I just wanna clarify for any new watchers that this may be your first video of: the supplement he's peddling isn't some secret magical supplement mix he's claiming is the key to fixing your aquariums that he alone can sell you, he actually has several videos outline exactly what he puts in it. The concept is literally just the walstad system (soil under sand) and then adding extra plant nutrients (iron, calcium, magnesium, etc etc) to bolster the tank's growth so it can bridge the limbo stage at about a year mark where the tank can fully start supporting itself through its own natural decomposition and nutrient recycling. You don't need to buy his supplement, but it's waaaay cheaper than buying all those supplements individually if you're on a small scale like I am, and it's a way to support fatherfish as well :)

@ForeverAlone100100

Жыл бұрын

Well…I have been trying to look for all the ingredients one by one and if I would to get them individually, it costs roughly close to or over 150 bucks, and each bag is tiny 5 lb under and some not even a pound. I mean with all the information Father Fish have giving us, I think it’s worth a try to get his fertilizer soil mix for 30$ +10$ shipping, and see if it’s worth it up to 100 g tank use like said. Or if you can share the better way to get them cheaper than that…

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Cost is $20 + 10 for shipping for 100 gallons. At least a dozen ingredients to stabilize and make nutrients available long term. We are setting up a Father Fish center in Germany to provide product for the EU and GB.

@natureswayaquaticslv

Жыл бұрын

I bought a bag of his supplements and set up 2 ten gallons, a 20 long, and still have more than half the bag left. It's a great buy

@gothangel5654

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish need father fish in eu fr fr

@jjcale2288

Жыл бұрын

@@dadigitechman about your algae problem, I would check the level of phosphates and not so much the nitrogen.

Father fish method brought me back to fish keeping. I love it. I didn't have money for the suppliments. I just used potting soil and sand. So far its going well. Its been about 1.5 months and everything its growing very well and the fish are doing great. Hopefully it will last until the tank can provide the nutrients to make the plants flourish.

In Britain there is a garden culture. Often people will install ponds with fish and plants, etc. We had same in the 70's. Ask most people at some point had a garden pond. Other than a bit of food and once month daphnia treat, fish looked after themselves. The fairground fish grew to several inches. Many don't have that space now or no garden. So bring it into the home in a fish tank.

Wise words FF. I love how you point out the importance of fish keeping as a hobby, something people should enjoy having and not a struggle it has become. Its exactly as you said - people start fish keeping all excited, but soon after end up dissapointed 🐠

I finally did it! I went to my local creek,dug up sum creek bed. Dirt,rocks,sand and whatever critters that came with it. Didn't remove my gravel, dump the creek contents right on top.drained my tank added the sand replanted added new water. My decorations and fish. It's working! It's working!!!!! 5 days later I have removed my HOB! I only have heater and 2 air stones. Tank is clear guys! Thanks again Father fish

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

YOU GO RICK!!!

You just reminded me I need to alert my son I’ll be needing dirt from his creek.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Oh good. Get some for me too Sharon. lol

I'm following you since you had 3 or 4k followers... i was tired of hobby and i knew that must be a better way than changing water every week and God cross our paths... im super happy and greatfull that you exist... you fascinate me every time cuz you think in correct way... industry must be hating you

Biology can never truly be replaced by technology.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Amazing how many people do not believe that.

@Lily-gg5ol

8 ай бұрын

That's right because Nature or everything that is organic is RULED or driven by SPIRIT or Soul. A machine cannot contain a soul. They will try every horrendous machinery and invention possible to create a machine that can be bot organic and contain a soul. They will want to achieve immortality here too. But their invention are a WASTE of time . Matter cannot win over SPIRIT. Because matter needs spirit to exist but spirit does NOT need matter to exist

agree the most successful tank i have is in my son's window. perfectly balanced. even the anubius is sending runners! i know he doesn't feed it regularly. java ferns are spreading also. it has become a propigation tank.

