Check out Invasive Species Centre: bit.ly/3Slg1R7 Go support their campaign "Don't Let It Loose"

In high school we did the enclosed ecosystem experiment as well, but my teacher forbade getting fish. So instead everyone got mystery snails. By the end of the experiment, she felt so bad for the snails she ended up buying a 10 gallon to house all of them! There must've been 20 or something of massive mystery snails living in there. I don't think she repeated the experiment the following year lol

Peace lilies arent the same as other lily species in terms of risk to cats and dogs (they are still toxic, but the animal needs to actually consume/chew on the plant rather than simply risk being in the room with the pollen or even water they are kept in). They are also really safe for fish tanks.

Hey Chris that betta tank you roasted was a 5 gal bowfront and it magnifies in the front! Pic was taken during a waterchange also! - Dunklebug

Peace lily is absolutely safe for fish. It is the second most popular houseplant to grow in a fish tank after pothos.

I'm so happy for the invasive species attention, so many many people don't know and aren't aware of this *especially* with plants! Thank you so much for bringing this to attention from a big plant/insect fan who always tries to share info about it!

Peace Lily is not a true lily and are not toxic in the same way.

I use a small variety of peace lily in small tanks. Smallest was 5g. Current 7g. There's no way I'd use one in a 1 or 2g container unless I'm prepared to trim the roots regularly. The roots on those things can get HUGE, and it'll fill that container very quickly. Like the fish isn't being short-changed on space. Peace lily won't hurt fish, Chris. As a matter of fact, none of the plants toxic to dogs, cats, and people will hurt fish.

I love Millie's chirps and screeches. My pearl cockatiel passed away a few years ago and I miss those daily annoyances now.

Peace lilies belong to the family Araceae, not the family Liliaceae (lilies). It's only mildly toxic. Additionally, Anubias also belong to Araceae. Just for fun look at the flowers.

“milly is becoming main host if you do that again” - Chris But milly already is the main host.

This actually just happened. I called my daughter over to see the cute axolotl. - she starts watching with me. - Chris curses - Christ literally talks about my kid, including, "Thumbs up to you my EIGHT year old homie!" ... Then... - Chris says all that stuff about, invasive species center, when last night, I was literally looking up aquarium plants that are in the wild here in Florida. - My older son next to me like, "that's crazy".

I might be doing that horrible experiment next year. If they do it again (after I told them they should change the program) then imma use my project time to study how it's not good for the fish, they can deny google but not a lab report backed by API and aquarium co-op testing kits. And Cross County is my favorite sport

Peace Lilies are perfectly fine for fish. I'm not sure about cats and dogs, but they are commonly used in fish tanks and aquascapes.

Every time I walk past a pond or lake covered in water hyancinth I want to fall to my knees and weep. Good on you for spreading the message and I hope that the problems created by these crazy plants can be mitigated in the near future

"Shrimp don't care. Shrimp just go into their shrimp dimension and do their shrimpy thing" -Chris Wang 2023 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CHRIS WE NEED THIS QUOTE ON NEW MERCH IM BEGGING YOU

My therapist once said, she and the other therapists have meetings together to discuss things. Not about clients. Just their own life situations and do reflecting in a group therapy of therapists. Kind of like how mail men deliver to other mail man's houses. It's trippy.

I have a 20gal with 3 mystery snails (mom dad and one of their offspring), 16 ghost shrimp and a female crown tail. They all seem to live healthy- the snails antenna are long and flowy, shrimp are buried and the fishy just cruises the tank.

Fun fact: Peace lilies are in the Aroid family along with Anubias, Bucephalandra, and Pothos. All Aroids contain calcium oxalate crystals which makes them toxic when chewed Not sure if fish are susceptible in the same way, but unless that betta really wants a salad I wouldn’t sweat it too much

When I was a kid I went hiking with my parents and they showed me a stream choked out by elodea, and explained that the plant wasn't supposed to be there; people had ignorantly dumped their aquariums and introduced invasive species. I've always really appreciated them being aware of the problem and teaching me from a young age.

