WTF am I watching?! | Fish Tank Review 236

[@FishForThought]

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[@mohammadaazmaan7454]

thx u so much

[@chrisrusso4512]

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[@Breydwildlife]

Can you review my tank?

[@sajitspets2218]

Thank you

[@graciousvalley9978]

T_T Dang it I watch on my tv and missed this.

[@chrisrusso4512]

This video came just in time, I have a hamster infestation in my shrimp tank

[@FishForThought]

hahaha

[@nyves104]

"it's Monday and I'm already out of braincells" is a very relatable mood

[@FishForThought]

it's tough out here

[@AEGEAN_STARKEY]

7:40 those are Mariana snail fish! 😊 I watched the documentary on KZbin, David Attenborough narrates and Joe hisashi composed the music.

[@sunnyesunny]

That lucky bamboo forest was sick btw- the creativity using makeup organizers is immaculate QOTW: I am not a soup person in the slightest, but if the "cereal is soup" debate is to be believed, that would be my favorite.

[@FishForThought]

truly immaculate

[@bengreen171]

I've figured it out!!! There's actually a tank with fish in - in front of the tank with the hamster in. So the hamster is in a tank with no water, but all the rocks and gravel, and in front of that there's a clear tank with just water and fish. You can actually see a reflection of a goldfish or two that seems to be emanating from the front of the tank the hamster is in. Very clever illusion. The key is to not think about the thing you don't expect to be there (the hamster) - but what you do expect to be there (in this case, the fish). edit. oh. I should have waited.

[@8ifoto]

you can see the hamsters fur smooshed against the glass in one shot as well!

[@softsounds8453]

Hopefully it's a temporary tank. Hamsters need a whole lot of space

[@Maestellas_Corner]

My favorite is my Mom's Gumbo. She'll use different ingredients each time she makes it, so it never gets boring in taste.

[@FishForThought]

holy cow

[@Jessicathebright]

people who don't watch to then end are probably very confused by your mum's 'tank'

[@remipoyntz7657]

love the video as always! one thing I'll say: maybebrons terrestrial plant is philodendron brazil, not pothos. Very similar though! and a good tip. Another is to let the stem callous before adding it to the water so It doesnt rot.

[@Velcraft]

Showed my semi-local invert/terrarium supply store the tank their new isopods would be going into, and they were honestly jealous!

[@FishForThought]

v noice

[@StarTexaspets]

Ok but I feel like I have to show the caring pet store employee my planted tank I'm trying to buy for to prove Im not clueless lol

[@Elanor_2002]

12:39 > Maybe those stones are from a riverside, carefully picked for their colors and textures? Not just bought?

[@first_glennie]

Love that foraged scape! I'm planning on getting into terrarium/palladarium making this spring with foraged materials, so tanks like that are so inspiring to see. QotW: potato leek soup, hands down

[@BreakerInc]

I... think I wanna build a hamster tank now :O Fish on the outside, cute mini-mammal in the middle. Probably something other than a Hamster though, they're biteys.

[@ianharbjorn]

I am always present in every FTR Episode and finally 2024 is here. To more tanks to rate. I will gonna rate FTR as a wholw and it is always a 5/5 for me. Been busy with work cheers bro. 💙

[@FishForThought]

wohoo!!! glad you're enjoying the show Ian!

[@Tenuous.tomato]

I read it as you were the president in every FTR and I was like what lore am I missing lmao

[@otterlit8543]

@@Tenuous.tomatosame lol

[@8ifoto]

I like Italian borscht. It's like Regular borscht, but it is a tomato base instead of beets. also the cabbage is replaced by warm noodless. Also it is spaghetti.

[@FishForThought]

ooo yum perhaps what I was describing was italian borscht this whole time

[@TooDamnTired]

😂 nice

[@leilaclarridge5807]

I wish that I could trust the stuff I find on the ground outside enough to put it in a tank. Unfortunately I live near the Tennessee River and who knows what pollutants are in the rocks and sticks that come out of it. Also, my favorite soup is Tomato, plus grilled cheese sandwich.

[@FishForThought]

aw yeah the golden combo of grilled cheese and tangy tomato soup

[@laurabustos6560]

A very happy FTR everyone!! Wishing all a supremely awesome week!! Don't worry about touching grass if you have a planted tank, trim those instead🤣! ✌️ Chris! It was the valley of the end, where Naruto and Sasuke always got in the big bad fights. So disappointed you didn't remember. 😮‍💨🤣✌️ QotW; fav restaurant soup = ramen fav of my homemade soups = broccoli cheddar or fresh corn chowder in summer.

