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12:00 Kid holds hamster without any training. Hamster bites. Hamster gets yeeted. Also if they keep a betta in a jar, they'd probably keep a hamster in one of those tiny transparent plastic boxes meant to house feeder insects.

WARNING: may contain fish

Sometimes danger noodles could be such a silly shoe lace

That moray eel looks just like my spotted python looking for his mouse. After he constricted it for a half hour. After I gave it to him already very dead. Sometimes our little predators aren't very good at predating but at least they're cute.

QOTW. One of my favorite easy go to's is potato soup. Peel and dice as many potatoes as will fit in your pot. Dice one onion and add to the pot along with water and bring to boil. When tender drain all water. Take potato masker and mash but don't do it to good as you want some larger pieces. Return to heat and add butter, milk, salt, pepper and any other spice you like. Heat to temp and stir often. Enjoy!

okay hear me out. carbonara is only 4 ingredients (spaghetti, fatty pork, parmesan, egg) and it takes a good bit of practice to get it exactly right (the eggs cook ONLY on the residual heat of the fresh-cooked pasta, if its too hot they scramble and if its too cold they dont cook at all) but once you get it down you can make it in 20 minutes max and its absolutely delicious.

Hey, Chirs. You know what they say "once you go brackish; you don't go back(ish)."

10:50 Pangio alternans. They are rare to see in petshops since they have a pretty limited Habitate range. But they aren’t much different from the „normal“ kuhlii loaches, besides the cool colors

my sandbed pond i burried the anubis rysomes and when i saw i shouldnt burry them i went to pull them up a bit to find they had shoved themselves out the sand with their strong boi roots lol - they truly dont wanna be PLANTED

7:00 I have i 1.5 gallon plastic bottle that i used to store plant cuttings. I put it near a window and added 4 red cherry shrimps. It now looks like a jungle specially after i added pothos and the roots went crazy. (Also snails spawned in and shrimps made babies)

That moray eel has 0 braincells. It's adorable.

That apex predator acts like my cat on mornings

QOTW: Meaty BBQ Beef Ribs - buy some meaty beef ribs (usually they are already cut apart, at least the ones I get from Costco), coat/drench them well in any BBQ sauce of your choice, fully wrap them in aluminum foil. Bake at 350F for 3 hours. Enjoy ! (Alternatively they could be cooked on a bbq grill too if you prefer, still takes a few hours, slow cooked on the grill - same prep process). Baking them is super easy though. It does take time to cook, so you do need to cook them a few hours earlier than the planned meal-time, but it's not difficult at all. Good sides to go with it: rice or potatoes, & any veggies of your choice. Super delicious.

Blanched vegetables are my favorite meal to cook. Learned some tricks from my snails and plecos.

FFT the only reason I look foward to Monday. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ your channel,sense of humor while educating us,and your funny faces. 😂😂😂😂😂 Have a great Monday……

Zucchini diced 1cm3, garlic also diced, olive oil, 2 small cayenne peppers, 1 or 2 eggs, any pasta preferably macaroni or farfalle: 1.Spoonful of oil on pan, brown the garlic, 2. add the zucchini and the two cayenne peppers and let them brown a bit while their water evaporates. 3. Meanwhile boil the pasta with salt and a drop of olive oil 4. Once the zucchini are done remove the peppers if you dont want to find them (it's a conversation piece tho) and mix the pasta well 5. turn off the stove and mix with battered egg, mix well, warmth will half cook the egg, 6. Add the parmesan It's a quick healthy dish, let me know if you like it.

I took my kids to a fish store that had a fire eel last summer and now every time we go to any fish store my 3-year-old asks if the eel will be there to see him 😂

AOTW: For early spring, get yourself some fresh asparagus and just sauté it with a little oil, garlic & lemon. Turn the heat up high for the first minute if you want that grilled look/taste. It goes really well with any meal that has eggs in it.

All forms of Japanese "Golden Curry"(couple bucks on amazon,) there's about 6-8 different kinds. If you're up to chopping carrots and potatoes you can handle these. They are for when you get home late and don't have time to cook properly or you're no cook, ok, but you're fed up with eating 'hot pockets' every night.

Vegan shrimp scampi is one of my favorite recipes! the sauce is made with a bit of butter, olive oil, white wine, garlic, red pepper flakes, lemon juice, and parsley •^0^• Just cook the shrimp in the sauce and add your favorite spaghetti!

