Nick Tobler

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Nick Tobler (born November 1996) is an American TikToker best known for raising eels and other fish in his house's cistern.

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Biography

Tobler grew up in Erlanger, Kentucky. [1] As a child, he was known to catch snakes, frogs, and toads, and bring them home. [2] [3] He enjoyed playing Animal Crossing and Pokémon. [3] [4] Later, as a student, he worked for PetSmart and a local pet store. [3]

He graduated from Northern Kentucky University in 2021, [1] and has worked as an aquarium store manager. [1] [2]

Tobler and his brother moved into a new house in Taylor Mill, [1] which was built by Tobler's grandfather, [5] in March 2022. [2]

Tobler has owned both scorpions and tarantulas in the past. [5] In 2022, he owned a black widow, [3] "fifteen tortoises, several lizards, and fish," [2] including a lungfish. [1] He and his brother breed Indian Star tortoises. [3]

Online presence

Tobler had been posting videos about aquatic animals to YouTube since the early 2010s, when he was in 8th grade. [2] He started a TikTok account in 2021. [6]

In March 2022, Tobler began posting on TikTok about his attempts to turn the cistern under his 1958 home's garage into an "eel pit". [5] The 288-ft cistern had originally been used to collect rainwater, but had become obsolete when the house became connected to the city's water supply. [2] [5] A week after posting his first video on the project, his followers had jumped from 200 to more than 100,000. [3] [7]

Tobler installed artificial lights, air pumps, and water filter into the cistern, and introduced goldfish, a catfish, and two crayfish into the water. [5]

He had 200,000 followers by May 2023. [4] By mid-June 2023, when Tobler finally introduced eleven American eels to the enclosure, [5] he had gained more than 350,000 followers. [2] The eels were given names taken from TikTok users' comments. [3]

Further additions to the eel pit have included sturgeon and gar. [8]

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