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[@FishForThought]

Support this channel and get perks in return bit.ly/3z05bpC 🙏 Thank you for the support!

[@acidbyt.30]

GUYS I DID IT...I BRED FISH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIFE ...CHANNA STEWARTIIS(all channa are hard to breed mostly)

[@garg4531]

Congratulations! 👏👏

[@BonelessPizzaSlice]

Those fish look seriously cool, congratulations on that!

[@hollyfisher9368]

Congrats! that's really cool. They must be very happy to breed for you

[@saltlakeangler1900]

Oh hell yea u gonna start selling them?

[@acidbyt.30]

@@saltlakeangler1900 probably not anytime soon because the parents were themselves juveniles (only 6inches compared to the adult size of 10inch plus) And so they only have about 30 fry That im making a new tank for So that i can see them grow up and everything After that ill choose like the best quality ones and keep those And sell the rest So thats a good 6-8months later

[@CollieTheViking]

Regarding that first video, I had a Petsmart employee wrestle with three Kuhli Loaches for 5+ minutes, tore up the decorations, muddied up the substrate and water, at one point pinned one to the wall with the net to grab it.. It took a week for those loaches to calm down in my tank.

[@remipoyntz7657]

I got mollies from petco, it took them 5 minutes to catch the poor things and they never settled down again. Every time they even saw the net through the glass, they hid, or darted around. Had one jump out of the tank while i was trying to scoop plant trimmings bc it thought i was going for it.

[@FishForThought]

I really thought my experience with them trying to catch kuhlis was the worst until I heard yours

[@volcanixworxSadie]

Why is this a shared experience, I always have petsmart employees that wanna pin them to the side and I thinking the whole time, please don't kill it 😢😢

[@erikcortez9872]

I’ve probably spent like 180$ all together in my 3tanks 40g 20g 10g facebook marketplace is probably the only place you will get a 40 gallon for 20 dollars

[@jakeweedon8319]

I got 5 of them they couldn't catch them for 10min so I took over, took me like 20min but we got there ngl I had fun playing petshop employee

[@tinykali9523]

You gotta pin the fish to the glass and ask the costumer if that was the fish they wanted !! Lol😂

[@FishForThought]

lmaoo

[@I.am.an.egg.]

No you gotta grab it by the tail then take it out and ask

[@jm9841]

Pin half the fish... seen it.

[@christinazable3704]

That humble brag "Is it crappy?" tank at 6:46 is the kelp tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Twenty-eight feet tall, over 300,000 gallons, active water exchange with the bay...not crappy at all. Possibly my favorite tank in the whole building.

[@Yoongis_Chapstick]

@Christinazable3704 Nice that you recognize it too. 💯👊 💜💜💜💜

[@FishForThought]

300,000 gallons and crappy do not go in the same sentence, unless we talking about a sewage plant xD

[@christinazable3704]

@@FishForThought Funnily enough, I used to work at a wastewater treatment plant. The aquarium definitely smells nicer.

[@accelerated_gamer6674]

I found a really big piece of eucalyptus wood when I was in vermont. So I paid $70 for it and drove 28 hours with it in the passenger seat. With it’s seatbelt on ofc

[@FishForThought]

lmao xD average fishkeeper things

[@shibibi1]

That answers the question I ask sooooo often as an Australian... Is Eucalyptus tank safe? 😂😂😂 I can crab so much euc for free! But never been game putting it in a tank

[@AlpMan444]

This show is my weekly reminder for water change

[@FishForThought]

that works out great

[@lynxxkit]

Why am I addicted to fish tank reviews-

[@The_Unknown.1839]

Because of how well made the videos are

[@lynxxkit]

@@The_Unknown.1839 fr

[@TalsBadKidney]

Chirs is very consistent

[@Chompchompyerded]

There are things in the universe which are unfathomable. Why we like Fish Tank Review is one of them. It is a truth of our amazing universe.

[@Atlas92936]

You just like the memes and hobby so when someone makes memes about the hobby and is the only one doing it, you have a very niche audience

[@gregprevite8548]

The “ I think it’s myocarditis.” Took me out 😂

[@FishForThought]

[@brittanycollier2320]

My local petsmart lets ME fish the fish out. Because they took 30 min to get 3 khuli loaches before i got sick and tired of waiting, asked if i could try, immediately caught 12 more in less then 3 min. Now they just hand me the net and let me catch the fish i want.

