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"Killing them with kindness". A great way to explain it.

I used to be that person that did weekly 80% water changes. Now, after watching n learning the natural tank method from Father Fish…I go out to my local lake n collect leaves for my tanks. My fish n tanks are thriving so much better! I basically had to re-learn everything about fish keeping. It’s a much better n natural way! 👍🤡👍🐟🐠🐟🐠

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

@connorlister1979

10 ай бұрын

I’m just now in the process of doing this with my 55 and 155 I’m nervous but it definitely sounds better for my fish is there anyway websites where I can read more on it?

@providedjoker2649

10 ай бұрын

@@connorlister1979 Just watch Father Fish’s KZread videos! He explains everything n shows you what to do!!

@Kharmaa7

10 ай бұрын

I knew in my heart there had to be a different way than what everyone says. I struggle with very low kh tap water that typically comes out at 6.4. I’ve felt like I had to be a phd scientist to figure out how to have healthy water in my tanks. Im Just starting to learn about the father fish way, I’m holding out hope for happier fish and less labor since i physically can’t do as much as I used to lugging water around

@VIBES3093

9 ай бұрын

I live in the uk could I use stuff from local lakes to go In my aquarium even though the waters and eco system are different to lakes in the states

My fish loving father passed away two years ago and after recently finding your channel I have also found a renewed love of fish keeping for myself! Found one of his old tanks and set it up for myself thanks to you, enjoying the heck out of watching my new ghost shrimp babes play in duckweed. Thanks more than you could imagine 💓💓💓

Mother Nature has sent us Father Fish. Listen, study and work with Mother Nature not against it.

@rab-cnesbit4181

11 ай бұрын

The lord Jesus Christ created all things , I had a supernatural experience that left me without a doubt he is God , God was manifest in the flesh ( in the person of his son) that whosoever beleives in him should not perish but have everlasting life, there is POWER against evil spirits in his name , alien abductions can be ABRUPTLY stopped by CALLING on the name of Jesus Christ. ( aliens are fallen Angel's).beleive in the LORD Jesus Christ and you will be saved. ❤

@mstevens6723

10 ай бұрын

Woah

@wakingforbacon6439

10 ай бұрын

@@rab-cnesbit4181alien abductions. Aliens are fallen angels. So what would you say about the Muslim that has had an experience that left him with no doubt that he has the right god. You are a product of evolution. No god necessary. Sure there could be some kind of higher power. Sure. Possible. Who knows? But the god of the Bible for sure does not exist. No global flood. No 600 year old man built a boat big enough for millions and millions of animals. To sail through the largest flood that anyone could imagine. Literally the flood would have killed everything if something like that happened.

@henryrooyakkers8510

9 ай бұрын

@@rab-cnesbit4181 What are you doing here ? Go to your church !

@Nic592

3 ай бұрын

amin

3 months ago I started in this hobby knowing nothing. I bought a bunch of fish in a tank from Petco and put it all together and put the fish in and then started watching videos. Then I realized that I made a grave mistake. I checked the water parameters twice per day and continuously changed the water to make sure the ammonia wouldn't kill my fish, I threw some mud down from a local bog and some Dead leaves that had fallen off some trees and there and within a few days my ammonia was zero and nitrites were zero in nitrates were rising. I didn't learn the other way, I learned your way. Thank you so much. I just put leaves and debris that the fish can feed on and I'll feed them brine shrimp and bloodworms occasionally but you doctor fish have made this so much easier. I don't have to worry about them because they have plenty of plants and substrate to hold bacteria and places to hide and a lot of space and everything's been Rock solid stable. My water parameters have not changed and when they come back after a week vacation my fish are nibbling on things in the tank and are hungry but are still doing fine. I've been following your advice and have had great success.

I have to try this method. I'm so used to using these pricey chemicals,weekly water changes, and still having sick, unhealthy fish. I once brought home some lilies from a pond nearby and put them in a tank. About a month later, after forgetting about them, I found the tank thriving with all sorts of bugs and organisms. Your words make perfect sense to me, and now I know what I need to do. Thank you sir!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

You can do it!

@Mike-br8vb

11 ай бұрын

@FatherFish thank you, you're an excellent teacher!

I used to visit father fish. He's like my mentor❤. For 22 years of fishkeeping I learned to love natural tanks now from watching here..now I have 2 natural nano tanks

Go outside, get some dried leaves on the river, then put them in jars, and under windowsill according to your wisdom. Love this kind of Mother Nature!

