Everyone, did you do your waterchange? Don’t be afraid to get your hands wet! Also, today is an amazing day. I finally saw Hot dog my loach after like months without seeing him. Hurray. Also, I have learned that if you set up a fish tank. And put some rotting plants in there, and over feed it. You have break outs like that. Another way is to get some plants from a super shady pet store and then boom. You got all sorts of things swimming around in there.
I keep a rain barrel in the sun with some creeping jenny cuttings floating year round and it's this green. Free food source? Hmmmm, the experiment might happen...
Mystery yawning "fish" is an amphibian--a Three-toed Amphiuma (_Amphiuma tridactylum_). Rarely seen (but not rare) from the southeastern US. They are occasionally found on land and can bite pretty hard!
scuds are amphipods, not copepods, very different niche. That copepod bloom is almost certainly a result of a big diatom bloom, which is a kind of algae that builds a shell out of silicates. Basically, glass coated unicellular algae. Often shows up as a brown speckled layer on your glass and hardscape. Copepods are pretty much the only thing that can eat them, and their niche has let them reach every body of water on earth. If they managed to produce that much WHILE being consumed by a betta, then it must have been one hell of a bloom.
@@FishForThought Here, people look at my purple Cerax alysiae crayfish and call them bait. To me, that's not a terribly endearing name for them. I like crayfish better.
4:16 I finally put my 2 pearl gouramis into my new scape yesterday and one of them jumped out of the tank into the bucket I was holding while I was standing in front of the tank. Then I turned off the light for an hour cus he was definitely not happy with the move. 😅
Concrete block aquarium stands are great (if your floor can handle the extra weight). Many years ago, I had one. Form and function 👌 Once I set it up, I clad it with stained plywood and trim using hot glue 😅 it work fantastic and looked sharp enough. I moved the tank about three months later for a relocation. Easy to take apart, and I just glued it back together👍 it lived there for a little over three years.
Another creator, MD Fish Tanks created a whole racking system wall with cinder blocks spacers and board shelves if you want to check out a clean look. 🤔
@StarEmpress30 I'm actually familiar with the video 👍 but if I were to tell you how it looked 🤔 I'd have to say that it mimicked the look of SerpaDesign (just a with a Grey stain) All the structure was in the blocks and boards. I then glued a prefabricated skin to the blocks. Now, I have much nicer custom furniture for my aquariums and terrariums(steel). The new pieces are a lot lighter but much stronger than my old setup that sat on a concrete slab at ground level (120 gallons) The same tank is on the second floor of a wood frame house. I easily saved 400 lbs. But thanks for the suggestion, would recommend to anyone who reads our comments 😎👌
They're probably scared of the white sand. From what I've read white substrate reflects light and makes them feel more exposed, and causes them to turn pale to try and blend in, while dark substrate (and a dark environment like a blackwater setup or a tank with floating plants) makes them feel more secure and also helps their colors to stand out a lot more Plus having white sand is like having a white car or shirt: as pretty as it looks, it's gonna be a pain to keep it looking that pristine as any little speck of dirt sticks like a sore thumb XD Very nice scape on the brackish! And nah brackish isn't too difficult, the environments fluctuate constantly (unlike the ocean which is as stable as it comes) so you don't have to worry about getting the wrong amount of salt or anything :P *Finding* brackish fish on the other hand... Not a lot of variety to choose from and not readily available, with the exception of mollies Nice ten gallon but I'd prefer seeing black neons in a bigger tank Beautiful 8 gallon 👏I think a bunch of cherry shrimp foraging around would look quite lovely in it That long tank is just *mindblowing*... edit: also sorry about the wall of text
oh I wanted to get white sand so any corydoras don't hurt themselves while sifting, maybe I should look for black sand instead. Really helpful info here :)
@@aloevera5600 Glad I could help! ;) Definitely black sand if you’re getting albino or panda cories or something like that, because with white they’ll just blend right in xD But with black sand, they’ll really stand out!
I had a 10 gallon with a dwarf gourami in it that someone gave to me before they moved to another state. It must have been old because it only lived for about 6 months, he was a big boy. Anyway after he died I left the tank fishless for 2 months. The tank has snails and I sprinkled some algae pellets in once a week to keep it cycled. Did water changes as usual. One day was doing a WC and saw copepods EVERYWHERE. That’s how you do it. Take your fish out for two months and give the tank food, but not a lot of food. Also my outlet of my filter is blocked by some filter floss for less flow for the female betta I was buying to breed. I think the low flow really helps the copepod pop explode.
My sister’s mil had an even luckier fish years ago. It disappeared from her tank one day and she looked everywhere for it but didn’t find it. Finally she gave up. She found it a day or 2 later swimming around in a tank in her dehumidifier when she went to empty the tank
The cinderblock concept is ingenious, and enhancing the front with inexpensive boards and trim would indeed elevate its appeal while keeping costs low.
