☠️ What fish keeping mistakes have you made? I’ve made my fair share of mistakes in this hobby - overfeeding, infrequent water changes, and not sizing tanks appropriately for fish. But I always grow and don’t repeat the same mistakes. Unfortunately online, fish are frequently being abused (hopefully not purposely for views). I’ve seen people pour their fish down drains, over stock the tanks full of random non-compatible species, and flushing live fish when they can no longer care for them. Hopefully one day all the fish get the lives they deserve 🥲 Portals and duckweed available at FishPortals.com! 🌱
I use to have a betta fish and I had it for about 4 months but I had to move across the country so I gave him to my friend but she doesn't know alot about fish so unfortunately I believe it died of fin rot
For anyone wondering what she meant by her fish drowned, Fish can drown (better word is suffocate) if there is not enough dissolved oxygen in the water. Their gills take in oxygen from the water which helps them breathe, im pretty sure the reason why they can’t use gills on land is because most fish have fragile gills and they can’t stay open without water. But anyways yes fish can drown.
@@utkarshjaiswal7505 if your talking about how i said fish can suffocate out of water it’s basically something to do with the fact that their gills can’t stay open by themselves, they need to be in the water. I wasn’t sure why but apparently it’s because gills can only bring in oxygen when moist, Out of water a fish's gills dry out, and then the fish asphyxiates because it can’t breathe. There’s a lot of reasons behind why that happens but that’s the short answer.
My fish PURPOSELY went through the tubes during water changes into the bucket. We would put them back in and they would do it again and again. They LOVED it. Eventually we got one to do water changes with a cover they couldn't get through, and they decided to jump OUT OF THE TANK into the bucket. They only jump out when they see the bucket. For context my fish are all goldfish Edit: you guys wanna hear more about my fish? Once apon a time big fish (Phil) dies. Hes dead. He's been dead for hours when we got home. They took his floating, lifeless body out of the tank. When my dad said, "he's dead" the fish twitched. This lead my brother to put him in a bowl of safe tap water and blow air over his gills for an 45 minutes he gets back to life. The fish was dead for about 4 hours and came back. He still obsesses with water changes, hides in all his favorite places in the tank, ect. My man is a zombie. Due to this he has had a recent obsession with TRYING to die. He wants to go back to whatever afterlife he saw. He jumps out of the tank daily. He is big enough to jump, hit the cover off the tank, and then jump out. He couldn't do it at more of a convenient time. He jumps, we get home from somewhere, and put him back in. There have been several times where if he was a couple inches away he would have gotten stepped on without us noticing. Phil (the zombie fish) is now huge and has lived for 11 years. Like I mentioned, he's huge and is 18 inches tip to tail. He still tries his hardest to die, but I'm convinced he has plot armor at this point.
@@FishieFishFosh I mean, only if you consider humans going down slides at water parks suicidal. It's likely that the fish were really just having fun or else they probably wouldn't do it so much lol
Ok so pretty experienced fish keeper, I’m an aquarist and I’ve been keeping bettas for like 4 years now with heavily planted tanks. My worst fish death was because there was a power surge in my house and it fried my heater and it freakin electrocuted the water 😭. I got a pretty good shock when I stuck my hand in to see what was wrong with my betta and shrimp. Super heartbreaking because he was a rescue betta of 2 years and he was doing really good 😢
@@Jakes5.7 tons of experience with guppies, going to warn you tho that as soon as you get males and females together you’re going to have babies. Throw a bunch of plants in the tank maybe some frog bit and Java for the fry to hide and and you’ll have like 40 babies to start out with. You can get a bunch of female’s together in a tank with no problems but I wouldn’t put all males together because they can get nippy. Rule of thumb is 1 male per 2-3 females. If you’re having problems it might also be a genetics thing. Petco guppies sometimes are just unhealthy, try a place that specializes in fish and aquariums they typically have healthier fish, but you can get lucky at chain stores. I have all my guppies with a betta because she’s not aggressive at all and the guppies like similar water parameters, I have my tank around 77 F. I would recommend getting some mixed colors if you want cool babies but in my opinion the ones with the long tails tend to have more fin rot issues and or fin damage. If you don’t want a billion babies but you want a cool schooling fish I also recommend ember tetras, or tetras in general. They breed less but are so cute and fun to watch. For food with the guppies I honestly use flakes because I have so many now in my 10 gallon, but you can totally use frozen or freeze dried foods if you like. Honestly if you have plants in the tank and a good filter and heater they’ll thrive. I have like 1 failed attempt with terrible genetics but now I have a billion guppies lmao. Also you might be able to find pregnant guppies in stores, which is a good way to jump start. If you have more questions let me know, good luck!!
@@Sham_Knubs I appreciate the advice I have three tanks myself a 20g heavily planted with a year old betta and snail, a 29 gallon with an Albino bristle nose, 3 serpae tetras, 4 cherry barbs, 1 dwarf gourami, 3 black khulis and in my guppy tank (20g) I had 7 adults (2 males) now due to fin rot I have 1 female koi guppy left however my blue female gave birth to 11 fry before she passed and now I have 9 left doing seemingly ok. Also all of my tanks are heavily planted with duckweed, water lettuce, amazon swords, Anubias and a few other stragglers which absolutely helps with nitrates and the floaters help keep my algae down. My tank is only a couple months old as well being that it’s the newest tank I have that could also weigh into it, thank you :))
I had a wonderful and kind little male betta. During a tank change we think something was up with the new water, and he ended up jumping out of the tank in the middle of the night.
My fish died after three years, we took impeccable care of him but we went away in the summer and specifically told the house caretaker to clean his tank, the caretaker never did and he passed away. I’m still upset about it to this day. I loved that dang fish
My fish recently passed away from old age, I miss him quite a bit, he was the smartest fish I’ve ever owned, I trained him to go to the front of the tank to hide behind the warning sticker so we could play peek-a-boo. Your videos make me so happy to see such cute, happy, healthy fish. ❤
my fish died by jumping out of the tank and then my mom steppped on it and thought it was a prawn but it was my guppy bolt. another time, my pregnant fish died because it was gettting bullied for a huge size. RIP.
@@Jannnnn23 all my fish were named after breakfast foods. There was Pancakes, Bacon, Muffin and Cereal. My favorite thing about Waffles was that he was my first fish and my last fish.
Hey look on the bright side, u now have a meal for breakfast. I am very sorry I really wanted to make this joke I know I’m a bad person I’m sorry you lost your fish u obviously really loved them. ❤🐠❤🐠
I had a pea puffer that I loved dearly. His name was pickle. I religiously changed his water and fed him with long tweezers. He had JUST started to recognize me as his owner. I went to work one day, came home, and he was dead. I was a wreck fir quite a few days and I still have no idea why he died
Bruh they could have a very busy day at work and trust me when you are getting busy then you cant remember even things that somenody told you five times so yea
@@kapipateryt7524 then maybe your schedule is not compatible with a pet of a certain maintenance. youre saying you would get an animal, KNOWING you dont have enough time to take care of it??? thats animal abuse due to neglect right there. dont get animals you cant take care of.
@@kapipateryt7524 forgetting to feed ur pets and doing it an hour late, thats understandable. thats not going to KILL your animal. theres no reason why you shouldnt be able to keep your pet alive for years. my guinea pig has a pustule, but she STILL lives and already past life expectancy. proper care, even with infections and diseases, they can survive many more years
A fish my parents had when I was a toddler jumped out of the tank. He was a HUGE goldfish we had in a fifteen gallon tank. For the life of me, I've never understood why he decided to commit fishicide, but RIP Goldie, you've always been missed.
Because in the wild when fish don’t have food in the lake or pond they often jump out to find insects or smth else so it’s not ur fault it’s just he was just using his natural instinct😁
@@RobloxMonkey894 Are you seriously saying that my old ass fish died because he was being dramatic about not having food currently in the tank? Damn, that's a mood.
I once had a fish who i called Fish, i got them from a fair that was near my house, and they were the best big eyed fish i ever had. They lived way longer than they were meant to. One time, i was cleaning out their tank and i had put them into a bowl next to the sink. They decided that it was a good idea to jump from the bowl into the sink and ended up going down the drain... i had to go save them from the blocked off drain outside my back door. Tbh I'm surprised they were even alive after that 😅 RIP Fish, you are missed dearly! 😔
My little sisters fish died because her cat sat on the tank and knocked the lid off,and then got the fish. Rest in peace Maui you will always be deep in our hearts.
When I was really little our cat figured out how to open the tank top. It's a special slide lift kind of thing. My mom was luckily right near by and able to chase her away and rig it better, but sometimes you just can't prevent it. :/
I had two types of fish 1- we had rlly healthy fish. We cleaned out the tank very often and we fed it well. But during the winter the heater wasn’t working as well and the water froze because I used to live somewhere cold. 2- my family decided to go on a vacation and we left out fish to our cousin. Even if we gave him the tank , he decided to put our fish with their fish. Their fish eats out types of fish. All of our fish died
Both of my fish tragically passed away after weeks of having a disease that ate at their mouth and stomach. We had to scoop them out of the tank because we knew it was better than leaving them in pain. I miss them a lot.
Man I had a goldfish that lived for a few years. He was from my first batch of goldfish, they would all keep dying except him. He eventually passed away when my power went out for over 24 hours and I was not home.. Miss you Gibby
We had an all day power outage recently. Once it became clear we weren't getting the power (and hence, filtration) back anytime soon, the first thing I did was make a partial water change. I did another one several hours later and periodically aerated the tank by hand for several minutes. I'm thankful to report all my fishies made it!
One time my fish died because the frogs (which we were told would get along fine with them by the dude at the pet store) decided to try to eat him. Rip Phineas, you were such a cool little dude.
My fish died because half of his body got stuck in the filter. I was at school at the time it happened, so by the time I got home... His front half was found, making me realize he died.. I cried for hours because I felt like it was my fault.. I have no idea what the full cause was, but I've replaced my filter that has smaller entry for the water, in an attempt to prevent something like this happening.. My fish was a beta. He was really calm and sweet.
