ALGAE IS YOUR BESTIE

[@FatherFish]

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[@mikomiko993]

@@FatherFish what is better for oxygen? Moss or algae ?

[@joshuabarnes8585]

I wish he was my neighbor. I could have a drink and listen to the knowledge for hours

[@B1gHagar]

So, I've been watching several channels of younger fish keepers and all they say is water change, water change, water change. I recently came across you tank I love your ideas or should I say wisdom. I should have know to learn form an older guy who has done it all. Starting my first tank because of you.

[@mrsbodeutsch]

I just "found" Father Fish two days ago! Because of him, SO MANY questions I had about how my grandmother jet fish without even seeing to try have been answered. This is an incredible channel for this hobby and absolutely should be required watching for anyone who desires to do right by their aquatic pets

[@KarunakaranNaresh]

💜

[@xray4326]

This guy deserves more subs! I never EVER comment on youtube but watching this old timer encourage me to be more relaxed in this hobby. If u are new like me, u will face many stressful challenges like dead fish, plants dying, cloudy water, etc.. The amount of tips and knowledge he shared are PRICELESS! 1. Deep substrate 2. Feed less 3. More plants Father Fish, thank you for everything and I pray for your good health. 😄👍🏻 Lots of love frm Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@FatherFish]

Thank you Bob May from Malaysia. Join us on Discord: discord.gg/8DmmRE9Nq4

[@xray4326]

@@FatherFish Joined! Thank you 🥳

[@NotSure876]

I somewhat agree but plants aren’t always possible, for example plant’s wouldn’t last an hour in my rift tank

[@tylergrimes2693]

@Black Doug you might be able to find some that will survive in that ph but probably have to put a divider in to keep fish from destroying them.

[@introtwerp]

​@@NotSure876there's always over the top plants😊

[@davidrix804]

Keep active father fish and you stay young and healthy👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@FatherFish]

That's the plan David! Thank you for your encouragement'

[@davidrix804]

Keep safe my friend and be carefull ok and dont over do things, father fish wizard👍👍👍😁😁😁🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@FatherFish]

@@davidrix804 Bless you David. My days are peaceful. My nights are quiet. And God has blessed me with countless friends right here.

[@sagrath1982]

Glad you’re ok! Your like the grandpa I never had. God bless you.

[@FatherFish]

Thank you sagrath. You are like the son I never had.

[@sagrath1982]

@@FatherFish glad to hear that! I guess we’re family now 😊

[@jeffreyboster6899]

This algae thing is what I have been telling people for years. Algae is the best tank balancing tool we have available to us, it really helps the beginner. Thanks for listening!

[@FatherFish]

Good job Jeffrey. Overcoming fear seems to be the most imprtant skill.

[@He.knows.nothing]

As long as it's not on my front glass!

[@zimrianispresent8123]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

🤣🤣

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

@@zimrianispresent8123 been missing seeing you in the mornings👋✌️

[@zimrianispresent8123]

@@marypaigeflynn4512 I got promoted at work and I am busy! I miss the live streams too :(

[@Kitathegang]

That’s where mine was

[@normsish]

God bless you father fish and keep yourself healthy and safe. ❤

[@FatherFish]

TY Lady soto. God bless you.

[@mikewoodOR]

I agree. Algae is a vital ingredient to a healthy tank. Many newbies get caught up with trying to have a spotless clean tank. I have found over the years that the more you mess with a tank, the more problems you will have.

[@FatherFish]

They do take care of themselves given adequate resources

[@GarboAquatics]

FF speaking facts right here. Every time I set up a tank algae comes in for about a month until the plants grow in and take all the excess nutrients. At night plants give off CO2 (CO2 in the water is turned into Carbonic acid (H2CO3)) and so the pH shifts towards the acid. They use the stored sugar as an alternative energy source to the light to perform the growing and 'burning' this sugar causes CO2 to be released. Meaning plants will grow at night and give of C02 for tomorrows photosynthesis period. Look at your dwarf lilies and banana plants before you turn the lights off, the plant will have grown many inches throughout the night. I call em "night growers" :)

[@FatherFish]

Lovely

[@simonpieman1653]

Spot on!

