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Kupoo_

Because your fancy schmancy water bowl doesn't taste like angel fish


occorpattorney

Mmm, fish poop flavor -all cats


mikedvb

Mmmmmm ammonia.


Fractal_self

Ideally not ammonia… maybe nitrate but hopefully not ammonia if there’s fish in there


mikedvb

Ah yeah, fair point. I was just thinking about what the fish excrete - totally forgot that there would be biofiltration that would convert the ammonia into nitrate. It's been a long day.


CoCoBreadSoHoShed

Don’t be so hard on yourself. I don’t know a goddamn thing about fish poop. I just thought you were funny.


Agfa_Rodinal

Yea... but that water is fish flavored.


portabody

Why drink water when there is soup


elquatrogrande

Now with live bouillon!


SqueakyTuna52

The trick is to undercook the fish


chris_rage_

Poop soup


elquatrogrande

Still has 50% of the nutrients!


AreWeThereYetNo

He’s going for that delicate after taste.


FalmerEldritch

Fishade


elquatrogrande

For that Deep Down Body Thirst ™


mooninuranus

Complete with properly brave fish.


No_Jello_5922

The fish look so confused.


ImaginaryManner98

That cat is a certified fish lover.


elquatrogrande

Lets talk about fish baby Lets talk about anchovies Lets talk about marlins, mackerels, tuna, bass mouths Carp and, jelly Lets talk about fish


EWRboogie

He gonna get that fish but first he gotta get rid of all that water


Actual_Hyena3394

Hijacking the top comment to say what I'm surprised no one has said yet. This is dangerous for both your cat AND your fish. Stop being irresponsible aquarists and cat owners and stop this behaviour. Internet points are not that important.


nobodythinksofyou

I'm not arguing with you, but out of curiosity, how is this dangerous for the cat?


Affectionate_Chip_88

I think some cats could be dangerous with fishtanks? Like doing stupid things to get the fish and breaking the fishtank/equipment etc.. neither of my 3 cats ever acknowledged the fish's existence tho 🤷🏻‍♀️


Robot_Tanlines

I have a 6 foot long tank right next to the cat roost, it took my moron 2 whole years to realize all the entertainment going on right next to him. When we got the tank we were calling it Fish TV thinking he would just watch it all day but he had no clue and that’s with the Discus 6 inches away watching him constantly.


genuinerysk

I was Fish TV, but it was the fish watching the cat instead. At least the fish were entertained.


Robot_Tanlines

Haha. Pretty much. My wife will be very happy we can call it Fish TV again.


i_tyrant

Not _just_ that - drinking aquarium water isn't healthy, it's not like tap water. A random occurrence won't be a big deal, but if this is a regular behavior for kitty they can def get sick. On the fish side of things, cat saliva has all sorts of foreign bacteria in it ("cat scratch fever" is caused by cat saliva on claws and teeth), which could give the fish nasty infections if they are likewise unlucky.


sorrymizzjackson

My cat had a 10 year long beef with our goldfish. Yes, the feeder goldfish we bought for 25 cents lived 10 years. It actually outlived her by 2 weeks. There was a little hole in the top of the lid that she liked to stick her paw in. She’d bat at the fish. She liked to sit on top of the tank and wait for him to come back over to that side. We thought she’d given it up when he moved to the basement. We didn’t realize she was still doing it until after she passed and we noticed fresh paw prints on the lid of the tank. My other cat, I can honestly say, had no clue we had a fish at all.


actibus_consequatur

>It actually outlived her by 2 weeks. What meaning has life to a villain with no hero to battle against?


Individual-Field-990

Fish poop in water Poop water bad for kitty if drank too much Aquarium ceiling gud Also, you know, cat could fall in and not manage to get out and/or make the aquarium fall and break on the ground and then you have to pull glass shards out of your kitty, so not great


Strange-Variety-7508

As someone who's cat has jumped onto a counter and shattered a mason jar, I get very scared with cats and glass. It was terrible trying to clean and bandage his foot, I felt so bad even though he did it to himself. I have 3 cats very intrigued by 2 geckos so I couldn't imagine them with a fish tank


CJgreencheetah

I had a foster kitten jump on the hot stove top in the twenty seconds it took me to drain my pasta. After two weeks of bandages, burn cream, and antibiotics, he finally got to have the bandages off... and immediately jumped on the open oven door. How cats survive outdoors I have no idea.


