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Fun fact: In austria its actually illegal to keep fish in a tank that doesn't have 54l and 60 cm length.

You probably want some light or atleast a reflector in the new studio... the whole light is on the sides of your face while your actual face is in the shadow.... that usually makes a face look extra round... i do like the new "studio" though, the aquarium is closer and you can actually see the fish.

They forgot the most important part of an aquarium, the actual fish tank. Nothing else matters without a box of water to go with it.

6:20 lmao, I was seating yesterday and looking at my shrimp breeding tank and my father comes up to me and tells me: 《Thats a lot of shrimp, what is their max size》. I damn well knew why he was asking 😂😂

Got to admit I think being able to see your tanks in the background is a pretty important feature for your channel

QOTW: Used to go around the neighbourhood with a remote to change channels and to mess with the volume of people's TVs. We were never caught. 😎

Actually,to be sincerely honest in my humble opinion,without being sentimental and of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, and without hiding any thoughts in my mind, and without lies to the actual truth, with my clear open mind and clean heart,expressing whatever is embedded inside me for a long time which I didn't say because I was nervous. But today, by gathering all the courage and motivation, I just want to say that I actually feel and think that fish don’t belong in bowls. Thank you!

Also, meant to add earlier, it's awesome that you are working with Buce Plant. Their plants and general selection of products is awesome and they have stellar customer service and advice to give.

QOTW: This was the 90's and you couldn't get away with this today, but me and a friend pulled off what we thought was the greatest joke ever! On a busy rural street, neighbors across the street from each other were trying to outdo each other with signs for a local election. In the middle of the night, we pulled all of the signs, and switched them. We waited until the next morning to see the reaction when they walked out to get their newspaper...priceless!!! Might sound lame, but trust me it was hilarious!!!

QOTW: I was the Good Kid... mostly.... Used to do my own "Wild Kingdom" episdoes in the back field when it filled with snowmelt... Taught goat to rear up and target my hand, also pretended to ride him like a bucking bronc (my feet were on the ground, he was amused). Once accidentally raised a whole blue crab...

I think I like the old setup when we can watch your fish tanks in the background better. :)

Hey that first video you reacted to is ours!!! Love your deeper explanation on our topics, and learning more about the hobby day by day!!!

Pal! I want to thank you for many years of great videos. Debunking myths is helpful for all of us, even seasoned aquarists Your vids are funny (but true), your pets are cool as usual, and your hair is great as always haha If I wasn't disabled and had the funds, I'd support you in a heartbeat...maybe someday I can Thank you, Chirs

The emergency air stone is a must-have! I recently did a re-scape of one of my tanks, and after adding the fish back in, I noticed they were all gasping for air. Popped an air stone in, and within maybe a half an hour they were back to normal and are still doing great

The light in your new studio is great and the plants are gorgeous too. I can't tell if I like the angle of the couch or if it's too distracting. A few times I found myself mentally trying to fix it, then having to rewind to catch what I missed. Plus: that's a boost for watchtime.

I just have an air stone in my tank, and in my other tank it doesn't even have a stone. Understocked with a ton of plants and floaters 💜 Nitrates were a tad high for the first couple weeks but the plants and algae cleared it up by themselves :D Some people have complained about me not getting rid of the algae but it's so pretty with it, it looks so naked without the beautiful brownish-gold and green hues on the glass (minus the front panel, I keep it clean for viewing!)

I've got a 55gal on a stand just like that. The guy I got it from had wall straps on it but I wasn't able to attach them in its new location. I considered adding another tank on the bottom for stability and because extra tank but I was concerned about the weight on my diy pallet floor in my cabin. That said it made it through a 6.2 earthquake and the water was moving but not so much as a wobble on the tank and stand so thankfully I think it passed the stability test.