@@FishForThought Bro I just googled it for ideas. It’s a deep rabbit hole 😂 Dude built a Mario brothers theme Brick Blocks with the ? Marks on top bro! I’m going to be up all night 😂
Bienvenidos a FTR Lunes!! Wishing all a super radical and wonderfully positive week!! 🙏💙✌️ QotW; I mean, if adult capybara are so adorable can you imagine the bebes?!? But in all seriousness, I found a spider egg sac at the moment of hatching while gardening one time, right before sunset, and the babies were all taking flight in the wind Charlotte's Web style but irl. That was an amazing sight! Seeing all these baby spiders fly off to find their forever home with the orange/ pink sunset in the background and that mystical quality the light has at that time of day! Amazing nature for the win!
i have a lot of copepods... they showed up with bladder snails in a tank that had only plants and 1 nerrite. the nerrite eventually died because there wasn't enough algae. i believe the pods showed up from the water supply, they started microscopic and then started to get bigger.
9:46, I used to have this exact tank, it's 6 gallons at most, probably 5 gallons They only make that tank kit in 19litres (5 gallons) and 24 litres (6 gallons)
what are the plants at 8:00 susswasertang(spelling) a type of liverwort like plant and red lotus? Really liked the aquariums this week! Especially the large one, very pretty.
@ 5:55 thats what a Python spiny eel (mastacembelus armatus). They come in many different patterns but google also shows alot of wrong pictures or Mastacembelus circumcinctus which is a way smaller species. The Python spiny eel grows very large similar to the fire spiny eel which as the name suggests has an awesome red marking to it and becomes a giant waterpet noodle.. saddly most overfeed them cause they are EXPERTS at begging for food. They become super attached to their owner/fingers. I called my oldest one "Monty" because... he was as silly as Monty Python... yeah...im not creative...
QOTW: Mammals: Pomeranians, foxes, bears Birds: Finches, baby chickens, hummingbirds Reptiles: geckos, anoles Fish: pufferfish, common goldfish, coolie loaches Amphibians: tree frogs, cave salamanders Invertebrates: Nerite snails, sea bunnies They are all cute at some phase of their young life
The warranty, thats why I buy the stands in the pet store. Did you know most companies won’t honor a warranty if you don’t use their approved stands for the tank?
great video as all!!! Personally I think all baby animals are cute but if I had to pick one it would be a baby raccoon. My hospital (vet tech) had one come in that was abandoned and he was the cutest thing!
Easy way to get an explosion of micro prey is to use fine floating food for things like fry in a low flow tank - it sometimes never sinks and gets caught on any structures or floating plants. I ended up with a tank i had to break down because I had a huge explosion of scuds in a 10gal and nothing in there wa big enough to eat them, as it just had chili rasboras and shrimp.
Qotw: a baby sugar glider. I seen one on a documentary and it had the largest eyes that melted me on the spot. He had white, soft, fluffy fur that you could pet all day. Adorable little fur babies and I would jump at the chance to own one.
@@aslan-leemckee695 Yes I should've mentioned that. I ALWAYS research what I'm getting. Even my fish. And I don't get any animal without knowing that I can provide the care they need for a healthy and happy life. I make sure water parameters and tankmates, hardscape and plants are right for a fish first also. I didn't mention this because I just figured that it goes without saying and people would do research first themselves. Oops. I'm sorry for leaving it out.
hey just fyi, that ain't vallisneria in the brackish water tank, instead they're crinum thaianum and crinum calamistratum aka the onion plant. Slow grower yet rewarding to plant
QOTW: Tied between foals (baby horse) and puppies, especially corgis. Could be biased because I've been around both growing up but you cannot say they're not both the cutest things! Foals are just giant goofy puppies and corgi puppies are literally little potatoes with tiny legs!
To answer the QOTW: a few years ago I went on a trip to Chile and Bolivia and saw alpacas… and baby alpacas. I tell you there is no derpier creature on this planet. Firstly, their fur is like a teddy bear. The babies do that giraffe thing where they forget how legs work, but they also do the puppy zoomies thing. So we would see groups of young alpacas chase each other around and then BIFF it! Also, their necks are very flexible. The first time we saw one we tried to slowly walk closer, and then this mfer, who was facing the other way eating grass, swung it’s head around to stare at us without moving it’s body an inch. We all choked on our laughter. So ya, baby alpacas are the cutest little idiots ever.
Several months ago, I got a load of plants in the mail, put the plants in tubs with water. A week later I´ve found a couple of fry swimming around. One of them survived, became a rainbow fish which I donated to my lfs. It´s needs don´t match with the water parameters I´m going for because of the South American tetras I´m keeping.
Hi Chris, Excellent video. My Axolotl Lucinda passed this morning, Seeing those little eggs put a little love in my heart ♥ I don't know what to do with her, she's alone in a bucket. I'll have to put her in the garden? What do we do with dead axolotls? @Fish For Thought
Small fish gang is true for my 29gal, a school of 9 chili rasboras and 7 CPD's usually you only see 6 fish at once because they all hide from people lol.
