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Father fish is a biologist/ Ichthyologist not necessarily a hobbyist! Major difference he teaches correct fish care unlike a hobbyist who sometimes are arrogant and force feed you BS! Thanks Fsther Fish you rock! 🐠✌💓

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Hotman Chicken

@Rtr.AmanJha

8 ай бұрын

What is ich thy logist

@hotmanchicken4209

8 ай бұрын

@@Rtr.AmanJha Scientist who studies fish and their Biology. Also there habitat. Could even branch into aquatic plants and inverts.

@Rtr.AmanJha

8 ай бұрын

@@hotmanchicken4209 oh so thats why bony fish are called osteichthyes

@LatencyProblem

8 ай бұрын

@@Rtr.AmanJha yep! Oste- prefix meaning bone, ichthyes meanig fish.

1) organic potting soil Make 1-2 Inch of mud. NOT soup. 2) cap it with sand. Make it double the dirt amount. I like black diamond blasting sand. Don’t get the fine grit. 3) fill with some water 4) place decorations and plant plants 1 Inch deep in sand. 5) put a few fish in there. 6) don’t feed them for 1-2 week. If you do just a small bit. 7) medium light for 2 weeks 24/7. 8) allow some algae and limit feeding 9) get some snails or shrimp

I have been in almost every fish, pet store in Tucson. None of the workers in the stores ever heard of a natural aquarium or Father Fish. When I tell them about putting soil in the bottom they think I am nuts. After accidentally watching your video 3 months ago, I became interested in aquariums again and will be starting up a tank in the next few days!!

@career-calling

17 күн бұрын

Exact same experience. What store told me left discouraged. No one mentioned about natural tank. Everything in the store was artificial and chemical

You don't need any other guy to teach you. This is the person you are really looking for to learns how to keep aquarium perfect

This is a godsend for a new hobbyist

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

That is the best accolade I have ever received. TYSVM!

@Baneslayer

6 ай бұрын

This is a godsend for an experienced hobbyist.

@angelikazak1392

4 ай бұрын

He really is

@debcameron9577

14 күн бұрын

@@FatherFish what about using river mud for substrate. Would that be OK.. I'm in Australia

@standardtristan2

2 күн бұрын

This is the best advice I’ve ever received. Just had a slow motion disaster of a first tank, this addresses nearly everything! Thank you so much.

I've learned more from you in 2 videos ,then I've learned in the last year since I started the hobby thank you Father Fish

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Rick

@fredrikniemeyer

8 ай бұрын

then you really have a bad search mec on the interwebs :D

@johndough5854

2 ай бұрын

​@@fredrikniemeyeror maybe he understands this particular person better than what browsing forums and reading literature offers. He's slow paced and easy going. Speaks in clear and easily understood terminology. Some people just absorb information differently brother!

I wish I had known about Father Fish when I started my aquariums. It would have saved me so much money on all expensive filters, co2 systems and other tech I thought I needed because of the bigger aquarium youtubers. Back to basics and keeping the tank as close to nature as possible was always the answer! Thank you for all your videos! Please keep doing them.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Johannes

My soon to be 11 year old son is SO excited to be starting his own aquarium (its a 67L tank) He got a bit freaked out at first when you spoke about taking mud and sand from outside, haha. I know nothing about fish yet, but as a mother of 5 who kept everything as natural as I could in labour and in feeding my children, I can tell you have the same intention of keeping things as natural as possible for your fish. This can only be a good thing, so we look forward to absorbing your wisdom. Thank you sincerely from wet and windy Scotland. Xx

@FatherFish

6 ай бұрын

Delighted to have you with us.

