Get These Fish Out Of The Hobby! Top 10 Fish That Shouldn't Be In Aquariums
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It gives me anxiety that the photo for every fish is the same lionfish photo lol
Same lol i was like thats not the correct fish for the one up on the list haha
anxiety? wow. seek help.
@@pc5440 I have help thanks 👍🏻🙄
@@psychosimmerlove I feel you big time... When the name matched the fish, I felt so much satisfaction that it's actually embarrassing to admit!
Why anxiety? Like I get bugging you cuz it's not the labeled fish 9/10 times, but anxiety? Stop watching the clip then 😂
I got hard core triggered when he said "River Monsters with Zeb Hogan". His name is Jeremy Wade dude
Agreed!
I almost cut the video off, Jeremy Wade is a God among anglers.
Facts
He keeps showing Jeremy Wade and somehow never corrects himself....
Chris Wright Variety Show drink white claw much? Lmao
My heart breaks for goldfish, I've decided to stop buying from the store and started rescuing them from people who don't want them anymore. Ugh.. They are amazing fish and deserve to be cared for just like any other pet
Agreed
Cause if we don’t take the responsibility of a pet who will?
I have two goldfish in a proper well planted interesting aquarium, they are fish with amazing capabilities and individual personalities that never cease to fascinate and amaze me. Treated well, with plenty of space and care, goldfish, in my view, are a top fish to keep. Just like any pet, they need to be respected and loved for the beautiful creatures they are.
All my fish have come from homes where the novelty has worn off. Both aquarium and pond. Wouldnt dream of getting from a shop.
I laughed when he said silver arowana and a picture of a lion fish popped up. Haha
Bought some 20 cent "feeder" goldfish to stock my fish pond when I was a kid, those guys got huge and gorgeous. I was in charge of caring for them because I was a huge nerd and spent all my time researching fish, I actually lost a few friends by *politely explaining* that they couldn't keep a comet goldfish in a .5 gallon bowl. It's a shame that people think of them as disposable decor and treat them so poorly. Mine lived well over 10 years and would eat out of my hand. Was in my 20s when they finally kicked the bucket.
What a sweet story. I have 4 .25c pond comets in a large container pond on my patio who are beautiful and thriving and hope to have them for 10 + years myself!
our comets lived longer than our dog!!
I'm a kid and I'm a fish nerd
Yeah I grew my comet to be massive and then fed him to my Piranha's. His name was goldy..😔
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The moral of the story is to be a Responsible fish keeper
Do your research
Take your time to think of the fish that you think you can take care of
Yes and no. There are some fish in the hobby that just simply have no place there - as in, outside of a zoo, you really can't take care of them.
@@geofflau4215 I 100% agree with this. But I don't understand how Goldfish made #1 on the list. They've been pets for over 2000 years. If you keep a tank large enough to handle them, why are should they be excluded from the fish-keeping hobby?
1:00 silver arowana
3:22 pacu/piranha
5:06 common pleco
7:03 Lionfish
8:30 Arapaima
9:30 Tiger shovel nose catfish
10:38 Redtail catfish
12:13 Glo fish
13:43 Snakeheads
16:23 Goldfish
Thank you very much :D
Snakeheads are quite expensive in asia recently
@@sulemax9907i am from South East Asia and snakeheads are everywhere i go.... Most common fish. No one keeps them.
People eat them😅😢
"I dont know any adults who have glofish but some of us have friends who never grow up"
me, an adult who is going to get glofish but who also still has a lion king blanket and dozens of beanie babies: ... fair enough
Yea, I feel attacked 😑😂
you know about how they are made and how many die in the process ?
@@jamesdearham3056 At least its not painted glass fish. It might be bad but its a step up from painted glass fish.
@@jamesdearham3056 I'm not sure you do know. They are only "made" because the originals we genetically engineered. The genes are passed naturally to all the offspring. Painted glass fish are the ones that are injected and often do not survive the process. That really is horrific and I don't understand why it's not banned.
@@Ebmoclas19 gmo's that could reproduce in the wild are beyond unnerving. the damage that they could cause is horrific. that being said it is true i had these confused with painted glass fish but now consider them to be worse.
Any fish in the hands of a irresponsible person unwilling to learn and correct their mistakes is the wrong fish. The type of fish isn't the problem at all.
Yes it is.
except if they're plecos and/or snakeheads
Well yeah but in some cases the type of the fish matters too for like every reason they just gave
I remember having fish when I was a little kid. My mom was in charge of the tank to make sure I didn't screw it up. There were no water changes. One of each kind of fish and the fish were not compatible. The fish were overfed. The water was never clear. It stank. The fish kept dying and I asked why. My mom's answer was, "Fish just don't live long, Honey." Thankfully, she got tired of the aquarium pretty fast. The reason I tell this story is that this is what most people "know" about fish. They are convinced this is what to do and what to expect. It's hard to change the minds of people that are convinced they know something. People are hard headed.
As a teenager I saved up my money to buy my own aquarium. I borrowed books from the library to teach myself. I still made tons of mistakes like putting an oscar and a pleco in a tank too small for them. At least I did water changes and tried to keep the water in good shape. Aquariums were one thing that taught me what people think they know isn't always accurate and that everyone should be able to accept when they're wrong. There is no sin in being wrong if one is prepared to learn to be right.
Lori B I’ve only just managed to persuade my dad to let me pay for a £500 (have no idea where I’m going to get the money) 70 gallon for my goldfish once the extension is done. Despite how many times I’ve told him the reasons why he still doesn’t understand why they need a bigger tank - ‘They look fine in there’ - They look fine because I spend so much time giving them every means of care to keep them active and healthy 😂😂 People are very hard headed..
My boyfriend id like that lol he thinks i spoil my fish and they would be fine in a small 1 gallon filterless tank he doesnt believe me when i tell him the care they actually need
That's literally the exact same experience I had with my first tank as a child. At least we know how to care for our fish now.
@@BB-pt9hv Better too much room than too little and water that has been filtered too much,changed too often and a tank or pond that has had the bottom vacuumed clean too much than the opposite."Spoiling"your fish with good food(but not excessive amounts of it)and the care I mentioned will make them look better,be livelier and live longer happier lives.Why not "spoil"them.There living beings and your there caretaker.This way you can enjoy them more.
Yeah same, when I was little I had a betta and it used to stay in a 1 gal bowl and it never got cleaned. Now I was able to save up for a 20 gal tank and make sure I take care of it. I’m 14 btw
Thanks for this channel. Back in the early 1980s I was setting up my first tank - a nice peaceful community tank with shrimp and guppies - when a "helpful" department store employee sold me a jack dempsey cichlid. Not having a clue, I took it home and put it in my tank. It ate every shrimp in the first few minutes while I panicked and searched for my net. The guppy fry were gulped down as I chased jack around the aquarium. I caught him before he ate all the adult guppies, but he did get a few of the smaller ones. I couldn't believe how many things he could eat and just how quickly. I learned that I could either do my research, or make a lot of extra mistakes. Today I chose research.
Honestly I feel that. My first ever aquarium I bought an angel fish and some other kind of fish I can't remember what and put it in a 5 gallon tank at the recommendation of the pet store. I think it was like a walmart or something. The guy said just throw this quick start in there and fill it with water from your tap and you are good to go. Well the fish died after two days and I can't figure if the non conditioned water or not going through the nitrogen cycle killed them first. I was so discouraged I actually quit the hobby on the spot for about 10 years. One day I got really far down the youtube rabbit hole and bumped into aquascaping videos and after a year of debating it I decided to give it a try. I went all out researching plants in aquariums, learning about the nitrogen cycle, and conditioning the water, along with understanding water parameters and temperatures based on fish. The rest was history. The plants melted and I felt like I failed only to one day wake up to new growth across the board, the fish were living, and everything is perfect. My first fish since then my SAE is still going strong after 5 years, and now I breed fish as a side job for the hobby making like 35,000 a year. Everyone starts somewhere and research into something you care about is key. As my wife said to me since she loves animals, If you are keeping a living creature in a glass box for its life you better do your best to give it its best life.
"the reason this fish shouldn't be at the hobby is because most people are ill equipped to keep them"
so there you go
if you have or had them, don't feel offended
its not directed at YOU per se
I agree. Only the most experience fish keepers can have these fish.
