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When I was buying my first fish tank, my family thought I was being excessive picking out a 5 gallon for a Betta fish. At first, the fish store employee recommended a 1 gallon and said I could fit six 1-2 inch fish in it. I awkwardly declined. She was nicer about it than my family though, and told me a 5 gallon was a great size for a Betta fish. So yay?
Yayyyy
I was getting some supplies for my betta fish at my Lfs and one of the employees told me that I should keep it in a cup instead of a tank because “ it’s fins will look better “
so glad u declined... that is the worst misinterpretation of the inch per gallon rule lmao
The one foot gallon rule
@@terrificterrariums3201 bruh. I wonder if those employees are told to tell customers to basically kill their fish so the customers keep coming back and buying new fish…
Fish absolutely can feel pain. There have been innumerable studies on this. Of course they do not have the emotional responses to pain that more complex organisms do, but if they did not interpret painful sensations as negative, they would not display aversive behaviors to painful stimuli.
One of the studies actually administered a painful sensation when the fish fed. Within two feedings, they simply stopped eating. Even feed is not powerful enough to override the aversion to pain.
This isn't to say that fish don't feel emotions whatsoever. They do feel emotions and will even experience psychiatric problems like depression and stress. If you give your fish a nonstimulating environment, a poorly prepped tank, a much poorer filtration system, and no other fish to interact with, your fish will become depressed. Some fish even show symptoms of major depressive disorder.
Adding to what the other comment said. Just because fish don't speak or have similar body language like mammals or bird, people treat them like something entirely different. They are on this planet way longer than everyone else, they deserve some respect 😤.
There are fish that use tools, there are fish that form complex social bonds and they all feel at least some form of emotion comparable to every other animal.
This comment thread horrifies and saddens be... the stuff I saw
@@mushmush4980 I agree with "a nonstimulating environment, a poorly prepped tank, a much poorer filtration system" but some fish prefer to live alone.
@@The_KingDoge yeah especially beta fish. It depends on the species though
My kuhli loaches are quite active. They shoot up and down after the lights go out. And even look for food during daytime. They mostly hangout under the "underwater tree" or inside the sword plant.
similar experience!
Same here.they come out and go ham on jbl novo tabs
Same here but my kuhlis prefer "The Cave" (Lava rock)
@@snikerdoodlefox3979 I can't use tabs because my betta eats the whole thing on one go. First time I used those I fed the betta first, then gave a tab to the kuhli's but she ate it all. Or tried to, I quickly spread the soft tab after I saw what pig she is. Now I give 1/6 tab pieces to hiding places all over the bottom and she goes hunting for them 🙄 She doesn't like little foods. Other than blood worms. She likes discus flakes and stuff she can take on her mouth and swim around with it. Weirdo.
My loaches only comes out when it's dark. And homies are chunky looking 😂
hey chirs! glo-fish were made to detect certain toxins in water. they wanted to insert genes into the fish that would "glow" in detection of certain toxin so it could be detected in water system. the 1st fish i believe were zebra danios. during this they also created the ones that glow in bright colors all the time. the creators and main distributors love that glo fish introduce people to the aquarium hobby that wouldn't have been introduced otherwise. it brings in a new generation of fish keepers because the colors are so alluring and fantastic. there are some problems (imo) with the glo-fish marketed items, but not the fish themselves. they are a genetically modified organism and property of a company so they are trademarked as well as the names.
From what I know they're pretty hardy. The marketing is off putting though
@@The_KingDoge obviously there are going to be ALOT of factors that would kill a fish and lead you to believe they are more or less hardy. Different tap water, acclimation process, tank perameters, diseases etc. So ita hard for me to say anything as a definitive, but I can say from my experience at my store for one glo-bettas are not less hardy than regular ones, glo-tetras are pretty much the same as regular ones, and glo-barbs/sharks are hit or miss. We can move them out of the glo-fish tower(sump system) in with regular barbs and they do fine. So because od that i can't really say they are less hardy, because we can move other fish to other towers and they do better in the new one. The peramters and temps run slightly different and something is just suiting them better. I am of the opinion they are basically the same as their normal colored counter parts
@@rangerlovee3324 I understand this, but captive bred lines of fish In general are typically more hardy, and better suited to captivity. (Not counting heavily inbred lines)
@@The_KingDoge that is my point that they are not as inbred or fragile as people think
I feel like they draw in kids who end up putting them in little bowls
It seems they DO survive in lakes and streams, when the temperature is right. The natural predators don't recognize them as prey because of their strange colors and don't eat them as much as more normal looking fish. I read a study a few months ago that was monitoring populations of the zebra danio glow fish in the wild.
