Hey guys if you’re wondering where my video before this went (the TikTok video) KZfaq has unfortunately removed the video and gave my channel a warning for “violence and graphic content” which there was none of. So far I can’t seem to get the video back so not sure if it will come back :/ super confused about it.

it's a shitty stereotype that goldfish are expendable short lived pets. i've known some owners who managed to get their goldfish to live to be 12 years or more, they just die young from neglect

There was a Reddit post a few years back (I think r/bridezillas) where a bride was convinced that having 2 goldfish in a bowl as center pieces would be a lovely idea to represent their marriage because they were animal lovers and all that. When asked what they were going to do with 100+ goldfish after the ceremony, she expected some of the guests to take home one or two of these goldfish as a party favor, which, obviously, didn’t happen. According to Op, only one of the fish survived.

not goldfish being used as decor for an awards ceremony wtf 😭

I had a Betta that absolutely loved peas. I didn't make a habit of giving them too him, but I used to occasionally try to feed my shrimp with them and he would steal them. He was probably just a one off though. He was a greedy boy and would literally eat everything except for frozen food...He was an odd boy. I loved him.

This reminds me of the goldfish I used to own as a kid. It’s like I did everything wrong, I got two baby comets from a fair game of all places. When I got home of course I didn’t have anything ready so I put them in a glass vase. I finally got them in a ten gallon tank but obviously they outgrew it. I then convinced my parents to get a 30 gallon tank which would have been great but it barely had anything in it, and they outgrew their hide. Their filter was usually filthy all the time, I would do a full water change and empty the whole thing. At least I used water conditioner and salt on the tap water I used to fill it but I would put the poor things right back in after a few hours instead of letting it cycle through. I’m amazed looking back that they didn’t get sick, or maybe I just didn’t notice. They were hardy little things though, they kept growing and got to the length of my hand, still beautiful fish. I finally did some research and found out to my surprise that they were pond fish. I still loved them a lot so I actually researched building a pond in our back yard until I just had to give up, I finally accepted that I couldn’t care for them. Luckily the story has a happy ending because I posted them on Craigslist, being picky about the offers until a woman responded who had a big outdoor pond! She loved fish and it was her passion hobby to care for them, so I said my good byes and gave them to her! I feel so bad for the bad care I gave them, even though I was a kid my parents could have stepped in or I could have researched sooner. Goldfish are just assumed to be fine with anything which, being so hardy makes sense, but they deserve the best care too. I’m so happy I was able to find them a good home and I hope they lived their best life. I know giving up pets is hard, but the experience has made me thoroughly believe in rehoming pets when you get more than you bargained for. Sometimes you just can’t handle it and you and the animal will be happier finding them a better home

Ugh, Goldfish bring back painful memories. I bought some and had them in a 10 gallon tank with plants and everything. Folks said that I 'wasted money' on them and a bowl would just be fine. I loved them lots! I went away for a couple of days, had a friend come and feed them. Right after I got home, we had a blizzard and I was unable to go anywhere, and they suddenly turned up with a terrible case of Ichthyophthirius. Everything was shut down. I did what I could, but I had no medication to treat them. Within 12 hours they were dead. I felt so guilty and cried. I will never again have any 'small pet' without having an emergency kit of medications and treatments already on hand.

people really have to care and love small animals as much as big pets. I don't care if people call me sensitive. Small animals feels emotions and pain too.

I agree with Soda when it comes to breeds of goldfish that look like they have a poor quality of life due to being bred to look a certain way. I was hesitant about getting orandas because they just look uncomfortable to me, but I was convinced by pet shop staff that they were less messy than regular goldfish.

As a fish owner, some of these really break my heart.

Had two girls on my wp team talking about maybe getting fish today, I gave a little advice about tank sizes and lifespans when they asked. One of my teammates was really nice, the other was completely skeptical the whole time and looked at me like I was crazy for suggesting that bettas should have 5 gallons, and that goldfish can live up to 20 years. It's not really her fault, but honestly I'm just baffled where the mindset that ''they're just fish, they die in a month, it doesn't matter" keeps coming from. I know they're not really an equal comparison, but if you talked about dogs like that, people would be outraged. Tw maybe?* "They're just mastiffs, they only live 6 years, who cares?"