Oops!! I accidentally put Tiger Shovelnose Catfish in the transition for Red Tail Catfish. Well the only excuse I have is that I was dealing with some technical issues and was struggling to get the video edited and uploaded. That's usually the last thing I check but I guess I missed it. That's guaranteed to be a mistake I don't make again. Thanks so much for watching!!! Oh and yes I know I screwed up when I said Zeb hosts River Monsters, it’s Jeremy Wade, I always get them confused, I’m an idiot🤦♂️
Yah, i even rewind to check if those are two different fish lol.
You said it not me. Joking John. We all make mistakes. The real idiot is the one who expects perfection.
At first I thought that was just a fish that needed two spots to get the point across... 😅
Noticed that you posted a saltwater lion fish and it had Arrowana name. That could confuse some people.
Don't ever mistake Jeremy Wade for anyone else, he is a god. And what are you specifically doing to have these fish removed from the trade? Just curious.
I bought 3 goldfish when they were small, put them in a 10 gallon tank. I didn’t know any better and I wanted some fish, and the pet store told me that a gallon a fish was what was recommended. I noticed they grew and got bigger and seemed sad and miserable. I love my fish so I bought a 55 gallon aquarium and spent a lot of money making sure they had everything they needed. Goldfish get big, they don’t stay that cute little small size you see at the pet store. Currently I now have 125 gallon aquarium with 6 beautiful big happy goldfish and then my 55 gallon now houses 3 small baby goldfish so that they have brought room to grow and be happy healthy fish. 😁
Loved your video!!
Sweet Cheeks haha, a lot of muscle.
@Sweet Cheeks most 125
Gallon tanks are only 2 feet or less wide. They can easily fit through your front door. I was even able to fit my 250 through my front door with 2 inches to spare.
Sweet Cheeks I got a used 125, with the stand, for 300 it was a really good deal. If you can find A used aquarium and clean it really well that’s always cheaper. If you buy it new you are look at up to 400 for the tank and maybe another 200 for the stand. Your best bet is to get a used aquarium and clean it.
Sweet Cheeks I got mine for $1000 and it included a sump and lights
I’m growing baby goldfish in a 10 gallon tank and they are growing fast!!!
Hi I just returned to the hobby and I love your channel, but I’d like to clarify something.
I am a medical researcher and we use fluorescent protein tags all of the time. Yes, I get that we are a very small group in the hobby, but I have multiple adult friends with their doctorates in medical research that keep glow fish. But they are intimately familiar with the genetic engineering that went into making them.
Now I don’t keep them. I like my South African cichlids because those fish got me into the hobby as a child. But please don’t insult your audience by saying “glow fish are only for kids”. Thank you for your time and for making so many great videos.
I also found the advice on it to be completely useless. Don't buy it because they are made for kids to like them and kids will forget about them? That is truly the dumbest reason I've heard.
@@ryangalvatron4451 Plus there are fish that are actually really bad for the average keeper like clown loaches that really really could have used a spot on the list. Clown loaches and tinfoil barbs, instead of an unproblematic fish and an illegal one. Snakeheads and glofish are not an issue in this hobby, but who has the space for a school of tinfoil barbs or clown loaches?
Yeah I would agree. While I personally wouldn't keep them, I know many people who loved the way they look. It's a gateway into fishkeeping, just like a betta. I thought it was unnecessary to make their comment even though the general point made sense
The point makes sense - don't just throw fish at kids and ignore them - and while goldfish are marketed to kids I'm not really seeing why they belong on this list. As fish they don't harm the hobby, the complaint here isn't the fish, it's parents ignoring family pets. That's a very real problem that needs awareness and discussion, but it could as easily be a Betta or angelfish or whatever else too.
Also: I have glofish in my community tank because they look cool, exactly why I have every fish that's in that tank: They look cool.
“River monsters with Zeb Hogan”
IT’S. JERMEY. *WADE.* *grrrrrr*
(Zeb is a different show)
I must have also been mishearing the first sentence of every episode... "I'm Zeb Hogan, biologist and extreme angler" 🤣
@@porkypakeha Zeb Hogan's show was "Monster Fish." "River Monsters" featured Jeremy Wade.
When I heard what John said I went straight to the comments😂
I love goldfish for some reason they seem to have more personality. I have a pond I built for them containing shubunkins, ranchu and fantails. Super docile you can pat them. My 200lt tank has a few pearlscales. Makes me said when I hear goldfish referred to as feeder fish
Captain Barbossa
I love goldies for the same reason! They have very unique personalities and just seem very playful. I had two comet goldfish that were very active but very viscous. They had to be by themselves
@@vjapple3083 yea I've only ever come across a couple aggressive goldfish in my time. One of mine deleted the shrimp I put in the pond 😁 I have a prison I made for agress fish to serve their time 😂
Yep!! They have the most personality of any of the fish me and my friends have kept. They just need proper care!
i have several goldfish that i've had for years now, i keep sizing tanks up for them. they really are super friendly little dudes. and they're less destructive than koi when it comes to live planting your tank, you can keep them fed and keep your tank pretty with the right kinds of plants :)
Most people say to don't put fancy and long goldfish together, but some people said is just ok and I am feeling confused, may anyone help me? I have a 3000 liters pond. How many of them I should get? Wich varietys work well?
The fact that the lady's voice doesn't come out of the right earbud really bothers me.
Tammie Zhu lol thank you I thought it was just no audio at all
@@joshuakunz9031 Same lmao my left headphone doesnt work so ive just skipped over her parts...
Her voice just really bothers me...
I’m just watching with my normal phone and her voice won’t come out of the mic
@@Ricky-cx1qy just a suggestion mate try listening to the speaker instead 😉
I'm from Florida and we are still dealing with lionfish and plecos in the wild because people released them when they shouldn't have. We FINALLY got the bull snakehead under control, they're now just concentrated to a single area in South Florida.On another note as someone who has loved and cared for the same 3 goldfish since 2008....THANK YOU. They are NOT easy fish to keep, and people don't realize they can live upwards of 25 years (the worlds oldest gold fish I think just passed at 52) and grow to over a foot. They are a LOT of work.
I first got into the hobby about 40 years ago and kept fancy tail goldfish. Now, I have comet goldfish, shubunkins, and Sarasa in a 500 gallon garden pond which is just outside my dining room window. I love it so much! My goldfish all have individual names, well, except for three that look almost exactly alike and I just randomly call them Thing 1, Thing 2, and Thing 3, LOL!
I hate to see goldfish as ‘feeder fish.’ I actually made a friend of mine dip a ‘feeder fish’ out of her tank and took it home for my pond. I named it Lucky❤️🤣
I also have an albino pleco named Hoover that I bought two years ago as a baby. I put it in my garden pond as well and have had zero problems. I do bring it in the house once it starts to approach fall because it would be too cold for him in the pond. I have a large aquarium that I set up just for him until the weather warms up again.
I also have several community aquariums in my house. I’m a little addicted to the hobby.
Thank you for your videos.
Goldfish are so under-appreciated. #TeamGoldfish
Judged by the price . promoted in a bowl
Same. I love them.
I love my goldfish. I don't abuse them. My grandma had one my mom won for 20 years. No over the side filters, full tank water changes and flakes all its life. I think people have gone off the deep end.
@@davidward9487 Deep end of what?
Becasue theyre hard to keep even it seems easy they need a big tank because they get large and needs space
I have two goldfish I got from a carnival that looked discolored and about a day away from death. Two months later and they're fat and happy as ever
i have the same, 2 carnival fish i rescued and theyre now 12 years old and now much smaller than a Koi!
I'm about to get my first two goldfish soon, I'm getting two fancies and putting them in a 50 gallon :^)
Had a similar things when I was younger. I had a few carnival fish, kept them in a tank outside with water changes only when the water got so green you couldn't see the fish any longer. Those things not only survived, but they thrived and at least doubled their original size, if not tripled.
Omg same they were so small when I got my two. They were discolored and weak now they are chubby!
i really want to know how can you say that your fish is happy ? Did you talk to them?
I'm not giving up my Goldfish.