[@LRBaquatics]

Algae is Mother Natures great equalizer!

[@lorihuber2047]

I have the biggest crush on you Fatherfish! 🥰 I’m so glad you’re feeling better!!!! Please stay well and thank you so much for the great content!

[@FatherFish]

Nothing like a real cutie with a crush to make my heart throb. TY Sweet girl.

[@64simon]

I used to always leave algae on the back wall of my aquariums looked good and fed the fish !

[@FatherFish]

Me too. I never clean the back and sides.

[@berdear]

Hello father fish, the other day I was in a river looking for plants. I found a floating seaweed, so beautiful that I have put it in my aquarium. Thank you for your teaching, you help me lose my fear. Thank you

[@FatherFish]

Sounds great!

[@ethicalhackerwhitehat]

Father Fish. You are one of the most amazing things that has happened in my life. Thank you so much for bringing my Fish hobby to level 99

[@ezwaters5847]

Real talk, based on real experience. Love it! Such a refreshing contrast to the industry at large.

[@FatherFish]

Keeping it real. Thank you EZ.

[@mujacko2002]

grandfather.........i am so glad you're doing fine. Stay healthy....we need you for another 100 years. Super hugs.

[@AnimalPapaStudios]

Big 👍! Hi Father fish, another great topic and explanation! Take care, happy fish keeping and God bless! Papa! 😎🐠👍🙏

[@FatherFish]

Glad you enjoyed it Animal Papa. Nice to hear from you.

[@MrWildNature]

Your informative content is great. Thank you

[@FatherFish]

Thank you Mr. Wild Nature. Happy to have you on board.

[@shanesipple5185]

*God Bless This Man

[@FatherFish]

God Bless you Shane.

[@kevinpowell7948]

Very enjoyable FF, this is you at your best, you have a wonderful gift as a public orator. Glad you're better, God bless, people like you make this such a wonderful world ❤️

[@FatherFish]

Thank you Kevin. Such a delightful sentiment.

[@suman5492]

It's a privilege to receive valuable information from an experienced person 🙏

[@FatherFish]

We are proud to be first with this GREAT NEWS~!!

[@janemarriott3389]

I too love algae. Thanks, Father Fish.

[@stevenalves9859]

Thank you for sharing more of your amazing wisdom. So glad you are feeling better. Stay safe brother.

[@64simon]

Good to hear your feeling well

[@meshugas4christ779]

I love algae specially in my sushi rolls it really flows with the curent, but be careful it can make your eyes rolled to😊

[@FatherFish]

Meshuga, well chosen. lol

[@Christiebalazs]

Good to see you back! Wishing you Great Health Father Fish ...thank you for your time and wisdom 🙏

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

Another topic covered perfectly 🎯 in my journey of learning about a balanced Aquarium. It can be frustrating for a beginner when you're trying to dial in a new tank...then all the sudden you have algae growing everywhere. Your advice of a deep sand bed, feed less, and lots of plants makes lots of sense.. then being patient to let the aquarium balance itself! Oh I love that rock at the end.. that is gorgeous.. Very enjoyable and informative.. thank you so much for sharing!!👍🌱🐟🌿

[@FatherFish]

TY MP. There is much to like about algae.

[@btcbob11392]

The " common sense " part is what most people are lacking. They want to just run to petco and buy a bunch of chemicals, and don't bother to think about what is causing the problem.

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

@@btcbob11392 🙌👍❤️

[@msresearchspeaks]

This video went viral! Wow. Great information Father Fish!

[@gowrishankardhandapani9826]

Very nice speech.....Very informative...thanks a lot

[@FatherFish]

So nice of you

[@nazeemsultan123]

Father Fish. I can't stress enough how much I appreciate the knowledge from you. I subscribed. Thank you

[@FatherFish]

Thank you Nazeem.

[@roramisrael]

Enjoyable, informative and 100% appreciated. Many thanks.

[@endur5nce]

Great video, I luv algae in my tanks because I like the naturalness of it and all my water pets like to eat it so it comes and goes 🍽 🐌🐟🦐

[@FatherFish]

excellent

[@rufusdanieliii9926]

"Well Boo"😂 good stuff

[@philipjabra5185]

I love this guy and Dan from Everyday Fishkeeping....those 2 are basically the only 2 I listen to after being in this hobby for over 45 years...:)

[@FatherFish]

Dan and I should do a collab. That would be fun.

