Are Fish actually “Low Maintenance” Pets? 🤱

#shorts
Portal Feeding Rings + duckweed: fishportals.com
Instagram: / fish4everchannel
TikTok: www.tiktok.com...
My tank: amzn.to/3q0XeMw
All the products I use: www.amazon.com...
Music: A Mouse in the House - Spectacles Wallet and Watch
Email:
[e-mail]

[@piececontrolkyle5492]

Fish in the spoon: “I’m tellin’ you ma, I was flying!”

[@tanha_writer1632]

kzbin.info-lqXszP7quM?feature=share

[@CapybaraSociety]

Lol underrated comment

[@MrsSheep-oq4pi]

Spoon Helicopter

[@kimyradavis833]

C:'^;3°`£^`^~°£|£°•

[@kimyradavis833]

C,va'sVasfsnshAsavvsbsBdBd

[@Fish4Ever]

🐠 In fish keeping, education is key. Each fish has its own unique care requirements so it’s hard to answer this question with a straightforward answer. Overall, it’s easy to maintain a beautiful tank but it’s also just as easy to make mistakes - I know I’ve made a few that’s for sure. Hopefully me sharing my experiences helps you to not make the same ones!

[@Sonny.amp7]

thank you for inspiring me to get guppies

[@somebody-anybody-everybody]

Can I know about the prawn you're feeding? Is it cooked? And how do you know how much to feed them in one go? Can you recommend any sites ... 👉👈

[@iceythedragonplays9002]

You deserve 1M subscribers you’ve been posting videos for 8 years!!

[@alula394]

You should try Mosquitofish, easy to care for, easy to breed, and are honestly awesome! I have one, and I love looking at him everyday, they do good with guppies, if you want to breed, make sure to have more females, and why did this rhyme inside my head

[@FROG-n5z]

I will always look forward for a fish class and you being my teacher

[@natalia.t.a]

I hate how fish and hamsters are treated almost as "living toys". I myself was guilty of that when I was a kid, but it was because I was not properly educated. In fairs when I see gold fish being given to children as a prize, I'm like WHY??

[@luxbunny8678]

When I was a lil kid my local fair was giving lizards as prizes 😢 living toys is the perfect description. It’s on parents to do better.

[@menacetosociety471]

Same my mom treated pets as living toys and abused them and Im sad to say as a child I treated them terribly too because of that but now I've learned how to properly care for and treat animals but sadly my mom and grandma still treat animals terribly and won't listen.

[@fishbikehike]

People put betas in cups

[@menacetosociety471]

@@fishbikehike that doesn't make that a livable environment where the fish can thrive

[@fishbikehike]

@@menacetosociety471 I was saying it was bad

[@catboysephiroth560]

I won a goldfish as a prize at a fair when I was little. I became absolutely enamoured with the little guy, so my father helped me set up a nice tank for him. Our at-home filtration system was kinda shoddy, so I had to change the water more frequently, but I managed to keep the water healthy for my fish. I became SUPER interested in fish and hyperfixated on them during my Otto's lifetime. My little guy didn't live too long, only a few years, and he got HUGE. My Otto lived for about three and a half years, which is already ancient for an inbred little feeder fish, but it still felt way too short. I was absolutely GUTTED when he died. He was 11-year-old me's whole world, and losing him was all I could think about for the school year. The more I see videos and channels like this talking about fish care, the more confident I am that I gave that little feeder fish the best life I could. I hope to take care of fish again someday, in Otto's honor. They're such beautiful creatures, no pet deserves to be a "disposable" pet.

[@VeraCzech]

Haha same experience. Tangerine here is still alive, as we put her into our well established guppy tank. She ate all our guppies!