Qotwi think the cutest baby animal that I have experienced taking care of is probably bristle nose pleco babies after they have become free swimming, so cute :)
Those cinder blocks + plywood also make an excellent bed platform too. Throw on a bed skirt & no one will notice or care. Do the DIY headboard thing if you're interested & it's all good. Those who go berko over cheap solutions are people you don't really want as friends anyway. =p
QOTW : baby tigers all the way, there so cute! And my sister's puppy never seen a thing this cute irl before. Also the French fries pun made me laugh and smile but also scared me : imagine going to McDo and they serve you this instead, I would cry
so my mom bought a 2.5 gallon because i have a beta and my brother always comes to my room and bangs on the glass so i tried to tell her that a 2.5 gal is too small for a beta i have one in a 10 gal what do i do ?
Meanwhile my local chinese food restaurant takes it one step further and just has a TV with an ocean wildlife channel with chill music lol Also i've had that exact thing happen multiple times, where a fish jumped from its tank or jar ( jars for betta breeding ) and landed in another container of water. MY luck is absolute trash, so i think i know where its all been going. its not enough for the fish to steal all my time and money they gotta steal my luck too xD
Now you've done it. You've gone and asked a completely unanswerable QOTW. Cutest baby animal, singular, as in just one? I can't even narrow it down to my top 10, but two that come to mind immediately are baby ocelots and baby fennec foxes.
QOTW (bless you) answer of the week: Gosh, that's a tough one. There's so many cute babies out there. How about a baby tape worm? They look like a cute little grain of steamed rice, often in a much uglier lump of animal poo. Maybe it's just that they look better by comparison to what they live in. Or maybe it's because it looks nowhere as horrific as the creature it will become. All I can say is that even though it might look cute, definitely don't give in to the urge to reach down and tickle it (goochi goochi goo!).
Sugar Gliders, aka Sugar bears, aka many other names. They are so adorable birth to adult ❤Also thank you for the video, I hope you post one with your with soon😊
Newer to the fish world, but am educating myself as much as possible. Currently just have one quite young female betta in a 5 gallon, but I've been looking for a tank mate possibilities. I was trying to find some info and one that really has sparked my interest is the Kuhli Loach. In one of your videos I saw just one, and I keep seeing you have to have multiples of them. What do you recommend? I don't want to make a bad decision since so much is so back and forth on info. I've read I could have 2 in a 5 gal but others saying you need a much larger tank so I really don't know what to do.
kuhlis are amazing!! i have 10 in a 40g breeder :) i would be cautious putting them in with a betta, even a female one as they can still be aggressive and territorial. when stocking its best to add the most aggressive fish last. as for your tank size i don't actually recommend getting kuhli's as they need at least a 10 gallon long tank to really thrive. although they aren't schooling fish they are very social and enjoy company! if you put 2 in your tank you would hardly ever see them as they feel safer in larger groups of 6 or more. some tank mates i would suggest for your betta in a 5 gallon are some blue mystery snails or some red cherry shrimp. mystery snails are good as they don't breed asexually and lay their eggs above the waterline so the population is easy to control :) hope this helps!
@@Sapphirejade0255 Thank you it really does. This female betta is really young and is extremely calm and chill as well. I know they still can get aggressive. I thought about putting cherry shrimp in there definitely, though I'm not a huge fan of the snails (it would have to be a really unique looking snail but even then idk). Would there be any other options you'd recommend? I'm also extremely limited in what I can even get my hands on as there aren't a lot of good fish places around here anymore and I know nothing about the online sellers to know who to buy from and who not to. I'm also trying to look up more and better info on getting the plants in the aquarium to grow and thrive better. Just sad I can't do Kuhli Loaches they are so adorable!
@@Lynn-qt9tv there's lots of different beautiful colourful shrimp around depending on what country you're in! Unfortunately I'm from New Zealand and customs don't allow aquarists to keep any type of shrimp. It's illegal to import them 😭. Snails would probably be your best bet as shrimp can be quite sensitive to water quality. I have a gorgeous little blue mystery snail in my tank. His name is spool (my partner named him haha) my Betta interacts with him but doesn't attack or try to nip his antenna at all! As for other options of what to keep it's a bit difficult because lots of fish require 10 gallons or more whereas with Bettas it's often the smaller the tank the better (not always though, but most of the time they're happier in smaller tanks especially if they've lived in one for a long time) since your Betta is young you might have a chance at being able to put her with another group of fish if you're careful and plan it out correctly. Although it might not work for you, the best thing I can think of doing (also what I ended up doing lol) is getting a new 10g tank and setting it up, cycle it, add some fish that can you can potentially pair with a Betta (neon/ember tetras or guppies are a good go-to) leave it for a bit, and then add the Betta. It worked really well for me but sometimes it can go haywire. Keep the 5g as a spare just in case it does and then you can move the Betta back. I have female guppies in the tank with my Betta but there are also MANY hiding places. Water spangle for the top section, decor and plants for the mid, and leaves/rocks for the bottom. Hiding spots are really key for keeping other fish with Bettas. Just make sure they don't get bored as they are prone to acting depressed if they do
Qotw: Man there’s so many cute baby animals out there. But if you thought chicks were cute, wait until you see silkie chicks! As they start to reach the stages where most of their chickens start to lose the fluff, the silkie chicks keep it!
