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I recently saw someone on Facebook correct a commenter on their husbandry. The commenter said “oh, I didn’t know that! I’m going to change that today”. A few hours later they posted a photo of the change. I’ve never been more impressed by a keeper in my life. It’s all about growth 💣 QOTW: I love to feed them blood worms and brine shrimp 🦐

I think maybe when ppl first learn about fish tanks, they are worried that live plants/planted tank will be a lot more work and we are all so busy with work, so we are trying to make it easier by using fake plants. It wasn't until I tried a planted tank, that I realized it was easier to keep the fish tank healthy as a whole.

She said she only had 8 hours to study, not that she did study for 8 hours-this is likely due to the quick receiving of the fish in the old tank, and only having 8 hours to both study and* come up with a better solution for that fish. Overall, a pretty nice upgrade for what that fish once had!

8 hours might be a bit steep, but I can believe it taking multiple hours for a first time fish owner to settle on that setup. First 30-60 minutes actually realizing how bad the current setup is (comparing multiple resources because you don't know where to find reliable info). Probably another few hours chasing down information vital to fish keeping like water parameters, cycling (which I hope she had a solution for), and appropriate tank conditions for bettas themselves. Then another chunk of time figuring out how you are gonna make your set-up: where the tank can go, which kit to get because not using a kit can be more expensive and confusing, and finally how much money can you afford to put into it at the moment.

i cant say for sure, but its possible the first betta fish owner *did* read all about planted tanks and the like, but was too intimidated to do it on a time crunch (which she would have been under if she was distressed by her mistake and wanted to upgrade the tank ASAP). the request for more info in the comments sounded to me like asking for elaboration on whatever she already read

55 gallons on the floor for me once. My oldest son threw a metal Tonka truck at the tank when he was a toddler and the Tonka won. Glass shattered, fish flopping everywhere, water gushing onto the floor and walls. Thankfully we were hosting dinner that night and had a bunch of friends over that helped with the cleanup and getting my poor fish crammed in an empty 10 gallon until I could find another tank on a local buy/sell group. Somehow I didn't lose a single one.

I love how the Betta owner really made a positive upgrade. I'd prefer live plants, but it's not nescessary for the fish, it just add to my own appreciation.

Do you remember that meme on "how to draw an owl"? That's like me for planted tanks after years into the hobby. The first three months all the aquatic nations lived in harmony... then everything changed when the hair algae nation attacked.

up until I was 16 I had 3 bettas. Starting at my 10th birthday. I unfortunately kept them in one of the containers you’d get at the fair. I moved out on my own at 17, and kept two betta in small small containers. I didn’t have another until I was 24. I knew more at this point. I have a 10 gallon planted now with a single betta. Temperature controlled, a custom low flow filter. A good quality light that is never on longer than 7 hours. Blackout days. I only ever have to add water to it. Over the last 3 years I’ve had two betta. The first lasted almost 3 years. I recently got my second. I dream of having my single betta in a 20 gallon soon though. I’d like to experiment with plant carpet in a 20. 😋

Happy FTR day everyone!! I'm having a bad pain day so I'm going to send out oodles of positive, healing hippy vibes to everyone who sees this. I wish you, whoever you are a wonderful day and if today isn't wonderful, tomorrow might be so keep on keeping on. Someday we'll get to that wonderful day where we walk around with goofy smiles on our faces all day. 🙏💙✌️ QotW; anything live that's not an earthworm is my fav fish food. There's just something about dropping in some mosquito larva or daphnia into your tank and watching fish do the thing they'd do in the wild. Scooting through the plants and hunting. I could watch fish being fish for hours.

Thanks for posting!!!

I've had a rough past week so I really needed the smiles that this episode gave me, especially the short notice adopted betta upgrade lady. QOTW - For my community tank I love watching the cory cat crew rush to the front of the tank to enjoy the feast of bloodworms I drop in every few days for them. They're like little puppies scurrying and jumping around trying to get them all. SOOOO freaking cute! I love my cory crew. My best friend just passed away last week and I adopted her 3 HUUUUUUGE fancy goldfish and 3 more of her fish tanks. I now have 7 fish tanks. They're all over the house! I need to clear out my extra room and make that a dedicated fish room at this point. :S I especially love the fancy goldfish though because they LOVE my excess duckweed from my other tanks. I believe my duckweed over abundance problem has just been remedied. RIP Angelina, you sweeties are being taken good care of.

I don think the first girl did 8 hours of Research, I think she got the Beta 8 hours ago, my guess it was dumped on her.

Millie and Repashy are both exquisite co-hosts. One could not possibly choose between two pieces of perfection. 🤌

I literally had a dream last night where I had a giant four section paludarium that broke and someone in my dream was scolding me for not just making it a terrarium because then it wouldn't have mattered if it broke, then a giant monitor like lizard escaped from it and became alligator size and I had to fight it off with a snake catcher hook thingy. I don't even own reptiles or have paludariums, but it made me scared that my fish tanks were going to break.

