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I can listen to Father Fish all day

@angelikazak1392

10 күн бұрын

Me too❤

I set up my tank 1 November followed father Fisher’s advice. The only thing I’ve had to do is wipe the glass rinse my filter and add water that was that’s it. It’s crystal clear the fish are loving it. It’s incredible thank you father Fish I now have a tank that I can enjoy and it’s so natural.

i collected the muck and water for my resurrection jar from a frozen northern ohio pond in janurary. i had to break the ice to collect it. its been sitting in my kitchen window for 5 days now. and as it warmed up it became full of life.hundreds of tiny swimming things in there eating and reproducing and dying.. the circle of life in my kitchen window. i cant wait to see what wakes up in my gallon pickle jar. thanks father fish.

FATHER FISH you're the best 🎉

Father fish, you're a hero, and thank you for everything. My tank is now 3 months old, which has fry, a priceless experience. Crazy to think life is ending and starting in my little glass box. Keep doing what you do father fish! ❤

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Biodiversity is the key 🗝 to balance our aquarium. Extraordinary experience, it teaches us how nature works. This makes me feel confident with myself and everything is around me. ❤

This video needs to go viral!

I have mine! Collected from a stream in -20 weather in Newfoundland. Immediately when it settled I had worms, mayflies, water fleas, leeches, caddisflies… and so much more that I can’t even identify. It is tooooo cool to know so much life exists even in the freeze of winter.

@chrisrusso4512

4 ай бұрын

My grandparents in Nfld had a whole wooden barrel for rain water, algae covering the sides, I wish I could grab a jar of that now

@angelawhite2022

4 ай бұрын

@@chrisrusso4512ooooo! Me toooo!

The best Gospel I heard in a long time. Thank you Sir. Greetings from Switzerland.

@otallono

4 ай бұрын

the best gospel is Jesus dying on the cross to pay for our sins..

its amazing how much this man shines and vibes, telling truths my own fish store wont tell, bc of this channel i identified them using it xxD FatherFish youre amazing!!

I had almost 3months old dirted aquarium,any kind of soil and any kind of sand as u said at your blog 1st time i found it...a week later i made 6 ressurection jars from dead swimming pool...now i got hundreds micro fauna...my tank is very healthy looking...thanks father...

I can't believe my random plea to identify those black fly larvae made it into this video. Totally made my day! Keep up the fantastic work FF, I've learned so much!!

Bless you! I am blessed to live near a farm with a beautiful pond. I'll do this over the weekend!

Aaaaahhhh, now I think I see why you call it the resurrection jar. Love it ❤

This is amazing... amazingly deep understanding of the concept of ecosystem... the connection among creatures. Amazing...

Hi Father fish I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing 🙏 your vast knowledge about fish keeping and aquarium's!

Father Fish thanks for teaching vvery good things which had no place in our heads. In very near months I am ready to open a natural aquarium and pond shop. I am learning and have to learn more from you and share knowledge about you with every one, my upcoming customers. Thank you very much. Please give me confidence.

@FatherFish

Ай бұрын

Join us in the SHOAL where all the knowledge is. discord.gg/father-fish-shoal

That is where christian Father Fish and my heathen mind meets. Life from mud, alive from dead. Spring of life. Great calm simple natural. Thank you for spreading knoweledge.

After I set up my fish tank my dog an I walked to the lake I grabbed a mason jar "full" of the good stuff put it in my tank upstairs next thing I knew I was feeding my 14" goldfish downstairs with scuds and whatever else he could find "SHARKY" rest his soul so now I have guppies in the upstairs tank with babies and the downstairs tank with mollies an danios I need to get more plants cuz the scuds ate all the ones i had and the goldfish like to eat them so now i have to make some money to get plants otherwise i havent feed the fish i have for about 3 months in both tanks so thank you Father an have a wonderful day

@lindasidor7165

4 ай бұрын

Thank you I have always done this...when 8years old 🎉❤❤

@lindasidor7165

4 ай бұрын

Father fish love you 👋💕

@dorisglecer4102

2 ай бұрын

He really is wonderful. He States the obvious which we have been so programmed to think that we have to buy all these different chemicals and change the water and keep the tank clean and he really puts it in perspective I am on a very limited income on social security retirement so when I found this guy I was so overjoyed and I wanted to hit myself upside the head I realize that I knew this why in the world would I want to keep changing the water my guppies love plants when I have lots of plants and they're always breeding. But my snails keep eating the plants but you buy new plants and they come with snails so I did a major clean up and got rid of almost all the snails I could see until I can put the substrate and the sand in right now I'm just stealing with large gravel but now that I know how I will get it right I have the substrate from him and sand from Amazon which of course I could have got any sand and just cleaned it but it was only about $11 I have a 20 gallon tank so it's not going to take that much and I can plant as many plants as I want and it will cycle and hopefully my one clown loach will be able to keep up with the snails. He makes me laugh I love watching his videos I know he's not trying to be a comedian but when he States the obvious it just makes me giggle