@daphne1065

4 ай бұрын

Update us! :D

I've been creating or maintaining home aquariums for 50 years and I can tell you from my hard-earned experience, this man's advice is worth its weight in gold. If you are a beginner, you will be light years ahead of everyone else if you simply follow the advice presented in this single video. And I mean every step, exactly the way he describes it. And understand, you will NEVER hear this quality advice from a standard pet store or a big box store. The advice on starting off your new aquarium with actual outdoor mud (preferably from a lake) is brilliant and will put you months ahead of lowly hobbyists who are simply watching YT videos and wondering why they can't keep anything alive. Starting the life cycle strongly is crucial in keeping your precious fish alive and well. My #1 advice is that if you want lots of fish, you are going to have to invest in LARGE tanks. The bigger the tank, the easier it is to maintain and for the fish to thrive. Overcrowding is the fastest way to kill your fish and it happens very easily. You would think that beginners should keep to small tanks as their experience is small, but the opposite is true. It takes more talent/experience to maintain small aquariums than it does large ones. Also, the more surface your aquarium has the better. Stay away from tall aquariums with small water surface. They are more trouble than they are worth, unless you have experience in the hobby.

@FatherFish

10 ай бұрын

Nice to hear from you palmbeachcitizen. Words of wisdom based on experience.

@TheWatchernator

9 ай бұрын

The only problem here I have is this. I have a larger tank (40g) and a smaller tank (5g). My fish are swimming quite happily and doing well. It's about 25 in total. I don't want to try this method the first time in the big tank. I want to try it in the small tank first.

@katieroscoe1415

4 ай бұрын

I’m a new fish keeper I have a new tank it’s 54 litres I have mainly tetras in there I’ve not over stocked only got 17 and 4 guppies also 15 shrimp there is also quite a lot of snails that have come on the plants I bought I was not advised to put of soil in first before my sand. Will this system still work without soil ? The plants are growing and so far everything looks good if not wot do I do ?

Father Fish is a warm, caring gentleman here to help because he wants you to succeed, and for you to be happy and contented. Listen to him, cross check what he says with a microbiologist like Diana Walstad. You will not fail. 😊🍀

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin. Diana is the high priestess of dirted tanks.

@marypaigeflynn4512

3 жыл бұрын

You said it Kevin!🙏🤗🌱🐟🌿

FatherFish, I am glad to have found your channel. I love that you are definitely a Fish Guy that does KZread videos to help hobbyists and be friendly in general and share your wonderful knowledge. SO many others are KZreadrs rather, that do Fish videos, which I dont like if that makes any sense. So thank you.

You guys are now my Netflix channel

I kept fish since I was 12 years old. Fish stores kept advising to buy more and more expensive equipement and products in addition to telling me to use RO water and have consistent water changes. Fish kept dying, plants rotted away and thus I ended up leaving the hobby for over 18 years. I found your videos 6 months ago and wow....I havent lost 1 fish or plant since I followed your natural method of the hobby. Thank you so much! I have fallen inlove with the hobby again.

So glad I found you Father Fish!

Father fish is a Maverick!

I watch the commercial to thank you for these videos.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Lee. Very kind of you

I am so excited to have found you Father Fish!! I currently have an empty 90 gallon and have always wanted to do a natural substrate tank but haven't found any good videos. Then today your Loach video showed up on my shorts and I've been glued to your channel all morning!! I am so excited to try this! 🐟

Protect this Man at all cost!!!

Father Fish, I'm almost seventy years of age and have tried so many times to keep and enjoy watching them but each time they have all died. It really is heart-breaking to watch. I can't stand or walk, so I've always relied on a my wife or kids for the 'tedious maintenance' associated (until now) with fishkeeping. Thankyou so much!!!

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

lovely

Father fish is the best makes every one else look like amateurs

Father Fish is a blessing to have you alive! That's all I will say, from a dude who got this hobby 3 months ago. Thanks a lot

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Banu. Join us on Discord to share your journey.

@philipvalenzuela6633

Жыл бұрын

just started myself last November, and it's a godsent that father fish is here to guide us unlike people in my recent fish group , they always recommend water changes water changes.and also add chemicals or starter in whicj I dont like

Best advice out there on hiw to start an aquarium!