I love your channel , have been a subscriber for about 6 months now 👍😊 I have a large fish bowl with just moss balls and a plastic fish wood decoration , I added 12 baby guppies, I do a water change once a week. They look like they are living their best life. Once they get bigger I'll transfer them to my bigger tank with the same set up 👍😊

When you were like, "Nature made you didn't it?" I was thinking, "Yeah, that's what worries me; I've got all kinds of problems", And I could swear you said "It worries you?" 😳 And here I'm thinking it's noon, I haven't even started drinking yet, and the matrix is already glitching...

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

lol. Be calm brother. Sit in front of your tank and breath deeply. All will be well.

@chia_pet7121

Жыл бұрын

He also said bad things rarely happen, but he forgot to say the number of events is still the same, which means: things rarely happen to regular people, but the few people like me, take up the slack of collecting all those unused bad things the regular people are able to avoid. O.o

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

@@chia_pet7121 Are you a catastrophe magnet? It is a function of a chaos orientation to life. Change one tiny aspect of that and you will begin gaining control of the chaos. Ridding yourself of it. The nature system is not chaos. It is movement from chaos to order. That must also be your attitude.

Congrats on getting your product in Europe awesome

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Something about your calm knowledge and enlightenment 🙏 I’m so glad you’ve gotten popular on KZread and I’m so happy about the whole nature movement in the fish tank hobby.

Father fish really deserves the name father fish i feel like he's disciplining me like when I younger😂 he has such good information

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Very good Eli. You will be a great teacher one day.

This is the most legendary video on youtube 💪😎

Always a time to give Thanks and praise to the God who created everything with seasons and equipped nature with all the necessary systems to support life. Nature is subject to his will and does a fine job for all of its inhabitants “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭19‬:‭1‬

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

You understand clearly. It is the Lord that made this earth to be perfect.

Please, please ramble on about lighting. So many people carry on about lighting all the time makes fish sick. Can you please make a video about where you were going on the lighting trail I was very keen.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I will turn on the bulb for you

Hi Father Fish. Great video. I want to share a story. About a month ago I noted whitespot on one of my koi. Almost paniced. All my chemicals are always on standby to treat most conditions. At that time we entered the hottest time of the year in South Africa. My wife and I decided not to even catch the koi to do a scrape. We closely monitored the fish to see if the whitespot would spread. Well, it did not spread and dissapeared on the infected fish. Once again,, thanks for your great videos and I strongly agree to keep the chemicals away from your fish. Nature will provide.

You are Great Father Fish. Loves you 💗

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Love you all, each and every one!

Never thought of it like this before. Thank you. Everyone needs to hear this, especially my fellow millennials.

Great Channel Father Fish Helped Me start a dirted tank now I'm hooked thank you for your knowledge

Love your channel Father Fish! Your lights that are on 24/7 must be at the lowest setting.... you have shallow tanks and most modern LED lights would create CRAZY algae unless u are running them at their lowest setting.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Light is one ingredient. Nutrients are another. A FF deep substrate limits nutrients in the water column and lots of plants leave nothing for the algae.

@bjjbrawler1

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish Thanks for replying!

Once I started father fish eco system, 💞never goes back love you😘 from Tamilnadu india 💗

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

You are a wise man, Priyalakshmi143 . Thank you. I would like to reach the fish keepers of India. We are discussing language barriers. What do you suggest?

@priyalakshmi1439

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish english is good ❤😂because only educated people having hobbies in India 💗 even though they are rich educated they seek for money not life 😌hobbiest reaches you don't worry 😊

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

@@priyalakshmi1439 New friends in India.

Father Fish Rocks 🤩

Dearest Father Fish. Do u still maintain the stance of leaving the lights on 24/7? Do they really not sleep?! Fascinating view, all the more so coming from you :)

That fish store example is precisely what happened to me with my first saltwater tank. Dropped 1k on a 32g all-in-one, and everything died within 6 months.

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

hi tech and chem maintenance is a tight rope discipline. Ome slip and it's chaos.