WoW!!! Nature is amazing! It opened up my mind once again after your valuable advices!😊😊😊

So wonderful

And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Oh, I can't wait! I gave up having a fish tank 2 years ago when moved to a van. Today I found this video as I was missing fish and I need to say... challenge accepted! 😎 Thank you Father Fish. I was wondering what I could keep in a jar and now I know 😊😊

This makes sense. The pond water I collected smells like rancid poop! I put the water and leaves in and the shrimp and snails LOVE it!

I’m working on creating these micro-ecosystems and these videos are so helpful I’m going to the lake I’ve always fished and kayaked in to fill my resurrection jars tomorrow!! Much love

Thank You ❤

The potential for beauty lies within every piece of dead material, waiting to be unlocked by an artist's touch

Another great vid! Me and my fish Ty for all that you do

My 12 cardinalfish live in an aquarium with soil from the molehills, and water from the rain barrel and the nearby stream. Without a filter, without heating, with lots of plants, leaves, sticks, stones and roots and with little additional food and they feel so comfortable. I enjoy them every day

@DashDrones

4 ай бұрын

Nice, but cardinal fish are tropical and should be in 82F water

@TanichthysAlbonubes

4 ай бұрын

@@DashDrones You're right. Cardinal fish are tropical fish and need higher temperatures. Something must have been lost in the translation. I meant „Kardinalfisch“ (Tanichthys albonubes) these are the fish I keep and they need lower temperatures of 17-22°C (62,6-71,6°F)

@DashDrones

4 ай бұрын

​@@TanichthysAlbonubesah cool, that makes sense, vielen dank und guten abend 👍

@TanichthysAlbonubes

4 ай бұрын

@@DashDrones thank you likewise 😀

Love your videos I can watch all day it’s like being in science class. I wish I would have found you yrs ago as I’ve been trying to go natural.

I needed this video really helpful keep up the good work

Thank you , for everything

Awesome video

I love your method father fish i just cant believe how easy and how complete this method is and i am also happy that your channel is growing Love from Pakistan

I have had so much success from the Father Fish discord channel. Living on a whole different part of a plant, but here I am connected to your discord channel, getting advices, suggestions from such a polite staff and other discord members. We had only a single dirted tank setup but now my wife wants to set up one on her own. Thanks Father fish.

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Never change father fish! You’re the best

You just about make me cry, so profound!

Wondeful intersting and very knowledgeble channel keep up the good work

Thank you, Grandpa, that is very useful❤

GRATITUDE💥🐟💥

Thank you again father fish for helping so many of us out

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

So nice of you

I'll do this in the spring

Very well said father fish

Thank you for this important information about natural Aquaristik! I started my aquarium from new with your information and it works, thank very much! Greetings from Germany!

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

thank you father fish

hi, thank you for sharing all this info. \Would you be able to make a "how to" video on setting up and keeping a tank with shrimp only. What plants, other animals that helps them thrive in a tank, lighting etc are needed in a tank to keep them happy. Many thanks

I harvested a little bit of decaying leaves/wood from the little pond next to my work (I’m in Tampa, FL) and added it to my tank today! I also found out that the pond next to my house is FULL of water spangles!!!! I was so excited! I added a handful to my tank as well ❤

This is beautiful! I’m going to do this!

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

I specifically loved this episode. Thanks. Sharing with the Arkansas Planted Aquarium Club, now. 🐊

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@Psalm13923

3 ай бұрын

Hmmm saw this as I was reading the comments. I live in Arkansas. Where is this club??? Thanks 😀

This is my first day on this chanel. Every thing is true. When i was young i started aqariums with no money, no filtration. Just fihes, plants, dirty sand and lots of light. I never had sick fishes.

I put 2 gal of muck and water in my brand new 20 gallon with and inch of mud, FF supplement and 2 1/2 inches of sand as well, a bunch of FF plants (80) and 4 days later added 10 fish 3 snails and 2 shrimp. Haven’t lost a single fish, the female Guppy has had 2 sets of fry and the tank is thriving!

This all makes sense I gave up on keeping fish because they kept dying and it was a lot of work to keep things "clean" I'm definitely going to give this new method a go!

