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Cam we all appreciate that glass catfish photography? Not only is taking photos of fish a skill - but to capture them so clearly with that light effect is amazing.

There was a goldfish named tish, that was won at a 'funfair' in England and lived to see 43 years old... people say goldfish don't live very long

Living to an estimated age of nearly 400 years, a female Greenland shark has set a new record for longevity, so yes Chris deep in the northern seas is the secret to long life,

"Hanako (c. 1751 - July 7, 1977) was a scarlet koi fish owned by several individuals, the last of whom was Dr. Komei Koshihara. The name Hanako translates to "flower child" in Japanese.[1] Far exceeding the average lifespan for her breed, she was reportedly 226 years old at the time of her death.[2][3][4][5] Her age was determined in 1966 by removing two of her scales and examining them extensively. At this time, Hanako weighed 7.5 kg (17 lb) and measured 70 cm (28 in) in length.[1] Once the scales were fully analyzed, it was determined that she was 215 years old. In July 1974, a study of the growth rings of one of the koi's scales reported that Hanako was 226 years old.[6] She may be, to date, the longest-lived koi fish ever recorded.[2][7] There has been a dispute as to the veracity of these longevity claims.[8][9]" Wiki I like how it points out that there were several owners. Possibly because the original owner wasn't a vampire. AFAIK Koi are a symbol of longevity in Japan and are given to babies to wish them a long life.

I think the glass catfish is actually an example of thin-film interference, which is the same mechanism behind the colors you see on soap bubbles and oil slicks.

Hanako Koi In July 1974, a study of the growth rings of one of the koi's scales reported that Hanako was 226 years old. She may be, to date, the longest-lived koi fish ever recorded

Chris: Wants to explain how glass refracts light by presenting a picture Also Chris: Uses Dark Side Of The Moon album cover as the picture

Bluegill are a type of pan fish, similar to sunfish. A little smaller though, I think. They're very easy to catch when fishing if you've got live bait like nightcrawler worms

My glass cats readily take my homemade powder food (shrimp, tilapia, spinach and eggs all ground together and then dried in the oven and then powered again in a blender) and even outcompete my redeye and silver tetras! I guess I've been lucky as they've eaten almost all the foods I've tried minus cucumbers and large flakes(also homemade) I use for the algae eaters. Also, most snails are hermaphrodites, meaning they are both male and female at the same time and some can even self-fertilize their own eggs! Not sure about zebra snails though.

Also remember the 512 year old greenland shark. I guess he's 516 now? Crazy

i dont remember which species of crab was, but at least one of them reached the 400 years old mark AT LEAST. The issue was that the scientists had to kill the crab to know how old it was, which.... yeah.

That koi living for that long is crazy... but apparently true. There's a tree here in Australia that they think could be over 2,000 years old.

Lobsters eventually die due to exhaustion from molting. As they increase in size they require more and more energy. I will say if the conditions are right, I don't see why they couldn't live forever.

I’m so happy I got my tank reviewed ❤️ thank you 🙏

Hey Chirs, ready for your infodump on sunfish? So freshwater sunfish are fish of the family Centrarchidae, and are distributed across North America. This family includes black basses (ie: largemouth etc), crappies, flier sunfish, banded sunfishes, Sacramento perch, rock basses, mud sunfish, and true sunfish of the genus Lepomis. Lepomis sunfish are extremely wide ranged, with some of the most common species being the bluegill (L. macrochirus), green sunfish (L. cyanellus), and pumpkinseed (L. gibbosus). In general, true sunfish are on the smaller end of North American freshwater fish, with most species attaining lengths between 6 and 12 inches. Most are opportunistic predators, feeding on small fish, insects, crustaceans, etc., but some like the redbreast sunfish are more specialized to crack open clam and mussel shells. Lepomis sunfish are also generally highly aggressive and territorial towards not only their own species, but other fish as well. I once saw a 4 inch long male green sunfish chase a 2lb largemouth bass away from his nest, showing absolutely no fear. As far as acquiring a sunfish goes, you can get them from specialty dealers, collect them yourself with a permit/fishing license (if it’s legal, check your regs first), or you could be like me and get lucky by having some come in with the feeder goldfish shipment at my LFS. Care for sunfish is very similar to medium to large central/South American cichlids due to their larger size and extreme aggression. Strong filtration and a large tank (55+) is really important for the care of most species. Others, such as the green sunfish, generally stay on the smaller end, but are very variable in size. The recommended tank size I found for green sunfish was a 20L, so I’m keeping my greenie, Rick, in a 37 by himself. If he outgrows it I’ll upgrade him to a 55 or 75 and *possibly* get him some tank mates other than snails

Catfish look derpy but they also look like they hold infinite knowledge. Edit: RGB fish

Those glass cats are amazing! Ive been thrown into fish keeping now that my father in law has mobility issues.... I have to take care of his pond. Its (i cant get an accurate count but probably 15-20) goldfish and a couple of small (3-4 inch long) perch. Its got a hole in the liner and a family of racoons want to make it their private swimming pool.... 😕😟. I am in waaaayyyyy over my head.