QOTW: Small 1 or 2 month old kittens are the cutest, second is the same old baby bulldog and third is the 5 months old female betta. There are so many cute animal, it was hard to sum up my all time top 3.
Just cleaned my 9 gallon tank today & found 1 pond snail in the tank & another on the wall when the stand is 4" away & nothing else is touching the stand... 🤔 I also plucked 2 centipedes out. My nerite snail was sleeping on the job while the pond snail was going to town...
Need a trigger warning for mentioning Malaysian trumpet snails. I set up a 10-gallon tank for work. Some wood, some stone, some plants, nutrient black substrate and a few fish (betta and 3 corys). One day I see a cone shaped shell and think "wow, that's novel that a shell got in with the substrate. It looks pretty." A few weeks later that shell is on top of the wood and I'm concerned. Another week goes by and it is all Malaysian trumpet snails. No matter how many I culled, I couldn't stop the population explosion. I left that tank there when I left the job. I haven't had a fish tank since.
(QOTW) Q: What is the cutest baby animal? A: A baby seal, they are curious, playful, clumsy, they make the silliest noises, and when they are content, they sit in banana pose.
So jealous of that initial betta tank I have no filter, dence planting, and botanicals decomposing in a tank just for micro organisms, and I'm no where close to the power of this person's betta tank lmao
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10:28 just find it funny
pleas make a video about the youtoubers that make fish tank beds but dont eaven aclimate the fish and no no filter no hetater ....
Everyone, did you do your waterchange? Don’t be afraid to get your hands wet! Also, today is an amazing day. I finally saw Hot dog my loach after like months without seeing him. Hurray.
Also, I have learned that if you set up a fish tank. And put some rotting plants in there, and over feed it. You have break outs like that. Another way is to get some plants from a super shady pet store and then boom. You got all sorts of things swimming around in there.
I keep a rain barrel in the sun with some creeping jenny cuttings floating year round and it's this green. Free food source? Hmmmm, the experiment might happen...
get yo hands wet!
@@screwyou2 oooooh. Super excited for you
I actually did a water change today lol
No water changes yet i’ve been going hard with 2 years lol and i also got to see one of my fish (CPD crayfish) i haven’t seen him since last month lol
Mystery yawning "fish" is an amphibian--a Three-toed Amphiuma (_Amphiuma tridactylum_). Rarely seen (but not rare) from the southeastern US. They are occasionally found on land and can bite pretty hard!
Cool, thanks for the info 😊
they sound pretty metal
scuds are amphipods, not copepods, very different niche. That copepod bloom is almost certainly a result of a big diatom bloom, which is a kind of algae that builds a shell out of silicates. Basically, glass coated unicellular algae. Often shows up as a brown speckled layer on your glass and hardscape. Copepods are pretty much the only thing that can eat them, and their niche has let them reach every body of water on earth. If they managed to produce that much WHILE being consumed by a betta, then it must have been one hell of a bloom.
So diatoms are good for something, after all. Who knew?
woops, I wonder if some ppl say scuds regionally even though it is incorrect
like how crayfish has like 8 different ways to be said
@@FishForThought Here, people look at my purple Cerax alysiae crayfish and call them bait. To me, that's not a terribly endearing name for them. I like crayfish better.
Never thought I would see an Amphiuma in an aquarium 8:36. Such an interesting Amphibian.
agreed
4:16 I finally put my 2 pearl gouramis into my new scape yesterday and one of them jumped out of the tank into the bucket I was holding while I was standing in front of the tank. Then I turned off the light for an hour cus he was definitely not happy with the move. 😅
at least it made it into the bucket!
Concrete block aquarium stands are great (if your floor can handle the extra weight).
Many years ago, I had one.
Form and function 👌
Once I set it up, I clad it with stained plywood and trim using hot glue 😅 it work fantastic and looked sharp enough. I moved the tank about three months later for a relocation. Easy to take apart, and I just glued it back together👍 it lived there for a little over three years.
I been eyeing those cinderblocks at my local rona
Another creator, MD Fish Tanks created a whole racking system wall with cinder blocks spacers and board shelves if you want to check out a clean look. 🤔
@StarEmpress30 I'm actually familiar with the video 👍 but if I were to tell you how it looked 🤔 I'd have to say that it mimicked the look of SerpaDesign (just a with a Grey stain) All the structure was in the blocks and boards. I then glued a prefabricated skin to the blocks. Now, I have much nicer custom furniture for my aquariums and terrariums(steel). The new pieces are a lot lighter but much stronger than my old setup that sat on a concrete slab at ground level (120 gallons)
The same tank is on the second floor of a wood frame house. I easily saved 400 lbs.