I thought it was because the danios had no predators
I mean idk about wild fish, but I wouldn't eat one of those radioactive looking glofish, and it's far less whether or not they're being predated and way more that they have an unnaturally fast reproductive rate so they multiply faster then they can be naturally predated if they escape into the wild. They are invasive, and by the sounds of it only other invasive species will be able to keep up with them after a few years
Ugh.
Link the study. This opposes everything science says
The glofish origin was to trace water ways
personally i'm not a fan of the glo fish company, and i find it really weird that an entire type of fish can be trademarked (that's just uncomfortable to think about). it's technically illegal to breed them on purpose because of the trademark lol it's so creepy.
the fish themselves though, are pretty cool. apparently they were first made in the late 90's to help with some environmental studies (i just recently found this out, it's pretty interesting so i'd definitely recommend reading about it). i have some that i got from my grandma because she has gotten to the point where taking care of them is too much for her to keep up with. i was kinda ehhh about it at first but after a day or two i started to love having them. they have so much personality!!!
i wouldn't buy from the brand though. i really don't like how they market them essentially as toys.
Indont like how they market them. I had a galactic purple for 4 years until she passed of old age. In that time, i upgraded from a 5 gallon to a 10. At that time, i did not realize that they were schooling. I fixed that mistake though now, whenever i buy tetras, i make sure I have more than one.
I have found they're more susceptible to scoliosis. I work at a pet store and have to see the poor things every day and so many come in looking like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. And yeah, they end up dying before all the rest in the tanks. :/
What's funny about the whole "What we sell have only been selectively bred!" is that when people try to breed their own just to have more fish the offspring always get duller than the parents. They basically want people to believe they are no longer genetically altering them beyond artificial selection nowadays.
@@samanthabkeller i was in a store once buying a gold dust molly and there was a danio with such severe scoliosis he was almost bent at a 90 degree angle. felt so bad for him having to live like that in a storefront
Right about the personality,i thought they'd as dull as their looks but guess not lol , sometimes i feel bad about hating their looks
Dyed fish are banned in the EU as well as glofish, which the UK is resolutely not part of any more unfortunately (so expect glofish on your lfs shelves eventually, UK people). Never seen one irl bc of that.
Dyed fish were never banned in the UK, despite attempts by the fishing community to make it illegal. According to what I understand, we cannot dye the fish here because it would be considered mutilation, but they can be imported and sold. However, since 1996, 75% of UK aquatic retailers have signed a pledge not to stock fish that have been mutilated in this manner. It's a shame that figure isn't higher, but hopefully it will be.
Glow fish are not dyed, they are genetically modified
There isn't really anything wrong per se with glofish other than how they're marketed, genetic modification is a wild field. Mostly I just find the yellow ones unsettling to look at, like the bettas.
If glofish are illegal in the EU, maybe they should send out another memo because it doesn’t look like some countries received the first one.
@@Aww-Geez dyed fish is not the same as glofish
I had a kuhli loach I named Neville (Long...bottom...get it?) and he disappeared completely. Not in filter, not on the floor, not in the gravel...so yes, can confirm kuhli loaches definitely have their own dimension.
That triangle tank is actually a stroke of genius. All the detritus slides to the bottom point, where a simple filter intake would take care of all of it. The weak point being at the bottom doesn't matter, because it's locked into a bracket and is thus plenty supported.
The tank is massively overstocked, and the scape is utter trash, but it would actually make a very good tank for dirty fish like livebearers. I have to gravel vac my P. Velifera tank every week because these fish are CONSTANTLY shitting, but this thing essentially cleans itself.
So after all my fish died (despite doing anything & everything I could) i kind of gave up on fishkeeping. I kept putting food in the tank & topping it off because there were still plants & snails in there. Those didn't deserve to die bc I'm depressed, but other then that I gave up on maintenance all together. However, two weeks ago the power went out & when I got up to go to work the next day I was legit suprised. My last fish, a kuhli I named Rasputin bc he was the only fish left alive, after a year of not maintaining my tank was swimming around like 'why'd the filter stop last night?' I was legit shock bc I thought he died & the snails ate him. But no, he's fine. So I redid his room. Got new substrate, put more plants in, changed some decorations to be more natural, and impulse two new roommates. So yeah, kuhlis are kind of amazing lol
I hope Rasputin is still alive and doing well
Rasputin...he wanted to try and get you out of a funk when u needed it the most. Lol. I hope he's still doing well but more importantly, I hope you are doing well.