Another ground breaking amazing commentary video FF! You are an inspiration to us!!!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you Kathleen!

Good day Father Fish. I’d like to see a video on your take about Discus fish and how to take care of them.

@FatherFish

10 ай бұрын

Coming soon.

Over the years I've had nightmares about all the fish I've killed. God sent me your channel so I can raise fish His way!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

You have learned the secret

You got this ❤

I've been watching all your videos and just now realized where you're located after I saw your video with the TBAS shirt and looked you up on google. It's pretty friggin cool realizing you're local to me.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I moved to Salisbury, Maryland 6 months ago. No longer in FL.

Enjoying your channel and your philosophy. It would be nice to see a series of posts where you set up tanks with dirt, sand and plants from scratch and follow them over time.

@piffy5594

Жыл бұрын

He did do a video of that. You can find it in his channel

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

There are a number. We are creating a special YT channel especially for teaching the set up.

I’ve learned so much from you! Thank you for being so kind and informative. I recently found out that your store isn’t far from me. I look forward to visiting the shop :)

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I wish the shop were still there to visit. I closed it several years ago.

@jadeflores7179

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish well I’m sad to hear! Google says you close at 8pm tonight 😂

Its cold in Clevelamd Ohio,....will the bacteria still be active ? Does bacteria go dorment ?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Bacteria slows in cold.

@auntierachel4812

Жыл бұрын

Cold in North Dakota too. Is there anything we can add during cold months? Will things “wake up” once we add them to the aquarium?

@richpeltz2044

Жыл бұрын

I guess we put some leaves in a jar with some water and put the lid on and let it rot a week or so. After that,...not sure if we dump the whole contents in tank or bury the leaves or place leaves on top of sand and still add the water. I started my jar yesterday. Just some leaves from the yard. Oak and Maple.

How do you keep green algae water down if you keep your lights on all of the time. I am having trouble with green water but hope that it corrects itself.

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

more plants

Great video! ❤️ When is the book coming out?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

It will be in 3 sections. The first will be ready in about 2 months.

@Gracie-ln4ic

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish nice. I'm excited

I understand but there is no place for me in a city where I can get dirt without pollution contamination in it

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

Look carefully. You will find it.

Hi father fish, not sure where your located. Do you ship to Canada? BTW, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge & expertise that is worth more than a million ❤️

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Yes I do Shipping is double.

As a side point, I once had self-sufficient a 5 gallon dedicated to gammarus and assellus which crashed in part to a timer failing and staying on all vacation. The crustaceans got stressed out from the constant light and died in droves, faster than the other inverts could clean them up. So if you have a crustacean heavy tank, I'd recommend having at least 8 hours of dark.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

light did not kill them. Heat may have. Probably who ever was feeding did it.

@curvingfyre6810

Жыл бұрын

​@@FatherFish No-one was feeding it, and it was during winter. I guess it could have been a bloom of something, but there were no visible contaminants and other than the decaying crustaceans, the water seemed unfouled. If you've kept asselus and amphipods that way, then I'm at a loss as to what else it could have been.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

@@curvingfyre6810 I have had die offs that my best guess was due to the population plundering the food source to the point of starvation.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

@@curvingfyre6810 the lights should have supported enough biological activity to provide a continuing source of nutrients. A closed system can, with a large enough populations, burn off al available resources and become a virtual desert.

@curvingfyre6810

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish It had been running with stable populations and no sign of needing feeding for a year at that point. I know that's aways a risk, but I thought that tank would surely be beyond that by then, especially stocked exclusively by generalist omnivores that can eat anything. In the past they've eaten even the plants, but I didn't see any signs of that when I got back. Nature is mysterious as well as powerful, sometimes we can only guess at her reasons.

