If they do recognize that then it's really creepy. Imagine if this happens to you. You're sitting at work and one day Johnson's not there. The next day there's a solid brass version of Johnson.
This can be interpreted 2 ways. The goldfish will either see him as a memorial statue, or an unkillable sparkly zombie that stares at them for the rest of their lives.
Or they will start worshipping it as a deity ... that could be the beginning of the next step on their evolution ladder - the mighty goldfish civilisation!
I don't care what the haters say, immortalizing your deceased goldfish in brass made from melted bullet casings is badass. Sorry about your fish, Cody :(
Have you considered creating a fossil? You could try to determine the ideal conditions for fossil creation with soft tissue preservation like in the Burgess Shale. Perhaps you could create a repository somewhere deep within your mine as a gift to our descendants in the far future.
That means that he must have been murdered, right? I wonder who did it and if any weapons were found. Also, who would have a motive to do such a crime, except of Cody, that is.
for those wondering why not gold, it would have cost over 200,000 USD to make a solid gold goldfish of that size (this accounted for the greater density of gold).
Gold Fish's Lab: Making a Brass Cast of My Human Cody. -- "He ended up to live up to around 40 years old in his small room, supporting the growth of CO2 in his environment where I had plants around. I think this will become a a plant growing project because my little sister wanted some humans. The final cast won't include the human, they will probably be removed and buried somewhere. etc"
Ha ha. I was thinking he was going to pour in the melted metal with the fish still in it and vaporize the fish out. That may have been a bit violent and disturbing.
Was really nostalgic watching this, I had a gold fish as a kid but moved to another country and had to give it to my neighbours, they took such good care of it, when I came back to visit as an adult they still had it, and it was huge. I was so surprised it was still alive as it had been nearly a decade. Gold fish are cool. Thanks Cody.
Chill out, what ya yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before. And if you could only let it be, you will see that I am the funniest YouT*ber of all time. Admit it, my dear follow*r jam
Future tip, you definitely don't want to put brass objects in the tank especially if you have invertebrates. The copper and zinc can leach into the water if you have an acidic pH (e.g. if you use well water or rain water) and that's pretty toxic to some species, especially snails.
"It'll probably outlast me. . . unless somebody melts it down!" 10 years from now, on this very channel: Coby - "For this project, we're gonna need some brass! I thought I had plenty of brass ingots laying around, but apparently I was wrong! Fear not though! After searching around a bit, I found this solid brass casting I made years ago of one of my goldfish! Let's just drop this into the oven. . . "
@@smokintoes they should not have done that, it seems like they neglect how nice and generous grant was to them and are now just dancing on the body that was his channel after he died using up the relics of his existence for nonsensical projects for kids.
I half expected Cody to try and revive the fish in some evil doctor way lol. Jokes aside, as someone who keeps fish and has also lost some of them, this is a very cool way of remembering them!
this is really really sweet I can't imagine a better way to memorialize a fallen fish friend. I don't think keeping it in the tank would be morbid in the least either. Also seeing the old aquaponics bucket planter setup makes me so nostalgic for watching your videos back when I was in high school, I'm so glad you've stuck around all this time
9 years is pretty good. I lost a Pajama Cardinal in 2020 that died just shy of 15 years old (at least, I bought him in 2006). It's crazy how long he was with me. You get attached to them. My wife painted a picture of him and it's beautiful.
If a good friend who I've spent a couple years of my life died in front of my eyes, disappeared for a few days, and magically reappeared as a statue in my home, I'd be scares shitless as well xD Jokes aside, amazing video
Cyborg archaeologist in ten thousand years: ah yes, the Brass Fish Culture. Relatively high tech, immediately predated the Great Unmaking. We think the fish itself played a role in their religious rituals.
I kinda wish I had done this with my goldfish Sprav. I originally got him for my high school aquaponics system, and then after I graduated highschool I had him for about another 4 years in various tanks as he got bigger. When he died last year, he was almost 7 years old, we measured him at 11.5 inches.
@@BeetleBuns I take it you aren't having a whale of a time. I admit my sense of humor has jumped the shark, jokes don't go over swimmingly anymore. I think I'll have to go back to school.
@@zockertwins depending on the carat of gold and type of brass thats probably mroe accurate. i converted weight of brass into volume(180 cu cm), and then that volume in gold into oz for pricing
@@Nderak I divided 1.5kg by the density of brass, multiplied by the density of gold and then multiplied by the price of 1kg gold. Of course this assumes we are talking about pure 24 karat gold and the density of brass can of course also differ based on the exact composition. It should be fairly accurate though.
I had a goldfish for 7 years when I was a kid. I took care of her, made sure her water was good and well regulated, changed filters, all sorts of stuff. She would play with me; I'd point at the tank and she'd spit rocks where I was pointing. When she died I was so sad. I loved her like I would any pet. I still miss Fey sometimes.
I'm sitting here bummed we didn't get to see the guts boil to ether and here's the comments section mourning the death of a friggin' goldfish. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
I have a goldfish that is 17 years old, they are most mistreated of all pets. Their natural lifespan is 40 years but people put them in to small aquariums and don't provide any filtration so they usually live about 2.5 years.
U might try simple engraving to enhance it's features before gold plating. Great and easy material to try it out and the whole project should be fun with really good end results. Just in case if you read this comment: I love your work and watch you from years now. I hope you'll keep making those videos as I recommend you to everyone I know that is interested in science and some great experiments.