But thanks for the suggestion, would recommend to anyone who reads our comments 😎👌
They're probably scared of the white sand. From what I've read white substrate reflects light and makes them feel more exposed, and causes them to turn pale to try and blend in, while dark substrate (and a dark environment like a blackwater setup or a tank with floating plants) makes them feel more secure and also helps their colors to stand out a lot more
Plus having white sand is like having a white car or shirt: as pretty as it looks, it's gonna be a pain to keep it looking that pristine as any little speck of dirt sticks like a sore thumb XD
Very nice scape on the brackish!
And nah brackish isn't too difficult, the environments fluctuate constantly (unlike the ocean which is as stable as it comes) so you don't have to worry about getting the wrong amount of salt or anything :P
*Finding* brackish fish on the other hand... Not a lot of variety to choose from and not readily available, with the exception of mollies
Nice ten gallon but I'd prefer seeing black neons in a bigger tank
Beautiful 8 gallon 👏I think a bunch of cherry shrimp foraging around would look quite lovely in it
That long tank is just *mindblowing*...
edit: also sorry about the wall of text
good observations
@@FishForThought Thanks!
oh I wanted to get white sand so any corydoras don't hurt themselves while sifting, maybe I should look for black sand instead. Really helpful info here :)
@@aloevera5600 Glad I could help! ;)
Definitely black sand if you’re getting albino or panda cories or something like that, because with white they’ll just blend right in xD
But with black sand, they’ll really stand out!
@@garg4531 xD yeah I would want to be able to see them so black sand it is! Thank you so much!
I had a 10 gallon with a dwarf gourami in it that someone gave to me before they moved to another state. It must have been old because it only lived for about 6 months, he was a big boy. Anyway after he died I left the tank fishless for 2 months. The tank has snails and I sprinkled some algae pellets in once a week to keep it cycled. Did water changes as usual. One day was doing a WC and saw copepods EVERYWHERE. That’s how you do it. Take your fish out for two months and give the tank food, but not a lot of food. Also my outlet of my filter is blocked by some filter floss for less flow for the female betta I was buying to breed. I think the low flow really helps the copepod pop explode.
CHIRS MY GUY. WHAT WAS THAT SOUND AT 10:32 IM DYING OVER HERE
Those cinder blocks could easily be covered with a table cloth ☆☆☆☆☆
My sister’s mil had an even luckier fish years ago. It disappeared from her tank one day and she looked everywhere for it but didn’t find it. Finally she gave up. She found it a day or 2 later swimming around in a tank in her dehumidifier when she went to empty the tank
The cinderblock concept is ingenious, and enhancing the front with inexpensive boards and trim would indeed elevate its appeal while keeping costs low.
ya fr, super cost efficient
@@FishForThought Bro I just googled it for ideas. It’s a deep rabbit hole 😂 Dude built a Mario brothers theme Brick Blocks with the ? Marks on top bro! I’m going to be up all night 😂
Bienvenidos a FTR Lunes!! Wishing all a super radical and wonderfully positive week!! 🙏💙✌️
QotW; I mean, if adult capybara are so adorable can you imagine the bebes?!? But in all seriousness, I found a spider egg sac at the moment of hatching while gardening one time, right before sunset, and the babies were all taking flight in the wind Charlotte's Web style but irl. That was an amazing sight! Seeing all these baby spiders fly off to find their forever home with the orange/ pink sunset in the background and that mystical quality the light has at that time of day! Amazing nature for the win!
capybara bebes would be crazy cute
The cinderblock stand, MD fish tanks made an entire fish rack wall with them and planks and it looks great.
Lions are by far the cutest baby animal
That fish bowl... 9:17
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Another Monday made great! Thank you for making such fantastic fish content!
thanks for tuning in!
11:01 Tbf bro, the PetStore betta grew up in a tiny glass jar in Thailand. 1 gallon is the most water it's ever known 😂
Ramshorn snail hatchlings are some of the most unexpectedly cute baby critters I've ever seen. 🐌🥺
i have a lot of copepods... they showed up with bladder snails in a tank that had only plants and 1 nerrite. the nerrite eventually died because there wasn't enough algae. i believe the pods showed up from the water supply, they started microscopic and then started to get bigger.
you got some thicc copepods
Wow... love the 6:46 aquarium, so pretty
ikr!
9:46, I used to have this exact tank, it's 6 gallons at most, probably 5 gallons
They only make that tank kit in 19litres (5 gallons) and 24 litres (6 gallons)
oh dang
Great start to the week
ty! take care
what are the plants at 8:00 susswasertang(spelling) a type of liverwort like plant and red lotus?
Really liked the aquariums this week! Especially the large one, very pretty.
yes great selection of tanks this monday!