[@camelat7228]

sounds like you were really responsible and caring and did an excellent job, especially for being so young. you should be proud of yourself

[@IceRiver1020]

Sounds about right! Goldfish naturally grow quite big, but lots of people don't know that because most people think it's fine to keep them in tiny little bowls, stunting their growth. Idk a whole lot about fancy goldfish (I very much dislike most fancy goldfish, the same way I dislike how people have bred pugs and siamese cats), so maybe some of those are bred to stay smaller, but I know that normal goldfish are meant to grow much bigger than people think.

[@lynnlee6426]

H..h…how d…do y…you write…s..soo many..w..w….word..d.ds

[@Taylor_shsj]

my uncle threw my goldfish in the toilet when I was on vacation and he took care of it, there were no problems, he cleaned the aquarium

[@senpeeyt6153]

I've had fish in my tank and a couple days ago they turned 3 years old! :D we've gotten pretty serious with how we take care of them, we check pH, Ammonia, oxygen, etc on almost a weekly bases and we feed the fishes a variety of live, frozen, meat and veg etc. I love them with all my heart and even though cleaning the tank and draining the water is tiring, seeing them swim around and grow families is more than worth it!!!

[@jader2357]

"My gold fish lived for years" The life span of gold fish in the wild is like 30 plus years.....

[@leongdarius4418]

Key word "wild"fish are bred in the farms so, they will have an extraordinary hard time trying to survive in the wild and will die in less than a week

[@huskieprod8753]

Gold fish are invasive

[@Gynoidmm]

@@huskieprod8753 which type?

[@Chris-oc8cj]

@@huskieprod8753 which type tho

[@andelalepur]

@@Gynoidmm Littearly any

[@eileensnow6153]

I used to work in a pet store (corporate chain) and we had specific requirements about who could and couldn’t buy fish. The amount of people I had to turn away because they wanted to keep their fish in tiny bowls (some people like to use live fish as table decorations?) was shocking. People really think fish don’t need care just because they’re small :/

[@tierdokuparodien8460]

W store man

[@brownieboy8405]

That store sounds awesome. An employee at my local chain store told me I didn't need the large tank I was getting for a goldfish bc it could be kept in a Mason jar 💀

[@tierdokuparodien8460]

@@brownieboy8405 Pet stores in germany won't sell you goldfish until you can prove that you have a large pond or a 600 liter tank.

[@moroc333]

When I was a kid I had some fish as pets and they always died, it made me feel kind of guilty, then when I grew up I started getting interested in fish keeping channels and oh boy, was I unprepared. I think most people don't know how much (if not effort, at least knowledge) it takes to properly take care of a fish and they just give it to children without properly preparing them for the experience

[@duktrilfromsouthafrica]

Same here… i had a cichlid tank as a child, with new cichlids every second week Got back into the hobby a year ago, & im still learning new things. As a parent people should either inform themselves or have their kids study the matter a little before just buying a fish. You wont buy a new dog every week if your kid doesn’t take care of it, so why kill fish for fun? 🙃

[@ReddwarfIV]

I kept goldfish back when I was in school. Won the first one at a church fete. Don't think any of them lasted longer than 2 months. I had a 40 litre tank, powerhead and bubbler, and I would use test strips to check the water. Now I know that 40 litres is not enough for onr goldfish, let alone four. I also know not to put store-bought fish into the main tank without a long quarantine period to ensure they aren't sick. Fifteen odd years later, about six months ago, I got that 40 litre tank down from the loft. I set it up, cycled it, and after a month, bought six Rosy Barbs (a much smaller schooling fish.) Those six Rosy Barbs are still alive today, and I intend to keep it that way through the power of actually knowing what I'm doing.

[@SnailWorldYT]

Fishes are the hardest pets to care for

[@Freedart.292]

One of my beta’s named blue survived for about 1-to-2 years or so. We were all surprised

[@RoccosVideos]

Nice treat. ❤️🍤

[@Fish4Ever]

they love their shrimp snacc

[@steve_the_springtails]

Hey buddy funny spotting you here!