Love the Stardew valley music in the background 💀 Also! The snake was a false water cobra! They are mildly venomous and semi aquatic! :3

Now this seems like an anime I can enjoy after a long week of work

Favorite go-to is something I jokingly call "crapola", since it's a braised combination of all the veggies in the house which go together (carrot, celery, squash and potato are common ones) mixed with either kielbasa slices or chicken breast, and braised on a simmer with lots of basil, thyme, pepper and and little sprinkle of some chili pepper when I have spice-eaters over. Also love to make baked tilapia with lemon and butter, and not just because I give my dwarf crayfish a sliver of raw tilapia on those days...

Recipe: Garlic Parmasean Cauliflower Take Cauliflower florets place in a bag with oil and shake well. Place on cookie sheet and add garlic salt to taste. Roast until soft. Take panko or breadcrumbs and melt some butter on them. Mix well. Once Cauliflower is soft sprikle parmasean on top then add the breadcrumbs evenly. Put back in oven and broil until breadcrumbs are golden.

I DIDNT REALIZE I WAS WATCHING CHRIS WANG FOR YEARS-

If we're being honest, probably a lot of used needles under that bridge too, Chris. Although Granville has a nice park under one end.

Just discovered how EASY it is to cook great steak after a lifetime of being intimidated by it. Top sirloin, salt, pepper, 6 mins a side in a hot buttery pan - perfection!

spicy peanut butter stir fry is so good and the sauce is so easy to make. i like to add a slime of lime to squeeze the juice into and that acidity really makes the spicy/sweet/salty flavors pop. plus you can easily customize it with any protein/vegetables you like

QOTW: I pre cook a large amount of ground beef on Sunday or use for the rest of the week. Have a few favorite spice mixes ready (either mix it yourself or buy them). I usually have Chinese 5 spice, curry, and chili / taco seasoning. You can now use the ground beef in fried rice if you leftover rice, you can fry up the ground beef until crispy then add onions, potatoes and soup cube to make a soup, you can re-heat the beef with taco seasoning for easy tacos, you can add coconut milk and curry powder for a simply curry... the possibilities are endless!

QOTW: I like to stir fry some shrimp, garlic, onions, bell peppers and basil with olive oil . Add (mix together) cooked linguine with butter and add grated parm. Salt n pepper to taste.

i dont even keep fish im just a fan of the tank decorating, love the vibe too always calm and happy !

There are freshwater moray eels too, I actually am supposed to get a couple delivered this week, they are called tiger moray eels and are fully freshwater

Oh my gosh, dude. You make the day so much better and hey I didn't even know it was Monday until you told me. LOL. Great way to start the day listening to the scores, seeing the tanks and the rhetoric is priceless as always. 5 stars to you!

About that pirate hip with the net,we still have it with our mollies,neon Tetras and our albino Cory catfish and none of them got trapped,in fact they destroyed the net so now we have the pirate ship with no net

Oh I love French galettes (thin buckwheat flour pancakes) stuffed with spinach, feta, and garlic. The recipe is stupid simple - 2 cups buckwheat flour, 3 cups sparkling water, salt. Mix and let it sit for 30 min. Fry very thin on hot, nonstick pan. For filling I just wilt in pan 2-3 bags of spinach, add feta cheese (vegan feta works too) and minced garlic to taste. Then wrap it in the these galettes. Buckwheat galettes are delicious, but if you can't find buckwheat flour this recipe is also great with regular wheat flour crepes.

My albino AFC died recently. His name was frosty. He was 2 years old. He somehow escaped the tank. Last frog i had escaped. I made sure he wouldnt escape but he did.... Only tankmate was a netrite snail. Water quality was good. Tank size was 15 gallons, he was 6 inches. Im cleaning out the tank and i will probably put a betta in it.

QOTW: This is a tough one, so I'll name a couple of items for each meal category. Breakfast: Sour dough pancakes with raspberry syrup Lunch: Frybread chicken thigh sandwich with a slice of onion, sharp cheddar cheese, ranch, and hotsauce Dinner: Grilled beef ribs with bacon wrapped asparagus Desert: Southern style strawberry cream pie

I was just at aquarium co-op last month and got to see Murphy. So sad, had to rewind multiple times cause I was in denial. RIP Murphy!

Answer for QOTW: Get some chicken, slice about halfway through the middle, mix some cream cheese, green pesto and if you're feeling a bit cheeky some honey too, fill up the slice with it and then wrap it with something like lettuce or bacon.

If you have an air fryer, I highly recommend using a dry rub on pork chops. Depending on how thick, it's like 390º 3-6 minute on each side. Pick whatever side dish. I usually go vegetable and a starch.