[@Diresilence]

When I got a few Panda Corys from my tank, it took the employee nearly ten minutes to catch two of them, with two nets. Khuli loaches are also notoriously hard to catch. Bottom Dwellers are built different and have ultra instinct, I swear

[@FishForThought]

yes they all come with ultra instinct haha

[@nadyeszti2251]

QOTW: corys. I lucked out so far with all my fish purchases, every time got pet shop workers who actually know how to safely catch fish. But there was one funny time 3 years ago when in another pet store I bought my current zebra finches. They were caught with fish nets too. I actually felt sorry for the shopkeeper, cause I asked for the bird who kept outsmarting her. (I must note, it wasn't the same net they used in the tanks, just the same kind. They have different nets for the fish)

[@persimmon325]

I just got my betta at a well-reputed LFS, the employee was nice but she looked away to answer someone at the exact moment she was pouring him into the bag and scraped him along the raw acrylic box lip 😢 she didn't notice and I just didn't know what to say. He's doing just fine though worry not, probably helps that he has short fins

[@FishForThought]

aw man... Yeah at the end of the day we're all human and mistakes are bound to happenxD

[@persimmon325]

@@FishForThought very true! he's doing wonderfully so all is well, I just thought I'd share that even reputable places and good people have their moments haha

[@TheLiddojunior]

They need you to go to that petsmart to teach them how to handle fish. Its a secret jitsu and you showed mastery of it in your last tank update video.

[@FishForThought]

hahaha glad I have proof

[@7sins_of_life]

As a House plant nerd with way too many plants (about ~200) I really love their incorporation into the tanks!

[@FishForThought]

same! I love houseplants more and more every year, especially the lowest maintenance ones

[@7sins_of_life]

@@FishForThought Most houseplants are quite low maintenance in my opinion ^^ it's the substrate that makes things complicated/ easy, at least for me. I usually use leca or Pon because it's so much easier to just fill up a reservoir compared to managing soil. Especially because a lot of soil that plants come in isn't suited to the plants needs and semi Hydro is suited for so many plants.

[@The_Unknown.1839]

I went to a petsmart and the employee actually knew alot about the plants a was purchasing talking about if they start melting and she talked about the plants breeding and how a couple amazon sword filled multiple of her tanks and when i asked for a java fern she gave me the peice that is about to breed.

[@FishForThought]

yeah there are certainly gems working at petsmart!

[@bethsweeney715]

The kelp forest at Monterey Bay Aquarium as a 'tank' is hilarous

[@sombrs44]

Khuli loach! Just bought two new babies for my currant group of 5. They are so cute! Also endlers livebearers as well. I'll be moving mine out to the wall pond soon

[@FishForThought]

kuhli loachies are goated in my books

[@Ashers_Art]

Honey Gouramis came to mind for the QOTW. Keep it up, cory gang 🤯

[@FishForThought]

they are cute and stay smol

[@victornonexistant4010]

Love your reviews and great personality too!

[@FishForThought]

hey thx!

[@sarahriley2481]

The first fish in mind was an oscar but probably because that was one of the last fish displayed. Angel fish is probably the next fish that I think of because my mom had a beautiful angel fish tank when I was growing up.

[@FishForThought]

can't go wrong with either! well, actually lots of things can go wrong with an oscar haha

[@sarahriley2481]

@@FishForThought I’m sure. My mom has actually had both. She loved her Oscars but when she left on a vacation the pet sitter didn’t follow directions and gave the fish the entire weeks food in one day. I’m sure you can guess what happened.

[@lynxxkit]

Ain’t no way it’s 22 second ago-

[@user-yx5vr5ex3c]

Talk normal

[@Beysaboye]

@@user-yx5vr5ex3c bruh thats just how they talk

[@user-yx5vr5ex3c]

@@Beysaboye the way they talk is cringe and it doesn't make sense

[@MeanOldLady]

@@Beysaboye Stop burping in public. =p

[@FishForThought]

you were absurdly early wow

[@blackattackgaming7827]

It's already Monday At least there's one good thing about this day

[@FishForThought]

can't believe how quickly mondays roll around

[@blackattackgaming7827]

@@FishForThought ikr

[@adaptmoonie6289]

Thanks for making my Monday a little bit better. I needed it.

