I tried to save a Petco goldfish (I failed) 

Poor guy. What a shame. You’ve got a good heart, Luke. He definitely would have had a good home with you.

Poor mushroom cap, thank you very much Luke for trying to save him. I’m sure he his last moments were filled with happiness knowing he was going to a home that was going to try and help him. Unfortunately sometimes they’re just too far gone. I experienced that with my first time rescuing a better from a pet store it was awful. He had severe swim bladder issues too, and he only made it a couple of months after I rescued him. I’m so sorry that happened though. I know how much it sucks to have them pass away right during the acclamation process. It’s very discouraging, but you have all of those other guys that you were getting a new life too and helping some of those feeder goldfish would be food for turtles are other fish by now, but you’re giving them a new life which is amazing. I hope the little guy with ammonia runs does good breaks my heart. .

Sometimes petshops have these exquisite fish that people surrender for some quick cash, when I had goldfish I actually "rescued" a couple of fish in this situation too (albeit not this severe). I used to visit every shop in my area on a monthly basis just for this, because otherwise some stunning animals would have had this fate sooner or later. Permits for selling live animals should be way more strict... Only reputed breeders/shops that actually provide conditions for their animals and educate possible buyers should be able to sell animals. Also, like some people have already said, you could branch into goldfish rehab videos, watching goldfish thrive in your care is phenomenal and heartwarming to see.

I was at a pet store 4 or 5 months ago and this oranda was absolutely covered with ich amongest other problems.. he literally looked lifeless in the tank and the store owners even said “we’re gonna trash those, we just haven’t got them out yet”.. so I was like, well, if your just gonna throw them away, can I take this guy home and see if I can help restore him.. he was like “ill let you buy him for half price”.. even tho they had just told me they were going in the garbage… lol. Anyway.. I bought the dude, treated him and he’s still going strong today.. in fact, he’s the most feisty fancy I own.

On a positive note, the fish passed in a good, peaceful environment.

RIP little mushroom guy o7 He deserved better, he looked cute besides. well.

You tried and that's what matters. You gave the guy a good time before he went. You're a good man for that. And with any luck, his friends will live on and be very happy in their new home. He will live on.

Thank you for being so compassionate 🧡.

The way I am with bettas is the way you are with goldfish. I just purchased a CT/VT mutt with a crooked face and gills from a pet store, the other one I have I got emaciated, full of parasites, fins rotting off, and grey, and he’s now a blue marble feathertail, absolutely stunning. It warms my heart to see other people who take in these sweet babies to give them a good life. It’s impossible to save all of them, thank you for doing what you can.

Rest in peace, chubby boi. I'm sure his last moments were filled with joy of someone caring for him. You tried your best. Thank you for that.

Poor Mushroom, he probably was already too sensitive, and the shock was too much for him. You can't save everyone.

i haven't watched all of this yet but i already know this is gonna be so sad :( poor nuggets...

Unfortunately it could have even been that the stress of transportation was enough to bring him over to death if he was in such horrid condition as well, poor little guy. I fully believe that he'll be waiting for you in your goldfish pond in Heaven when you get there Luke

The only disadvantage from having aquarium hobby is that watching our whole world our pets deing in front of our eyes !

I know you probably know this, but you didn't fail whatsoever with him... the poor guy was just too far gone. Thank you for caring for these sweet babies and doing the absolute best you can. Fingers crossed for the other fish here! Rescue and rehabilitation is such a painful process, sometimes, for both you and the fish. I've done lots of betta fish rescues through the years and what counts is that you're trying and you're qualified to do so. They have the best possible chance with you over virtually anyone else. Once again, thank you. PS. I didn't see any mention of whether or not you purchased the fish for full price, though I may have missed it. If you haven't done so already and decide to do this again, I would highly recommend asking for a heavy discount on any non-feeder fish species. Point out every problem they have and try to get the price as low as possible. There's a balance with being firm and polite with employees - as of course it's rarely ever their fault - but animals and their well-being is the one place where putting up a decent stink in a retail store feels justified. Many stores will sell a fish at a significantly discounted price over making no money at all thanks to a fish's death.

Luke just a bit of advice, the osmotic shock of being put into completely different aquarium water was probably too much for the mushroom fish in his condition, which is why he conked out as soon as you put him from the bag into the tank. With sick fish it's best to drip acclimate, not just temperature acclimate. Healthy fish deal better with being plonked into different water quality, even though that's not ideal.

“Dude looks like a mushroom” We will name him Mushroom. Rest in peace Mushroom. He deserved better. Am sure you could of easily proved Mushroom with an awesome live. But now no more suffering. Mushroom will be at peace and health in heaven. Send love from us!