[@philipjabra5185]

@@FatherFish Agreed

[@Poker-ym8kv]

You make your points very clear

[@FatherFish]

and slowly

[@lizzyanthus1]

Here's hoping you continue to be feeling better. Scary times we all are living in the last couple years. I'm hoping you and all of us avoid this 'plague' as well. Thank you for another lesson on fish keeping, and all it intails. Even though I don't have any tanks right now, it's still a great pleasure to learn. I absolutely love those rocks your friend collected! Yes, they are gorgeous! I love rocks anyway, and these are now top of my love list. :) Thank you for sharing.

[@FatherFish]

Thank you! You too lizzy!

[@richardwalker6530]

God bless you sir.

[@Lexicoyote]

God bless you , I know I’m getting over the plague too. I Love Algea to .Great for my aquarium and food for my snails .

[@FatherFish]

Wonderful

[@Delehmes]

Perfect one thank you

[@FatherFish]

Gotcha Osman

[@hannahsms3816]

I’ve always been taking out algae and my plants have been doing terrible, when I buy more plants they melt. I think my plants are going to do much better now, thank you.

[@FatherFish]

You can do it!

[@kevinbrown6769]

Great video I hope you keep enlightening us with your knowledge of fish keeping

[@-ChrisD]

Such wonderful insight in these videos from Father Fish :)

[@FatherFish]

Glad you enjoyed it Chris

[@xVanSnowx]

Really learned a lot from you Father Fish. 😁 More power to you.

[@Clingan1234]

My shrimp love it

[@kg2nc]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I found your channel yesterday and I've been watching your videos one after another and enjoying them. Take care and stay safe.

[@michellebrown1843]

Glad you are feeling better!!

[@FatherFish]

Thank you! Improving daily.

[@derrickfrancis9097]

God bless you as well father fish

[@TonyRomeNewMoney]

THIS ABSOLUTELY WORKS. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. I had a horrible algae problem. It was extremely frustrating. I restarted both my tanks using the soil substrate and no more algae.

[@ratmiki4000]

Thank you yet again father fish.. Since I've found your channel, I have been absorbing all your fishkeeping wisdom, and i cannot thank you enough.. Just would like to express my gratitude..

[@Myname2663-w2z]

Fantastic video. I am glad you are doing better. I recently found your channel and I love it. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

[@FatherFish]

Thank you so much!

[@stardate412]

Wow so great to see your doing well

[@saw06c]

Father Fish please stay safe we need you to stay healthy for us hobbyists

[@spacewalkx]

Thank you, Father Fish!

[@damionmarkham9835]

Thank you for the wise words father fish . That stone seems similar to Texas holy rock but much more spooky . So glad your feeling better just in time for good Friday and Easter my friend

[@aveekmukh]

Love the simplicity about your videos...it's almost meditative!

[@FatherFish]

Ck out my meditations on fish. lol

[@aveekmukh]

@@FatherFish lmao

[@jameskps]

This is the only honest US channel.

[@FatherFish]

You are too kind James.

[@varanaut1308]

I love to have substrates with a mix of fine sand and larger chunks of rock and shells. The various sizes of the particles is more natural and keeps the pH buffered. Algae blooms saved my tanks several times and fish love green water.

[@FatherFish]

agreed

[@Benjamin-nv1en]

Today I noticed Algae (ive also lost 6+ Goldfish in my 1yr of starting this beautiful hobby which shouldn't be the case). I asked the question why algae whats it telling me? Whats nature saying? I came across your channel, thank God. Most channels say clean glass do water changes/ this that etc I had a little gravel and zero plants red flags immediately. Today i topped up 20kg of natural sand from my local aquarium and 3 real plants as a starter, ill add more 🪴 plants (180L tank). Today i learnt so much, thankyou Father fish. God bless your wisdom. I had zero nature in my tank (accept for the algae trying to teach me lol) today ive added so much natural materials in and i hope my 3 goldfish will thrive. Im learning. 👍🙏 And cutting my feeding down, every 2 days instead of daily.