I had 50-60 tiny fishes (all around 3 weeks old) a long while back. Their mothers died when my electricity went out during a bad storm around last May. I used to have a small place for my new mothers and that's where the electricity went out. Thankfully, I plugged the tank with the babies into a different, mobile, outlet that had already been charged. This all happened many months back so please keep that in mind. My sister had also died in a school shooting a week before the mother died. We were going to go to her funeral which would be held in a New York/New Jersey area as a family tradition. This would take a month. My mom had called a close friend to take care of the fish and all of the other family pets since we had to leave them. I don't know what happened but when we got home, all of the fish were dead and the other pets were GONE. It was horrible and we had to call the police. The woman we had asked to take care of them was pleading not guilty during a court case against her. When the other pets were found at her house, she kept saying "They tried to alert her of the dead fish." which made no sense because she was supposed to take care of the fish in addition to all of the other animals. We were very mad and really scarred from my sister's passing. We pressed charges and she ended up pleading guilty. She never told us what actually happened, so I assume she just didn't take care of them, but that might not be the case. I haven't gotten fish since then and I now enjoy my life with my two cats and dogs. All of them (Luminous and Kenma are the cats and Katsu is the dog, he's a Pomeranian and anyone who gets it I will love forever.) had been taken by the lady. We now live contently and choose not to think of what happened. TL/DR, My fish died due to a horrible sitter who had also kidnapped my other pets.
holy shit that was one hell of a story, im so sorry you had to go through that, that must’ve been traumatic as fuck. I’m glad you’re happy with cats n dogs now and I hope your fish rest in peace 😔 also I have to ask, is your pomeranian’s name a reference to a certain 2D blonde guy with anger issues 👁️👁️
Had a beta fish that died of old age once. His name was “gatorraid” spelt exactly like that. Don’t know what I was thinking but he was adorable and I’m still mesmerized by even the littlest of fishies
I used to have Guinea pigs and one thing I learnt early on with any animal is that you should never stop learning and always be willing to change the way you look after your animal if it benefits them
I once let my mother clean my fish tank. That fish died, there was too drastic of a temperature change when she put it back in. Still miss you Goldy you were always a fighter, hope you are doing well in the sky ♥️
My sister woke up to an empty fish bowl and screamed. She asked me “where’s my fish!” I was half asleep and joked that it probably ran away. It actually jumped out of its bowl and died over night. RIP Carnival Goldfish…
It's not a joke, fish can drown if there isn't enough dissolved oxygen in the water. Their power went out so the oxygen pump didn't run. Therefore, they suffocated on the water.
My grandma forgot to let the water oxidized for our fishtank when we were younger (we had a tank of guppies) she literally felt so bad. She was the one who LOVED the fish tank the most.
When I was little (around 8-10) I had a blue beta fish named Cosmo. I loved that fish but it was before I knew all the things about fish keeping that I know now, so the tank was pretty bad… however, what killed him was when my sister left her tank of guppies at our house to watch while she went on a trip for work. When she took her guppies back she also took Cosmo’s fish food. For some reason, she wouldn’t give it back but kept saying that she would so we shouldn’t buy more. She told us that, in the meantime, we could feed Cosmo breadcrumbs and it would be just as good. It wasn’t. He was dead within a week.
Damn it! I have a similar story, i’m so sorry to hear your loss :( I also had a blue betta fish , mine was named Kini, my sister had some quarrel with me and one day took him out of his pond and hid him under some comic books. I looked for him for half an hour before finding his tiny body under the paper. I was destroyed. And I had to get through it because since she was 5 she got off the pass of just being a little kid and getting a pat on the back. I miss you so much, Kini , I’m sad I never got to give him the giant pond I dreamed one day :(
I had a red,purple,blue betta named Camilo I was 9 and eight when I had him he died from swim bladder disease when I found out he only had 30 min left to live and now he won’t be here to see me turn 10 Death date:October 1st 2022 Cause:swim bladder disease Time left:30 minutes What makes it worse:I went fishing after that
My fish died when I got back from a vacation. When I got back he had developed fin rot. I tried to save him by using salt and medication. But he stayed at the bottom of the tank and wouldn't eat so he died of starvation a week after I got back from a vacation :(
I had a tank with a long veiled betta in it, and when I was gone in the weekend my dad decided to hang the filter higher to create "more airflow" I came home to find my betta's fins sucked into the filter causing him to not be able to swim and die. I got very upset and ran downstairs crying, during which my dad decided it was a good idea to flush my fish, which I had told him over and over again to not do. Rip filbo
@@so9175 yeah he stopped flushing fish if they do die and checks them (sort of) when he feeds them when I'm gone. I took away my smaller tank after my betta died so my dad only has my big tank and his own tank to feed. He doesn't really take care of his own tank but I try to teach him so he can do so when I move out!
@@krazyworld6433 he's been consistently doing more! He really didn't know how to take care of fish (and so did I). Three years ago my own fish died in my dad's tank and I bought a ton of equipment and started my own tank. Been teaching my dad and he's been doing a lot to try ever since. Just doesn't fully understand why he's doing certain things. He even redid my small tank for me once when I was on a holiday and there was an emergency. He just isn't the most attentive to the fish, but it's been slowly changing :D
@@krazyworld6433 we actually went from my dad thinking the whole tank needed a full clean once a year (taking EVERYTHING out of the tank) to my dad never doing that again and cleaning it with the vacuum thing once a month. He used to feed them waaay too much so that's also something I taught him to stop doing and why. My dad does have autism and he doesn't always get why we need to do things to keep the fish happy but yeah! Plenty of things changed for the better :D
When I was little my mother put a betta with other fishes. The Betta killed them all, and then died because of an injury he got fighting with another fish. I was the one who found them, poor little things. (I'm sorry if I make any mistakes, English is not my first language)
One day . We had to go to my village and i had 12 fishs . We gave them our neighbors to take care them for few days.when we came back all the fishs died because they overfeeded them. And last 3 months ago i had bought two more fish but one of them died cause the company made the fish depressed and the another one died cause of the depression cause they both were besties❤
Dude I had an old beta fish at one point and it literally stopped being able to swim, like it’s Finns started malfunctioning so it could not swim right. This fish legit struggled to even get food. Rest in peace Fisher 🪦💔
I had a fish tank as a kid and like I cleaned it/changed the water fairly regularly but I was also a kid and not perfect with it so sometimes my mom would get mad that it looked dirty (as the tank was located in the kitchen) and she’d do a water change herself. She’s got crackhead energy when doing cleaning though and she was just trying to do it as fast as possible and wasn’t paying attention. I walked into the kitchen to witness this when she was just finishing up. She’d removed all but maybe 3-4in of water, and I quickly realized that almost a third of my fish were missing. I had to tell her like 5 times that there were definitely missing fish (she kept insisting there was no chance she accidentally sucked up even one fish) until she finally looked down the drain and saw multiple of them in the garbage disposal. Luckily they were still alive and she was able to stick her hand down there and scoop them out, but holy shit was that traumatic for me. OCD intrusive thoughts do not pair well with garbage disposals and I was so incredibly tense and felt like I was gonna vomit throughout the whole process. Somehow all the fish survived, but I think we all left with some trauma from it😭
@@LunarOynx I’m sorry I’m an autistic 24 year old and not up to date with current gen Z terms 😭 I have no idea what your message is supposed to mean and if it’s meant to be positive or negative
Btw Dora is a corydora Gummy is a long bristle nosed catfish And the fish I had in the tank is Orandas (I had 3 of them) My catfish that I named Dora died. We had got a new tank, I would say maybe a meter long I'm not entirely sure but its around a meter long. So I had 2 catfish dora and gummy (gummy is still alive) so when we got a new heater, filter, real and fake plants, and other stuff we needed after we set that up and it was ready to put the catfish in, we put gummy and dora in and everything was fine dora was so happy Dora was jumping in excitment(well not really jumping but thats how I like to word it) Dora was exploring all the time in that tank. So after maybe around a week dora started to be less active so we kept a close eye on Dora (and when I say we I mean me and my parents) and one day I found Dora on Dora's side looking like Dora was dead. Turns out Dora wasn't dead but was unwell so my parents are friends with a fish expert he said that type of catfish need and least 2 of the same kind we didn't know that, we thought to turn the temperature up a little cause we also found out that the temperature needs to be higher (it was lower cause we had fish in there at the time) and also my fish could basically live quite a variety of temperatures (thats how I would word it), so the day after we did all of that to help Dora (we didn't buy more catfish though) I went to my grandmas cause it was her bday. When I came back Dora was dead. I feel bad cause I did research and it said nothing abt corydoras needing at least 2 more in the tank of their own kind. But at least we know for next time if we ever get another corydora. And I now have 2 long Bristle nosed catfish (one is a boy and one is a girl) and I have 3 orandas but idk the genders of them probably cause the orandas I have are young.
I lost a beautiful Veiltail Betta to dropsy. The only thing that was off was that he was a little tired, but he was also 2 and a half years old so it was just assumed that he was old, no changes in color, no swelling, he was eating just fine, but within an hour of his death a few scales turned white
My fish died due to pop eye (disease), we gave it many medications but the eye got bigger and bigger. Soon after it died. Still can't forget its situation 😔 RIP Wildy 🥀🕊️
I unfortunately ended up losing a fish because I was too depressed to maintain the aquarium. I was also unable to maintain myself either, and I haven't had another fish since, as I know I'm not ready mentally for the regular care they need. I felt really bad about it because I found out the day before Thanksgiving when we were cleaning up to have company over. I took down the whole tank and cleaned it all up so they wouldn't see the shameful state it had become. I know I'll never make the same mistake again, and I've been much more careful about what kind of responsibilities I take on and have to maintain.
