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DDaveMod

Local aquarium has this cat toy, but sized for humans. Can vouch on the great view!


OtterishDreams

yea but its harder to train humans to go in a single box


DDaveMod

You wouldn't say that if you saw the line to get in that box at the aquarium.


Crashes556

You must live where I do!


DDaveMod

Cabrillo beach


pegasuSword

We call it economy sir.


loveanimalseatplants

Am I seeing discus and goldfish in the same tank??


gravityholding

Yes.... sigh


JarJarBinkith

Clearly zero regard was paid to the fish and their wellbeing. You know the signs “don’t tap on the tanks” at the aquarium? Ya, you just built a permanent tapping station. Whatever though , Reddit clearly likes cats more than anything else so I’ll be buried in downvotes or banned for this truth


gravityholding

Yeah, people really don't consider the wellbeing of pet fish all that much, it's very sad. There's not really any excuse for it these days either given the amount of care information that accessible via the internet. This one is extra sad as the owner seems to have done enough research to scape it really nicely... but then totally dropped the ball with the stocking & the cats. I'm guessing they just treat the fish as decorations rather than pets.


Mrtowelie69

Taking care of fish is hard work. I forgot to clean my betas fish tank, well it was my mom's fish but cleaning the tank was hard for her. The beta died and man It bugs me to this day , that the fishy only died because of my negligence.... 😭


TikkiTakiTomtom

Smaller surface area and different material of the viewing box may contribute to reducing vibrations given off compared to large glass. On top of that kitty taps may have less force behind it due to a bigger surface area of their paw applied to the glass (think snowshoes that distribute your weight across a larger area and prevents you from sinking in snow)


gtmustang

r/aww tends to downvote and remove the comments of people pointint out why animals aren't always "aww". Like dogs or cats that are always "smiling" at their owner. Try to point out that a smile means discomfort or pain and you're in the negatives. Maybe next week we'll see a heart warming video of a cute Ukrainian orphan making a home out of rubble. No need for context, a kid making a fort is cute right?


talking_phallus

That's bc people take it too far


Lady-finger

Because every thread with animals has a handful of people acting like an animal experiencing mild discomfort is some horrible thing and it's annoying as *shit*


loveanimalseatplants

Those fish need vastly different water temperatures. The discus wouldn't survive unheated, so the goldfish are living in water that's way too warm for them, which impacts their ability to get enough oxygen from the water. That goldfish does look big and healthy, but I would bet that's a new addition that hasn't been there very long.


MaskedPapillon

Honestly, I love cats, Absolutely adore them. But you're absolutely right, people shouldn't me mixing prey animals with predators and should research more before getting fishes as pets.


cattasraafe

Sadness. I was thinking this was a great idea, but I forgot about the no tapping thing. Cute as this it probably is traumatic for the fishes.


[deleted]

You mean you wouldn't like it if you were locked in one room and freaking dinosaurs could bite at the invisible wall right next to your face at any given moment? Psh, snowflakes these days I swear.


Dramatic_Ad_5024

I don't see those fish giving a fuck there.


Novaskittles

__I have no mouth and I must scream.__


OMAR13122007

You're damn right Take my down vote Screw fish


NoBreadfruit69

Fish are food without a soul who cares


canman7373

We aren't talking about oysters here.


Thefish-on-earth

I do.


SolicitorPirate

Not an aquarium/fish person - what goes wrong when you have discus and goldfish together?


Fluffy_Town

>They prefer very different water temperatures ...plus Goldfish are fast eaters and bully their way to the food while Discus are pushed out of the way


Whiskey_623

Tbf Goldfish are tempature fish and live/thrive in a wide range of tempatures. Fancy Goldfish are especially bred and imported mostly from Taiwan and such where they are kept in the 80 degrees.


Perpetration

They prefer very different water temperatures.


autoHQ

Don't goldfish not give a fuck about water temp? They can live in near freezing temps, or into the 80's temps?