I'm in Canada too! I'm definitely checking out your link! Any plants that come out of my tank are dried out, crushed, and put into my house plant pots. I love that you are environmentally aware. ❤

"this channel has become too child friendly" -chris 2023 This is so true

3:54 the music gave me flashbacks…. *DAMN LABYRINTH ZONE*

Favorite sport= competitive fish fry scooping. Can't beat me🏆

This is much interesting than my betta care videos! It’s entertaining way. ❤😂😂

That last tank...I have no words for how violated *I* feel, and I'm not even the fish😭😭

Peace Lilies are 100% safe for your tanks. I have 4 tanks with them. 1 of those tanks is almost 2 years old and has a shrimp colony and a betta which are super happy. My favorite sport is skateboarding - been doing it for 22 years now.

🎉 fish tank review now the week really feels like its started 🎉 My favourite sports are fish keeping and dancing

Peace lilies aren’t actually related to the lilies you usually see in bouquets at stores, peace lilies are pet safe, bird safe, and are good features for freshwater tanks so they’re definitely safe. They pull a lot of nitrates out of the water so it’s a good choice

Elotia is a crazy aquatic plant, I remember 5-6 years ago me and my dad found some while fishing in a nearby lake a took one strand of it home to put into our pure eco pond and in less than 2 months the bottom of the pond was covered. And to this day it’s still alive

8:14 Wow! Great nano! [Edit: 9:40 Another great nano! ]

Another Monday made great once more! Thank you for making videos!

peace lily is actually a really common aquarium plant from what i know. I had one in a ten gallon betta tank. it did really good, and my betta loved the roots, until the invasive snails that rode in on my other plants started eating the roots and it died. However, the snails did not. MD has put peace lilies in multiple tanks too

Peace lilies are proven to be perfectly safe to grow in fish tanks and are great for hydroponics!

Just so everyone knows, Peace Lilies *are* actually safe to grow in aquariums!

I have seen lots of peace lilies in lots of tanks, even in really nice LFS. Usually they're indoor ponds or vivariums.

Peace lily roots are fine, and work great! MD Fish tanks does it all the time and it's worked for me 😊

Thank goodness for you on Monday!

Woof woof. You have inspired me to start making my own videos informing people about fish! Keep going never stop.

You have inspired me to plant some of my tanks I have 6 tanks. 120-gallon kelberi peacock bass tank. 40-gallon breeder stock with bleeding heart tetras, 2 breeding pairs of angelfish, flag tail porthole catfish and 9 orange Lazer Cory cats. 20-gallon high for angelfish fry and my Java moss tank. 20-gallon long with 4 tiger barbs 4 albino tiger barbs and 4 green tiger barbs. 10-gallon rimless tank with tiger barbs fry. And they are all planted besides the 120 gal thanks to u inspiring me

So once this kid wanted to release their goldfish into the lake, but I told them that’s not a good idea and what would happen so happy I saved the little guppy’s :)

My school has a fertilized garden wich has goldfish underneath just like in the vid.. but the difference is that we have a huge 100+ gallon version

Here in PA we also have invasive species issues, and farther south in the Chesapeake Bay. Locally, there is an environmental education center with a pirhana mounted on the wall. It was fished out of a local lake... because some yahoo had turned their aquarium fish loose when it got too big. They of course would not survive local winters but, still... Red eared sliders are an issue here (the native painted turtle is pushed out and competed with by them). "There are 200 known invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay watershed like blue catfish, nutria, emerald ash borer and phragmites and 280 invasive plants in the broader Mid-Atlantic region like bamboo, garlic mustard, and Japanese honeysuckle." Some of us have been planting native species in our yards, eliminating grass (which is useless unless you're feeding livestock). It helps. You can also volunteer with local organizations who do removal of invasive species.

i have a tank sonce 5 years now.. its so nice.. remade it 3 times now.. and now it has a more forest look.. lots of greens and stones.. fish really hide and feel more comfortable i realise.. past were more of aquascaping and art styling.. after 5 years i see how environment changes fishs mood.. really didnt know before.. i am sorry and will give my fishies 200% more happines now

0:46 This jar is such a shame that the dog wants to poop in it. 😆

we did the ecosystem thing and mypoor betta fish now lives in a ten gallon retirment home as thanks for her time in confinement

Hey congrats on your new engagement Chirs!