2:35 This is actually very very good advice for anyone who is still in school. because if you start off doing amazing, they are not just gonna let you slide by and do the class like everyone else, theyre gonna give you extra challenges, and expect you to improve from wherever you started, so you will make school easier for yourself by pretending you don’t know what you know.

Guessing she was doing passive research over a 8 hour workday, but great progress! Nobody starts at the finish line and we all build our abilities one skill at a time.

Quacktopractors! Run for your life! I love to feed them to my fish. Well, they might be good to feed to my fish if my fish were great white sharks. Since my fish aren't great white sharks, I guess I'll stick with baby brine shrimp. Also, both Millie and Repashi. I covet you your pets.

Gotta love FFT on Monday mornings. ❤

Love your comments, especially the sarcasm, the many do's and dont's, all the information is just astounding. And one last thing, I have been watching past videos.....my son calls it, "falling done the rabbit hole". My very favorite, is your many hair styles, they are absolutely priceless. 👍

Chiropractors can be INCREDIBLE. But it has to be done by someone who 100% knows what they’re doing, and treatment for very specific types of issues, not just whatever random muscle ache. It’s great if done correctly. But yeah, loads of cases where it’s not.

Bug bites. My Cory's can't get enough of it. Also my dwarf African frog loves it. He eats it out of my hand. Really cool. The danios love it to. They will even dive down and feed off of the bottom!!! So......Bug bites.

Thank you for making this Monday great, once more! Fantastic fish content!

Someone else likely already said something like this: I interpreted the lady's 8-hours as "She had 8 hours to prep before the betta arrived"... but also I'm not bothering to rewatch because in the end she did the right thing (but also with the way chatgpt and other machine-learning algorithms have messed up a lot of search engine results, so the extra effort might be necessary to make sure you're not being parroted the same garbled/bad advice).

Yeah, when she said eight hours and then pulled out the fake gravel and plants, I was like WHAT?? LOL

"you pulled a shiny holo charizard, you immediately put it in the card protector. it looks like you put this snail into a card protector" subbed

Qotw: I think my algae wafers that I give to my clown pleco is one of my favourite foods. It also helps feed the bladder snails that the kuhli loaches eat. But my kuhlis also go crazy for the algae wafers. Everyone in the tank loves it when I put one in!

My favourite co-host- Milli❌ Repashy❌ Tamago❌ Chris's fiancé✔️

Those Trumpet Snails are working hard keeping his substrate aerated and cleaning up his over feeding but he still wont give them a break. Poor guys

Oh crap! I better start my water change regimen for the week. Great video, Chris! Keep it up.

Tips for betta fish: capture a bee, but don't kill it! Put it in the freezer until it falls asleep and then put it in your mouth. When it warms it will wake up. Now you have a bee in your mouth!

Favourite food: any live food. They respond so well to it! They get live food on occasion as a snack. Normally they get Dr. Bassleer granular food.

Omg the cockatiel! I had three. I miss them...I may need to see if I can find another good breeder I can trust! They have such personality!

8h of tick tock studying = 5 minutes of actual research

I've been fish keeping 17 years now. I too remember keeping a betta in a small bowl and then upgrading to a 20 gallon betta sorority tank. Its really low maintenance and a gift really because looking at my aquariums give me solace.

Millie! I used to have a cockatiel, I loved her and miss her. She had a similar colouration to Millie, but lighter. Her name was DeeDee. She loved popcorn and chicken and hated eating her vegetables.

CO-HOST IS BACK! Also I had an Axolotl a few years back. One day I woke up to the sight of almost all the water on the floor with 2 inches still left in the tank with the little guy frantically swimming around. Was not a fun day of clean up

I understood the "I had 8 hours" as if they had eight hours from knowing they will get the fish until they got it. So it does include the shopping for the fish AND the research? Just because i guessed it was a rescue.

If you have an algae problem, most of the time youre feeding too much. Otherwise i would say the lamp is running too long, 8 to 10 hours are perfect. Keep up the good work.

Pleasantly surprised to see so many great tanks here along with the return of Millie!

