The Secret of Healthy Fish is a Healthy Aquarium

[@debrascheer4577]

That used to be me constantly sucking up all that junk out of the gravel. Sick fish buying medication lots of money spent now I have a dirted tank with lots of plants and the occasional inoculation of some pond water my fish have never been healthier and I don't have sick fish anymore 😊

[@SkullField]

i work at a pet store and im the aquatic specialist. i tell my customers to come here and watch these videos to make them understand what to do to have a real aquarium. keep up the good work. ive sent many people to your channel because you deserve it!! 😃😃😃❤❤❤

[@hendrx]

This man convinced me to get back into the hobby after giving up years ago.

[@juliamartin1962]

Me too... I gave up 20 years ago.. until I saw a father fish video on KZbin. He is a wonderful person. He's the reason after 40 years of not stepping foot in a church I am now looking for a church. Father fish you renewed my faith in humanity..

[@kinglamine712]

Good luck 🤞😊🐠🐟

[@hendrx]

@@kinglamine712 thank you brother

[@hendrx]

@@juliamartin1962 his approach makes much more sense

[@carolan9740]

My fish-keeping-life has changed so much since I found Father Fish for the better! Happy healthy fish now! Much love ❤️

[@tony9t]

This man single handedly saved my fish keeping hobby. I was at a total loss until I came across his channel. One of his best bits of advice was “leave your tank alone”. A sincere thank you Father Fish.

[@adamWRF1]

A cigarette a coffee and father fish...BLISS

[@wildbill4138]

Becareful about listening to father fish...I started with one tank now I have six😅

[@FatherFish]

lol

[@jennifermartin506]

I have 3

[@jamesshamley6577]

I have 21 dirted tanks now, thank you father fish

[@Raphael.P.]

But 6 ff tanks are less work than 1 unhealthy tank 😊

[@Cleeon]

And me, before know this have already six, and I just counting and.... Now have Twelve😅, let's celebrate🎊🎉

[@NcPleco]

Give this man 1 million subscribers already❤❤❤❤❤

[@PsychoPlantLady]

Every fish keeper needs to watch this. Thank you for everything you do Father Fish. This video explains so much.

[@ovidiocorchero2795]

Natural aquariums are also very easy to maintain!

[@petroman-cg8tt]

Father Fish Great Video

[@juliamartin1962]

Father fish I just wanted to let you know how much you have changed my life in ways you can't even imagine. You're the reason I tried an aquarium again. And you're the reason that I'm looking for a church after 40 years away from one. Thank you for everything you've done for me. I now have two tanks... And if there's anybody out there in the north central Ohio area that can use some plans hit me up.. I have jungle vowel with leaves that are almost 6 ft long. They're beautiful. But they're way too big for my tank...lol

[@laranja3]

I LOVE THE QUALITY OF THE VIDEO!!

[@crazy4color869]

Father Fish! You were literally the answer to my prayers. Suffice it to say if I hadnt found you, i would have had to give up fishkeeping. I finally am getting babies now and then due to dense plants! SPECIAL REQUEST Can you do a video on how to maintain plants in the aquarium? Stem vs rooted, when to trim, when not to, what to do if black or green hair algae start suffocating roots or the plant itself.. etc. That is the one part i cant seem to get under my belt yet. Thanks!

[@david-le-jardin-libere-terre]

No best vidéo for my morning coffee!🐠🐟☕😊

[@patconcubierta295]

i got 2.5gallon for betta with dirt,sand and plants and its thriving..i put it near the window for natural light.Thank you Father Fish for inspiring newbies like me..

[@Naturalaquaticsnature]

Hello Father Fish. I am so glad that I have learnt so much from you and made a planted tank like a father fish tank. First my platty gave birth to 3 fries and now my guppy gave birth to atleast 4 fries which I have seen today. Before making a father fish tank my fish used to die and die and die but now my tank is starting to get full by fishes automatically and now I think I will have to buy a bigger tank😂❤❤❤. Thank you

[@phili799]

Thank you Lou Im so glad i found you ... blessings

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

So happy that you are getting the truth out there. Just makes me sad when people talk about how they struggle with tanks and explain how they use all the chemicals.