I have 19 fancies at the moment. Two are successful rehabs. One has 1 eye and gill curl. The other I got very emaciated and diseased when he was tiny - one more night in a pet store and he wouldn't have made it. A few months in a hospital tank and lots of treatments and he pulled through and is one of my happiest goldies. I also have two with chronic swim bladder issues in a separate low flow tank. One can't stay upright for long and scoots around on her side. She gets therapy twice a day to increase muscle strength. The other has inflated anterior s.b. like Mushroom. He gets massage twice a day and that relieves it a bit. I've also had some non successful rehabs - sometimes they're just too sick to pull through.

I’d love if you made this a series of saving goldfish

I’m so sorry he died :( you came with a good heart and tried to save him.

*So the best thing to do for fishes like the big goldfish with swim-bladder is to not acclimatise them to new temperatures or introducing them to QT tank. You can add the airstone to the bag directly and add in some salt with methlyn blue. This cause less stress due to temp fluctuation and might just save them. Once slightly stable 3/4 hours later you can start adding water from the tank to the bag one cup at a time. This one was far too gone though.*

I just started watching it I hope it didn’t die. Edit: (sorry for spoiling lol) I’m so sad this little fella didn’t make it :( it was beautiful thank you for trying to save it.

Luke is a real life walking Gigachad

The acclimation put the sick fish out of his misery.

Poor mushroom cap :( he was in a bad condition though, but don’t feel guilty that you didn’t save him, at least you were going to try to save him

Luke, I think he realized that he was finally with someone who was going to properly take care of him and he wasn't wanting to ruin that thought so he let go. You did a good job.

Thank u for helping me understanding what a ammonia burn is

That's sad. Mr. Mushroom didn't make it. I am happy that you tried to save them. You have a very good heart. I have been watching your videos for a while.

Great video idea, would love to see more of these. Really love that you're transparent and show the failures too.

Rip mushroom, you said he looked like one, and now he shall be mushroom. Its really nice that you tried to save that nugget

I do this all the time. Trying to save goldfish I go to pet stores and save the most sickly fish and probably 3/4 of them die but it’s worth it. I even have a poor goldfish with only one eye he’s doing extremely well. Thank you for sharing and extra new ideas, and how to save these poor little creatures.

Seems like the fish was so happy to have his forever home that he relaxed just a bit too much.

When I worked at a pet store, I was basically in charge of fish for several years. I did all I could to keep more fish alive, but when all the systems are linked and you only have so much time to dedicate to the fish, you can feel pretty powerless. If we had a fish that wasn't gonna make it if it stayed with us, I'd just write it off as dead and give it away. We just didn't have the resources, only 1 quarantine tank (that i bought) and 2 separate feature-only tanks with very specific parameters. Nothing feels worse than knowing how to save a fish, but not having the ability to. Our city's water quality would change drastically season-to-season, and it was a full-time job just trying to keep the water at a normal kH level.

What a kind and wonderful heart you have, Luke. I cried like a baby re: mushroom cap. I was so hoping he would recover and be able to live out his life happy and safe in your care, but as we know, things don't always work out the way we want them to. Having given the effort, though, shows love and compassion for these precious creatures. God bless you! I'm praying the others will fair much better and look forward to watching them become vibrant again as God intended them to be 🧡

I am happy theres still some people who try to save hurt and fish. I bet everyone else would have just walked past that goldfish but you didn't, i mean you didn't hesitate for a minute to help the little guy. I'm happy you tried to save him Luke, you even tried to revive him. You have such a sweet heart for animals.🙂

That’s so sweet of you to do that you’ve got a big heart ❤️

Respect for your efforts 🙌

Thank you for the rescue video! I was really hoping you’d make a video like this and it’s great to see this.

I would have tried with him too, good looking fish for Petco fish. I never buy Goldfish from Petco or PetSmart anymore though. Good try duder.

“right now this guy is not responding” goldfish: “no I’m not”

Thank you for trying anyway. I'd love to see updates on the ones alives and some more rescue vids pls 🙏🏻

If he could have survived the acclimating process, I would have tried a smaller hospital tank with a higher salt content. I've had goldies bounce back from death's door doing that. Also, instead of waiting to acclimate, you could measure the temp of the bag water, then add hot or cold water to the tank to bring it within a degree or two.

You didn't fail at all. You did the best you could and offered the lil guy a chance to get better even it didnt last for long. I'm sure the rest of the goldfish will get ten times better in your care and heal very quickly. It's great that you gave them a better life 💫

Poor little mushroom goldfish, but seeing his state i think there was little that could be done for him. Wish the best for the others, i love the little common gold fish his coloring is really interesting, i hope he will stay like that.

What a shame, as soon as he was about to be cared for too. Goodbye buddy

At least he had the best human possible in the end. You did good, Luke.

Poor guy. Glad you helped these poor fish the best you could

That’s so sad…you tried, and you’re a great goldfish dad. 😔🙏💔

I don't know how I'm this early... Edit: that second fish is honestly beautiful very sad that he wasn't taken care of 😔

Even though he died, I think you did a pretty good job reviving him.