So for me, the whole "I did 8 hours of research" is telling me she had no idea how to keep fish at all, and this fish was probably just like, dumped on her and she had no idea what she was doing. If you had to start from like, "fish + glass box + water = tank" being your sum knowledge of fishkeeping, I could see 8 hours being mostly taken up with finding out specs like temperature, diet, learning about cycling a tank, lighting (SO many novice keepers I talk to say they leave the light on ALL THE TIME, EVEN ALL NIGHT), and then I noticed that even when she went for the artificial decor, she picked smoother decor (that rock arch comes with sharp plastic plants glued onto it. I think she trimmed at least some of that off) and ones with more rubbery leaves or fabric leaves. It reminds me of a couple customers I helped and the choices that they made based on what advice I could give in a psycho busy retail environment.

the kerning soundtrack makes these videos amazing

My aunt had my little cousins betta in a 2 gallon when he got it and i literally just went out and bought a 5 gallon with a heater and filter, and extra blue gravel (bc he was 7 and that was what he wanted- I don’t expect the 7 year old boy to like the look of nature over bright colors). My aunt was so mad because it was more water to change but she’s come around now 😂

Earthworm no no no monsoon earthworm They are all around every corner Price :0 Rs Ingredients: Protein 100% With some mud Yum yum some taste

You honestly make quality content watching from downunder from Perth west Aus, I legit look forward to your uploads x

We started like her 1 gallon tanks with heaters. They were upgraded to 10 gallon tanks. We now have 3 female Bettas, 2 in 10 gals 1 in a 5 (for now) a 30 (for now) with danios and shrimp and 2 other shrimp tanks all planted. Excited to get a 60+ for the danios and set up my other 8 tanks and upgrade all 3 girls

There's slightly different types of chiropractors I go to a NUCCA one. They can be amazing, I had scoliosis from falling off horses and after going regularly I don't and my back doesn't hurt all the time. Some chiropractors are way too rough, it does not take much pressure to move your bones around, even a bad massage can mess up your alignment.

“Is it the best tank ever”, “yes” 😂😂

Favorite food for my red blood parrot cichlid is shrimp pellets, after she realizes what they are she goes after them like she's never seen food before 😆. Also loved seeing Millie today! She looked very cozy just vibin on your shoulder.

hey Chris i got that gravel vac and water change done i don't see much improvement yet but I'm going to do another this week and ill let you know how its going :) as for the QOTW: i love to use blood worms and the fish seem to love them too XD but if i use a flake food i like bug bites 👍

super happy monday chris!!!!!! I'm so happy you reviewed my fish tank (the 210 with nano fish lol)!!! it had some big changes but its going good still! hope you have a super awesome monday like I am!!!!

9:46 IVE SEEN THAT TANK AT MY LOCAL FISH STORE It’s hurendously overstocked with no plants and has a shipwreck It has the same stocking and also a full pleco and this massive catfis that stays at the back It’s also weird because the rest of the store has proper gorgeous planted tanks Don’t know if anyone will see this now but I’m flabbergasted

This guy is so good 😊 with his fish.

The tank on the back of the bike being "cycled" killed me!! So funny 😁 Happy FFTday!!!

18 years in the hobby (I’m 28, I started at 8 and kept fish till I was 26) and I’ve learned very quickly after 15 years that I don’t do root plants well 😂

She should press some root tabs under the substrate and plant a few real plants. That's like 3 minutes of research.

If you've been researching fish keeping for 8 hours you'd have to at least gotten a crash course concept of planted tanks. That being said, if you're new to keeping aquariums or even reptiles/vivariums, setting up planted tanks and bioactive tanks can be quite overwhelming and it can take time to build the confidence to dip your toes into that branch of the hobby. In my honest opinion, if you're new to keeping planted tanks and don't know where to begin, start with terrestrial vivariums. You don't even have to put any animals in there. Terrariums are a great way to get a basic understanding of how enclosed ecosystems work and they can be an amazing educational tool. All you need to start is a mason jar. I'm glad to see somebody working to improve on their aquarium husbandry though, it gives me some revived hope in humanity.

Elljustell here ^-^ waking up to see this was an awesome birthday surprise ❤🎉 Also, spot on that guess this was the box photo from a 20gal.

I like the fish on your shoulder

QOTW I love to feed my kuhli loaches bloodworms and brine shrimp but my betta goes to the bottom of the tank (even when the lights are out) to go steal their food, even after feeding him some a minute ago. Now I have a bloated betta 😡🤬😂

Me when I see a guppy fry: "another one"

That nightmare is why I’m glad I can see my tanks from my stairs when I come out of my bedroom

First FT review was so great she was given a betta in that puke gravel and small tank and knew to change 🤣 8 hours of studying is funny I look at information on all kinds of fish while looking at my own fish tanks

First video: I think she just got the fish from someone else with very little notice. She says she had just eight hours to research what she needed, so I think this is actually her first tank and she's upgrading from someone else's mistakes.

Anything that is still alive. Love watching the fish hunt!