@ 5:55 thats what a Python spiny eel (mastacembelus armatus). They come in many different patterns but google also shows alot of wrong pictures or Mastacembelus circumcinctus which is a way smaller species. The Python spiny eel grows very large similar to the fire spiny eel which as the name suggests has an awesome red marking to it and becomes a giant waterpet noodle.. saddly most overfeed them cause they are EXPERTS at begging for food. They become super attached to their owner/fingers. I called my oldest one "Monty" because... he was as silly as Monty Python... yeah...im not creative...
awesome :0
Happy Monday everyone!😊
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happy mondaying!
QOTW:
Mammals: Pomeranians, foxes, bears
Birds: Finches, baby chickens, hummingbirds
Reptiles: geckos, anoles
Fish: pufferfish, common goldfish, coolie loaches
Amphibians: tree frogs, cave salamanders
Invertebrates: Nerite snails, sea bunnies
They are all cute at some phase of their young life
The warranty, thats why I buy the stands in the pet store. Did you know most companies won’t honor a warranty if you don’t use their approved stands for the tank?
ah ic that's true
"Why does food taste so good after 11pm?!" --> WORD.
in summer i watch like many of ur vids possible after months of school, im start to watching this channel again lol
great video as all!!! Personally I think all baby animals are cute but if I had to pick one it would be a baby raccoon. My hospital (vet tech) had one come in that was abandoned and he was the cutest thing!
Easy way to get an explosion of micro prey is to use fine floating food for things like fry in a low flow tank - it sometimes never sinks and gets caught on any structures or floating plants.
I ended up with a tank i had to break down because I had a huge explosion of scuds in a 10gal and nothing in there wa big enough to eat them, as it just had chili rasboras and shrimp.
Qotw: a baby sugar glider. I seen one on a documentary and it had the largest eyes that melted me on the spot. He had white, soft, fluffy fur that you could pet all day. Adorable little fur babies and I would jump at the chance to own one.
Please do research. They dont do well singly and are very edvanced mammals to keep.
@@aslan-leemckee695 Yes I should've mentioned that. I ALWAYS research what I'm getting. Even my fish. And I don't get any animal without knowing that I can provide the care they need for a healthy and happy life. I make sure water parameters and tankmates, hardscape and plants are right for a fish first also. I didn't mention this because I just figured that it goes without saying and people would do research first themselves. Oops. I'm sorry for leaving it out.
very cute
9:25 2 TURTLES IN A WHAT?!
Chris: bring back white clouds
Me: BRING BACK SHRIMP
hey just fyi, that ain't vallisneria in the brackish water tank, instead they're crinum thaianum and crinum calamistratum aka the onion plant. Slow grower yet rewarding to plant
QOTW: Tied between foals (baby horse) and puppies, especially corgis. Could be biased because I've been around both growing up but you cannot say they're not both the cutest things! Foals are just giant goofy puppies and corgi puppies are literally little potatoes with tiny legs!
classic!
8:37 looks like an olm. I mean it's not but it looks similar enough to think it's some kind of salamander.
edit: it's an amphiuma
To answer the QOTW: a few years ago I went on a trip to Chile and Bolivia and saw alpacas… and baby alpacas. I tell you there is no derpier creature on this planet. Firstly, their fur is like a teddy bear. The babies do that giraffe thing where they forget how legs work, but they also do the puppy zoomies thing. So we would see groups of young alpacas chase each other around and then BIFF it! Also, their necks are very flexible. The first time we saw one we tried to slowly walk closer, and then this mfer, who was facing the other way eating grass, swung it’s head around to stare at us without moving it’s body an inch. We all choked on our laughter. So ya, baby alpacas are the cutest little idiots ever.
omg baby alpacas
added enjoyment to my snow day
awesome
8:43 it’s an amphibian, no fish or eel has arms/legs this well developed. Probably an olm of some kind
icic
Several months ago, I got a load of plants in the mail, put the plants in tubs with water. A week later I´ve found a couple of fry swimming around. One of them survived, became a rainbow fish which I donated to my lfs. It´s needs don´t match with the water parameters I´m going for because of the South American tetras I´m keeping.
that's so cool
qotw... how can you ask something so difficult?!?!?!? omg. ALL OF THEM. they're ALL the cutest
hahaha u got the right answer
Hi Chris, Excellent video. My Axolotl Lucinda passed this morning, Seeing those little eggs put a little love in my heart ♥ I don't know what to do with her, she's alone in a bucket. I'll have to put her in the garden?
What do we do with dead axolotls? @Fish For Thought
Small fish gang is true for my 29gal, a school of 9 chili rasboras and 7 CPD's usually you only see 6 fish at once because they all hide from people lol.
small fish gang for the WIN
I use cinder blocks for many of my tanks and they come in other colors as well and are easy to paint
the yawn was amazing
ikr made me yawn
Qotwi think the cutest baby animal that I have experienced taking care of is probably bristle nose pleco babies after they have become free swimming, so cute :)
oh man yeah I've seen some baby plecs irl and it's so cute
Those cinder blocks + plywood also make an excellent bed platform too.
