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I met someone today who told me he can't keep fish alive. He walked into my fish room and he couldn't believe all my of FF fish tanks! I told him about you and your natural tanks. He almost fell over when I told him that hardly ever have a fish die and never do water changes. I offered to help him setup a Father Fish tank. I hope he takes me up on it. Love you FF. You're the best!

@twisted-aquarium6710

7 ай бұрын

I'd totally take you up on it. Lol great friend.

Nice of sis to help out in the vid.

Thanks for this- a very inspiring reminder to us all of the simple pleasures of the hobby and how it doesn't need to be complicated, or expensive. Even after 40 years of fishkeeping, these videos give me a twinge of excitement, so well done again Father Fish!

I have kept multiple aquariums over 35 years.Reefs to freshwater cichlid to live-bearers.This is a very greedy industry filled with tons of me too and snakeoil products.Marine is the worst.Refreshing channel.Newbies learn here.Don t fall for all the paid minions of the aquarium industry.

My cute bunny 🐇 loves to watch you and your fish 🐠

I have a tank about 4 years now, it is a natural jungle aquarium. I love jungle style too☺️ i keep it simple, deep substrate, no CO2, no filter, no ferts. I'm just leaving the nature do her job. Plants and fish are fine, living happy. Feed the fish twice a week. Water change 10% once in 3 month. Like you said, it's not artistic but it is functional. I love it and i know my tank will work for many years. Thank you for all the lessons and important infos. Cheers.🤗

You're the best Father Fish. Let nature do what nature does..

Father Fish is my favorite fella on KZread

I'm a gardener, and I wanted a mini pond for plants. I did some research and realized I needed fish. I set up my pond with a bunch of plants, and rocks and as filter I made one with a pump and lava rock. Now I have three happy guppies living there, I was really freaked out with parameters, and expensive chemicals and equipment, but thankfully I found your videos and they have helped me a lot 😊

@guildmaster808

7 ай бұрын

It was the exact opposite for me. I became fascinated with fish keeping first and new nothing about plants and as I researched fish keeping I realized I needed plants. Lots of plants.

@queengigi7002

7 ай бұрын

@@guildmaster808 plants and fish, a perfect match 😃

@Trainyourbrain9792

7 ай бұрын

@@heartmagnet7754 rice fish are the absolute cutest and so friendly!

What’s in that stein lol. Got the Father pumped. Love it😀

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

lemonade and green tea. lol

@kenrooke9047

7 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish great elixir 👍

I love your channel

Baba yine mükemmel akvaryum bilgileri veriyorsun .Tanrıda Sana Sağlıklı uzun ömürler diliyorum.

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

Teşekkür ederim

Thank you so much for these videos, you’re a real treasure 😂 cheers to the fanatics 🥂

Thank you Father Fish

Just started my first planted tank! Really My first tank ever after watching my mother taise fish Her whole life she used to do planted tanks When she was younger these days She has a 60 gallon with gravel and nothing else. And a few goldfish. I just finished mine. Put some African dwarf frogs in it. Who are croaking and singing all night! Really enjoying the habitat! I told her I will be making hers over very soon to be just as natural as mine thanks to father fish!!!❤ will be posting videos on my channel soon, hopefully.

I love jungle tanks too!

this video must come with every sold aquarium

Thank you for a brilliant video once again, god bless you farther Fish.

Jungles are beautiful 💯

Definitely, the fish is the most important thing ❤

4:05 Father Fish's tanks are so healthy that he drinks the water from them 😅 *Tank* you Father Fish for all that you do. You are a danger to all fish supply whole sellers and that is why they are comming after you. This must end ! Got my used tank from exactly the type of people that you spoke about in this video - discouraged. Big tank and a very big fluvial system for 100$ Brand new it would have costed me *at least* 1400$ + + + Added 50$ for a water heater, a bubbler and a sponge filter. That is ALL ! They will not ear from me ever again after.