[@FishForThought]

there we go glad to hear it!

[@pseudodactyl]

Once I got a couple endler hybrids at petsmart. The girl who helped me was a high schooler and she caught a few, but also caught a white cloud mountain minnow. When I asked to swap it for another endler things got bad. When she was trying to get it out of the little container she dropped an endler and LITERALLY CUT IT IN HALF WITH HER LONG ACRYLIC NAILS trying to pick it back up. She even dropped the two halves back in the tank. I feel for her, because it wasn’t like she was being callous or cruel. She was just a kid who clearly knew she’d messed up and was scared so she was trying to act like nothing happened. She just didn’t know what else to do. Another one of the fish she netted died in my car on the way home-I happened to look over at them at a stoplight just in time to see one go belly up. I still have one of that batch, though! Unsurprisingly after surviving that meat grinder he is tough as nails and will probably live forever.

[@kaden.slone04_biology]

🤯

[@zacharykunzer2823]

Royal Emperor Tetra, ftw! Also, I had a PetSmart employee in the middle of a slushy salty Minnesota winter, take the fake decorations out of the tank, set them on the dirty floor, catch the fish, bag em up, then proceeded to put the decorations from the floor directly back into the tank… 😅 they still work there and I have seen their fish keeping/catching skills improve though so we all gotta start somewhere.

[@ethanferrer7019]

Years ago I went to Petsmart to buy a Pictus Cat. Surprisingly there was 2 healthy specimens and I asked for the bigger one. The employee couldn’t catch the fish for 5 minutes and when he did he pinned the catfish by 1 of its whiskers to get him. What makes matters worse was that ofc the catfish doesn’t like to be handled with nets and it’s spines we’re all cought up in the net followed with another minute of struggling. The guy couldn’t get the net off and ended up calling another employee to get scissors to cut off the whisker. Thankfully the other employee told him to just cut the net stuck to the fish. Went home with a petrified catfish with netting stuck to its face. Last time I bought from Petsmart

[@MS-Aquatics]

Thanks for the vid again Chris!

[@FishForThought]

thank you!

[@unsocialbutterfly5760]

My husband just completed his very first aquascape ever and with a sand waterfall! Came up pretty amazing, he wants me to send you a video of it…I must do that soon 🤔

[@ianharbjorn]

I've been busy with work and all but I always have the heart and the passion in Fish Keeping. I still have my Iridescent Shark Catfish for eight years already back in our hometown. *cheers bro, I am early and it is night time here craving for Jollibee Chickenjoy right now haha

[@FishForThought]

always crave chickenjoy, never have enough!

[@Proxyyy825]

how big of a tank do u keep da iridescent shark cat in?

[@SanithuAquatics]

Fish never fail to include chris in their channel

[@chaosunsent2322]

QOTW: medaka (aka Japanese rice fish). I've been interested in aquaponics for a while for growing food, but most setups I've seen look like a PVC pipe dystopia. somehow that led into aqua scaping, vivariums and paludariums ...so I still want an aquaponic system in the garden, but now I also want something that'll look good I can see from my desk (but not take up the entire room) so I got into looking at some smaller fish, was thinking of some minnows and shrimp, maybe a male betta but what I've read so far seems 50/50 whether or not the betta will attack the other fish - more research needed. somewhere along the way I came across a YT video by RyoWatanabee talking about rice fish - so now I want those too: got a few other (non-fish) projects going on atm, so happy to be in research mode for now - something this channel esp the good/bad tank reviews have helped a clueless beginner like me with.