Father Fish, I used your recommendations when I setup many of my tanks. Each one that I have done this with has had so many different life forms come from them, it's amazing! I have scuds in my CPD tank and in the 10 gallon I have downstairs with my emerald eye rasboras the other day I found a leech (I removed it of course. I think he kiiled some of my Otocinculus catfish).

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Good that you found him.

@BigBrodie710

Ай бұрын

⁠@@FatherFishare leeches the only concern when it comes to adding the mud to the aquarium?

Hello Father Fish. I love your videos. Have you ever had a palludarium? Do you have any thoughts or advice on those? Maybe you will do a video on them one day.

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

I will be building a palludarium soon.

You are so much fun to listen to and I'm not saying that as you're a comedian but stating the obvious sometimes people need to hear it over and over because we have been taught oh you need to add chemicals you need to buy fish food blah blah blah it's so incredibly simple people can't believe it I adore you are you single??? 😁

If your on a budget collect your materials for your ecosphere, let it sit for a bit till the parasites and undesirable stuff die off, than turn it into a green water culture to maximize yields..or if your impatient it's pretty easy to find daphnia, copepod, seed shrimp and rotifer starter cultures online. Either way the end results basically the same. Jmho.

Actually, fertile soil can become mud for aquatic plants such as lotuses. However, fertile soil contains lots of healthy food for fish to eat. Even though there are dead earthworms.The result is poisoning from the mixture of soil and water. But, from there grows healthy food for the fish to eat. From the soil there are silk worms, and water fleas for the fish to eat....

@FF: You are a very talented preacher. Your sermon is clear, calm, convincing and loving. You should make it your job............ Oh wait...... 😃🤣

Honestly, making an resurection jar like this seems great. But the idea of touching the mud troubles me a lot. I know it's not dangerous but I feel like something is gonna grab me.

I'm up in canada and wasn't able to aquire your soil suplement but am doing my best to source the individual components 🙂 I find needing to wait till spring almost unbearable before I start my adventures with sourcing/growing live food😅 I hope you have a wonderful day Fatherfish

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

aquarium-supplies-3.myshopify.com/ here is the link to the Canadian supplier

@PhoenixRising2040

4 ай бұрын

@FatherFish 🤦 😅 yep that seems about right 🤣 thank you for letting me know 😊 I find myself often thinking of hindsight when I realize my rushing sets me back lol, lessons learned regardless 😊

@angelawhite2022

4 ай бұрын

I am in Canada too, and you don’t have to wait until spring. The life is there at any open spot you can find. My jar is LOADED!

@PhoenixRising2040

4 ай бұрын

@angelawhite2022 oh really? That's awsome I will totally need to try a couple spots to see what I can come up with 😊 thank you so much 😊

@angelawhite2022

4 ай бұрын

@@PhoenixRising2040 no problem! I was feeling the same way and sad I had to wait. But I found a slow moving open spot in a stream and the mud is very much alive. It’s mind blowing really! Fish is very pleased with my hunting ability lol

Thanks for great advice. Ive now had a natural tank for 6 months and plants/fish all healthy. Can my resurection jar stay outside during winter or does it need to be brought indoors for warmth?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

It needs to be brought indoors

Hi, do you think I could use ressurecction jars to raise little danio fry, until they are big enough to not get eaten by the adults? I plan to put hornwart in for oxygen and maybe a room plant for sucking up excess nitrates.

It is similar to when live rock was collected from the wild for saltwater aquariums. The majority of what you get is good, but on occasion people would have bad hitchhikers. Usually a hell of a lot larger than microfauna, like a crab or worm hiding in the many holes in the rocks. Can you put the jar in the aquarium early on as a way to cycle it? Letting the microfauna establish themselves and multiply before adding fish is my thought.

@FatherFish

2 ай бұрын

That is precisely why we recommend a jar as a starter, to see what is in the water.

Baba senin mükemmel bilgilerin için seni kutluyorum iyiki varsın .❤

can fish provide enough co2 for planted tanks?

Hello, my good brother Father Fish, I'm changing my 2 tanks to soil and sand. Should I use the same water to transfer into my new tank while I add the soil for my new tank. And repeat it for my 1st tank where the fish were? 😎💙

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

If the water is healthy absolutely.

Hey Father Fish! What exactly do you put into your fish tank after 30 days? The entire Jar? Or just scoops of the live contents? Thanks for all you do!

