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My grandpa recently died, and he left me his fish tank. I know almost nothing about fish, but your videos are extremely helpful. Thank you!

@seanhiewvuixernmoe

9 ай бұрын

all the best!!

@jewel65

9 ай бұрын

I'm sorry for your loss, and I hope you're doing well with your tank. Hugs from an AZ grandma

@rebeldolphin72

8 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss Hun . Enjoy the beautiful, wonderful fishtank your grandfather left you. My late grandfather started me on tanks when I was five, he passed when I was 11 years old and I still love having my fishtank setup

@ColorzGuppyFarm

7 ай бұрын

Your at the right place!

@alanworthington1273

4 ай бұрын

❤ hi sorry to hear about your grandfather passing start off with fresh water 💦 fish 🐟 use all ponds exterior canister rather than in in tank interior filter pump fresh water 💦 filter is what the professionals use in their large and smaller tanks I clean my filter is AllpondsSolutions about £80 Beta about the same I’ve had my aquarium 9 yrs now worries I just a bit of information about how to start allponds are Chinese 🇨🇳 they do bespoke aquarium depending how may gall u pump I have a 120 gallon tank never had any problems some 10 yrs no real problems easy to keep happy new year to you and your family good luck just a bit of advice al 😊 princess 👑 🐈‍⬛🐾♥️❤️💦🐟👋

Algae is a sign of life doing well in the aquarium as long as your controlling it by having plants out competing it

@scotttucker8127

11 ай бұрын

Especially hair types

@Meilingsueyoung

10 ай бұрын

Good comment

@johnnybest6386

10 ай бұрын

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@Meilingsueyoung

10 ай бұрын

@@johnnybest6386 k

@jmsadms

9 ай бұрын

@@scotttucker8127 not when it takes over your plants and kills the leaves off.

Absolutely LOVE "The Shining" cover of this video FF!

What I used to do was put a piece of blunt glass outside in a bucket in direct sunlight. I'd let it sit there for a while to build up a nice mat of algae then I'd pick it up and place it in my tank. The various kinds of pleco *loved* it, they would in a few hours completely clean it off. You could see how excited they got when they were near the glass.

@jewel65

9 ай бұрын

That's a brilliant idea!

I just shot a video this morning about how discouraged I was about all of the algae in my 75gallon iwagumi tank. This could’ve come at a better time. Thank you father fish. As I said in the video, the aquarium game is a time game. Enjoy the process folks.

I've added some freshwater clams into my tank to reduce the cloudy water. They work really well.

Breaking all the rules so congrats and off topic you've earned them. I started with ponds, ended up with tanks as a 10 year old. Never even knew what a test kit was. By the time I was a teenager, I had made my parents' house sound like a spa. Tanks replaced TV's, and friends all got tanks. Wed watch tanks not tv. Just had ug filters, at first. OMG! friend's had all these fandango stuff. Theirs died, mine thrived as I had little ponds. Tanks breed quicker than fish. Algae, mmm kept front clean. I'LL SHOW MYSELF OUT. Cheers for all the wisdom.

The way I learnt is, if you have too much algae you need more plants.Once the algae is reduced, plant more plants.

Thank you for your time and knowledge

Thanks Father Fish, very informative especially for the hobbyist.

🎉🎉🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤. I’m so happy your gaining popularity!!😊

Watching every video father! Very interesting and wise as usual ❤

Algae is our friend indeed, I just paid money to buy some algae from Lucas recently 🐟

Congratulations, 50.000 subscribers, that’s awesome 😊🎉

Great information as usual. Thank you sir.

Finally getting back into fish tanks, one of my biggest passions. Been really nice to have your videos to absorb knowledge from ❤️

NICE ONE on the topic of algae and congrats 👏👏👏 on your 50K subs!

Thank you for explaining the different types of algae. I have hair grass in my tank which I am struggling to get rid of.

Great video FF,i hope you hit 100k subs by the end of the year

🎉🎉🎉Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 im glad i ran across your channel im learning things i never even thought of,but from what it looks like now it won't be long til 51,000 🎉 🎉

Best wishes and lots of love from Turkiye.Thank you for all these precious and informative videos.