[@volcanixworxSadie]

I've spent like $120 all in. For 60$ i got two 10 gallons, a 5.5. I started witb the petco aqueon 50% off stuff and got a 2.5 for(shrimp/scud). Spent like 60 on filters, media, plants, substrate and soil. Got gifted some Nclass Endlers to breed in the 2 10s and my 5 is a grow up tank. The 2.5 has my ghost shrimp. I just trade my endlers for ISC now so I don't pay for anything for the fishtanks. But I surely have contracted MTS 😂😅

[@laurabustos6560]

Ahoy hoy mateys!! Wishing all super smooth sailing this week! Love your environment and all the creatures within!! 🙏💙✌️ I say Rill-ee for rili shrimpers. 😂 Ahhh! It literally made my week that Chris is a Junji Ito fan. 🥰 QotW; I think I inadvertently cheated cause I was looking right at my Bororas uroptholmoides... So exclamation point Rasbora that I was staring at while they eat breakfast... 😅 They're soooo cute when they color up. They look like little tiny mini neon tetra but with orange and black. The orange is so shiny!! 😍

[@FishForThought]

ty! hey that still counts as the first fish to come to mind, super cool fish too!

[@4nn4h]

Just got my first tank (250l/67gal). I'm just collecting enough plants to set it up as a Walstad! I'm so excited!

[@blackjackcwc]

6:46 Life Goals, incredible!

[@FishForThought]

ikr!

[@lisathompson159]

QOTW: honey gourami! I most likely thought this because I own one and loved the footage of the beautiful gardening gourami in this episode! 😊

[@FishForThought]

been seeing a couple of these answers be honey gourami! definitely a top fish of the times

[@nancywillaert5129]

Where I did bought my fish they don’t put in those kind of decorations, they provide hiding if the breed needed but still they are so gentle with them to reduce stress as low as possible. And I write down the breeds and he asked what kind I had and how they would interact or aren’t a good match with my white Beta. He’s the main character in my tank. I thought my tank was to small but he has plants, rocks, hiding places and still he’s silly. Making foam nests and coming up for feeds. I only had a dark algae and got the treatment for it and he told me to tackle that first before adding new fish. Now it’s over with the algae but will wait a few extra weeks. And my plants went crazy! Have to trim out some. I’m happy to finally have someone that helped me with knowledge without willing to sell. It’s the stores policy, due the fact some stores just sell to sell and getting bad reviews or selling more fish.

[@FishForThought]

hides for shy fish is a great idea!

[@freeddolays]

hello fish tank reviewer and reviewees- my planted tank is sparse (i dont have the greenest thumb) but ive just successfully bred rcs' for the first time! the babies were born two weeks earlier than i'd estimated they would be, so i think theyre a little underbaked so to speak, but so far they seem to be thriving against those odds :-) i unfortunately lost the king betta (affectionally named "fuckass" by my boyfriend, because of his love of uprooting every plant possible in the tank and driving me crazy) that was in the tank before the rcs' but i think i'm happy having a small shrimp army for now

[@ktp.equine3132]

I work at a small owned pet store, we have to have animal experience to work there. We have intense training where we have to take a final exam to make sure we are a good fit for the store. We are taught how to properly catch fish so it doesn’t take over 5 minutes.

[@Nakamamas]

Giant trevally! I live in Hawaii so we fish for them and can’t keep em in a tank usually but beautiful fish that puts up a great fight.

[@sll4891]

Hey, I'm Shannaxox. Someone else showed me this video and I got a good laugh. I never updated for people to see my tank again, but I have bought more stuff since then. Thank you for the offer for thr gift card, but I don't need it anymore haha

[@FishForThought]

Hey! Glad to hear it :) happy belated!

[@Yoongis_Chapstick]

@FishforThought 6:45 😂 THAT'S AT THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM IN MONTEREY, CA. It's on California's Central Coast. I'm born and raised on the central coast, in a nearby city. Seen this part of the aquarium many many times in my life between the multiple times in school and the multiple times so far on field trips with my daughter (6th grade) probably won't be the last 🥴😄 it's a very beautiful aquarium actually though. Love your videos Chris, always appreciate the uploads.

[@FishForThought]

so cool I wanna visit one day

[@enbehn]

As a LFS employee, that petsmart video had me wincing.

[@EgholmViking]

Stickleback. Im currently doing research and collecting info for setting up a native tank for a stickleback. Planning on collecting native plants and collect various insects, possibly even a few small freshwater clams for added life and filtration

[@garg4531]

Sounds like an awesome setup! Hope it goes well I remember learning about sticklebacks as a kid and I think they're super underrated since I never really hear about them in ponds or aquariums (plus I just love the name stickleback, sounds fun so fun to say)

[@weevil8025]

These guys live in the canal near me. You can see them through the water, pretty fun to watch them doing their natural thing. My dog used to get so worked up about them, I'd have to put him back on his leash to prevent him from trying to eat the lil guys.