Yes yes yes yes ssssss
Lol I have shubunkin goldfish swimming on my pond with iridescent sharks and koi,it’s soo beautiful
My goldfish has been with me for 7 years now
So glad that dude pointed out not to put my hand into a snakehead’s mouth. Was totally something I was tempted to do. Animal bites are awesome.
they mean that if you catch one, don't hold it by the mouth like you would do with most fish to release it
As someone who was an employee who DID ask all the right questions, you'd be flat out stunned at how many customers simply don't care (hint: it's most of them). They don't want the correct information, they don't want to feed their fish the proper diet, they don't want put the fish in a properly sized tank, they don't want to limit their stock, they don't care about compatibility between species, they don't want to do water changes (at all, EVER). With the larger fish, it got to the point that I simply didn't even order those them anymore. But after a while corporate caught on and they would go through my orders and edit them, putting those fish back on the orders and I was stuck having to deal with it. I wish I was joking about how many customers think like that when it comes to fish keeping. Some days it was constant, every single customer I had was like that. I made more than a few mad when I told them I wouldn't sell a particular fish to them because they didn't have the right tank for it, or if I got the impression (it's pretty easy to do) that they couldn't/wouldn't care for it properly.
My girlfriend used to have a Glofish tank, she was in her late 30's at the time. And no, Glofish weren't made specifically to attract kids. They were created by Dr. Zhiyuan Gong in 1999 in an attempt to create a fish that visibly reacted to toxins in water. It didn't take long for someone to market them, but that isn't what they were created for.
Am I the only one who read this paragraph? Lol
@@redgaming6146 Well it had correctly spelled words and periods and stuff 🤷🏾♀️
I work in a petshop at the moment and it's shocking 😅 I had a guy only recently get very aggressive when I told him I would not sell him another fish, he had 5 goldfish in a 25l tank and wanted 8 more minnows to add in...
I don't know tons about fish but I talked people out of getting baby turtles because most people assume they don't get much bigger than the young ones in the tank.
@Sharon V really like the thought process that you can’t buy more fish but you can buy a bigger tank, surely that should help get the message across that they aren’t trying to be difficult they are trying to educate and improve the customers knowledge
Immediately turns around to look at the Glofish tank I bought and set up and completely takes care of myself 😂 my mom failed
Yeah, I have always taken better care of my fish than my parents. My parents flushed live goldfish down the toilet when they no longer wanted them and broke my heart (I was like 10). Fish were just "fish" to them. They thought me silly for naming all my fish. I haven't been a great fish mom either in the past due to age and later misinformation, but if I were to get some tomorrow I know exactly the proper care. I research for every pet I get now and I don't let my parents tell me they know best anymore like I did during college.
SPNOUAT exactly same! I did just have a Mishap and lost 14 fish when I went away for the weekend there was an ammonia spike it was very upsetting but I am starting a new tank tomorrow in there place my parents didn’t under stand why I was crying and said they were all replaceable and didn’t have personality’s but honeeslty I think they did I knew the fast ones and the territorial ones and the chill ones not to mention I’ve had some since December 2018 so I was very upset and my parents just didn’t get it they kept making jokes abt it
@@amandamckee5511 Yeah, fish are actually fairly smart considering what most people think of them. And they form bonds. Back in the day with the goldfish we had 2 that hung out all the time more than with the others. Then one morning I found the tiny one dead stuck with its fins in the filter and the 2nd one was next to it while the rest of the goldfish were on the opposite side of the tank. They make connections and have personalities. They may not have emotions as true as species closer to us, but they feel.
"you're a fish keeper that's into fish enough to sit down and watch videos all about 'em on youtube..."
Me: "sir, my ADHD brings me to strange places. Half the time I have no idea where I am or how I got here...."
I relate.
I don’t even like fish
Yes! I love the goldfish segment. I was helping an old lady at a chain pet store buy a fish for her grandsons (toddler) bowl 🙄 I told her NOT to get the goldfish because they muck up a bowl super fast, the bowl is too small and they can grow to the size of a carp. She sounded like she heard me and appreciated my help. I gave her my coupon so she could save money on a beta or tetras. She bought 3 goldfish. 😩
I wish more people bought Betas as "starter fish" but kept them in decent size tanks, a 5-10 gallon tank doesn't take up that much more space than those little decorative tiny ones they sell for them, I've had several betas and they have always lived between 3 and 5 years, and aren't super hard to care for or need a lot of room, I kept mine in either a 5 gallon or later a 12 gallon heated tank with live plants. I had several goldfish die as a kid, but I certainly could have managed a beta as a kid, and they are much more fun. I had one that built a bubble nest every day of his life, up until he was almost 6! They got smaller towards the end, but the day before he died he still made a dime size one.
Better title: People that shouldn't be in the aquarium hobby.
Even better title: Video of useless information that should not be watched.
Catch em all would be #1 on that list lol
smack her with a wet fish
@@bolockhart3435 because they want fish treated better? you're cool
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i see what you're saying with Glofish, but you could really make the same argument about any fish bought for a child.
Also they are easily twice the price of other fish, little comet goldfish and bettas are far more likely to be the victims of this kind of situation.
I spend more time on betta fish sales, but it's also easier to educate people into buying an appropriate tank for them because they're on the cheap side. You can get a 3.5-5 gallon kit with a betta specific filter for $30 or less.
I don't know why, but Glofish are a lot more fragile than their non-Glo counterparts. We had way more loss issues with them despite getting the exact same care. The Glo kits are overpriced, and the fixtures have more problems with algae.
@@facetiousbadger ...... cause they aren't supposed to glow
@@hunternickasch3977 They don't actually glow, they have genes that produce a pigment that looks like it glows when it's under a blacklight. They have color under a regular light, but it's not bright at all.
@@facetiousbadger Were they the GMO GloFish(TM) or the kind that are injected with pigment?
I wouldn't be super surprised if GMO (GM-Glo?) animals have a higher mortality rate too, since the GMO axolotl I worked with in undergrad had more failure-to-thrive type issues than their normal-type sibs, but the ones that have been given injectables..... :( I'm no PETA member, but that level of animal torture for nothing more than consumer novelty should be banned. Fish are so small that kind of procedure at the volumes they have to be doing can't possibly be done properly!
It's also possible the weird lights are part of the issue? That much UV can't be a good thing for them.
Bennie Wanders It's the GMO kind. I can't really say if that's the issue, or if the breeding process inadvertently caused a genetic bottleneck of certain genes. The latter is the reason why groups like Cajuns for Tay-Sachs, MSUD in the Amish, kidney issues with Utah Mormons, etc.
The lights could be an issue, but it depends on the type of UV it emits. I don't like them because it seems like they get algae on them faster.
It's also possible that it's because they're marketed towards kids, and would have had a higher than normal mortality rate even if they didn't glow.
I always wanted to get into aquariums and stuff when I was younger but now that I’m in my 20’s and I see how much effort and disposable income it takes to give even a simple fish a good life, I know it’s not for me. That being said, at least I can make a personal aquarium in my house on Animal Crossing lol
I recently started a new town in new leaf. I caught a koi, but I'm still looking for a goldfish to display. I know in new horizons the goldfish is in a bowl 😭
We had a common plecco returned to our Petco when I worked there that was 29 inches. I've never seen another one that big in my life. A customer ended up taking him and putting him in a pool pond. They get so big. Also, lionfish. Also when I was working at Petco I used to scrub the tanks in aquatics and got tagged by a fuzzy dwarf lion. My hand was ON FIRE and it was honestly terrifying.
Good information but I agree with Brittney Lacy. The comment about not having grown up was extremely RUDE. I am an adult, I have Glofish, AND I like FRUIT LOOPS.
Its just the ignorance of what genetic modification is, they see it as animal abuse and think people only like them because "ooo glowy", when they're the first commercially sold GM pet.
Yo. I'm with you there. It's pretty elitist to dismiss other's tastes just because they don't understand the appeal. I think they look neat even when under normal light. Also, I lost my mind when they brought back classic Trix. I've been eating it all week. Fruit Loops are bomb, too.
Oh man. I love the GM debate. People forget that breeding for specific traits is just DIY genetic modification. It's the analogue clock to the digital clock of CRISPR, et al. I'm all for it in food and pets and my own body.
However, we're part of a minority. GloFish are marketed more towards kids and considering they're all tetras, barbs, and danios, it's clear they're not primarily angled at the enthusiasts. Imagine a GloFish cichlid. Could be neat.
@@vituperation I'd think the iridophores and melanophores in a cichlid would make the florescence really hard to see.... although they'd get glowing pupils, which is a pretty neat effect.
I've done labwork with GMO animals and think there are some ethics issues with producing new GM lines, primarily because you need to establish 1. that all you modified was what you meant to modify and 2. your genetic modification isn't going to escape into the wild and wreck havoc on the wildtype genome or that of related species. Florescence mutations are small dice there, but as the process gets easier....... not so good.