Yknow, I'm proud of you for this. I did the same when I was younger, I could barely take care of myself or my fish, even though I loved fish my entire life. My tank had become so atrocious and all of my fish died. I was a lot more careful as the years went on and finally decided I was ready for another pet. Now I have 2 spoiled lizards and 2 well off fish tanks :). I hope you can take care of yourself and if keeping fish is something you really are passionate about, you should do that again when you're capable.
my brother's beta fish died, so he emptied the tank of water. he promptly left it there out of grief for a week, until one day, he noticed the fish moving. after a _week_ of being out of water. he was really happy. in the wild, they sometimes live in very small puddles during the dry season or something, so a little bit of moisture kept his "dead" fish alive c:
As a kid I had betas. Ended up having a male and a female. The female attacked the male until his fins were shredded. We separated them with a divider and they lived good lives after that. Wish my family did more research beforehand to avoid this.
i had a beta when i was a kid: i had 1 male bc they r very solitary animals but i went on a trip with my mom it was like three day weekend thing my dad was taking care of my fish and he didn’t feed my fish… he fed him like 2 times… i came back,saw my fish floating. i hated my father for a good week after that. rip beta
This is a bit longer story. Just a warning. My angelfish died like a year ago by drowning as well. I was on my way to work and mom was home with my, then about 2yo brother who loved watching my fish. The angelfish only had one placo in his tank and before someone tries to educate me or hate that angelfish need to be at least in a pair and how he was lonely and stuff, he had to be alone in the tank. He got to us bc he was literally eating fish in his tank in the previous home, including other angelfish. So he had to be alone. Only the placo was with him bc he was bigger than him and after the fish tried attacking it a few times, he figured it's useless and left him alone. My brother loved feeding him and back then, mom just turned around for a few seconds and my brother poured the entirety of his bag of feed into the water. Mom took out as much as she could with the net, but had to leave and didn't think the rest would make such a problem. When we came home, the tank was completely brick red from the feed and his oxygen stone got plugged and dirty so it wasn't working and the angelfish drowned. It took us like 2 weeks to get the tank completely clean and the water being clear. Whenever we cleaned it, the water would be cloudy and even letting it set wasn't working. Now I have 2 axolotls, I have learned to always watch my brother when he's wondering around the tank and they are thriving.🥰
I got my fish from a school project (ecosystem in a bottle) took them home, got them a tank, and they’re still chilling here. The original 5 from the project are still alive. The reason so many appeared after i put them in a tank is because one “big” fish i got was actually pregnant. Her name is Big Mama and she’s doing really well. I think i have the same kind you do, glass belly guppies.
One of my fish ate another fish in the tank and then died a few days later. Those two fish lived in the same tank for about a year and neither of them ever showed any aggressive behaviors.
My fish died cause the water was too cold. It wasn’t even my fault cause the fish were staying with my dad while we were moving houses. For years I assumed he forgot to feed them until I asked and he said “the water was too cold” rip Goldie. You were the best fish I had for 4 years
I remember when I was 9, I had three fish, we had the same breed of them before, and they died in the first three months, even though we made sure everything was perfect in their tank for them. Anyways, when I got the new fish, we moved house into a larger, spacious house. The only bad thing is that we moved in with my mum's new partner, and he had a cat. We made sure these fish would stay healthy and we would protect them. We had a lid to make sure the cat couldn't eat them, but the cat was allergic anyways, so we had to be extra cautious. We managed to keep them alive for about 2 years, before one passed. We buried her. We had two others left, they were called "Sparkle", my mum named her, because she was so pretty, and when the sun shone through the window on her, she literally looked like she was sparkly. The other one was called "Orange attack" I named this one (bare in mind I was 9) because my first fish was called "Black Attack" and they looked so similar (they were both orange and black). Sparkle and Orange attack managed to live another year, until Sparkle passed and we buried her next to the other dead fish. Anyways, the next few months, which was lockdown 1, I made sure Orange Attack was OK. And he was until one day he wasn't there. We thought the cat ate him, but the lid was on how we left it and the cat showed no allergies. It's still a mystery and I miss him a lot. Rest in peace, Sparkle, Orange Attack and (I dont remember the other ones name)
Actually people talk about how they can drowned in different types of ways so you’re completely wrong on this and this girl has never said anything wrong and rude so why in the world would you be rude her
All of my brothers fish ate eachother. I wasn't in charge of taking care of them so it was his careless mistake to get all different types of fish and put them in the same tank but he was very young at the time so he had no idea that would happen. I still look back at it to this day and I am very sad it happened 😢
I STILL don’t know what happened, but we once had an aquarium with some small neons, a couples of those fish that live on the ground, and then two bigger, really pretty ones with bright orange fins, named Oscar and Emma. The two had babies several times, though sadly we noticed too late when they already got eaten by other fish. But the big ones were thriving, until one day, Oscar just disappeared. We never found his skeleton and the other fish were too small to have attacked and/or eaten him. In turn, Emma got super depressed and only ever hid in a caves, turned very pale and rarely ate anymore. The other fish were fine, and she wasn’t sick either. We bought another fish like Oscar to keep her company, but it was only a little while later that Emma died as well. I don’t remember what happened to the one that was leftover, I believe he made it for quite a while longer, but the story of Oscar and Emma, our first fish, one of which disappeared and the other who died of her broken heart, I will never forget
My dad used to have a fish named Oscar, his nickname was police Oscar and in his tank lived some mollies and other fish Police Oscar would keep the population at a okay population but one day my dads room caught fire and the tank busted my dad found police Oscar on the floor and there were a bunch of dead mollies, Police Oscar made it to a pet store where they said they would keep him until my dad got his stuff fixed, but someone bought Police Oscar and it was probably for the best, other than that room we would have nowhere to put him, I hope that fish is doing well
My grandmother had something similar with the heater happen in her saltwater tank several years ago. Her husband had changed the water and put the wrong amount in, and they all ended up dead. She was heartbroken.
My dad ruined my childhood. We had a saltwater fish tank, and as he cleaned the water went to the front lawn, where our grass was already dead. My FAVORITE fish (the oldest one who survived the preparation of our tank) swam into it. This happened when I was in middle school.
We actually have a pond and a tank. The pond is outside so weather is really uncontrollable. The rain and wind knocked the miniature waterfall off course and water started pouring out of the pond. We were only able to save a few. I was absolutely wrecked because these fish were around for seven years so they're pretty big. The ones we keep in the pond were goldfish, koi fish, and Mino. Most of them suffocated. Sorry for the paragraph.
I bought a betta for 99 cents at this dollar store (Idk which branch, just know things were a dollar there) and while we got starter stuff there, my gosh I got so into taking care of him, he was like my best friend despite being a fish. I named him Meggy, short for megalodon because it was my favorite prehistoric creature at the time. (He did this weird little dance thing when he knew it was time to be fed or talked to, at least that's what 10 year old me called it) Needless to say, with the right care, he lived 3 years- and probably would've lived to his full 5 if I hadn't failed to notice his ich :( I just didn't see it on him when he was alive, then when I took him out I saw the little dots near his gills. Pay close attention for details like that, because I'm still so upset with myself!
so I had a betta for around 3 years. in his last month, I was very stressed out and was unable to get myself to clean his tank. he went about an extra week before I was going to clean it when I had time to destress, but I found him floating one night. I was very unmotivated and depressed, and I thought it was my fault for not cleaning the tank. but that guy lived for 3 years with me, and my stepdad told me he lasted a long time. I kept him in a 5.5 gal tank with a heater and filter and he was fed good. I was sad but I realized that he was alive a long time and fish don’t usually last long. I’ve decided I’m going to wait to get another fish until I know that I can absolutely keep up with the cleaning routine I had. (yes, I cleaned the tank once a month. it was fine and I would have to occasionally do partial cleans because I had surgery, but he was fine thru that. decided to do a deep clean once I got better lol)
I left the house for a couple of hours and returned to a tank that had turned completely white. The water was extremely warm, and the heater was very visibly broken and bubbling. Needless to say that almost all of the fish were dead, but a few of the shrimp made it out and were rehomed.
Me and my brother had two small black goldfishes once, we always fed them and looked after them perfectly.I even named one Juniper and my brother named one Kait. On a nice Saturday I went downstairs to make myself breakfast and feed Juniper And Kait but I couldn't find Juniper, I looked around the tank for him and found him layed down near my filter, I put him in a bowl and tried feeding him but he'd shown no response. Turns out the filter squeezed him and killed him, RIP Juniper And Kait.
Some fish are more attached to siphons than others. For example when I siphon my tanks, my Corydoras will swim away from the siphon but Bettas and Danios may intentionally swim toward it in curiosity. Also if you have a heavily plants tank, you can avoid drowning/suffocation altogether because plants release oxygen into your water column. And if you have your aquarium set as a Walstad tank, you can avoid the need for regular water changes because they create a self-sustaining ecosystems. If you have a tank overstocked with compatible fish, you can mitigate the high bioload by increasing filtration and adding numerous plants. There is no such thing as over-filtration and further increasing filtration doesn’t negatively impact fish or other aquatic species.
Same with bunnies, everyone has some scary story about how their childhood bunny died usually only after 1 year of life. My bunny is 3 now and i 100% understand why thoose other bunnies lived such a short life. They were in a tiny cage (can result in obeesity, heartfailure, gi-stasis and other issues), fed with only pellets no hay or greens (again obesity, heartfailure and bowel issues), a water bottle (choking hazzard) and being arround kids (roughly handeling a bunny can result in broken bones, broken spine and heart failure)
One of my favorite fish died because she had a disability. She was the sweetest guppy ever, but she seemed to have a not fully functioning swim bladder, also she was built like a male but she did have female features. She could swim, but she had to actively swim all the time or she'd sink down. Swam also a bit wobbly, but she was super active and pretty fast. Also always the first one there when I held my hands into the water, super curious, lively little fish. But she also rested a lot at the bottom of the tank. Many times I thought she was dead only for her to swim up and come to the glass when I lightly tapped it, but I did notice that, over time, she grew slower. One night I had strong panic feelings. When I looked into the tank the next morning, she was dead. She was born in my tank, and was approximately 6 months old when she died. But I believe that her short life was still the best life she could have had, she was so lively and curious and full of personality and I will never forget this little fish. It's been two years since she died, but guppies don't live that long anyways, and she had her disability. Love you, Flimsy, I will never forget how much joy you brought me.
I also had a disabled fish! She was a betta who I got as a baby. She got fish tb (or rather, she already had it, but it took a while to actually start causing problems) and couldn't swim very well, along with having a kinked spine. Still, I caught it fast enough to get a fish vet's opinion, and with lots of close attention, she lived for another year. I'm glad to see someone else who understands that every pet deserves the best.
