Which Fish Tank is WORSE? | Fish Tank Review 257 

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I am having an important test tomorrow. Everyone please pray for me ❤

That poor guppy is just being smacked against the glass

A super duper good morning FTR crew! Wishing all a radically positive week! Edit; I am an actual plant mom. Sansevieria may be able to be rooted in the tank, but long term, they don't really like to have wet feet so you'd have trouble keeping it from rotting. It's technically possible, but you'd have to be really careful. Maybe just keep them really high up in the tank so the roots are just barely in the water and as the water level drops they start to dry out. But how the person has them where the actual crown of the plant, the base of the leaves are in the water is going to cause rot for sure. Fun fact; those heavenly bamboo plants people often use in aquaria are also Dracaena! QotW; I'm Southern California bred, grew up in northern California and now live my dotage back in southern California.

This person slapping a betta into a vase, and I'm over here worried about my shrimp not having enough room in my 10g (shrimp and pygmy cory only tank) * ON, Canada!

My mom used to have a betta fish in a cup like 10 years ago and it was hard cause she was really proud of it but i taught her how to make a planted 10 gallon tank and she still has that tank! I say tanks are investments..

I have 28 pygmy corys in my 30 gallon micro tank. I cannot ever get over how cute they are swimming thru the bubbles, schooling around, and napping on all of my plants/scapes.

Thank you so much for these videos! I hate to say it, but I'm one of those people who works at one of "those pet stores" And I wasn't ever really trained on what fish need and how to give them a good life. Since watching your videos I've learned so much from you that I'm now able to help new fish keepers create a happy and sustainable environment and show them all the wonderful possibilities they can create in their thank!

FTR while I crochet -- what a wonderful way to start the week 😊 QOTW - central Virginia

I went to Asia mall in Minneapolis recently and they had a fluval flex that was half filled with substrate and heeeeaaaavy planted. Most impressive Asian restaurant tank I've seen

So some woman on Facebook told me to not have a fish tank cuz I told a person who keeps a betta on a small bowl to not ever keep a fish

Re: dracaena in a fish tank: I’ve never tried snake plants that way, but I think it SHOULD work. Other dracaena love it-lucky bamboo is a species of dracaena! With snake plants, it’s no so much that they’re succulent in the same way a cactus is; they’re drought tolerant because of their waxy coating, but they don’t swell to store water so they wouldn’t go mushy the way a true succulent does if it gets too much water. Not sure about long-term viability, but I’m sure they’d be happy in there for a while, anyway.

To think just over a year ago I had no idea you existed. Now I have a healthy ecosystem tank, never miss an episode, and even submitted and got a 5/5. This channel is now more a part of my life than my father ever was lmfao

I’ve been growing a snake plant aquaponically for a couple years now. 100% can do. Also that Dallas rasbora tank does have a RU-vid channel, that footage is uploaded on there. Can’t remember the name of the channel though so I’ll report back when I find it lol

My Monday is already 10x better. (I just woke up 8 minutes ago.)

Goliath the goldfish tank "upgrade" is like a person living in a 12 sq feet room for their entire lufe and suddenly get a 18 sq feet room! It's an upgrade... technically.

Qotw - India! FTR- Its super hard to get a healthy fish in the area I live in, as all pet shops put them in little 5 gallon tanks. The worst one that stopped me from buying any more fish was the centerpiece on the front register of the pet shop- a globe like glass bowl the size of my hand and in it- a Betta fish:'/ I'm saving up for a big aquarium and the rest for when i move away, until then, I have stopped fish keeping.

our Monday has become 100% better 😊

I just saw a frantic father at PetSmart, reading all the little info cards on the tanks and not finding anything small enough for the tank he was getting his kids. I heard one of the girls say that if he gets too big they can just put him in the toilet.

Hey Chirs hope everyone's doing good thank you so much for the video I broke my right arm and got surgery so I was not able to watch the last FTRs catching up and watching the FTRs gave me the joy I needed Thank you so much for the effort u put into these videos.

First bowl would be great for shrimp and snails. They'd have space to get between the leaves. That or amphipods, isopods, stuff like that.

Fellow Canadian here. Yes, I recently saw a “houseplants you can grow in an aquarium” video, and snake plants were included! I would have thought exactly what you did! Congratulations on getting married! Enjoy your honeymoon! Petting that goldfish will kill it. They need their slime coats intact! You’re not going crazy, guppies is the right answer!

I added shrimp to my 5 gallon tank 6 months ago and only saw them yesterday

The short fin betta rainbowfish is a new species I havent seen before

My Monday is about to end (India) and you definitely made it better. Btw you can grow snake plants in water, they do grow well hydroponically. Just cut a leaf let the cut part dry for a day and plop it into water. It will start sprouting roots soon and will sprout a new shoot from the base of leaf during the growing season.