I feel bad for the glofish, most of the time they basically thrown in a 5 gallon with Neon gravel and neon fake plants , that sounds like a really bad LSD trip and they’re living their entire life in that. Just think about it how terrifying this has to be. It’s like living in a horror clown house.
I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with glofish. People usually live them or hate them. However many of the tanks marketed for them are often inappropriate. ❤️🐠
Ive seen good black light/glo fish tanks. They can be pretty neat.
agreed!
@@naturesfinest2408 They do look cool. I just wonder if the black light has any effect on the fish or how they feel about glowing tank mates or glowing décor. I honestly have no idea if it affects the fish at all.
Ya
@@RoccosVideos it actually isn’t a black light, I believe. It’s actually actinic lighting (blue light), which cnidarians are found to glow under. Hence why anemone and jellyfish genes were added to these fish.
I hate people saying that glofish are blind. I have my own glofish betta, put him in a completely natural tank, ngl he doesn't even look like a glofish. The only way you can tell he is a glofish is the very slightly green eyes, which is hard to see, and if you turn the lights to a blue color lol. He just looks like an extremely pretty betta. Very nice, have had absolutely NO health problems so far, other than mild fin-rot from pet-store cup. He's an incredible centerpiece for my planted 20 long lol. He's one of my favorite fish ever, he's really sweet.
Tbh, with all the hate glofish get I've started feeling sorry for them. I've wanted a betta for a while, and with getting a larger tank soon I'll have an empty ten gallon a glofish betta might love.
Wait didn't they stop making glo fish betta. Thay look pretty kool tho. Too bad they will get abused by some kid or Karen who don't even research on them. Just sad but hey you have a rare beautiful betta.
I personally don’t like GloFish cause whenever I see them they are never kept in good tanks , always a tank with a lot of fake plants and neon decorations. It’s good to know that someone is treating one like a normal fish 😄
@@KhaeLikesCoffee Mine is so pretty- He's my betta with the best personality as well. He loves just sitting on the substrate and watching my orange mystery snail- They're actually kinda the same color.
Exactly, you even have yours in a planted tank. I think most people are thinking of those rainbow tanks when they think of glofish and thats why they get so much hate. Hell, if one's rainbow tank works well and doesnt actively kill the fish, who am I to tell them what to do. As long as it's in their home and not mine I'm completely fine
Hey Chris! The reason why Glofish are trademarked is because the genetic sequence (for glowing) was patented as a Biotic. A Biotic patent is normally found in pharmaceuticals, but what it means in fish keeping is that no one can legally breed fish with the genetic sequence that belongs to Glofish. Otherwise, the parent company of Glofish can sue.
Hypothetically, let’s say I come out with a new glo fish alternative. They look the same to the naked eye. But, I claim a different sequence used to breed them. How could they prove me wrong? Would they try to recreate it and take that to court??
I’m really interested in the idea of a legal case consisting of plants/animals now hahaha.
With the dyed glass catfish, I think they are super rare, I've never seen or even heard of them before
that's a great sign
@@FishForThought this saltwater reefer guy, Coralfish12g, did a video about glofish and dyed glass fish. He said that he was definitely against the injected fish and ended up getting a small school of glofish for his freshwater 20 long.
@@FishForThought They are also illegal to keep in the EU . Don't know about UK though, since Brexit and all
I’ve never seen them before either, I’m in Scotland and frequent many various pet stores, including Pets@Home where I would assume they would be found
@@calamitynatalie8590 ive not seen them at maidenhead or pets at home
Not really a fan of glo-fish, it's not that they aren't OK to keep, I just prefer more natural style fish (even though I have a white guppy and red long fin Betta 🙄)
I don't see any reason not for other people not to as long as they keep them in good conditions.
Exactly !
same!