Great video!!

I took a leap of faith and made my first father fish tank.. Thank You father fish. This decision changed my life. At first, I had added gravel and soil.…Then I added some sand on top.. Sand filters the water like amazing.. Thank You father fish.. For fullfilking my dream of a good planted tank setup

Thank you Father Fish for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. I have had a 16-gallon 4-year-old fish tank where I would lose fish regularly and was tired of water changes. After watching most of your videos, 2 months back I set up a 55-gallon tank using your deep substrate method, for the first time, the fish looked happy and healthy. Very few fish deaths since then and that too most probably because I overstocked a lot when I set up this tank and secondly all these fish came from big box stores. I filled the tank with live plants and now it is the attraction point in my house. I rarely feed the fish now, maybe once in 7 days. Your discord channel also has been of immense help, with you and members advising on problems and challenges that fish tank hobbyists like me face. Keep up the good work!

Love your style and glad your message is getting out there more. See you Sunday for the live stream 👍🏼

There is only one thing I disagree with - the jungles in the aquarium ARE beautiful. My warmest greetings to you.

Thank you Father Fish! About a month ago I stumbled across your channel and I was blown away! I just bought some of your plants and supplies to make all my tanks the Father Fish way. I was in a car accident and I have been having trouble doing water changes and I almost killed my Dojo loach because I couldn’t do frequent water changes. Luckily I did a water change and she is doing much better. Any day now Loachy will be living in a Father Fish tank and I’m so nervous and excited!

I just put together a 20 gallon tank last night, I don't have fish yet, but I'm already obsessed with my tank, thank you!

Another brilliant and encouraging video, thank you FF.

What a bloody great video and some food for thought, Thanks FF

My fish behave like actual fish. I love sitting and watching them forge for food and hide comfortably in the plants. I’m so excited about the future.

I'm turning my new fish room into natural tanks! Let's hope I don't mess this up!

@janeygunn4311

7 ай бұрын

I'll be following along!

@hankwilliams4093

7 ай бұрын

Awesome, new subscriber here!

@cwhittaker6714

7 ай бұрын

Love your stuff!

@WhittAcres

7 ай бұрын

Thank you all!

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

We have lots of help on the Father fish Shoal, Join us and share your journey with short vids. discord.gg/56NZFTfdQV

Are you drinking a resurrection jar? Lol

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

lol iced tea

Fishtank building sounds like gardening ! , and it all makes sense. Gardening successfully and growing food is a survival skill learned by our ancestors who lived close with the land and reaped the harvest by learning from the land . You are correct about people trying and failing keeping a healthy fish tank.I love your natural way , which makes sense , as fish and aquatic plants and other stream dwelling creatures are living beings. I have always hated plastic plants and colored coated gravel . You are successful because your message of keeping a natural tank is STRONG. You are the fish tank Guru who is tried and true . Thanks for telling the mass population of well-intending people wanting to have a fish tank... that it can be easy and lovely if it is started naturally with love and knowledge of our aquatic friends which we want to thrive.

Definitely a fanatic like you Father Fish, much love to you!

Thank you Father fish you make fish keeping fun again ❤

As a Discus owner and breeder, you have blown my mind. ( everything clean and sterile and p.h/gh/kh tds testing constantly doing water changes. ) It's no easy task. I also keep many other fish species and neos. I'm excited to try your method on a 10&20 gal.

This overgrown, over-planted tank is its own aesthetically pleasing piece of art, and it is beautiful. Art is subjective. Art can be accidental. Anything that feels natural, like a rain forest, is a jungle of beauty. This tank is 100% awesome.

If I may be so bold .....you looked better with the beard

Now its time for my tank. Thankyou so much. Thanks god i see your blog.

Jak zawsze otwiera oczy . Dziękuję !!

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Father fish we thank you for all the education you give us, yes a fish tank full of nature. Much love!

Well explained as usual.