That sort of annoyed me too ... I really didn't like the tone of the video in general...it just sounded like adulta throwing a temper tantrum as oppised to delivering good feedback.
I actually started reading up on the science behind Glofish and how they've been used to monitor water pollution and study gene function/inheritance (fluorescence is a really common trait to use in genetic research because of its visibility). That's almost as big of an appeal to me as their bright, fluorescent colors.
I'm an adult that got into the hobby because of Glofish. I also have a toddler and I certainly wouldn't expect a child to be competent enough to provide care for our pets. Maybe I'm the exception.
I have glow fish to :)
Aye I've never seen any kids asking for the GloFish always adults alone.
I was exactly the same way! My starter fish was Glo fish. Just for me and not my kids. And I do all the work
I love my glofish. They have brought me into the hobby. Currently setting up a 29 gallon tank to get them up to a proper school size.
It's a fish artificially made to glow under blue light, just make sure you never release it in the wild. Or choose another non artificially/genetically enhanced fish if possible. They're more vulnerable than their wild counterparts
So i actually lived in Annapolis MD when the "snakehead invasion" was going on and I had a biology teacher who was an avid outdoorsman and conservationist so he offered extra credit to those of us who would go fishing with him on the weekends (with parents permission) and help him catch them. We practiced catch and release on any thing that wasnt a snakehead, and that was quite possibly the only reason i passed Bio that year. This may seem cruel but the damage these fish did to to local ecosystem and the native species was absolutely devastating.
I love my Goldfish I actually rescued 3 out of a feeder tanks and they went from 1 inch and 2 inch fish to almost 6 inches each i refuse to put them in a tiny bowl I have them in a 75 gal tank and they are well taken care of. So with the right owners they can be great.
Bettas should be on this list too. I've dealt with way too many people that don't care for them properly.
Hey what’re some of the things I need to buy for my betta, I have a heater, filter, water conditioner, food, and a 2.5 gallon tank? I want to really take care of the little guy I have
If the Betta should be on this because people buy them without knowing how to care for them correctly, then every fish should be on this list.
@@shadowtcggaming7327 you need a 5 gallon for a beta.
Minimum
@@Wambowayne Not necessarily! I had a Delta Tail Betta in a 10L (2.5gal) tank and he lived for 3.5 years and was very active and healthy.
As long as you are monitoring the conditions of the tank, doing 20% water changes weekly and ensuring your fish has adequate nutrition there is no reason why they can't thrive in a smaller aquarium
@@shadowtcggaming7327 depends, if he is a really active betta then you probably should get at least a 5, really a 10 gallon is best. If he is very mellow and prefers to just drift then a smaller tank would be ok. The main thing you have to watch though is that if something goes wrong a small tank will crash (have a sudden ammonia spike, drop in oxygen, anything to make the tank unlivable) much faster than a larger tank will. When something starts to go wrong in my 20 gallon I usually get plenty of warning to diagnose and treat the issue. Whenever something goes wrong in my 5 gallon I get maybe a few hours max before fish start dying.
To be fair, I have 2 fancy goldfish in a 55 gallon outdoor pond that gets more attention and care than my grandkids. And my grandkids are spoiled plenty.
I have 2 gold fish living in a 125 gallon tank, I’m planning on getting a bigger thank for them, and my pleco is really small right now but in the next month I’m about to get a 100 gallon tank where I can put him, he’s very tiny right now, not even the size of my hand yet but I want him to grow in a happy home, when he’s bigger I’ll get him a bigger tank
We actually had a common pleco in our tank. Named him Andre (The Giant) because he happened to be the biggest fish in the tank at the time (and this was when he was little) Luckily, our tank was big enough for it, but we definitely did not expect it to get as big as he got. He did live a long life though. About 10 years. Really liked that fish.
Glowfish were originally "made" to detect certain things in the water like pollution. They were not even meant for the hobby. That said once licenced for the hobby they were/are quite a bit more expensive than their non glowing counter parts making less likely they will become throw away fish.
Actually, they were originally made to perfect the use of GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein). The GFP is what makes them glow/fluoresce undet blue lights. GFP is important because it is used by scientists to detect cancer and diseases using special microscopes. Zebra Danios were the first fish used in these studies because they have a DNA that was easy to sequence and they are easy to keep and are tough as nails. The GFP was originally extracted from jellyfish.
My mom knows somebody who worked in the first lab to do it. So my mom keeps some green Glo Danios in homage to them. My mom is one of those very microscopists that uses GFP and other similar materials on a regular basis in conjunction with a confocal microscope to determine the presence of certain other cells. #themoreyouknow
@@KrigareAvHallarna... The person said "like pollution."
Thank you for posting this I was about to..
@@MadCheshireHat and?
Danios r used in water treatment facilities around the world because of their size, sturdiness and availability...I am sure other fish species as well. But the benefits of zebras r obvious.the method to detect the contamination for example with nitrate or lead is by counting the gill gill strokes because it's far more sensitive then the most expensive equipment and its permanent. Glowfish r except from the trade in Germany by a 10k fine if u have them in ur store, as are lots of other torture breeds, so no glowfish for pollutiondetection here .i totally disagree with those laws, but germans like to have strict laws for some reason.
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Everytime I see a lionfish, it reminds me of the movie Deuce Bigalow
We had a gold fish named Hack&sack he was given to us at 1 inch in a 1 gallon tank & 12 years later passed away over 6 inches in a 55 gallon. He was awesome & had a great personality.
Even if you removed glofish entirely from the equation, children are still going to have novel interests in fish and other exotic pets. If it wasn't for glofish, it is very likely we'd still see the sale of "painted" and "tattooed" fish in the hobby.
Like the so-called fruit tetras. Those poor dudes. Haven't seen them around much since the glowfish came out, honestly.
@@ceejno7861 I remember the same line of Tetras as the glofish being dyed blue and pink growing up. They would loose the color after a few weeks.
On the one hand, glofish are excellent bc it supplies the desire for unnatural-looking fish in an essentially completely humane way. On the other hand, it's obscenely terrible that they're copyrighted. That should NOT be a thing you can do to living organisms...
was thinking the same thing, the reasons she stated for not choosing them could be applied to ANY type of fish. If the parents aren't going to keep up the tank and help educate the kid, then whatever fish they put in there will not do well!
They aren't painted or tattooed. Its actually a chemical reaction in their genes that was accidentally created by a scientist who was using fish to study water content. She is referring to fruit loop fish (no longer sold) which were injected with dye.
I have a mix of glo and normal in my tank at 29 so here's your adult who loves them.
Thank you I dislike the woman in the video. I feel bad for him cause he has those fish and she always belittles him
Chris _ Chris _ Yeah, she didn’t really give any good reason’s not to have them other than assuming it’s a parent getting them for kids and they’re not gonna take care of it. Not a very good argument and just makes her seem judgmental and petty
I’m 32 and I love glo fish lol. Guess I never grew up !
rdreb i'm 66 and have 6 glo fish not just for kids
I love glofish too
You are so right about fish stores not giving any to no information on the fish you buy. I learned that the hard sad way back in the 80's i received my first aquarium from my Mom a 25 gallon tank it came with mollies, patties and pelcos 2 of them to start but one died mysteriously. One i had left i keep we moved several times over the yrs he came along. Then i got a 55 gallon tank buy this time he was a long as my arm. Amazing i kept such a hugh fish so long although i had two other large fish (bala-shark & Angel) I woke up one morning and he was dead. I talked to other fish keepers & they confirmed my tank was just to small. If i had known i wouldn't have asked for him. Lesson learned. Only keep what you can care for now it's guppies, nerites snails and cory with live plants. Happy fish happy tank equals happy pet owner.
I have 5 Glo Fish Tetras and love them dearly (I'm an adult, almost 50 🙋♀️😊) But, I totally get what you're saying about parents getting them for their kids - it's the same thing with cute baby chicks at Easter, makes me so angry. It's gonna happen though, and all we can do is push the responsible pet caretaker issue. Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Why is Lisa's audio always sound like shes recording her parts in the shower?!
Lol what
Maybe because she is in the shower while recording?
Lisa gives a karen vibe
If you use headphones you can't hear her at all on the right
@@hamz5791 yea I literally cannot hear ger
As a kid, I loved Glofish. Now that I'm older, have much more experience in the hobby, I still love Glofish. The only reason I don't have a Glofish tank is due to the fact that Glofish are so expensive. Otherwise, I'd have a 55g tank fully stocked with Glofish. They're gorgeous.
Expensive???