I am from india, after watching these wonderful videos i converted my 3 tanks into dirted deep substrate tanks. I didn't have all the supplements, so i added worm casting to aquarium soil( not the black hightech soil but some reddish brown tiny gravel looking soil) will I have problem after a year or so? What can I do now? Can you help please, i am trying to arrange some water and stuff from a nearby village lake which is not contaminated. pls suggest what else can i do so it keeps going on long term without addition of chemicals. As of now it's going on wonderfully well, plants are growing well fishes look happy

@FatherFish

6 ай бұрын

Build a food web in your tank. That will give your substrate long lasting nutrients.

@nitashamukherji5861

6 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish yes I have set up a tub with some soil added aquarium water in it and some dry leaves, it's been more than 10 days now, the water doesn't stink or anything, there is no air pump, but no visible life activity as of now, thank you so much for the guidance

I just need to remove the gravel from 1 more tank and I’ll have all my tanks with a deep soil and sand substrate, never again will I set up a tank with gravel. I have a lot of gravel if anyone needs it for mixing it with some cement for a new driveway or patio let me know.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Your garden will love the gravel Teetow.

Hi I am thinking of doing a resurrection jar this spring. I just have 2 questions. Do I collect just the pond water or also the pond earth , leaves and plants. Also at home do I leave the jar sealed or unsealed. I just have to find a water source, I live next to river but I am not sure how polluted it is. Thank you.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

If there are fish in the river and micro organisms it is not polluted. No lid, Collect as many varieties as you can. Set up several jars if you gather a lo t.

Dear Sir, I have 5 adult discus in a 240 litre ,4 feet tank, which is fully set up your way 3 inch sand ,heaps of leaf litre and plants, what would u recommend , how many times I should feed them ? normally I do two times a day , and when I change water once a week I feed three times sometimes ! I saw the video of feeding fish of yours , and I feel am doing something wrong ?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Larger fish like discus require extra feeding simply because it is not possible to provide enough food web live culture to meet their needs.

FF im all for the dirted tank. My 10 dirted is doing fantastic. In nature the fish don’t have 24/ 7 light. Shouldn’t you duplicate that too?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Sure. If you can duplicate the sun.

When u said put dirt on the bottom of tank, do u mean soil?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Yes. I have a formula for this. 1 part manure or compost; 2 parts potting soil; 2 parts peat moss or other organic material; 1 part mud from a wild source. Put just 1" of this mixture in any tank less than 50 gallons and cap it with 2" of any kind of sand, preferably silica, granite, slag, beach, back yard, or volcanic. After this is completed, add water, slowly and carefully. Do not disturb the substrate adding water.

As a guy that was doing just that I can say the first 3 minutes relly hit home. Too much work. Way too much Siphoning 25 tanks every other day is just rudicolus amount of work without a water change system. I'm trying it your way now! I still believe I separating guppies and controlling breeding lots of tanks and I still believe in changing water often to get good growth but my days of bare bottom tanks are over with

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I hear you Matt.

Dear Father Fish, I have been following you for a long time and I share most of your ideas and concepts with you, and I highly respect your work. However, I must tell you that I disagree when you say that you leave the lights on 24/7, since plants need periods of darkness to complete their photosynthesis-respiration cycle. Fish also need periods of darkness in their lives. All this is called "Circadian Rhythm", and it is very important for the well-being of the fish, since it influences the pineal gland and the secretion of melatonin. I hope you will study these concepts. I wish you the best and send you a big hug!!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

lol. The light you have on top of your tank is not the sun. Arcadian rhythms pertain to sunlight. The light fixture does not provide the intensity or the type of light rays of the sun. I have tanks that have had light fixtures turned on for 10 years. They contain fish and plants that are healthy and vigorous.

@acuarioalternativo

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish It is not a light power question, is about the photoperiod.

From what I can find it says fish do need to sleep. But I have no idea

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I have read research claiming fish do not sleep. That is, they have no rem cycle. They also cannot close their eyes which probably means they cannot turn off their optics. Fish in a forever light tank do not continuopusly swim but they are always alert.