I had a white male guppy. He was very pretty, but just wasn't as interested in my girls as this lil neon blue guy I got at the same time. Either that, he just wasn't a good breeder as I have 3 pastel guppies that are nearly white, and tons of neon blue males.🤣🤣🤣
As a kid, I owned around seven danio glofish and, regrettably, kept them in a 2.5 gallon tank. My mom got them for me with a kit and everything and they all lived all the three years we lived in one location, although I have no idea what happened to them when we were moving out our stuff. Looking back, I'm surprised none of them died while I had them. Tacky little plastic tank with an eventual snail outbreak, a lot of algae, and being taken care of by a nine year old who really really cared about them. I didn't think to use the internet to ask for fish help so I would ask our local fish store owner for advice on how to take care of things. The most my mom took care of was feeding them when I was away for long periods of time. Had no idea what I was doing, even doing nearly total water changes but these poor fish lived through all of it. So yeah, I'm pretty sure glofish are hardier than normal.
As a European, I'd like everyone to remember that the UK left us. No crazy dyed fish where I live.
I'm scared to see what will happen to the fish and reptile hobby with how "easy" it is to find "information".
Can you elaborate? Shouldn't it be better for the animals to be able to find more information on them? Shouldn't that help with their care and treatment?
there are some very basic things that take less than 10 seconds of google but might save 10 betta lives lol
wdym? ive seen people "keep" axolotls in a 10 gallon uncycled tank with bright lights and no coolers. Idk how much worse it can get
@@The_KingDoge that's unacceptable
@@Hikarixhikarixhikari "_" is sarcasm. If you don't know what that is, you're either old and stupid or young and young minded and should look it up.
I live in the UK and never heard of dyed glass fish,being told about them ruined my Monday.
Same
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@@hughgrection9938 I kinda like it tho. His vids are still funny and you learn stuff at the same time.
woops :(
@@FishForThought It's ok because you make it enjoyable
@@FishForThought Chirs I love u
I wasn't a fan of Glofish previously, but my four year old wanted me to setup a tank for HIS fish a couple years ago. Of course he picked a Glofish. I now have four of these colorful guys and they are the only ones in their 20gal other than two Julie cats and two Ottos. They are all healthy, active, love the live plants, get along great, and have no issues at all. Still not my favorite fish, but I have a feeling they'll be around for many many years to come. By the way, your channel is my favorite...don't tell Irene.
LOL i'll keep it a secret xD
@@FishForThought what gallon tank should 5 glofish go into?
All the glofish I’ve seen have had genetic issues and are disease prone, much different from what you’ve said.
idk, a lot of people here seem to have a lot of good luck keeping em
@@absolutezerochill2700 Frankly that was a shock to me, I don’t doubt people are telling the truth, but where I’m from they always seem to have health issues.
I’ve owned them since they started being sold at big stores, they live years. I think people just keep them improperly, obviously leading to poor health.
Idk if this is a universal experience, but from working in a store with a huge glofish section, both the schoolers and the Bettas, glofish enclosures grow WAY more green algae than regular fish. And it's not just the blue light, the glo Betta cups grew algae in them, I never once saw a regular Betta cup grow algae and non of them were lit at all.
I'm just goanna make a really wild and unscientific guess here, could the fish be reflecting more light causing the algae to grow?
Idk either, they are banned in alot of places, also with what the said about glass dyed catfish in the uk, if they are real they are extremely rare, I have never seen them before
@@Hikarixhikarixhikari I think the genetic modification does something to the poop that causes it to break down into something more usable to algae. If it was the light thing then white skirt tetras would cause even more algae since they reflect all spectrums, not just one specific band
actually kinda cool to think about :0
@@piercecowley255 I work for a major aquatic franchise in the uk and they would never be ordered nowadays due to ethics, but suppliers do still have access to dyed and tattooed fish. I was told they would occasionally come in a couple decades ago when people still thought animal abuse was 'cool', but the dyes and tattoo ink would fall out eventually as the injection sites healed.
When I was a kid, I had some white tetras with like bright red stripe on the top, but it faded after some time. Now, after watching this video, I think they were actually painted...that's sick... Now I have tetras which were already white. They are living for a long time, I hope they're happy
As a pond guy, gonna have to pass on the glow fish but still open to keeping them in one though. They look fun to keep as a school
imagine a glo pond haha xD
@@FishForThought an eerie pond glowing...now where does this feel familiar...what do you think strange man who has his face peeling off and smells like sewage?
Please do not put glofish in ponds, especially if there's any natural waterways they may escape from if it rains a lot in your area, they're invasive and I'm pretty sure no one in charge of your area is going to appreciate you for that, at all
@@discordiacreates6669 I know, plus we don't have any waterways here. Closest thing is a bog that floods during monsoon season and dries up during summer.