Interesting, I am a farmer/ market gardener now retreated, that love plants to the point to try aquatic ones 😂 I started in the beginning of january, in a 20 gal long, with 2" of aquasoil at the lowest, topped with 1" of black sand and sprinkled some small lava rocks to add surfaces ( and a little " river/road" of pool sand sprinkled with smashed coral). I add wood pieces I collected during last decades, river rocks, and a lot of plants ( 27 species) after I let it run, with fertilizer( florin multi) and trace minerals. I use tap water, conditionned, and grow lights for gardeners. I have a sponge filter too. I put a piece of crude shrimp from my fridge in. After about 3 weeks, parameters seem kind of good, so I add 3 rabbits snails, they gave me 2 babies that same week. And after 2 other weeks I add 20 shrimps, and I got babies, again, in less than 2 days. I dont feed them. In fact, I try, but they prefer grazing in my tank. I remove the food everytime, after some hours. Even Repashy or fine cuisine is not touch 😂😂 Now, I add yesterday my first fish, a group of 6 oto. They got ich !😅 So I have to deal with it. At least they poop like crazy. I didnt knew you when I begun, but indeed, a backgroud in gardening may help. And an approach base on observation. I still have so much to learn, and I am stress as f* sometimes, because my lack of knowledge. I still check all my parameters, everyday, so worried for my little environment and inhabitants.

This is THE most LEGIT 101 you can find literally anywhere

I’m so grateful I found you! Bought a tank and have been researching like crazy for the past weeks . I want lots of plants and I remember seeing someone 20 yrs ago who had an amazing tank with lots of plants and no filters. I recently took a trip up the west coast and found a moss ball. Brought home sand, some sand dollars, water and the ball and created a little eco system and have been so excited to create the same thing in my new tank. Thank you sooo much for sir for sharing all of your knowledge!

i have to say, everyone knows you're the go to guy for this, but as someone whos trying to make a platned tank for the first time and theres so much info availble about the walstad method and everything, the simplicity of this video is amazing, all im missing is a sponge filter! i feel alot more confident

Your English pronunciation is simply excellent and clear.

Setting up my first tank with the father fish method jst put my soil in looking forward to watching this ecosystem develop ❤thankyou father fish ❤

I've only been keeping fish for just over a year . So glad I found father fish early on that journey.just setting up a third deep substrate planted tank.Everything father fish says goes against everything they told me at the fish store but I'm glad I listened to the Father. Healthy happy tank . Thankyou Father Fish😁

Best video for beginners... God bless u father fish

I was hesitant about an aquarium, as I k ow from the past it’s like taking care of a Pool. I stumbled across your videos, and set up a 10 gallon tank for my daughter. Dirt, sand, plants, river rocks from outdoors, and drift wood. Feed the fish bloodworms. 1 month later water is crystal clear, plants and fish are thriving. Foundational principles are always supreme. Thank you

Just got to a place where I can dedicate my time to this again and I found this channel, love it

Personally If I'm worried about keeping up with the PH of the water I put snails in my tank. If the PH is too acidic then their shells will start to become thin and white, if that starts to happen I'll just plop a couple of small pieces of lime stone to help remove some of the acidity and if I put enough in then the snail's shells will start to thicken and darken in color.(the lime stone will reduce in size over time from acid erosion whenever the tank becomes acidic)

I'm obsessed with Father Fish! Lol. I just bought my membership 🤪 I love the way he explains the process without making you feel like you're listening to a science lecture.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you Neal! That is delightful!

Hello. I don't have fish, and i don't have time for this hobby. But i like watching your videos.

@MrGigi-dz9cv

9 ай бұрын

Really nice content. Thank You.