Ya that honey gourami should come out of that tank because even if the other fish in the tank aren’t particularly aggressive they will most likely eventually think it’s food because it’s so much smaller than the others 😊

I hope Betta Girl learned about the nitrogen cycle during her 8-hour studies. As for Boraras, they are hardy, once they adjust to a new tank. I had some losses at first, but the ones that survived the delivery and change in environment, my exclamations are going on their 3 year; my chilis are over 2 years old. So what’s the deal with the random sneaker on top of your tank in the background? I think Millie has some dandruff problem cuz check out your shoulder under her.

return of Queen Milly!!!! 💜💜💜💜

everyone have nightmare of fish thank breaking ,i thought i was the only one

Bro you aren’t lying about the nightmares of the tank collapsing 😭 had those a few times every time I set up a new tank or get a new fish. Also I gotta go with the Fluval Flaked Bug Bites as a favorite :D

I only comment on the new betta owner as far as tips is to double-check the decor. Some plastic decor has sharp ends that will snag the fins and damage them.

9 more until FTR 250 (A quarter of thousand les go)

Ooooo I should try breeding my snails that way. I got a few interesting throws where the shell is goldish and the foot is this bright pink. It's popped up a few times but now wondering how much work it'd be to separate the colony into a different tank. That blue is stunning. 10/10 would buy

My fish absolutely love blood worms!! I try to mix in other protein like daphnia brine shrimp and tubifex worms but they only get into a frenzy over blood worms 🤷‍♀️

8 hours was a lot... meanwhile there's me who looks at different set ups plus the suppliers in my area plus taking notes on the plants i can use that are easier to manage and the list goes on..

Well some people don't find and process information as quickly as you and I do. It is the intention to achieve proper fish keeping that counts.

i get the nightmare of my fish being all over the floor way too often

Welcome back, Millie! You are the best host 🙂

Gotta remember It might not just be her first betta but her first fish. In which case it could take longer to lean everything involved.

Somehow acquired detritus worms in my five gallon! My betta fish took one look...and ate one.

Just joined the patron keep it up Chris

been watching u lately so only polite that i subsribe now.

My shrimp and otos love the Algae sticks! It’s just a bamboo skewer covered in spirulina among other things

Millie is right about Naruto. I said what I said. 😂 The first lady has my respect, as long as she keeps an eye on the filter flow. The filters in kits can be a little much for a betta. No judgement on fake decor- I have a mix of fake and real in my tanks. Qotw- repashy morning wood. Partly because I giggle every time I say it, and partly because my bristlenose loves it.

In my vacation I started on a planted tank, I have some neon tetras with some shrimp. Love em

Hey Chris, apparently the galaxy rasbora was reclassified as a danio, and now name celestial pearl danio

Hey! I have a question for Chirs or anyone else who can answer it! I have a half-moon betta in a 3-gallon tank with filtration, a heater, live plants, and weekly 50% water changes. I plan to upgrade to a 10-gallon tank but am unable to do so right now due to house remodeling. Will my betta be okay in his 3-gallons for a few more months before I can get him a bigger tank? I would appreciate an answer.😁

It sounded like the Betta was an unexpected arrival...she said they only had eight hours to do research and get what was needed

im new to fish keeping and your vids have been a great help thx

Chiropractic was invented by a man who claimed the ghost of a doctor taught it to him. It is based on the idea that any illness, anything wrong with the body, is due to a misalignment of the spine called a "subluxation" (not to be confused with the actual, medical term subluxation). And that by adjusting these "subluxations", a chiropractor can cure any and all diseases. When a spinal x-ray is put in front of a group of chiropractors and asked to identify (if any) the chiropractic subluxations, they can not reliably agree on where the subluxations are nor how many are present. They even identify subluxations on perfectly healthy spines and have also misidenified spines with real medical issues as completely healthy. And lets not forget the significant amount of people (including children, btw) who have been paralyzed and killed by getting an "adjustment" from a chiropractic. Chiropractic is complete and utter bullshit pseudoscience. If it had any real merit or evidence supporting it, it would be taught in medical schools and require a medical license to practice.

May I ask- why is your cockatiels wings clipped?. Is there a medical reason?. All birds deserve flight. (Unless it's molting season) I own many many birds

Dwarf rasboras are hardy but they do not tolerate small chnges in osmosis.

Hopefully someone will tell the lady with the betta about anubias and driftwood. She could take out the fake plants and replace them with some already attached to driftwood. QOTW - my fave fish food is really a fish snack, I love to watch the fish eating tubifex worms.

Qotw : I feed a mix of frozen foods, that I wash with RODI water. And then add multi vitamins, Selcon, and vitiman C to.

3:35 Sounds to me like she got the fish rather suddenly, so she had only 8 hours in advance to prepare a tank for the little one.

1 man 1 fish, the sequel we didnt know we needed

:D HELLO AGAIN, CHRIS!!!

Stayed patiently a week for this. Yeah now my Monday is complete 🎉😊.

I think the 8 hours of research is finding a lot of peoples different opinions and trying to figure out which is actually the best. A lot of my research time for my hognose was trying to figure out which was the best equipment because I had already determined the substrate and enclosure I was gonna use and so many people had completely opposite opinions