Throw on a bed skirt & no one will notice or care.
Do the DIY headboard thing if you're interested & it's all good.
Those who go berko over cheap solutions are people you don't really want as friends anyway. =p
you should say I hope I made your monday just a little betta! 😉get it Betta. I laughed so hard coming up with that
ahahaha
Dressers are great tank stands 😂
I get them all the time in my 2 smaller tanks. Idk what exactly they are, but Santa is bringing me a better microscope. News after holidays. Enjoy!
Those look like baby brine shrimp. My daughter got into sea monkeys at Christmas and they look exactly like a week old shrimp.
That is one chunky betta
crazy chonk
baby button quails are sooo cute
BEST THING ABOUT MONDAY ❤❤❤❤
YAY ty
“Why does food taste so good after 11pm?” …are …are you a gremlin? Because that would explain it. 😂
They look like daphnia to me. My cyclops copepods are a little longer and aren't pink. That's the best fish food you can have.
Copepods and scuds aren’t the same, and Betta’s love them both 😊❤️
Brackish is so easy... collect pond water, add some sulawesi salts & let everything go nuts in there.
Add some nerites, bettas & shrimp. 😎
Snails are the cutest when baby
I have daphnia cultures I keep outside for and not only are they free live food they will destroy green water 😍. Best thing I've ever invested in imo
I try to keep a wingless fruit fly culture around to feed my fish. The live action on the surface makes them go crazy!
oh man that's genius
The French fries joke got me lmao
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QOTW : baby tigers all the way, there so cute! And my sister's puppy never seen a thing this cute irl before.
Also the French fries pun made me laugh and smile but also scared me : imagine going to McDo and they serve you this instead, I would cry
wow xD
Was that a copepod breakout or a brineshrimps they added? Those look like brineshrimp hatchlings. I have been meaning to start my hatcheries again 😂
haha this is your sign from the universe
@@FishForThought time to have dwarf seahorses again 🤣
so my mom bought a 2.5 gallon because i have a beta and my brother always comes to my room and bangs on the glass so i tried to tell her that a 2.5 gal is too small for a beta i have one in a 10 gal what do i do ?
Thise big, beautiful planted tanks 😍
Goals!
ikr!
Meanwhile my local chinese food restaurant takes it one step further and just has a TV with an ocean wildlife channel with chill music lol
Also i've had that exact thing happen multiple times, where a fish jumped from its tank or jar ( jars for betta breeding ) and landed in another container of water. MY luck is absolute trash, so i think i know where its all been going. its not enough for the fish to steal all my time and money they gotta steal my luck too xD
Now you've done it. You've gone and asked a completely unanswerable QOTW. Cutest baby animal, singular, as in just one? I can't even narrow it down to my top 10, but two that come to mind immediately are baby ocelots and baby fennec foxes.
dang baby fennec fox def go hard
QOTW (bless you) answer of the week: Gosh, that's a tough one. There's so many cute babies out there. How about a baby tape worm? They look like a cute little grain of steamed rice, often in a much uglier lump of animal poo. Maybe it's just that they look better by comparison to what they live in. Or maybe it's because it looks nowhere as horrific as the creature it will become. All I can say is that even though it might look cute, definitely don't give in to the urge to reach down and tickle it (goochi goochi goo!).
BABY TAPE WORM
Sugar Gliders, aka Sugar bears, aka many other names. They are so adorable birth to adult ❤Also thank you for the video, I hope you post one with your with soon😊
I already think the adults still look like babies haha
You inspired me to make a pearl weed tank.
ayyy
@@FishForThought i got a curve ten gallon rimless :)
I got one of those stackable Amazon "goldfish betta bowl aquarium snail fish tank" things. My wallet is bigger than that thing! 😂😂😂
another grat and amazing monday
u too
I hope one day, we get an update on the axolotl egg person on a FTR!!
The creatures in the first video are ostracods also known as seed shrimp
Man, I think you need to up the first ones feeding 😂
Newer to the fish world, but am educating myself as much as possible. Currently just have one quite young female betta in a 5 gallon, but I've been looking for a tank mate possibilities. I was trying to find some info and one that really has sparked my interest is the Kuhli Loach. In one of your videos I saw just one, and I keep seeing you have to have multiples of them. What do you recommend? I don't want to make a bad decision since so much is so back and forth on info. I've read I could have 2 in a 5 gal but others saying you need a much larger tank so I really don't know what to do.
kuhlis are amazing!! i have 10 in a 40g breeder :) i would be cautious putting them in with a betta, even a female one as they can still be aggressive and territorial. when stocking its best to add the most aggressive fish last. as for your tank size i don't actually recommend getting kuhli's as they need at least a 10 gallon long tank to really thrive. although they aren't schooling fish they are very social and enjoy company! if you put 2 in your tank you would hardly ever see them as they feel safer in larger groups of 6 or more. some tank mates i would suggest for your betta in a 5 gallon are some blue mystery snails or some red cherry shrimp. mystery snails are good as they don't breed asexually and lay their eggs above the waterline so the population is easy to control :) hope this helps!