[@RoccosVideos]

@@steve_the_springtails Oh yeah, i get around. Lol

[@steve_the_springtails]

@@RoccosVideos I always find it fun to go hunting for my KZbin friends in the comments of videos lol

[@musaislamkhan9016]

@@Fish4Ever nom nom snacc

[@v__11]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS THEY ARE SO INFORMING!

[@Fish4Ever]

thank you sm!!! ☺️♥️

[@v__11]

@@Fish4Ever ❤️

[@AbbeyKitty1013]

Meow OwO

[@v__11]

@@AbbeyKitty1013 oh..😰

[@AbbeyKitty1013]

@@v__11 ?

[@kenedabonfield8250]

Thanks for always answering our questions!

[@shiwangichaudhary]

I love how you make fish videos that let us learn about fish, Your fish are so cute ❤

[@emopandaa]

Bettas are definitely easy. I had a girl and she was so smart, everytime I came into my room she swam right up and followed me around. I would definitely say she was happy

[@Ten-kc2yp]

From experience, I find that 'beginner fish' are still harder to care for than a dog. Although bettas and goldfish can live long lives under bad living conditions, as you say. Surviving doesn't equal thriving, the bettas and goldfishes I saw in other people's houses have scales that are falling off and fin rot problems. If you live in ignorance and buy fish without educating yourself, it's easy. But when you actually do your research, fish keeping is so hard😂 (and expensive AF)! Me and my dad wanted to keep goldfishes but after I told him what it would take to keep them healthy and beautiful he said it was too much work and we don't have the space to house them.

[@wolverinexo6417]

A fish should never be harder to take care of then a dog. You should be walking your dog 5 times a week or preferably everyday. Dogs need near constant attention and there food is expensive.

[@citroken]

@@wolverinexo6417 I think the problem is what she said where people think surviving is good enough because most people can't tell whether a fish is "happy" or not with their quality of living. Idk about being "harder" but it's definitely more tedious to me to learn everything your fish needs, make sure everything from the ph, ammonia, salinity, temperature, co2 levels, bacteria etc are balanced correctly to have healthy growing fish + the consistent cleaning of their tanks and average care taking, not to mention random diseases that seem to just come out of nowhere vs. A pretty easy to understand dog with simple needs similar to our own so we can easily recognize when something is wrong. Ofc it's up to personal opinion and as someone that's owned both it's obviously never an easy job to be any pet parent!

[@roopaachuri2216]

@@wolverinexo6417 fish need constant attention to water parameter water quality must be maintained. Walking a dog 5 times a week isn’t that big of a deal or difficult if you miss one day of a dog walk your dog will be fine if your still regularly walk it. If you miss a water change it could be serious. Water quality can easily change if you accidentally overfeed your fish it could put major stress. fish keeping is harder then keeping a dog if you don’t have live plants and no micro fauna .

[@crazygur1y]

@@wolverinexo6417 I think it's easier to understand dogs though, mammal to mammal. I'll know better if a dog is hungry or upset or in pain than a fish that's just like Glub Glub 👁️ 👄 👁️

[@siri_ike]

My dad thought about getting gold fish so he made a 600 liter pond in the front yard but then the 6 that we bought did not survive even a week but the 6 tiny wild fish that we put in there multiplied and are probably 30 or more now. Their names are Silfur, Katrín, Ásgeir, Björn, Árni, Kjartan, Þórarinn, Mæja, Skúli, Baldur, Smári, Vala, Hjalti, Hjálmar, Guðmundur, Einar, Vilhjálmur and so on and so on

[@moona_lunae3040]

"beginner pets" aren't just pets you get without knowing sh and just assuming, it's pets to start off with when you've done research AND gotten more info then needed from professionals

[@gabrielhermesson9926]

You don't just have a pet fish, you have a pet ecosystem.

[@GuineaGirlGaming]

“Weee look at me mom! I’m jumpin in the spoon!!!!”