That glass catfish is absolutely astonishing, I have never seen anything like it. Again, thank you for teaching me things I will never learn at school. :)

Today I have to put down my first dog I’m glad I got some ftr to distract me, so thank you Chris!

Hey Chris, I've been watching this series since episode one, and I just wanted to say I love your videos and this series, and I'm so glad to see you're continuing it!

at 10:00 the only thing that's breaking bad(ly) is the aquarium

5 : 11 - largemouth bass are a type of sunnfish

Don't blame the kids for calling everything goldfish. Used to keep flame tetras at my workplace and parents were constantly saying to their kids "hey come look at the goldfish."

Dayumn! Never new Chirs had a fishy channel 👀 Only knew him from his food channel, now I see I seee you Chris (I Actually discovered this channel like a week ago and I've watched an unhealthy amount of FTR)

That native tank looked nice those fish looked healthy

Bluegills are more of a wild/pond fish. They do fine in appropriately sized aquariums, they're just an unusual choice for it since most people go out to hook them. I haven't been fishing since I was super little but they're all up and down the US east coast. Only other person I've seen keep one in an aquarium is the BamaBass channel, though my forays into fishtuber channels are fairly limited. It's lowkey really neat to see things you usually hook and throw back in an aquarium. Lots more time to appreciate them. Favorite drink's gotta be plain ol' orange juice or rum and coke if it's happy hour.

My glass cats look like that in the right light. Really beautiful . hard to catch though so thats some epic photography

“Got my new setup, we got the rgb keyboard, mouse, pc, fish, chair. You know, the essentials.

Sting Energy Drink for those sleepy days.

always nice to see the original hosts repashi and millie in succession.

I can't believe you're already about to hit 300k . Been since soo long. Don't forget us when you're famous :(

I stayed up all night just to wait for this single video…worth it.

If those catfished looked like that all the time I would fill all of my tanks with them.

Favorite drink is boba tea! Especially from my favorite local place. They have an Okinawa milk tea and an oolong milk tea that are just *chef's kiss* marvelous

5:00 Blue gill shouldn’t be kept in anything under 75 gallons. Most people keep Blue Gill in larger ponds.

Pretty sure the glass catfish is a shiny Pokémon

Yeah they are mid-low tank feeders. Mine eat pretty much anything, but they do go nuts for brine shrimp.

Nobody: Chris forgetting how his own song goes

Geez people really ruining bowls... I think it can be done correctly, I keep cherry shrimp in a planted 3.5 gallon with a heater filter all the stuff. I barely have to do anything to it as well just top it off and keep the parameters on point. And there Breeding!! (very proud 😍😍😍). Anyway I just wish people would do their research...

I can’t believe I missed one! This is a super cool discovery ✨✨ i went to camp for a week and met a new person who also had fish. I got excited.. “what fish do you have and how many gallons :)” me Them “oh I have a five gallon.. and like.. i think.. 40 guppies?” Me “forty guppies..?” Them “yah they started making a lot of babies. I have to remove like six dead fish a day and somehow they keep reappearing. I have to take them all out to clean the tank” Me “oh.. um….”

There's the Greenland shark, a fish, they get 250-500 years old. This is what we know - they might / probably get older than this. And we don't know really what more goes on in the abyss; space science gets all the big money. If we checked out our own planet first we (well... rich people) might understand it and treasure it's existence?

Chris calls a bass a base. Everyone: what a funny joke The fishing side of me: *extremely triggered*

Yeah the thing about the plecos is so true. I own a clown pleco and it hides all day and only comes out at nighttime when I turn out lights other than that he is hiding

I missed our main host the allmighty Repashy 👑🦎

4:20 there's a greenland shark that's over 400 years old!

My glass cats are great eaters. Flake, Frozen, live BBS. But, they either take to eating well, or die right off the bat.

"It doesn't need more food, it needs more space to swim." But Chris, every pet is just like a dog or cat! I'll just leave it with enough food for three days while I spend the weekend out, and it will be *fine*! Right? ...right Chris? ... Chris?