@@alfredmarcos1761 Ah alright, ig that's not a problem for you then but ik in other areas of the world... Well, Florida is already almost completely lost to invasives, I just don't want to see the rest of the world get invaded by a few dominant invasive species and ruin the planets diversity. It'd just be a real shame and could have much further reaching effects then we'll see this generation so most other people I'd say that's for certain a no, though seasonal ponds can only support seasonal fish like mosquito fish that can get transported by waterbirds as newborn fry and mudfish, but most people don't know North America and India also have native mudfish to protect, not just Africa
I will say, as a basic idea I love glow fish. it just sounds cool to turn on a black light or somethint and see them all hiding in a natural aquarium and see what they're doing, and generally when kept as intended (I know this for Betta, not sure for others) they return to normal after de stressing and being out of the lights to force the glow, but glow again when you put the light on.
But most of the time people wanna keep them in "COOL CRAAAAAZY" blacklight tanks where it's all super artificial and all that
Glofish make me really uncomfortable. I don't think I've ever seen any for sale here in Australia, though white skirt tetras are common in pet stores.
Editing because i looked it up, it seems our import rules classify them as a GMO so they're pretty heavily regulated. Interesting.
When you give ur fish Gatorade
The fish - Electric green sunburst orange......
I'm heartbroken whenever I see GloFish because it just reminds me of the brat I had to clean up after during my job as a maid -- She had three GloFish, and she ended up leaving them on the kitchen table in a TINY tank, like a transport tank, with no filter, filthy water, a broken bubbler that leaked everywhere....
Unsurprisingly the fish ended up dying, but she left them there to rot -- I get teary-eyed thinking about what it must've been like for that last remaining fish, forced to live alongside the rotting corpses of their friends. But these fish survived so much, constant algae blooms, living alongside a beta/cichlids (i don't exactly remember), then finally being left to die in this tank for a week straight... When it was my time to clock in for work I had to clean out the tank, and these fish literally DISINTEGRATED. Like one got stuck and I reached in to pull it out, and it turned into JELLY. I've never kept fish before so idk if it's normal -- It really doesn't sound normal...
Hold on now Chirs, the UK isn't the EU anymore. They made a multi-year point of that.
Me who has a glo gish in a 5 gallon tank:💀💀 ( and yes I did my research on fish but my parents REALLY wanted glo fish)
I wish aquascaping was the most popular aquarium style. Not goldfish in a cereal bowl. Also you were talking about painted glass fish. The original fish is called The Indian Glass fish🙃
ikr.... why did such a poopy way of keeping fish popularize instead the way more beautiful way xD Oh yeah, lotsa skills/knowledge/money is needed for aquascaping :(
I sort of remember the painted fish briefly being a popular thing when I was a kid. And I thought they were cool until I found out what they did to the fish to "dye" them, so luckily I never got any. And it also didn't last long, the injections and tattoos fade pretty quickly if I remember right. But on the Glo fish I will admit, I recently ended up with one Glo Betta and she's one of my favorite fish of all time. My hang ups about them were mostly on principle.
Regarding fish feed... I usually keep the feed in small cryovials... They are 2-5ml vials that can hold the feed for tetra or rasbora for about a week or 2.. You should be able to get some cheap off amazon...the main bottle of feed doesn't get damp as an added bonus
That aquarium co op guy made me quit. Seems like its all about making money and having as many tanks and fish as possible.
I love glow fish. The skirt tetra is an amazing beginner fish in every aspect except colour. Now with genetic modification it can have that too. It gives an opportunity for an underrated fish to become beloved.
I actually like the idea of a glowing fish. As long as they're well taken care of and not bred so they develop issues. They're not allowed in europe tho because they're "GMO".
I can't get my mind around injecting dye into fish, or any living thing. That's just horrible, and should be outlawed as well imo.
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Loaches....I will never forget the time my bucket split at the bottom while siphoning, YEETed the water into the toilet, only to find that a black loach had somehow miraculously not gotten sent to toilet oblivion, and after putting the fish back and cleaning up the water just kinda curled up in a ball for an hour. This was that same fish's fourth time almost killing me this summer.
Don't ever get glofish!🙃 They are super territorial if you get theme you are stuck with them..they will eat anything that is not lab bred good luck try to find any tank mates for them 😅is like the locusts from Jurassic Park 🤣
I literally felt that! That was my exact thoughts after watching that movie 😂 I have a 36 gallon with a small school of glo-fish, danios, and a glo-shark. In the past if you’d put anything else in there, they would tear it to shreds! The shark is a monster for being a literal MINNOW.