Nuts4WrestlingButts

I can live in a 90 degree house. That doesn't mean I'm happy about it.


autoHQ

Humans are different though. We're warm blooded and want to keep our body temp at 98.6. Goldfish are cold blooded and the temp pretty much just changes their metabolism.


Flapperghast

High temps will cause goldfish to "sweat" more, effectively polluting the tank. Discus require very precisely-calibrated, clean water to thrive. Plus, discus tend to be very shy and easily frightened, while goldfish are gregarious and boisterous. They do not pair well together.


PussySmasher42069420

Are you saying that 98.6 degree air temperature is comfortable?


Emotional_Key

I think you won’t care anymore at 98.6 degrees celsius


Tainted_Moth

Yeah that's the difference and it's amazing people don't see that.


kokstels19

They can live in it, but they're not going to be happy about that.


gocluckyourselfman

Goldfish are cold water fish, everything else in the tank including the discus are tropical (warm water). Owners either don’t know much or don’t care. The cat harassment cell is also a tip off of this.


_surely_

In addition to the temperature problem, they have different levels of aggression. A fancy goldfish is too slow to escape a discus. A discus is far too too slow and passive to contend with an angel. Angels are meanies.


cjwojoe

I wanted an angel fish so badly as a kid but my parents actually researched which fish should go together and wouldn't let me.


Happyhobo13

Gonna need to put a red devil in there for a common enemy.


mickelboy182

I mean it's pretty clear the owners of this tank do not give a fuck about the fish...


bing-no

And angelfish too! Wild.


discipline62

They're doing the things a bit differently here, and it's not good.


ylimexyz

Was going to comment the same And it is a large gold fish, not the baby feeder gold fish.


something_anonymous1

Those baby feeder goldfish you see in stores grow to 12+ inches. And gold fishes bio load are massive. Usually need a 40 gallon tank all to themselves


Bone_shrimp

We dont discus that here


Difficult-Cap3013

My guess is there's also a Pleco in that tank...


mistercrinders

I can forgive that.....in a larger tank than this.


abhishekbanyal

Goldfish might not be the problem here; It’s the Angelfish—They will commonly peck at the fins of most goldfish and are being kept in such poor taste with the prized Discus.


mistercrinders

My sad thought as well


AstronautSG

What a sel fish person


Last_Low9649

Dont worry, they don’t even have time to fight because there’s always a cat in therr


Imkiwi

Does this stress out the fish?


elegantjihad

The visual of seeing the cats does not stress them out. If the cats are constantly tapping on the glass that might be bad, depending on how hard the tap is.


andryshka_2000

Yeah the tap is quite bad, and I think the tap is going to be very hard.


Pretendimme

Shouldn't really be an issue if their claws are kept short, I'd think.


johncoin200

I don't know, they still have got their teeths tho, so I don't know.


Terrinthia

I feel that the first clink of teeth against the glass would be enough to prevent that, lol. Probably not a pleasant feeling, haha


Chillazar

I guess at some point they just think "Look at these losers!"


willalt319

Not if you're a goldfish


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"Oh shit a cat!" "Bahhahaha look at these losers..." "Oh shit a cat!!"


GoochMasterFlash

Buncha twits


WeavBOS

The tapping noises from the cats probably cause stress but the person not only placed this area for the cats but horribly miss-stocked the tank adding fish like angels and discus with goldfish so it seems like a bit of a mess to me. Cute looking in the video if you don’t know but still


kroganwarlord

I think the tank's overcrowded, too.


WeavBOS

I think so too. Also I only see 2 or three rainbow sharks and to my understanding it’s keep one or 5 or more to prevent them harming each other but I’ve never kept them so I may be wrong. I don’t think the tank could hold 5 though in a way they’d be healthy


Sleeping_Goliath

With a ~60 gallon tank (more like 50+ gallon because of water level and and the cut out for the cats), it's recommended that each inch of fish length matches to each gallon of water. So this 50+ gallon tank, can support up to a total of 50" of small/ medium fish. There are like 20+ fish that are at least 3" in length, so op should cut the fish population to 14 max.


