Fish Tank ideas that will BLOW YOUR MIND | Fish Tank Review 275

[@FishForThought]

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[@dragac90]

bro, covid was 5 years ago

[@keepburning6283]

Rebuilding your house is like rescaping your own fish tank

[@estherabrams7274]

I’m SO sorry about all the fallout you’re facing from the fire. It sucks. I also totally respect your dedication and work ethic, never missing a Monday. Looking forward to watching as you set up new tanks. Also, tanks on the kitchen counter: so handy when you’re serving blanched veggies to your bottom feeders!

[@farazyusuf372]

fun fact i bought like a pair of kuhli loaches a few years around 2019 and then never saw them again i did a reset on the tank on 2022 and i completly changed the substrate i tried looking for them but never found them so i thought they died and moved on but when i changed the substrate i put around a gallon of water on top of the subtrate in a bucket i never threw the substrate away as i thought i could use it for a future scape and then around a day back i waas going to use the substrate for another scape and then look who out of the one gallon water put on it 5 kuhli loaches those spageti noodles breed in that bucket a lived in it for 2 whole years 2YEARS i didnt even feed them dont worry checked the bucket if there were more a guess what there where 7 more of em so there were like 12 kuhli loaches in that bucket and thank god i put that small amount of water with the substrate and that i didnt throw the substrate straight out the window like how i was originally planning on doing either way all of the loaches are now happily living in my 45 gallon betta comunity tank(female betta fish for dumb ass thinking of puting 2 or more male betta fish in the same tank)

[@angiebear8727]

Wow. Going to be rescaping the tank my khuli loaches are in. I am so worried when I remove the substrate I’m going to accidentally hurt some. Will definitely keep my old substrate in a bucket with water just in case I miss any. Again…Wow!🤯

[@BLUEGREEN65]

That’s amazing!!!

[@DragonLady465]

This is not the first time I have heard a story like this about noodles, I've had mine for a few years and they have never bred. Maybe put them in a bucket in the closet and ignore them 😂

[@farazyusuf372]

@@angiebear8727 you should be fine as long as check the corner and sides of your tank multiple times

[@constrictingconstrictors7225]

So in two year the water didn’t evaporate…

[@aseriana]

Rip to your kuhli loaches. 😢 I'm so sorry yours passed. I have 9 and they are all named. They are all friendly enough that I can recognize their patterns. I love watching them launch out of their caves and noodle dance around the tank at meal time

[@FishForThought]

aw man that's awesome you can recognize all 9!!

[@mhenderson7673]

I woke up early today to go to uni, I checked my timetable and it turns out I have no lectures, so I got to go back to bed! I'm so happy but I also have a cold so I'm glad :) Also I had a lecture last week taught by a guy who researches the exotic fish trade in the Amazon, he showed us pictures of cardinal tetras in their natural habitat and the methods used to trap them. There's whole villages that are supported by the trade and he met fishermen that have been catching these fish for decades. It was so cool and it made me want to get some cardinal tetras and make a really realistic set-up that looks like that forest (they live in a flooded forest area).

[@WackWacky-vc5ed]

Do you have an aquarium?

[@mhenderson7673]

@@WackWacky-vc5ed No :( there's no room in my house

[@BonelessPizzaSlice]

What about the impact of wild caught fish for the fish trade on their local ecosystem though?

[@mhenderson7673]

@@BonelessPizzaSlice Apparently they haven't noticed a decease in the fish population, but that exact question is one the researchers are interested in studying.

[@TheRealTMar]

@@BonelessPizzaSlice Cardinal tetras and many fish species in the Amazon have a boom and bust cycle due to the yearly flood and drought cycle in the Amazon basin. The local fisher people catch the aquarium fish in a gentle way and protect the rain forest from logging and destructive farming along the way. Cardinal tetras are the main species shipped from the Rio Negro in Brazil to all over the world. So supporting these fisheries by buying wild caught aquarium fish, is a good thing for the environment and in the case of these cardinals, the populations aren't affected by the fishing at all. They're always back in millions and millions the next year. Buying wild caught cardinals is also a good thing because these fish can live for several years, some are known to live past 10 years even. In the wild, because of the dry seasons, most cardinals won't live past one year. You could check out Project Piaba, they're on KZbin as well and upload short videos about the under water Amazon habitats every Friday.

