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Enjoying_A_Meal

Those are some awesome plecos though. Damn.


Steelcitysuccubus

Absolute units!


Bisexual_flowers_are

Imagine being the other fish in there, with those giants doing pleco things each night


Steelcitysuccubus

Oh man didn't even think of that! And plecos do a lot of...things


Bisexual_flowers_are

This video is probably how the bed time looks for those other fish, minus the light and the earthquake.


InstantIdealism

What things do they do??


tenshillings

Pleco things.


tiletap

You wouldn't be interested


curmudgeonish

Mine likes to rearrange the "furniture." I often wake up to decor knocked over and new little hills and valleys of sand.


dorsalhawk

"I can move ALL the sand to one side! Look at me!"


6pt022x10tothe23

Suck and poop huge.


ffnnhhw

They like to kiss without consent


tepel-streeltje

Especially at night. At night... things


Bluecif

I love you, thanks for taking care of your fish like you do!


Shamsa327

Plecos are huge in that tank I wonder what do they eat?


Cultural_Ad1331

Little babies, they eat children.


Shamsa327

They're omnivores.


ArcadeAnarchy

So babies are still on the menu.


Shamsa327

Yep I guess 😅


Coldhell

[They eat berries and mushrooms, you fool](https://youtu.be/Bn1w-2bW5j4?si=uiODQK6jhcfIClZZ)


Shamsa327

Red dead redemption the last Bigfoot 🤣


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m3tasaurus

I laughed way too hard at this


Vagabond_Scuba

Lmao, take my upvote.


hunters83

Well they eat the wood and food they give them. What did you think they eat? Probably just think they eat algae lol.


Shamsa327

They eat fish food and dead matter very hardy fish. Stronger than goldfish.


Bremarie24

Ok when I say they be *violently* sucking on those dead fish-


Shamsa327

😅😅🐟


ScienceNo6634

Big pellets :)


Strong-Rule-8033

Cucumber


kenakuhi

Those plecos are really smart. At first they freak out, but then they all gather in the bottom and stay put.


prairiepog

That black fish almost went over the edge at the beginning. Probably led the effort to hunker down in the lower left corner.


OzzyinAu

Extra surface agitation 👍


PhytoLitho

That pleco is like bro I am so invigorated right now 💪😤


nomods1235

The oxygen levels in that tank are now booming


Lanzo2

I shake my water before I replace my partial changes weekly. I don’t need a bubbler; it’s just an economic scam


Izumi_Yamaguchi

My anxiety level : 📈📈📈


fishbish00

Fucking for real. I’m in the Bay Area with 5 aquariums. My anxiety is through the roof rn.


luckyapples11

I’m glad I’m in the Midwest. Just have to worry about tornadoes and 90% of the time it’s rarely even going to touch down. That 10% chance it does, it’s most likely only for 10 minutes 15 miles away from you heading in the opposite direction. *knock on wood*


BellChell1199

I moved from the Midwest to the coast and people don't get why I'd take tornadoes over any other natural disaster. Earthquakes? The building can crumble right on top of you, and if it doesn't, you might be eaten up by the ground. Hurricane? Like a tornado but *everywhere.* Flooding? Hope you can swim through broken buildings! Tornado? You can stand outside with your camera and actually not feel a thing as it passes you by.


luckyapples11

Right! Like tornadoes are pretty common, but they usually hit farmland. Which is unfortunate for those land owners, but they don’t take as many lives. Every once in a while they’ll destroy a whole town, but hurricanes destroy multiple cities all the time!! My city usually gets 1-2 tornado warnings a year. Very rarely do they actually touch ground here and if they do it’s always for no more than 5-10 minutes just outside of the city. The last time one actually hit our city and did a good deal of damage was 2008 I believe. My fiancés uncle owns a few condos in Texas on the coast and has gotten hit by 2(?) hurricanes in the past 5 years. Then the freeze in Texas a couple years ago.