[@FishForThought]

I too have thought of the humble stickleback for a native tank. I need the tank to be huge though

[@EgholmViking]

@@FishForThought Exactly. And currently i dont have the space for it.. But when i do! I would love to see your take on it. Might borrow some ideas if you do :) Thanks for the content :D

[@EgholmViking]

@@garg4531 Exactly. Plus they are just about the smallest fish species in my country. So i would love to give it a qualified try :P

[@cheers2023]

I have a bamboo shrimp living with 3 fancy Danio, and they are all thriving and happy. Vampire shrimp are also great. I had one for two years, almost three.

[@FishForThought]

awesome!

[@amymandeville8342]

First fish that come to mind are Silver Cichlids, aka Maskaheros Argenteus. Stunning fish and on my bucket list if I stay in the hobby!

[@garg4531]

Qotw Betta fish came to mind for me, though my favorite fish are definitely black skirts, followed by bristlenose plecos and platies

[@shayxie8318]

qotw--- Betta baby! They're my favorite. And happy birthday to the fish tank alien. Tell them I like their work in crop fields too!

[@barryjames3747]

I work at a LFS, coming up to a year. Catching fish with a net is an art. Couple that with the knowledge you acquire over time and the advice you give, this should be a skilled profession, with the salary match. Sometime though, fish are just fast and clever, they beat my little human brain lol

[@FishForThought]

with the salary to match, say it louder for the ppl in the back!

[@filejobean]

I use a big net to catch all of the fish because the small net is so terrible lmao. I use a silk net too, to protect their fins. I'm not sure if this is the right way to do it, but if I'm having trouble catching the fish, I just take their stuff out and set it aside (or I gently move it to one side of the tank so I can corral them to the open side.) we don't have gravel in our tanks (no idea why). If it's been a busy day, I feel bad so I'll do a small water change and give them some stress coat. Everyone else just goes in gung ho, destroys the set up and it kills the fish. Anyway uhhh I love your videos and they are reigniting my passion for fishkeeping haha. keep it up LOL

[@AvrageWhiteGuy]

Fish tank reveiw is just what a guy like me needs after a long day at uni.

[@ashdavid5337]

Qotw: three spined stickleback! There's a whole school of them in a local ornamental pond and one day I'd love to have a school of them of my own, once I can afford it

[@mildredpadilla5734]

I love ❤❤❤❤❤❤this channel it’s always so full of useful information. But I also enjoy your corny jokes because they are actually funny.😂😂😂😂. I like everyone else dont look forward to Mondays😂 😂😂😂😂 there's only one thing I look forward to on Monday though, and it's your videos.

[@FishForThought]

thanks so much!

[@jammy7670]

Blacknose dace are actually a species of "riffle dace" (the Rhinichthys genus), specifically. From my understanding, they all tend to be small. They inhabit "riffles", which are those really fast-moving parts in a river where the water is moving down some large rocks. I honestly only know this because there's a species native to my area in the same genus called the "loach minnow" (don't ask me why it's named that; your guess is as good as mine. It's the only fish in the genus with "loach" in the name instead of "dace"), so I can't really tell you much more than that. As for the QOTW: Dojo Loach is the first fish to come to mind.

[@FishForThought]

thx for the info!

[@Kuulentag]

First one that comes to mind? Barracuda 🤷🏻‍♀️ I swam with a few wild ones in Mexico a couple months ago

[@romaikadressage]

QOTW! White cloud mountain minnows always pop into my mind first. Love these guys.