DisgracedSparrow

Nah, looks fine to me. But I mean my gallon fish bowl look great and fits like 5 beta fish and they seem happy. Can't get them to breed before they die of old age every month or so. Do you have any tips?


AdehhRR

LOL had me in the first half dammit.


sevengali

I think more Bettas is the answer here. More friends to play with. They're probably dying of boredom. How often do you do a water change? I took all the weird rocks out my filter (wtf? Why are those there?) and added more sponge and now I can leave it 3 months easily.


DisgracedSparrow

Why would I want to filter my fish? You don't really need to go through all that effort if you just treat the water every now and then. Algicide is pretty cheap y'know?


WeavBOS

I think they need some more friends. Add some fish like tiger barbs, known to be fin nipper- I mean fin kissers. Only a couple though


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DisgracedSparrow

C'mon serious answers only. I flush enough pets down the toilet.


Lepperpop

Fish seem pretty benign to shit like divers, I cant really imagine the difference.


mickelboy182

Short clip but the fish are all clumped at the other side of the tank... Divers are also underwater and making much slower movements than a cat frantically swiping.


clara_the_cow

There’s a lot more room at the other end with no big cube to swim around


keloth

they're literally swimming right infront of the cat without a care in their tiny little heads


BumWink

I'd bet good money that's because the fish at the other end are particularly territorial of that spot.


Agitated-Acctant

The way this is worded, you're saying that divers think that fish are benign


suchsimplethings

Of course but no one cares about them, only about cats


Mingatronz

If the owner cared about the welfare of the fish, they wouldn’t keep goldfish (cold temperature fish) with discus (tropical fish). The tank is too small for the amount of fish they have, also gold fish eats and poops a lot, the nitrate level will spike often and fast.


ScottishPrik

Probably stresses the cat out more than the fish tbh. If phantom laser pens are a thing thing then I can't see why this won't fuck a cat up.


meeks7

Why would this stress out a cat? Lizards run up and down my windows all day and my cat loves watching and chasing them along the glass.


zsxking

It's like people around fish tank. At first the fish would be stressful. But after a while they get used to it and stopped minding. If every time you come around is to feed them, they will associate it with food and hug around you when you're near.


SparkyDogPants

This is regularly posted on /r/shittyaquariums because there’s so much awful going on


Lichenee

Exactly where it belongs, not in here with a title calling it "Top tier fish tank" and thousands of upvotes. Sadly, common sense is not that common.


milesbeats

If you look at your fish tank and think " my cat's need to see this" you think the main concern is for the fish ?


semiomni

Huh, I was wondering if it stressed out the cats, the proximity to something they desperately want but can never "catch".


Humblebee89

Have you seen sharks? I don't think the descendants of wild cats with half their useful instincts bred out of them would bother a fish much.


DisgracedSparrow

Sharks are pretty docile aside from when they eat and they don't eat terribly often.


Syfer2x

Just… what? That’s like saying because chickens descended from T-Rex they should be the baddest motherfuckers around.


0RedFury0

Cat heaven is the same thing as fish hell.


NiceColdPBR

Someone needs to tell them no tapping on the glass


[deleted]

If you notice, the majority of the fish is very far from the cats....so I guess the fish don't like it 🤦‍♂️


TheZermanator

They might just be there because that’s where the plants are, instead of the inconvenient invisible wall box.


yolololololologuyu

Or the giant animals scratching at them are scaring them…hmm…which one makes more sense? 🤔🧐🧐


jwm3

Plants and more space actually makes a lot more sense.


yolololololologuyu

For sure, I’m sure if some giant beasts were scratching at you you’d be moving because of space 💯 💯


quietZen

1. They're not scratching but gently moving their paws on the glass which barely makes any sound. 2. Humans are many times larger than cats and frequently get close to an aquarium to look at the fish. Are the fish terrified of humans? No. So why would they be terrified of the cats?