This video just reminds me of the 4 goldfish I rescued from a neighbour who kept then in a 30 L tank😭 1 passed away but the other 3 lived to move to an 150 L indoor pond and eventually to a specialty owners 300 L indoor pond when I had to move countries. Seeing those poor things in small tanks breaks my heart all over again.

Reddit is like the hub for scummy pet owners. I have 3 fantails in a 300 litre planted bathtub (plus side of my partner working for a trade supplier). Goldfish are probably up there as one of the most abused/neglected pets out there

the goldfish in the tub is mine !! his name is wallee and he's in his quarantine tub while im treating him to figure out the root of his swim bladder issues and then he goes back in his 50 gal :) i absolutely love your channel and made an audible gasp when i saw wallee only screen. thank you so much for educating people on these animals and keep on making your amazing content !!

The birdie imitating you in a lot of intros always makes me smile. I've always wanted a gold fish, mainly a pearlscale goldfish, since they're adorable and huge chonkers I've been watching your videos for a long time now, and i thank you for your fish care tips! Once I get one, I'll definitely put some of the tips to good use. I'll give him/her a big tank and give it some cute chubby fishy friends lol ❤️

The Betta Subreddit is pretty wholesome, the group gives a lot of good advice and are very good about telling people they need a bigger tank without being cruel

I recently had to euthanize my gourami because of dropsy, it sucks so much :( I tried adding a little salt to her tank for water retention, melafix for bacteria, paracleanse for parasites, nothing worked. I'd never lost a fish to dropsy before and I felt really guilty, it's good to know it just happens sometimes.

When I was a little kid I was enamored by orandas and bubble eyes. They got me into the hobby as an adult, but I've only kept orandas of the 2. I just cant justify getting bubble eyes because of the health issues they can have. Currently I only have veil tails. As fancies go, I feel like they have less issues. The kid inside me wants them SOOOOO BAD, but the adult tells me to be a responsible fish keeper if I can.

I have cured a betta fish that had a swim bladder disorder with deshelled peas. It can be hard to get them to eat it but it can be done. I didn't have any blood worms at the time so I tried it and it worked.

Its so weird to me that an organization would have fish bowls as decoration. I highly doubt they would have over filled dog cages as decoration. Its so frustrating that fish abuse is normalized :(

It’s typically pretty easy to tell when a goldfish is sick. Idk why these people don’t realize

You can have really really cool fish for restaurants or hotels ect, but they have to be proper aquariums. Think the animal planet show tanked, they knew all about each fish they used, mandated the tank size to be at least the required space, used tons of tank plans and decorations, had proper filters, and would even explain all the cleaning and maintenance. They also never housed fish that would attack each other even if the client wanted it. They actually cared about the safety of the animal. (Ps I really hope this doesnt age poorly cuz as of now to my knowledge they have a good rep)

That fish suffering from finrot honestly looks like it's gotten its fins nipped. I used to have community tanks and saw a lot of finnipping that looked almost exactly like that. I never had goldfish but that's definitely what it looks like to me.

I had planned to add goldfish to my indoor patio pond, however this video helped me decide that they were probably not the best pet for me, mostly because of the size of the pond and I also hear that they will eat any plants that they come across! Instead, I think I will consider zebra danios, white cloud mountain minnows or maybe rice fish. Thanks for putting this video out there! 👍

My parents bought me and my brother two goldfish when we were kids. "My" goldfish's name was Silvergold (my brother's was named Goldy-Orange btw) and he got pretty big. He had a really nice long tail and a slimmer body than Goldy-Orange, but Silvergold had a tumor on one of his fins, and one small one eventually grew on his tail. Luckily they didn't seem to bother him very much. Both of them lived for a while. Goldy was the first to pass away many years after we first got them, then Silver did a year or so later.