[@MarnieWithSnakes]

QOTW Cherry Barb ❤ Love those guys

[@raisinbrancereal582]

I absolutely love getting fish for customers. The secret for fast and sneaky fish is to chase them into a specimen cup with a net 😎 As much as I hate it, I will say that since my district removed the substrate from our fw tanks, getting bottom feeders has become so much easier. I still struggle with pictus catfish (long barbells are too long) and Raphael catfish (they lock in place), so maybe im not all that great lol

[@FishForThought]

can't believe they said 2 nets don't help. It's the same idea chasing them into one another :(((

[@taiscommentingaccountusedf1908]

Mine that came to mind was betta fish Surprising considering how much I fixate on marine life and deep sea fish

[@gouldschick101]

snail parasites are intermitant in snails and require moving to the next species of their type (parasites are indeed species specific) by being consumed. Example, lung worm in dogs requires the dog to consume a type of snail. The majority of parasites start in an insect and only after consuming do they infect the inteded host. A cat eats a flea or certain types of flies, it gets tape worm. So most of these parasites don't infect humans or don't live long if they do becuase they are too species specific, occassionally one does like round worms for example. Occasionally a parasite will migraite in a species it can't survive in and end up in wierd places, the body walls it off and this is what ends up causing damage. Strange places are tissue, eyes, brain and such. Be sure to always cook your pork well, pin worms and tape worms migraite into to pig tissue becuase it doesn't know where else to go as it's not intended for pig species but they get exposed to it so much that this is what is seen happening and the main reason on the advisory to never eat undercooked pork.

[@gevgnek]

My LFS just use a very big net to catch a large amount of fish then picked the specific amount using a ladle. Felt like I opened my third eye the first time I witnessed that.

[@z-rodagoat]

Hey chris im so happy my Big fish tank finnaly came

[@FishForThought]

awesome! how many gallons is it?

[@epe-equestrianpatterneduca6184]

Betta are first to mind. Gotta love the angry bois

[@StormIsSigma]

no way i got this in the first 20 minutes proves bro's video are high quality

[@FishForThought]

thx bro

[@graciousvalley9978]

Gourami, I have been wanting one for a while now so it's still on my mind XD

[@simonthibodeau7082]

For khuli loaches, the trick is to actually have hiding spots in the tank like coconuts, and a bare bottom. And when it's time to fish some out just quickly lift up the hide and give it a big yeet with a large net before they know it. You cannot fight these guys on equal terms and if you try to tire them out you'll kill them. Taking them by surprise is the only way! Most schooling fish 2 nets do help, the trick is to have one net standing still and one to lure em in. I just use my bare hand for luring.

[@FishForThought]

oh yeah bare bottom is the way for LFS!

[@TSA595]

I go to Petworld, that's one of the pet shops here in South Africa. There's also other pet shops on the sketchy roads.

[@FishForThought]

ooo icic

[@opheliamunroe1110]

Koi fish were the first fish I thought of. I kind of panicked because I wanted it to be a fish I really like but I actually do love koi. They're my current favorite goldfish. ☺️

[@UpperClassBroke]

first fish that came to mind when you asked was Cleveland my 3year old Blackmore, you didn't ask breed just what fish 🤣 enjoy your week

[@FishForThought]

hahaha

[@swordwhale1]

QOTW: fathead minnows... native to the east coast, sold as feeder fish in every pet store, garden center, bait shop, they're better beginner fish than goldfish! Hardy, no heater, just add plants and water. Works in aquarium or garden pond. Only get about 3" long, breed readily. Comes in wild type and rosy red. Fun to watch.

[@teddyfresh9605]

I love rosy reds. I keep them as a feeder fish and breed them for one of my predator fish

[@FishForThought]

awesome feesh

[@blakehaselberger3308]

Just got my Chain loaches and had a similar experience. I refused to leave without the fish i'd picked and im sure this was aggravating for our employee. After traumatizing the tank for 5 minutes, she ended up suddenly throwing all of the decorations out onto the floor angrily behind her, and struggling for another 5 minutes to catch the loaches. After nearly 40 days, my loaches have calmed down. i wont go back to that petco..

[@PotatoInk101]

Great video, keep it up!! 💗💗💗

[@FishForThought]

ty!

[@Scottcollins1983]

Murray Cod came to mind. Largest fresh water fish native to Australia

[@mattwoodgate3507]

Thanks for opinion I was lost with out it.

[@jensleasman1838]

How ironic that I had to watch a Petsmart commercial right before your video. 😂

[@FishForThought]

oh my

[@ginamwright]

off on Mondays perfect to upkeep the tanks and watch FTR

[@birder4life999]

Platy is the first fish that came to my mind, probably because I was looking at mine as I started the video.