[@Mango-sodas]

About a year ago (more than) I started watching your channel and it taught me so much, I’ve now had a healthy betta fish named Opal for the last year, thanks for all the help and funny videos to introduce me to a hobby I love! Side note: she did get sick one time but I was able to treat her in a hospital tank, thankfully she is living happily in her ten gallon :))

[@FishForThought]

so glad to hear that! keep it up :)

[@Fish_N_Shrimp-d6c]

Imagine all the people doing water changes on Monday bcause of Chris 😂🤣

[@FishForThought]

international water change day is every monday while watching FTR

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

I almost always fill my tanks up when watching on monday 😂

[@guineapig_furryfriends]

I will now do a water change, thanks to this comment

[@DexterMorgan1997]

I don’t even need to do water changes my tanks are hella planted

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

@@guineapig_furryfriends ditto

[@Robin3615]

I spent many years with aquariums and found a lot of the stuff covered here via trial and error. No KZbin "back in the day". I'm not so much in the hobby now but love watching the your videos so much! I have a single specimen coral in a modern 3 gallon bare bottom aquarium. People usually think it's fake until they see parts randomly close. So much easier to keep an "under stocked" aquarium...my number one advice to everyone.

[@FishForThought]

exactly! had to hit up my library and read books to learn haha

[@cherryraftlyn5348]

You sound like the kind of person who got me into this hobby! The people who got me started were always talking about how lucky we are now to not have to learn on our own, makes me so happy to be in the hobby

[@Fauxkerykes]

I love your videos. You've been staying so cheerful and having joy through your tough times. I know you probably have to be even more so for your audience but that makes it even more impressive. Still praying for you my guy. You've inspired me to be more joyful and hopeful in my own life.

[@FishForThought]

rly glad to hear it! every day is a blessing!

[@metasymphony]

I couldn’t find a nice jar for my shrimp food but then realised the glass jars 50g of coffee is sold in would be perfect for this

[@CatFish107]

That starting clip! Ahhhhhhhhhh!@!! Tiny dancing shrimp!!!!@ I love it so much.

[@FishForThought]

it's the best

[@user-bj9nw5wf5n]

R.I.P Chris’s three kuhlii loaches. QOTW: My favorite thing in my aquarium right now is my little amano shrimp, he just emerged from the shrimp dimension and I was overjoyed to find out he was still alive.

[@FishForThought]

aw man best feeling!

[@ACluelessFish]

Lol 😂 my sole amano has also been hiding in another dimension. Haven’t seen her since Friday. She is an excellent hider.

[@LovelyDeviant]

My favorite thing is feeding my pea puffers. I love watching them

[@FishForThought]

they are marvelous to watch indeed!

[@amymandeville8342]

My favorite thing right now is the cloud of Brichardi babies swimming in my tank. They're so cute!

[@DestroyCooperative]

I’m in East Tennessee, we got hit by horrible storms recently. It was ironic that my roof failed and I was trying to keep water out, while the space that held my biggest concern is full of glass boxes of water. Chirs is right… make sure you got insurance for those type of scenarios. We have a new roof coming in the immediate future.

[@towergladiator3]

So guys i have some question. There's video short about random dude trick his betta fish to jump into the small decor and close the lid And ppl call him fish abusive for it (his aquarium has like live plant big tank for his betta fish)

[@dorianthegrey]

Best of luck with the rebuild dude! Wish I was in a place to be able to support for real.

[@jokerrfox354]

How I pour prime: the tiny bottles of prime have a better cap for drops. Buy a small bottle and change the caps for the bigger bottles. Another thing I do is I poke a tiny hole in the foil on a new bottle and ir works similar

[@FishForThought]

yes!

[@shayxie8318]

idk why you're so specist against horn wort :( I was given a tank that I put on my back porch to fill with water and make sure it wouldn't leak, and then I threw in some hornwort to see how it would grow...and now it's taking over the whole take. Lush and soft af qotw-- I have pygmy cory fry! They're so shy so if I want to see them, I drop food in and then freeze until they start moving again. So cute and so so so so tiny!