They're $1
@@jalwaband Maybe you're confusing them for glowlight tetras. Glofish are protected by copyright law, so it's illegal to breed them or sell them for less than around $5-$8 each. In my area, they're about $8 per fish and considering they need to be kept in schools of six or more, that's roughly $50 for a school of six if you take into account taxes.
@@rosewilde7812 Depends on where you live though. Here in the Dominican Republic you can get GloFish as cheap as 1.5 dollar A PAIR. Here the copyright laws are much more "flexible" (the laws exist, but they are not applied as strictly), specially with the fish hobby market considering it is very niche here, which explains why they are so cheap, that and they are usually kept in very poor conditions (there are stores with good quality, but the "popular" ones are the ones of bad quality, because of the prices, and for some reason their fish are hardier; I guess survival of the fittest?). Quicknote: yes, they are illegally bred and sold here, that is why they are so cheap.
Aren’t there two varieties of “glofish”? The genetically engineered ones that have their DNA altered to produce phosphorescent pigmentation, and the surgically altered Glassfish, which has been INJECTED with a phosphorescent dye with a hypodermic needle? Yes, “Painted” glassfish are abused in creating them
Most aquarium stores in my area refuse to sell “painted” glassfish for that very reason
@@MacTechG4 Technically speaking, no, there's just one variety of Glofish. Because Glofish is a company, they only breed ones that have been genetically altered. The fish that they breed live regular, happy lives that aren't any different from that of regular fish of the same species. For instance, a Glofish danio should be just as healthy as a regular zebra danio.
Painted glassfish, on the other hand, are injected and the mortality rate for them is extremely high, some reports say up to 80%. Not to mention the fact that if they don't die from the process of being injected, they often encounter complications as a result of the injections later on in life.
Surprisingly, there's an evil more cruel way for dyeing fish. That way being that they have their protective slime coats stripped off, and then they are soaked in the dye. As you could imagine, this also has an extremely high mortality rate.
I’m brand new to the fish keeping hobby and I’ve actually been watching all of your videos and you guys have actually been so much help! I live in Virginia as well and I want to hopefully come visit your shop one day... you guys are amazing thank you for all the advice you give for the beginners because it’s been helping so much
I am curious it is 2 years later and I was wondering if you continued and became a successful fish keeper or if it ended up just not being for you.
@@icedemon1515 wow lol, yeah I actually had a pretty neat tank and all my fish were living well. Unfortunately I had moved out of my parents house and the place that I was renting did not allow me to have fish. But my mom had my little sister "take care" of them and we'll, you know how teenage girls are lol. But yeah, when I'm able to buy my house I will have bigger fish tanks and because of these videos I've learned how to properly care for all the types of fish I had and will have in the future. Big shout out to these guys.
@@dylanrex2847 Ahhhhhhhh well I am glad you really enjoyed the hobby, and give me an update on this post who knows maybe two years down the line an shoot me an update!
@@icedemon1515 sounds good, for sure
3:18 this man's story was so devastating that he had to get someone else to do the next fish.
I just wanted to say I strongly disagree with the goldfish. I think they’re great as long as you take proper care of them. You should check out Solid Gold Aquatics
Duck not really. Goldfish usually uproot plants, and plecostomus, or sucker fish are a tropical fish that get pretty big. Plecos also don’t eat poop, they eat algae, wood fibers and other detritus.
The video doesn't say they are bad fish. The video is saying people are bad and dumb so 99% of goldfish that are in the hobby are mistreated. So if you could improve the lives of 99% of those fish by taking them out of the hobby, wouldn't you do it?
@@There_is_a_duck_in_my_home
1. Goldfish eat most plants.
2. "Sucker fish" do not eat poop.
@@There_is_a_duck_in_my_home
Gravel in a tank provides a big area for beneficial bacteria to grow and benefit the tank. If you use a gravel vac to do the water changes the gravel will stay clean. A "sucker fish" will not eat fish waste. Sucker fish eat mostly algae and left over fish food. Goldfish in general are the most miss cared for fish. I do not think goldfish should not be sold, but if the seller knows the person wanting to buy them does not have the proper set up they should be denied the fish and explained why. I like goldfish and have a proper maintained pond. If goldfish left the hobby how would I stock my pond?
Duck, goldfish are bottom feeders and scavengers. While no substrate is okay, a substrate that's large enough for them to put in their mouths wish around and spit out but not get caught in their throat is the best. Tiny particles of algae and food are absolutely great for them especially at night when they're Scavenging. Lacosta Miss are historically not good with goldfish, depending on when you get them the kind you get and how long they've been together and the size they were when they were put together. I have three goldfish and one picasimus in 150 gal tank. They were raised together from literally the time they hatched. And these three fish this year are graduating to a 350 gallon tank because the picasimus is nearly a foot and a half long and the Goldfish are all in excess of a footlong. But, Goldfish do need substrate and something to do you can't just put them in water with nothing and expect them to live happy and thrive
I’m 12 and have 7 fish tanks in my room
And my fish couldn’t be happier. I have a baby Oscar in a 200 litre aquarium.
Bwazes Tanks that’s the bare minimum for a full grown Oscar alone no other fish should be in that same tank . Have fun !!my Oscar had t be put into 125 gallon tank , Andi love him dearly
I hope one the other 6 tanks is at least 500 liters
Your lucky to have that many
I’m 46 and one of my tanks is a glow fish tank. I have health problems and find it soothing at night to watch when I can’t sleep.
Well, you're immoral according to these two.
@@niikharo8816 yeah...not really worried about it being immoral for me to keep my one glow betta in her 10 gallon heated, filtered, & planted tank. Considering when I bought her she was in a cup of 2 ounces of nasty water at PetSmart and is super healthy and happy now playing in her plants with her Amano shrimp buddies. 😂😂😂
Are used to have a awesome goldfish pond. I had a couple Koyie in it but mostly goldfish of different colors and patterns. I dug it by hand and it was large enough to put a minivan in it and cover it up and not even know the minivan was under the ground. I loved messing with that pond. It was a lot of work though. One day I come outside and found the neighbors kids had sharpened a bunch of sticks so they had pointed ends and more spearing my fish. I’ve put a stop to it right then and contacted their parents. I told them not to come back to my pond. I fixed the liner in the pond after having to completely drain it and it was full of holes. I lost probably half of my fish. A few weeks later I walked outside and caught them doing it again. And both times I called them they would get aggravated with me and say they were just fishing like it was no big deal and I shouldn’t be mad at them for fishing. I think there may have been five or six fish still alive when I found him doing it the second time. My big koi fish were dead and the few fish that lived I went ahead and put in an aquarium inside and got rid of them later. I ended up filling in my pond since I couldn’t keep the children out of it. Now that I have moved I’ve been thinking about doing another Koi/ goldfish pond. I won’t make one as big as my last because I have a neck injury now and I won’t be able to keep it up like I used to. I’ll probably don’t one around a quarter of the size of my old one. I still haven’t figured out if I’m going to dig it or buy one of those premade ponds that sit above ground.
We keep goldfish, we have 2 daughters 8 and 6. They are involved in their care including water testing (we bought the girls lab coats for this!)
My 8 year old did a school project on goldfish care and a couple kids in her class said they had fish and apparently went home and accosted their parents lol. It was all good, they contacted me on fb and we went over to help evaluate their situations, took our testing kit, lab coats and samples of sinking pellets. I was pleasantly surprised that most actually had decent sized tanks with easy to fix problems (inappropriate decor, too small filter, no idea about pwc).
One was abysmal but it was okay as they were willing to ask for help and allow us to do it, we helped them find a larger second hand tank and rehome 3 of their fish!
If approached the right way people are willing to work on this but sometimes they just need the physical help, they need to see how it's done, not just read it! Now these people have beautiful tanks, much healthier fish and they are enjoying their fish on a different level.
We also keep a male betta. Another very mistreated type of fish! People are far less likely to listen to how to properly care for them, even though their fixes are so much cheaper! I have a feeling that may be my girls next school project lol
Parenting done right!!!
That’s so cool, great influence that children need nowadays. Like what child would want to be like your daughters?? 😂
Blue. Tangs.
Probably an unpopular opinion but I don't care. Blue tangs are always wild caught, their life span in captivity is significantly lower than in the wild, they have the tendency to School in the wild but in most home aquariums they don't have the opportunity to both because they can get aggressive and "sword fight" with the spikes on their fins and because the tanks simply aren't big enough, and the tanks aren't big enough. Blue tangs swim. A lot. No aquarium, especially a home aquarium, is going to come anywhere close to replicating the size of a Reed and giving them the amount of room the need to swim and school and live happily. And again, they're all wild caught. To my knowledge we have not successfully bred them in captivity. They should not be in you aquarium.