[@fleethefacilitypro]

Stolen

[@jlbannister1063]

LOL🤦😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏼‍♀️

[@_TheIntrovertedArtist_]

I had a beta, he stuck around way after his intended life span, I took really good care of him, I loved him a lot, he was really pretty and I felt good about the life I gave him, his sponge bob themed tank was a big step up from his little plastic cup from the pet store, Miss you Bow, I love you

[@chaossnuclearbrush6179]

I'm sorry I can't focus with the Minecraft eating sounds 😭

[@lifeandeverythingthatcomes8736]

Tbh I think it oddly satisfying

[@roxie3286]

Aw I love how your fish trust you and don’t mind being dropped off by a spoon LOL 😭❤️❤️

[@Luna_Rose69]

❤️

[@kitsunea1499]

Me with eight tanks casually dying while shouting “NOO” on the top of my lungs.

[@ZOMBIE_SKETCHZ]

These shorts make me sooo happy!!!

[@The_kingBobThe3rd]

I love these videos their so satisfying and calming 😊

[@blueberrymuffin9848]

The mistreatment of fish is so sad tbh :( they're actually really smart pets and need a lot of care and love, that's why I loving seeing your videos every so often, you're really devoted to them :)

[@goldendaygecko7435]

I got 2 tanks and I'm going to make a water bridge and have some live plants and a few guppies, I'm going to try to take as good care of them as I can but if anyone has tips for me I would appreciate it a ton

[@Ava-ix4dj]

I had a beta for about 4 and a half years! His name was flame and he always showed signs of being healthy! We had cared for fish before I got him so we already had previous knowledge! We got him a spacious tank and make sure he had a good diet and always checked decorations or plants for things his fins could be caught on! It makes me so sad that people often don’t take proper care of their betas.

[@Seagulls_are_the_best_birds]

Oops why do I keep forgetting something important what meant to say was,*and they died. So ya 😥

[@Si3nna_12]

I had a fish for my b day and I loved it so much I took care of it every day and it stayed alive for like a couple years maybe even 6 years!!

[@a.l.lo.fu.sa.r.ed.e.a.d9907]

Thank you so much for this information I’m so going to get some fish like you and take amazing care with it ❤❤

[@awesomelittlekid1415]

The background sounds 🥺❤️❤️😂👑

[@gallomopar-topic1790]

It’s kinda hard tbh lol but you gotta love them to take care of them good

[@jellyzimmermann9688]

May I add something to the end? "And your knowledge"

[@luvlyxkitty8281]

I had a nice healthy goldfish the other day. His tank had an algae problem. Algae would not stop coming. My mom bought algae control or something from Walmart, the day after she put it in he wouldn’t eat. I saw that as a problem because he always rushed to eat. I gave it another say but i regretted that. I woke up the next day to find him dead. Would not recommend algae control from Walmart!!! RIP my sweet baby Finn. I will never forget you 💔

[@runnedru-p]

My first fish:yay I win an orange gold fish at the park

[@Deleted.970]

Funny story Today i bought a Siamese fighter fish and he wants to breed with the others even tho he has anger issues Edit: he died a few days ago :( Edit 2: he was put in his own tank after an hour. Edit 3: it’s not my fault what the fish shop said. So slate and that. Stop calling me an abuser and take down the comments calling me an abuser because it’s making me sad

[@madziedadzie]

Japanese Fighter Fish are the definition of anger issues, I swear. 🤣

[@rgklaras1976]

That's Not funny though- Japanese fighter fish or Beta fish aren't supposed to (most of the time) be with other fish so I would say you should probably get a separate big tanks for the betas and if you can't afford that then you shouldn't have betas. Also the tank pet stores like Petco and PetSmart put them are don't prove anything about them living in small spaces because in reality beta need big tanks Also another thing don't get bowls.

[@rgklaras1976]

Also beta fish aren't supposed to be with any species of fish I believe their called fighting for a reason

[@littleleakyleakythere]

Why is he with other fish???