[@FishForThought]

im sry i'm slapping myself as we speak

[@DoodleBug-ru8gr]

QOTW: Not a huge soop fan, but if I had to pick one I'd say egg drop soup is my favorite. It's so good. For real QOTW: Water is def not wet. Something only becomes wet if it has touched water. Also, when you described the rummy nose as a goat...was that a reference, or just a weirdly specific description?

[@imjustabee]

With the dead fish in the tank, same. I worked in pets at home (UK chain like petsmart) and every hour I had to go around the tanks to look for and remove dead fish, almost every hour there would be at least 3-4 dead ones

[@jenfillow7111]

My rummynose tetras were very unhappy with a betta roommate. Had 3 rummynose in a 6 gallon. Added a betta. Checked on them that evening and I had 3 rummynose with a total of 4 eyes. Betta moved out. Tetras lived fine for several years. The one that still had both eyes was the king of the tank.

[@eph2vv89only1way]

My favourite soup is one made at a local donut shop. The local Country Fresh Donuts is family owned and well known for their wonton soup! Yup. You read right. A donut shop known for it's wonton soup! This soup is so good that people drive an hour to get it. In 2013 a car drove through the restaurant and it was closed for many months. The tv station from a city an hour away came here after a few months and did a news story on how much locals were missing this soup! The day the restaurant reopened my daughter and her husband got off work at 3 am and decided it would be a good time to get the soup they had been missing since the accident and figured no one would be there at 3 am (it is a 24 hour donut shop). When they got there they were shocked to see that the line was out the door! THAT is my favourite soup

[@MakaKamala]

A healthy, happy, and prosperous 2024 to you and all your loved ones! QOTW: my own veggie soup with a scoop of rice in it. SOOOOO easy and fast to make in the pressure cooker, filling, tasty AND healthy, too?! win win win.

[@FishForThought]

ooo yum yum that sounds up my alley and easy to make! Happy 2024 and many blessings to you as well

[@Yarniac]

I like making borscht with beets, red cabbage, red onions, purple carrots, blue potatoes...basically as much natural pigment as I can put into it. It tastes like...borscht, LOL... but the vivid purple color puts it over the top.

[@FishForThought]

dang vivid purple color from those purple carrots, v cool!

[@MoldyBones27]

3:18 4/5 just cus of the Easter island heads? I mean it’s still stone.. I wouldn’t consider it artificial.. but I would have grown some moss off it..

[@swordwhale1]

Asian borscht sounds fabulous... I love my clam chowder. But also I managed to learn how to make potato soup....

[@dafartmaster4202]

something about watching these videos makes me oddly self concious of my aquascaping as if my 2 tanks arent a 20 long i just ripped apart to catch kuhli loaches from (also needs more sand bc in the process i dug up every stone used to hold down plants and its a cory/oto tank) so it looks. well ripped apart. and a 75 i literallly finished setting up yesterday that isnt even done being planted yet

[@mey3072]

I love pumpkin soup, the one type we call "velouté de potiron" in French. My dad used to cook it from his own pumpkins and it's a nice memory !

[@KethavDoesStuff]

My favourite soup has to be my mother's fish soup. She jokingly said she'd put my vampire skrimps in there, but it might not be a joke anymore 😅

[@FishForThought]

LMAO

[@budder2626]

My store I work for got a few batches of splash tetras I wanted to get some so bad but didn’t have the right tank and they sold so fast

[@chrisreilly1290]

1:48 I'm so glad lol because I could not figure out the hamster thing

[@mofish3601]

Favorite soup is called squash and sausage. Make it every fall. Ingredients change based on what’s in the house. Different squashes, potatoes, veggies, sausage, bacon chicken… you get the idea!

[@Snowflakecat_Shorts]

Ftr time! 🫧

[@rolandolinares-tb4cy]

I saw the craziest fish tank at a pet store the other day, it was horrid. There were around 7 full grown, 5-6in fancy goldfish in what seemed to be a 20-25 gal tank. There was a goldfish that had no eyes, he literally had no eyes, not a single one. There was one goldfish who was stuck at the top of the tank, it’s a certain conduction with goldfish that I forgot the name of, but basically, it leaves the goldfish stuck at the top of the tank. That’s same goldfish also barely moved and would sometime just drift across the tank, bumping into the walls and drifting somewhere else on its side. There was another goldfish that had a good chunk of its wen missing. And there was another one that had a pebble stuck in its mouth. The rest seemed to be fine but they were all kept in the same 20-25 gal tank. With some other small tetras for some reason.

[@53muse]

Any soup my daughter makes comes out absolutely delicious. Whether it's bone broth or leek soup does not matter she truly has a gift.