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Scoops

🙏😎🏆🥇

Incredible information, nature is amazing. Now I have at least two corydoras Fry in my FF community tank! I called the video a Father Fish tank but unfortunately didn't get a whole lot of views.🤔 happy Tuesday

@juliamartin1962

4 ай бұрын

post a link

@DashDrones

4 ай бұрын

@@juliamartin1962 it's on my channel

@DashDrones

4 ай бұрын

@@juliamartin1962 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYB3l8eAiKvfqaQ.htmlsi=KupA9nbtPlNmsS85

@DashDrones

4 ай бұрын

@@juliamartin1962 don't think I'm allowed to post links

Genuine question from someone trying hard to learn. In nature water goes in and out of systems freely unless it's something like a stagnant pond, right? To have this nature inside an aquarium cuts off that flow unless we move the water. So we should be doing water changes still? If so, will that disturb the microfauna, which is better able to sustain itself in a larger body of water?

What is the best lighting for my aquarium? White light or broad spectrum. It's a dirtied planted tank. Thanks.

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Depends

Hi Father fish, I just started this adventure. Question I have a jar but in the past i've had a huge bad odour from the algie that started up how do i avoid this? Thanks

@FatherFish

Ай бұрын

Algae does not create odor. Did you feed the system?

Question: how would I introduce food from the jar into my established tank. Keep the two separated and pull organisms and dump into tank. Or do I eventually dump the jar contents into the tank. Long time subscriber ❤

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Pour some of the liquid, lesser amount for a smaller tank and a cup for a 55gallon, into your aquarium. Take some leaves and muck and place into the tank. Then add 3-4 leaves

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

small amounts at a time, regularly. Create more jars by splitting culture and keep adding leaves.

@BigFadZ

4 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish thank you for this advice. I will definitely try the resurrection jar as my next project. I have watched all your videos on it. 😁👍

I grabbed a cup full of mud and leaves and dumped it in my natural tank, and a few days later a large dragonfly came out of it, so I picked him up carefully and put him outside

In the summer of 1975 my dad did this with us. He grabbed a big giant pickle jar which seemed to be about a gallon and filled it with water and put it on the window sill and after a while all sorts of growth came out of it. We actually lived on lake mangonia at the time which was the drinking water for West Palm Beach, but I'm not sure where he actually got the water from

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

It was eye opening as you remember it to this day

I also had limplets and hydras,im not so worried coz i have 7 mollies to consume hydra,not wooried bout limpets after research bout them...am i right to not bothered bout them?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

limpets are a harmless mollusc

Father Fish, I'm planning on setting up a natural, planted goldfish pond with soil and sand. What kind of filter do you suggest?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

do not add soil. Sand 6" deep. No filter needed. A bubbldr or small fountain will help move water.

@toriechuntraruk3611

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Father Fish! You are so helpful and caring! So glad I found you on KZread

@toriechuntraruk3611

4 ай бұрын

When can I add goldfish after setting it up?

Hello, I just had 2 jars a few days ago. My first exeperiment failed. Started ok but it was summer and they got too much sun I think. All the microfauna died. This is my second attempt. Do you close the jars with a lid or cover or do you leave them opened?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Leave them open

I am in desperate need of advice. I am now setting up a 40 gallon dirted tank. I will be using a sponge filter and I need to know if I should use sand or gravel to cap it? I know you generally suggest using sand with no filter, but I am not confident in my abilities to go without a filter yet. I should note: 😄 I never made a planted tank and I am a first time fish keeper, who decided to do a tank because I am overwintering my pond goldfish lol. I am tired of seeing them in an ugly Rubbermaid tote. Lol. I actually have the dirt ready, wetted and about an inch deep in the bottom of the tank and I’m just waiting to see how I should cap it.

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

I cap with sand and I have sponge filters in all my aquariums

@tiffanyclark-grove1989

4 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish oh good. I think it’s going to work out great. Bless you for working tirelessly to educate and for being in harmony with nature❤️

Good day 👋, can I use muck and water from brackish streams for a res jar and later put that in a freshwater aquarium? Can I put leaf litter from brackish water directly into the freshwater aquarium tank? I live so close to the ocean I can spit and hit it, even our ditches are brackish 🤷‍♀️

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

Brackish water will spoil your tank

@Kat-ec2eg

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 👌

Do you put the water in as well?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Yes, it contain goodies too

How often can you add a scoop? Thanks

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

You only need to add one then you use the jar to inoculate your leaves for your food web

@fatherfish 2 questions. Is it okay\better\worse to keep your jar for over 30 days? Also, does the temp difference between the outside water and indoor temp have any affect? Thank you for your wisdom.