@mikefrost1312

Жыл бұрын

​@@FatherFish I always just assumed they were almost like whales as far as sleep.. where instead of "sleep" there's just a certain part of their brain that shuts down & rests while the rest of their brain keeps them alert enough to avoid predators/attacks/getting lost or sperated..

i would assume some plants wont flower at 24 hours on of lights

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

They should

A dollar a month?!? Let me know your energy company! Eversource sucks! Shout out to Father Fish!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

WELLL It might be a bit more than a dollar. (grin)

@cbcsucks2205

Жыл бұрын

Cheaper than the heater

When's "The Leaves of Trees" going to be released?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

We plan to release the leaves module in June

@DashDrones

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish amazing 👍

Dean the breeder keeps empty tanks

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Dean is a breeder, not a hobbyist.

I mean yeah there's bears out there

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

so you carry

If nature knws best then why do we have to do water changes every once in a while? Nobody is draining water out of ponds and refilling it, i have guppys and ive never checked for nitrates or anything like that but i do,do water changes bout 10% if that and they've been fine and ive had them bout six months..im to the point of stopin water changes and jus toping the water off when it needs its

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Some hobbyists never change water. I top off. I only change water if something terrible happens.

You look like Santa

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

You should szee me in my Santa hat./

@Fatherfish I can confirm that fish sleep. If you have guppies, turn off the light to the point where you can still see what goes on inside the tank. You will see some guppies park on the substrate to rest, other pick the middle and stay stationary. It may not be what we are used to as "sleeping" but it does visibly look like the fish equivalent of sleeping. You advocate for natural tanks but in nature where the sun sets and not allow for your tank to at least go dark for about 4-6 hours is a little disappointing to hear (Disclaimer: I do realize how weak tank lights are compared to the sun. Which is why I'd keep the lights on for about 16-18 hours per day

@FatherFish

10 ай бұрын

There is no alpha wave brain activity in fish. They stop moving when they cannot see where they are going. Fish are at rest most of the time so they are not resting any differently than during light. Shine a light at them in the dark and they will instantly dart, or will be attracted to the light. They do not have eyelids. They do not have variable brain activity. There is no sense in which fish can be said to sleep.

@EuroGupper

10 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish This is how I filmed them in the dark. I turned on the flash light function of my mobile phone to record them in the dark. They just stayed right where they are. Some rest on the substrate and other just stay on top or midwater. They have these round glowing orange eyes in the dark But if you say they don't sleep I guess I believe you. Could just be that their definition of rest and sleep is different from our with higher brain activity. Because up until a few years ago science was also convinced that fish did not feel pain, which is very peculiar since whenever i used to cut into them or remove a fish hook I clearly saw hem struggling against the pain and not just finger or knife contact

Speaking of of nature and depriving your fish and plants of natural day and night cycle . It`s sounds bit ridiculous isn`t it ?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean. If lighting, I recognize that led lights are about 1/1000 to strength of natural sunlight.

Father fish thank you very much appreciated..all other chanells of fish keeping here on you tube have now been deleted. Added. Sand to my substrate.and the plants are on the way.then i will go to my local pond for leaves etc.

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

lol. So many good friends in the Fish Fam. Don't delete them all.

@jaybadass.comnet

3 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish yes had to delete.due to there lies.about fish keeping And there sterile b.s Loss of my fish Fish disease Over filtered tanks This chemical that chemical Ive had enough.

@jaybadass.comnet

3 ай бұрын

Some.are not very happy about me unsubscribing from there sterile fish keeping ways.but I don't give a damn. Plus I told them about there Sterile ways.which didn't go down well.

You need to have night time. Some fish do not sleep but most do. Sleep or night is when nature repairs and grows.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Fish do not sleep.

@FatherFH

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish I humbly disagree. I have seen fish sleep both fresh water and salt water. I do know that some dont sleep at all and some are nocturnal. Don't you think that the light cycle is natural? Isn't it nature for there to be total darkness for some hours of the day? I agree with your stance on sunlight but just like sunlight, it can't be there 24 hours a day.