I wish I had a grandpa like you. I would always listen to him. Very wise and pleasant personality. 🥰

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Adnan.

@zsworld6609

11 ай бұрын

I was fortunate enough to have a grandfather just like Father Fish. They would of been 2 peas in a pod

I followed Father Fish advice and my tank has never looked better. Not one fish has died! I even got a few baby albino Cory's! Thank you Father Fish🥰

I'm so thankful to be getting into the fishkeeping hobby in a time where people like you can share your wisdom. Thanks to people like you spreading this message I've already been able to keep many happy fish in natural, healthy environments. Keep it up!

I just want to say I now look at my father fish fish tank in the morning instead of watching the news and I feel so much better! Thanks father fish ! Love Mike from Welland Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

@Banana34598

3 ай бұрын

Such a great idea- I’m going to make this change too!

The Fish Whisperer Knows Best, Thank You Father Fish... 👍👍👍👍👍

Man, i had lots of problems with my guppies and i didn't know why, but thanks to you and your videos they are thriving.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Excellent. A thriving guppy community is a source of endless fascination.

Yes everyone seems to forget about the mites cleaning our skin eating dead skincells, biofilm on your teeth, bacteria in your gut....When I first found your channel I had a little funny aha moment about needing to trust my gut, it made so much sense since it's the "second brain", the microbiome 😂🤔

Omg nature in your eye balls..love it..i just came in from gathering my micro organisms from my lake there hatching all over the bay..filled up buckets..Miskitos drive me back in the house and seen your notification and watched you vid..keep pushing father fish..let’s change the hobby from buying and killing out natural biodiversity in our tanks with unnecessary chemicals..love ya.see ya soon.Ryan.O..❤

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

You go Ryan

Found your channel a week ago and I am now a loyal Father Fish follower, you’re the coolest dude!!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

We have had more success in our two ponds that we basically routinely forget to even check on, than in some tanks we put work into, with active filtering and water changes. I have seen first-hand how nature keeps itself by putting my camera underwater and watching for hours. It's fascinating. It may look like there isn't any life down there from the surface, but there are hundreds of thousands of **visible** creatures living down there. It's daunting to think about the ones I can't see.

@FatherFish

6 ай бұрын

Very true! Sounds wonderful.

Years ago I had an aquarium and what you supposedly needed to do to have one felt so unnatural that I quickly gave it up. Thanks to you I now know how to keep one in good conscience!

preaching the understanding that we need to worry about the fish more than a tank is wisdom, thank you

Father fish is like a old school preacher, teaching us why this works with facts and logic and reasoning. I can’t tell you how much I’ve learned in the month I’ve been watching his stuff. Thank you again father fish for your wisdom and kindness

@paulm0573

10 ай бұрын

Isn’t he just the best father anyone could ever ask for! Lots of wisdom and experience which cannot be replaced.

@otallono

8 ай бұрын

@@paulm0573 Technically THE father would be the best father..

@turtlebackflapjack

7 ай бұрын

And literally is a preacher also!

Your substrate and plant method has restarted my fish hobby after many years . Having great luck so far and really enjoy the low maintenence of it all.

OMG! I have been adding water from my old fountain for the past two weeks per Father Fish’s advice. I was afraid of dumping whatever larvae was in there but the fish went crazy and fish ate all the larvae in seconds. They were very happy indeed!

Changing the world, one aquarium at a time.🐡🐚

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

AMEN!

@rebeccamandelos3164

11 ай бұрын

🩵🐠🩵

I have made 2 of your tanks so far. I already like them more than any other tank I have ever kept. My fish seem happier too. My daughter helped me and loved making the mud pies. Thank you!!!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Aquarium gigachad has spoken ❤

You are such a breath of fresh air. For 15 years, I struggle with my tanks, doing what the LFS's said to do, and then I found your channel. What a revelation! I have a 10 gallon tank that I set up with your method 10 months ago, and the tank is absolutely beautiful. Now, I never do water changes in this tank, and it is thriving. I set up my 29 the same way a month or two ago. I'm still waiting for the plants to "take off", like they did in the 10 gallon, but I see some signs of this happening soon. I definitely want to do the food jar thing. I also need to feed the 29 and the 10 gallon more with dried leaves. I am very happy so far. I am soon going to setup a 5 gallon nano tank with this method to see how it goes. Thanks again for all that you have done and are doing for the fish keeping community.