[@Fancycone-z9x]

Hey, young fish keeper here and I just wanted to thank you for your awesome videos man. They get me through the week. Keep it up love the work💪💪🔥🔥🔥

[@FishForThought]

hey thanks to hear it!

[@dragongirl215]

I remember my first fish tank...first it was one five gallon with a betta. Then my sister decided she wanted a betta and got a five gallon with a betta. We thought that was the end of it, then I fell in love with a disabled betta at the store that I HAD to bring home, so now we have three fish tanks on the kitchen counter just because my mom could say 'yes' to me having my first fish. My favorite thing in my aquarium rn is my beautiful new betta Lily

[@PredictableEnigma]

Rest in peace to your kuhli loaches. I know they were some of your favorite fish. You gave them a wonderful life

[@FishForThought]

:( very sad I wish they lived longer

[@krislochlan5366]

Chirs! That is an ozark longear sunfish! :3 13:59 Please be careful with IDing and culling sunfish. For example the (native to canada) Northern Longear Sunfish looks VERY similar to the invasive Pumpkinseeds

[@FishForThought]

awesome!

[@danielthompson3205]

14:56 baby pandas Corries omfg sooooooo cute

[@SpacemanRelytsenoj]

QOTW: my favorite thing is the Vallisneria in my first tank that's finally spreading runners after looking like it was going to die for a couple weeks after planting!

[@wacky2365]

Finally, a day off work. And a nice day to watch FFT. What a great way to start the week.😊

[@FishForThought]

nice nice! Hope the vibes are awesome for you

[@rumpeltyltskyn]

QOTW: I don’t have a real tank yet but I have some ecospheres. Including some I made with just stuff snagged from a local river. I love all this little critters still scuttling about months later.

[@mokko759]

QOTW: I think my favourite is my unusually large, reddish brown amano shrimp. I might only see it once every couple weeks but I think it's also my partner's favourite because whenever I spot it, I yell "SHROMP! Lookit mah little shrimpin shromp!" He's excited because I'm excited. My previous favourite was a mostly pearly white koi betta with gorgeous turquoise spots. She sadly died couple months ago for no apparent reason. No injuries, no obvious illness, nobody else in the tank was afflicted. Even her little fishy corpse was perfect looking.

[@FishForThought]

awesome!

[@CatFish107]

I could see yah running a small coastal community aquarium like they run in Campbell River, or they have at the Tahsis fuel dock. All local caught species, with constant flow through sea water. They are licensed to keep the animals for a season then release.

[@carabarabonanza]

My favorite thing in my tank?? I cant pick one fav so ill just list em all! -My adorable ghost and reg shrimp (managed to save quite a lot because the petco employee couldnt tell the dif between bland neocaridina and ghost shrimp lol) theyre so precious -My baby betta. Even though shes a girl Ive never had a more feisty betta, she likes to mess with the shrimp and snails and shes so curious and cute -My Kuhli loaches. Had them for about a year now and I dont get why people say they never see them? Mine are out all the time even when the lights on. Two are always cuddling together and the third is constantly looping on the glass -My new light and plants. Finally got a real deal light from hygger and my plants are THRIVING and my diatomes are going away

[@FishForThought]

aw man I needa get kuhli loaches again

[@MandyJane123700]

My favorite thing in the tank right now is the baby cory I spotted a couple days ago. I'm always so happy when that happens. I sure hope hurricane Milton doesn't squash my house and all my fish. Things are looking very scary right now.

[@jamesowens8218]

Epic episode Chris, my favorite thing in my tank right now is my school of rummy-nose rasboras

[@FishForThought]

awesome! they school so well

[@bec2137]

I have a variegated anubias petit (? the small one) that came from a tissue culture. I got it for free at my favorite LFS, the owner gave it to me since there was "mold" on a leaf (not really). Also got an awesome tiger lotus and a very matured crypt forest. My turtle walks on top of the leaves and the corys swim in between the stems it looks really cool

[@enownowe]

QOTW: today, it's frogbit! Just arrived in the mail today :^) Chris, every time you say "floaters" I have to smile. That was what we used to call the little bits of poo that didn't get flushed. "Hey, who left a floater??"