[@kinglamine712]

You great man 👍❤ I love you from Algeria you welcome father fish 🐠🐟 god bless you 🙏💓

[@pattys_aquatics]

Excellent video sir 😁👍

[@ChristianB1969]

I wait with great anticipation for the next FF video. This one was definitely worth waiting for.❤❤❤

[@LisaNash-p1d]

I have had a tank set up for 8 years and never cleaned it. It is crystal clear.

[@DashDrones]

Please do a video

[@LisaNash-p1d]

I did a short video.

[@LisaNash-p1d]

​@@DashDronesI did a video

[@DashDrones]

​@@LisaNash-p1dperfect thanks

[@LisaNash-p1d]

Your welcome. What do you think?​@@DashDrones

[@philcarlino6942]

After having a successful natural aquarium, keeping aquariums any other way seems not only absurd, but irresponsible to the creatures in our care.

[@saltykraken9471]

The absurdity is thinking this is the best way to keep a natural style aquarium. keep scooping random things from ponds and lakes into your tank. One wrong scoop and you're back to using chemicals to treat whatever problem you blindly introduced. or a bunch of dead fish. 🤷‍♂

[@livencali1]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. After subscribing to this channel and listening to your wisdom, I now only feed my fish and a pitch of food Mondays and Fridays. Let the tank heal itself the other days.

[@karenamiger8027]

Sir you keep me listening and learning your time in these vidios is appreciated gratefully

[@skepg3729]

Awesome video FF

[@TalisaAquarist]

Great video! 🩵

[@cindycox9496]

I always order lots of leaves the fish love them,I've done this a couple yrs.

[@RossIsBored]

Soil, 2x sand, 100 plants, pond leaves, high light, healthiest fish. Spread the word

[@ZonamaPrime]

This video comes out the DAY i found some white dots on a few fish and began preparing the quarantine tank. It's a beautiful established planted tank with waters from local ponds and tons of life... just in this case some trouble! This is the first issue I've had with this tank in 2 years, and FF comes out today with this :)

[@ZonamaPrime]

It's currently 1:14 am and you've got me grabbing mason jars to scoot on down to the creek.

[@saltykraken9471]

@@ZonamaPrime yeah cant imagine how you got ick.....

[@davidjames1815]

Thank you for the beautiful betta flag. That was very kind of you.😊🎉

[@jennifermartin506]

Don’t be afraid to follow his method. It works.

[@omarfareed3777]

❤Sir i have 26gallon tank what the ratio of vitamin C tablet...

[@cindycox9496]

Any ideas on 5 and 10 gal tanks? I have 1 betta in each there good just want info.

[@cindycox9496]

Water fish do u use filters?

[@JoeyPierce]

👍

[@Akhi_Fins_and_Felins_]

Hi father fish. Love your videos absolutely top class. What would you recommend for an african malawi tank mainy haplochromis and Aulonocara. How would one set that up as they are not good with plants. What are your suggestions on a tank like this. Please need some top quality advice and knowledge of yours. Thank you.

[@str8kronic]

Are all these tricks good for gold fish?

[@pinkierural]

Father Fish. Can i add just sand to my gravel to help it after its been established for years. Because Id have to redo my substrate from scratch otherwise to put soil. My plants dont survive longer than a few months in the gravel. What about those soil pellets they sell in the stores?

[@josinavrooland5298]

Beste vader Fish, ik heb een bestaand aquarium met grind, veel planten en ik verschoon het 1 keer in de maand. Ik voer om de dag. Hoe kan ik opnieuw beginnen zoals u dat doet? Moet ik alles leeghalen en opnieuw inrichten, kunne de vissen en garnalen dit aan. Hoe los ik dit op? Kunt u raad geven? Hartelijke groet

[@thiagosantiago5002]

I have half inch of dirt and half inch sand from another tank then I capped it with 2 inches of sand

[@deborahmyers4191]

How much dirt and sand for a 3and half gallon tank for betta

[@FatherFish]

1/2" dirt 1" sand

[@FishFanatic_1]

Am I still able to have a healthy aquarium with gravel

[@4pineapple671]

why did my resurrection jar turn black? It's 3 days old. I did it exactly like you showed. I don't know if it's normal or not..?