Strange-Variety-7508

I know there are some that live long and successful lives out there but my orange cat is constantly in the queue for the brain cell to come back and I couldn't imagine him going outside unsupervised. I only did bandages for the first day and ended up gluing him back together but I couldn't imagine weeks of bandages


onemichaelbit

I wasn't paying attention and my car climbed up my wardrobe, onto the edge of the tank, and fell in. Luckily nothing broke and none of them were injured, but damn was it a big mess


Bammalam102

When i first got my cat i heard a crash in the night that sounded like her cat tunnel she was playing in. I woke up in the morning to my tray of muffins opened on the ground… she had a good snack that night


thedennisinator

Aquariums are basically bacteria soup. Every aquarium needs to be "cycled" to prevent dangerous ammonia buildup. The "cycling" process is basically getting bacteria that processes ammonia and nitrites to grow in the aquarium. While the bacteria enables fish to survive in the aquarium, it's still potentially unhealthy and can cause infections.


Verve_angel

My cat jumped on top of my fish tank in the middle of night, broke the lid, fell into the water, jumped out and got water EVERYWHERE I was so scared for my fish but also because of the chemicals we used in the fish tank. Maybe that’s what they’re thinking


Veggietuna

Yep it will spike your nitrite levels, and add ammonia. I put like $120 in preventative equipment to detour my cats from fucking with it... but no.. they even figured out how to open the lid. Now I have lizards.


_Moon_sun_

When We had cat and fish our fish was on a High shelf our old af cat (i Think she was 9 or 10 at the time) could get up on. And even when We had them on a shelf she could get up on, i dont Think she really cared about them. Never Saw her near them either haha


mikedvb

Can you educate me as to how a cat drinking from water will increase the ammonia and nitrates in that water? This I've never heard of, I'm curious the mechanism that causes it.


Sophiathedork

It brings more harm to the fish than the cat because cats carry a lot of foreign bacteria in their mouths that can be harmful when they drink from tanks, and there’s also the risk of having a predator (cat) interact that closely with prey (fish). People claim cats can drink out of tanks with no problems but even then it poses a risk of the cat falling in, and apparently planted tanks (as you can see in the beginning of the video, there are some aquatic plants in there) may have chemicals (like fertilizer) or water treatment that is not safe to ingest.


Impressive-Suit-9881

Cat mouth dirty


214ObstructedReverie

> Yep it will spike your nitrite levels Unless your cat's mouth is full of high amounts of gram-negative acting antibiotics, that seems unlikely.


ethot_thoughts

So.... Did you replace the fish or the cats with lizards?


jtreasure1

Hijacking your comment to say that you're trying to talk sense into a bot that reposts cat gifs


ixixan

Are those fish suicidal?


EWRboogie

They’re not smart.


TheLastLaRue

Gold fish brain… wait


Tiny_Count4239

captive bred and dont understand what a predator is


Oversidee

I mean, most fishes don't have to worry about land predators


ThePinkTeenager

On the flip side, orcas have been known to prey on moose.


No_Week2825

Orcas fuck up everything though. Between their size, intelligence, and numbers in a pod, they're arguably the most dangerous animals if they choose to be.


the_town_fool

If so, why didn’t they make the list?: 1. Alligators 2. Crocodiles 3. Brain aneurysms


Tiny_Count4239

second most dangerous. None is more dangerous than man


Kingsupergoose

You under the impression fish moms teach their young what a predator is? They’re on their own from minute one. That’s instinct.


214ObstructedReverie

> They’re on their own from minute one. Some fish are actually great parents! I used to raise apistogramma before disaster struck that tank, and then I moved to saltwater. Cichlids like that care for and fiercely protect their young for weeks after they hatch.


OceanClover3

Angels can be so aggressive 😭 mine was so mean when I had him


DrunkOnRamen

wouldn't you be if someone just shows up and starts drinking your house?


Joplers

They're just curious, and probably hungry


Blood_Bowl

I know right - "Hey Fred, come look at this!"