[@rgklaras1976]

@@littleleakyleakythere ya that's what I asked and they said " I dIdN'T PuT hIm WiTh oThEr BeTaS tHoUgH" and quickly deleted it because they know they aren't taking care of their beta like wth you don't put betas with ANY fish! I swear people need to do more research

[@Indigothec0lor]

Thank u so much for making content consistently 💓 I have always wanted fish but I have cats so we wouldn't want any accidents right 😅

[@saimahaider3542]

I have a cat and two gold fish It's pretty safe unless you don't have a lid on the tank

[@pinkpetals463]

This is so satisfying, im glad you take ALL of the green thing out of the portal. I saw this other lady do the same thing, but she never cleans the portal completely and i got sad thinking it was you that you've put less effort in it, but im glad it wasn't u :']

[@Galaxy_Full_Of_Therians]

She is giving her fish fish!!

[@coolnoob7710]

Her: talking about fish Me: 🚁🚁🚁

[@itzmemin22]

Once l have a bettar fish l love him so much l took good care of him but when l go away to a trip (me and him is like bestie) the maid feed but he is sad then he don't the his food then pass away 😔

[@mustard9808]

Wtf.

[@AutumnSwift2]

How long were you away for, it obviously isn't good for them to go too long without food but it wouldn't kill them if they went a little while without anything.

[@itzmemin22]

@@AutumnSwift2 my maid gave them food always but l guess it miss me 🤷‍♀️

[@parkerbrock6540]

@@itzmemin22 fish are incapable of feeling affection, just like snakes your fish did not miss you it was sick.

[@carkmeganavn4601]

The waffle house has got a new host.

[@John_the_Paul]

the Waffle House has found its new host

[@Whatthe_fudge22]

I’m so glad I saw this video! When I was younger, I had 2 goldfish in a decent sized fish bowl. Later on I got another goldfish because one died and I got an upgrade on the tank. One day when I was going to check up on them, they seemed like the were doing perfectly fine, but the next day when it was feeding time, sadly they were both floating at the top of the tank, and had no idea what was happening!

[@-Rui_]

for anyone wanting a fish that is easy to take care of...i recomend a small pleco it eats algae in you tank...so you don't have to feed it that often, and i think they do pretty well with other fish i have a small pleco and we have had it for about 3 years now every fish we have ever had in our tank died...except for the pleco i would highly recommend these :]

[@Captain-Charlotte]

Puts whole shrimp in the tank. The fish: YESSSSS!!!!

[@Fly.2-8]

YOUR FISH ARE SO FRICKING CUTE!

[@GreanBean-cq2kj]

My beginner fish survived for 7 years 😊

[@urmother9137]

I wish I new this in first grade 😔but now I know and my fish live in a big tank and are happy

[@matiascapodos9197]

They're so cute!

[@yourdailydoseofme7945]

It was so satisfying seeing you take out every single green bit of the shape 😭

[@NTLabsOfficialSite]

Fish are thinking, feeling individuals!👏👏

[@naveshneechetty8424]

The little guppies are so cute

[@haileyequestrian]

i have 2 balloon mollies, and they have lived so much longer than all the other fish we’ve had. one of our first fish died within the first 24 hours. rip sun lol

[@_Decayinggs]

One time when I was like 7, I had a decently sized tank with goldfish, and the mama killed her babies after a while. She just ate them for no reason. They were being fed, the tank was being cleaned. I just woke up one day and the mama fish ate like her 2-4 kids. She didn’t even finish them.

[@mscreative4492]

Love u u are very kind wow i love when u feed fishes

[@evebanks8250]

The way they came at the shrimp shows that I think it’s there fav food

[@monicastamant]

I had zebra fish for a while as a teenager and it required intense research and a lot of attention to detail. I learned a lot from other fish owners and before I even got mine, I learned to acclimate their water to the tank, etc. It was fun but a lot of work and I respect people immensely for having fish long term! It’s definitely not easy!