I’m from Los Angeles and have been to the Dallas Aquarium. The aquariums there are amazing, but there are only a few (strangely.) The rest of it is like a sad zoo prison for giant birds, alligators and other exotic tropical animals. It’s similar to the beta in a cup issue…I was highly disappointed. But the few tanks downstairs….are legit.

My sister just walked in and I was like "bro shut up shut up I'm watching my favorite Monday fishkeeping show" XD We in idaho US

I just had to quarantine one of my Zebra Danios because he was acting weird... alone in a single 20 gallon... Dude was acting like he's in a prison where he can barely even turn... i feel bad for those little guys in that miniature vase with the Betta

The "kissing sounds" from the goldfish is actually gasping for air, so cute very kawaii how the fish is barely breathing.

I live in Florida, about 40 miles north of Tampa. Oh, and I have snake tongue (or we call it mother-in-law) growing in my yard. It's taking over a shady corner. I never heard of it growing hydroponically, and I think it prefers well drained soil. Sometimes I am surprised by a plants ability to grow in the water, though. Maybe it will work!

I'm a day late, but I'm watching from Texas. The Dallas Aquarium is epic and I highly suggest it to everyone.

For me it's good afternoon to everyone because it's 17 o'clock right now in Germany. Nice video, just improved my monday.

Loving the videos as always. I'm from Adelaide in South Australia :D

Helsinki, Finland. I have rooted snake plants and Zz in water but it takas ages. But they grow very slow in water compared with results in soil.

Whattup from Norway! :D Specifically south-east, a couple of hours south of the capitol Oslo.

I kept snake plants in water for a long time and they were thriving! Just changed the water every week or two and sometimes added a little bit of fertiliser. So they would do great in a fish tank! It started when I put them in water to propagate and just forgot to pot them. They looked like they were doing well so I just left them in water glasses lmao

if tht goldfish live in a mansion, my chili raspbora living in a castle..regarding the qotw, im living in Malaysia and its 11.24 pm as of this comment posted

Qotw: Karlsruhe, Germany Love your content!

Monday gang member from Australia 🇦🇺 🦘

As someone who owns a ton of plants, I’m not 100% sure about the snake plant in the aquarium because snake plants can go months without water and they usually are the plant that you can neglect. Snake plants being left in water could lead to root rot because they are so used to being in dry soil. It could work but at the same time, it’s not likley.

With the snake plants, they can grow from water if the leaves themselves aren't in the water and just the roots it should be fine. I also imagine keeping it standing up is another thing to have to figure out. I always wish I could have plants hanging out of my tank but my weatherloach would find that as an escape hole for sure.

Could you review my tank 🥺, I think it’s a 4-5 but it doesn’t let me on discord for some reason.

I hate when people act like they know how animals are feeling like that small ass bowl video tbh

yes, i absolutely needed to see 'fly on a windowsill chris' thanks for making me smile! I hope you and ya girl enjoy your honeymoon!🥰

Good afternoon everyone! QOTW: I’m from South Africa.

What ever happened to Meep Meep and Moop Moop the goldfish?

Pin this comment if you hate animal abuse OR have a fish fetish.

May we honor my beta who lived in a ten gallon ⚰ and I'm an Ontarian 🇨🇦

QOTW: Pennsylvania, in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Lots of local lakes to paddle and the Susqehanna River, as well as the very clear and cold Yellow Breeches Creek to slap a mask and snorkel on and watch the little fishies...

I'm living in The Netherlands along with my Utrecht Cardinals, Westbroek Grazers, Silvertip Surfers, Rummynose Ronins, Amsterdam-Rhine Channel Cory Gang and my two bristlenoses Peppi & Kokki.

QOTW - Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Saying Hey Hey from Savannah, GA. Thanks for making my Mondays more pleasant. ❤

Can you please do another planted setup ❤❤

Snake plants can be propagated in water!

QOTW answer: Manitoba gang

Yo gang help me educate my mom who insists that bettas live in tiny puddles in the wild and thus my spare 10 gallon is too big for one i cant convince her

Review my tanks dude!

cris pls reviwe my tank

Im in the UK, Cory Gang

From Malaysia 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

Cory gang.. keep it up ..

QOTW I live in the geographic center of north America. A little town in western North Dakota, USA. Great video this week Chris. Many plants can be grown hydroponically. I got these hang on baskets for planting inside a tank.

QotW: Grew up in The Bronx and Brooklyn, now 2 blocks away from the Belmont Racetrack stables.