[@EdgarHernandez-xz6eq]

I just subscribed your information is incredible thanks

[@FatherFish]

Welcome aboard!

[@cattenkoifarm2937]

Such a great wealth of knowledge, thankyou sir!

[@dax8753]

i like to see a bit of algae food for the shrimp and snails

[@Habs_Centennial]

With all you're knowledge and only a year or two starting out with KZbin I'm surprised there aren't more subscribers but that well come with time.. I love you're content and come here to learn everyday! Keep up the great work and stay safe!

[@FatherFish]

Now we are beginning to see our voice being heard more widely day by day. Thank you Cody for your confidence.

[@erichf8943]

algae hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is of fish. 🙏🐟

[@FatherFish]

YEAH VERILY!

[@piotrkulpa8034]

I get my first aquarium by accident about 2 months ago, at the beginnig I just want use typical home aquarium, easy to mentain, but also started watch more to get some knowledge an get here and now, I decided to set up my new aquarium mych later than I planned, till I learn about this what wise man saying. I want it be natural as much as it is possible. Thank you for sharing all this information, love this channel

[@oliviamarsh6059]

you are awesome!!!. pet supermarket suggestions your channel and I'm loving it. got to change my gravel to sand for more fish and more plants.

[@FatherFish]

Welcome!! Great to have you on board Olivia!

[@Ministrator03]

Great video, thank you for sharing!

[@philipvalenzuela6633]

those rocks are magnificent

[@legaltenderradfem]

Love you and wishing you good health Father Fish !

[@FatherFish]

Bonjour cherie! Je t'aime aussie!

[@clemmahabir]

I subbed today !!! 😇 Algea has grown on me since I've been in the hobby for many years and always learning about it. The look if algea IMO is a natural effect that looks good in the tank but black algea has caused many problems atm on my plants and tank equipment. I'm happy you explained this topic understandably for me but I would like to see this black algea type go. BTW NO one says God bless as much any more it was real nice to hear that from you..God bless you too brother Stay well and may the blood of Jesus covers you and protects you.🙌

[@mancfishkeeper]

This is one of the best videos Ive seen mate I'm going to do a tank with the information you have given and quote your channel on my video as soon as I get round to doing it... I love algae lawn I had it in my tanks because I over feed my guppies to make them breed and grow faster but I do loads of water changes like every 5 days or so... Thank you I'm going to binge watch your videos!

[@finnic7959]

Father Fish you are like the taoist sage of the fish world.

[@tammyzhang]

What a brilliant person shares all the wisdoms…. Let’s focus on creating this balance instead of buying more

[@alejandrolisdero4531]

I'm one of the small group of aquarists who love black beard algae. After 2 or 3 years, they may be 2 inches long. I love the way they slowly move with water current. And are the only plant I have in my aquarium. And it's amazing how good to absorb exess of nutrients. They absorb all the nitrogen cycle: ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, and also phosphates from food. But is a matter of patience. They need minimum 1 year, to look like a matt, and most of algae eaters fish don't eat them. I don't have deep substrate. Thank you Father Fish! ❤👍🏻

[@FatherFish]

This hobby is a wonder of little miracles.

[@alejandrolisdero4531]

Sorry... I've wrote the comment in present time. My native language is spanish. I described what I had 4 years ago. Then I had a fully mature aquarium. I had very hard water. But I moved here and started from scracht. Here I have soft water. Even through I'm trying to replicate it, the growth rate of black beard algae is very slow. I'm waiting... Thank you for response! 🙂

[@chatterbox2989]

People always look ,at my tanks ,going oh that's not good 😂 I laugh at them ,I've been watching you for along time ❤your content !!

[@phillymanpete]

A truly brilliant presentation. Plain spoken and spot-on. Thank you!

[@FatherFish]

Thank you kindly!

[@christopherlamar9285]

New Sub Your Awesome Father Fish💪 Keep up the great work Blessings my friend 🙏

[@sheep1ewe]

Thank You! I hawe a lot of algae (not that much as it is a problem, but a normal, natural amonth) and only see benefits with it.

[@sheep1ewe]

I mean just a little bit here and there, not an infestion of it.

[@naegwut]

Loving that frog planter!