QOTW answer: Barbarian Burger. A nice wad of hamburger burned on the outside and raw on the inside, between two pieces of bread, with plenty of ketchup to symbolize blood. Barbarian Burgers are sometimes more than my budget can afford, and then I fall back on ramen, or Peanut Butter Spaghetti Noodles, which has angel hair pasta, and a sauce made of peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, a little sugar, garlic run through a garlic press, and hot pepper flakes. Sometimes I'll put just a dash of roasted sesame seed oil, or some oyster sauce, Usually has a lot of green onions in it too. There are lots of ways to dress it up, and it's cheep, kinda like ramen. It's definitely satisfying.

1:16 the fact that he uses the word unlock 😂

Ooooh my dear Tanuki getting cleaned by the shrimp was in your intro! 🥰 Edit: the shrimp were already there from the start, they just ended up breeding like crazy and are everywhere now! 😁

I live in MN and I randomly found a pond frog in my apartment. He had been living in the shadows for about a month.

QOTW: I have a couple of things to cook, both of which I first had after looking through cupboards and picking stuff to throw together. One was when I sliced chicken breast in half thinly, marinated it in barbecue sauce (overnight is best) then cooked it on the barbecue (oven works too but barbecue tastes better). Serve it on a bun with more barbecue sauce, mayo, slices of tomato and cheddar, and a leaf of lettuce. The other is cube 1 chicken breast, 1/2 bell pepper, 1 stalk of celery, and 1/2 onion. Saute the chicken until cooked. Remove from pan. Saute veggies until tender crisp. Add cooked chicken, 1 can (undiluted) cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup, 1/4 to 1/2 can of milk, 1 small clove of garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Heat thoroughly and serve over cooked pasta, rice, or potatoes. Enjoy

RIP Murphy!

Happy Monday! FFT🔥

A comment to help the algorithm: I absolutely love fajitas. The secret is to use your own spices like cumin and add a good dash of lime to the meat as its cooking in a pan. Fresh red and green bell peppers makes it feel healthy but its delicious

this is the only series that saves my Monday every week

Every time you say remember, get your hands wet it makes me miss Dave from ADU

Had a HORRIBLE case of ich go through my tank. Tried everything from heat, salt, meds and so forth. Ended up losing my fish BUT ... still have all my shrimp and snails. They lived through it. I ... I don't even. Lost my tetras and borneo loaches. Big sad. At least my shrimp are BREEDING again. I just saw babies yesterday in the tank.

Top of the Monday morning! 🎉

Gosh that eel is like watching a cat video! XDD Qotw: What comes to mind for me is pizza casserole Serves four, at least half of it does, then leftovers for tomorrow or the day after XD

U can try dis cheap croatian dish... Perket... U need chicken drumstick and alot onions...like 7 cut them into big pices put in pot w water little oil amd sweet paprika...and then wait till drumstick comes off bone. Stir sometimes a bit keep it with a lead...if u have vegeta put a tablespoon in it too...served w pasta or rice

Lately, my go to has been to cube chicken, toss it into a bag with an egg, flour, and panko breadcrumbs (maybe also some spices), shake it up, then cook it like that. It's super durable and tasty because you can add so many kinds of sauces. I've done this process with teriyaki sauce, a sweet orange sauce, a combo of some dark soy sauce and yum yum sauce, and most recently some gravy. Sometimes I throw in onions or vegetables, sometimes I just experiment with the spices and see what I get. It's super simple and cooks up fast, but also allows for a lot of variety and customization

Pretty sure the comet that reset life on Earth allowed noodles like that to exist 😅 depending on your beliefs. Food wise. My wife and I have been loving Thai chicken coconut red curry lately with a nice layer of rice for the juices to soak into!

hey I notice you make a lot of videos detailing aquascapes along with functionality for fishes, I was just wondering- do you think you could make a video explaining how plants work with fishes and how to care for both at the same time in one environment?

When I get home the first thing I do on a Monday is opening on my computer and watch fish for thought

My fridge is where fresh veg goes to die, so I have frozen veg... iron skillet, olive oil, drop in froz veg, cover and put on low heat, add whatever spices... Church Lady Eggs: here in the east, before Easter, every church puts out boxes of chocolate peanut butter eggs at small stores. I made slightly healthier ones (no added sugar): Natural Peanut Butter almond or coconut flour (is already cooked)(NOT wheat flour, because it MUST be cooked) Mix equal amounts PB and flour with potato masher until not gooey form into little fishie/egg shapes, put on baking/cookie sheet, put in freezer awhile till hard Hershey's Mini Semi-sweet choc chips at least 2 bags: nuke it, nuke it again, nuke till melted dip PB eggs into chocolate, place back on baking sheet, fridge or freeze till hard

i was doing repair work on a clients switch when i realized the opening logo and sound is a switch! i guess i just got used to hearing the click often lol.

