You Didn't Believe Me? Well I Have PROOF! Reacting To Disgusting Aquariums! 

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Those are the same people that will buy baby strollers and cribs for little dogs, but will throw a betta into a tiny vase.

I despise tiktok…. The majority of people on there are just out for views and clout… fish or whatever be damned

I am relatively new to fish keeping having my tanks for about two years now and i am still learning new things almost every day and i still make mistakes... but damn, watching this made me feel good about my fish keeping skills..

So don't smack me, but I once used a dish sponge that I didn't realize had been pre-treated with detergent to wipe algae off the side of my betta tank, while the fish was in it. I thought for sure the betta would die, but he was ok. Now I only use those scrubby type sponges that aren't sold in plastic packaging and never have anything added to them.

The only time I ever get people saying they don't know how to clean or look after fish is when a partner has died. Had a lady in not that long ago wanting to know how to clean the external filters on her husbands pond after he had passed away. One of the best setups of a Koi pond I had seen in ages all made by him.

I remember when I was a kid my Dad’s friends wife had a fishtank and her fish kept dying. My Dad kept fish(yes with an under gravel filter old school)😊 so she asked him what she was doing wrong. She then said I keep it really clean. I clean the tank and all the gravel with dish liquid. My Dad audibly sighed then calmly explained to her why that was wrong wrong wrong. This was the 80s. She actually felt so bad. She ended up not only learning how to properly care for her aquarium but found a book on aquatic plants. Being a florist she took to it, well, like a fish to water. Happy ending ❤ Nowadays, with the internet. With abundant information an instant away. There is no excuse for being a terrible pet owner.

I work at a LFS. We frequently get people repeating the remove the fish, take out all the water, scrub everything down, and refill nonsense. They must be watching this kind of stink.

I started reporting and blocking all those videos and channels. All this, the sheer ignorance and idiocy, it borderlines animal abuse.

Yeah my mom used to have fish tanks with her former husband. He cleaned everything with soap and water once a week. I tried explaining that this was wrong when my mom warned me how hard keeping fish is. She thought I was completely ignorant. Sooo yeah, some people just refuse to learn new things.

I remember doing 100% full water changes, cleaning the gravel around 1994 with no knowledge about beneficial bacteria and all that.. this was way before internet age.. aquarium books were so hard to come by.. and if you got it it was just fish identification. Maybe it was in a part of the world where the fish sellers did not share vital info. Now i talk about how not to keep aquarium.. i am now glad i have this info and sharing.. making one aquarium safer at a time.. tick tock is just not for me..

Really sad when you think about it. People are just too lazy or stupid to research how to keep an aquarium. Then the fish die and they are a complete loss. Poor fish.

Most people remember having fish as kids but not the behind the scenes work, so when 10,000 tic too videos say “you can do xyz with your fish tank, but you say don’t do it, you are out voted. Thank you for helping educate people.

There is no excuse for this. With your channel and all the other informative channels, there is so much information for people to find the correct information for being a successful fishkeeper.

This is the problem when social media is the only research that people do. These are mistakes I made when I was 10, not 20+.

Don’t hold back John it’s not healthy. 🤠 My tanks is dirty, not due laziness, rather busted my arm. I am showing my wife how to clean the tanks correctly. Now where did I put that firehouse?

Those poor fish! Oh my. You did give me a giggle, but it's very unfortunate people don't bother to learn anything about fish keeping before they get fish.

One of my clients recelty bought an small aquarium from me. I told him specifally "pls, fill tank with tap water, use bacteria after some time, turn filter on and wait at least 3 weeks before you buy a fish". I recommended a fish store where he could buy a beautiful betta or something. I told the store owner that such a client will arrive soon. Then my friend told me that my client actually arrived there, watched fishes and instantly bought one, the same day he bought a tank from me :) Ppl are dumb, they won't change, not now, not ever.

agreed with you on each and every point John, that the majority only has the Aquarium but they aren't fishkeepers, and TikTok has become a loathing shit, full of misinformation...

i dont think many people knew what pH is...and sometimes it scares me

Thank you John for keeping your cool! Even though I could see you hurting. I was in disbelief of how people can be this daft. This again was a really good informative video 👍👍🐟🐠🐡

I think this is one of my favourite videos that's John has done for a while, you can just see him screaming internally 😂 I love you John!!

My grandma maintained a trio of guppy tanks, and kept them until her grandkids relocated. It was a regular chore for the kids to do proper water changes and clean the box filters every other week. She had a checklist. Now this was in the late 70's and early 80's. Pretty sure we all still remember the basics.

Yes it sure was fun. But you did add some humor that I had to laugh at. LOL. Hey I really like the woman dumping her tank water in the sink. When she got to the black stuff she started GAGGING. LMAO. Did you miss that? Cause you lost a golden opportunity with that one. She did try to hide it, but I seen it. And yes, I laughed my ass off.