Excellent information, thanks 🙏

Wow, I've been keeping fish for a little over 2 years now and I feel like I just opened the right door to actually understanding what I'm doing. Taking the advice of hobbyists, I've managed to keep fish alive (for the most part) and thought I was doing pretty well. I had been injecting CO2 for a while but was getting sick of the constant maintenance, so I started looking into "low-tech" as they call it and all I can say is wow. I feel like I've been lied to all this time, this is exactly the ecosystem based system I felt made the most sense but isn't being talked about by fishkeepers, even my local small fish store. I want to learn everything I can and form a game plan to covert my setup into a true ecosystem. I won't be able to move my entire community tank over all at once, but I thank you already for improving the lives of my fish! Edit: My only question after watching this back is that you don't mention adding any dechlorinator to the water that you add to your tank. I assume this was just an assumed step and that it is still needed, correct?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

chlorine gasses off instantly in moving water. Chloramine must be removed. 1 1000U vitamin C per gallon will deal with the problem/

I have watched many videos from Father Fish but this is the one I was looking for and is the one that every single watcher should have watched at least once. I do believe your more recent videos are more professionally produced and have a reduced time to 10 to 14 minutes but the information needed is much longer. This video hit the sweet spot in being not too long and containing information every fish owner needs to have.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Anthony. I am reevaluating this vid. It is often referred to by dedicated shoalers.

That was the best start up video yet. I really appreciate every little detail for those of us starting from ground zero. The loamy soil and 1 inch into sand planting was very helpful information. Thank you so much!

Ive been fish keeping for nearly 10 years and can always seem to watch your videos and learn new things. i have a spare little 30 gallon tank that i think im going to throw some mud and sand in, and try growing some plants before populating it

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

fish will promote plant growth.

I could have used your advice 15 years ago when I tried the hobby and after a year gave up. Ick was my major trouble back then and the pet store advice was useless. You have inspired me to try again, thank you.

@bojohannesen4352

Ай бұрын

Lol you didn't have Google?

@grinchville1

Ай бұрын

​@@bojohannesen4352...... No, and I still don't own a cell phone either.

@bojohannesen4352

Ай бұрын

@@grinchville1 Not searching for information while on the internet, that seems a little silly.

Wow! If only I found you before I set up four aquariums. Such great information. Thanks so much, I can’t wait to give it a try!

Hi father just came across this video ,I must say superb I've had a few tropical tanks in the past and as a novice I was quite successfull ,n then stupidly sold my setups ,but I miss the hobby n going to start again and after listening to your advice it makes better sense ,and the bug to get going again ,will check out other videos of yours defo thanks and great explanation cheers from Scotland

Thanks God I discovered you soon enough. This is the method I definitly want!

So incredibly helpful for a new fish/plant parent. I have learnt a lot from you, Father Fish. Thank you from Australia.

I discovered Father Fish on KZread last night. I subscribed immediately. I have been doing fish tanks for around 30 years but am still very open too listening to others. Mostly I will say thank you and walk away. Occasionally, very occasionally I will hear advice from someone like Father Fish and find myself fascinated in what is being said due to the wealth of information and knowledge. This is a fantastic video for beginners and KZread channel for anyone who enjoys aquariums.I wish I had this kind of information when I was starting out as it would have saved me so much time, money and grief when loosing fish and plants. I love listening to someone who knows what they are talking about. It confirms what I already know but also teaches me new tricks. Many thanks Father Fish from Australia 😊👍🙏

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you David.

@pilotavery

10 ай бұрын

He also undersells his knowledge. Dr. fish is more like it.

Father fish, I’m excited to start a natural aquarium. I’m learning so much from you

Thank you 😊

I’m glad to hear you say this. I rarely feed my fish and everyone gives me grief about it… however my fish are happy and very active. I really only feed them as a snack for something different or some additional nutrition. But they get all they want from scavenging and snacking on daphnia or other edible critter.

l very much appreciate your time and willingness to share your knowledge. I've taken a lot of your advice and filled my tank full of plants, sand, leaves. etc. I find it so much more enjoyable than the store-bought reality. Thanks so much!

