought And there goes my faith in humanity
@@grantarmstrong2968 don't worry, there are also pocket sized salamanders and turtles 😀
Today my parents finally let me make another tank, I’m gonna have a black water tank with catalpa leaves and a white dumbo betta and if I have enough space I’m gonna get 4 red crystal shrimp, but I’m not sure, it’s 5.5 gallons, would I be able to have both, I don’t wanna risk the health of the fish
There is a chance that your betta will leave the shrimp alone, but more than likely at least the baby shrimp will get eaten. You may want to start with the shrimp and let the colony get well established before you add the betta. But there have been reports of people waking up in the morning and finding every single shrimp dead. 😬
@@pjp9383 yeah, I may not want to take the risk and just stay with the betta
Went to a nautical themed baby shower. The used male bettas as the centerpiece of the tables. They weren't even planning on the fish being taken, just gonna throw them away. I managed to take two, bought a 20gallon on the way home. And yes the two males lived together for 4 years till one got dropsy. The other stopped eating when I separated them.
I love my beautiful carpet because it really compliments my big river rock in my 10 gallon
Also I usually know the bad aquariums because I look on the subreddit very frequently
That convict looks like she's about to clean the sponge filter herself.
😂😂😂
My week is Sunday, FTR, MDTanks, Prime Time Aquatics livestream, KGTropics livestream, Friday, more MDTanks...and whatever else comes in the week that I am forgetting.
Omg sunday :')
My aunt had a wedding where instead of using fish for Decour she had plants. A bunch of the people did not take the plants home so I ended up with like 25 plants.
To think that we have made some much improvements on stuff like technology and we have done nothing to the fish bowl. Is the fish bowl ever going to die?
I may not afford a monster tank right away but atm I'm earning to get one. Studying while still keeping up with the hobby is really challenging, it will be worth it once I graduate and get a stable job. Next year might be my year, cheers always bro, FTR fill my Mondays while on break after the storm. No storms could stop me from watching. 🤜🤛🐟
Chris shoes belong on the carpet. If you keep them on your fish tank they may end up sitting on the river rock. Lol I have an eight gallon sphere tank and love the lighting option used in today’s video.
I made it in the video!! I was the guy that said hey chirs in the burning candle betta vase one :)
I think Chris that fish that they love seems to be a blue polar ciclid. They are naturally very messy fish based on my experience however they also do some tank maintenance like making their own substrate from their poop.
Whoo! Glad to see you like the Bowl!
Chris fish tank reveiw *claps* uploades video *sees its a monday and not a sunday chris : yessss now you guys can't say anything comment section lol chrissy uploaded a ftr on sunday chris : ah man here we go again uhnhhh
Omg, that person that claims to live their fish... I was more than shocked at seeing that. How is that fish still alive?
And the big white koi has something wrong with it, maybe the start of scoliosis. I rescued a koi from a pet shop that has a bent spine and is now in my pond doing very well, will have to see how it does long term :)
I love River stones. You can keep any fish in their fins won't get ripped or anything
I forgot that it was Monday because I’m on winter break and I have lost all senses of time
AHHH CHIRS THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Hey Chris. Aboute your underwater-mold question. It is indeed possible to get masive smounts of mold and fungus in aqwarium. It is a big problem when you want to be a fish breeder, because fungus can grow over tho eggs and kill them. It can allso be a problem when a pet Axolotl for one reson ore the other gets its mucus membrane damaged, If that happens the fungus will kill the Axolotl wihin Days.
oh gosh. It seems we can never escape the mold or fungus even underwater...
@@FishForThought Yup. It apears that there is still a fungus among us.
Pretty sure the fungus that kills amphibians doesn't casually grow outside its host species, bit there is indeed a very problematic fungus going round among amphibians, including axolotls.
@@jobkaashoek I dont think you've seen an Axolotl with realy badly damaged mucus membrane. The ones that are aboute to die because of fungus literaly look like they have a carpet on them. I've seen it 1st hand when a friend of mine had it's Axolotl die from fungus because he didn't bought a cooler while it was 39 C outside.
@@kubakornijenko1927 I have seen fish with funghi, but even then, the fungus weren't growing in the tank, only on the fish's body. Funghi give off spores that can persist in the environment and start growing when on their host.
I am really sorry to hear about your experience with fungal infections in axolotls! And cool water is a must for them
I am making a new scape with river rocks and possibly a pearweed carpet. I am going to stock it with shrimp and pygmy Cory's! (Btw this is true, I am super excited!)
In a local creek in the southern U.S I seen a goldfish and a Kuhli loach swimming around
Now golden axos are yes that color and sand i prefer for axos as they tend to eat pebbles or stones that are barely mouthsized. Ik alot of people complain about it but i use to breed axos and its better to have a soil or sand setup as my old axos loved looking for food /foraging for food as they are ambush predators....like most aquatic. Predatory animals.i noticed my axos will dig in the substrate to find whats in the substrate. Worms fish whatever was hiding thwy would dig away the sand and dirt to find if its prey. Now axos i will never suggest to be in anything less even for 1. I'd say a 15gal would be minimum while 30 is max for one as they need shallow set up as they prefer shallows instead of depth. Axos will commonly predatebon each other if theres no food or not enough food for each other and yess thet are aware of each others abilities
Hi Chris happy Monday! I personally like pink gravel in my fish bowl. Cory gang for life! You should do a FTR stream, like an hour long FTR. I think that river rocks are great in any aquarium the only issue is the it is difficult to plant your carpet.