Denmark 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

Nottingham, uk

I know you hate artificial Decour and I bought two of those little pagoda houses from Petsmart for my betta sorority community aquarium and my powder blue dwarf Gourami got wedged in the top hole..poor guy. It was very hard to get him out. Needless to say, he agrees with you about artificial Decour.😢😂 also, once I started buying real plants, I absolutely can’t stand artificial plants, they’re just so ugly

here from romania

Newark, Jersey

Illinois..succulents grow easily in the top of the aquarium. I have some sedum in a little soap dish with rocks in mine. The nice thing about sedum is you don’t really need soil as a substrate. I’ve worked at a tree shrub and perennials nursery for the last 15 years. I did idiotically use black cherry branches to make fake trees. Don’t worry, I pulled them out.

and that big glass jug has such a small mouth..they didn’t leave the water low enough to maximize the surface area. It’s so stupid. Not to mention they might never get the fish out if it grows. and that poor goldfish and rainbow fish have zero color..you can tell they r not gonna make it too much longer. Love the chili rasbora tank❤️

Mauritius 🇲🇺

Miami Florida

Showing you much love from Marquette Heights Illinois❤❤

Noob question. I set up a 20 gal with 5 (so far) guppies for my mom and niece. Would it be a bad idea to add a female betta to that tank?

Philippines🐟

Fish videos are my favorite way to spend my lunch break QOTW- Arizona

QOTW Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. []The Great Land of Cheese! []Home of Betty Boop!

QOTW: I'm in the UK, lived briefly in Thailand, watching this after I finish teaching for the day or between classes

germany here

Unfortunately my fish tank is mostly fake plants, because my mollies ate everything except java fern, duckweed, and floating hornwort.

A great vid, as always. Is that the Fluval Betta Premium Aquarium Kit I see in the background? [QOTW- I live in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.]

Dallas, Texas. And its called the Dallas World Aquarium, not the dallas aquarium. Its magical and wonderful. One of my favorite places.

Sanjayo 2.0 grandmaster math wizard says I perfectly 👌 with live plants Golden gourami and 8 Bronzy corydoras.

in the UK :)🐠🐟🐡🐌

100% can propagate snake plants in water. I haven't tried it in my aquarium yet, but I would imagine it would be wildly successful since all the bad things for fish tanks are great for plants. Edit for QOTW - USA (Michigan)

I'm from the Netherlands. Started out in the hobby last year, soon making my second tank! :)

Chris Haper have 5 ferrets, 55 gallon aquarium with honey gourami, 7 bloodfin tetras, 6 coolie loaches, redtail black 🦈. Out in pond 7 fantail goldfish, 2 chocolate orandas. And 4 cocktoos.

13:01 looks like tank for taking pictures. You put the fish, you get your high res crisp shots and then he goes back to his tank. Very common thing to do.

Republic of Palau, Micronesia, that's where I live...

Australia

QOTWa: I might be the first and only guy, alongside my gf/wife watching your videos from Serbia, Belgrade. I really hope you know about us 😁

For the snake plants - yes you can grow them in water!! They do really well and sprout a lot of babies. I often propagate them this way, and it’s like a 99% success rate lol

Bismarck, ND usa baby… the ND stands for North Dakota… please… seeing people using ND for Neurodivergent in their bios pains me… (I am a ND ND)

QOTW: Phoenix AZ USA ❤ love for the guppies and bettas❤

You're supposed to put water in fish tanks? Maybe that's what I've been doing wrong. Should it be boiling water, or should I use icewater? QTWA: You haven't heard of it. It's not in this galaxy. I'm here on a buying tour for exotic meats and pets. Incidentally, would you be interested in coming with me to see a whole other galaxy and world? I won't charge you anything for the ride.

QOTW: I'm from Long Island! (But soon to be relocating down south. I had to give all my tanks and fish away. 😭 Luckily they found a great home! *can't wait to start all over with a new tank*)

Hi Chris, thanks for making our Mondays more relax. QOTW: from Costa Rica.

8:21 About the quiz... *Maybe they meant community of same fish? So several angelfish together is better than several bettas together? Idk just a theory 🤷‍♀️

Has terriums.. is this good for fish? 14:49 Reminds me of a person in Bunnings nt Queensland asking, if the green Bunnings bucket (standard 20lt HDPE) is ok for fish... AND, if the green of the bucket will seep into the water and effect the fish..

Hokianga, Northern New Zealand. So glad I found FTR. So inspired by some, and also so saddened by some of the things I see on here. Lovely to hear someone talk with knowledge, humour, and a fair but of justifiable sarcasm, but without talking down to your audience 4.75 / 5 Keep up the good work 🙃 I have a question. Having returned to fish keeping after a gap of quite a few years I am puzzled by all the tanks with just an overhead light and no lid. They look fabulous, clean lines and good good light qualities, but how do you stop or restrict evaporation? Must be easier to manage in warmer climates, where you might not even need a to heat the tank, but doesn't anyone struggle with mould on the walls of their home or condensation on windows in parts of the world where winter gets cold with an open topped, heated tank? Or am I missing something...? I used to have a heated 3 foot square by 1 foot deep tank for fire bellied newts, landscaped like an indoor pond (Try getting a 3 foot square lid? Not a hope!) and the evaporation loss and the effects of all that moisture was a big issue. Maybe I should just consider a move to Florida, or one of the Pacific Islands.