[@annk.3545]

The first pop-up ad I got was for my favorite sushi place! 😂

[@marcioturcoteixeira846]

Favorite soup gotta be caldo verde. It's originally Portuguese but very popular here in Brasil too. It´s finely sliced collard greens and chunks of smoked pork sausage in a creamy potato and onion soup base, very nice for the colder months.

[@FishForThought]

gotta search that up thanks for the share

[@marcioturcoteixeira846]

@@FishForThoughthope you get to try it!

[@littledumbrainbow4948]

I get that most countries are behind on animal care. But in Finland you can't keep a male beta fish in less than 40liters (10,5 gallons) In the pet store I work at we aren't even allowed to sell a beta fish to less than 60liters (15,8 gallons) All our pet and fish stores are checked by officials combatting animal abuse and if we were caught selling to small tanks we wouldn't be allowed to call ourselves an ethical pet store (you get an ethical score from every checkup) and if you don't pass the store won't be allowed to sell fish/animals anymore. I know people can still lie, but we as employees are literally taught to fight with people trying to buy fish into too-small aquariums (which happens sadly weekly still) and we are not allowed to stray by even a gallon less than the needed amount. We are also very careful with what species of fish we allow the customers to buy and cohabitate including different sexes of fish. I really find this refreshing and while I do think there are things we can improve on, I really hope other countries take up this habit too.

[@rowan_jalso]

Fav soup: My Mom's ham and dumpling soup. You use the left over ham bits of a roast and make some nice, starchy, square dumplings. Mix that with potatoes, northern beans (or green beans), simmer in chicken stock, and voila. I great, thick, savory soup with tons of stuff in it, perfect for a cold day.

[@FishForThought]

oh yum dumpling soup can never go wrong

[@HucksAquatics]

Chris you should set up a macro algae tank. It’s so cool! Have a great day everyone.

[@FishForThought]

things to do before i die

[@Pennysfishkeeping]

As always, great job on making such fantastic fish content! Thank you for making this Monday a great day!

[@FishForThought]

tysm, as always, for tuning in!

[@guildmaster808]

Here in Hawaii the river stones are $50 a bag and lava rock comes from your yard. Lol. Those river stones look sexy to me. 😂

[@FishForThought]

oh yes I forgot each location has its own prices xD

[@amymandeville8342]

I love the deep seabed pic! I was following one of those channels with the deep sea rover but I haven't seen posts from them in a really long time.

[@victoriasrandomstuff]

QOTW, My favorite soup is potato. I also like borscht, bean and chili. One of the best things about winter is the amount of soups eaten.

[@FishForThought]

potato soup be hitting

[@ZypherTheCrow]

Oh baby, it's gotta be either wonton soup or navy bean soup. Both are lovely

[@FishForThought]

wonton soup is hard to beat

[@ZypherTheCrow]

@@FishForThought especially home made

[@mariskapoiesz7645]

I enjoy duckweed soup, made from the excess duckweed from my tanks. I was actually eating a bowl as I was watching this.

[@rolandolinares-tb4cy]

I just found out that you can open the display tank yourself and just yoink the fish if you really wanted to or the workers are just too lazy to lock them

[@suikatime]

Now i have to get my WATER wet!!!! We are reaching never before seen levels of FTR. I could almost be tempted to say it's over 9000. Fave soup: miso.

[@5minsoffish]

Hamster illusions... thats David Copperfield stuff.😂

[@bell.e.flower]

Hi hello- What's that lil green fish at 6:34 [I think its a cool lookin fish]? Also, if you're reading this, love your content! You got me interested in fish keeping, and I've been hooked ever since. [At this point I think it has developed into a special interest 😭]

[@FishForThought]

that is a good question, I'm not too sure myself! Hopefully someone can answer it for you here. Glad to have gotten you interested in fishkeeping!

[@BJD12thDoctor]

Favourite soup: it varies actually depending on mood and weather. Right now with the cold: thick pea soup! Pea soup made from split peas, potato, vegetables, cubed smoked pork belly and smoked pork saussage! And so thick a large spoon will keep standing up in it! Dutch people know what I'm talking about: SNERT!!! Gimme Snert right now! 😁

[@FishForThought]

ooo yum yum I can't get into peas but dang that pork belly and sausage that's got me actin up!

[@TreeDeelabratories]

Happy Monday everyone! This show makes my day every week! Btw any suggestions for a 40 gal tank that has 2 mid- sized Oranda goldfish and some rocks, driftwood and Anubis. Thanks! I am new to aqua scraping.