I accidentally dumped one of my minnows down the sink while trying to change their water, and I felt so terrible about it. I tried to save the fish, but it was too late. I had caught these minnows from a creek and kept them in a small tank. Originally, there were 13, but one day I found one dead for no clear reason, and the next morning, another had died. Worried, I quarantined the rest to figure out what was happening. Then, the smallest one died. After the sink accident, I'm now down to nine minnows. I don’t have any special equipment like a water tester or filter, and I don’t even have a net, so I’ve been doing my best with what I have. Since there's no filter, I change the water more frequently. While scooping up water, I didn’t realize there was a fish in it until it was too late, and I cried trying to block it from going down the drain. I feel awful about it and will never make that mistake again.
My Beginner Fishkeeping mistake was not soaking my betta pellets for my poor boy Zag. He ended up super constipated and got real bad swim bladder disease. Thankfully, I Immediately treated him and now he is one healthy boy who gets pre-soaked pellets everyday. :)
@@gwnnandoz8548 I'm not too sure, I use Omega One betta pellets at the moment, but if you're not sure I suggest you do soak them for a little bit before feeding, just to be safe. ❤️
@@noviibutnotactive8385 thanks for the response. I will soak them. I don't want to lose my lil buddy hes a koi betta and was expensive and ofcourse irreplaceable for me.
Actually soaking isn’t necessary- it removes water solvable nutrients! Using a high quality food and staying on a feeding schedule will usually work better.
My sibling had gotten a beta fish while at college, right when I brought home a kitten. He had never shown interest in the counter cause he hadn't figured out how to get up there yet, so we stuck the fish on the counter. The kitten figured out how to get on the counter and almost smacked the fish tank over. Needless to say we moved the tank to the bathroom he never went into.
I had gotten 3 fish (They were all goldfish). Their names were Orange Vanilla (OV for short), Grapefruit, and Tangerine. OV died 5 months later and Tangerine died a few days after OV. Tangerine had fin rot and OV’s scales were falling off. Grapefruit had fin rot but still lives! (R.I.P Orange Vanilla and Tangerine!!)
@@Sergioforlife I think everyone with a pet should make sure that silly mistakes that could lead to their pet dying wont happen and they should learn from the mistake
Once when I was a child me and my mom went to our local Walmart which at the time sold fish. we got a few along with a pretty big fish tank, a filter, so decorations and tank gravel. After about a month we collectively began to forget about the fish, we stopped feeding them, the filter broke, and we just ignored them. The cashier at Walmart that day had said even with proper care the fish wouldn’t live more than a few weeks, and yet even in these awful conditions, one of the fish lived for about a year. I still don’t understand how that fish lived for so long, the tank was so overgrown with algae that you couldn’t even see in it. After we realized that Zebra (the name of the fish because it had stripes) wasn’t planning on dying any time soon, we decided to get a new filter and clean up the tank. It died a few days later
Gotta admit, I used to keep a little beta. I loved that fish, and I did what I was taught on how to take care of fish. Unfortunately, since I was a young kid, I didn’t know that much. A few months later, he died, and I was really sad. Now that I reflect on it, as an adult, I feel guilty cause I’m fairly certain I wasn’t doing a good job, but I had no idea. It’s something that still sticks with me, cause I love animals, I have a cat and puppy, and I wanna care for em.
Don't feel bad for that. You didn't do a bad job, you merely did what you knew was right and you didn't have all the information, which is actually very understandable if your young, there's lots of misinformation on fish anyways, and with what knowledge you had I'm sure you did amazing
I had a fish scare about a week ago. Its the summer so its very hot inside my house (we dont have air conditioning). My tank was upstairs and because heat rises, my room was *very* hot. My fish tank rose many degrees over what the fish are comfortable with. I had a fan in the room but other than that i could do nothing but cross my fingers and hope none of them died. Well, none of them did and i got a bigger tank and moved it downstairs where its a lot cooler. 👍
I used to own a goldfish and she was my best friend and I loved her so much and we fed her every other day and she lived till 18 and the only reason she died was because my mum’s ex boyfriend left the tank in the sun and she overheated.😢 Edit: her name was goldie.
I guarantee if the tank was small enough to carry outside that it was was too small for that poor goldie. They NEED 30 to 40 gallons of water to live in
All my shrimp died for god knows what reason. The other fish in the tank are fine, pigmi corydoras and very small pleckos that left them alone. I had them for 2 years and I woke up and they were all dead. I kinda treasured them a lot and spent hours looking at them. I adored the poor little things. Heartbreaking tbh
I got my first fish in the winter of kindergarten. I didn't have it long enough to even name it. I put it next to the window on my dresser. It froze.. I was 5 so this was heart breaking for me and the red beta fish
This one time, we bought a fish that I literally never got to see at any point. I was a little kid and in trouble so I didn’t get to pick one out that weekend. We had a large fish tank and had many fish before, so we knew at least a little bit about what we were doing. We took the fish home, let them adjust to the water, then took them out of their bags before we all had to take naps, then we wake up and my parents were gonna show me the fish, which somehow managed to get behind the filter (no other fish had done it before) and died- we took it out and no other fish did that again, idk if it was necessarily preventable but I still feel sad about it (it’s been like 12 years)
Sorry, I was a kid when I had fish my parents bought me. We didn't take it seriously, and we didn't really know you had to clean the tank and whatnot. I probably shouldn't have had them huh? I feel so bad.
Unless you're a literal child taking care of a fish, as adults people shouldn't have high maintenance pets unless they have enough time and resources to take care of them 💀
I was cleaning my tank and I walked away for a few minutes, and when I came back she was cleaning a thing that was in the tank, and there was still a fish in it! Still miss her :(
☠️ What fish keeping mistakes have you made?
I’ve made my fair share of mistakes in this hobby - overfeeding, infrequent water changes, and not sizing tanks appropriately for fish. But I always grow and don’t repeat the same mistakes.
Unfortunately online, fish are frequently being abused (hopefully not purposely for views). I’ve seen people pour their fish down drains, over stock the tanks full of random non-compatible species, and flushing live fish when they can no longer care for them.
Hopefully one day all the fish get the lives they deserve 🥲
Portals and duckweed available at FishPortals.com! 🌱
One time I put the water to hot for my fish I cried all night 🥲.
My fish died because the electricity went out too :(
Are you by chance vegan 🥗 ? I’m vegetarian
I use to have a betta fish and I had it for about 4 months but I had to move across the country so I gave him to my friend but she doesn't know alot about fish so unfortunately I believe it died of fin rot
Is sushi the fishes only mother
For anyone wondering what she meant by her fish drowned, Fish can drown (better word is suffocate) if there is not enough dissolved oxygen in the water. Their gills take in oxygen from the water which helps them breathe, im pretty sure the reason why they can’t use gills on land is because most fish have fragile gills and they can’t stay open without water. But anyways yes fish can drown.
Thank you for this information I don't see many comments like this but still thank you 😁❤️
Thanks for this info✨
Fish suffocated in air 💀
@@utkarshjaiswal7505 if your talking about how i said fish can suffocate out of water it’s basically something to do with the fact that their gills can’t stay open by themselves, they need to be in the water. I wasn’t sure why but apparently it’s because gills can only bring in oxygen when moist, Out of water a fish's gills dry out, and then the fish asphyxiates because it can’t breathe. There’s a lot of reasons behind why that happens but that’s the short answer.
Oh ok thanks I was so confused 💀
My fish PURPOSELY went through the tubes during water changes into the bucket. We would put them back in and they would do it again and again. They LOVED it. Eventually we got one to do water changes with a cover they couldn't get through, and they decided to jump OUT OF THE TANK into the bucket. They only jump out when they see the bucket.
For context my fish are all goldfish
Edit: you guys wanna hear more about my fish?
Once apon a time big fish (Phil) dies. Hes dead. He's been dead for hours when we got home. They took his floating, lifeless body out of the tank. When my dad said, "he's dead" the fish twitched. This lead my brother to put him in a bowl of safe tap water and blow air over his gills for an 45 minutes he gets back to life. The fish was dead for about 4 hours and came back. He still obsesses with water changes, hides in all his favorite places in the tank, ect. My man is a zombie.
Due to this he has had a recent obsession with TRYING to die. He wants to go back to whatever afterlife he saw. He jumps out of the tank daily. He is big enough to jump, hit the cover off the tank, and then jump out. He couldn't do it at more of a convenient time. He jumps, we get home from somewhere, and put him back in.
There have been several times where if he was a couple inches away he would have gotten stepped on without us noticing.
Phil (the zombie fish) is now huge and has lived for 11 years. Like I mentioned, he's huge and is 18 inches tip to tail.
He still tries his hardest to die, but I'm convinced he has plot armor at this point.
Why is that cute and funny at the same time, they just wanna go down a slide 😭
That- I don't even know whether thats considered suicidal or not at this point
My platies like to swim into the net if I ever need to use it. Like "thanks guys, but I'm noy TRYING to catch you right now"
@@FishieFishFosh I mean, only if you consider humans going down slides at water parks suicidal. It's likely that the fish were really just having fun or else they probably wouldn't do it so much lol
@@blobbertmcblob4888 😂 that's hilarious
i love how "my fish drowned" is a sentence that actually makes sense
Fish can drown it’s suffocation they need to be able to breath in the air that comes in through the filter to survive
ye ik that’s why it makes sense lol but ty anyway
Ok so pretty experienced fish keeper, I’m an aquarist and I’ve been keeping bettas for like 4 years now with heavily planted tanks. My worst fish death was because there was a power surge in my house and it fried my heater and it freakin electrocuted the water 😭. I got a pretty good shock when I stuck my hand in to see what was wrong with my betta and shrimp. Super heartbreaking because he was a rescue betta of 2 years and he was doing really good 😢
Any experience in guppies? Could use some help
@@Jakes5.7 tons of experience with guppies, going to warn you tho that as soon as you get males and females together you’re going to have babies. Throw a bunch of plants in the tank maybe some frog bit and Java for the fry to hide and and you’ll have like 40 babies to start out with. You can get a bunch of female’s together in a tank with no problems but I wouldn’t put all males together because they can get nippy. Rule of thumb is 1 male per 2-3 females. If you’re having problems it might also be a genetics thing. Petco guppies sometimes are just unhealthy, try a place that specializes in fish and aquariums they typically have healthier fish, but you can get lucky at chain stores. I have all my guppies with a betta because she’s not aggressive at all and the guppies like similar water parameters, I have my tank around 77 F. I would recommend getting some mixed colors if you want cool babies but in my opinion the ones with the long tails tend to have more fin rot issues and or fin damage. If you don’t want a billion babies but you want a cool schooling fish I also recommend ember tetras, or tetras in general. They breed less but are so cute and fun to watch. For food with the guppies I honestly use flakes because I have so many now in my 10 gallon, but you can totally use frozen or freeze dried foods if you like. Honestly if you have plants in the tank and a good filter and heater they’ll thrive. I have like 1 failed attempt with terrible genetics but now I have a billion guppies lmao. Also you might be able to find pregnant guppies in stores, which is a good way to jump start. If you have more questions let me know, good luck!!