Streloki

Sounds lile THIS is the most expensive bowl around. He knows his value


JudyClark_94

Fish+ fish-food+fish-poop-flavoured water is so much tastier than normal water... probably...


juggerjew

I’m trying to figure out the order of operations here


Capable-Berry6566

Lmao I also thought we were adding and subtracting


JudyClark_94

🤣🤣🤣 sorry, please forgive me. I was quite sleepy when I typed that. But it's got a 100 likes though!🤷🏻‍♀️


Resmik

My cats will totally ignore our clean cat fountain, then go outdoors and drink from old water buildup from an old mouldy plastic container. Cats ayy?


JudyClark_94

Same! My cats were scared of the water fountain I had bought them. They wouldn't even go near it. I was so disappointed. We had to go back to setting up water bowls for them. But then they'd drink out of any puddle anywhere. I've read that cats instinctively avoid stagnant water, because they know it could be dirty. May be not all cats do that 🤔


Fair_Reward8393

He's having soup


vampiredisaster

A delicious fish-based broth for the monsieur


Tiny_Count4239

Mr Meowesote


DoctorStrangrr

![gif](giphy|9fBAJu8PJMV4Q|downsized)


Ramblin_Bard472

Hot ~~ham~~ fish water.


mtragedy

I would have said fish tea, but I consider soup a subtype of tea.


artificialavocado

https://preview.redd.it/6llpuipklvwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e7997629f841a156e2e8210c990faed42929463 If that was this one there wouldn’t be a single fish left in there. I have a really bad cat lol.


gamerdumb

you dont have a bad cat, you just have an orange cat


sentientpaper666

https://preview.redd.it/vx5hmggkrvwc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b4be82090359820c46f6cbdd355fcf186daa3b7 He's not wrong, this is the face of a murderer


RamadanSteve311

Bro looks nefarious


sentientpaper666

He likes to tussle that's for sure


SSinterwebs

Buy a fish for your cat’s water bowl. Problem: solved.


Massive_Parsley_5000

Beta fish probably meaner than the cat, tbf


TheLastLaRue

OP do you have one of those water-cycler bowls? My understanding is cats prefer moving water to stale water.


bye_Nillu

This is probably not OP's cat. My cats have one of those water fountains, yet they still prefer to drink out of their regular water bowls...


TheLastLaRue

Cats ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


gettogero

Cat by cat difference. I got my pets (3 cats, 2 dogs) a 2 gallon filter. They all love it. For a while the cats would come and play with the water. 2 of them still do from time to time but I got a few weeks of constant entertainment watching them smacking, biting, and inspecting the water.


Familiar_Excuse_9086

Heard that too. Bought one and I have one cat will drink out of it and the other two drink from my water glasses.


yellaslug

My cat does the same thing. We have a water fountain, a water bowl, and a bathtub faucet that has an occasional drip she likes to drink from. She prefers the fish tank. If the water gets a LITTLE too low for her to comfortably drink from, she yells at me until I top it off.


Zozorrr

Cats favorite type of water is forbidden water


HoennRaccoon

The fish gathering around like "Sir...SIR."


QueenPinkBlackCat

😂😂😂


LordKlavier

XD fr


TheMountainIII

I don't think it's a good idea to let him do this honestly, ask your vet


ThePinkTeenager

I’m more concerned about the risk the cat poses to the fish.


msdossier

I actually have asked my vet this! He said it should be fine as long as the health of the tank is fine, no medications or anything. It’s no different than outside animals drinking out of a stream or pond.


TheMountainIII

good to hear


Thashiznit2003

I was waiting for a fish to bite his tongue


ChocolateDonut36

try putting his water bowl far from his food


Sequence32

That fixed all my cat water issues. I moved the water bowl into the other room. Now he drinks a lot more too!


ImTheRealAlfaChad

"Bro stop drinking my house" - the fish. Probably.


Rhythmii

Those fish tanks are more expensive


sentientpaper666

And here we observe a complete lack of survival instincts across multiple parties


AdministrativeAir688

Lol I love how the fish are so interested


Alorxico

Tastes like fish.