Huh? They’re just skirt tetras and danios, which are great community fish. You might just have a poor quality environment.
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8:55 that’s honestly disgusting. I can clearly see a Purple Tang, a Yellow Tang (which is only being captive bred right now and is very expensive), and a blue eye Kole Tang. Tangs get very big and need a lot of space to swim. It’s a shame to see such beautiful and expensive fish be put in a tank like this.
The glow fish today are genetically amended to glow. Those old school glass tetras that were injected-I refused to buy them. I know people seem to hate glowfish, but I have two yellow danios, and two red tetras in a twenty four gallon tank. They are very happy, I have ten neon tetras, a bristle nose pleco and three Cory cats. They have real plants mixed in with some very nice black light reactive plants. I have real black lights up top, so even the neon tetras look pretty at night.
I’m not a purist by any means and I love hybrid fish like blood parrots but I think glow fish is where I draw the line for what I’ll actually own, I’m not at all bothered by hybrids or anything like that but it’s just something about glow fish that’s really off putting
I think it's primarily how they're marketed, they're treated as toys more so than normal fish
They are awesome hybrids, part fish, part jellyfish
Those tangs in that saltwater tank need minimum 100 gallon tank haha. Also the discus guy was folowing the .5 inch per gallon rule.
lmaooo 0.5 inch rule xD
Engineering for color is a lot healthier for fish than line breeding. I'm a fan of the idea.
Idk, glofish colors having trademarked names doesn't really disturb me that much. As a reptile keeper, I'm used to color variations being named.
Same. I got a ball python who is enchi butter leopard vanilla or something like that lol. And leopard gecko that is superhypo tangerine carrot tail something something.
The trademark is the annoying part more so than the naming convention honestly.
@@1Kaisermerlin agreed, but the same exists for some reptile morphs.
Recently I got some black widow tetras, and the interesting thing about them is that when they're stressed, their black color completely fades away... I've never actually seen that so clearly before (but I know it's common behaviour for fishes). After like 2-3 minutes in new environment, their color came back. I also have some white tetras and together they look like brides and grooms 😀
I don’t like how glow fish are patented like they are some object. They are living animals.
As an avid fisherman I would never ever ever buy a lure that looked like a Glofish or had any silly colors...
We have a sang, "Match the hatch" Meaning if I'm fishing for Smallmouth Bass and they are heavily feeding on Crayfish. Then I'm going to pick a lure that matches (or as close as possible) the Crayfish in the body of water that I'm fishing in both size and pattern.
For example I wouldn't fish with a purple or blue (or something wild like that) crayfish bait, if the crayfish in the body of water I'm fishing are green I would want to match it.
4:17 ohhh fish do feel pain, just like any vertebrae. That's 100% fact among scientists
Pizza cause I once gave my gourami a small piece of pizza and it absolutely devoured it...haven't done so since.
Blimey, so early that the screen has new screen syndrome.
Edit: The UK is no longer a member of the EU.
I'm surprised the practice of injecting fish is allowed here though.
Ear cropping and tail docking is illegal in the UK unless performed by a vet for medical reasons (thanks for confirming Google)
Just discovered that it is illegal to inject fish with dye in the UK as it is a form of animal cruelty, but unfortunately new legislation has not included the prohibition of importing and selling such fish. I suspect that the EU has prohibited trading them.
Glowfishes? OMG GMO!
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OK, that's ridiculous.
Fell victim to the glofish craze but I will have to admit they are insanely hardy
GloFish don't bother me. the Bala sharks, Oscars and other monster fish sold right beside them (at the chain stores specifically) is where I get bummed out.
Chris, UK isn't part of EU anymore. 🤦🏻♀️
Heres my take on the "V" tank and nearly a decade in the reef hobby:
A "V" could be a common little micro habitat in sw, be it in small canyons and crevices in a reef, between sections of Jetties or sea walls for example, though of course it looks like the people here just opted to chuck the live rock in a pile at the back.
Structurally, Im not going to comment, since Im no architect or contractor, though I can tell how awkward this kind of dimension is. Saltwater needs a lot aide from extra equipment like powerheads, which I dont see(I cant see the picture again lest I start this whole essay of a comment over again). This can lead to several dead zones which the lack of current will attract detritus, phosphates, and ammonia build up. Also, some may not believe sand isnt as important for reefs as once thought, I noticed they aquarist opted out possibly due to added stress and pressure at the bottom angle.