@@Sham_Knubs I appreciate the advice I have three tanks myself a 20g heavily planted with a year old betta and snail, a 29 gallon with an Albino bristle nose, 3 serpae tetras, 4 cherry barbs, 1 dwarf gourami, 3 black khulis and in my guppy tank (20g) I had 7 adults (2 males) now due to fin rot I have 1 female koi guppy left however my blue female gave birth to 11 fry before she passed and now I have 9 left doing seemingly ok. Also all of my tanks are heavily planted with duckweed, water lettuce, amazon swords, Anubias and a few other stragglers which absolutely helps with nitrates and the floaters help keep my algae down. My tank is only a couple months old as well being that it’s the newest tank I have that could also weigh into it, thank you :))
I had a wonderful and kind little male betta. During a tank change we think something was up with the new water, and he ended up jumping out of the tank in the middle of the night.
My fish died after three years, we took impeccable care of him but we went away in the summer and specifically told the house caretaker to clean his tank, the caretaker never did and he passed away. I’m still upset about it to this day. I loved that dang fish
Damn. Now me personally, I wouldn’t take that and fire the house-caretaker.
Did you charge the caretaker for the damages?
R.I.P to ur fish
Must've been the best darn fish you could've had😎😥🥲
Can you sue for that? I feel like you can, but I don't know.
I hope you didn't pay her
girl it always astounds me how much patience you have taking out that duckweed.
My fish recently passed away from old age, I miss him quite a bit, he was the smartest fish I’ve ever owned, I trained him to go to the front of the tank to hide behind the warning sticker so we could play peek-a-boo. Your videos make me so happy to see such cute, happy, healthy fish. ❤
Y u sad abt a fish? I had 5 pet fish and I named them myself and they all got eaten by my cat
@@JustVelocity its not a competence
Soo cute sorry tho about he died
My fish passed away from old age last year, she was older than me
My fish died from old age
my fish died by jumping out of the tank and then my mom steppped on it and thought it was a prawn but it was my guppy bolt.
another time, my pregnant fish died because it was gettting bullied for a huge size. RIP.
My last fish died of loneliness. It was my favorite fish, Waffles.
Waffles....cute name ❤🥲
R.I.P Waffles ♡☆☆☆
@@Jannnnn23 all my fish were named after breakfast foods. There was Pancakes, Bacon, Muffin and Cereal. My favorite thing about Waffles was that he was my first fish and my last fish.
@@Asadfishwhodoesart so lovely 😭😭😭
rip
Hey look on the bright side, u now have a meal for breakfast.
I am very sorry I really wanted to make this joke I know I’m a bad person I’m sorry you lost your fish u obviously really loved them. ❤🐠❤🐠
I had a pea puffer that I loved dearly. His name was pickle. I religiously changed his water and fed him with long tweezers. He had JUST started to recognize me as his owner. I went to work one day, came home, and he was dead. I was a wreck fir quite a few days and I still have no idea why he died
How old was it when it died? Was it a disease?
@@Mag-the-Meowing she literally said she still doesn't know why he died so she probably doesn't know if it was a disease or not
@@nataliahernandez1316 their probably Just giving the person some reasons that it possibly couldve died from.
@@nataliahernandez1316 damn dont be rude
@@StevieMcKenna10 they arent being rude you softie
imagine saying "my pet died because i couldnt give enough of a shit to remember them" w your full chest and thinking its quirky and relatable.
Bruh they could have a very busy day at work and trust me when you are getting busy then you cant remember even things that somenody told you five times so yea
@@kapipateryt7524 then maybe your schedule is not compatible with a pet of a certain maintenance. youre saying you would get an animal, KNOWING you dont have enough time to take care of it??? thats animal abuse due to neglect right there. dont get animals you cant take care of.
@@kapipateryt7524 forgetting to feed ur pets and doing it an hour late, thats understandable. thats not going to KILL your animal. theres no reason why you shouldnt be able to keep your pet alive for years. my guinea pig has a pustule, but she STILL lives and already past life expectancy. proper care, even with infections and diseases, they can survive many more years
A fish my parents had when I was a toddler jumped out of the tank. He was a HUGE goldfish we had in a fifteen gallon tank. For the life of me, I've never understood why he decided to commit fishicide, but RIP Goldie, you've always been missed.
Fishicide 💀💀💀
Because in the wild when fish don’t have food in the lake or pond they often jump out to find insects or smth else so it’s not ur fault it’s just he was just using his natural instinct😁
@@RobloxMonkey894 Are you seriously saying that my old ass fish died because he was being dramatic about not having food currently in the tank? Damn, that's a mood.
lol
@@RobloxMonkey894 WOAH ITS KITLER
I once had a fish who i called Fish, i got them from a fair that was near my house, and they were the best big eyed fish i ever had. They lived way longer than they were meant to. One time, i was cleaning out their tank and i had put them into a bowl next to the sink. They decided that it was a good idea to jump from the bowl into the sink and ended up going down the drain... i had to go save them from the blocked off drain outside my back door. Tbh I'm surprised they were even alive after that 😅
RIP Fish, you are missed dearly! 😔
awe
😮 wow
my fish died because one day it jumped out of the aquarium and my brother stepped on it by accident
@@Aniisa_x Omg, that poor fish 😭
@@Aniisa_x poor fish
My little sisters fish died because her cat sat on the tank and knocked the lid off,and then got the fish. Rest in peace Maui you will always be deep in our hearts.
Same it happened to me and I get blamed and people blame me I cryed so much it name was snowflake
When I was really little our cat figured out how to open the tank top. It's a special slide lift kind of thing. My mom was luckily right near by and able to chase her away and rig it better, but sometimes you just can't prevent it. :/
that's sad):
*cried @@chelseamarshall4434
I had two types of fish
1- we had rlly healthy fish. We cleaned out the tank very often and we fed it well. But during the winter the heater wasn’t working as well and the water froze because I used to live somewhere cold.
2- my family decided to go on a vacation and we left out fish to our cousin. Even if we gave him the tank , he decided to put our fish with their fish. Their fish eats out types of fish. All of our fish died
I can't look at peter without breaking down with laughter.
You can't never make mistakes if you don't have any fish! :D
Real
Fr fr
Yesssss haha ;D
Both of my fish tragically passed away after weeks of having a disease that ate at their mouth and stomach. We had to scoop them out of the tank because we knew it was better than leaving them in pain. I miss them a lot.
Sorry for your lost 😢
Man I had a goldfish that lived for a few years. He was from my first batch of goldfish, they would all keep dying except him. He eventually passed away when my power went out for over 24 hours and I was not home.. Miss you Gibby
We had an all day power outage recently. Once it became clear we weren't getting the power (and hence, filtration) back anytime soon, the first thing I did was make a partial water change. I did another one several hours later and periodically aerated the tank by hand for several minutes. I'm thankful to report all my fishies made it!
May God bless you all and your loved ones and have a blessed day, night and life!✝️💞.
@@jesuslovesyou8734 I'm gay so that's never happening
@@Noodle8123 LMAO 💀💀💀
How do you areate by hand?
Peter, the seahorse is here
YEEEEEEEES
One time my fish died because the frogs (which we were told would get along fine with them by the dude at the pet store) decided to try to eat him. Rip Phineas, you were such a cool little dude.
@@basura3787 I mean I know that now, but I was like seven at the time
My fish died because half of his body got stuck in the filter. I was at school at the time it happened, so by the time I got home... His front half was found, making me realize he died.. I cried for hours because I felt like it was my fault.. I have no idea what the full cause was, but I've replaced my filter that has smaller entry for the water, in an attempt to prevent something like this happening.. My fish was a beta. He was really calm and sweet.
I had 50-60 tiny fishes (all around 3 weeks old) a long while back. Their mothers died when my electricity went out during a bad storm around last May. I used to have a small place for my new mothers and that's where the electricity went out. Thankfully, I plugged the tank with the babies into a different, mobile, outlet that had already been charged. This all happened many months back so please keep that in mind. My sister had also died in a school shooting a week before the mother died. We were going to go to her funeral which would be held in a New York/New Jersey area as a family tradition. This would take a month. My mom had called a close friend to take care of the fish and all of the other family pets since we had to leave them. I don't know what happened but when we got home, all of the fish were dead and the other pets were GONE. It was horrible and we had to call the police. The woman we had asked to take care of them was pleading not guilty during a court case against her. When the other pets were found at her house, she kept saying "They tried to alert her of the dead fish." which made no sense because she was supposed to take care of the fish in addition to all of the other animals. We were very mad and really scarred from my sister's passing. We pressed charges and she ended up pleading guilty. She never told us what actually happened, so I assume she just didn't take care of them, but that might not be the case. I haven't gotten fish since then and I now enjoy my life with my two cats and dogs. All of them (Luminous and Kenma are the cats and Katsu is the dog, he's a Pomeranian and anyone who gets it I will love forever.) had been taken by the lady. We now live contently and choose not to think of what happened.
TL/DR, My fish died due to a horrible sitter who had also kidnapped my other pets.
god, this scares me so badly for if i ever need a pet sitter for my guinea pigs… i’m so sorry you had to go through all that 🥲
holy shit that was one hell of a story, im so sorry you had to go through that, that must’ve been traumatic as fuck. I’m glad you’re happy with cats n dogs now and I hope your fish rest in peace 😔 also I have to ask, is your pomeranian’s name a reference to a certain 2D blonde guy with anger issues 👁️👁️
@@gaymerg0rlbathwaterKatsuki Bakugou
I hope your life only gets better and better ❤ (kenma from haikyuu and katsuki bakugo?)