Since i started seeing father fish i stopped changing water i just filled in evaporation and my fish could been happier and healthier

That's my tank at the beginning! So cool to see it here! The FF way has changed my life (and my fish's life). :)

@Desmond000007

7 ай бұрын

Yay! Thanks for your beautiful tank footage . Tommy

Hi father fish,you look 20years younger with your hair short🙏🙏🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Thank for sharing your experience.

Amazing. I've been having a nightmare. I've been doing it all wrong! I've just binged watched all these. So I have a 300 litre tank. I have a lot of fancy black gravel. I love the black look. I've just ordered 3kg of natural black sand. Do I need to bin the gravel completely? Just get the 1"of mud, then sand on top? Natural plants, just ordered. I have a massive pump/filter that's not even arrived yet! Due on Saturday. Can I still you that as well? Massive learning curve here. Big thanks Scott. Scotland❤

After watching your videos I learned so much. I wish I saw your video first. I could have saved some money But im glad that I watched before my tank went to the curb. Thank you

Also, you can make these style tanks pretty, it just takes more work on your end, which kind of defeats the purpose of a natural habitat. Love the content, FF!

Love your content Father Fish. Since discovering your youtube channel, I just capped my old gravel tank with a deep sandbed and loaded it with plants and a leaf litter from my local pond. I plan on using the Father Fish method on my two new larger tanks I just purchased. I will take some pictures and post them to the discord.

Thank you @fatherfish !!!

After your advice I have changed the entire setup with soil and sand on top. The result is tremendous. The results are comparable to the CO2 tank. Thanks a ton for the incredible lesson. The plants are thriving too good

@user-qk3um5ui9k

7 ай бұрын

Muchísimas gracias usted es el mejor youtubers porque solo dice la verdad 🤗🤗🤗

@eduardokarmayeshe5579

7 ай бұрын

I followed your instructions, after s week the water on my tank is turning amber should I made a partial water change? Thanks 🙏

@ssujeeth45

7 ай бұрын

@@eduardokarmayeshe5579 there are two things to water getting dirty. One you are not using sponge filter. Trust me it's the best filter. Second, use a credit/debit card to clean off the glasses to have a clear view every 10 days

@bmcleroth

6 ай бұрын

I like to make sure the soil is capped nicely so not too many tannins and soil make it into the water column. But a waterchange will clear it over time!@@eduardokarmayeshe5579

@Kamerun241

4 ай бұрын

​@@eduardokarmayeshe5579Yes yes yes yes yes.

Thanks Father Fish. You were my cheat sheet for our first tank. I just got soil from my backyard, sand from homedepot, rock and driftwood from my local lake... my fish are happy!

You really are an inspiration Father Fish!❤

This guy is what today’s generation needs to listen to.

@Kenna-vg3gj

7 ай бұрын

I'm a gen Z-er. I have had a love for this hobby since I was a child keeping guppies (not with a lot of luck). Unfortunately my generation of hobbyists has been fed the lie that we will never succeed in keeping fish and plants unless we spend copious amounts of money on an array of products and gadgets to act as "life support" for tank Inhabitants. I came very close to giving up because at 19 I cannot afford all of the quality substrates, fertilizers, fancy Canister filters and their fancy bio-media, big lights for plant growth, CO2 systems, etc. This channel is a total blessing to me and has returned my dedicated for this wonderful hobby😊

I was going to go high tech with my second planted tank. During my research I came across your channel and 100% ditched high tech idea and followed you. Redid my first tank using your method. I appreciate your videos tremendously.

❤❤❤

Great video as always ❤. Thanks for your continued guidance.

90% by actual count lol 😅you’re a funny guy Father Fish

Really enjoying this! Thank you

I think a very high percentage of fish keepers want the tanks to be artistic and for show. The best tank to me would have tons of plants and look artistic too. I think you're talking about tanks with mostly hardscape.