I’m starting my own brackish tank for a GSP I’m so excited for this cycle to finish so I can send it in. I’m a marine biology student but I’ve never worked with brackish so this is a learning experience I’ve been really enjoying. Specifically, the plants have been interesting finding plants that can survive in brackish setups has been its own adventure. I’m going for an all natural setup- live sand, plants, live rock from my local aquarium store. I want it to kind of give river vibes since the setup will be for a GSP in the future.

thanks for making our mondays so much better 🥰

QOTW: I lolve eating Daal (Lentail) and Rice any time any day. Like I can genuinely keep eating it for days and will never be tired.

That eel was hilarious trying to eat! 😂

Yooooo ftr letssss gooooo! The only good thing about Mondays! ❤

The eel is likely having issues eating that food because there's not a lot to grab onto. An eel can grab onto a live fish better because that's what its mouth is made for...not for catching wispy ribbons of cottony tissue that get blown around like puffs of smoke. Also, yeah those eels are cool, but they live for almost 30 years- that's along term commitment!

Thanks for making our dreary Monday better! May go to meal is Tortang (Filipino beef omelette). It's a pretty easy dish to make, but is really good!

In the winter I make a lot of Buddaejjigae. It's an easy 1 pot meal, and adjustable to what veggies you have on hand. I use spam, mushrooms, green onions, tofu, then any other veggies that sounds good. I use rice noodles vs ramen because I find they stay together better when im reheating it. Pile everything in the pot with noodles in the middle, add the sauce on top and broth around the edges, cover and cook for a half hour, slap some American cheese on it and it's so yummy!

Love the eel's survival instincts

and the rest of the morning to you fish fam! @8:50 backgrounds looks like stacked bags of soil outside or a bed inside 😂

QotW: At the moment I can't get enough of my 'Quesadilas' - sweet potato hummus spread on a tortilla, topped with roasted veggies (my current fave is fennel and red onion) and your favorite hot sauce, another tortilla on top and the whole 'sandwich' grilled from both sides until it's nice and golden. Could go for some right now.... It's also highly customizable, you can use any kind of hummus or similar spreadable sauces, any toppings you like, leave out the hot sauce, add cheese... perfect comfort food.

2:23 When you are watching Evangelion alone: awesome giant robot fights. When you are watching Evangelion and you mom enters the room: Nude Ayanami swimming in Fanta. When you are watching Evangelion and your dad enters the room: Kaworu and Shinji taking a bath.

Oh yeah! My Monday is complete. FTR is the best Monday show.😊

beefaroni!! i follow a recipe that's online, (it's called creamy shells and beef, i think?) it's relatively simple to make as long as you follow it. super yummy, i always go for seconds with this meal

I live in Florida. I had a tree frog hanging it's backside in one of my 10gal tanks. Tried to rescue it as I have both dogs and cats who think frogs and lizards are fun. It made a break for it and was lost to my house. RIP froggy

Fire eels are very smart, and they are designed to eat things that move, so they're expecting that "fish" to run away which is why captive eels eat so silly

QOTW: cook 2 boxes of chicken flavored rice-a-roni in your rice maker. Cook a pound of mild or sweet Italian sausage and break it up into small pieces. If you get it in casings, take it out of the casings and then cook it and break it up. Drain most of the grease from the sausage when it is cooked. Mix the cooked rice and cooked sausage in a mixing bowl. Pour 3/4 of a jar of tomato sauce/pasta sauce into the mix. I recommend Mid’s Tomato Basil sauce. It is surprisingly good for a jarred sauce. Stir those three ingredients together and add some mozzarella cheese. Pour the mixture into a casserole dish and smooth it out. Pour the remaining tomato sauce on top and then cover with more mozzarella cheese. You can top with some fresh basil if you like. Bake it at 375 degrees for about 30minutes or until it looks melty and delicious with some browning on the mozzarella cheese. This isn’t my favorite thing to cook but it is super easy and delicious and a source of comfort. ❤

The hysteria about clams in aquariums is way overblown. As long as you're not doing constant water changes to maintain a sterile environment they're easy to feed.