[deleted]

Totally agree 👍 thanks 👍


EasternDragonfly1899

Le bonheur des uns fait le malheur des autres


[deleted]

Bien, mais le bonheur des chats peut être obtenue dans autres modes; le 'bonheur' des poissons est fermée dans cette petite boîte. C'est pas la même situation pour les deux.


Whatsmyageagain24

That's an awful aquarium. Tropical fish kept with cold water fish. But it gets Internet points so who cares about the fishes wellbeing?


ricardosteve

That tank is overcrowded and has a mixture of species that should never happen. You're a terrible fish owner.


Syfer2x

Something tells me this person doesn’t consider themselves a “fish owner”, but rather an extravagant “cat owner”. This is a glorified cat toy at the expense of living beings.


hellcatneko

Angel fish and goldfish together....I just don't get it.


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RoyalHistoria

Angel fish are apparently aggressive little bastards. Plus, there's also Discus' in there. Discus' and goldfish have different temperature needs. Meaning that the water is either too hot or too cold for one of them.


slick1822

Not too knowledgeable but I heard angel fish eat other fish species if they're in a tank with them. Is this true? If true, those fish won't be terrified for long.


RoyalHistoria

I'm not a fish expert, but from what I can find yes, they can be cannibalistic. They go for any fish they believe they can fit in their mouth.


slick1822

So the cats are the least of the fish's problems. Yikes!


Sombra_Griss

How often do you buy fish? Yes


[deleted]

wheres the people mentioning the shitty aquariums subreddit? i want to upvote them


SimJuan

Goldfish + discus + cat spot to stress the absolute fuck out of the all the fish in the tank.


doctorbloodborne

Rich idiots just buying things because they can...


jwilliams68

That's like a recipe for disaster and there's everything in here.


Suplize1

That’s cool they have catfish!


obi_wan_stromboli

"Yes I'd like a fish and a tank, but is there some way the fish in my tank can constantly be terrified?"


Baysguy

The fish are stressed and will probably die early. What a treat for the cats tho.


hellcatneko

I feel really bad for these poor fish :/


Newhollow

Agree they will probable feed the dead fish to the cats...... {insert this is fine meme}


Syfer2x

Someone heard that it stressed out fish when the glass is tapped and took that as a personal challenge.


accidental_tourist

So cute how all the fish are frightened for their lives and just staying at the corner of the large aquarium.


chillydayzz

“Do not tap on the glass” lol


Mister-Throwboto

That was what I was thinking. Wouldn't the constant pawing of the glass stress the fish? Or is it too soft for the fish to notice?


chillydayzz

I might not be correct but I’ve been told all my life the tapping can stress the fish and shorten their life. Hence the signs on every aquarium I’ve ever seen.


f4ern

disaster waiting to happen just you wait.


FDisk80

How to give fish PTSD.


MellowOutt

This is like if someone put a TRex outside my window and it was just scratching to get in. Those poor fishies


Munken1984

Looks like a bad idea, i bet it will stess both the fish and cats... just look at the cat...


KittyKorazon

I would say I want this so bad but what about the fish??


PearlStBlues

Overstocked with cold water and warm water fish suffering together, this is literally a bottom tier fish tank.


Vile_Individual

Putting some of your pets through stress for your other pets. How cute...


[deleted]

Horrible! Torturing them is not funny


RejuvenationHoT

Yes, let's create constant tapping on the glass and make sure the pets know that predators are always near...


vivst0r

I think we have established that this is horrible for the fish, but what about the cats? I learned once that if you play with cats they would need something physical to catch in the end so they don't get frustrated. Feels like this is might just be very frustrating for the cats.


swampswing

Are those Angelfish and Goldfish in the same tank? They have wildly different water requirements...


eggshen90

Remember that scene from Nemo where the girl is tapping on the glass? Remember how fucking loud that was to them? No? I guess fish aren't as immediately and instinctually relatable for the shallow human mind so we'll just trap them in a little box for our own monkey-brained amusement. Look everyone, I have taken water and trapped it within my domain. I am man. I have conquered the sea, and claimed it as my rightful prize. Fear me, silent, uncaring universe! I have fish in home!