@@mica69420 Yup ^^
Had a beta fish that died of old age once. His name was “gatorraid” spelt exactly like that. Don’t know what I was thinking but he was adorable and I’m still mesmerized by even the littlest of fishies
I used to have Guinea pigs and one thing I learnt early on with any animal is that you should never stop learning and always be willing to change the way you look after your animal if it benefits them
Brittany: You clearly give your fish the best care possible...👍
I once let my mother clean my fish tank.
That fish died, there was too drastic of a temperature change when she put it back in.
Still miss you Goldy you were always a fighter, hope you are doing well in the sky ♥️
R.I.P Goldy.
I’m sorry for your loss, 😢. I hope Goldy is in the better place now :)
Кислород for my fishes
Same!!! I wish I left my mom with proper instructions on how to clean the tank :(
no way you named it goldy though
My sister woke up to an empty fish bowl and screamed. She asked me “where’s my fish!” I was half asleep and joked that it probably ran away. It actually jumped out of its bowl and died over night. RIP Carnival Goldfish…
I have had 5 science experiment goldfish for years since I was in fourth grade and now I’m in 7th they weren’t supposed to last this long!!😂
“My fish drowned” you actually had me for a second
It's not a joke, fish can drown if there isn't enough dissolved oxygen in the water. Their power went out so the oxygen pump didn't run. Therefore, they suffocated on the water.
Fish can actually drown!
It’s not a joke lol. Fish need oxygen too.
It's not a joke, fish can drown
How are you so retarded 😭💀
My grandma forgot to let the water oxidized for our fishtank when we were younger (we had a tank of guppies) she literally felt so bad. She was the one who LOVED the fish tank the most.
When I was little (around 8-10) I had a blue beta fish named Cosmo. I loved that fish but it was before I knew all the things about fish keeping that I know now, so the tank was pretty bad… however, what killed him was when my sister left her tank of guppies at our house to watch while she went on a trip for work. When she took her guppies back she also took Cosmo’s fish food.
For some reason, she wouldn’t give it back but kept saying that she would so we shouldn’t buy more. She told us that, in the meantime, we could feed Cosmo breadcrumbs and it would be just as good.
It wasn’t. He was dead within a week.
Its your sister's fault
Why would your sister do that?! It's not your fault that it happened.
I'd never forgive your sister
Damn it! I have a similar story, i’m so sorry to hear your loss :( I also had a blue betta fish , mine was named Kini, my sister had some quarrel with me and one day took him out of his pond and hid him under some comic books. I looked for him for half an hour before finding his tiny body under the paper. I was destroyed. And I had to get through it because since she was 5 she got off the pass of just being a little kid and getting a pat on the back. I miss you so much, Kini , I’m sad I never got to give him the giant pond I dreamed one day :(
I had a red,purple,blue betta named Camilo I was 9 and eight when I had him he died from swim bladder disease when I found out he only had 30 min left to live and now he won’t be here to see me turn 10
Death date:October 1st 2022
Cause:swim bladder disease
Time left:30 minutes
What makes it worse:I went fishing after that
For anyone wondering how her fish drowned, she meant the fish suffocated because there was not enough oxygen.
One of my fishes died because the big chunky fish ate it 🐠 🐟
🐠 👄🐟 *and now* 🐟 is *dead*
OH MY GOD, THEY KILLED (the fish)
YOU BASTARDS!!!
bro took "my fish drowned/suffocated" to a whole new level bro 💀
151 likes no comment let me fix that
@@Shouting-boy72. no chain🐽👈
And bruh the can suffocate if there's not enough (water-air--oxygen) 😑 read comment above u🙏
@@Shouting-boy72. thanks
They can suffocate cuz they need water and air not just water
My fish died when I got back from a vacation. When I got back he had developed fin rot. I tried to save him by using salt and medication. But he stayed at the bottom of the tank and wouldn't eat so he died of starvation a week after I got back from a vacation :(
I had a tank with a long veiled betta in it, and when I was gone in the weekend my dad decided to hang the filter higher to create "more airflow" I came home to find my betta's fins sucked into the filter causing him to not be able to swim and die. I got very upset and ran downstairs crying, during which my dad decided it was a good idea to flush my fish, which I had told him over and over again to not do. Rip filbo
RIP Filbo, hope your dad got better at listening about such things.
@@so9175 yeah he stopped flushing fish if they do die and checks them (sort of) when he feeds them when I'm gone. I took away my smaller tank after my betta died so my dad only has my big tank and his own tank to feed. He doesn't really take care of his own tank but I try to teach him so he can do so when I move out!
@@nancyvandermeer4480 sounds like he just shouldn't own fish
@@krazyworld6433 he's been consistently doing more! He really didn't know how to take care of fish (and so did I). Three years ago my own fish died in my dad's tank and I bought a ton of equipment and started my own tank. Been teaching my dad and he's been doing a lot to try ever since. Just doesn't fully understand why he's doing certain things. He even redid my small tank for me once when I was on a holiday and there was an emergency. He just isn't the most attentive to the fish, but it's been slowly changing :D
@@krazyworld6433 we actually went from my dad thinking the whole tank needed a full clean once a year (taking EVERYTHING out of the tank) to my dad never doing that again and cleaning it with the vacuum thing once a month. He used to feed them waaay too much so that's also something I taught him to stop doing and why. My dad does have autism and he doesn't always get why we need to do things to keep the fish happy but yeah! Plenty of things changed for the better :D
I love how whenever you put the plastic on top and clear a section, the fish always know to swim to the top for food.
When I was little my mother put a betta with other fishes. The Betta killed them all, and then died because of an injury he got fighting with another fish.
I was the one who found them, poor little things.
(I'm sorry if I make any mistakes, English is not my first language)
One day . We had to go to my village and i had 12 fishs . We gave them our neighbors to take care them for few days.when we came back all the fishs died because they overfeeded them. And last 3 months ago i had bought two more fish but one of them died cause the company made the fish depressed and the another one died cause of the depression cause they both were besties❤
Dude I had an old beta fish at one point and it literally stopped being able to swim, like it’s Finns started malfunctioning so it could not swim right. This fish legit struggled to even get food. Rest in peace Fisher 🪦💔
I had a fish tank as a kid and like I cleaned it/changed the water fairly regularly but I was also a kid and not perfect with it so sometimes my mom would get mad that it looked dirty (as the tank was located in the kitchen) and she’d do a water change herself. She’s got crackhead energy when doing cleaning though and she was just trying to do it as fast as possible and wasn’t paying attention. I walked into the kitchen to witness this when she was just finishing up. She’d removed all but maybe 3-4in of water, and I quickly realized that almost a third of my fish were missing. I had to tell her like 5 times that there were definitely missing fish (she kept insisting there was no chance she accidentally sucked up even one fish) until she finally looked down the drain and saw multiple of them in the garbage disposal. Luckily they were still alive and she was able to stick her hand down there and scoop them out, but holy shit was that traumatic for me. OCD intrusive thoughts do not pair well with garbage disposals and I was so incredibly tense and felt like I was gonna vomit throughout the whole process. Somehow all the fish survived, but I think we all left with some trauma from it😭
That’s terrible omg
oh. my. sweet baby corn.
@@LunarOynx I’m sorry I’m an autistic 24 year old and not up to date with current gen Z terms 😭 I have no idea what your message is supposed to mean and if it’s meant to be positive or negative
@@jasperjudd lol its not slang. i just heard that on a tv show so like instead of saying oh my god i said oh my sweet baby corn
Now i left with trauma from this comment 😂
I had 7 fish at age 5. I overfed them all and I still miss them.
F in the reply for the seven guppies/fish 🫡
.. that’s your parents fault
a child at 5 is way too young to understand proper care for an animal
Btw Dora is a corydora
Gummy is a long bristle nosed catfish
And the fish I had in the tank is Orandas (I had 3 of them)
My catfish that I named Dora died. We had got a new tank, I would say maybe a meter long I'm not entirely sure but its around a meter long. So I had 2 catfish dora and gummy (gummy is still alive) so when we got a new heater, filter, real and fake plants, and other stuff we needed after we set that up and it was ready to put the catfish in, we put gummy and dora in and everything was fine dora was so happy Dora was jumping in excitment(well not really jumping but thats how I like to word it) Dora was exploring all the time in that tank. So after maybe around a week dora started to be less active so we kept a close eye on Dora (and when I say we I mean me and my parents) and one day I found Dora on Dora's side looking like Dora was dead. Turns out Dora wasn't dead but was unwell so my parents are friends with a fish expert he said that type of catfish need and least 2 of the same kind we didn't know that, we thought to turn the temperature up a little cause we also found out that the temperature needs to be higher (it was lower cause we had fish in there at the time) and also my fish could basically live quite a variety of temperatures (thats how I would word it), so the day after we did all of that to help Dora (we didn't buy more catfish though) I went to my grandmas cause it was her bday. When I came back Dora was dead.
I feel bad cause I did research and it said nothing abt corydoras needing at least 2 more in the tank of their own kind. But at least we know for next time if we ever get another corydora.
And I now have 2 long Bristle nosed catfish (one is a boy and one is a girl) and I have 3 orandas but idk the genders of them probably cause the orandas I have are young.
I lost a beautiful Veiltail Betta to dropsy. The only thing that was off was that he was a little tired, but he was also 2 and a half years old so it was just assumed that he was old, no changes in color, no swelling, he was eating just fine, but within an hour of his death a few scales turned white
Oh man this time is sad
The fact you call the stories "horror stories" makes me KNOW your a good fish owner 👍
Those fishes be living the luxury with the dedication you put into your tank
My fish died due to pop eye (disease),
we gave it many medications but the eye got bigger and bigger.
Soon after it died.
Still can't forget its situation 😔
RIP Wildy 🥀🕊️
I unfortunately ended up losing a fish because I was too depressed to maintain the aquarium. I was also unable to maintain myself either, and I haven't had another fish since, as I know I'm not ready mentally for the regular care they need. I felt really bad about it because I found out the day before Thanksgiving when we were cleaning up to have company over. I took down the whole tank and cleaned it all up so they wouldn't see the shameful state it had become. I know I'll never make the same mistake again, and I've been much more careful about what kind of responsibilities I take on and have to maintain.