The same as gardening , when you get into the myco fungal system and the natural , building of soil with proper natural compost etc, so simple and organic ( learned from growing lovely Mary janeoryanopsis.... ) aquariums are simple. ,go natch, it works , I don't know saltwater but I like fresh, whether African cichlids, or a nice community tank ( love tetras)....

The big draw for the high tech setups with CO2 and intense lighting is all about instant gratification. It's all about getting insane plant growth rates so they can get these immaculate looking scapes that require weekly trimming and tons of monitoring. Fish health usually isn't a focus - maybe just compromising CO2 injection between plant's need and the point where it starts to affect the fish's respiratory systems. I've done these, and they require so much monitoring and maintenance. One parameter goes a little out of whack, and you'll get hit with algae at an extremely fast rate. I think one of the huge benefits of a natural soil tank is the stability it provides. Instead of doing weekly water changes and trying to manually maintain stability by artificially dosing nutrients and KH/GH boosters, etc, a natural soil tank with a large amount of plants and a balanced amount of light will provide that balance automatically. You won't need to interfere at all.

I DISAGREE, I THINK THE JUNGLE IS BEAUTIFUL.

Love your message, Father Fish! Have a nice day

Thanks Father Fish, I’m taking the leap tomorrow.

@dejawon12

Ай бұрын

How is it going ?

@maryvalent961

Ай бұрын

I made some mistakes but after a rough start all is great! Plants are growing, guppies breeding

I love the jungle and how you keep fish. I've been doing it for 15 years myself now. I get all my items and fish from outdoors. Love the channel

Father Fish, thank you for existing and for sharing your precious knowledge/experience. You truly are the best! I hate using chemicals for fish

So I was having very bad issue with my cycle water turns green very fast water tested nitrate nitrites high … switched to this method literally last week so far so good thanks father fish

Thank you for bringing some sanity to having an aquarium.

I’ve watched and listened to you after having fish die on me and guess what I did your substrate and change the type of water I was using and no more dead fish. Thank you FatherFish. 😊

Im proud that im in 10% because of you father 😊

I hear you ,,,, my aquarium now truly looks after itself ,, yes i do about a 20 to 30% water change once every two weeks ,,, But that is just me still hanging onto water change habit ,, i love what your are teaching here ,,, its a tough fight teaching an old style of fish keeping in this world we live in now .. all the best from the UK

@twisted-aquarium6710

7 ай бұрын

As a Discus owner and breeder. I'm starting with a 10&20 using FF method. I know it'll be a difficult task to grasp. My shrimp and guppies will be the first to explore the FF method with me.

Thanks Pops!!!!!@

Hugs from Brazil. Your channel is amazing!

Videos in a fish farm on how they breed and grow fishes on large scale would be too good. With a pinch of your knowledge. Especially for someone like me, who wants to take the hobby to the next level.

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

I should ask my friend Bill to join me again for a conversation about breeding.

@ssujeeth45

7 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish or probably a visit to the farm will be more informative.

Beautiful natural tank

İt was a pleasure father thank you !

Спасибо за видео! Да, начать заниматься аквариумистикой нелегко, но благодаря людям, которые делятся своим опытом, все получается гораздо лучше 🌹

Wow you were mentioned on George Farmer’s channel

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

He recently criticized one of my videos to which I told him he was wrong factually.

@jle92708

7 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish I saw his recent video and he’s starting to realize he was wrong that high tech is all there is and looking down on low tech and consider the fact that he’s got a lot to learn about low tech. For me personally, I followed many techniques from George Farmer but low tech appealed to me…. I have solved so many issues by just leaving the water as is. Minimal algae growth

I love your videos. I just you already have mentor someone to continue your legacy when you no longer with us. I desire that you live a whole lot longer and that you continue to stay healthy for yourself and us all. From Puerto Rico.

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

Gracias Adam. You are my students, all of you who are my friends and followers. I will leave hundreds, perhaps thousands of acolytes behind when I leave. A great movement will have been started to return this hobby to its roots.