Thank you as always 🤙🏾

Dear Father Fish, I wish i had someone like you in my country.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Where are you Salteem? I think maybe you do.

@nazeemsultan1038

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish im in malaysia. No one promotes natural tank around here as far as i know

@sumeroo8159

9 ай бұрын

No matter where you living. F. F. Is always there on you tube

@nazeemsultan1038

8 ай бұрын

@sumeroo8159 True. I havents had a water change for more than a year since i follow Father Fish Santa. My fish are thriving

I appreciate someone wanting to replicate as close as possible an environment for their fish as they would experience in nature. My goal right now as a beginner, is to cultivate a balance of necessary bacteria in my 10 gallon tank. My approach is to use Prime to detox the ammonia and nitrites for my fish until I see a low percentage of nitrates in the water. I plan to eventually slowly begin to introduce live plants into the tank. So far I've been able to keep a Platy and Cherry Barb alive for 3 weeks.

Thanks FF! We ran our breeding business for a long time using the old methods. Not only is it inferior but also time consuming and exhausting. Now that we are coming back to the hobby for personal enjoyment, we cant wait to get started on the natural way to make the lives of what we have left the best it can be!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Yes. Farming takes the joy out of the hobby. It is not reasonable to raise millions of fish in natural systems.

Thank you Father fish for existing and sharing your knowledge of nature! Your videos are very informative and I really enjoy the natural approach to everything around keeping the water as suitable as possible to the aquatic life

I have a very clear water heavy planted 75 gallon and a dark tannin heavy driftwood 40 gallon and I notice that I watch my 40 gallon far more. There’s something far more fascinating about the natural look. Though in my case I don’t need to water change either of them. I just run more filtration on the 75.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Keeping the water clear of nutrients is the key to never needing to change it.

@AlinefromToulouse

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish is it good when in the water there is nothing, either bad like ammonia or nitrites, or good like a bit of nitrate or iron, just maybe a little too much phosphate?

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

@@AlinefromToulouse Maybe a little!! lol

@AlinefromToulouse

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish I suppose it is better than too much.😄😒

My dad's kept tropical fish all my life, this is fantastic advice, I'll send this too my pops. I want a tank to replace my useless TV, it'll be much more interesting ❤

Thank you much, this was eye opening and with a great narrative, thanks.

Ive been in this hobby for years and this is the best advice ive seen yet!

Just yesterday I saw a video documenting the vast diversity of fish, reptiles, birds and amphibians in the still polluted Chicago River! Nature will always find a way to win.

I really appreciate this video and FF's approach to keeping a fish tank. I naturally have adopted this type of approach. In my childhood my family kept a lot of fish...and the fish that did best were in the outdoor pond. 20 years ago my family was under the impression of keeping a very clean tank, but I observed as a child that my dad's overcleaning had killed our fish. Now that I'm older and have restarted this hobby again, I'm working with nano tanks and have found a beautiful and natural way of successfully keeping/maintaining 3 ecosystems. No fish deaths to date :)

@humbertovargas1211

10 ай бұрын

thats the word ECOSYSTEM NOT TANKS , amazing keep it up

@AquaJoyClub

10 ай бұрын

@@humbertovargas1211 yeah! Very happy with all this newfound knowledge. I feel much more confident caring for my fish!

I love your videos. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

I came across your channel ths weekend, been listening to many of your videos, it makes sense to me, this July 4th I was digging up pond mud, lol , thank you for all you share, fish thank you too.

Great video. I have learned a lot from your excellent advice you have gained over 70 years of fish keeping. Please never stop making these great videos Father Fish.

Best video so far FF you summarized many of your videos in one✌🏼

Love you too Father Fish......thank you 💐🙏🥰

Diversity is a good thing everywhere, including outside our fishtanks, friend! Keep strong and congratulations!

haha Im emotional here, I just remember those days when I worked abroad then came home at last. Just like those fish who found the home brought by father fish. cheers fishers.

I love your way of keeping fish, I kept an Oscar before in a dirted basin and it never got sick. The only issue I have with setting-up a tank now is I don't know where to get the gunk. The local river near my house has people dumping everything in it.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

set up a pool in your back yard and grow your own.