The awkwardness is also visible in the maintenance, as even with the magnet scrubber, you cant use it on the sides so diatoms have built up(also the detritus at the bottom from the previously mentioned dead zone).
Correct me if I am wrong, but I can only see three fish, a yellow tang, a purple tang, and some non-descript brown tang. Tang need MASSIVE aquariums. Not only do most get fairly large but they are also quite active; travelling nearly 8 miles a day foraging on algae. The bristle tooth tangs are the smallest, and can arguably be kept in 75 gallons, though most need 180+ with some like Vlamingi tangs requiring 1000's. This is way too small for any of these tangs.
Lastly I want to mention the coral, the only one I saw was a bleached toadstool, or some form of leather coral. Either way, bravo to the owner for bleaching a soft coral like that in 2022. Most soft corals commonly available are stupid easy to keep, and even seem to do better in slighty unkempt tanks, soo this tank is doing the near impossible. Also, why does the light look so flat? Its most likely not even a T8. No blues, no depth in color.
Even after all filtration a light can make or break a reef, and this incandescent garbage is as low as you can get for saltwater. The off white is also probably encouraging the diatoms to grow too. LEDs are the way to go and have been for several years now. When I started in 2013 people were phasing out their T5s for LEDs but there was still some controversy as they were still quite new and pretty expensive. But today, there is no excuse if you want to grow corals, get good lights.
In conclusion, the "V" tank is a nice idea, but not much else, especially the one pictured. You're better off just doing a canyon scape in your average cube shaped aquarium.
Chris : kuhli loaches have different dimension Chris : shrimp have different dimension me : my socks have a different dimension
What makes glofish acceptable by the community but not a genetically modified neon colored cat.
Fish are not treated like pets, they have become house decor.
I despise glofish.
It's not the fish's fault, they didn't choose this but I think they are ugly as sin along with every little scrap of marketing and merchandise that goes with them. They aren't really marketed as a living, feeling pet, they are marketed towards children as more of a decoration than anything else. That alone makes me hate the entire mess that is glofish.
As for painted glass fish, I remember seeing those in the 90's. It was moderately common to see a tank of them in pet shops. I cannot recall ever seeing anybody buy them and when I worked in a pet shop, I refused to even order them. I knew even then how they got their colours and it disgusted me.
The questions I have with glofish is :
if they are for unknown reasons freed, what happen to the predators or detritivors that will eat them? Is it like wild animals that eat transgenic crops? (cancer and else)
They say in the cgu that they are sterilized but if you breed them you cannot sell them.
So are they really sterile or is this a 90% success thing?
Unless the crop is specifically modified to be pest resistant, animals don't die or contract cancer from eating transgenic crops or livestock. That's pure fearmongering bullshit from the organic crunchy granola community.
I can guarantee you've eaten loads of transgenic crops. Have for decades.
i thiiiink it would be fine for predators to eat them. it is just supposed to be jelly fish genes spliced into their DNA
@@mokko759 no i live in france gmo are forbidden and i take my food to farmers so i know what the animals are eating what's used to grow the crops and else
Pizza with barbecue sauce instead of tomato sauce hits different. I prefer it over normal pizza. More people should try it.
BBQ chicken and red onion pizza all the way!
Especially home made.
i do love myself some of that kinda pizza
I am soon getting a pea puffer tank with about 3-5 in a 20ish gallon tank that is going to be *HEAVILY* planted for all their little puffer needs and I’ll also have some maybe some otocinclus or amano shrimps to eat up the algae and be nice little tank mates
yes I have done all the research to make sure they are compatible together and I will comment when I get them and also post their tank on scapeism 👍🐡
puffers are the best type of fish, you can’t change my mind.
The only problem I've seen with glowfish is that they sell species that get really big and agressive, like sharks and Chinese algae eaters. They need to stick to tetras and danios.
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In my opinion glo fish is bad because it is associated with bad fish keeping
as an ex petsmart employee, apologies an thanks to those who relatively know what their doing in the fish hobby. you have no clue how many people come to buy animals they have no clue how to take care of. once had a guy ask me what fish he could get that he wouldnt have to clean 😒. i said none sir.
Fishstore-guy from sweden here.