Yknow, I'm proud of you for this. I did the same when I was younger, I could barely take care of myself or my fish, even though I loved fish my entire life. My tank had become so atrocious and all of my fish died. I was a lot more careful as the years went on and finally decided I was ready for another pet. Now I have 2 spoiled lizards and 2 well off fish tanks :). I hope you can take care of yourself and if keeping fish is something you really are passionate about, you should do that again when you're capable.
We all do mistakes. You are very brave to tell your feelings and mistakes. I hope you are better now !
my brother's beta fish died, so he emptied the tank of water. he promptly left it there out of grief for a week, until one day, he noticed the fish moving. after a _week_ of being out of water. he was really happy.
in the wild, they sometimes live in very small puddles during the dry season or something, so a little bit of moisture kept his "dead" fish alive c:
fishes are incredible man-
As a kid I had betas. Ended up having a male and a female. The female attacked the male until his fins were shredded. We separated them with a divider and they lived good lives after that. Wish my family did more research beforehand to avoid this.
i had a beta when i was a kid: i had 1 male bc they r very solitary animals but i went on a trip with my mom it was like three day weekend thing my dad was taking care of my fish and he didn’t feed my fish… he fed him like 2 times… i came back,saw my fish floating. i hated my father for a good week after that. rip beta
This is a bit longer story. Just a warning.
My angelfish died like a year ago by drowning as well. I was on my way to work and mom was home with my, then about 2yo brother who loved watching my fish.
The angelfish only had one placo in his tank and before someone tries to educate me or hate that angelfish need to be at least in a pair and how he was lonely and stuff, he had to be alone in the tank. He got to us bc he was literally eating fish in his tank in the previous home, including other angelfish. So he had to be alone. Only the placo was with him bc he was bigger than him and after the fish tried attacking it a few times, he figured it's useless and left him alone.
My brother loved feeding him and back then, mom just turned around for a few seconds and my brother poured the entirety of his bag of feed into the water. Mom took out as much as she could with the net, but had to leave and didn't think the rest would make such a problem.
When we came home, the tank was completely brick red from the feed and his oxygen stone got plugged and dirty so it wasn't working and the angelfish drowned.
It took us like 2 weeks to get the tank completely clean and the water being clear. Whenever we cleaned it, the water would be cloudy and even letting it set wasn't working.
Now I have 2 axolotls, I have learned to always watch my brother when he's wondering around the tank and they are thriving.🥰
I got my fish from a school project (ecosystem in a bottle) took them home, got them a tank, and they’re still chilling here. The original 5 from the project are still alive. The reason so many appeared after i put them in a tank is because one “big” fish i got was actually pregnant. Her name is Big Mama and she’s doing really well. I think i have the same kind you do, glass belly guppies.
Emperor big mom of whole cake island
@@Eli_Top What
@@tthebearybearss search up big mom on google
@@tthebearybearss it’s from an anime lol
Cough
I immediately thought of big mama from rottmnt lmao
My fish died two weeks after I got it. Rest in peace Xiaojun
Not xiaojun😭
Not tryin to be disrespectful, but that name sounds like a Genshin Impact ship 💀
@@xiaohavercade if its who i think it is its a kpop idol :)
Xiaojun from wayv?😭
@@xiaohavercade bro not everything is genshin😭 it's just Chinese names (I mean here its shortened bc it's a singer)
I absolutely love the helicopter noises when the fish go for a ride!
One of my fish ate another fish in the tank and then died a few days later. Those two fish lived in the same tank for about a year and neither of them ever showed any aggressive behaviors.
My fish died cause the water was too cold. It wasn’t even my fault cause the fish were staying with my dad while we were moving houses. For years I assumed he forgot to feed them until I asked and he said “the water was too cold” rip Goldie. You were the best fish I had for 4 years
Mine died because I fed it a hot Cheetos
sad
What the heck dude
@@whiteblackepicface7582 why would you feed a fish anything but fish food..?
@@djorca1725 I didn’t have fish food
I remember when I was 9,
I had three fish, we had the same breed of them before, and they died in the first three months, even though we made sure everything was perfect in their tank for them. Anyways, when I got the new fish, we moved house into a larger, spacious house. The only bad thing is that we moved in with my mum's new partner, and he had a cat. We made sure these fish would stay healthy and we would protect them. We had a lid to make sure the cat couldn't eat them, but the cat was allergic anyways, so we had to be extra cautious. We managed to keep them alive for about 2 years, before one passed. We buried her. We had two others left, they were called "Sparkle", my mum named her, because she was so pretty, and when the sun shone through the window on her, she literally looked like she was sparkly. The other one was called "Orange attack" I named this one (bare in mind I was 9) because my first fish was called "Black Attack" and they looked so similar (they were both orange and black). Sparkle and Orange attack managed to live another year, until Sparkle passed and we buried her next to the other dead fish. Anyways, the next few months, which was lockdown 1, I made sure Orange Attack was OK. And he was until one day he wasn't there. We thought the cat ate him, but the lid was on how we left it and the cat showed no allergies. It's still a mystery and I miss him a lot.
Rest in peace, Sparkle, Orange Attack and (I dont remember the other ones name)
orange attack is a great name for a fish or any pet tbh
#Imnotreadingallthat
@@jameswar2972 #thendontreadit took the time outta ur day just to say that ur weird...
I absolutely love that Orange Attack is still at large, what a great ending
i completely forgot I made this comment tbh 😭
No one gonna talk about how fish can ACTUALLY DROWN?
Fish get oxygen from the water so if there is no oxygen in the water then the fish can drown
Nobody talk about it because they know a lot about fish
I had a funny story one Time one of my fish I had jumped put and was left out overnight but it survived
Actually people talk about how they can drowned in different types of ways so you’re completely wrong on this and this girl has never said anything wrong and rude so why in the world would you be rude her
@@MikeyCondon-kv7cyit survived bc the gills didn’t dry out
"Everytime i post a video about my fish"
*her every video being about her fish*
All of my brothers fish ate eachother. I wasn't in charge of taking care of them so it was his careless mistake to get all different types of fish and put them in the same tank but he was very young at the time so he had no idea that would happen. I still look back at it to this day and I am very sad it happened 😢
I STILL don’t know what happened, but we once had an aquarium with some small neons, a couples of those fish that live on the ground, and then two bigger, really pretty ones with bright orange fins, named Oscar and Emma. The two had babies several times, though sadly we noticed too late when they already got eaten by other fish. But the big ones were thriving, until one day, Oscar just disappeared. We never found his skeleton and the other fish were too small to have attacked and/or eaten him. In turn, Emma got super depressed and only ever hid in a caves, turned very pale and rarely ate anymore. The other fish were fine, and she wasn’t sick either. We bought another fish like Oscar to keep her company, but it was only a little while later that Emma died as well. I don’t remember what happened to the one that was leftover, I believe he made it for quite a while longer, but the story of Oscar and Emma, our first fish, one of which disappeared and the other who died of her broken heart, I will never forget
Can they jump?
Could it be possible it fell out the aquarium?
I wonder what happened, do you have any pets?
My dad used to have a fish named Oscar, his nickname was police Oscar and in his tank lived some mollies and other fish Police Oscar would keep the population at a okay population but one day my dads room caught fire and the tank busted my dad found police Oscar on the floor and there were a bunch of dead mollies, Police Oscar made it to a pet store where they said they would keep him until my dad got his stuff fixed, but someone bought Police Oscar and it was probably for the best, other than that room we would have nowhere to put him, I hope that fish is doing well
My grandmother had something similar with the heater happen in her saltwater tank several years ago. Her husband had changed the water and put the wrong amount in, and they all ended up dead. She was heartbroken.
❤️🩷❤️🩷 for you grandma
This happened to my father too, all fish cooked 😢
Your loops are top tier!!!!
My dad ruined my childhood. We had a saltwater fish tank, and as he cleaned the water went to the front lawn, where our grass was already dead. My FAVORITE fish (the oldest one who survived the preparation of our tank) swam into it. This happened when I was in middle school.
The perfect loop doesn't exis-
You don’t even need to say that all her loops are perfect 🤣
We actually have a pond and a tank. The pond is outside so weather is really uncontrollable. The rain and wind knocked the miniature waterfall off course and water started pouring out of the pond. We were only able to save a few. I was absolutely wrecked because these fish were around for seven years so they're pretty big.
The ones we keep in the pond were goldfish, koi fish, and Mino. Most of them suffocated.
Sorry for the paragraph.
I have the same but somehow they have had a longggg lifetime
It feels like after I upgraded my Goldie’s tank to a 10 gallon with giant lid, my cat just kinda scrapped the idea of attacking him from his mind….
I bought a betta for 99 cents at this dollar store (Idk which branch, just know things were a dollar there) and while we got starter stuff there, my gosh I got so into taking care of him, he was like my best friend despite being a fish. I named him Meggy, short for megalodon because it was my favorite prehistoric creature at the time. (He did this weird little dance thing when he knew it was time to be fed or talked to, at least that's what 10 year old me called it) Needless to say, with the right care, he lived 3 years- and probably would've lived to his full 5 if I hadn't failed to notice his ich :( I just didn't see it on him when he was alive, then when I took him out I saw the little dots near his gills. Pay close attention for details like that, because I'm still so upset with myself!
3 years is great for a betta still. Trust me, I breed them and in my early days I've killed then in horror ways.
PLEASE say I'm not the only one who was staring at Peter's hair the whole time bc it still had the green thingies in it.
No bestie, me too
No dw me too-
It's my ADD that can't fucking stand that
I came here to say this
The store we bought our fishes from told us that the fishes weren't cannibals. They ended up eating eachother.
😂😂😂
so I had a betta for around 3 years. in his last month, I was very stressed out and was unable to get myself to clean his tank. he went about an extra week before I was going to clean it when I had time to destress, but I found him floating one night. I was very unmotivated and depressed, and I thought it was my fault for not cleaning the tank. but that guy lived for 3 years with me, and my stepdad told me he lasted a long time. I kept him in a 5.5 gal tank with a heater and filter and he was fed good. I was sad but I realized that he was alive a long time and fish don’t usually last long. I’ve decided I’m going to wait to get another fish until I know that I can absolutely keep up with the cleaning routine I had.