I totally agree with the breeding of ranchus. 80% of ranchus have to deal with swimmbladder disease at some point in their lives because of their peculiar shape the air gets stuck and they can’t live happily

This video is so great and informative! Most of your videos on goldfish are! I currently own a feeder fish who is living a great life and is spoiled XD These videos have helped our care with her, many thanks :)

For my nephew’s first birthday, we had goldfish bowls as table centerpieces. Now the family themselves kept 5 (they now have Glo fish that have an excellent tank- I see it cleaned often, so they have learned from their mistake couple years prior) and I took the remaining 30ish. I lived over an hour away, but we had a cooler from the party left over. Now all the bowls themselves would have been a nuisance, so I put all the fish into the cooler to transport them. When I got home 3 were dead. Thankfully I had a tank left over from my own fish, so I could house them for the time being. The last fish died about two weeks later. So I generally dislike the notion of these fish being used for table decorations, even if they do keep the kids entertained for about 10 solid minutes and few second intervals.

yuki just disappearing after the second intro killed me, it's like you got rid of him 😂

It would be interesting for you to venture into r/Cockatiel r/parrots r/petmice ! I’m in the mouse and parrot groups and you see a lot of cute stuff but also alot of very very questionable stuff … I’m in a Reddit group for every animal I do own , and it’s super fun but also kinda sad some of the post you see ..

Woah, if I saw live animals being used as centrepieces for an awards show, I would get up on stage and make on hell of a fuss!! 😡

Back in the 70s (or 60s?) there were actual SHOES with live goldfish in them! I don’t know if this was a one or two time thing for fashion magazine or what happened to the fish afterward (I assume they died)I just remember that I saw photos of this when it happened, when I was in my 20s. Well, now I’m aging myself lol. I thought it was absolutely horrible. Forgot all about it until I watched this video. I don’t know what happened with this. I imagine it got banned immediately. These were clear plexiglass platform shoes for women.

For interesting Reddit content, it's always worth looking at the "top posts of all time", but also have a look at "most controversial", you can find some really weird stuff, depending on the subreddit.

The tumors like that are most likely a viral wart, based on my extensive research for my goldfish with similar bumps. If they get the growths in a particular spot it could be something else though. For example slowly increasing gill growths is a thyroid problem thats treatable with (i think) iodine

I hate how goldfish are abused so much. Goldfish are the majority of my fish keeping hobby and I hate to see them hurt

I love hearing the birds in the background they just sound like they’re having a good time! XD

i do agree with you about not supporting the breeding of certain fancys. i dont think its fair that certain animals are basically bred and bred to the point where they are more likely to suffer certain health issues even if they do look quite cute

Question can you make a guide about breeding brine shrimp or worms? Also sumo is like the cutest fish on the PLANET ( the other fish are still adorable though) though I have minnows that don’t really want to be a snack so I can’t get an oranga in till I get another tank

Legitimately overjoyed when your birds tried to say your intro. Delightful.

i like these type of videos it’s really nice to see you excited about goldfish and wanting to educate people!

Single tailed goldfish need a 100 gallon tank and 20 gallons per goldfish added.

Loool I love how your goldies in the back are playing with an uprooted plant

You know who isn’t a questionable goldfish owner? LukesGoldies :D Hes amazing and you can tell he absolutely adores his little fishies. He’s so hands on with them and they love him to bits since they have total trust in him. Amazing dude and great channel if you love seeing fish treated well

You should look into r/shittyaquariums and r/badaquariums. It’s so bad.

1:08 goldfish are actually one of the most popular fish, and they're known to be some of the most disposable and abused fish ever.

i was in a thesis explanation lesson while watching this video and just gave me an idea to make my thesis around goldfish, thank you lmao

I feel like 50% of this subreddit is kids who didn’t do research and got goldfish randomly and it sucks

8:55 the issue with the tank is the lack of hiding spaces. With multiple fish of different size and breed there’s a lot of challenges with fighting. It’s important they have someone to rest while that tank looks way too empty. It doesn’t need a ton more but more coverage it absolutely needed. A lot of fish are eaten by other fish with tanks like those. Usually 3 is fine with close watch but more than that can be much harder to handle. And watching won’t always solve the problem because larger groups work faster at abruptly deciding who they want gone.

OMG! No way I was just randomly looking at goldfish on KZfaq and I cannot believe you came across my Reddit post. That was a 55 gallon tank (200 plus liters) with a fluval 407. You would be happy to know that all of those fish are doing really well and I have a newer post where I show off my 120 gallon (450 liter) tank. I transferred all my fish to that 120 gallon and the 55 is being used for bristlenose and clown plecos.