We have matting green algae in a water feature outside. We bring clumps,of it in a pop it in the fish tank. Our goldfish love to eat it. Our oldest fish is 16 our youngest is about 9, so clearly it’s not doing any harm. New to the channel and enjoying the content. Many thanks

Good morning! What s better than a good coffee,a Father fish video to start a beautiful day! Merci Papa!

I love your videos and have done so much troubleshooting with your advice and information. Thank you for everything you've shared so far, and thank you for everything to come

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Subscribed and liked. Thx for all the info! Very different, a nature and less clinical approach. I tried the clean ADA approach, but I'll mimic the pond nearby in my new semi nano paludarium. Greetings, Mark from the Netherlands!

Woohoo 🎉 Congratulations on 50k

Congrats father fish and thank you for what you do, love this channel and cant wait for the next video.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Nice video. My goldfish really love to eat the algae that grows on the glass, and my cherry shrimp constantly eat the biofilm that grows on all the surfaces in the tank

Great informative for fishkeeping thanks 😊👍

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

So nice of you

Congratulations King 👑 on reaching a milestone 50k subscribers! Wish I came across your channel years ago!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Hair (grass) algae is tough to get from some plants (moss, rotala rotundifolia...). Old tootbrush, skewer are the best tool to remove it.

I absolutely love the look of algae in an aquarium …natural ..stick your head down in a lake or a pond ext. ✌🏻

Que aula 😊 parabéns e um abraço de Brasil 🇧🇷

50000 is quite nice! This video about algae is very informative, algae are one of the big problems that can happen in an aquarium, the main one in mine. But it is only green hair algae.

Thank you for the wealth of knowledge.

@FatherFish I love your advice and come often to see what you have to say regarding various aquarium matters. On-top of that you make me feel less anxious in regards to your more relaxed aquarium handling style. I've learnt that keeping an aquarium does not need to be a stressed filled experience and that one or two problems may arise but can be confidently handled in time🎉🎉

*_Algae will be your best friend_* Thanks so much for this video FatherFish i will use your wise suggestions for mine aquarium! Have a nice aquarium day!

Congrats Father Fish, Still one of the best channels to learn more about the aquarium hobby :) greetings from the Netherlands

@DashDrones

10 ай бұрын

Wrong, it's definitely 'the best' channel ❤️ #Nature

This has been very informative

Thank you Father fish for sharing all your wisdom about this marvelous world, greetings from Mexico ❤

Many people will love this one …. Good job

This video was very helpful thank you

I'm a plant propagator for my yard. There is a lot here that overlaps and makes the method so much easier to put the info together. Starting my 1st ever tank soon and I'm excited to watch the life cycle.

If you're struggling to get spot algae that is on the glass walls of your aqaurium cleaned, Mr Clean magic eraser pads or the sheets work very well to get the walls spotless again.

@sabine3769

7 ай бұрын

Magic eraser has cleaning soap doesn't it?

Congrats on 50 k ...next up 75K!

Congrats Father Fish on 51.8K subscribers! [as I write this] Always enjoyed your videos, but there definitely is a more refined presentation on your videos now that are in the zone. Great job sir! Cheers!

@DashDrones

10 ай бұрын

Booom 52.3k now🎉

@WhereDoesMyHorseHurt

9 ай бұрын

69K on Aug 20, 2023

I'm a bit late but congratulations! Thank you for all the informations.

Nice to see all of your years of knowledge being being stored and presented on youtube. Please upload the Videos on a seperate Platform as well and try to make them available on your Website. And if you can write several Books would that be some of the best selling Books about Aquariums.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

All vids are on RUMBLE. A book on substrate is in the works.

Thank you Father Fish, this was interesting and very helpful to see the different examples so we know what to look out for. I like the way algae looks, growing on hard scape especially. The only time it bothers me is on the front glass and growing on plants stopping them from being healthy. I love watching my shrimp and snails feasting on it...free food!

@sandidsaman7723

7 ай бұрын

why dont i get any algae ? is my tank lacking nutrients???