@@Sapphirejade0255 Thank you it really does. This female betta is really young and is extremely calm and chill as well. I know they still can get aggressive. I thought about putting cherry shrimp in there definitely, though I'm not a huge fan of the snails (it would have to be a really unique looking snail but even then idk). Would there be any other options you'd recommend? I'm also extremely limited in what I can even get my hands on as there aren't a lot of good fish places around here anymore and I know nothing about the online sellers to know who to buy from and who not to. I'm also trying to look up more and better info on getting the plants in the aquarium to grow and thrive better. Just sad I can't do Kuhli Loaches they are so adorable!
@@Lynn-qt9tv there's lots of different beautiful colourful shrimp around depending on what country you're in! Unfortunately I'm from New Zealand and customs don't allow aquarists to keep any type of shrimp. It's illegal to import them 😭. Snails would probably be your best bet as shrimp can be quite sensitive to water quality. I have a gorgeous little blue mystery snail in my tank. His name is spool (my partner named him haha) my Betta interacts with him but doesn't attack or try to nip his antenna at all! As for other options of what to keep it's a bit difficult because lots of fish require 10 gallons or more whereas with Bettas it's often the smaller the tank the better (not always though, but most of the time they're happier in smaller tanks especially if they've lived in one for a long time) since your Betta is young you might have a chance at being able to put her with another group of fish if you're careful and plan it out correctly. Although it might not work for you, the best thing I can think of doing (also what I ended up doing lol) is getting a new 10g tank and setting it up, cycle it, add some fish that can you can potentially pair with a Betta (neon/ember tetras or guppies are a good go-to) leave it for a bit, and then add the Betta. It worked really well for me but sometimes it can go haywire. Keep the 5g as a spare just in case it does and then you can move the Betta back. I have female guppies in the tank with my Betta but there are also MANY hiding places. Water spangle for the top section, decor and plants for the mid, and leaves/rocks for the bottom. Hiding spots are really key for keeping other fish with Bettas. Just make sure they don't get bored as they are prone to acting depressed if they do
Qotw: Man there’s so many cute baby animals out there. But if you thought chicks were cute, wait until you see silkie chicks! As they start to reach the stages where most of their chickens start to lose the fluff, the silkie chicks keep it!
omg sounds adorbs
The kerning city music threw me back to 2008
QOTW: Small 1 or 2 month old kittens are the cutest, second is the same old baby bulldog and third is the 5 months old female betta. There are so many cute animal, it was hard to sum up my all time top 3.
Just cleaned my 9 gallon tank today & found 1 pond snail in the tank & another on the wall when the stand is 4" away & nothing else is touching the stand... 🤔
I also plucked 2 centipedes out. My nerite snail was sleeping on the job while the pond snail was going to town...
Have you ever seen a baby tree kangaroo? Cuz daaaaamn, they’re should be a stuffed animal levels of cute.
Need a trigger warning for mentioning Malaysian trumpet snails. I set up a 10-gallon tank for work. Some wood, some stone, some plants, nutrient black substrate and a few fish (betta and 3 corys). One day I see a cone shaped shell and think "wow, that's novel that a shell got in with the substrate. It looks pretty." A few weeks later that shell is on top of the wood and I'm concerned. Another week goes by and it is all Malaysian trumpet snails. No matter how many I culled, I couldn't stop the population explosion. I left that tank there when I left the job. I haven't had a fish tank since.
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(QOTW)
Q:
What is the cutest baby animal?
A:
A baby seal, they are curious, playful, clumsy, they make the silliest noises, and when they are content, they sit in banana pose.
Fr 😂
QOTW is a trick question. All baby animals are adorable!
hahaha the only right answer!
I had a PetSmart employee try to convince me that a 3 gallon tank was better than my cycled,planted 45 gallon. SMH
aiya
Green water, these copepods feeds on algae in suspension
true
Another fire video 🔥
tyty
french fries?!?! ok that made my monday 10 times better lolllll
ahahaha
UK trains have metal tables, it will hold ;)
that's metal af
I googled it. Copepods can come in on rocks or sand
What was the t rex arm guy?
I have a Betta what will be the best mats for him.
Baby platypus are adorable... Platypye?
QOTW: kittens. Sorry fish folks but come on their little paws and fuzzy little bodies….. so cute 🥰
true very true
Can anyone tell me what cocopots are and how to get some?
So jealous of that initial betta tank
I have no filter, dence planting, and botanicals decomposing in a tank just for micro organisms, and I'm no where close to the power of this person's betta tank lmao
me too me too
How i can send my tank picture for review...