8:54 that fan near the molds isn't a good idea, you can see the liquid metal start popping because the mold was so cold. Make sure you heat up those molds before you pour stuff in otherwise you'll get some very unpleasant fireworks
this just adds to the list of bizzare stuff cody has done: breathing liquid mercury, biting sodium metal oh! using orphan bones to make sodium metal, stabbing himself in the eye, making a nuclear reactor, sulfuric acid drinks... dont forget the werewolf hunting with grant, oh the good ol times oh well next time use a bit of talcum powder so you avoid ripping off the skin out of the next pet you immortalize in brass
From other videos on this kind of thing that I've watched, it's said to always preheat your metal before putting into a crucible with molten metal in it. Basically it drives off any moisture that may be trapped and prevents sudden steam explosions. Hot brass in the eye doesn't sound fun
Imagine the godly hand that feeds you one day taking the corpse of your deceased compatriot, and returning, dropping the brass facsimile of his death knell(blub) into the small enclosure you call home.
Nobody should complain about anything in my opinion. This is such a humble respectable act of kindness. Shoot I wish I was I was to receive such honor. Love your content Buddy 👏🏽 cheers.
I'm so happy you're still doing your thing!! I know that breakup hit you hard but I'm so so so happy to see you bounce back, you are a huge inspiration ❤️
Interesting use of the old shell casings. Usually, I just keep mine to reload later on down the line when I have the means to do so. However, I have quite a few that are too damaged (corrosion, split case mouths, etc) to do anything with. I think it'd be fun to melt those down and cast something out of them, if I ever get into it.
To be honest, I'm waiting for this story arc to end with Cody having a long hair again. This well taken care of look is nice but I need the mad scientist.
good video sonny Jim , thought you were gonna do some lost wax casting but this worked great..... would love to see you back to Gold mining and refining .....Oh YEAH !!!! Need a little excitement ....snap into Slim's Gym ..... those beefy juicy Nuggets ...Oh Yeah !!!!!
Goldfish can live widely varied lives. Commons are cursed with pretty bad inbreeding in the hobby in a lot of places, and 9 years is really good. Your fish also looked pretty healthy, so it likely made it to old age. Nice job.
Since you gave us the weight of the brass, I was able to math out the approximate volume assuming a density of 8.55g/cm^3 for the brass. It has a volume of 175cm^3. For funsies, gold has a density of 19.3g/cm^3 175cm^3 of gold weighs 3,377g (7.3lb) $213,838 worth of gold. I think we'll excuse you for not making it out of gold. (sorry your fish died. You seemed fond of it. You gave it a good life.)
Reminds me of a fish we had. My sister wanted goldfish for the longest time but once she had them she never looked after them and barely fed them. She had two, Pinky (common goldfish) and Perky (another common, but it was grey with random black and grey scales). Pinky died a few years in due to my sisters neglect, but Perky never did. At one point one of her stupid friends poured an entire can of beer onto the tank and Perky survived. When she moved out, she left Perky there. I bought them the biggest tank I could afford and even bought more fish to be in that tank so they weren't alone anymore. Perky surprisingly outlasted all of the other fish, one of them died within a day of us owning it so my mother, pissed off about it, took the dead fish back to the store and they replaced it. Perky lived for about 12 years before they finally went belly up and it was a sad day when that moment finally came. My friend let me bury them in his garden since we didn't have one at the time.
I had some in a pond. They got pretty damn big before mysteriously vanishing. It was probably a heron, judging by the lack of cat prints or un-eaten remains. Still a better end than that frog that got frozen halfway underwater during a cold snap and didn't thaw for days, while something ate the back end.
Lol. You’re just great and I adore you. You’re always doing cool things, you’re smart and handsome. You’re the whole package. Thank you for all the great content you give us. I love your channel and have been watching for a long time. I hope you’re doing well Edit: Also, I’m sorry about your fishy. RIP
@@andybaldman Why so protective dude? All the person did was compliment and state what we all have in mind. Cody is a treasure and he doesn't post too often or hop on trends, his content is always authentic and raw, I feel like he's been mentallly struggling lately so any support or love we can throw his way is warranted, but that might just be me projecting.
Poor fish. Recently my family went away on a trip for a week, so we set up automatic feeders, which we have done many times before. When we came back, the feeders were all in the water and all the fish where dead. The stench was horrible and the water was very murky. There was a lot of fish, probably close to 100, most of them where breeding diamond tetras. Thankfully, the oldest fish, a pleco, survived, he is probably 15 inches long!
Sorry that happened :( Too late for your poor fish now but for any future fishy endeavors it's okay for them to go a week without food. I've heard of other disasters with auto feeders and pet sitters. Safer just to not feed them while you are on vacation IMO.
In a few years from now: "Fellow Goldfish of this tank, today we come together to remember and commemorate our lord and saviour, the brassfish! This is his story: He lived his live as a normal goldfish, as a brother, neighbour, husband and caring member of this community. At the ripe old age of nine years, he suddenly, but peacefully died. As it is custom in our world, the big caretaker took him out of our tank, and we mourned his death not only for one day, but for two full days, because we loved him so much! On the third day, the increndible happened: he returned from the dead! He was there only for a brief moment, and the eldest of our community can still remember that day. He spoke not many, but so important words, that we recite them today as the basis for our faith. This was his message: "Even though we always strive for gold, be happy, even when you can't reach that goal! I spoke to the big caretaker in the afterlife, and he made me into brass! At first I was disappointed, but then I realized: No matter how you look and what you are made out of, bring joy to the fellow entities in your life, and you will be remembered forever!" Those were the words of the brassfish!"
Am I the only weirdo who wants to see the brass goldfish flushed down the mercury powered toilet? Would be a true heavy metal memorial service...240lbs plus heavy 🤣