I love your little common goldfish! She's going to outgrow and outlive all your fancies 😊

So sad. Thank you for trying Luke. ❤️🧡

You inspired me so much that I went out and bought a baby red cap oranda with a deformed fin. I made sure that the rest of the fish at this store were looking good and I ended up getting him and just brought him home and he is acclimating right now!

The beard mic gives me so much joy

You are such a kind man with a kind heart❤️

2:23 I’m glad he got it for free and the workers wanted him to live instead of not caring about the fish and only the money. RIP fish

Poor Goomba (that’s what I named him for myself)… You’re so sweet to these fishes and I’m sorry Goomba missed out on the love and care you would have given him…

Does the methylene blue stain the aquarium sealant blue? Sorry that pretty fish didn't make it😞 Someone invested time and care for him to grow so well developed. Very sad.

Thank you Luke for trying to save that big guy 🥺

Can’t wait for the updates! I sure we’ll see a huge glow-up for the fish that survive.

R.I.P little guy, Luke keep up the good content. We hope goldfish and betas get attention one day

R.I.P. You have a kind heart Luke. Thank you for trying

Rip poor little nugget, he probably didn't have the best fish life but in his final moments he was given a chance for something better from a good man. He wasn't alone, he was saved, and finally given care, may he be put to rest in a painless after life... 🕊️

Well luke, atleast you tried and I hope you get to rescue the other fish, but RIP big wen dude

This was so sad but atleast he taught us somthing new about helping ill or he atleast Taught me somthing new god bless you luke you did somthing good

I always like seeing videos like this where humans go out of their way to help animals. Even though it isn’t always a success, it’s the fact that you tried that counts here because that’s the first step into helping. Also is no one gonna talk about how he has the mic clipped to his beard? 😭

Your a good man dude, may mushroom rest is peace. 😞

😞🙏rest in peace little one

Even though this was a fail, this whole video is perfect for demonstrating how messy the aquarium trade can be. It would be amazing to be able to revive these guys, then find them good homes if you don't wanna keep them forever (I've seen people revive fish when they had almost no experience in them, just to find them a better home). I don't understand why most aquarium pet stores don't let people take home obvious sick fish for free, the employees are going to let them die and throw them out anyway, which means they are not getting money. Thank you for trying your best for these guys. ❤🐟

"I won't be giving the names of any of the pet stores I'm going to in this video" The title literally be "I tried to save a Petco fish!"

Sweetest guy! I saw some for sale at my local petco and they had ich and no one was treating them and you could see it all over them! They need better care!!

" 345th video of requesting luke to name a goldfish Mr. blaze"

mushroom was a big guy who knows how long he had lived in such poor conditions. i am sorry you had a bad experience with humans. and luke your my hero. people may say ah shush its just a fish. but a life is a life and mushroom couldent have had a more respectful end.

One of the worst local pet stores had huge common goldfish , they had huge cuts , one had a missing gill cover and all were gasping for air at the top, I doubt any that stayed there survived . Sadly I don’t have goldfish and couldn’t do anything. There was a pet store near with a huge tank for goldfish that could have been given them but sadly the worst one got them ( all their fish are disease ridden and skinny )

i love red caps, i had like 11 in a pond it was crazy!

At least you tried

This was an amazing video and helped me a lot thank you

Good job for taking care 👏 of the poor goldfish

Luke I love your videos I finally got my lion head ranchu!

Poor little nugget. At least you get to take care of him in his last moments. He's basically in a fish hospital bed and taken care of. 💔

Poor guy. He clearly wasn't in the best of health when you got him but it was nice that you wanted to at least give him a chance before he passed on.

awww that beautiful goldfish died like that, its heartbreaking for me because i lose one like that months ago during an electricity outage in my country and me and my family cried for that member that left.

This is a great series idea.

Kind of looks like the big guy was breathing heavy and just ran through the oxygen that was available in the bag. It was a big fish and they suck up that oxygen fast. Had a couple close calls with some Koi myself.

Luke, you are a great man. Theodore will be up in heaven waiting to say thank you.

He didn't look in great shape in the beginning. Luke, you did an exceptional job in trying to save him, I truly mean it. RIP.

I always love the gold fishes🐠and this video is so cool

Love the Rescue Videos

“I just thought he’s adorable” awww

As sad as it is was probably for the best. That little dude had a lot going on with him.

HEY! At least you did your best to help him

Love your videos

Sorry about Theodore RIP

You tried that is what matters most and you care a lot

You are a saint

You did your best hun. That's all anyone can ask.

R.I.P Theodore the mushroom cap. You were so cute looking.

Rip mushroom head, at least ur last moments were known. Luke gave u the chance to be seen even in death! I love that you’re doing this luke. Can’t wait to see more of the chubsters move to u! ❤️

At least you gave him a chance and tried to help him

Damn sucks he couldn’t make it to the quarantine tank… really does