@Jen.K

7 ай бұрын

@@sandidsaman7723 overgrowth of algae is usually caused by a combination of light and nutrients, usually light. You can put a bucket of water outside in direct sunlight with no nutrients and within a few days it starts growing algae, in a few weeks, if you keep replenishing the water, it becomes completely green. Put that same bucket in the shade and it will take much longer to see any green starting to develop. If you want some algae, get a better, stronger light, or move your tank closer to a window where it can get some sunlight.

Thank you! ❤

been 20 days since i set up my tanks , all 3 are good and thriving , no fish died from disease or harm , just a couple cuz they jumped out and i werent there or check in time , i do manage to save a couple that jumped , this only happened with new fish when they come in . my tiger barbs are so happy , fast and ready to attack anything that comes close to the tank , i just touch the water and they for a group there thinking i got some food , the betta is cool in hes own 5 gal mansion , aded 11 ghost shrimps to the community tank and they are happy eating dead leaves and what ever they found in the bottom . my plants are growing good and the alocasias you can even see roots on top of the sand , im quite amaze to be honest . THANK YOU FATHER FISH FOR SAVING ME AND MY FISH FROM THE OPEN SEWER SYNDROME . NO WATER CHANGES JUST FILTER CLEANING FOOD ONCE A DAY WITH 1 DAY WITHOUT FOOD MYSIS DAPHNIA BLOOD WORMS BROCOLI also they eat some leave material from the tank i have seen them do it , they peel the green out of my lucky bamboo leaves . i got like 40 fish and 11 shrimp with 25 plants in a 104 liter plastic tub . that comes to show that you can have an amazing fish family without going crazy expensive .

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

OUTSTANDING!!

Woooo awesome stuff great topic

I have some unfiltered small tanks with a bunch of plant cuttings I throw in sand on the bottom leaves etc just a tank of water and 'stuff' lol and it gets the protien film on top. Its perfect there are live tiny food in the tank I tip all my fish eggs in these tanks and forget about them till I see the babies. They eat the little bugs and they feed on the ugly protien film on the top and I don't have to feed them at all till they get a bit bigger. I only clean front glass and pull hair algea out because I have had small fish get stuck in it before. I do not like blue green and cyanobac because some forms release toxins but theres a snail in Australia that will eat it called waterhouse snails I don't see it very often though.

Thanks for making video on this controversial Algae topic😂🎉 Father fish is the one who's standing alone in crowd and spreading some unknown facts.❤

my bristlenose ate the small amount of cyano in the big tank. I only worry about it in small tanks in a big tank if its only a little bit I dont freak out it comes and goes if it isnt going I syphon it out.

Hi there , I've been thinking about two filtration systems, also about algae, snails plants and shell fish. I thought if it would be beneficial, add an undergravel filter, which had some synthetic fiber fabric, maybe a thin layer of sponge to prevent the soil from penetrating, then add coarse sand, and above the sand a layer of very small round pebbles, and then the rocks, sticks or drifting wood, and the plants; and the other filter I thought of would be the compartment filter behind the rear glass wall of the aquarium with dofeentes mayerias like onion bags, expanded clay, large and small round pebbles, coal, coarse sand there to add a transparent hose to bring the water to pass through an ultra violet lamp, to kill the algae spores, returning the water back to the aquarium, add aeration stones, in the transparent acrylic tubes that would take air to the undergravel filter; also add some shell fish to the bottom of the aquarium to help with filtration. I have a question about snails eating plants, and what is your opinion on an aquarium like this? Thanks in advance for your time.... .....I will be waiting for your reply. God bless you.........

@FatherFish

10 ай бұрын

I did this type system many years ago. The UG is counter intuitive for a natural system. Take a hard look at the Deepo substrate natural aquarium with its components. It is simple to install but the most complex natural system.

@MrMuttes

10 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish thanks for your advice I need to learn more from you…..

Congratulations ! 50k is a huge milestone. On to 100k FF! 💖 Question for y’all out there, would you say hair algae is directly linked to anything? I’ve heard it said that algaes can be from over feeding. I’m only feeding every other day or every 3rd day, what the fish will eat immediately. No nitrates, the tank is heavily planted with a 4” substrate.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Inadequate options in the form oolf high order plants.