(yes, I cleaned the tank once a month. it was fine and I would have to occasionally do partial cleans because I had surgery, but he was fine thru that. decided to do a deep clean once I got better lol)
I left the house for a couple of hours and returned to a tank that had turned completely white. The water was extremely warm, and the heater was very visibly broken and bubbling. Needless to say that almost all of the fish were dead, but a few of the shrimp made it out and were rehomed.
Me and my brother had two small black goldfishes once, we always fed them and looked after them perfectly.I even named one Juniper and my brother named one Kait. On a nice Saturday I went downstairs to make myself breakfast and feed Juniper And Kait but I couldn't find Juniper, I looked around the tank for him and found him layed down near my filter, I put him in a bowl and tried feeding him but he'd shown no response. Turns out the filter squeezed him and killed him, RIP Juniper And Kait.
Black Goldfish = Brownfish
Some fish are more attached to siphons than others. For example when I siphon my tanks, my Corydoras will swim away from the siphon but Bettas and Danios may intentionally swim toward it in curiosity.
Also if you have a heavily plants tank, you can avoid drowning/suffocation altogether because plants release oxygen into your water column.
And if you have your aquarium set as a Walstad tank, you can avoid the need for regular water changes because they create a self-sustaining ecosystems.
If you have a tank overstocked with compatible fish, you can mitigate the high bioload by increasing filtration and adding numerous plants. There is no such thing as over-filtration and further increasing filtration doesn’t negatively impact fish or other aquatic species.
Yeah I could totally see my Betta checking out my siphon if I had one 😆
Same with bunnies, everyone has some scary story about how their childhood bunny died usually only after 1 year of life. My bunny is 3 now and i 100% understand why thoose other bunnies lived such a short life. They were in a tiny cage (can result in obeesity, heartfailure, gi-stasis and other issues), fed with only pellets no hay or greens (again obesity, heartfailure and bowel issues), a water bottle (choking hazzard) and being arround kids (roughly handeling a bunny can result in broken bones, broken spine and heart failure)
People out here really thinking fish breathe water 💀💀
Fr I had to tell like 1000T of them 0,0
frrrr
My fish died of a very old age, I was very little when I had it, but I still took very good care of it. I loved it so much!
One of my favorite fish died because she had a disability. She was the sweetest guppy ever, but she seemed to have a not fully functioning swim bladder, also she was built like a male but she did have female features. She could swim, but she had to actively swim all the time or she'd sink down. Swam also a bit wobbly, but she was super active and pretty fast. Also always the first one there when I held my hands into the water, super curious, lively little fish. But she also rested a lot at the bottom of the tank. Many times I thought she was dead only for her to swim up and come to the glass when I lightly tapped it, but I did notice that, over time, she grew slower. One night I had strong panic feelings. When I looked into the tank the next morning, she was dead. She was born in my tank, and was approximately 6 months old when she died. But I believe that her short life was still the best life she could have had, she was so lively and curious and full of personality and I will never forget this little fish. It's been two years since she died, but guppies don't live that long anyways, and she had her disability. Love you, Flimsy, I will never forget how much joy you brought me.
I also had a disabled fish! She was a betta who I got as a baby. She got fish tb (or rather, she already had it, but it took a while to actually start causing problems) and couldn't swim very well, along with having a kinked spine. Still, I caught it fast enough to get a fish vet's opinion, and with lots of close attention, she lived for another year. I'm glad to see someone else who understands that every pet deserves the best.
I accidentally dumped one of my minnows down the sink while trying to change their water, and I felt so terrible about it. I tried to save the fish, but it was too late. I had caught these minnows from a creek and kept them in a small tank. Originally, there were 13, but one day I found one dead for no clear reason, and the next morning, another had died. Worried, I quarantined the rest to figure out what was happening. Then, the smallest one died. After the sink accident, I'm now down to nine minnows. I don’t have any special equipment like a water tester or filter, and I don’t even have a net, so I’ve been doing my best with what I have. Since there's no filter, I change the water more frequently. While scooping up water, I didn’t realize there was a fish in it until it was too late, and I cried trying to block it from going down the drain. I feel awful about it and will never make that mistake again.
If possible I’d really love to see more long videos. I’ve been watching some of the longer ones and I really like them!
My Beginner Fishkeeping mistake was not soaking my betta pellets for my poor boy Zag.
He ended up super constipated and got real bad swim bladder disease. Thankfully, I Immediately treated him and now he is one healthy boy who gets pre-soaked pellets everyday. :)
Wait wait you need to soak them
Does this apply to hikari betta bio gold
@@gwnnandoz8548 I'm not too sure, I use Omega One betta pellets at the moment, but if you're not sure I suggest you do soak them for a little bit before feeding, just to be safe. ❤️
@@noviibutnotactive8385 thanks for the response. I will soak them. I don't want to lose my lil buddy hes a koi betta and was expensive and ofcourse irreplaceable for me.
Actually soaking isn’t necessary- it removes water solvable nutrients!
Using a high quality food and staying on a feeding schedule will usually work better.
My sibling had gotten a beta fish while at college, right when I brought home a kitten. He had never shown interest in the counter cause he hadn't figured out how to get up there yet, so we stuck the fish on the counter. The kitten figured out how to get on the counter and almost smacked the fish tank over. Needless to say we moved the tank to the bathroom he never went into.
I had gotten 3 fish (They were all goldfish). Their names were Orange Vanilla (OV for short), Grapefruit, and Tangerine. OV died 5 months later and Tangerine died a few days after OV. Tangerine had fin rot and OV’s scales were falling off. Grapefruit had fin rot but still lives! (R.I.P Orange Vanilla and Tangerine!!)
People should take good care of their fish
Mistakes happen. Sometimes it’s a mistake but sometimes you’re just being stupid like my cat Steven ate a fish
@@Sergioforlife I think everyone with a pet should make sure that silly mistakes that could lead to their pet dying wont happen and they should learn from the mistake
I'm so proud of you I have been watching you for over a year and you have grown so much
I love all the effort you make into these it makes my day ❤
Once when I was a child me and my mom went to our local Walmart which at the time sold fish. we got a few along with a pretty big fish tank, a filter, so decorations and tank gravel. After about a month we collectively began to forget about the fish, we stopped feeding them, the filter broke, and we just ignored them. The cashier at Walmart that day had said even with proper care the fish wouldn’t live more than a few weeks, and yet even in these awful conditions, one of the fish lived for about a year. I still don’t understand how that fish lived for so long, the tank was so overgrown with algae that you couldn’t even see in it. After we realized that Zebra (the name of the fish because it had stripes) wasn’t planning on dying any time soon, we decided to get a new filter and clean up the tank. It died a few days later
Gotta admit, I used to keep a little beta. I loved that fish, and I did what I was taught on how to take care of fish. Unfortunately, since I was a young kid, I didn’t know that much. A few months later, he died, and I was really sad. Now that I reflect on it, as an adult, I feel guilty cause I’m fairly certain I wasn’t doing a good job, but I had no idea. It’s something that still sticks with me, cause I love animals, I have a cat and puppy, and I wanna care for em.
Don't feel bad for that. You didn't do a bad job, you merely did what you knew was right and you didn't have all the information, which is actually very understandable if your young, there's lots of misinformation on fish anyways, and with what knowledge you had I'm sure you did amazing
I had a fish scare about a week ago. Its the summer so its very hot inside my house (we dont have air conditioning). My tank was upstairs and because heat rises, my room was *very* hot. My fish tank rose many degrees over what the fish are comfortable with. I had a fan in the room but other than that i could do nothing but cross my fingers and hope none of them died. Well, none of them did and i got a bigger tank and moved it downstairs where its a lot cooler. 👍
I used to own a goldfish and she was my best friend and I loved her so much and we fed her every other day and she lived till 18 and the only reason she died was because my mum’s ex boyfriend left the tank in the sun and she overheated.😢
Edit: her name was goldie.
I guarantee if the tank was small enough to carry outside that it was was too small for that poor goldie. They NEED 30 to 40 gallons of water to live in
Thx for your reply, the tank was quite big and when my mum touched the water it was really warm but I will keep that in mind.
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My goldfish was also called Goldie spelt the same and pronounced the same way aswell
um max age for goldfish to live is at least 10 years old
All my shrimp died for god knows what reason. The other fish in the tank are fine, pigmi corydoras and very small pleckos that left them alone. I had them for 2 years and I woke up and they were all dead. I kinda treasured them a lot and spent hours looking at them. I adored the poor little things. Heartbreaking tbh
I got my first fish in the winter of kindergarten. I didn't have it long enough to even name it. I put it next to the window on my dresser. It froze.. I was 5 so this was heart breaking for me and the red beta fish
You know I’m slow when I realize Peter is wearing a gown at the end of the video😂
I love that you're honest about this. We aren't perfect, and that's okay❤
This one time, we bought a fish that I literally never got to see at any point. I was a little kid and in trouble so I didn’t get to pick one out that weekend. We had a large fish tank and had many fish before, so we knew at least a little bit about what we were doing. We took the fish home, let them adjust to the water, then took them out of their bags before we all had to take naps, then we wake up and my parents were gonna show me the fish, which somehow managed to get behind the filter (no other fish had done it before) and died- we took it out and no other fish did that again, idk if it was necessarily preventable but I still feel sad about it (it’s been like 12 years)
Hold up, your fish drowned?
Fish still need oxygen
@zzz which is pretty much what drowning is
@@bonk705 no your just stupid the words have to separate meanings
The more appropriate wording is suffocation but technically drowning is correct
Yes her fish drowned, a better way is to say the fish suffocated.
If something died because you “forgot” you didn’t need to have it to begin with. That was a living being you can’t just forget
Sorry, I was a kid when I had fish my parents bought me. We didn't take it seriously, and we didn't really know you had to clean the tank and whatnot. I probably shouldn't have had them huh? I feel so bad.
Unless you're a literal child taking care of a fish, as adults people shouldn't have high maintenance pets unless they have enough time and resources to take care of them 💀
I mean girl fr I feel you that stuff irks my souls but anyways THAT LOOP THO 😮
I was cleaning my tank and I walked away for a few minutes, and when I came back she was cleaning a thing that was in the tank, and there was still a fish in it! Still miss her :(
I mentioned my mom, not just she. Sorry!
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