11:55 reminded me of how my mother got a £2000+ tank for only £300 (came with the stand and tank, mega filter, a few fish, massive drift wood, plants and the sand. its a beautiful tank)

Love the new setup! I have feedback below, but feel free to ignore it if you don't want that! The angle of the couch/wall bothers me for some reason. I think the (perceived) tilt and the lack of mic makes it feel like you're floating in the middle of the room untethered. I think either/both having straight lines behind you, or a mic in front will help anchor you. But that's just me and maybe I just need to get used to it!

Please never stop doing that clap cut 😂

QOTW: was a kid in the 80s so was completely unsupervised and could probably write a book about my mischief but I’m willing to share this One thing my friends and I used to do for fun. We would put things on the train tracks so we could see what they looked like after the train ran them over. I’m talking pennies, small rocks, toys. Nothing living I wasn’t a psychopath.

The new studio looks nice. I like the lighting here. But you should add some sound dampening foam, it seams there is some echo. The audio sounds different. Maybe you are just not speaking in that ASMR tone. IDK

Chirs introducing the new aquarium design philosophy - the Wallstrahp Method.

You are the reason i look forward to Mondays. Thank u for your service, sir 🫡🌿

I was always into aquascaping but i didnt think my pet store sold live plants but recently i saw some and after that i did about a week and a half of research and now i have some amazon frogbit, javafern, moss and anubius and they are all very happy and growing new leaves and just getting bigger👹👹👹👹👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

5/5 Kevin impression 😂

I have one of those tank stands. It's around 40yrs old! It's iron and has been spray painted twice by me. My mom got it with a tank rescue in the 80s or early 90s. It's a beast and holds a 20 tall on top. There was a 15 with the same footprint on the bottom for all of my childhood. That tank is now on its own stand and both have 10gal tanks under

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Qotw- I was a class clown in ballet. Perpetually driving the instructor to come up with new ways to punish/humiliate me. 😅 I believe I was asked not to join the following season. But continued on with and loved tap very much for years. A wonder what a few metal pieces on the bottom of shoes will do for a hyperactive child 🤘

My panda garra likes to lounge in those fake floating betta logs, especially when it gets stuck under the filter. Kept scaring me when I'd go to move it from being stuck, and she'd zip out and bump into my fingers :D

Qotw: as a kid, from ages 7-16 I used to play in construction sites after hours. It's crazy fun to be on the 2nd or 3rd story with nothing but beams and no flooring. I'm not sure kids these days get to sneak out like I used to

I have a filterless 25 gallon walstad that's chock packed overgrown and hasn't had water movement in over a year besides top ups. My healthiest fish live in that tank.

I was always a trouble kid because I can't bring myself to respect rules about hair length or nail length Also sneaky activity with evading phone collecting >:) Congrats on 400k as well Chris!!!!!

The studio is looking awesome 🤩

Congrats on the 400k!! Glad to be a subscriber

The goldfish's was trying to Dr Strange out of their situation 😅

I love the new set up!!!! when I was a younger I was hyper obsessed with fish tanks. now I gust really like to take care of my pea puffers. great video!!

0:35 camera flip got me tripped up

Yes FTR. Love the new studio set up and looking forward to the rescape video! This weekend was my aquarium clubs hobby day with a swap sale one day and auction the next. And on the swap day, while it MAY have been a bit impulsive... I got another pair of wild betta! A friend in the club was selling two pairs and I bought one. Originally he had it marked as betta hendra but we found out later he accidentally had sold me persephone which is definitely not problem to me as I love and have wanted both species! So far the couple seem to be doing well and settling in to their 5.5 gallon home. That's the nice thing about some of the wild species is ypu can house a pair in a 5.5 gallon as many of them are far more peaceful then the domestic spelendens and even the wild splendens complex.

KZfaq did me dirtyy, where was my notification?! Also, your tanks are looking great!

So I was basically a “good” kid, but my mom would take me and my friends out to toilet paper peoples houses. Now, this was back in the early 90’s so it was a bit different. But I had the best sleepovers since my friends and I were too young to drive and my mom was the get away driver.

New room!!

I LOVE your Kevin impression

I used to explore abandoned houses, never got up to anything else besides the trespassing.