@777midori

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish thank you! 🙏🏼 Not sure what high order plants are specifically , I’ll have to do some reading in to the topic! If it’s fast growing stems I’ve got some got some hornwort, elodia, red ludwigia and twisted valisinsria in there. Otherwise I also have a couple of types of swords, anubias, dwarf red lily, alternanthera reineckii super red, Java moss, subwassertang, dwarf baby tears, Amazon frogbit, duck weed, salvinia for floating plants on top. It’s my first go at a tank and I went with a 14g. I think next time I’ll go for at least 20g so it’s easier to maintain the balances 😅

Happy 50 000 Subscribers!! 🎉

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

Congratulations on 50,000. I love love love you too

Thank u father fish for all these gemstones 💎

Question can discus fish survive in dirted tank I would love to get some but everything I have tried they died

A thin bottle brush can take care of hair algae quickly. Just twirl the brush near the hair algae and it will grab the algae - kind of like making cotton candy. 🙂

@hemlata4363

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

Loved this! Follow the father fish rules and stop feeding too much, you'll have far less algae😎

Hey @FatherFish , make a video about adding salt to freshwater tanks please. is it good? is it bad? is it neutral? and why? Thank you.

I’ve always liked algae, always loved the natural look of my tank and ponds when I let them go. I’ll scrape my front glass and sometimes sides but that’s it. Sometimes they look like LRB’s green water tanks haha

Спасибо вам большое ☺️

I find that certain algae can look nice, black beard algae especially can look cool

Great video. I grow algae on Purpose to feed my snails.

Another great video and congrats on hitting 50k subscribers. I have directed several people to Discord and KZread. I have a question for you. I have some cyano bacteria growing on the back and sides of the tank. At least I believe that’s what it is. It’s an acrylic tank and the only thing that will get it off is a credit card. It’s not like how you described. Is that because it adheres to acrylic better than rocks? Would you suggest I remove it from the back and sides of the tank too? Thanks again.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

You have a calcium based algae. coralinne

What about the brown stuff that starts growing on plants

Great video. Could you talk about aquarium diatoms? I am going through some trouble getting rid of brown hair like aquarium diatoms.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Sure thing!

Algea are a fascinatie category of organisms in their own right. And even can be pretty. But in planted living room aquaria i wish too reduce them to a minimum.

9/23/23 81.5k subscribers. You gained 31k in two months!!! We love you.

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

I hoper to be at 100k in November.

@hermosafish

8 ай бұрын

I'll certainly help all I can.@@FatherFish

congratulations Father, 100k on the way

🥳 congratulations Father Fish and Father Fish Family on 50,000 subscribers 🥳

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

How do you feel about rams-horn snails or Malaysian trumpet snails?

Thank you Father Fish for all of your wisdom here, my question is this, should i worry when my NO3 get to 175mg/ltr? I love to hear your word on it.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Nothing to worry about. If it makes you apprehensive do a 10% water change or add more plants. You might also consider the possibility you are overfeeding.

@oliverwinsome6059

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish the tank is well planted.. houses 40 kardinal tetra's, 3 pleco's 4 corri's and a whole army of shrimp.. feeding 3 times a week.. might bring it back to twice a week.. will do a 10% water chance and see over the up comming week..

Congrats 0n the 50K @Father Fish

Literally just added daphnia to my PeaSoup today. They’re with shrimp, but the culture will hopefully be a good food source for my Angels

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

perfect

Sorry may be off the topic but I can find much video of you talking of cichlid. I have seen some videos of you with planted tanks. Can you talk about making an ecosystem for mbuna plants sourcing bio materials locally as in am in Thailand. I am trying to learn much of these fish. I love your Idea of ecosystem and I got in this hobby with this idea with a small tank now I want a big one and unlike you I'll be able to keep only one tank but I want to continue this eco system method but don't know how Looking forward for your wisdom

@FatherFish

10 ай бұрын

Stay with me. We will get there.