[@arjunknandan5920]

If you bring an empty pizza hut box to them, you'll get a free pizza and do the same thing again.

[@webbrowser6454]

12:45 yeah, I've worried about that. I only have one tank (75 gal), but an entire reptile room. Lots of electricity, lots of heat. Qotw, favorite thing, definitely my pygmy cory clan. Those little guys are so damn cute, the way they school around together or just post up on one of the big rocks to chill, amazing.

[@hysteric_dreamerdink942]

My favorite thing in my 10 gal is a carbon rili that developed a red racer stibe down its back. I named him Darth Neo

[@isak6274]

Lol 🤺

[@kornelweber5879]

About the shrimp snacks clip: I use a bigger, wider glass for that, or just use that coin fodder that you stick to your window. It later falls off and shrimps just hoard it. 10 minutes later around that coin I have an army of snails (so you can use it as a bait for snails)

[@FishForThought]

good thinking

[@bobmorgan476]

My favorite thing in my tank right now is the first generation of crossing blue tuxedo platies with rainbow wags platies. About two dozen of them have black fins and black markings on their sides. 😊

[@jimbetts3064]

Aquarium plant hack achieved: the dentist next to my dentist has a 75 gallon tank fully planted. I stopped in one day and asked what he does with his trimmings. Boom! All the plants I could ever need and he trims every quarter.

[@miloshremps]

9:53 that's parrot's feather plant, Myriophyllum aquaticum I think

[@FishForThought]

nice

[@GustyW1nds]

QOTW: One lone pygmy cory that hangs out with my kuhli loaches during feeding time. He's a few years old now.

[@kayfromtheg9846]

QOTW: my leopard frog pleco. His name is Kermit. He’s just a few months old and likes to come out of his cave every evening for dinner time. Patiently watching him grow.

[@mattercolini7451]

That’s called breathing from the butt 8:03

[@FishForThought]

yeeeah!

[@TaijaT76]

My favorite ones are peppered corydoras I have, they are so cute and weird fish. Some of them have long fins. Each of them have unique look and personality too. No 2 corydoras are exactly the same.

[@keithott247]

Best of luck on the fire rebuild. Kuhlies are awesome, however my fav loach is the Japanese Weather Loach! Bigger, less shy and because they have no swim bladder they suck in air ...LOL, and that air has to go somewhere (and you will like this) they fart :)!

[@teenfan1]

My Golden Dojo for sure!!!! He the DOGG

[@patty8991]

I've been waiting for Chris to react to that baby shrimp video. Today my wish came true!

[@meganh4011]

My favorite thing in my tank is my Cory gang. I have six albino, three panda, three emerald, and three spotted. They're so cute and they keep everything so clean. But my khuli loaches and octo syncs also do a lot too.

[@FishForThought]

good stuff :)

[@piercecowley255]

11:43 Nah ive not watched you in a good year but this morning i just decided to watch your videos after i found some random baby fish in my tank last night. YOUR MARRIED, congratulations my guy Also qotw i recently got the cutest balloon molly whos so silly so theyre my favourite

[@MakoTehShark]

for QOTW: I have an anubias I bought many years ago it was like two leaves. Now there are two many leaves to count, I could probably seperate it out into three different plants, and the leaves are tiny, just dime sized. It brings me nothing but joy.

[@FishForThought]

aw that's so cool :)

[@BLUEGREEN65]

My favorite thing in my aquarium are my 3 Amano Shrimp! So fun to watch!

[@frostskyder]

My favorites in my tank right now are my dojo loaches, but they are always my favorite no contest. Some I can put my hand in and hold if I want, they are that social!

[@FishForThought]

love dojos

[@samiushafeeq4445]

Hi Chris. I just wanna say that I am inspired by your positivity while you are going through such a difficult time. I hope that while you working on uploads, you are also taking care of yourself and those who are closest to you as without their support and your own, you wouldn't be this well. In a world where even living and breathing can be difficult, I applaud you and all your efforts!

[@FishForThought]

thank you for such encouraging words! you're part of the positivity keeping me going

[@samiushafeeq4445]

@@FishForThought I'm glad 🥰

[@AkbarZeb-p6f]

Can never get enough of the white, shrimp feets!