[@fadhilaiman7812]

go for it chris, thai micro crabs are awesome..if you scared they climbed out just made a lid out of corrugated plastic sheet

[@victoriasrandomstuff]

QOTW The first fish to come to mind is gourami's. I don't know why as I generally don't keep them but here we are. Have a fantastic week!

[@jokerkiller900]

I’m getting ready to set up my pea puffer tank it’s a 75 gallon and I just found a perfect piece of drift wood for it from Petsmart I’ll definitely be uploading it when it’s all done but I got a couple hundred or 4 or 5 to spend on it still 😅😭

[@HeavensMemory]

Khuli loach. Just love my tiny tiger noodles. I'd just wish, I would see them a little bit more often. They hide most of the time 🙈

[@FishForThought]

so many kuhli loach answers and yeah I'm 100% with it

[@Chompchompyerded]

QOTW: The first thing which came to mind wasn't a fish. It was a trilobite, which means the first thing that came to mind is also extinct. I tried again, and this time came up with an Ichthyosaur. It's also not a fish, also extinct, and has the disadvantage that if it were alive, the smallest species would not fit in the biggest aquarium there is. Third time's a charm? Hillstream loaches. I'm obsessed with them so it's odd that they weren't the first thing that came up. I still want some trilobites. I'll pass on the ichthyosaur though.

[@liamvolk2147]

Red tail catfish that’s the first fish that came to mind for me

[@FishForThought]

sweet fish, big, but awesome

[@JoyWeidner]

QOTW: TV-watching angels. My dad & I kept a couple palm-sized chonkers in a 29 when I was a kid and they'd swim to the far end of the tank and watch TV with us at night.

[@FishForThought]

neat!

[@skylarwhalen4235]

I work at a pet store and I had to catch Kuhli Loaches for the first time and the guy said I’m the first pet store worker who could actually catch one (he caught the other three) luckily I can easily read and catch other fish with no issues😭

[@artandgrow9240]

endure guppy hybrids! the petsmart thing is so true esp for small fast fish…. gave me so much anxiety seeing the worker literally whacking the water with the net

[@crusmonster1397]

AOTW: Common Goldfosh 😅 As for PetSmart, the last animal I got there was a black nerite racer snail a little over 4 years ago so they didn’t have to fight too hard to get ‘em 😂. I wish I had a LFS besides them & Petco but they’re all we have 🥲.

[@exotherm42]

...and especially loaches or so easy to catch. Just keep a couple of catfish caves in their tanks, you can just grab those and pour out as many loaches as you want whenever you want.

[@scifugitive2]

My first fish that came to mind is my absolute favorite: the burbot

[@raphaelfrye-yu3gu]

normal people: dog kennel chris: no no its a dog kernel

[@littlenikki9539]

Pygmy corydora i love them 🥰🥰🥰

[@remipoyntz7657]

QOTW: a betta is the first fish that comes to mind. The fish that got me into fish keeping, and still one of my favourites.

[@Aries_Skulkling]

QOTW: Rip-Saw Catfish specifically, I love the catfish especially since they are so pretty

[@kirabowie]

Guppy! 😉 My first tank as a kid was a 10 gallon & the first fish I got for it were guppies. I still have a 10 gallon tank & I still have guppies. 😁 (no, not descendants of those original guppies. 😆)

[@trippyhippy2110]

7:07 Sir, that is the Monterey Bay Aquarium...

[@Naturegirl9]

A new fish tank review❤

[@FishForThought]

yes every monday!

[@toxiccity97]

I always use a second net to block off part of the tank when catching fish

[@FishForThought]

ikr like wtf they even talking about!

[@gambitaku6179]

Corydora 😂 Is the 1st 1 I thought of

[@curvingfyre6810]

If you want crabs, start with borneo crabs. ghost crabs have great temperament and care, but borneo crabs will actually reproduce, and the only thing they really need is a tiny bit of land, and a basic filter. Like, imagine a vampire crab tank, and just reverse the amount of land vs water. And they're prettier than micro crabs. No shade to them, but its true.