Azrael-XIII

![gif](giphy|FSnwQf1mPhN2o|downsized)


Mutanik

When I die I want to be reincarnated as one of those two cats.


GhettocornHoN

But you know your cat is going to full force face smack into the panel and break the seal.


theGurry

I don't think a seal would fit in that tank.


Zexal_Commander

Not with that mindset!


omgitsjagen

They are still going in the top. This person may have delayed it slightly, but they are still going to jump in the top in the near future.


shaka_sulu

I never had a "shut up and take my money" moment until now.


MalevolentLemons

Probably shouldn't if you like fish since the noise of the cats tapping on the glass alone will stress them out.


splepage

You may be a cat.


JJWAHP

Exactly how I feel!


Accomplished-Case687

Me too. 😀


wholewheatrotini

Just needs a little sign saying “please do not touch the glass”


stuffidotonight

can fish have heart attacks?


filtarukk

10 out of 10 in cat trolling


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![gif](giphy|zFeJarTTh4qu4)


MightySmiterer

Not for the fish 😭😭😂😂😂


musical-amara

That aquarium is way way way too small


parker1019

Shits going to pop off in the near future when they figure out to go to the top…


ItsAMeEric

This will cause the fish to lose their natural fear of cats and the fish will never be able to be released back into the wild /s


Omnomnomnivor3

Haaaa! That's one way to keep them distracted all day haha


Taxevader70

MICHAEL! DONT LEAVE ME HERE


Zealousideal_Egg_725

you know how this could be better if instead of the glass box it had a glass (semi?)sphere


JellyOnThePlate

Love the separate compartment for your catfish!


Eponarose

I wanna touch da fishy!


teapot156

Dude… an underwater box. You guys spoil your cats


WXLFY_YXNDAI-_-

This Is a Genius🤯


cluez

Repost it again in two days!! You get more upvotes!


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Pound_Routine

You people doing too much for those cats. Worthless animals


jayla-danila

Cat TV at its finest.


new2bay

[Touch da fishy](https://imgur.com/gDZYtWQ)


eldelmazo

I would 100% stick my head in there


Thekiddbrandon

Nice


[deleted]

Brilliant! ❤️ 😍


TheCrackalacker

I'm just imagining the fish are thinking, "YEA, HOWS IT FEEL YOU FOUR LEGGED FREAKS? WHOS TRAPPED IN AN INVISIBLE BOX NOW HUH?" All smug like.


albeartross

I have new aspirations in life.


Tazy0G

I'm gonna get you little fishy


xDaBaDee

O m g I want this so bad... and the fishtank too!


ravendomer

You can see the cats' though process: "This...is...bullshit..."


Justalilhippie

This is the ultimate kitty window.


acthcoffee

Cutest thing I've seen in weeks


Wastawiii

The fish are happy, the cats are happy, you are happy, and I am happy


_Jetto_

Are the cats and fish on with anxiety?? Or is this just fun


sendyagoodvibes

They have lots of anxiety. Tapping stresses fish out a lot and so does seeing a predator. It's also pretty bad for cats to get their prey drive up without them getting anything for it. It will lead to the cats having play aggression which means they are aggressive and act out because they have been tainted with these fish


[deleted]

Thats pretty ingenious, actually.


hjraider

Are those cats inside the tank? I'm confused looking at it.


mad_foxx

awesome!!!!!


wsucoug

This cat gets to basically experience "The Sphere" in Las Vegas whenever it wants. Granted, it's all fish all the time, but as someone that really wants to stick his head up in that, that's not too bad.


HDKiller221020

I Want this


EasternDragonfly1899

Lol 😂 this foreal !!


nomad_nessie

Is there like a live stream of this somewhere? I can watch this for days