[@FishPulse1]

Bro I’ve come to love Mondays because of Chris but I’m always like 8 hours late to the party because of school. 💀💀💀

[@victoriasrandomstuff]

QOTW. I think my favorite thing in my tank now is my chonky kuhli loaches. I rarely see them but when I do, it's like how did you get so fat!

[@guineapig_furryfriends]

2:02 I though that was a massive fish tank plumbing system 😭

[@Biwstank]

Hello! From Biw’s tank 🥰 thanks a lot for sharing my magic little food jar clip!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@mildredpadilla5734]

I enjoy your videos soooo much….keep up the good work…I’ve learned a lot…thank you…

[@FishForThought]

glad to hear it!

[@DLlama]

5:25 Yooo!! Kinder's is where it's at! And yeah the bottles are great too 😂

[@miashadows]

My pea puffers are my fav! Soooo cute and murderie

[@sparrowthesparrow]

favorite thing in my tank right now are absolutely my kuhli loaches. I've noticed they've been hiding a lot more lately (the individuals I have are actually quite curious) so I'm gonna boil some more catappa leaves for 'em soon- they really like swimming underneath them and doing little circles around them. I also adore all my nerite snails!! I've got tigers & thorns, and a zebra nerite named steve. I could spend hours watching the loaches swim around the slow little guys-- they're all so delightful.

[@BAdtnl]

Qotw: the random snails, that came out of a random pond, that I impulsively threw in there (they’re thriving) lol (I haven’t gotten around to actually purchasing the shrimp I want in my tanks, even though the they’re basically fully set up, but I like that someone’s using the real estate)

[@lllllknn]

boosting that algorithm

[@curvingfyre6810]

Taking this moment to broadcast that ghost shrimp are friends, not food. If you enjoy dwarf shrimp, i am begging you to give these guys a try. You need to seek out a healthy line which you usually won't find in the feeder section at petco, but if you can find a colony that isn't genetically cooked, they thrive in the same conditions as neos, but have a very fascinating different set of behaviors, and are adorably goofy looking. They have a much more benthic habit, and are kinda clumsy swimmers. But first, make sure you learn the difference between ghost and whisker shrimp. Whisker shrimp are the piranhas of the invert world. About twice the size, even longer arms, and will shred smaller shrimp in seconds. If someone tells you their ghost shrimp killed other animals, they were sold whisker shrimp under false pretenses.

[@enownowe]

Yes! Ghost shrimp are both beautiful and hilarious. My heart sings whenever I see one swim!

[@peaoat3608]

QOTW answer: big wood. (Not a joke. I had this Malaysian driftwood that I worried would be too large for my tank but it fits perfectly and looks really cool)

[@FishForThought]

big wood is good xD

[@drewzero1]

My favorite thing in my tanks right now are my blue snakeskin gouramis. It's been an extremely disappointing few years for my aquarium hobby and I've lost a lot of favorite fish, but seeing the antics of that beautiful pair makes me want to bring it all back around for them. (Honorable mention to my blue leg hermit crab, who is singlehandedly keeping me from destroying my failed reef tank.)

[@kaylawhite1537]

My favorite thing is my hitchhiker bladder snail ❤

[@robyn6521]

I like the cyanobacteria in my tank. It was the first green stuff that grew in there. It's a brine shrimp tank, DIY sea monkeys.

[@briankito1655]

Large Prime bottles, I just poke a hole in the sealed top. Then it works like a dropper if you squeeze lightly, or it will squirt out pretty good if you squeeze the bottle harder.

[@Fishiepwincess]

My favorite it's probably my goldfish named kettle. When he gets excited he does flips. Just don't tell my many other fish 😅

[@reikimastervee.2667]

Favorite thing in my tank..... Freshwater clams

[@rhysdehaan]

14:23 Haha that made you have enough 😂

[@MuvLuv]

Tbh my favourite thing in the aquarium right now is the beautiful orbweaver spider making a web at a planted tank's light

[@claytonluxton3068]

When using prime I use a needle to make a hole in the foil or even a pen. It makes it so it comes out much slower to the point where I know exactly how many drops are comming out.