Tik tok has literally made people more stupid …..😂

WOW John. It’s mindblowing the idiots out there and even more so how many people may believe that stuff! Thank goodness I’ve learned everything from YOU!

I FEEL SO BAD FOR ALL THOSE POOR FISH, they deserve to be kept by normal people

I have just three words oh my God

I gave myself a headache face palming myself watching this video 🥴🥴🥴🥴😵😵. TIC TOK is just a waste of time. 🙄

The fact people filmed their stupidity is hilarious😅

Wow, this is incredibly annoying when you see people treating their tanks like this. Obviously, they don't understand anything about aquarium life and the biological aspects of fish keeping. Thanks for sharing. It's very worrying😢

Wow, this was really entertaining! (This isn't sarcastic btw I just liked the video)

This gave me a good idea, since John taught me the critical nitrogen cycle many years ago. That was so important and I'm so grateful for that to this channel. The idea is to repost the critical fish education videos once a month. It would boost views, but mostly help the new and uneducated fish keepers. Just a thought...

Hey great video John I have been you for so long. All the way back to KG tropical first podcast. Way way back🎸🇺🇸

Idiots that don't have a clue are not exclusive to fish keeping. You can pick just about any subject

I remember cleaning everything, salt water, bleaching the dead coral, yeah, good times....now I have a planted tank that I do nothing with, and it's the healthiest tank I've ever had...undergravel filter and no external filter...

When i was a kid , i used to keep a 10 gallon aquarium, however my mom would make me empty it into a bucket and wash and bleach the aquarium and put the fish back in , ( she wanted them to die,,, pretty cruel huh.).

This was fun

This is why I only follow like four people on RU-vid you and Lisa are one of them technically two I also follow Ben ochart caveman Aquatics I like Kevin he's good and also Jason and his wife at least there I know I'm getting proper information and also very enjoyable videos thank you all for that

Another great video.

These people make me look like a aquarium pro lol 🙄

Seriously what is wrong with these people research research research and do it right

@KGTropicals Pro tip for you. If you want to know the size of the tank, count the number of 5 gallons jug you need to fill it up.

Thank you for all your advice. This has helped me really enjoy my fish and my planted tanks.

I have 10 gal betta tanks (2 of them, and only 1 betta per tank, with no tank mates) I would NEVER let my tanks get even half as dirty as some of these tanks in the vids. The only way my tanks would ever look "brown" is because of the Indian Almond Leaf tannins that I always have in my tanks. 🤣

Hi, you've got yourself a new subscriber😃 I love your videos so far. I found your channel because I was looking for something specific. And I am already convinced that through your videos, you are sharing your sincere and honest knowledge about my new hobby. And that's why I subscribed, because then I know I'm getting the right information. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. Greets from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

I’m one who favors more water turnover for filtration! I’m running FX6 on all my 5g snail tanks

John, Let me begin by saying more than half the time I spent watching this video I was laughing so hard with your comments of the erroneous knowledge being shared. Been in the hobby over 28 years and I started with Tiger Oscars like the ones you have behind you. Love your content and your passion about our awesome hobby. Keep up the great work. V/R Carlos.

13:54 oh brother not her.... Many of us are trying to educate her and trying to encourage her to get a bigger tank or get rid of some fish. SHE HAS SAID THEY'RE FINE AND HAPPY IN THERE!! SHES DOUBLING DOWN ON THAT STATEMENT TOO SHE NEEDS TO GO TO JAIL OR SOMETHING!!!🤦

I only do a 50% water change & siphone some of the substrate, about once every 3 or 4 months - Group of Neocaridina Shrimp, 1 Nerite snail & some Malaysian Trumpet Snails, with a few plants & a pinch of spirulina powder once every 3 days - i also use some driftwood, dried banana leaves & 1 boiled young nettle leaf every 3 days, never had to "clean" a tank once

Those TikTok videos are so shocking!!! How can these people do this to their beautiful fish? And what I'm wondering is: how do they come up with cleaning the fish tanks in those ways... Who told them to do it that way. Or would they have thought of it that way themselves....What a disaster! And so many views they have, so many other people will do it that same way😭 Oh my goodness! This hurts😞

I'm having my morning coffee watching your video this morning - I have several tanks to clean today, and this made me shake my head. 😮

15:16 I can't stand it when ppl use basic water conditioner to try and "fix" all their problems. What about water testing kits? A gravel vacuum and regular small water changes? A maintained heater and filter? An established bacterial growth? 😭

More room for activities Step Brothers

Just never really watched TicToc at all. This confirms why! Ridiculous and very bad info! OMG! 😢