This information was sooooo useful! Thank you so much!

I learn so much from every single one of your videos!!! ❤

Excellent advice! Subscribed and added you to my collection of Aquarium channels! Going to start working on my 3rd tank soon, and will be coming back to this. Also, LOVE YOUR BEARD! :) ✨🐟✨

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! Check in in the morning EST, US. You will enjoy.

Been dabbling in Aquariums since 1969. Much learned through abject failures. Father Fish, you are awesome. I love it that you are not at all condescending given your incredible experience and knowledge. Am about to embark on setting up 2 55's and am going to follow your advice and try to stay out of my own way. Mud in a fishtank? Who ever thought?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

You go Mark./ Join us on FATHER FISH SHOAL at Discord and share your progress. discord.gg/2PB236za

@My-name-is-MUD

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish 😁😁😎😎

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

@Glenn De Vries Correct. You do not, however, want a tank that you cannot see into. So cap that dirt, clay, whatever, with sand sufficient to se[parate the soil from the water.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

@Glenn De Vries The trick is getting the sand of top of the soil in the water. THAT is a game I have not figured out. the dirt swirls up when the sand in put on it. Best way is to drain the tank. That makes it easy.

Great advice . I started a Cichlids tank 10yrs ago in a 55Gal tank . I had them breeding after a few years

I have kept fish since I was a kid. I have learned more in the couple videos I have watched. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with the world! 💖

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Ilyana. You are very thoughtful.

Thank you brother father fish that was exactly what I wanted to know because I'm really into plants in my aquarium ☝️

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

I started to research keeping fish pets for my kid and was overwhelmed to hear all the upkeep, water testing, prepping and what not and was beginning to doubt it and your channel was godsend. If I want to do it, I want to do it the natural way. I am so so happy to find you.

AWESOME CHANNEL WITH TRUE WORDS !!!

Omg your just adorable! I've never tried your method with the substrate in a tank. I'm setting up a new very small community pool in my kitchen and I'm following your instructions to the note! Thank you! I'll also be getting my plants from you, can't beat your prices.😊

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Be sure to join the FF Discord shoal. We would love to follow your adventure. discord.gg/GdakStEjAy

I just found you, and I’m so glad I did ❤ One thing to bear in mind! Some of the employees in major retail pet stores love animals, too, and some of us become very disappointed, like I was, when we find out how much information needs updating or is just plain wrong. Some of these employees are kids; please bear in mind they don’t know better but are trying their best. The company has lied to them about what a given animal needs. Eventually, when I realized the company only cared for money, I would regularly redirect customers to local fish/reptile/bird expert stores I knew of until I found a better job elsewhere. Now I just try to avoid those major retailers if I can. Their info is majorly outdated, at best.

I rele like the advice, the simple step by step instructions given in this video! Thank you very much

Awesome video...thank you !!!

Awesome!!!

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

You are a legend!!! What an informative video

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

THANK GOD I FOUND YOU FATHER FISH, YOU ARE A GREAT MAN, YOUR VOICE IS SO SOOTHING ❤️ LOVE FROM LONDON ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Awesome 👏🏼

Love this all encompassing video

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you! Very helpful stuff

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you froom Romania!

Amazing video father fish 🐠🐟

Excellent presentation and advice

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Enjoyed the video !

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

I learned the hard way about how to treat ich . I used a popular brand of medication at half strength because I had clown loaches. I lost two loaches before I raised the temperature on my tank to 86 . Within 2 days the ich totally disappeared. So the moral of the story as you said is raise the temperature for 3 days and don’t use medications

Amazing knowledge!!!! Thanks for your great advice!!!!

Great info!!

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Awesome video!

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. TY for your support.