Sometimes I forget what day it is, then I see a new episode of FTR and I remember. It's FTR day!

my favorite easy dish to cook is pasta so easy and quick😊

My go to food as a brokie is rice and ground beef 😅 pretty plain but keeps me alive 😂

I opened the Electricity Bill and Water Bill in the same time. I was shocked...

hangry noodle hurt itself in its confusion

Makes Monday's less Miserable

I love chicken casserole it’s been my favorite since I was a kid

QOTW :hi, if you like sweet and savory, you may want to try this one. one of my go to meat is beef sirloin flank steak, either that or chuck roll I make fine crosshatch pattern cuts on the surface of the meat and rub it with pineapple and applesauce. Usually by the time I've prepared all 4 to 6 pieces of meat I've to cook, I rince them off so it doesn't get too sweet either. I then rub them with either salt or left over seasoning power from instant noodles (what I usually use has sugar, salt, chilli powder, other spices and dried spring onions and some other "fun" chemicals for flavour, acidity and colour... as usual ) . Then I prepare in a Pyrex oven dish, one onion or two finely chopped and 3 crushed then finely chopped garlic cloves seasoned/coated with a twinge of white vinegar a tiny bit of salt and some olive oil then I turn on the oven and let those cook a bit until the onions start to be translucent or fragrant, I then had the meat to the dish and add 10 grams of butter in there, I put it in a way to each piece of meat has a bit of butter on top. And let it cook on its own at your own convenience. I can't tell at which temperature or what amount of time it takes, since all I had to cook it was an old broken down mini oven going to officially 220°C max (which I was using for this recipe ) and I like my meat well done. but anyway, if you see it starting to burn because their is no water left, it's time to put in a bit of a water to make some sauce if you want, I usually didn't Those last steps for the oven you can easily adapt them to the a skillet or frying pan, just remember to sear all side of the meat over high before lowering the heat and covering the pan to let it cook over itself

Hahaha snakes do exact the same movements like this eel when they cannot pin point where prey is xDD

Omg😂 that child on the counter is totally my daughter...my 3.5 years old does the same thing. Without the dangerous pillow situation 😅 she will lay like this and watch / laugh to my corydoras doing corydoras

Beauty can be achieved very easily in this hobby, just let it go let it gooo

My go-to: ramen noodles, teriyaki sauce. Saute cherry tomatoes and onions, sliced noodly. Add runny-yolk egg, maybe some grilled steak. Absolute favorite

Eel got the mollies in the dark while they were sleeping

Pan-fried head-on shrimp in a lemon butter sauce. Another great video, but you know that!

QOTW: My personal go to meals are A. Ratatouille, which I make the way my dad makes it, like a stew (he's from France) and where I'm located, the ingredients are super cheap to get. Also the pumpkin fish pie from Kiki's delivery service is a good one you can do relatively cheaply. I use butternut squash personally, as it's easier to get.

The oscars in the Oscar tank look like bettas and I was genuinely shocked when you said 132 gallons

Honestly, you can't go wrong with chopping things up and throwing them in a pot to cook or a wok to stir-fry. I found that egg plant, zucchini, and bell peppers are always a good combination of vegetables and they pair well with an onion and some garlic too. These vegetables pair well with minced beef, but cubed pork or chicken will also do. You can make soup of this combination with some Italian herbs or throw it in a tomato pasta sauce or make a curry of them. I also like to pair broccoli with cauliflower, they always make a good pairing of vegetables for whatever I make. Flavor-wise fish sauce, soy sauce and oyster sauce are always my go-to bottles to give any dish a quick umami boost (I often roll dice on which one to add). For a sweeter umami I use Indonesian ketjap manis soy sauce. Sriracha is my go-to for an unami hot sauce. For an instant smoky flavor in my sauces I use a decaf instant coffee, though a chunk from a 99% dark chocolate bar also works well. If you eat rice, you can also do something fun like steam them in a light blonde beer and/or some granulated chicken stock, plus some herbs and spices. You can steam this with some raisins and add some ground cashew nuts (or another type of nut of your choosing) too. I often make kvass (Eastern European children's beer) from old bread and then I use any leftover kvass to steam my rice like I wrote in the above.

9:40 tank will be rescaped in about 3-4 months when oscars will get to size when they will constantly injury themselfs but wood also its not jack dempsey but a i think its a green terror or i could be wrong on that its definitly this spiecies "Andinoacara rivulatus"

Every time I learn a new skill, I feel like that eel 😂

Qotw - lately my favorite meal has been Mediterranean bowls. Quinoa or couscous (or rice, cause yum) as your base, add hummus, halved cherry tomatoes, cucumber, chickpeas, grilled shrimp (or fish, chicken, whatever protein), goats cheese or feta, and whatever else you want on it. Sometimes we add olives or pickled vegetables, sometimes we add roasted brussel sprouts. Just depends on what we're wanting. Super easy, delicious, and customizable. Also, rip Murphy 😢 I was so saddened by that news when I heard about it. Never got to meet Murphy, but always wanted to.

Those risky clicks are going to get you put on a list!