Thank you Father Fish. You have inspired my husband and I to start our own tank. We love your videos and have learned so much from you. Excited to get started. We are off to go get our supplies 🐠🐟🌱🪴🪨🪵💧❤. Keep up what you are doing, we look forward to your next video.

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Than you Father Fish for clarifying this, experience is this what make all difference, and Im writing this as beginner, long way ahead to be where I wanna be😏. Recently I made mistakes, two of my fish had swim bladder, but I made researches and now they looks healthy and happy, eliminates those factors who can cause this problems. And we have something in common, I also love jungle in my tank😃

I wanted to give up on my aquarium hobby, you saved that for me FF, huge thanks

Told a young employee at a Fish Farm/Retail Store that just started a Salt Water section... to watch you, check out the new Salt Water video.... I said now think, if I the customer could save money on the up keep of this type of system- don't you think I'd try it and then be able to buy the cool fish and plants... I'd never dream of such a tank, but maybe, just maybe one day I could-knowing Father Fish has a way! thanks again for teaching us this awesome natural way- cheers from Tampa Bay

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

The Tampa scene knows about natural systems and Father Fish.

I love watching your videos, you remind me of my manca( m.grandfather) thank you so much for your knowledge. Do you have a book

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

We are working on a book now. Should be ready by Christmas.

Im just starting in this Aquarium Wonder World... I was given a 65 gallon aquarium and im going to try my best to put all your advice and experience to work... Wish me Luck!!! 🤞🏽 You are a man with Passion, Love, and Knowledge!!! Thx for all the great videos... Keep them coming...

Hermoso Gracias por enseñarnos y regalarnos su gran experiencia. Un abrazo a la distancia.

Everyone who sees my tanks thst I have designed on the same way you do aquariums by adding at least 4 inches of sand and adding as much plant as possible yes its true you can't see the fish very much but I believe that's all part of the beauty it holds by just sitting there and all of a sudden a fish pop it's head out of know where and I have others that say your fish can't swim with all the plant you have my answer to them is simple no they love it and have never been happier thsnkyou father fish for helping me and showing the correct way to fish keeping

@samsadowitz1724

7 ай бұрын

I am also like that with tank layout. I don't mind seeing my predatory fish come out once in a while because I know they are in there somewhere until feeding time. Then everyone comes out.

Thank you! I was always told that you can never have a nice tank without CO2 or do lush plants without CO2. The deep substrate method is king

0:32 looks like brine shrimp soup for father fish 😂

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

funny

Another great video. I've stopped changing my water as I used to. I also stopped taking out dead leaves and such. I've just been putting water in and everything is doing very well. Less algae all around, fish are also well. The only thing I do besides putting water in and a little food as I don't have enough of the small stuff naturally growing yet is take out the duckweed that grows on top. Duckweed is a wonderful filter and when too much grows, blocking too much light, I just remove a few hand fulls. Thanks, learning more with every video you show.

Hello Father Fish 😊 amen! Amazing video..love your introduction on this one. Spot on! Fish behave more natural in planted aquariums indeed plus there’s more to observe in the tank . I spend hours watching all the new happenings in mine.. just love your channel.. keep going.. keep fish great again ❤..R~

@Father Fish, can you make a video on the size of the aquarium? Usually we speak in terms of gallons but it will be good if you throw some light on the ideal dimension of an aquarium. I remember you mentioned in one of your video that the height of the aquarium should not be more than 18 inch :)

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

I will discuss size, yes.

Thank you Father Fish for tour advise in these lovely videos. I’ve redone my 2 tanks your natural way and not only are my fish thriving, active and bright, but my plants are flourishing in the sand/ dirt substrate instead of the colored rock substrate.

Love your videos Father Fish!!! I'm thinking on try your methodology in my aquariums and show this to my subscribers here in Brazil!!! =)

Of the people I've seen on here you speak the most sense and how you explain it to people can great work understand