4:38 carps have a livespan of around 100-150 years. So this could be real

Any glow fish are social outcast they always get picked on and pushed to the back of tanks at petstores

No one : Netflix and chill day: 00:09

That last fish bowl looks how our public water smells. I think you just invented smellovision!

Bluegill are common pond and lake fish in North America, decent taste to em.

For fish, the oldest I have heard of is the Greenland shark. They found a fish which, according to researchers, was 400 years old and they think they can reach 500 years of age.

Chris is just my entertainment for the past 2 weeks because I had to be quarantined because I got COVID thx Chirs for the FTR's

I love Dr pepper like my betta likes trying to jump out of my tank

There's a dead snail somewhere in my tank and I can't find it. Trying to keep the parameters stable. The tank smells disgusting from 10 miles away. How long do snails take to decompose

1:00 Who needs man made Glow-Fish, mother nature already doing it.

Everyone: enjoying FTR Me: what happened to Meep Meep and Moop Moop?

When Rapashi fell my humour just completely broke. I'm sorry 😭😂

My favorite drink is Arnold Palmer. Mix of lemonade & tea.

I definitely new for a year and a half or more but I really like your fish reviews, watch it with my babe only for them to tell me to send my fish tank for review, #$$k that 🤣🤣🤣. Keep the videos coming homie.

Bluegill are a type of sunfish Chris. Sunfish are related to bass. And no, it is not pronounced bass as in bass guitar. Keep up the good work.

My favorite drink is fizzy mineral water

Chris be saying a fish's favourite drink is water when we all really know it's kale smoothie tank juice.

QOTW What is my favourite drink ?? It's black coffeeeeeeeeee

Perfect timing. I couldn’t find a next video to watch, but nog I have one :D

my glass catfish also have come to eating pretty much any slow sinking food.- or even jusr blood worms

I relate to that pleco see you next year joke more with my shrimp I didn’t see them for a few months then I just saw one of them on a leaf halve Out of the water

Favorite drink is body armor specifically strawberry watermelon. Keep being great for fish community.

Sunfish live in groups and can get pretty big I would suggest getting that bluegill outta there

Ay Chris thought this might make you happy. Akinator finally started to guess you :)

I used to have over 300 platies but they are died. Becuz there was a power outage for a whole day we did everything to make oxygen for them but they all died. And I put them in a pond with filter and heater and airpomp

It's me learning physics from Chris,

Who knew glass cats were Pink Floyd fans?

Hi…….. uh I don’t know what to say uuuhhhhhhhh fish tank review am now Chris this is my gecko Pache

chris: "wow I can't beleive my gecko still has it's tail!" me who's crested gecko had a tail for 8 years before a petsitter handled him the wrong way

greenland sharks live up to 500 - 600 years

Chris, I'm almost like Diego Armando/ Godot in Phoenix Wright, the favorite drink of mine is two good mug of bittersweet torrefied bean juice. Coffee, I really like coffee

4 : 54 - that koi fish living for 226 years is real,and in a sense , hydra are immortal,but the lobster thing is completely false,and there are immortal jellyfish which turn into a polyp again once they die.

"An RGB gaming keyboard... Just another wonder of our insanely amazing hobby." -PC Gamer Chris

“Where did my RGB mouse go…”

Chirs trying to name what a bluegill is is funny

My superfast mysterysnail also "bites" as the pleco, but it actually Hurts a bit. Btw look what i have:

I love tea!!!

Omg I knew I could do something cool with jerry and rick

Why is the sword plant wrong choice for the one betta aquarium? I got two of those for my 15 gallon and so far they're still alive.

That glass light thing ... Thats Pink Floyd, not 11 ... I am old, I know ^^

Glass cats are so underrated!!

My favorite drink is probably Dr. pepper

And my fave drink is apple lucozade

Perfect time for some Fish for Thought, just finished putting in my new fish and letting them rest a bit.

Koi can live over 200 years in the right environment. One's over 100 years are common.

glass catfish have got to be my favorite fish second best to betta fish

Glass cats are very bipolar when it comes to feeding. One of mine loves flakes and the other only eats pellets, live, and thawed food.

i went to a water park and found some crayfish and perch. big ol crayfish. one pinched me lol

1:16 is so beautiful

Qotw- Dr Pepper. Except when I'm in a Fireball mood. 🔥🔥🔥

I’m early today lol. I like chai tea, and recently my daughter made me try it with whipped cream on top. Unexpectedly delicious 🤤

I just wanted to say thanks to Chris for reminding me it’s Monday.