Excellent point about wild caught tangs and breeding in captivity. Same goes for puffers, but say that to the wrong hobbyist or QUALITY PETS INC sales rep and it becomes a political argument.
I completely get where you're coming from and all wild caughts I have ever owned have been rescue animals. However, I feel like I should inform you there has been a few successful captive breedings for them. Very rare, but still some successful ones.
@@maumee22 Puffs or tangs? What captive breedings? Can you please post the links? Last I heard only asian fisheries had any luck "breeding" puffs, but they pretty much just throw a net around a chunk of estuary and call it breeding. The puffs are in their natural habitat so it's not like their doing much, like those Chinese puff "breeders" who claim to have bred the poison out of several generations of Fugu puffs. .All's they really did was keep them away from the algae long enough to lift the ban on poisonous puffers and open a chain of sushi restaurants, which by the way, are owned by a former researcher with the Chinese Government's ministry of agriculture turned sushie tycoon.
so there ya go.
You are absolutely right! Did you see that tang in the same tank as the lion fish? I can already tell that tank was too small.
And by "wild caught" you mean someone in the Philippines dumped a barrel of cyanide off their boat and gathered up the ones that were still breathing when the floated to the surface.
Me, a 25 year old who's kept aquariums for a few years, have always wanted a GloFish tank, and just recently made it happen. I'm doing mine a little different. I love the pink and purple colors of the glofish but like the natural look in my tank. So I have a few key decor that will look good under blue light and the LED. Most of the day I have the LED on for the live plants. In the evenings I'll turn on the moonlight until it's time for bed. I have a couple Dojos and will be adding White Opal Betta. The only GloFish I have are the tetras and I adore them! I have to agree, though, I have not grown up and I don't think I ever will! XD
We adopted fish from family who had to leave South Korea. And just found out that it is Glo fish. Here in Korea every single fish shop or market will have them ! Now I have to do more research on them and get good care . Thank you for all these videos, its ours first tank so we want to succeed.
My dad is 44 and he absolutely loves Glofish. He doesn’t own any tanks but he used to and he takes interest in my tanks. When I first started he kept telling me how cool they are and how I should own them. I didn’t want them because I wanted a natural looking tank, and glofish aren’t exactly natural in my opinion. Whenever we are at the pet store he always points them out and admires them lol.
I’m 35 and just bought some golfish 🫣😵💫. In my opinion they are stunning and my 4 year old loves them with all her heart those are her words.
That's jeremy wade on river monsters
While watching and recognized that it was jeremy wade in river monster but He said a different name tho... 🤣😂
@@feelingcara6936 He said Zeb Hogan, he hosts Monster Fish (kind of a rip-off of River Monsters IMHO).
@@nancystanton955 definitely a ripoff of river monsters.
I had a 75 gallon tank that contained 5 Jack Dempsey's and 3 Plecostomus. Each fish was less than 2 inches when I purchased them. In 6 years, the largest Jack grew to about 7 inches and the largest Pleco was just under 11 inches. The female Jacks gave birth several times but I was never able to get any babies out to attempt to raise them. Initially, the tank had elaborate decorations but eventually was nothing but gravel and a few large stones due to the Jacks constantly digging and moving everything. In 2011, I moved out of state and didn't think having them in a 5 gallon bucket for 12 hours would be beneficial to them. Instead I gave them to my friends and sadly, the new owners killed them all within a month or two. That tank has been dry since, until last week when I decided to set it up again. Although I've always had Jacks, Plecos and Oscars, this this setup I'm going with breeds that stay small. Your videos have given me some great ideas.
(Disclaimer: this is long. My experiences with a couple of the listed species)
When I got my pleco, I knew nothing about plecos. I am EXTREMELY glad I ended up buying a bristlenose, not a common. I love that fish to death, but I'm very much aware of the bullet I dodged. I didn't know the species name at a time, I actually ended up having to look it up later, and I'm a lot more cautious now. Billy Bob, as the fish has come to be known (his full name is Billy Bob Joe, don't judge, I was in middle school), is already fairly large, and the community tank he lives in is 20 gallons, though soon it will be upgraded to 65. I love plecos, I think they're beautiful, but too many people buy them without knowing what they're getting into. Their size, but also their diet, causes problems (plecos do best if fed not just the waste left behind by your other fish, but their own food).
Annnd, I also have a goldfish! I know a lot about goldfish, I love the species, so when I attended a fair one year, I was shocked at the conditions they were kept in. Tens of them were crowded into ten-gallon tanks, and they were given away singly in tiny, plastic totes. The water they were kept in was literally bright blue, and smelled like a pool. It was five dollars to play the carnival game, but there were no losers. Players were told they could just keep the golfish forever in the tiny "tanks" that came with the fish, and that each fish could live about a month! What a long time! I didn't want to patronize such a stand, but I couldn't just walk away. Plus, as I realized, all the carnival games were owned by the same company, and I had been patronizing them all night. I played the game and "won" my little boy, whose name is Ollie. He was only an inch long then. I knew full well what I was getting into. Ollie is about four years old now, three inches long, and continuing to grow. He'll be getting a tank upgrade pretty soon, he has ten gallons right now (yes, I do know that's too small). Some fish are just pretty to look at, but some special ones will interact with you, and Ollie is one of the few of those I have encountered (along with my angelfish, Tiger, and a massive blue platy named, appropriately, Bluey). He's also the sweetest goldie ever, because most of them will not tolerate other goldfish after a while, and some similar species, but he has never shown aggression to any fish, ever. I will always be happy with my purchase of Ollie, even if it was in less than perfect conditions, and I wish every goldfish owner could be educated properly. When cared for correctly, goldfish are a beautiful and rewarding species.
I really hope you arent keeping all those fish in a 10 gal after being fully aware the goldfish is in too small of a tank already 🤦♂️
If the fish is 4yo and only 3 inches that means it's stunted, it isn't growing anymore. I'm assuming you kept it in 10 gallons it's whole life which is terrible.
@@Anytyme06 He's long had health issues, unrelated, he came with many already. He was from one of those fair games where you can win goldfish, and he wasn't exactly in tip-top shape at the time. He was a slow grower. But I've kept goldfish for years. I used to have a snake that was partly on a minnow diet - the supplier would occasionally throw in a common or comet goldfish and I always saved them. They didn't deserve that. Ollie isn't in a 10-gallon tank anymore, that was for space reasons we've since resolved. In my reply i specifically stated that I was aware my space wasn't adequate and that it was being resolved. Your comment was unnecessary.
Great video John & Lisa.
Although I can’t wholeheartedly agree with the Goldfish at #1 spot not to be available in the hobby. I’m an avid fancy goldfish keeper and wouldn’t be in the hobby if it wasn’t for them.
I do however think people should be educated correctly on care for the goldfish (Fancy goldfish) for them to thrive, not just survive; heater (23 Celsius/75 Fahrenheit), filtration, space requirements, water changes & cycling process and of course the balanced diet (not to mention all the pooping Lol).
I pay almost £100 per fish, sometimes even more, so someone spending that amount of money isn’t going to keep their fish in anything less than thriving conditions.
Granted it is a highly mistreated fish, not to mention very invasive if released, but I feel the GF helps to bring a lot of new people into this hobby (Aquariums/Ponds). That and it's hardiness, to be able to survive & live through some beginner mistakes, and make it to the other side.
I’ll always be a fat, wiggly butt goldfish lover, I can’t help it!
Same man, I have a few aquariums and the largest tank I have is a comet goldfish tank with about 10 and it's 85 gallons. I will never grow out of my fascination with goldfish as long as I live. As a kid I had them in big roomy tanks and I always will
Simon Shaw he’s talking to the majority of people not for all
Gold fish are just fancy carps...no personality, disgusting
@Yeah No - I know who its aimed at. I still think they should be available to everyone,. I will say again, If not for Goldfish I wouldn't be in this hobby! I believe this to be true for a lot of people, especially in the UK where I Live. Goldfish are very popular here.
@nvr2serious cc - That's why there's a million different verity of fish, everyone likes something different. Be a boring hobby if we all kept only the same fish as you?
Great list and great info!