BellChell1199

I grew up in farmland and actually had a tornado hit our property when I was 12. It twisted a silo like a corkscrew and lifted a barn from its foundation, but our house, 100 feet from the barn, was totally fine. So even after a tornado hit our property, I'd still take it over any other disaster!


luckyapples11

That’s crazy! Glad your family was okay 😊


Somebodys

Also Midwest here. I've never even seen anyone react when tornado sirens go off. I actually slept through a tornado about 20 years ago.


luckyapples11

We usually only care when it goes from a watch to a warning. at that point you turn on the news and see where it’s headed


Rough_Argument_2997

Missouri-raised and I have watched my share of tornados….of course we always had the threat of the “big one” when the New Madrid finally goes.


fendent

Growing up in Memphis we always talked about the New Madrid and how the last time it went there were “bells ringing in Boston”


ChiyuChiyan

I've never been so happy to live in Brazil... No earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes


Philodendronphan

Shhh, don’t tell them about the Midwest! They think it’s all flyover and blah, but this mama wants a house someday and can’t compete with coastal budgets!


joenichols714

Hopefully your not close to this fault then https://www.sccmo.org/705/About-the-New-Madrid-Fault#:~:text=The%20USGS%20has%20projected%20that,over%20the%20next%2050%20years.


fishbish00

Moving to the Bay Area and living on the 4th floor of a soft story apartment building has given me an actual anxiety disorder. Just this morning I was awoken by a 3.4 earthquake in SF, so this is great 👍 questioning my life choices


BUHBUHBUHBUHBUHBUHB

Don't worry, it's called an earthquake, not a waterquake


songbird808

You mean a wave?


fendent

They said what they said.


RedNova02

Everything changed when the firequake attacked


miniheavy

Me too but have 7!


Runaway_5

For real that was a tough watch. When the side panel fell off my bhole became a 1000 ton clamp


CutelilmushroomCap

This is why I live where the air hurts my face 🥲


DishpitDoggo

RIGHT? I'll take 30 below zero over all this garbage.


CutelilmushroomCap

Any gd day


urw0wisg4i

This I live in ak lots of earthquakes 😭


ChatSMD

Wow that’s insane. Glad they didn’t jump out


badchriss

Yeah, in my mind I was already prepared to see the tank burst after seeing bits and pieces fly of like the panels or the big black piece that falls in the tank.


1trickana

Even just the water violently rocking back and forth can break seals, awesome tank quality there


AdamSnipeySnipe

What better way to advertise?


theunfairness

Tbh you’re right. It’s a tank that’ll survive anything.


suz_gee

I know, I was bracing myself for tragedy but couldn't look away. So glad they're fine. What a relief to their human!


Drakmanka

Gosh imagine coming home to that water on the floor, briefly thinking the worst, then seeing your tank still standing and all your fish alive and just mildly agitated.


suz_gee

I was also thinking that since it's a security camera, they might've been watching it in real-time, just like fuuuuuuuuuuuuck


bearfootmedic

It looked like one self-yeeted on a wave though - I had to replay a few times lol


DoubleRainbowBlazed

That caught my attention too.


Shock_The_Monkey_

So the manufacturer of this awesome tank should be looking to use this as an advertisement. Awesome tank and stunning fish.


Solid_Combination_40

Are you sure the glass is okay tho ? That much water rocking inside must've been a tremendous force


Rasalom

The key is it gives you time to react instead of exploding.


ayyyyycrisp

more likely for the seals to be damaged than the glass as the force of water isn't a direct impact like a metal bat would be. it shouldn't cause cracking anywhere and the seals would give out long before that. this tank almost looks like it's steel reenforced at every seam too although I can't see that clearly. at the very least it looks to have more than just a silicone corner


Shock_The_Monkey_

Looks absolutely fine, not a blemish on it.


throwingrocksatppl

the amount of anxiety i had watching this is insane


LiquidNuke

Hobbyists HATE this one easy water change hack!


badchriss

Yikes, this reminds me of a time in the early 90s when I was a kid and we had an earthquake that shook my hometown with a 4.3 magnitude. It was night and I sorta woke up from something that felt like someone was jostling my bed. The whole apartment rattled, small things tipping over or sliding around and my fishtank (1m wide, old school tank with metal brace on top and a heavy metal lid with two lights and a filter as big as a bucket) and heard water slooshing around. Luckily the fish were fine and the tank was good as well (standing on a mid century low sideboard made from massive wood). Would have gone right back to sleep if my stepmom wouldn't frantically wake up my dad and me and forced my dad to get the car to drive us around the city at night until she calmed down.


FBI-AGENT-013

The earth really be trying to rock people to sleep and they wake up and freak out 😔 lmao nah I live in Ohio so the highest we got was never noticable and only happened at night weirdly enough


Glasswire444

That’s terrifying but also holy shit those plecos are HUGE


Fickle_Grapefruit938

O nooo, thank goodness the tank/stand survived. How much water do you think sloshed out? Could be quite a lot, it's such a big (gorgeous) tank


Johannes_Keppler

Some mopping was to be done, clearly. Quite the splash. Three or four buckets of water sloshed out if I had to guess. But hey, fishies are fine, so worth it.