Thank you sooo much I've learned a lot and soon I'll be setting up my backyard pond

father fish is so easy to listen to. great teacher!!! thank you sir

I was taught by youtube hobbyists to keep the tank clean by using a siphon every 2 weeks and feeding every other day. I noticed my fish would often die afterwards. But I thought that was inevitable. Now I wish I left the fish alone and fed them less. I had lots of plants and the 10 gallon tank only had some guppies.

I can't wait to try this. It makes so much since to do it this way. Thank you

I am so glad i started out in this hobby using your methods

This is such a brilliant outlook on how to have a wonderful aquarium, this is one of my favourite videos, I have thought about this and followed this Father Fish philosophy and been rewarded with a fascinating aquarium I can’t take my eyes off. There is so much healthy diverse life in my tank it’s wonderful, I seem to discover new things most days, so many different micro creatures swimming about I love it!. The water is clear but full of wonderful life, I am growing baby goldfish in it at the moment, a happy accident, and I don’t even need to feed them, the aquarium is feeding them naturally. It’s such a pleasure. I am already planning my second aquarium, bigger and better, using of course some of the materials, substrate, rotten leaves, wood, water, from this aquarium. Cheers Father Fish, you have enhanced my enjoyment of this great hobby no end.

Thank you Father Fish. I'm trying best to take care of my shiny 5 . Enjoy your video and learned more today. I donot want them to be stressed all the time.

I hope more people start making natrual aquariums like us

I love the analogy of trying to live with nature than battling with it. I used to take care of my tanks with constant feedings and cleanings and it did feel like a constant uphill struggle. I should have just had lots of plants, fewer fish, and less food. Then I could have had an almost self sustaining ecosystem like father fish.

Thank you, I finally understand how I should look after my fish and make them life happily

Thank you , one of the best videos I’ve seen . This video should be the first video a new fish keeper should see .

Very helpful information, thank you 👍

I've had fish 50 plus years..on and off..I've worked out what's best for me and my fish..which is a bit of everything..none of my tank are super clean..but some of my fish really enjoy a water change..I'm really into plants..they grow really fast in my tanks..I can't believe people flush out their tanks..sometimes it can take a year before a tank looks its best..

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Good stuff Lily. This is a very personal hobby and we all develop our unique skills.

This is very good information. Thank you

Thank god I found your channel. I love how easy it is to follow what you’re saying, because it just makes sense. People over complicate things that don’t need to be. keep it up mate

Looking sharp! Nice cut. Glad to make it into another video, I have an update to be filmed and sent in... Plants are an amazing addiction... They make the tank happier!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Can't wait!

Perfect video thanks a lot

Now I understand why a friend of mine's fish developed healthily in a cement tank with turbid water and limbs. I have another friend of mine who I didn't understand why his fish developed and bred very well in a dirty aquarium that he told me he hadn't cleaned in months and mine where I cleaned and changed the water and my fish died. Now with this explanation everything makes sense.

Very nice and helpfull video, its been 5 months since im listening and doing Father Fish method, and my fish are so happy, swimming playing, water is clear, when i feed them, frenzy begins😃 its beautifull, simple beautifull...

Thank you I am new to this and listening to you..and you are right what you say..I remember when I was a kid and going down to the pond and it was so much fish in there..which I love to see...thank you Dan from Wiltshire uk..

I love Al your work father fish I’ve learned so much from you and I hope my turtles are so much happier with their new tanks. I’m thinking about adding some fish into the tanks

Excellent advice

Your wisdom makes so much sense father fish, my first tank I ever did I had a heavily planted 5 gallon with a betta and snail, started out not doing water changes,plants were happy and fish was healthy. After 6 months I tried doing 20% water changes every other week due to algae my fish was way more stressed and plants looked so sad!

I'm so happy to have found your content! It's helping me and my fish so much!

I had an aquarium years ago. It was a successful population of fish. One by one they died over the course of several years. For maintenance of that tank I did 20% water changes about every 60 days... but it was when the tank was neglected a little bit that the convict cichlids we had started to reproduce. We got a few of them out of the tank and raised them to adults before getting them back in the original tank. Unfortunately I had to abandon it and over time the fish died of natural causes and I put the hobby to rest. It started at my parents house and I didn't have room in my apartment for a 90 gallon tank. I just purchased a 40 gallon aquarium and purchased the substrate mix from your store and I'm super excited to try a natural habitat. I'm positive that your methods are so much better for the fish. It makes so much sense that supporting all kinds of life in the aquarium allows for constant food and a stress free habitat.