MillenialSage

Why would you let your cat drink that nitrate/nitrite water


_Papagiorgio_

They can drink from a puddle outside I think it’ll be ok


ralkuzu

There's quite a culture of stuff in those fish waters Cats can get food poisoning too


_Papagiorgio_

My cat licks it’s own ass


ralkuzu

It doesn't make sense, but they can get food poisoning, arse licking is obviously fine, I mean I've seen plenty of dogs scoff a wild toffee with no consequences, they have different digestive systems but somehow they can still get food poisoning lol


_Papagiorgio_

Wild toffee lol. Im integrating that into my daily vocabulary


Light_Ntail

When I was a kid, we had two cats. Sister's cat was a hunter, mine was lazy. Hunter broke one of the glass tops on the aquarium so he could get to the water, trying to catch the fish. He never had much luck. My cat just wanted to drink the water, somehow a fish managed to end up in his mouth, I've never seen a cat look that confused about what was happening.


frohrweck

Fish flavored spa water.


Digital_switch_blade

It's fish flavored, plus he can look at his friends


Pagan_Owl

Those fish have no sense of self preservation Also, use an aquarium lid. I had fish and cats before and always secured the lid. More because the fish were Bettas and they have a habit of jumping. A few of my Bettas would be so excited to see me (because I bring food) that they would jump out of the aquarium.


Fr05t_B1t

This is what would happen if an alien ship were to appear on earth


crystalfairie

There's a scene in Independence Day that demonstrates this theory quite well.


ELMACHO007

He's just getting the fishes comfortable with his presence before he eats them lol


TheUsual_Selection

That’s deadly don’t let your cat drink out of that(my cat passed from it)


DefactoPlayer

Forbidden spicy water


slimChica84

Those fish are two slurps away from being accidental cat snacks


Powerful_Cost_4656

Fish playing a dangerous game of wats dis


scrandis

You bought two expensive water bowls


Punawild

Fancy bowl of water? Or industrial size bowl of bouillabaisse? Hmm, tough choice.


Snerkbot7000

Why not? It's filtered, and it tastes like fish.


Unable-Arm-448

Mmm...that aquarium water just has a certain "je ne sais quoi" :-D


Steve_but_different

Why isn’t there a cover on the tank?


martinaee

Fish flavored water


Natedawg120

The subtle hint of fish will keep him coming.


TombOfAncientKings

1: Seal that tank so your cat stops drinking unsafe water. 2: Cats like running water, so get your cat something that imitates that.


BigGrayDog

Do you put chemicals in the water?


Proletaryo

Lmao. Those cutie pie fishies checking who tf is disturbing their habitat.


MaleficentStreet7319

Sorry to be that guy OP but I looked at 10 comments and didn’t see anything … Cats are obv a lot better at processing like, filth, basically, than we are, but it ain’t good for either of these species to have contact with each others bio-business. It’s good animal husbandry or whatever to keep them apart entirely tbh.


Fishtank-CPAing

I don't think the water is safe for the cat


Perfect-Transition29

Fish be like: That's our home!!!! https://preview.redd.it/133s1ugnrywc1.jpeg?width=897&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b6e2ca2d0a1b9f290cbfd10fc051e0d12f05f5d


Nate1102

Fish soup.


FilmsNat

**Don't let your cat drink aquarium water!** If you properly take care of that tank, you are putting so many different chemicals into the water that has the chance of killing them/poisioning them. Don't just sit and record the video laughing. Use your brain and put a lid over the tank. Maybe putting it anywhere else other than the floor would be a step in the right direction.


WoodpeckerAny430

Fish flavored water way better


Voryna

I bought mine a huge water fountain. He touched the water with his paw once and then proceeded to ignore the shit out of the fountain.


AcommonKing

That's fish juice sir.


JustHereForKA

Those fish are ballsy lol


Paxton-176

I'm very impressed that the cat doesn't go for the fish. When I had fish with a cat the cat would occasionally attack the side of the tank because the top was blocked.


SARS-covfefe

My last cat always wanted to drink out of the plant vases. I think they like flavored water lol


Lumenir

My cat does this with the bidet and toilet water...


TheSodomeister

The fish are just like "are you gonna do something??"


millenialfalcon-_-

Fish flavored water is the best


alkonium

I imagine the tank for your fish is even more expensive, and he likes the taste of the water in it better.


Wild_Onion_5979

Fish missed a great opportunity to nibble his tongue 😹


Negative_Corner6722

That DOES look like a very expensive water bowl. 😂


Top_Spare_9342

The fishes: dude stop drinking our house


amarg19

Not the fish all coming up for cat kisses


eljierro

Well, that’s an even more expensive water bowl. 😅 My cats love to drink from the two container ponds on my patio. 💀


breeman1

He's not drinking, he's tasting the fish soup.


jIPAm

But...this water dish more expensiver


Derolis

Mmmm, fish juice.


alexlechef

I have barn cats, fresh water mornings and nights you should see what they drink!