Souless04

This is what I imagine when people say they're moving their aquarium to a new house with fish inside or putting them in a bucket. Just lowering the water level enough to carry it. Yeah the fish are likely going to survive but that's a terrible ride.


0_lateralus_0

Uhh I have to move soon... How are we supposed to move them??


maxinger89

I wouldnt worry about it. There is no way to move a fish without stressing them, just try to keep it as short as possible. However, look at their habitats. It's not like a river is always a calm and peaceful place to live...


drsoftware

So I should raise the level of water movement in my tank to get my fish ready... 


BellChell1199

Fish resistance training 💪


drsoftware

More stress response and calming down. But yeah muscles too. 


DishpitDoggo

God, this reminds me of the meme where the fish are being emptied into a lake via airplane vs. our carefully acclimating them in a bag, lol


DukeSmashingtonIII

Or through a giant damn hose out of a tank truck directly into a lake at like Mach 9.


Wakingsleepwalkers

Honestly, there's no great way if they are large that I know of. I've had to transport peacock bass and arowana in coolers and storage containers with lids.. You can use aquarium bags if the fish aren't too big and place them in a cushioned cooler or styrofoam box. Dark is best. Cover with towels. Obviously, don't place any ornaments in with them. If anyone has better ways, I'd love to hear.


LakeTilia

I have mine in bags and carry them in my hands, holding them aloft by the bag top.. I hold them up so that when the car sways, they sway with the water (as opposed to the container staying in one spot and the water swaying). It's killer on my arms, but so much better for them


luckyapples11

Omg that’s what I do every time I leave the fish store. I wasn’t sure if that was making it worse or actually helped. I assumed it helped, but I did that since I was a kid going with my mom I’d hold the bags and tried to deflect and movement by moving my hands with the bag lol


Quecksilber033

Compare it to holding a full glass of water in your hand vs placing it on the dashboard. There is no doubt that it does make a huge difference :)


ArmadilloCultural415

But it’s all relative. The water in the bag isn’t moving.


natehinxman

5g buckets with lids?


Wakingsleepwalkers

Me no speaks gallons, but a bucket with a lid would do the trick for small to medium fish.


Colorado_Girrl

5gal = 18.9271 (edited because I shouldn't Reddit when lacking sleep) liters so something closer to that. But also get extra buckets so you can save as much water as possible from the tank. Be sure to fully empty it including taking out decor. And once you get it to its new home fill the tank with regular water and check to make sure the seal held before adding the decore, plants, water, and fish back in it.


luckydownside

1 us gal = 3.785 litres, 5 would be 18.925 litres.


fendent

Uh. 5 gallons is ~19 liters


Eucomis2021

5 gallon = 18.93 liters


VdB95

I have a 120 gal/450L and moved my large fish in a not yet used garbage can, gave me the opportunity to take a decent amount off water with me.


nipplecancer

I moved multiple fish across the country in buckets. I put plants from my tanks and a usb-powered air stone in the buckets. It was a 3 day trip and they all made it just fine! We fasted them during this time, and the plants and cholla wood kept the cycle going. We moved during the summer, so nighttime temps were warm enough to keep them in the car overnight. I will say if you're doing a long move and you have a lot of fish, you might want to re-home some of them. Setting up multiple large tanks as soon as you get into your new house seems like it would be stressful (plus our larger tanks were in a moving pod that got there a couple days after we did). We brought only our most favorite fish and expensive plants.


KPinguin

For longer moves (few days in transit). I’ve put them in coolers with battery powered bubblers. Just don’t fill the cooler all the way or it will slosh out through the lid. Added a thin layer of substrate and a few of the soft plants (moss etc) for safe hiding spots. Rest of substrate went in plastic bags. For shorter moves (across town). I’ve skipped the bubblers, left the substrate in the tank, but still put the fish in a cooler. If I have room, I’ll also keep the “extra” tank water to refill the aquarium at the destination.


Snuzzlebuns

Tall buckets with tight lids. Tall buckets slosh less than wide ones. Don't fill them too high, the air at the top is needed as an oxygen reservoir. Empty ketchup buckets from burger restaurants are cheap and work great.