I swear containers like those normally come with a warning and age suitable category on them... I think they're gonna have to make it super clear that they're not suitable for animals either 😂😂 Also Milly Wang was busy giving us her daily self care routine on the side 😂😂 my favourite sport is watching FFT 😎

Great idea moment : instead of getting a tank , you can use a plastic tub as a tank , cheaper than most aquariums , but make sure to wash it tho worked great with my 45 gallon outdoor community tub (1 betta and 2 guppies and a bladder snail)

The more i look up house plant lists for aquariums I can say Yes, peace lilly is on the OK list, but obviously if you have cats or dogs most house plants in your tanks are to your discretion *also I'm a dumpster diver and the amount of pet store returns that get tossed have given me plenty free tanks, filters, food, substrate, pet beds, and costumes. It's crazy. And that's just at those stores.

Four people wondering about peace lilies they they are commonly used for aquariums so yes they are aquarium safe with that being said most houseplants that are used in aquariums are slightly toxic all safe to use in aquariums but if you are breeding fish it may actually interfere when they're in the egg state so the only time you don't want to use houseplants if you're breathing your fish

Peace lilies actually do great in aquariums I had one growing in an HOB filter for over a year

A friend ended up with a 5g tank springing a leak when she put it on top of file cabinet (that flexible metal is NOT a solid surface, but she didn't realize that for some reason). The thought of putting something even bigger, much less hanging off like that one photo - nightmare material!

In thrid grade we had an ecosystem experiment where they put bettas in bowl with a plant and snail and said they were not going to feed the fish. Even all the 3rd graders were smart enough to know bettas were carnivores and would eat the plants and algae like the teacher said they would. The first thing that happened in most of the tanks was the snails went missing, then the betta fish. Somehow one betta fish survived in the bowl for 5 months with just snail as food, and won the lucky prize of being raffled to an 8 year old. (the betta fish died in a week of this 8 yearolds care)

5:32 i step away from ftr for a month and come back to the goofiest thing i've seen in my life

yay savage FTR is back!!! we have missed you Bris. we were busy baking cookies for you to enjoy upon your return to the dark side.

Peace lilies are totally fine for fish tanks, lots of aquascapers use them when they have terrestrial plants sticking out of their tanks. It’s probably the most commonly suggested plant to do that with next to pothos. They’re not actual lilies of the kind that are toxic. Have to admit….I’ve wished the Cheeto container was glass so I could aquascape it…it is a nice size 😂

This reminds me of a park we have in my town that literally had the weirdest animals ever, including lizards (I live in new england so we don't get tropical lizards, but somehow they are in the park alive) pet turtles, pet goldfish, and pet birds (though CT had a bunch of parakeets that live all year round (they have for 50 years, but don't know how that happened) , but there some other birds that don't and you can teel.

Tbh if i was in a pinch for a quarantine/hospital tank, i would honestly grab a bunch of duckweed for filtration and use the cheese puff design until petco opened the next day

🎶Here I am- once again.. I find myself watching FishForThought🎶 THANK YOU!! I love this channel. I try telling all my friends about your channel……. yikes that’s not a happy fish tank-

Okay, hear me out. I don't fill my beta tank all the way, for 3 reasons that have nothing to do with jumping. 1- it allows my hang on back filter to have a little waterfall. 2- it helps exaggerate the driftwood I have poking out the top 3- lets me stick my hands in the tank without spilling water It's 55L and I fill it Roughly 5cm from the top. Also lidless, so if he _did_ jump..

Most underrated Fishtuber frrr

peace lillies and pothos are completely safe for fish. i have 3 peace lillies in one tank and 4 pothos in another. a bunch more lillies in an outdoor pond too. They do a great job at sucking up nutrients.

I really wish people would get a clue! Thanks for having some gorgeous tanks to offset the offensive ones. Love your attitude... LOL!