Love your videos! The studio is looking good, Kevin impression is sounding good! Can’t wait for next Monday to see the next video 😁

I was the kid who collect all types of kid friends that didn’t quite fit in. I was good of convincing people to do things. I definitely did not narrowly escape a class c felony because of family connections.

I keep my tank near my window with the back of the glass covered by a piece of cloth so my pathos grows and it isn’t being hit by direct sunlight so right now it’s doing great

I used to run around my dads job site finding interesting things like the scrap pile 😂 avoid the nails of course and then almost getting stuck in the creek 😅

got what i forst calculated as a 50gal at a goodwill for $20, its a 40gal but still a good deal. That was a while ago and now I rarley see tanks(used to see them all the time) and then its a 10gal for $20 which sucks since i JUST got my sister into keeping aquatic plants

I had a marbled crayfish a few years ago. I now have a crayfish farm for food.

I accidently breeded amano shrimps which i didn't mean to do. Basically i brought 4 amano shrimps to my comunity tank and 8 other shrimps all 8 of the other shrimps died but the amanos survived. And one day when i come back from school i just see tons of tons of baby amano shrimps, which was crazy.

I have adblocker, but i respectfully watch the sponsor segments

I guess I was one of thosegood kids. On May Day my sister and I would weave little awkward baskets out of willow branches and fill them with flowers we picked from the lawn like violeys and ding dong ditch them on our neighbor’s porches.

Congrats to 400k 🎉

I used to grab baby fishes from the ditches, they apparently guppies. and I have loads of them at home

Bro, I came back to KZfaq after a while and thought I’d watch your most recent video! I got WHIPLASH from the new setup!!! It went crazy!!! Love the new tank in the background. And uh, can’t say I’ve done many mischievous things as a kid. I once told a Taco Bell employee that they got my order wrong just so I could get another grilled cheese burrito lol. In the bathroom for 40 minutes but so worth it

I tought we where the Sponsors of the video 😢

the new studio is looking quite cozy

We could see more of your tanks in the old setup to really give the fish crazed youtuber feel, and the white glare from natural sun on your face and the black couch kinda throws me off personally. but i’m loving trying out new set ups, and the big fish tank that is located closer to the camera so we can see it more up close. maybe just tweak the lighting a little bit? btw great video cant wait to tune in next week

Qotw: brought home a live water moccasin/cotton mouth snake. Tried to catch a timber rattler. Petted a skunk and thankfully never got bitten, except by a garter snake. I have no idea how I survived my childhood.

As an artist, the cory with the shrimp sparks my imagination so much. QOTD: I did not get into much trouble with others but I was very accident prone. I once tried to hop a new fence with my friends by standing on those electrical boxes and hop over the fence. Let's just say I missed it and essentially got caught one leg hooked on the fence. Have a great day!

Keven accent “ 4.5 keep it up” 😂😂

Loving the new set

I truly enjoy your videos, young Man!

How did you know it was my favourite Monday show! 😬😦

your question at the end, what kinda antics did i get into as a kid/teen - Im not sure what the statue of limitations are on that i may have to get back atcha

Yes, in the Philippines, we actually need a cooler, not just for the fish though.

New setup is nice, but could use more tanks in the background

This set was fun for a day, but I definitely like the studio better. Better sound quality and having your tanks behind you is great. 🐠

Bro we don't need a heater in the philippines we only need cold mat it's so hot in there

Ding dong ditch.. with peeps. At 10 pm. We werent gonna eat the nasty things, so fugg it 😂

That ding dong ditch with the goldfish happened to me in high school. By that night I had a 10 gal, substrate, and air stone. My other friend that was a victim of the same event that evening just tossed it down the storm drain.

I would put pinecones in people's mailboxes as a kid. Because I was a serious rebel.

I just Love your channel. Starts my Monday right! Coffee and your channel, need I say more.