Fun Fact: a goldfish being in captivity caps it’s growth if in the wild with good conditions the goldfish will be allowed to grow MASSIVE

Out of curiosity how Do you find a vet who can remove a tumor? It seems so specialized. I don’t have any fish with tumors but did many years ago and I just assumed it couldn’t be safely treated

My first two goldfish I killed before I could name them. I was really young and fed them to death. I didn't want them to be hungry and since they kept eating I kept feeding them. I have learned a lot since then, I have two large fantails called Sushi and Bubbles.

got so triggered on hamster subreddits cuz ppl would post pics of their dead hamsters asking what happened to them after bad care and I would scroll and see dead hamsters just as I recently lost my old baby 😵 moderators didn't care, I'd tell them and 5 days later they'd reply "yeah it's removed whatever". So not only ppl were insensitive but also breaking rules that weren't enforced. Went there to share or give advices if needed and left with the sight of a dead pet in mind for a while.

My goldfish died last Saturday, I was feeling extremely depressed and every pet shop I went to either wouldn’t sell fish to me or didn’t sell fish in general. For some reason, all of the goldfish (the same breed and colour of mine) were all getting sick like mine did and were dying. Tomorrow I am hoping to get my very first Betta fish! Wish me luck and enjoy all of your fish friends ❤

I really love your content because it makes me feel less crazy about being upset by stuff like this on TikTok :(

Man I feel so bad now as an adult, I had a 2.5 gallon tank, with no heater and my betta died, not fast mind you but man Rip Grecko.

please do this kind of video again i love learning about caring for fish also i love that you always have animal crossing music playing in the background:)

my aunt gave me a betta fish in a tiny bowl that she got from a birthday party it was very sad and small and didnt have much color so I changed it water and bought a bigger tank its doing much better and its color is coming back!

I had a goldfish that got dropsy when it was 11 years old. I treated it with the treatment and u was surprised it recovered. But a few months later it happened again. It recovered 2ns time. But about 6 months later it got it again and did not recover even though I did the same treatment. He was a lived pet abs I was so sad when he died.

SOADA i know this is a BIG ask but if you could, I have no other social medias other then reddit its ok if you cant but can you do a enclosure review on reddit? I COMPLETELY understand if you cant and its fine though! you have a lot of work to do still love your content anyway (my lovebird loves watching you to she gets exited when she hears your voice from my laptop and comes over:)

Bondi Vet in Australia did surgery on a famous goldfish. The video is on their youtube channel.

Petition to have soda leave and only have the birdie make a video. Clearly, they have lots of opinions and I think they should be heard lol

Definitely would watch another one of these videos!

I love how you're spending a whole minute reassuring people you're not a reddit person haha

I have a tetra with a little tumor. I have tried everything to treat him and nothing has changed. After all my research I have come to the conclusion it is a case of Lymphocystis which has no treatment. Fish diseases are weird and can be hard to diagnose. I can say the little tetra is doing well. Chases other tetras, eats like a pig and comes over to see me schooling with the others. I KNOW if I start to see him struggle it will be that time. However, given his life seems to be pretty normal as of right now he will remain with his buddies.

i need help. my dad doesnt believe me when i say fish need multiple gallon tanks. he says "my friend (back in like the 1960s i think idk) had a goldfish and it was just fine in a bowl". he says that "i cant believe everything that i see on the internet" and that people have been housing goldfish in bowls for forever. i cant get him to understand that its not good for them, what do i do?

I had an opaline gourami that actually recovered from dropsy on it's own with no treatment. It's scales were sticking out like a pine cone and it was bloated and it didn't swim right. After a weak it looked and acted completely normal, but it did die a few weeks later so I don't know, but it was also an adult when I got it so it might have died from old age. Even though I probably had it for almost a year. Very confusing.

The bird was translating for pets watching the video

You can actually do big water changes without crashing the cycle. The bacteria live on the surfaces, not in the water column. So as long as you don't scrub or let your decor dry out, you shouldn't crash your cycle, even with a 100% water change.