[@FatherFish]

YES! My favorite.

[@rufusdanieliii9926]

I thank you kind Sir!

[@keiththrasher2575]

You are amazing i been learning so much from you’re Videos and following a lot of new things from you and everything has been going Fantastic can’t thank you enough!🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@dannywarner4128]

I've been keeping fish for ten year and you are learning me things that I've experienced and said to my self people have algae scubbers and and lights to grow algae in a refugium. And like you say it's a good thing. I've just let the algae stave itsself out once its done its job cleaning the tank the algae recedes and will eventually disappear as it as got rid of the nutrients. I'm glad to here your well my friend happy fish keeping. Keep up the good work

[@bipolaraquatics]

Always like to out compete the algae with jungle style aquariums .....great info my f2f see you on the next one

[@GoldfishCorner]

Great points! I’m glad to hear your are advocating the rethink of tank algae! The more and more fish keepers realize to think from fish perspectives but not just viewers. I like the term “Algae Management” instead of “Algae Avoidance”. Algae benefits our fish and water quality, but we need a balance. Thank you Fish Father for sharing your experience and wisdom!

[@FatherFish]

Very true Goldfish Corner! Thank you for your understanding.

[@MrQback1]

😇inspirational true man, what world needs now ..respect Father Fish. God Bless

[@MrQback1]

How ..how is perhaps easy to answer..why is the question 🤔

[@darrylmoore5847]

Great video.

[@RuiBFSChannel]

So glad i found your channel.

[@harshithr7047]

Thank you father fish for your priceless advises. You helped me bursting lot of myths in my head. Big fan of you and your content. Your content is nothing but pure experiece so can be trusted blindly 🙏🏼

[@HopeB555]

I LOVED any algae I could get to grow in my mbuna tank. Never lasted very long though. 😅 As long as I could see in the front to watch my fish, I was happy with however much wanted to grow.

[@FatherFish]

CORRECT! Mbunas primary diet is algae.

[@MindFlowMovement]

This was defo a wax on wax off moment. Thank you.

[@FatherFish]

I think they come with age.

[@abfmkarin]

Ha ha , im leaving my lights on longer in a newly setup tank to encourage algae growth for the amanos, snails and hillies.Ibhave some large pebbles in a older tank which are nicely covered with green algae.Looks beautiful on white sand. I believe that a small amount is normal and healthy and I love it.

[@FatherFish]

ABSOLUTELY!!

[@jeffcarpenter6306]

Thank you for this video. I user artificial plants in my 20 gal tank. After reviewing many of your videos I am thinking of going natural.

[@FatherFish]

Go for it! You will be delighted.

[@ivanfrances8913]

Well spoken

[@Chatterbong-travel]

I grew a sweet potato plant with its roots in the tank and it controlled algae so well.

[@victorcs_]

Really? How did you done that? Just put it a slice of sweet potato at the bottom?

[@Chatterbong-travel]

@@victorcs_ No. you have to put a whole sweet potato with its tip in water and rest of it on the air. In about two weeks’ time the part of the potato that is in the water will start rooting and the part in the air will grow stems and leaves…. The roots eventually grow thick and the entire plant takes nitrates to grow thus controlling algae. There are youtube videos on this. Just type growing sweet potato plant in fish tank and you will find

[@victorcs_]

@@Chatterbong-travel Thanks. By the time you answered me, i was reading about it.

[@walkingintheglory2892]

Thank you!!!!

[@ManxDaddy839]

Glad I found your channel. Were cycling a 33 long for our Apistogramma Cacatuoides triple reds and now I need to go get some more sand. 45 lbs gave us about 3" I think another 20lbs should be sufficient. New subb. Great information. Stay well.

[@jillclark4876]

I am so glad I found you! I love the way you put things!

[@FatherFish]

Thank you so much! Nice to meet you Jill.

[@Majesthiicc]

Yes!! I love having morning sunlight hitting my tank, I don’t mind the algae

[@bimebonu4684]

Love it. Sandbed! Will get some. Beginner here with 12litre tank. Algae appeared and I was wondering if good or bad so stumbled into here. I like the look of it. Thought it felt more natural for the fish. Will get more plants. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