[@vampxarie5666]

I swear I laughed so hard when the fish kept going in the spoon, it was so cute

[@areuseriousrightnowbro2116]

Love how u feed the fish fish

[@soymilkcow5088]

I got 2 Goldfish and they have been alive for 2 years, we got them from a old backyard pond

[@TracyHoward-z1n]

When my dog died when I was 5, my parents got a beautiful fan tail goldfish. She lived for 2 years and I loved just sitting and watching her swim around her tank

[@N0rmnAft0n-qf5fq]

I've have 6 fish. We don't have anymore, 1 died and mum gave the others away to someone who was better at taking care of them. We had a goldfish, And some others. HONESTLY, Suprieed they survived the long.

[@Cactus_man13]

Cascadura in the corner: I'm stronger, I'm smarter, I AM BETTER

[@mjrussell414]

Yes bettas can be hard to get the environment right, plus I found when you buy them from the pet store, they can already be stressed and die not long after you bring them home. On the other hand, my pond goldfish were just feeder fish and they are thriving. Started out as big as my pinkie and now they are a handspan. They started having babies last summer, much to my surprise.

[@ratqueen15]

my fish was won from a fair. that very same day we got him a big tank and a filter for that tank. we feed him every day and he’s been with us for 8 years and still he seems very happy 😊

[@veracrow1126]

I had multiple betta fish, one lived two years, one lived a week (it was sick, I told my mom, and she said it was fine, it died three days later), and one who lived a year. For a kid in 4th grade I think I did a great job. They lived in a pretty large tank and I cleaned it pretty often.

[@死亡笔记-z3i]

My profile is the picture of my fish. He has been alive since three years. I don’t know how that’s possible but he’s still here. His name is Jeff.

[@sweettea2505]

I love how the fishes go to the top when they see something, I think it’s very cute.

[@fionna_cool_girl]

Saying "hey my fish lived a long life in a small fish bowl" is the equivalent to saying "hey I smoke a pack of cigarettes a day but I never got cancer"

[@BlazarBlazarFN]

I had a fish named freckle because of the dot on his head and he lived for about nine months even though that I didn’t really take care of him 🤧🤧❤️❤️

[@markhodson7580]

Those fish be like “FOOD!”😂

[@itsleah9383]

*Fish gets scooped up* “I have been the chosen one!”

[@TheNetherlandsCheese]

My gold fish who I had for 4 years: turns blind Me: what did I do wrongggggg ????? *stands in a corner thinking everything thing back*

[@vsowill]

Fish: “The portal is opening”

[@charlielavender1278]

The health to dead fish thing is true Sadly it happened to my first fish

[@ItsfrMia]

I love the emoji animations 😂

[@ButterflyXGRL]

You are just…… amazing!

[@ILoveMyDog432]

this is so true. yesterday my betta fish past away from a fish sickness called ich (ick) we didn't notice anything until the day before. we tried out best and got him the medicine he needed but it was to late. rest in peace doug 🕊️😔

[@Amelia-oj9ii]

You are so right about the fish 🐠

[@ellabrown1677]

Omg get this they are called Guppies and show bubble Guppies omg 😮😮😮❤😊😂😂

[@TheEpilougeAsylum]

This is true, no matter what they looks like, any type of animal does require special care, even though people say taking care of some animal is easy, it could be difficult for a lot of people.

[@iam.banbostik.side.eye123]

AYO I THOUGHT MY ALARM WAS ON AND ITS JUST THE BACKGROUND MUSIC!

[@kellycline9126]

I had a set of three comet goldfish. Three of them lived for almost 20 years and grew to be 7 inches in length. And that was because we kept them in a 40 gallon tank with regular maintenance cleaning control, and a variety of food. Goldfish have a life expectancy in captivity of five years because people think that they are super simple and don't do the research to keep them healthy for longer. But they can live almost as long as Koi, if given the chance.

[@belindaschabort3261]

I have had my goldfish for almost 4 years now and they are happy and healthy 😊

[@lilykep]

My mom's goldfish got BIG and eventually moved to an outdoor Koi pond where they lived long happy lives.