I LOVE this guy!!!!

your awesome father

I made my first dirted tank from your other videos and it's doing great. Thank you for making more videos like this. I setting up my second dirted tank tonight.👍

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@marypaigeflynn4512

3 жыл бұрын

Woderful

Father Fish I have recently discovered your channel and have been binge watching. You have a wealth of knowledge and I cannot thank you enough for sharing and teaching, you inspired me, and a week ago I started my dirted tank and its doing wonderfully thus far with about four small fish as well as plants. Will be gradually adding to it, thank you again Father Fish!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Always tuned right in father fish, very useful information . Thanks again and keep em comin👌👍💚

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

You help a lot,thanks to the informations you're giving...hoping for more...

Great video! would be lovely to see you setup a tank in all those steps in a video.

@FatherFish

9 ай бұрын

Coming soon! watch 2 most current videos

Ty so very much for your knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm!!! It's been more than 30 years since I have kept an aquarium! So happy to have found you!!! I am about to start a 60 gallon breeder tank & will do this for a peacock cichlid tank!!! ❤❤❤

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

Your the man answered everything questions I had thank you sir your a godsend

Love this!

WOW you surpriced me there FF! Wonderful video filled with gold nuggets - In between the two of us. it is videos like this that draws new eyes and ears to the channel. and you did something (perfect) here . IF you are loaded with data aka knowledge like in this ( which ??? know you are ;) )

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you. You inspire me to do more.

My first dirted tank is doing great. Thanks FF

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

@sabine3769

7 ай бұрын

Where do you get mud and Is it dried or wet? I have do many questions

Found this useful, like i did? I'd suggest three things in addition to enhance the usefulness. Turn on subtitles (especially for those not in America or not used to the accent) and set playback speed to 1.5. Repeat listen a couple of times making notes as you go along. Btw, the main content starts at 05:06. Thanks for the useful info, Father fish! :)

I just discovered your channel Father Fish as i just started this hobby.Thanks havens i stumbled upon you

I set up my dirted tank yesterday and all is well, 1 inch of the soil I made from Father Fish's ingredients, with at least two inches of sand. I have a 27 US gallon tank, or 22 Imperial Gallons. Thank you Father fish for your worldwide advice.

@DashDrones

9 ай бұрын

Nice one legend

New subscriber here. Thank you for the video. I have been out of the hobby for several years now, but hope to get another tank or two going in the future. I really appreciate this kind of refresher course, and for teaching the benefits of dirted tanks. I'd not ever done that before! I was also happy to learn that the blasting sand and pool filter sand of my last tanks, was perfectly ok! I wasn't sure if using it was a good thing, for sure. I wish I'd known I should have had dirt under it. I feel more confident now, to set up tanks again. TY again, looking forward to watching more of your content.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Happy to have you in the shoal lizzy. When you are ready contact me to help you get started..

@lizzyanthus1

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish Thank you! Will do! One question, if I may? Will Marimo balls count as the only "plant", in a very small planted tank?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

@@lizzyanthus1 Matimo is string algae. It counts as a plant but not an especially desirable one.

@lizzyanthus1

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish Thank you for your reply! I had 3 in a small 2 gal tank, and the tank did fill up with hair algea! No fish in there, just the 3 balls. I wondered where it came from! I never suspected it was from the balls! Good to know, thank you so much!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

@@lizzyanthus1 I made a video a few years ago about the little Japanese men who roll the algae into balls.... Funny stuff. Yep. Selling trash as treasures.

i love it!!!!!!!!!!

Just discover the channel and I must say it s very interesting to learn all u share with us. I ve been away from fish keeping for quiet sometimes. And I saw some mistakes I did in the past with all u advices. Thank you very much for sharing all your knowledge with us 👌

I'm addicted to your dirted tanks.ive never seen anything like them

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ASMR.

BMW adds on your channel!!! You’ve hit the big time. :)

@FatherFish

3 жыл бұрын

YESS!

@AussieAquatic

3 жыл бұрын

LOL :)

This is so amazing! thank you