Just want to say regarding the glowfish... they are especially popular among kids, but it doesnt matter if it's glowfish or guppies or any other fish, any parent who give their kid an aquarium have to be ready to step in and take care of it!
I started in the hobby as a kid myself and was one of the responsible kid who did the feeding and even water changes.
But I don't know how many fish I'm responsible of killing by having them in the wrong temperature or with the wrong tank mates or in a wrong size tank.
Basically, keeping fish require both responsibility and knowledge.
At the time, I had only one of those and that is still more than the average kid who loose interest in a few weeks.
For the parents who doesn't wamt to read up and step up to take care of fish, don't buy an aquarium to your kid. With ANY sort of fish in it.
If you are ready to do it, then glowfish can be a great alternative, but usually the kit that are sold for them is tiny 10 gallons or something like that, get a bigger tank!
Mine was a stupid 5 gallon listed as a glowfish tank. Now how stupid is that
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Yes, I wouldn't go for less than a 20 gallon for any kind of the glowfish species. And then only for about a dozen Danios OR 6-8 Black Tetras (or glow tetras or what the glowfish variant is called).
Possibly a small school of Danios would be ok in a 15 gallon tank.
For the Tiger barbs and especially the sharks, a bigger tank than 20 gallon is needed, I would go for at least 30 gallon or bigger for the tiger barbs and 55 or more to keep a shark (plus of course a school of other glowfish, not a 55 gallon for just this single fish alone).
I would consider the 5 or 10 gallon kits a joke, only animal cruelty is nothing fun at all.
Of course, I don't blame the people who buy them, most people (unfortunately) trust that the companies who build and sell the kits know what they are doing and that the fish store employees give good advice, but often enough, neither of this is true.
I was told I couldn’t put a goldfish in an aquarium with other fish. So I put a fantail goldfish in my 55 gallon tank with three angel fish and some gouramis and a plexiglass or two. Back then we only had seaweed for plants. That goldfish lived a great life in there and out in the pond in the summer. He even hibernated in winter. Brought him back in and thawed him out slowly in a cold room and then reintroduced him to his old aquarium.
I'm 24 and have glofish but I test my water once a month and treat it as needed. I do everything I can for them
I have oldfish too in a inside tank and they are fine
29 years old but I guess I still have some growing up to do because I think Glo-fish look cool. 🤷🤷
Didn't care for them as a kid, but want them as an adult! You could tell she was lying when talking about the Glo-fish because she looked away from the camera and at the ground. She secretly loves Glo-fish.
I love Blood parrot fish,
They are genetically engineered fish with genes from a jellyfish and sea anemone to gain a glow. The first was a zebrafish.
(I had to research genetically engineered animals, so that's how I know about them)
They can’t sleep because they glow and usually are bred very irresponsibly, which results on several malformations and health problems. As a 29 year old you should probably care about your fish’s well being. Sure, they look cool, but most natural fish also look cool without all of the health problems
@@palomalazzaro9748 I read what you said about yourself. I don't agree in the slightest with your conclusion. But I really seriously would love to see some real research published in some serious magazine proving that glow fish cannot sleep. I have a strong suspicion that you just made that up to try to make people feel bad
When I was around eight I won two goldfish at a carnival. One died about a month after I won it, but the other survived for a good six years. After the first one (his name was Brock) died, we did some research and upgraded the tank and overall care of the fish. The one that lived for six years (her name was Lily) was actually the first fish I had that I properly took care of. It's sad to admit that I didn't take very good care of the fish I had before, but I was young and inexperienced. After Lily died, I got two other goldfish from PetSmart. Their names are Lolly and Paris. Both are still happy and healthy. I'll have had them for 4 years this August.
Anyway, I also bought a betta named Eliza. He's a beautiful little boy! XD (Don't ask why his name is Eliza.) Some fancy little guppies and a snail named Henry. All of them are doing well!
I'm an adult that loves glofish. I also have uv reactive ink in my own tattoos. I understand that it's not for everyone but liking them doesn't make person immature. Glofish need homes too and it's better to encourage adults to buy them for themselves than children.
I was hoping you would mention goldfish. I always feel so bad for them,whether I'm in a store or in someone's house. I have never seen them in the right sized tank ever.
Thank for raising awareness and thanks for the awesome video!
My dad had a Pacu in a 55 gallon tank, and it got to big. So he took it to Petco and then it was sold to the fort worth aquarium!
I understand your concern about taking care of your fish but I feel personally like the video should be " Types of fish the hobby needs to be more responsible with." or something like that. The Pacu is one of my favorite fish even though they get HUGE and my twins love their glowfish and I breed Ranchu's.
And I know I
By the way... I am that one adult.... 51 who has glo fish. In my defense, I bought the complete 55 gallon set up with 11 glofish and everything that goes with it a couple of months ago. I wanted the tank and then found out that the glo fish go with it. As it turns out, I LOVE THEM. They have brought me so much comfort since I lost my 26 year old son in February. They are easy and beautiful....entertaining. Clean. Anyway.... I am THE ONE adult.
I'm an adult and I have goldfish and glo fish. I've had fancy goldfish for years and love them so much. Also love the glo fish. They are so cool to watch and the tanks are fun to decorate. Keep what you like, although keeping monster fish is crazy.
Thoughts after running _as_ _fast_ _as_ _possible_ into 1/4 inch glass:
Human: Am I bleeding?
Silver Arowana: MOAR!!!!
I am in my 40s and I have many glofish, they are awesome. They made me switch from salt water to freshwater aquariums.
I'm approaching my 40s now and we bought glofish. I really do think they're one of the best ways to get color into a freshwater tank. BUT I WILL SAY the marketing of products from GloFish company is so insanely inappropriate for these creatures.
DON'T EVER SWITCH FROM SALTWATER TO FRESHWATER
Same here I’m 30 and I still love them I have 2 of the purple sharks and the tetras were my favorite growing up and they are easy to take care of and keep in community tanks
@@TheModernAiArt why
@@cupidsmusiccorner I am actually with you on this. I love planted aquariums more then coral aquariums. Freshwater aquariums are simply just better.
The city show here in Melbourne used to give goldfish out as a living showbag. My dad got one every year and basically all the fish in his large tank were from that show. I feel awful that some of them might not have ended up with homes as nice as the one my dad was happy to build himself and look after.
Also for this list I'd like to add two Australian fish you can buy that only should be looked after by only experts - Murry Cod & Barramundi. They're cute when tiny but they can get absolutely massive. My uncle Laz had one and the tank was HUGE and the fish STILL had not enough space. One fishstore we have near us has a Murray Cod on display and he is MASSIVE and his tank takes up most of the store. People have no idea how big these fish can get!
Thank you! I was going to say the same thing but thought I'd check the comments first. I've seen so many Cod and Barra kept in cruel conditions over the years.
I got 3 goldfish ($00. 14 each) and now the smallest is close to the size of my hand... (55 gallon tank for now and once my mom and I have our own place we’re probably going to get a pond with a canopy so birds can’t get them) also, I’m 25 going on 26 and love glow fish... I just don’t have room for another tank right now... edit 1 take a plastic ornament (clear is best) drill some holes into it so that your fish food can fit though (MAKE SURE YOU SAND DOWN THE ROUGH EDGES) fill it up, drop it into your tank, and let your fish figure out how to get the food... mine love theirs as it makes them think and gives them something fun to do together edit 2 who else does a funny voice to pretend like your fish are talking to you? (I have to know I’m not the only one) I jokingly have them call my mom “granny”... If I’m sick or just really busy, my mom helps out with the fish.. we work together for water changes and take turns feeding the girls as well as talking to them and playing with them, if you want fish, everyone in your house has to at the least understand how to care for them!
Jeremy Wade is the correct name, if you're going to make a reference you should know who your talking about.
@Wes K *You're
I tripped out when he called Jeremy Wade Zeb Hogan😂
@No Thanks 😂
YEA THANK YOU
@@thegofishmobileman9776 so did I😂😂
Hey I really like this video but there are a lot of errors in the editing and description
I'm really sorry to hear about your arowana... That's so sad. You didn't know that would happen though. Kudos for raising awareness about that.
When yall had your fish store. Im guessing you had a lot of people ask for feeder fish, but you didn't offer them?
I'm no expert, but it seems to me that someone is forgetting that Goldfish and Guppies (and certain others)
are bred as feeders, so anyone who would have them in a tank as Show Fish (such as myself)
should be hailed as a hero, not made to feel bad, because they are saving their lives!!!