[@yallitsme00]

Last year I begged my parents to buy me some fish because of how cool you chanel was. We got 12 different types and I watched tutorials to learn how to care for them. Now I have 5 different tanks and even my first 12 fish are still alive.

[@birbkermit9910]

this is the same thing with birds, people impulse buy parakeets because they think they’re “easy to care for” but end up returning them because they realise any pet needs proper attention

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Imagine being an alien taking care of humans in a space station and you have to maintain the hull of the ship, recycle their breathing medium so it doesn't become toxic all the while making sure the environment is safe and won't make the humans inside sick. This is what it is like to take care of fish, THEY ARE NOT EASY.

[@Onyrooliver]

We got two fair goldfish that died almost immediately in our tank, we didn't know they were cold water fish(we were like 7 and 8), so when we found out the type of fish that were warm water we got fish suited for the tank and water we had. All of our fish lived for years even after we gave them away after that, lol. Bala sharks have got to be my favorite!

[@scarlettrinity2077]

My beta fish Finley living like he’s a king ngl big tank nice heaters even nice plants even with it being an easy fish they still need a lot of love no matter what pet it is

[@JudgeDreddz]

POV:Fish got a waterproof phone:📱🐟

[@elzybegg2033]

My dad has fish and whenever asked how hard having them is he replies with "you keep water, fish just live in it"

[@CycatPlays]

One of my fish was supposed to live for a year but surprisingly it survived for 3 YEARS!!!

[@depresseddork3181]

I have 7 goldfish, 2 big adults, 4 one year olds and 1 a couple months old that we just got last month. I was always told goldfish were super easy to take care of but its kind of hard. I had gotten my first fish 5 years ago and he's still thriving. We got our second fish a year after and they're both as big as my hand. My first fish I named Stick, my second I named Twig. Twig has jumped out of her old tank before while I was out with my family but she lived and i found her in time. I love my goldfish, and over time without realizing they've learned that when they want food they can go up to the top of the tank when they see me. My newest one named Gili is barely cathing on and learning. I love my fish, I've grown emotionally attached. I used this as an excuse to talk about my fish too, I love them

[@franciskieffer6291]

For my beta, I always make sure the ammonia level isn't too high, I put a thing in his water that prevent infection, there is a filter in his aquarium and I make regular water changes. But, I've seen people who keep them in very small bowl and that don't make water changes often. Remember that, even if they are qualified as "easy to take care", it doesn't mean you can neglect them, they still need to be took cared of! If you are wondering why are water changes so important, its because their poop produces ammonia, and ammonia is toxic to fishes. Changing the water removes the ammonia and let the fish live longer.

[@haphuongle2920]

First, fish live in a completely different environment from us humans. That's takes the difficulties up a notch. Once I took care of a sick tiger barb. It was almost recovered until I was too busy and forgot to change the water in its temporary quarantine tank. The next day, it was dead. Then one of my neon tetra got sucked inside the filter and crushed into pieces. For a few days I kept looking for the missing fish until I saw its bone sticking out of the filter sponge, and the entire tank become cloudy out of the blues.

[@SomebodyHelp3]

That eating noise got me laughing

[@annabagley5996]

We still have a cloud minnow that has survived axolotls and chemical spikes. I'd say cloud minnows would be a great beginner fish! 😊

[@flare376v]

I swear, this woman makes me want fish

[@hearts4junii.]

When I got my first goldfish last year, I was really uneducated. After it died, I waited and got a bigger tank. I educated myself on how to properly care for a tank, and with my mom's help, the tank became healthy and I put a betta from the fish store in it, though he died after a while- I'm assuming it was because of his health, I think he had a disease when we got him from the store. My current fish is another betta, his name is Aang and he's doing great. He's happy and swims around a lot, he's smart and knows to go to his feeding portal when it's time. Education is key to keeping your fish healthy- and effort. If you don't put the effort in, it won't last long.

[@jygergruz9562]

Good job man