[@FishForThought]

thanks for watchin!

[@509wildflower]

Doesn’t that mean the layer for the aquatic part of the tank is extremely thin? Seeing as the distance of the end of the tank and the part where the hamster is sitting appears to only be a few inches wide 😩

[@christinjoylee]

Share the soup recipe!!!! My adopted was adopted from Russia so def love borscht but always want more. Also loving your channel. Found you two days ago and haven’t stopped watching

[@FishForThought]

man I have no idea, I've never made it myself before hahaha

[@christinjoylee]

Ahhhhhhhhh hahah will have to search the googles - thanks for the replyyyy@@FishForThought

[@Ty_Miller]

I am so glad I discovered this channel

[@flossfayable]

bag of rocks part killed me 😂😭

[@The_Garnet_Stone]

It's my birthday, and my best present today is probably gonna be having your video to watch ❤️

[@FishForThought]

hey have a happy birthday!!!

[@The_Garnet_Stone]

@@FishForThought Thanks I appreciate it :)

[@The_Emptiness_of_Space]

55 gallon blackwater tank: 14 Neon tetras. 8 Cardinal tetras. 12 Corydora catfish. 4 Bolivian ram chiclids. (Any suggestions)

[@FishForThought]

le awesome

[@just_your_average_fish_keeper]

noice!

[@salemelliot9489]

I love authentic Borscht and Veggie Pho. favourite soups of all time!

[@TrueFlame2010]

That hamster video made me very, very confused. I think you're right that it's green screen shenanigans. QOTW: I'm at SOUP? - I'm not really a soup person. Sometimes my family makes a like... cream of corn/potato chowder-type thing with a bunch of veggies and bacon in it. That counts?

[@FishForThought]

it was wildly trippy

[@nah4238]

Favorite soup: The ocean is a soup. The best soup.

[@FishForThought]

oh shoot

[@kingcherryblossom2059]

I’m not a big soup guy, but miso is pretty darn good. And yes, I will be sure to get my water wet

[@Vanillaflavouredcheese]

Qotw I'm not sure if water is actually wet, but I think so.

[@betyata7441]

Bro the Asian soup is just throwing in random veggies with tomato paste - certified hongkonger

[@Ninjobliveus13]

I went and got my water wet before I typed this comment. I don't have a favorite soup, generally I don't like soup because it's such a damn hassle to eat.

[@Behindyouarethings]

Chris in (whatever grade you guys learn to read in): GIVE ME MY COFFEE Also starting my 180l (47 gallon) tank, have the hardscape just gotta wait for the substrate and the plants and than the waiting game starts all over again to get fish T_T

[@FishForThought]

waiting game is the hardest

[@psycobasschick]

Speaking of soup, I just made some that I was enjoying while watching. Clam chowder with sourdough bread. 4/5 score. Not my best, but definitely good stuff

[@DirtySinusoid]

Chris:"these Oscars positioning is magnific".. ... meanwhile the live unmolested plant goes completely unnoticed

[@DaWaffleDog]

8:51 The coffee demon has risen…

[@ketomine.]

the hamster inclosure with the fish around is so cool

[@FishForThought]

it rly is

[@Msajjadhussain-mg6cy]

At 8:42 these Oscars were definitely a black and white Guy who once lived in America during the Civil war during the time of racism who now Reincarnated into Oscars that is If Reincarnation exists

[@otterlit8543]

Hey Chris is there any way to treat camallanus worms in Canada?

[@amymandeville8342]

My favorite soup is hamburger soup. We usually start with leftover hamburger gravy then throw our veggies and some beef base. It's so good!

[@FishForThought]

wow that sounds scrumptuous

[@drewzero1]

Chirs halp I forgot to get my water wet and all my fish evolved into hamsters!

[@kellyr3548]

There's two dead fish in that PetSmart picture. Not one dead fish. Two dead fish.

[@kellyr3548]

And seafood chowder. It's amazing!

[@goldfishsmileback]

Just upgraded my first tank (10 gal) to a 29 gal! Right now I have 2 platys and a swordtail (males). Stock ideas guys? I’m thinking more livebearers, chili rasboras and corys. And yes I have real plants 😊

[@Holymackerel-c5b]

Get yourself some cardinal tetras (they are similar to neons but hardier) don’t get any female livebearers they will make hybrids Get some purple harlequin rasbora they are amazing Get either a school of otocinclus or 2 or 3 hill stream loaches If you wanna get a dwarf gourami as a centrepiece get one they are beautiful and have big personalities And get probably around 30-40 cherry shrimp and about 5 amano shrimp Don’t have to these are just suggestions

[@goldfishsmileback]

@@Holymackerel-c5b Awesome thanks for the ideas!