Yes indeed someone with a whiny voice in the vid. :)
Today the lady at the pet store was arguing with me saying that I had to buy a 30 gallon tank for 2 or 3 goldfish because they get too big and what not. I was like I'm not going to spend that much money because I got my goldfish at freaking carnival for like 4 dollars I want going to pay 120 dollars for the "recommended setup" well they had a goldfish tank with hundreds and after she finally settled on letting me get the 10 gallon I was like atleast let me take one of the those too she didnt want me to and I was like why not you have like a hundred fish all cramped in this one tank, she said these are feeder fish they are bought for people to feed their turtles and what not. I was like wtf. Let me just buy one it's going to live a better life with me in the 10 gallon tank than getting fed to a turtle she finally agreed to it.
I have 2 guppies and they are lasting forever
Exactly
Eliseo Martinez are you bragging about your inadequate set up? if you’re on a budget, get a different fish, not just put the wrong size in.
I’m an adult with glofish that I take care of adults can like color fish because they’re pretty. I’ve always loved them plenty of fish are colorful and pretty so long as they’re not tattooed and painted inhumanely colored there’s nothing wrong with owning that pretty fish if you’re going to take care of them properly.
I’m glad I’m not the only adult with glofish!
🙋🏼♀️ Adult who loves my GloFish and who's GloFish got her niece started in the hobby and she wants a Betta... of all fish. Huh.
I love my goldfish they AR my pride and joy they're the reason I got into the Hobby * just saying* 💯💯💯💯💯
For those not experienced enough or worried about selecting the wrong pleco there are lots of algea eating alternatives! My favorite is a fish called the flying fox, which are a silvery brown with a dark stripe horizontal stripe. The false flying fox looks very similar and is much more aggressive, so do watch out for those but if you can find a true flying fox they are around 4-5 inches when fully grown and very active, entertaining fish who school with others of their kind. They do require a larger tank to ensure plenty of swimming room, I keep mine in a triangular 50 gallon and they're doing great, but if you have a rectangular tank i would recommend going up to at least 100 gallons.
Additionally, if you do find yourself in possession of a fish that you cannot take care of or rehome, such as a common pleco, fish can be put down with clove oil. Put a few drops in a plastic bag with some tank water to mix it around before adding the mixture (it should be cloudy) to a bucket where the fish will be put down. The fish will begin to slow down and fall asleep, and after around an hour it should be dead. Please research this process before attempting.
8:41 That's Jeremy Wade, not Zeb Hogan.
i think the main issue with goldfish is people dont understand you cant have 5 of them in one smallish tank
they need like 20 gallons per goldfish
so you need a 60 gallon tank for just 3 of them
And that's not even mentioning common goldfish that need at least 75 gallons
I had two feeder goldfish in a 15 gallon tank. One lived for 15 yrs. the other is now 17 yrs old. It depends on keeping good filtration and doing frequent water changes. If people don't do that, the fish will die.
Yep.. unless you have a large pond like my grandfather had.. he had several koi some goldfish and some other fish in the pond in his garden.. i loved sitting next to it as a kid and just watching the fish.. maybe even feeding them.. i remember one of the koi would come up to me to ask for food wich was adorable and he ate out of your hand so i loved feeding him wich i always did when at my grandparents house.. wich was very often because my mum was in and out of hospitals back then so i often stayed with my grandparents wich was great as they had the pond and they also had a lot of cats (i believe about 5 or 6 now note my grandmother was a cat breeder back in the day and these were the last ones that she had kept while she had already stopped breeding them)
My MIL has 5-6 koi in a 20 a bare 20 gallon tank. Every time I see it, it makes me sad.
@@carlalorch8650 For some reason that made me so happy. I have 3 feeder goldfish and a 3 inch common pleco in a 30 gallon. I know they're going to need more room eventually and a pond is the ultimate goal while a 125 gal is more realistic. I can only hope my fish live as long as yours did.
That is some good points and views! But as fish hobbyist, its a must and responsibility for us to teach others on how to care for and protect all fish.. And I do say its our responsibility (as humans) to take care of all creatures.. Its all we have left and I myself and others would enjoy to see them living for years to come.. I just started a 50 gallon aquarium, cycled and have 5 comets, 3 Sarasa and 2 Shubunkins, they are a joy to watch and are fast little chunkers! They love to eat! But i do plan to get a bigger tank in the future, And I just want to give a big THANK YOU to KGTropicals and other fish enthusiasts for teaching me and helping me be a better keeper and expanding my knowledge of these creatures! Cheers to expanding knowledge and care for our planets aquatic animals!
The part about glofish... I'm 19 and want them in my new fishtank that I'm taking care of.
I have always loved fancy goldfish ever since I was a little girl and my oldest fish that was 14 years old just passed away recently and I was devastated. Take good care of your fish and you will not regret it.
River Monsters with who? You showed river monsters with Jeremy Wade!
AlmostBipedal ikr! I was like Who Hogan?!?
I'm so glad someone said something!
i know right don't disrespect Jeremy wade
"River Monsters" was Jeremy Wade
Zeb Hogan's show was "Monster Fish"
I fell in love with the Arapaima when Jeremy did an episode about them. The Aquarium closest to where I live has had one for years! I love to go visit him! He has grown at least 3¹/² feet since the first time I saw him! He is huge!!!!!!!
I also have several goldfish that I've had for around 10 years. I'm moving and getting ready to upgrade them to a 300gal pond. 2 of them are approximately 12 years old and the other two are around 9. All 4 were rescued from homes that couldn't/wouldn't care for them properly. Joey, Chandler, Ross, and Phoebe aren't going anywhere.
I got into fish because my kids came home with 4 goldfish from a party. At first i did what i thought you did with goldfish, i bought hem a big bowl and threw them in there. I quickly saw that they were not doing well and went to work on learning about them.... your videos and other videos helped a lot. It’s only been 5 months but those poor 4 “feeder” goldfish are doing great. On elf the git burned pretty badly from ammonia just for the first week home and hes now bright orange again. . I have two different tanks with a pair in each and the kids are involved in the feeding, water changes, etc. But now i know why goldfish are just a terrible situation... most of my friends said “ oh yeah, we had goldfish too, they died two days later” or “ we just flushed them” . It horrible that they are seen as this disposable thing. There was no way i was going to do that. but thanks to them i am now in love with the idea of tanks and fish and the whole hobby. Silver lining i guess.
Wow, just got to the part where she said GloFish keepers never grew up
They caused ethical debates and are banned in several places, so...
They can’t sleep, have several health problems and are most of the time kept by children. So yeah, they’re right it’s pretty irresponsible for an adult to have them
Cite the studies of these claims and cite who reviewed the studies
Sarah Abramova Saying “so...” doesn’t mean anything.
Having caused ethical debates is supposed to be your argument? Ethical debates are helpful.
Things being banned in other places is an argument?
Sarah Abramova LoL, bless your heart
That was Jeremy wade the river monsters legend. I love goldfish mine live in my 100,000 litre pool pond 😁👍
I love goldfish too. They have little personalities and are quite friendly. I have 3 in my 4 ft tank. Just those three and they are loving life.
@@louisasmiles awesome 👍mine all school together and follow me around the pond
I have a 7 inch Sarassas in a 75 gal tank with some smaller "feeders", he literally will not associate with them, they school up on one side of the tank he swims over to the other side, don't tell me goldfish have no personality
@@MrBlahdiblahdi sarasas are one of my specialty that I breed, the red colouring is probably the best I've seen in the fish hobby.
My poor Plecos. I had bought them when the two pretty little bala sharks grew into something that you would bring home for dinner. Those two poor things out grew my 65 gallon tank. They need to be on this list you're talking about here, too. They're from Thailand so setting them free was not an option. When they died, I went to a big pet store (not naming names because of one person not knowing about the fish he was selling) and asked specifically for a fish, preferably an algae eater, that didn't get very big. The pleco is the fish, he said. They don't get much bigger than they were that day, around three inches. I loved these two. They were fun to watch and had wonderful markings. But they sure did grow. And grow, and grow. I couldn't set them free, either, as they are from Brazil. I felt so bad for them. They died a few months ago. I stripped everything out of my tank and I'm starting over. My tank has been sitting for three weeks, full of water with filters going, waiting for it to cycle. I'm getting fish that are good in 10 gallon tanks this time. Little fish, one inch fish haha. I don't even want male and females because I'm afraid they'll populate right out of my tank. Maybe one batta male hahaha