Oh boy 😮! I mean I wasn’t perfect when I started keeping fish and I did have rainbow gravel 😆. Yet, I knew not to clean everything and rinse out the gravel ( thank goodness I found your videos just in time ). My head is hurting now after watching this 😂

John I couldn't agree with you more! I tried a couple of times too put out some real fish keeping videos on TikTok and as far as they got where my family viewing them which was great you know that's fabulous there are times where I think social media outlets are awesome for sharing information but then there are times when the misinformation gets more attention than the correct information does and that's a pain in the butt Thank you for making this video It was great

i have a 55 gal, i only have 4 blk skirts, 5 daino`s, 3 neos ( i need more ) , 6 cory cats, mixed and 1 goldfish . i vac my sub top gravels weekly , sometimes every three days. scrub my glass inside and out once a week, rinse my hang on filter, monthly . I think i do need to replace them. but kind of afraid to dont want to crash my tank. don't it once. it cycled now, and i do see green and brown algae grow, i do clean it off bi weekly. i just top off my water . i do test on the water every three days to a week , light on up to 10 hours daily, on a low setting and i do have my UV light running for three days out of the week .. just to try to keep the algae grow in check. i dont have any algae eaters or shrimp. my water is clear, pass test. but the PH is 7.6 to 7.85, cant get it lower. i tryed the chem PH down and it has not changed .. so im not gonna mess with that to much, just set teh fish in it bag when i get more, let them chill for 15 minutes add in a little water over a hours time from tank and GO with it ..

It doesnt take that much research to understand the basics of keeping fish!!!!! I learned pretty quick what to do and what not to do when my kids brought some goldfish home from the fair. Two unfortunately didnt make it, but the third one is still doing great.

People ask why my tanks are so clean and I have no answer. I change the water once or twice a month, rarely clean the glass.. my shrimp, Daniel tank I never vacuum the gravel. There's alot of junk under the gravel I just don't disturb it lol

We currently live in a world were everyone's "opinion" is valid, and is held to the same degree of credibility as actual fact; and the people dominating it can't wrap their head around the reality of science - that it is data that needs to be ever re-confirmed and statistically proven (not absolut) and that the conclusions needs to be updated as we accumulate more data and learn new things. Pier Review matters! Just because the "truth" is not absolut does not make it less true and we can also never prove a negative. And that for some reason have all these people totally missundertand the concept of research and why some should do the talking and others do the listening. Instead have all these self proclaimed experts with no humility, no standars. It angers me every time. Yeah, I am old and grumpy.

Would like to see you react to actually good aquariums.

The sad part is what the fish had to endure - even the cleaning process was barbaric. This same kind of folks cry 'cruelty' and 'they should be s..t' when they watch those commercials for neglected dogs.

Re the start rite ,in the uk pets at home told me it works immediately but wait a couple of days before I put any fish in. It’s only when I went to Dobbies and spoke to the dudes who work in the dedicated aquarium shop there that I learned about the cycling of a fish tank so I did a fish less cycle . Took my water in, let them tell me when it was okay to put in any fish and it was them that told me all the start rite does is remove the chlorine, thry told me about the good and bad bacteria, how to wash my filter sponge etc . Pets at home are semi clueless Dobbies aquarium shop knew everything

When they've had the tank for 2 years, but they still have the starter filter, heater & no light i'm like hmm.....

Millions of bacteria were killed in the making of this video man that was was cringe worthy fortunately grant saved the day

Dude that is horrible. Thx for exposing those bad behavior.

Preventative weekly maintenance way easier than monthly just like mowing your lawn.

When I first started playing around with fish I actually found the pet shop very helpful.. my first tank I got for free 100L and it was filthy putrid brown and stank!! So I actually did completely empty the tank and replace the gravel I kept the ornaments though and I refilled it and let it go for a month it went all green and foggy and I was worried that the fish was unsafe but I went and asked the pet shop and got some information did a 50% water change added some conditioner and some clarify added a sponge filter with air stone and now it's clear and has been a year and 6 cleanings and all is well.. I do have a mix of fish 2 of which can be bullies (1x dwarf blue guwami and 1x angel fish) they only bully new fish of the same breeds though.. my fancy goldfish and panda cats are all very happy.. I have 5 Cory cats 2x pandas 2x bronze 1 red eye albino all are doing well and are 2 inches each and I have 4x fancy goldfish all are very happy and I won't add more fish in this tank but am looking for another 100L tank and 3 dividers to house some betas but they will war so I will need to separate the tank into 3 parts as the kids want 1 each of different colours 😂.. I also found google search to be fairly right!! Not everything is perfect information but a good 90% was very good information so there is that.. I'd never trust tictok for anything other than a few laughs that's all it's good for.