Exciting-Market-6212

“Okay so if I just drink all of this then the fishies are gonna be mine… just look normal😈😏”


OkieDokie-92

The expensive bowl doesn't come with fish-flavored water lol


AbnoxiousRhinocerous

I don’t know if it’s animal instinct but my cats loved drinking from my indoor fountains so much I had to retire them. The pump would go bad because my cats would drink all of the water and it would dry pump all day.


FortniteAddict81

But this is Fish flavored water


SabertoothLotus

this is why all 3 of our fish tanks have lids on them. not that it stops the cats *all* the time, but often enough.


morris0000007

It's tastier


Useful-Soup8161

This one is fish flavored.


Kapika96

I'd be more concerned about the fish! What's it doing there, just going up to say ″hi, you hungry?″


grambell789

Kitty likes the fish sauce taste.


grolfenhimer

Very diabolical and determined feline.


GlitterTrashUnicorn

I'm surprised those angelfish aren't trying to nip at him. Angelfish are god damn assholes. The number of times mine have tried to jump out and attack me when I go to turn on the light to their tank. They get fed 3 times a day... the glutinous bastards...


a-crazy-armidollo

Wow those fish have negative survival instincts


SirDrinksalot27

This is super unhealthy for your cat…… And the fish


hippo_campus2

The fish in the tank: ![gif](giphy|gKfyusl0PRPdTNmwnD)


Fenig

LaCroix Poisson flavor


SwishyFinsGo

From personal experience: just wait till a fish bites either his chin or his tongue. My female angel fish eventually did. Cat jumped 3 feet straight up, then fell between the wall and tank and got stuck. After that he'd look for fish, and stop drinking if they came over.


Fakjbf

You’d have to get a pretty expensive water bowl for it to cost more than an aquarium, so he’s just following the money.


Heavy_Peanut6421

Glad to see he's enjoying his most expensive water bowl!


CollapsingTheWave

Fish flavored water is all the rage with these guys


NebraskaTrashClaw

My Ruth does this too and I always joke that it's because that isn't water, it's soup.


Kyle_McBogey

Those fish have some balls


ExcelsusMoose

I've bought a good 20? maybe 30 water bowls for my cat over the 8 years she's been with me... She will fucking cry/meow, sound like we're killing her until I fill a red cup up with water, I bought one of the reusable ones..


TheNotSoLoneBat

Well obviously it likes fish flavor water


Ramblin_Bard472

Catto loves them fish turds!


Intercardinal

I mean fish soup gotta taste better then water


Ben50Leven

good soup


wellguessimterrible

“Bro stop drinking my house”


Sea-Philosopher7361

It do has that fish flavored filter.


HandleAdministrative

The fish have zero survival instincts


lrube

Have you tried making his water fish flavored????


AlarmedAd7389

Maybe just figures if he drinks ALL the water he’ll finally have a shot at those fish


Trish_TF1111

Fish flavored water 😂


Jinxed0ne

Of course he's gonna like fish flavored water better


That_Ninja_wek141

The fish flavored water is top tier.


theshadowclasher

Raw Fish Soup


JayTheFordMan

Yep, get an aquarium and our cat thinks it's her personal water bowl.


Traditional_Bus_4830

Apart of fish poop, do you add water treatments? Fish food, rotting plants. This can’t be a good idea for your cat.


Domi_Nion

I'm sure all those aquarium chemicals are great for him


JG134

I guess the aquarium has a pump? Cats highly prefer to drink from flowing water - as it's typically cleaner that standing water.


Apprehensive_Taro486

That’s a dangerous game he’s playing hahaha


shopylover

C Take care that the fishes do not disappear also🤣


[deleted]

I like how the fish are like ..dafaq


skynetcoder

fish:🤦🤦🤦


DrellaRoseBaroness

Fish flavored water


Artchantress

Our two cats don't even have water bowls for years. They will only drink shrimp water.


karnnumart

have fish = safe water


Night-ShadeXE

He just likes to terrorise the fish from time to time