Its funny how people give crap to people who might keep goldfish in wamer water....but they fail to realize goldfish are essentially a common carp and can survive pretty much anything including 82 degree water...

i love your videos so much! in the feature if i ever get a pet, i will remember everything i learned from u!

I was watching your bad pet enclosure videos aswell as emzotics right before bed and I had a nightmare about people keeping red slider turtles in tanks with no land and I woke up like "NO THEY NEED LAND!! THEYRE GOING TO DROWN,THEY NEED TO BASK!!!" currently in detox and everyone here thought it was bloody hilarious. I shall never forget.

the bacground birb sounds are pure serotonin

One time i was at a friend's birthday party and they had small bowl with smt like 4 reaaally tiny fishes in each table (the glass of the bowl also wasn't the best, it was really thin and breaks easily)

I was working for my dad's Handiman Business, and one of the people had 2 commet goldfish, a common goldfish, a black moor, a fan tail goldfish, a common pleco, and a coi in a 30 or 35 gallon tank, and a heater set for 85°F then the next time I came there, to help him the water was beneath the filter, so far to the point where the filter quit working, the common goldfish was gone, and the fantail and black moor both had dropse, all the fish were gasping at the surface, and I smelt the water, because they clearly hadn't done a water change (but it didn't smell bad), and the water smelt like dawn dish soap, and the water was cloudy both times (I never came back to that job, because I just felt awful for those fish)

love your videos!

I love your videos so much.💖 Its been 2 months i been watching your videos

My younger brothers fish got swim bladder disease, we started feeding him a special diet of de-shelled peas but he sadly passed away… He was a very adorable fish why it lasted

2:13 My first fish, a Betta I named Hearts, was one I took home from a wedding when I was 4. I loved him a lot but also wth?

Finally someone is talking about this!

I HAVE RECOVERED MY FLOWERHORN FROM DROPSY

I love the magic trick when the bird disappeared 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have a 26 gallon fish tank and have 2 small goldfish in it and they are thriving! In July they will turn 2. As a kid I had one goldfish in a 5 gallon, and it lived for a few months, and then got sick and passed away.

My high school art teacher had beta fish in a small colored vase, no filter no heater just in the vase, it was kinda sad when he has huge fish tanks for his goldfish and crabs…

Little birds that welcome people to another video too many times get banished to the shadow realm

My fish died today 😢 loved them to bits they were loved had the recommended tank size and everything thanks for the vid x

I got my first betta from my high school prom. They where used as center pieces for the tables. Lucky for the betta who was dubbed Mr Tuna. I had actually was researching bettas because I wanted one. The next day I went out and got a five gallon tank with filter and heater.

I love uki doing your intros! (Sorry if I spelled his name wrong lol)

I want a commet goldfish pond someday in the future

your fish videos are making me consider getting a goldfish when i move out (we have cats right now and i dont think we would be getting anymore pets after that, and of course cats are a huge risk anyway) but ill need to do a whole lot of research

I know many places that sell animals without caring for consequences resort to aggressive inbreeding, resulting in much more cancer or other detrimental genetic conditions. I don't know how fish suffer from the same inbreeding practices in particular.

If you don’t mind me asking, what cage do you have for your cockatiels?

the bird is too cute

My friend told me “Fish do not need heaters or filters” not friends with the, anymore.

I have my first axolotls that i go from a breeder they are 4months old they small yet but so adorable

i knew someone who had a pretty big goldfish in like a 10 liter tank. Few plants, think it had a filter. But there was something clearly wrong with her: She was almost always upside down and wouldnt move. not even gills or fins moving, seemingly for hours ata time (she was alive, sometimes shed be swimming, though clearly struggling to). They never took her to the vet, just kept her like that. They thought it was funny.. tank was also often pretty dirty. I didnt know anything about fish back then, and assumed it was something neurological perhaps. practically begged them to take her to the vet already (and get a bigger tank). They never did, didnt see the point. Dont know what happened to her, but i hope they eventually did something at least

I used a large tub for my junior axolotl,his name is maxolotl and he is so cute.

You should do r/partyparrot

When i was 9 i had a pet beta fish, he lived 2 and a half years. He drowned because he got stuck under a decoration and i cried all day

My goldfish goldie has turned 2 and i kept him since december 2020