[@missyflutter5562]

My son just went down the street to get groceries but I’ve gotta timestamp little raver shrimp omg obsessed ❤ 8:40 not sure if she’s oxygenating the water or filling it with exhaust fumes either way it’s a mcgyvar move

[@mildredpadilla5734]

Like usual very entertaining 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@elegantlyevil]

About a year ago I ordered 6 assorted endlers fry online..( I also got bladder snails, but that's another story) I got 8 fry, which turned out to be 3 normal Guppies, 2 female endlers and 3 males. I now have about 20 each male and female.. Separated into their own tanks.. And I love them so much .. The boys are so pretty....I'm in Australia and endlers aren't something we see in pet stores where I live..

[@PolaroidKid]

The singular baby Panda Cory that hatched last month and now tries to hang with the MUCH bigger adults 😆

[@SqueakysHatchery]

I got red root floaters and hair grass I love them

[@Frogz_4_life]

QOTW- MY BETTAAAAAAA 🔥🔥🗣️🗣️

[@FishForThought]

YAAAAAAAAA

[@mildredpadilla5734]

Yay🎉🎉🎉🎉#5 today. You make me look foward to mondays 😊

[@jgord]

getting back to the deep end. good for you man, that's tuff. very funny episode!

[@thatkidmorganmariah]

My favorite thing in my aquarium is my gang of pygmy corydoras. Please don't tell my Betta, Scruffy.

[@CLE-2_2]

For me, QOTW has to be my Nerite snails. I’ve had them for a long time, and I enjoy watching them take pride in cleaning up their tank.

[@KathleenFung]

I bought long-pipettes (in bulk, so cheaper) off amazon to add anything to my tanks or water change bottles. Been super convenient and I just store them in the bottle themselves (ex. Prime bottle)

[@noahwiebe7425]

My favourite thing in my aquarium is definitively my plants specifically the mosses. Bryophyta forever!

[@FishForThought]

yes!!

[@mongguppiesandendlers]

My favorite thing in my aquarium (stock tank pond) is my mutt guppies. Their babies are so neat looking, i love how genetics works and trying to guess what traits will show and which ones will not.

[@Meganeura_monyi1218]

My favourite thing in my tank is two (??) snails that snuck in on a couple of crypts. I was trying to get some real plants into the tank and accidentally got some other animals, too.

[@Beardedragons_loveleafygreens]

QOTW: Found a snail in my 23 gallon tank tall hiding in the Java fern, gotta be my most favorite thing in the tank.

[@TheRealTMar]

My favourite thing: My cardinal tetras :)

[@AlarmedBat]

My favorite thing in my aquarium rn would have to be my 5 beautiful goldfish. All of them are rescues, and they are so trusting and goofy

[@michaellavella2377]

QotW: Went to a small aquarium expo yesterday and got a spiny pagoda snail. He is my new favorite thing.

[@Chompchompyerded]

AOTW: Depends on which tank. I think my favourite of them all is my turtle named Kame (okay, so I'm un-creative). I got him for $5.00 at an Asian grocery store. He's a flapshell turtle, and I've got way more than $5 worth of enjoyment out of him. He's a lot smarter than you'd think, and I love him dearly. He's way better as a pet than as a meal. I also have a grain of sand which I'm particularly fond of in one of my fish tanks. It's so easy to think of one grain of sand in an aquarium as being no different than the others, when in reality that's exactly what it is.

[@blackjackcwc]

Rebuild Gang!!

[@FishForThought]

yaaaa!

[@mofish3601]

My susswassertang is looking absolutely gorgeous (as it slowly outgrows the annubias and Java ferns next to it)

[@spellwing777]

My fav is the mystery snails, hilarously enough. I have no idea where they came from. I haven't put anything in the tank for over a year other than fresh water, was briefly dealing with some algae and considering buying a nerite snail and all of a sudden-tiny snails from nowhere come it and my tank be sparkling. It's like god airdropped a solution to me personally.

[@williamleidy6713]

👍 .....great episode Chris. I have new hardscape from the black hills of South Dakota. Fish in re- scape this weekend.