The more I listen the more it makes sense and its making me realize, this is the very best way

Thank u. Made me teary eye

Well said love the video 👍👍

Father fish is smarter than every other you tuber out there I love this man he knows what his talking about natural is really the only way to keep a fish aquarium ever since I have started doing it his way I have never had happier fish and no death

Love you as well father fish ! Peace 🙏 from Welland Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

Thankyou so much sir... for guiding in a right way about fish hobby.

One more question...What is the bare minimum percentage of plant coverage in an aquarium. I want to leave open area consisting of bare sand for the corydora's and such. Plus what is your view point on floating plants...what percentage and such and how can you mix both planted and floaters in an aquarium. No need to answer here but please make a video concerning the questions as good for me, good for you, and good for a multitude of others.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

minimum 50% plant. Flopating is ok but can take over and shade the rooted plants.

Great video. All stuff you've been preaching for a while, but probably your best presentation that I've seen yet. Hopefully this video reaches all the struggling fishkeepers and new comers to the hobby out there.

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

I hope so!

Great wisdom being shared here! This basic principle should be applied to the whole of our current medical system. A balanced wholistic approach to life in general is paramount to keeping all of us fish and people healthy and living happily. ❤

@johndoe-ek6vl

7 ай бұрын

The only sane political ideology is the one that is forbidden.

And don't forget the symbiotic mites that live within our pores and only come out at nighttime to eat. I remember articles from people in the beauty industry and customers freaking out about these skin pore mites who were scrubbing their skin to and through as many skin layers as possible and stories of girls bleaching their skin. I personally think it's wonderful and posted this article many times a good few years back! 😊

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

I love it. Bugs on girly girls. What could bee better.

@littlenikki9539

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish true 😂

Thanks to you Pops! Havent changed my tank water in 2 months . My plants are turning green now and fish are happy.

Hey father fish, u are so awesome and I agree with u %100. The right way is mother nature. Thanks for all your videos and teaching people the right way

I am so thankful I found your videos sir... I was doing what you said but I did a water change yesterday which killed off most of my smaller fishes.

Excellent presentation of the facts. Thanks Lou

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Much appreciated Caylor!

I really like your vids my friend ..so much knowledge ..I’ve been doing things this way in my tank for a couple years now and it’s the best way ..heavily planted and my fish are thriving ..add a sponge filter and that’s about it in all my tanks ..don’t cheap out on a good light and right spectrum ..6 to 8 hours of light bout 75 percent and boom happy fish keeper ✌🏻

After seeing one of your other videos I subscribed and went out to the pond and put a bottle of that water into my 4 tanks. Even though it was frozen over, supposedly studies found there are more microbes in cold weather than warm. I only ever did water changes in my tanks, but I plan on doing them less often now, and adding some sand into the gravel tanks.

Gracias por la traducción al español! Es una locura lo que cuentas en tus videos todo lo contrario a lo que venden en la tiendas gracias por tu sabiduría!

I'm so glad to have found you

this video is so important. I am shocked it does not have more traction. thank you for posting this!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Trying to get the right title

this has become my favorite channel.

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

You do my heart good!

I just started my journey to natural aquarium, two days ago my progress is in my channel thank you father fish for educating us.

I'm going to come visit you one day, you're an absolute gem.

Video so true and real thanks Father Fish

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

You are very welcome

Every video that I watch I become more and more aware of how I was keeping the tank from being in a natural healthy state. I really cannot say enough about how wonderful it is to feel the satisfaction of knowing that when I reset my tank I will be doing it according to the laws of nature I cannot thank you enough

I have had aquariums for almost fifty years and I am a strong believer of a natural tank. I have done zero water changes. My fish outlive there predicted life spans. (4-6 years) Natural bottom, live plants a balance of fish, shrimp, snails and the key word is balance. I keep primarily nano tanks. 6 gallon or less. One 55 gallon out in the garage that I have 5" 4 year old emerald shiners. I think my fish are very happy.

@jack_s

2 ай бұрын

Hi and how you keep water levels instide water that vibrate?

I agree of lot of points.

Father Fish at its best. So happy to have found you. You're giving fishes a better life!

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Barugon

Wow so many light bulbs are going off for me right now 😂, wow 😯. Thank you !!!