We have a non-tolerance rule when it comes to fish that are serial-bred to enhance certain properties (think fancy goldfish and the likes) since we cannot guarantee the fish do not suffer from the deformity (think English bulldogs and their snout). These glo-fish are the first normalized gene-modified (to my knowledge) that are available to the common man, which I dread will lead to more deformed fish in the long run.
We have worked with universities that use similarly manipulated Danios to study the embrios. These are slighty bio-flourescent, and have no other changes done to them. Fingers crossed they stay regulated.
The "dyed" (injected) fish have been around a long time in the US.
Yayyy first again! Also Chris I’m glad you finally recognized yourself as “best girl”
Fish stores in mexico are selling glofish illegally for waaaay cheaper lmao
I'll buy a quarter gallon tank...
And use it as a drinking glass
When I was a kid in the 90s all the kid's shows had goldfish in bowls. Never gave me the idea of torturing little critters in that way though. At least my tank was just critically overstocked (cuz guppies breed like flies). A 45 liter planted tank with a proper filter though.
Also, to be fair, Cosmo and Wanda aren't fish but fairy godparents 😜
Imo, Glofish are bred responsibly enough. Marketed terribly (black skirts on packaging of 3-5 gallon tanks), but fine. I would encourage people to keep them in properly sized tanks if they just wanted to keep Glofish.
I doubt the Glofish company would lose money trying to sell larger tanks
Painted glass fish are stunning though and very friendly
@Paul Cuffaro watch 2.34 😂😂😂😂😂
My fish obsession started with glofish, and they are incredibly hearty!! I have mine in a 29g, and they are THRIVING! No complaints here!
Mine seem much healthier than all the other fish I bought and they're beautiful!
Neither both clog your heart valves with cholesterol
Millie is best girl. period.
she is constantly blushing.
perma-blush
uwu perm
are you Chris Wang the guy who makes food videos
yep!
both of some of my fav yts are the same ppl
I have GloFish in a 55 gallon community tank along with electric blue acaras. Beautiful and never have trouble out of them.
Uk isn’t eu anymore so the eu doesn’t have any glofish, I’m disappointed but I’ve never seen a glofish in the uk
Maybe UK ban GMO spiecies, because glowfish are GMO.
The GloFish brand bettas I've seen locally are some tripped out sick looking MF'ers. The fact that some of them weren't just culled at the breeding factory makes me wonder how versatile and hardy GloFish brand fish really are. I did read somewhere that GloFish are, in fact, copyrighted and people who breed them cannot sell the fry or something. Not sure how true it is because I just don't care for candy colored fish.
As for the QOTW: pizza all day.
and there's more species being made left and right xD
I agree, last i saw, it seems the glofish bettas aren’t ready for the public yet they are already trying to sell them
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GloFish DNA is trademarked, so you can't technically sell them for profit. But literally nobody is going to stop you from doing it unless you're doing it on a large scale.
The danios and tetras do look kind of cool but the bettas are YIKES. Just a plain, sickly-looking yellow. Every other betta color is more attractive.
Glofish make me so sad…
I’ve only seen tetra and betta glofish.
they’re treated like toys.
(They’re in the same boat as hermit crabs)
I fear the day they “go out of popularity”.
To be fair… uk isn’t part of the eu anymore
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Purebred just means theyve been registered, have a pedigree, and usually also means at least a few generations before the animal was the same breed, and usually not related or inbred.
My only issue with Glo FishTM is that in order to get them to really glow you have to put them in black light which can hurt their eyes
My favorite flavor of glofish is grape because who doesn’t like grapes, and it tastes the best.
Vibing out to the Stardew music
My Brother wanted to buy Repashy stuff because he thought you owned the brand. My mum said sure and I didn't say anything because I was too busy laughing
1:00 Oh I have an Electric Green GloFish named Charlie, and a Starfire Red GloFish named Crimson
Loving the Stardew Valley music, really gives joy to this despair
The glow fish is a controversial topic for me. I got some from my parents when I was little but after having fish for 10 years now I have learned alot about fish keeping overall. I don’t really like them because of how they are marketed, but if it weren’t for them I would not even be in this hobby.
so no one's talking about the shoe on his fish tank~
Glo fish are what got me into the hobby! Kept them for about a year and then got into planted tanks. I caught all my glo fish out to take them to the store give them a new home and didn’t tear down their tank for about a week next thing I knew I had glo fish fry popping up everywhere! Cool experience I’ll never forget!
Glofish are so artificial , also they’re the fish that people return dead all the time 🤡
1357 fish farming method 😆💀