These make me happy 😁

Congrats on the engagement 🎉

I grew up playing basketball and volleyball. I was always a lot better at vball, but obessively loved bball more. It's my favorite sport to watch and yell about :D

In the early 2000s you could hardly go to a grocery store without seeing a glass vase with a peace lily (often sold as "Betta lily"), and a Betta swimming around the roots. They were really heavily marketed as a complete ecosystem where the plant was supposed to clean the water and the Betta nibbles on the plant's roots. Seemed a bit fishy at the time, and now I see that the only way it ever worked was that Bettas are very good at suffering. Unfortunately the marketing was very successful and most normal people still think that Bettas are decorations because of the whole "Betta lily" thing.

Theese videos cherr my day up keep it up chris!

i have a cheese ball container and they stated that that tank is 5 gallons.... mine is bigger then that TIME FOR A DIY FISH TANK

Im a huge fan you inspired me to start my own channel keep up the good work!

oh god last post was mine wth actually some people educated me it could be tattoos they do on fish to sell them for higher cash. but i still can't wrap my head around that info. gotta remember to ask the shop owner if i come again

I have a severe allergy to team sports (school trauma, yeay!) but there are plenty of outdoor sports one can have fun with: ones I've done: Horsemanship, training wild mustangs, training goats. A couple decades of running small sled dog teams (bike-joring, urban mushing, easy with one or two dogs). Whapping lorge dudes upside the head with broadswords as a swordbroad (back in the day as a living history buff). Hiking. Kayaking. More kayaking. Solo kayaking. kayaking kayaking kayaking. Lying in a creek with a wetsuit and mask and snorkel amusing tubers floating by... (personal wild fish study.... ooo look a tthe giant honkin crayfish!). Learned something about the behavior of my fathead minnows in my aquarium and garden ponds. In the creek (Yellow Breeches in PA) they stayed near the bottom and worked the rocks (dodging in and out among them looking for food) in a ripping current I could barely walk against. Snorkeling is easy and accessible. You can also build simple underwater viewers to explore your local waters. Scuba is also fun. But the best: be a mermaid.

Thanks for making my every Monday happy 🐱😊

Peace Lilly is def okay for fish... *Not* in a cheesie container tho. And the voice is a reeeally popular effect on tiktok.

Your fish tank is super awesome

Hi yesterday was hard I got in a car crash luckily no one got hurt, these FTRS really help :D

good video chirs!!!

Youve inspired me to get pets thank you so much ❤

Criss forgetting for wood work works You can cut 2x4 to size to make the Granite top "fit"

This Lili is one of the best plant for aquarium filtration;)

That one dude in the duckweed 😂😂😂

Can’t wait for Chris to get to 1 million

I was not expecting Chris to bite a metal paperclip ring, maybe he is trying to beat the guy who ate a plane

Bro....the 3 drawer cabinet 😬 I worry about my 10g on my book shelf! Can only imagine that size g on that Itty bitty drawer cabinet!!

OK the first one might be bad for a betta but could you imagine aqua escaping that with some Java moss at the bottom and then putting some cherry shrimp in it with a little heater ❤

this title could work for any Fish Tank Review video, tbh

My fav sport is horseback. I love jumping to but my foot is currently injured so I’m taking a break

Lily's are ok for tanks prodided that just roots are in . I personally wouldn't put it in a tank , be it I do have pithos and spider plants in m my community tank and plan on setting up one with my aloe and snake plants

I am going to make a 25gal heavily planted tank for a solo all white dumbo beta.

In 5th grade we will do the same thing with the 2 liter bottle besides the plant and our teacher was gunna put gold fish in it but she only put in snails.

The parrot cichlids in the last tank are breaking my heart. It's really sad & the black on the fish is due to stress 😬

“Beautiful betta fish, it deserves much better than you.” DAMN I’m liking this new Chris

U made me blush this one lol

A lot of people use peace lilies in aquariums tho. Maybe the roots are fine

Nice channel boss thankyou 👌

Millie got that lightskin stare 😱 Qotw: To play, badmington, probably the only sport I like besides swimming. To watch, soccer. I love it and I'm great at predicting it, I even predicted the winner and the 1st match

To be fair, we do know that nymphaea are fine for aquariums. So odds are the peace lily would be fine. Doesnt make the setup good. No water oxygenation, no substrate feeding, improper column feeding, etc

The only experiments we did in school was we took water from a creek and looked at the microorganisms in the water

I found hornwart and valisnaria in the Welland canal