👍🤠 Long before social media (RU-vid) I knew nothing about how to keep an aquarium. I used to empty my 125 take it outside and scrub it with Simple Green. I cringe now thinking about that.

Great to see what people are doing wrong and how to correct them. Its all about education.

Thanks for doing what your doing! Your channel was a huge resource for me when I started fish keeping.

John, you looking and sounding stressed bro!! Although I completely understand - completely justified.

Nice.. I like “truckin”. But it just good music. Thanks for the fish info

Unfortunately when i first got fishes over 20 years ago i also made the same mistake in cleaning out the entire tank and decor smh. Thank goodness i started researching and educating myself. What im getting at is that all these videos seem to come from people who failed to do the proper research like i did. Back then when i started the Internet wasnt what it is today so there is absolutely no excuse for people today, all the info you need is right at your finger tips.

I be seeing those videos on tik tok 🤦🏾‍♂️

Just wow I have been into fish business for four years now and when I started out my tank never got that dirty I had no experience whatsoever. The only thing I can remember actually doing is changing most of the water every three days I think that’s what actually kept my fish alive . I mean, I don’t know if they’re doing those videos for views or they just really have no clue but common sense definitely goes along way !! Here I am with no experience started out with a 10 gallon struggling to keep the water crystal clear, but it never got green because I changed it every three days without experience. Then I moved up to a 29 gallon slowly water was crystal clear beautiful with no experience. Then I moved up to a 125 gallon planted aquarium. I always wanted to planted aquarium but wasn’t successful with the 29 gallon but now professional and it’s been four years crystal clear beautiful view canisters on there not over feeding and yeah successful now.

haah jokes on you i live in sweden so i can use tap water

Oh my word. I think if I was on the tictok, I would burst a blood vessel. Thank you for saying it how it was, you`ve got a new subscriber. 🙂

Damm it i was half way through my weekly bleaching then after was gonna take my fish out for a walk,then this popped up lol great vid john! And all those tiktoc people should watch this vid right now

Not only you can break the tank or accidentally pour the fish out when you're dumping water. You can also injure yourself, you're handling a glass box, even if not shattered, the corners, if enough pressure is given, can cut you.

I can't watch this, this is cruelty to fish!

Sir. The first video. That great system of cleaning everything…scrubbing everything… does that work for 50gal tanks or is that reserved for fools with too many fish in too small a tank… Great video…. Truth.

Have you ever watched Chris' Fish Tank Review on FishForThought? Gorgeous planted tanks, plus hilarious, yet sad, fish keeping fails like these!

I Knew nothing about fish other than salt vs fresh before I let my daughter win a goldfish, I am so lucky I got into reptiles first to learn that each species requires extra care and that lead me to do more research on fish, thank you for your knowledge

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As a crazy fishkeeper, who also happens to be a tiktoker, I would never use my tanks for content if it involves neglecting them 😢😢

Don't fret! If people call you (and other people who knows what they are doing) INFLUENCER, you should be proud and happy! Because it's people who does things right, and know what they are doing, who should be influencing other people. Not the nimwits you've shown in this video. I had aquariums when I was a teenager in the early 90s, when there wasn't the wealth of information from the internet, that we have today. I read loads of books, and yet, I didn't get it right. RU-vid and other places has improved my knowledge, so that I'm now again feeling secure enough, that I can do it again, much better than before.

Not once... ever... have any of my three tanks looked as bad as any of these tanks. People need to get educated. Great video by the way.

The people at PetSmart do better💀

This is the very reason why l promote the recommended fish keeping aquarium channels on tiktok. We need to drown out these rubbish channels on this platform as they are sending out the incorrect message's. ❤

I could only watch 4 minutes of this. I was so triggered. I don't have TikTok

WHAT IN THE WORLD !!!!!

Feisty. I like it!

This is why I will never install TikTok and stopped using Facebook .... the ignorance and stupidity out there ......

There are FISHKEEPERS....and then there are.....?.....Lol....keep on keeping on....PEACE OUT

I felt guilty for missing doing a 10% water change for a couple of weeks when I was ill. Now u feel much better now

Most of us started out like this. I was 16-18 years old when I had my first aquarium (about 25 years ago) and I did some barbaric things when I looked back on how I "cared" for my fish. 100% water changes every month, scrubbing every inch of the tank, rinsing the colored gravel and using fake plants and buying new filter media every time the carbon filter got too dirty. Yep, I was these people in the video when I was a teen 😂 Don't judge them, spam them with enough advice in their comments and hope they read and listen for the sake of their fish

Good grief!

I have a 10gal tank next to my kitchen sink. Its planted and has shrimp and snails in it. I just use a small 1/4 hose and drain some of the water directly into the sink. But i definitely don't empty the tank out completely. I change out maybe a 1/4 of the water.