Wait, no fish bowl. You need a tank.
yay! *MONDAY* FTR's are back! boy i missed these
You should always listen to Chris. Exept of corse, when he tells us not to skip school for FTR lol.
Love the videos!
No literally, the only reason I woke up on this gloomy Monday morning on my winter break, is because I got a notification for this ftr. 😅😂
I bred kribensis in a tank that i never clean. It's a planted tank full of algae and detritus and they're a good source of food for the fry. I only do 30-40% water change every month and never scrape the glasses nor syphon out the dirt on the substrate. The fry grew quicker than in the sterile environment. That being sad, i dont think that convict cichlid tank is a breeding tank nor a show tank, but algae and detritus is not a bad thing in a tank, it just looks unsightly
I worked in PetCetera waaaay back in the day and you would not believe how many trashy people would be trying to buy fish for wedding centrepieces. I refused to even sell them a plastic fish every single time.
One time a co-worker did sell like 20 bettas to some moron couple and then they tried to return the fish that didn't die or get taken by guests like a week later. They thought they could just "rent" the fish and get their money back. We took the fish back but certainly didn't refund them.
I actually found a nat geo from 1930’s about fish keeping. It’s really cool
4:17
Never expected to see one of my posts on fish tank review.
I'll be sending in a fish tank photo once my new tank is ready
That's a golden albino axolotl morph. Axolotls can be on fine sand after they are 4-5 inches in length because they'll no longer get impacted by sand, but as babies it's deadly to them. I have axolotls and they are really lovely animals.
my day before watching Chris : 🥀⛈
After watching Chris : 🌹🌤
When you live in Australia so that time Chris uploaded on a Sunday, it was actually Monday for you.
First winter break FFT video!!!
That fishtank at 9:07 looks like the fish is living in an abandoned building in Detroit or something.
Sand is alright for axolotls. I just thought you should know. You can't use gravel, rocks, etc. Only sand or bare.
Merry Christmas to Chirs and everyone who sees this ⛄🎄
🤣yeah home girl getting something more than her fish tank maintained every week 😅
I like it when there are river rocks imbedded into my carpet
That Double species tank with neons in tetras pretty cool
definitely!
I always use river rocks in my aquascapes.
4:12 They look like they're sacrificing the fish
I have a bunch of River Rocks in my tank, but I don't have anything to Carpet with. ;D
(Some day I'll be brave enough to submit my tank. Today is not that day.)
all on aesthetics of a tank. interesting
Always making my Mondays better
Cell phones went from big, to small, to big again
Fishbowls 1896 smol
Fishbowls 2021 very smol
Fishbowls 50 years in the future too small for one baby shrimp
Merry Chirsmas and repashy holidays to everyone!
I need to watch FTR to praise the almighty Chris so that he may bless my Java Fern to be plentiful.
(Because I literally went from 2 Java Fern to 31 in 1 year, they are reproducing like crazy. Someone help-)
Same.
wow, that is one blessed java fern. Or shall I say, 31.
@@FishForThought It’s too powerful! It has begun to overwhelm my 3 fishtanks!
Much support and best wishes from Sri Lanka, Chris I've watched all ur FTRs amazing inspiration
Yo that Sunday upload was clutch! Every Sunday I clean my fish tanks so it was a good surprise to watch it while I did my maintenance
Nothing better than waking up to some Fish Tank Review
Have a wonderful Monday
eh chirs, I think that yellow axolotl is actually a genetically modified one with green fluorescent protein, I've seen them at a few LFSs in my area now. Like GloFish lol
honestly why didn't they choose a cooler colour like blue or purple??? LOL
8:58 that was a lego ideas nasal rocket
Chris:- To start your week just fine we have got fish tank review!
Me:- You haven't got 'pashy or Millie though!?
I'm still wait on my tank to get up here lol
8:20 probably some John Redcorn stuff going on there
Chirs!!! Try Maggi cake. I know you love Indian Maggi and you've got to try this, it's basically leftover Maggie. So, make Maggi and don't make it too soupy, make it kind of thick and saucy and put it in the fridge overnight and UGH it's heavenly.
Usual carpet memes:
Wife: goes to store to buy carpets, and she bring her husband
Husband: dies of boringness
My meme:
Me: walk to the fish store to buy CARPETingplants.
Friend:dies of boredness
Chirs : hate fish in a bowl.
Also Chirs : using Nintendo Switch with a fish inside as a logo.
I'll only say it once Chris...
Fish room tour! Now!!!
Plz 🥺
I don’t have to skip school today because I am on winter break
NO WAY that tank with the goldfish and sharks is 55 gal. Maybe a 30gal. Poor fish.
Chris, I'm setting up my first fish tank today with pea puffers and some corydoras. Im going to try apearlweed carpet with a 3 layer substrate. I'm thinking of maybe using some river rock but I will probably go with okho. I will for sure send it on petscord sometime. 🐟🪴
ayy chirs loves me
I have a 20 long that I want to scape really bad. I already have river rocks in there and I’m planning to start a carpet
missed the food on top at 2:40 lol
Ngl I hate that any decently sized glass bowls have become collectively known as 'fishbowls'. Every time I hear the phrase I cringe. Like, no. Fish should not be intrinsically linked to the idea of them living in a decorative bowl!!!