@father fish - all my levels are great. And fish are doing well but I’m getting extremely high levels of phosphates consistently in my tub pond. Fish are doing well, just worried about prolonged high levels. What should I do? Thanks ib ln advance! Love all the knowledge you share with us!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

You should stop inventing things to worry about. Research the role of phosphates in the cycle.

@jigarshah537

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish thank you!

I once had some orange hair algae show up in a natural tropical tank I was doing. At first I thought it was synthetic fiber but upon closer inspection it looked like orange hair algae( had lots of green hair algae in the tank at that time). There was only ever a small amount of the orange but it was growing. Don’t know if it was a mutation or just an algae I had never seen before.

Father Fish, I have a planted tank with a gravel substrate for about a year. I recently added 2 inches or so of sand on top of the substrate and have since had 2 fish and 2 snails die. Any thoughts?

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

If you want help diagnosing your tank join me at Father Fish Shal discord.gg/G4fkAE6qNw

So a couple questions I have, I have only gravel, it’s a little dirty rn I could siphon it and clean it, I have plants and rocks, do I clean my tank and change half the water or do I just put some by stuff from the lake in the tank and leave it. And does this process only work if there’s dirt or sand as substrate. What do I do? 30 gallon tank with convicts

@FatherFish

10 ай бұрын

add an inch of sand to the top of the gravel.

@anthonyalvarez3114

10 ай бұрын

@FatherFish thank you

Hello. I have some white spots on the leaves of the plants, what are they?

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

Could be eggs from nerite snails.

I might ask again but any type of sand is recommended?

@FatherFish

10 ай бұрын

yes if it is inert

I’m starting to get the spot algae in my pond right under the spillway, I think it’s time to add some shrimp 🦐 🎉

See his other video... (Search) Dull Tank to Aquatic Wonderland... Between my tank conversion and a few new plecos, most of my algae disappeared in a messy 55 gallon puffer tank. I rarely have to even clean any of my glass, now!!

ive been trying something lately where i dont remove the hair(maybe) algae and ball it up and shove it in a designated spot, so that its presence keeps new ones from growing on the moss. i think it works? i always get a lot of problems and nasty spread when i remove the algae entirely. would love to know if this makes sense

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Makes perfect sense. Maintains the balance

🎉Congratulations!!!❤🎉😊

Guppies will also eat beard algae, I had a group of it that infected my tank while I was at college, so I added some guppies and it was gone within the week

I am from Java Indonesia. I like your videos.

I cant get enough algae for all my Plecos, Flying Foxes, snails, Flagfish and Mollies! I have to supplement their diets with algae biscuits.

What about brown algae?

Love the thumbnail for this video 😊 FF🙏❤️

Father fish is it possible to keep one or even two small fresh water clams. And them be healthy and healthy for your tank

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Yes. Just a few

Hi Father fish, my 20L no filter fish tank has been running smoothly for nearly two weeks with a betta and a mystery snail (I hardly see it, most of the times it's hiding in the plants) and I'm getting algaes. My plant were grown from cuttings and algaes are covering their leaves. I'm cleaning them off the leaves by hand and now they're all floating in tiny pieces in the water. Do I do water change at this stage or do I sit and wait? Thanks!

@FatherFish

Ай бұрын

add more plants and/or reduce the amount of light

@Cecilia-bh7mu

Ай бұрын

@@FatherFish Thank you Father Fish! The tank looks full to me at the moment just worrying if the water plants can make it at this stage. I'll reduce light for now!

Hello Dear One thanks for the video I was having sever anxiety over the hair algae in one of my tanks. I pretty much stripped the tank clean this may be a bad thing but I couldn’t help it. I wanted to ask about the giant balls that formed and I removed them. I called them moss balls. Did I do the wrong thing? The shrimp love them but they got so big I thought I needed to make room in the tank. There is some left but very small, it’s very hard to pull off anything it attaches to.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Mossimo balls. How big did it get?

@pennyhoward6708

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish about softball size, I still have it in the bucket of water.

@pennyhoward6708

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish in a lifegard 7.5 gallon tank with 9 fish, plus I don't know how many shrimp...

Congratulations 🎉🎉