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Is is good to keep your jar over 30 days and use it to inoculate leaves for your food web. Yes, keep it at room temperature

@nicholassadaka6330

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@nicholassadaka6330

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@nicholassadaka6330

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@nicholassadaka6330

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I have a question for this wonderful community: It is possible to make a 100 gallon father fish tank with fast growing plants to sustain 5-6 spotted silver dollar fish, or they just eradicate everything in a week? At the moment I have a 15 gallon with rasboras and a betta and it is working like a wonder, and I am curious it is possible to scale it up?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Yes you can. Good plants are java fern, hornwort, anubias and java moss. Stem plants don’t stand a chance

Did you ever try doing a bioactive terrarium as well ?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

yes

@Daniele63

4 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish Ooh nice, i was thinking someone like you would have and i was right haha, God bless

I would love to be able to add some of this life to my tanks, but my resurrection jars are always full of undesirables like leaches.

@FatherFish

Ай бұрын

Food

@hughdahand5711

Ай бұрын

@@FatherFish That's exactly what I'm trying to avoid my fish becoming.

Do u have bull nose shiners in ur tank

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

They are golden top minnows, Fundulus chrysotus

Where do you find bugs in the winter

@angelawhite2022

4 ай бұрын

Same thing! I got mine in -20 from an opening in a stream. I couldn’t wait and I’m so pleased!

If life doesn’t come from nothing, how did I get duckweed in my bin of bottled water and leaves from my lawn? Lol!

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

I believe there is a tiny criitter that wishes duckweed into existence. It is a micro gremlin.

Didn't work as well in my area. I had two jars from two different ponds and both only had hydra and planaria multiplying. Even after waiting a few months. Some snails too but my tanks already have plenty of those. I'd hoped for paramecium, scuds and other more desirable organisms. You had retracted your statement about adding muck before so it's not clear what your current stance actually is...

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Add waterlogged leaves and water from the same source

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

The problem with much was too many folks were putting more muck in their jar than the water could handle and they were becoming foul. Keep trying. It is out there. A small hand full of leaf mulch from a creek is best.

I think you can use mud from the bottom of a pond. My resurrection jar crashed but came back because I left it alone!!

My resurrection jars so far have failed. The first one didn't produce any movement. The second one grew a crazy red algae film on top after 2 days. I'm going to keep trying from different areas and try at least three at once this time.

@FatherFish

2 ай бұрын

Check out the April Newsletter and join my discord Shoal. We have a Resurrection Jar channel. The link is fatherfish.fish

how many pounds of sand do i need to cap a 75 gal gravel tank

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

75

I love you

,2 months ago if filled my new tank with sand and water. The tank is almost 350gallon. I filled it so all my driftwood could sink. Short after i did that my son was born. Time flew. Now 2 months later i finally found the time to start up my tank. But as soon as i wanted to start with the hard scape, i saw big black spots in the sand. Black sand is like 2 inches deep. Is it rotting sand??? Feels so bad man.. its a crazy amount of sand if i have to change it.. i regret it that i filled it with sand already 2 months ago. What should i do? I used an hose on it and spread it through the whole tank to clean it. Should i change it? I think it appeared because the water was stagnant for 2 months. No filters or any movement. Will it disappear when i start my tank? Or will it keep living?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

I think there is nothing wrong. It would be good for you to join the shoal and show us what you are doing. We can help better if we can see. discord.gg/father-fish-shoal

@Lazar.8

4 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish i am in it already, but didnt really get some usefull help yet. I hoped you would notice me haha. My aquarium is new. I used it for 2 months to let my driftwood sink first. But i also put my sand in the tank. Now after 2 months the wood is full of water. But the sand has dark big spots/area’s. I rinsed it out with the hose. But im afraid everything will get bad now.. water parameters and bad roots for the plants.. dont know if i can start scaping now and setup my filter or if i should change 150kg of sand first..

Hi father fish, I want to buy some of your plants $50 dollsrs worth...plants,we're do I go to buy them I'm in canada, toronto. Do you ship here?

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

fatherfish.fish has the link to our Canadian supplier

I would appreciate it if you could address a concern. Not everything in bodies of water are benign. Some are deadly to humans. How can you be sure that you're not inviting these into your home when undertaking this project?

@FatherFish

2 ай бұрын

The food in grocery stores is vastly more deadly than any stream of creek.

I did because I was poor and couldn't get a real tank. My first tadpoles and baby crayfish😅

Father fish, is there a very fine natural gravel that can be substituted for sand?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Must be sand

@juliamartin1962

4 ай бұрын

i used medium grit black diamond blasting sand. its a coarser grain sand than the sugar fine sand but still small enough to seal in the soil in the botton. . its perfect. the fine black diamond gets in my filter and clogs it up. but it has to be sand. to block all that dirt from entering the water column.

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Medium grit is fine