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With a (questionable) W from James Drake, how would you rate season 5 of Fishtank?

  • 1 Star — Absolute disaster. Unwatchable, boring, production fucked it up bad, the fish were lame

    Votes: 56 7.3%

  • 2 Stars — Pretty bad. Some funny moments, dragged, too many vibe repair days. Barely worth checking.

    Votes: 87 11.4%

  • 3 Stars — Average. Solid entertainment in spots, some good chaos and crashouts, but nothing special

    Votes: 168 22.0%

  • 4 Stars — Really good. Lots of hilarious moments, strong fish personalities, solid content and vibes

    Votes: 405 53.1%

  • 5 Stars — Peak Fishtank / Masterpiece. Non-stop insanity, legendary fish and production, pure chaos

    Votes: 47 6.2%
  • Total voters
    763
Wow, Bam got a ring from his Shaman and has no idea what the writing on it means. Now where have I heard that one before....
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Mohammad/Bashir next and last.

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Right off the bat Bam asks if the Arabic music on stream is his doing. Mohammad says that no, the music isn't necessary, the crew are just playing it as a joke on him. They talk about some Arabic band that Bam apparently likes from Azerbaijan?? Bam claims that he was invited to Saudi Arabia to film an advertisement in Mecca? Weird stuff lol.

Bam asks his ethnicity. Mohammad says that he is 25% Syrian and the rest American, with some Italian. He asks if he can read Arabic, Mohammad says yes. Bam gives him a ring with Arabic engraving and asks what it says. They talk about Arabic language for a bit, stuff about how apparently ancient Arabic required "dots" to know how to say words.

Bam asks what language he learned first. English first because his mom is fully white American, later learned Arabic.

Can you last 30 days: Yes, with God's help!

Who do you get along with the most: Landon. Says he relates to Landon a lot because he has a very good friend that is a lot like Landon. He was surprised by how upset Vicky was about being teased with vaping.

Bam talks about how he sees a spiritual shaman. Says his shaman is his "absolute best friend" despite being from Iran and now living in Hawaii. He's surprised that his shaman always has an answer for everything. Story about how great his shaman is. Honestly, I had no idea Bam Margera of all people was this into Arabic shit, lol.

Bam says he thinks karma is real. His shaman never says anything negative to anyone. His shaman put roulette bet on only one number, Bam said the money was gone, but he hit which is insanely lucky. Bam says this is because of karma.

Finally, Mohammad says that when he was six years old he saw Bam on Jackass and never thought he would actually meet him like this.
 
So there's 10 fish and the show is allegedly only 30 days

That's one elimination every 3 days (not taking into account fish naturally leaving on their own which happens every season)

Season 5 is a Fishtank speed run it seems but can you blame them? They have 30 days (making this season 29% shorter than last seasons if my math is right) which is a blessing and a curse. The curse is they have to keep all 30 days interesting because the show is shorter and has to keep the attention span of the audience so there's not enough room for dead time like in past seasons that lasted 6 weeks / 42 days. As we've seen in past seasons they've had issues with keeping the show interesting for the whole 6 weeks so with this season being shorter hopefully that works in production's favor who historically run out of ideas before the season is over with.

The blessing is 30 days is probably just enough time for them to stay in the house and deal with all the swatting / township bullshit they will likely endure. If the show went longer then we may get a repeat of season 4 where they do not have enough time to finish the show because of legal reasons. 30 days seems like the perfect amount of time to wrap this up before they're legally evicted from the house. Maybe that's a big reason this season is only 30 days.
 
Omnimon32 said:
So there's 10 fish and the show is allegedly only 30 days

That's one elimination every 3 days (not taking into account fish naturally leaving on their own which happens every season)

Season 5 is a Fishtank speed run it seems but can you blame them? They have 30 days (making this season 29% shorter than last seasons if my math is right) which is a blessing and a curse. The curse is they have to keep all 30 days interesting because the show is shorter and has to keep the attention span of the audience so there's not enough room for dead time like in past seasons that lasted 6 weeks / 42 days. As we've seen in past seasons they've had issues with keeping the show interesting for the whole 6 weeks so with this season being shorter hopefully that works in production's favor who historically run out of ideas before the season is over with.

The blessing is 30 days is probably just enough time for them to stay in the house and deal with all the swatting / township bullshit they will likely endure. If the show went longer then we may get a repeat of season 4 where they do not have enough time to finish the show because of legal reasons. 30 days seems like the perfect amount of time to wrap this up before they're legally evicted from the house. Maybe that's a big reason this season is only 30 days.
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They usually have three or four at the end so it won't be at a rate of 1 elim every 3 days.
 
Taking it back. Dumping stonks.
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Also... this?
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edit: twins only seem to be able to move in pairs. Do they have some sort of weird... Donnie Darko wave-mass thing coming out of the larger one's back that the other one has to follow?
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Omnimon32 said:
So there's 10 fish and the show is allegedly only 30 days

That's one elimination every 3 days (not taking into account fish naturally leaving on their own which happens every season)

Season 5 is a Fishtank speed run it seems but can you blame them? They have 30 days (making this season 29% shorter than last seasons if my math is right) which is a blessing and a curse. The curse is they have to keep all 30 days interesting because the show is shorter and has to keep the attention span of the audience so there's not enough room for dead time like in past seasons that lasted 6 weeks / 42 days. As we've seen in past seasons they've had issues with keeping the show interesting for the whole 6 weeks so with this season being shorter hopefully that works in production's favor who historically run out of ideas before the season is over with.

The blessing is 30 days is probably just enough time for them to stay in the house and deal with all the swatting / township bullshit they will likely endure. If the show went longer then we may get a repeat of season 4 where they do not have enough time to finish the show because of legal reasons. 30 days seems like the perfect amount of time to wrap this up before they're legally evicted from the house. Maybe that's a big reason this season is only 30 days.
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I have a feeling the 30-day limit might not be random. It could be tied to zoning laws or occupancy regulations — once you start housing multiple unrelated adults in a single property for a long stretch, licensing and compliance questions tend to pop up. Production companies don’t like inviting that kind of headache.

I’d also like to think they learned something from earlier seasons. Dropping a chaotic livestream experiment into the middle of a standard residential neighborhood was always going to cause friction. This new place feels like it might be farther out — edge-of-town territory, maybe even part of a larger property or ranch setup. Somewhere with breathing room.

And being in Georgia? That’s probably not an accident. Georgia has built a reputation as a production-friendly state — just look at how much was filmed there, from The Walking Dead to countless other projects. Compared to New England, where neighbors are quick to call lawyers or the town council, Georgia tends to be more accommodating when cameras show up.

The slightly toned-down structure and shorter timeframe could be deliberate. If you want a controversial franchise to survive, you don’t double down on chaos in a way that invites shutdowns. You stabilize it, make it sustainable, and buy time. Then maybe — down the line — you secure a fully private compound where you can push the envelope again without zoning boards hovering in the background.
 
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