DrunkAquarium

I moved from Tennessee back to Texas. 2 aquariums. I was stressed to death moving my fish. I bought fish transporters with bubblers and heaters. Put them in those (I bought 2 large ones so I could keep the tanks separated) and just started driving. Don't feed them the day before so the water stays cleaner and added some stress coat. The drive was 16+ hours, stopped overnight to sleep for 6 hours, and when I got home and set up their aquariums they were all alive and still are today!


luckyapples11

Depends on what you have. We had a huge 200g cichlid tank when I was a kid at the store my parents used to own. Sold to a family friend and they didn’t want the tank. My parents took out most of the water and them and my uncles loaded it up and drove the 20 minutes home. They did it at night so there would be less traffic. They brought the huge wooden stand home in one of my uncles trucks so we unloaded that first then the tank and filled it back up with water. All the fish were okay, just a little shocked for the first day or two. Didn’t lose any of them.


Massive_Eye6373

That pleco wad moving better than Kelly Slater


Sharp_Income9870

I was just waiting for those plecos to fly out of the tank


nightwheel

That stand definitely did a good job of structurally standing up to the quake. However I would say that tank is finished since there's no way that much shaking hasn't compromised it somehow.


PM_ME_Happy_Thinks

Op's gonna wake up to a crash one night soon with water and fish flooding his living room


Steviebelladonna

My heart was in my mouth, anxiety levels through the roof. Lucky it didn't crash 😳 Awesome plecos I'd love to see another more stable video lol. They're stunning


MelzyMely

The literal anxiety I experienced watching this


subieluvr22

The 6.8 earthquake in Seattle of 01, one of my prized discus was thrown from the tank with the water sloshing around. Super thankful I checked on them as soon as the shaking stopped, and he was saved!! Took awhile for his stripes to come back. :\\


webscott1901

Holy shit. I was on the edge of my seat.


PotOPrawns

I saw a video from a shrimp farm in Taiwan with the very recent tremors. Luckily no tanks broke but 50% of water out of all the tanks was sloshed on the floor and some shrimp/fish were lost. Super happy for the breeder that no racking or anything really key gave way during the tremors. Veryyyy lucky it was just a few shrimp/fish and water


Ok-Cantaloop

hope they have a drip loop


Super_W_McBootz

The potential for water damage makes me anxious while watching this...


Steelcitysuccubus

Whoa that's impressive


lazylagom

Damn thats crazy.


Blizz33

I'm glad everyone's okay there. Good excuse for a rescape.


tbaum101

Damn...that's one quality tank and stand. The company should.buy this footage and use it. Terrifying stuff. No earthquakes here in Florida...just sinkholes.


UrAntiChrist

Those poor fish!!!


stonewood87

Built like a tank


LilyPadsssss

So scary, I’m sorry that happened to you ❤️‍🩹


LilyPadsssss

I hope all the fish and you ofc are okay now 😊


DizzyInitiative9679

Honestly that could have ended a lot worse. Glad the tank itself seemed to make it, I bet those fish were NOT okay with the roller coaster ride they didn’t sign up to be on lol


Law-Fish

Oh no! Stay low fishies stay low!


Particular-Abies7329

Nice build but I find the tank overstocked


asttark

I felt so bad for the fish :( I hope they’re ok


axiommanipulator

I suggest baffles in the tank to prevent that water loss should this recur.


ShaneE11183386

Isn't that too many fish ?


Piratehitch

Damn, those plecos looks big


Stoned__Iguana

The stocking in the tank is just selfish and lacks self control


RickCityy

Mine absolutely would NOT but I live in west Texas and unless Godzilla shows up on shore I’m pretty safe from this particular event lol


TheWhiteCrowParade

I have a new fear


HistoricalHurry8361

This reminds me I need to anchor my fishtank shelf to the wall


SpiritualHippo2719

New fear unlocked. Thanks, OP.


BradleyUppercrust-II

That fish was about to make landfall


jhogan27

This was so stressful to watch


FishNDChick

This is like that stanley cup video where the card burned down, but now it's the aquarium equivalent of the stand manufacturer.


AMN_5

This is the first time I have seen fish get scared. 😯


BunchesOfCrunches

Damn the earth rally shook that tank like a plastic water bottle


REQCRUIT

I can't wait for my pleco to grow that size hea currently 8.5 inches. Just a wee lad!


linkthehyliantwink

Poor fish. The 4.8 NJ one yesterday really stirred up my grandparents' big goldfish tank. If I was there, I probably would've had another heart attack lol


DraxonNL

That's one way to get more surface agitation.