[@mohammadaazmaan7454]

Hey, Chirs how are Millie, Repashy and most importantly our favorite co-host u. Thanks for making our week much better He is the AQUAMSTER Those goldfish are going to spend their last week with too much CO2 while dying with chlorine and tasting saliva from all the 8 year-olds trying to talk to them

[@FishForThought]

they doing good! milly's chirping away on my shoulder rn and i'm getting aheadache lol not sure about repashy, probs sleeping under a leaf at this time

[@mohammadaazmaan7454]

@@FishForThought hope u get better

[@eringrey9297]

Wow. Hats off to the hamster tank 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Cpt.Kamikaze]

Best soup is… Potatis och Purjolökssoppa (AKA Potato and Leek soup, im swedish, Potatis och Purjolökssoppa means Potato and Leek soup in swedish)

[@riosulysto2068]

My favourite soup is mushroom soup served with croutons or baguette, but sometimes I like pumpkin too

[@FishForThought]

aw yes mushroom soup with baguette i could rly use that rn

[@Thvgsbvnny]

Do I see more than one dead fish over at the gravel section?

[@ВикторияФлоридова-м9з]

YOU ARE TAKING ABOUT MY NATIONAL DISH... I don't really like borsh but i do enjoy Asian cuisine I feel like we did a 360 there....

[@andersnrregren9087]

River rocks ! I live in denmark we have no rivers and not many rocks just sand

[@hunterlayfield6377]

first clip. the rock it’s on isn’t in the tank it’s sitting on the green screen

[@ChowdiusPupperMemusII]

QOTW: chicken noodle, tomato, or pumpkin w/ cream or milk

[@garg4531]

I was wondering about that hamster but another thing I couldn't help but notice is the fact the tank has *goldfish* with a betta and some tetras... not a good combo (at least the tetras have nice-sized shoals tho) Masterful trick tho Beautiful pair of oscars, one in a million shot (at the very least!), but hope the tank is big enough for them both

[@FishForThought]

masterful trick indeed

[@dreamsmpwarrior3456]

TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES!!! I had no idea my favorite fish KZbin was a fan of my favorite Minecraft KZbinr. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@meadowpavlovic4105]

Fav soup is cream of potato leek soup. Ate it growing up and still do.

[@Linnieeee]

QOTW: my favourite soup is tomato soup with some basil and garlic bread. minestrone is also great

[@starr_ship]

Lot of depth in that billion gallon, despite being so barren... QOTW: Roasted Red Pepper soup for the win.

[@shibibi1]

What's that cute green little guy with the splash tetras!?

[@kirabowie]

I love Tomato soup and chicken noodle. Wonton soup is also a fave. 😍

[@kaiyang4003]

QOTW: Zoopa from Olive Garden with a handful of Parmesan cheese smack dab on top always slaps

[@shanrrosh]

Splash tetras are great! They look almost prehistoric with their large scales and big fins, very cute. I have bred them before. Or rather, they manage to do that just fine on their own as long as you keep males and females :P You need cover for them though. They jump. A lot. Like, you know those types of fish where they always have the written warning about them in articles and care pages about fish that they need a cover because they jump? This fish is worse. They literally breed by jumping, and will find every single way to kill themselves that way. I had to use duct tape in every single little place that they could find and escape through, and still they managed, somehow, to jump to their death. An absolutely amazing fish for any pauludarium that is not open concept, though :D

[@jenthelioness]

I am a soup lover… so that kind of a hard question… but I’m a sucker for a good chicken tortilla or ramen.

[@Placeholderthing]

That “aquatic hamster” triggers me

[@snikerdoodlefox3979]

Goldfish with tropicals is like...my pet peeve . Sure it can be done but the heat is bad for them. Speeds up their metabolism, shortens lifespan. Same with plecos in cold water tanks . Can be done but really not ideal in the long run.

[@FishForThought]

ahahaha i kinda agree!

[@Ishan.patel.]

chris after he se's a peice of artificial decor in a 5/5 tank "ohh i will rate that a 1.19 out of 5"

[@juleswathieu1188]

Making my first cherry shrimp bowl! Any specific plants you might recommend?

[@FishForThought]

stem plants in heavy nutrient substrate with floaters for sure!

[@chikararexzpo]

The perfect spherical rock is the best gift and Ox tail soup is delicious🙃

[@FishForThought]

ox tail soup what a delicacy!

[@emmyashbaugh]

🍜 does ramen count? Indoor fins did me in btw 🤣☠️