Already spitting some facts within the first two minutes of the video. One time I accidentally overdosed accu-clear into my guppy tank. Like, ten times overdosed. Before I realized what had happened, I noticed that all my guppies were up at the surface gasping for air. I was able to throw in an airstone and save them. They were all acting fine by the time I figured out the mistake I had made, which was like, an hour tops. Then I was able to just water change it out of the system and they were fine after that. But having that airstone system just, READY to go. In thirty seconds I was able to install a solution that bought them time for me to make a proper change and diagnose the root of the problem. Seriously. While not a strict necessity, having an air pump, stones, and tubing is like a $35 investment that will last you basically forever, and is worth it to have on hand for saving lives if the need arises. And a little extra aeration never hurts anyway, so if you've got the outlets, there isn't a real reason NOT to have a little bit extra unless your water is already like, a hill stream biotope with crazy turbulence.

Can't believe someone else had a carcrash with their new fish alongside them. The coincidences

I really dig the new look, and that tank in the back looks so freaking good!

What you really need is water and fish. Everything else are optional. But you really ought to get some plants too. And perhaps a thing or two more ... or ten og twenty. 😛

I just realized that my betta fish makes crunching sounds when she eats, so cute. Betta fish asmr?

Love the new setup, but would still recommend using an actual mic 😂 the sound is a bit echoey and hollow and a little painful if you are watching with earbuds 😅

The new background is a little bright, but you still look great my guy. Great video.

Yay the KZfaq plaques are better aligned now

Monday is gooood!!❤

Making Monday's worth it.

I was the boring and restricted child. My greatest act of rebellion was sneaking extra books from the library and reading them by flashlight in my closet past bedtime...

Neocaridina really thrive in tanks you never woud them expect to do well ... I have a redeye pufferfish tank and these guys munch masses of snails and dwarf crayfish of all sizes, but still go after artemia and water fleas as well ... yet somehow the neocaridina I selected out of my breedertanks are ignored and now have build a large, colorful population in the pufferfish tank which of itself started to breed and multiply successfully. Just strange to see the puffer hunt down every single crayfish like addicts but cruising in calm over dozens of shrimp grasing like sheep. I start to suspect Neocaridina either taste really bad or they somehow hypnotize other species, in my dwarf crayfish tank they also ride crayfish like horses.

Fun fact Salmon meat is actually white to start off with and turns pink/red/or orange/ with the krill they eat, the farmed salmons are given food colorings to turn their flesh pink as if it was white no one would eat it cos they'll think it's not salmon

6:00 if the glass shatters you're dead

No actually discus are very hardy fish, once they settle in the tank TBH... I have 4 tanks and one of them have 7 discus. In the beginning i had to take very good care of the tank, very little light, good hiding spot, every day checking the water parameters. But now I only do weekly water changes, and feed the tank, nothing else. Even after big plant trimming session, the fish are only, only when i use the glass magnet scrubber they get spooked, but right faster that when i feed they jump to the food.

6:31 finally a tank from India! ❤🇮🇳 Congrats Parikshit! Seeing goldfish in India being kept miserably, i felt good to see your tank! 4.85/5. I HOPE PARIKSHIT SEES THI.

🎉 congratulations for 400k

2:55 so true lol i always add water everyday to my fishtanks coz of evaporation

great vid and clean studio, defintiley need some more fish in the background IMO

In high school before everyone had doorbell cams we'd go find a house w/lots of lawn decorations. Get a pic n move all of it to another house somewhere in the same neighborhood. A few houses or streets away but set up EXACTLY the same way 😆🤣🤣. We're lucky we didn't get arrested or worse, DON'T DO THIS EVER!

(regarding the discus meme) not true in my experience as a first time discus owner, i have 5 in a 125 gal planted tank and honestly they are more resilient than angels ive kept before. they are super friendly too, they even eat out of my hand. definitley recommend, dont be scared off by the myths!

I miss the microphone. It gave it more of a talk vid feel and allowed for softer voice which was peaceful way to start the week. Other than that keep up the good work.

Love the new look. AUDIO is mint. It's Fresh AF 🔥 5/5

Another week, another Monday. Yay! FTR Time🎉

Nice new studio!