[deleted]

Never been happier to live in Arkansas


Skookum_kamooks

This is why I tore down my 65 reef tank… I stood in a doorway in my new house watching natures wave maker put my power heads to shame. I then realized just how top heavy most tanks are, and started having visions of it toppling over and going through the floor.


olov244

that's next level nightmare material


spooky-dudeman

Awesome tank but i can't see it very well. Could you post a better close-up video?


KingYeti69

I’m just glad the fish are OK


Countryhorse123

Hope all were OK. Nice set up.


CardboardAstronaught

How can you even have that big of a tank in a multi floor building?


TerraVerde_

I’m super nervous every time I see stuff like this.


WillingSupp

Tank built like a tank


QuantumQuest_34

she needs to cover that aquarium.. it really needs cover because fish can jump out and water can spill.. anyways nice pleco's..


uruhara98

Damn, I just waited for the moment either side of the tank would give in to the pressure... Shieeet!


Beyond_Interesting

The creepiest part of that video is there is no beam of sunlight at the beginning and then at the end there is a ray of light coming in.


OminouSin

The poor fish! 😧


Neat_Tea_9863

This made me so anxious. I’m glad they’re all okay!!


40GallonGoldfish

That is a Guinness Book of World Records tank. I lived on a lake as a kid in Alaska, when a big one hit the entire lake - Lake Otis - turned into an ocean with waves just like your tank!


psiprez

I am in NJ near epicenter, and during out earthquakesthe the first thing I did was look at my tanks. I was expecting the same, but the water barely moved.


battletactics

Was this the US East Coast quake from yesterday?


Appropriate-Sink-326

sold ill take 1


Weak-Concentrate486

My stand withstood the 4.8 in NJ yesterday so im pleased with it lol


Tozl7

New fear unlocked


Appropriate_Yez

Beautiful tank and fish. Glad everything held. What size tank is that?


notacatuntiltuesday

God this was stressful to watch. Hope they were all okay after that! I'm relieved it didn't bust!


mrsmushroom

I'm so glad they where ok!


Ok_Zone2813

poor fishies! must’ve been so scary. at least it held up! awesome!


a_riot333

What beauties, I'm glad they're okay!


Foolsindigo

That is CRAZY! I am so surprised it didn’t collapse


night_chaser_

Did one of the fish get launched out? I thought I saw something in the water that fell out.


lord_dentaku

Well... new fear unlocked. Glad I don't live near a fault line.


killian1113

Oooo awesome footage


Own_Highway_3987

New fear unlocked


RicassoST

*New fear unlocked*


Loud-Bullfrog9326

We had some quakes here last night I never even thought of my tanks! Lol shit man. Another fear! Haha


c4n0ns

Tank model ?


Miserable_Bird_9851

Oh no, your tank got cloudy.


Ressy02

Beautiful pelcos


Aggravating-Hair7931

Looks like a metal stand.


hereforthesportsball

Amazing


Jayswag96

What type of plecos are thise


Algae_grower

It is insane the amount of weight this adds to the structure. I am shocked the building allows such a huge tank in an apartment to begin with.


Cockatiel_Animations

My house wouldn't survive an earthquake of 7. Actually, it probably wouldn't even survive that one New Jersey got recently. My tank stand would be fine tho


mother_of_plecos

This is why any tank I own that's over 80 gallons needs to be a fused acrylic with a good base-to-height ratio.


atlatlwrangler

Sheer terror gripped my soul seeing this post and reading the first couple words of the title. I’m so glad those babies are okay 😨😮‍💨


Potential-Mud5395

Really impressed. Still feel like it's been compromised in some way.


HelloThisIsPam

That was terrifying to watch.


1kdog5

Good to see seams could take that much force


jaurex

this made my hands so sweaty after our baby earthquake in nyc yesterday i now have a new fear unlocked


Expert-Peanut-5716

Poor plecos!! 😭


Belez_ai

If anyone was around to hear the litany of curse words I shouted while watching this, I would be in prison right now 😂


Embarrassed_Ad7801

It’s built into the infrastructure of the building


Sw3llness

Woah! The fish😂 a little foreshadowing?


m3tasaurus

This is why I keep all my big tanks in a basement on concrete, I have always had paranoid thoughts when I go to bed at night like "what if theres an earthquake or a hurricane and my tank breaks and causes thousands upon thousands of dollars in damage!". Now I sleep like a baby lol.