[@FatherFish]

Did you have dirt in it. That was a mistake I made early. Just leaves nd water prevents fouling

[@jernigan23]

What type of plants do you use for a turtle tank?

[@jonisolis9645]

You made need to do plants that come out the top of the tank and keep the bottom of the plants protected in tall pots.

[@sumanth6000]

Hello father fish... How are you? I had set up a 70 liter aquarium as per your instructions, and added 6 platies after a week. After few days only 1 platy is alive with few snails. Ammonia, nitrate, nitrite every thing is fine, except TDS. TDS is increasing like crazy every week. This tank is experimental tank to keep discus fish by making a big tank in feature. To reduce TDS i did some water changes from tap water but didnt work. Then i used RO water (30 TDS) and changed the full water of aquarium, still it is increasing. Now my tank water TDS is around 180. Kindly help me regarding this🙏, pls reply thanks in advance.

[@jonisolis9645]

what kind of soil and sand did you use and do you have rocks in it?

[@sumanth6000]

@@jonisolis9645 50% coco peat, 25% garden soil and 25% organic compost, and other ingredients as per father fish recommendations. Fine river sand washed thoroughly. And no rocks in it.

[@ForkZandKniveZ7]

Father fish, I need help. I am a member in the discord and I go by Fork. I haven’t been able to solve what is wrong with my tanks but I’ve done everything as intended by the method. I get huge piles of mulm that not only covers the sand but also gets caught in leaves. I have BBA starting, super high TDS that I can’t seem to bring down (900+ sometimes reaching over 1000) my fish’s seem to have stunted growth, some of them have abnormally reddish pink gills, I recently had 1 randomly disappear out of no where showing no signs of anything. It was there one day and the next it was gone. My plants also don’t do phenomenally. Maybe it’s due to light and shade from other plants et. I’m still figuring that part out but it’s worth noting everything that I’m facing. In my betta tank, my betta has dealt with a lot of sickness which I’ve successfully treated 3 times now but she never seems fully vibrant and energetic like she once was. Both tanks heavily planted and both have 2 oversized sponge filters each. My betta tank even has a food web established. What can I do?

[@ForkZandKniveZ7]

I have very stable parameters in both tanks and only feed about 2-3 times a week

[@ForkZandKniveZ7]

The only thing I haven’t done too much of is adding material like leaf litter from a water source as I haven’t found an accessible source of water that is clean. Aside from in my substrate when I used a bit of muck from a creek. Maybe I don’t have enough biodiversity of microbes to break down the decaying material in my tank?

[@cainereece2047]

Is there anyone with good advice regarding internal parasites in clown loaches,I have found,alot of loaches are skinny and sickly at shops,apart from praziquantral,there is little info on this problem.

[@FatherFish]

feeding garlic helps

[@cainereece2047]

@@FatherFish Thankyou,yes I feed chopped,crushed garlic once a week,learnt from you a year ago,tried praziquantral,but loaches wasted away,one is healthy and thriving,I guess loaches must be bit unlucky with parasites, API general cure is banned in New Zealand also.

[@ryanschroeder8263]

But, F2 could you talk to me like I’m 6 too?

[@TryNaturalAquariam]

That Oscar reminds me of WTF is wrong with peoples if they not capable of taking care of fish why even get them 😢

[@ColeoneAquarium]

Wat voor aarde kan ik gebruiken en waar kan ik dat kopen in Nederland??

[@debrascheer4577]

Father fish will give you the recipe

[@FatherFish]

ein der SHOAL

[@henryrooyakkers8510]

@@FatherFishhahaha 😂 The person asked in Dutch and Father Fish answering in German ! He's really funny!

[@uzyh7622]

Hi, I can't find the materials you recommend putting into the soil here in Israel, what should I do???

[@philcarlino6942]

Get mud from a healthy body of water (pond, river, lake) and use that. You can use the sand from that body of water as the cap too. That’ll be the most stable aquarium you can get.

[@debrascheer4577]

I used organic potting soil and some organic fertilizers

[@FatherFish]

contact us in the SHOAL. We will help you find the right material.

[@FatherFish]

It will deplete in about 2 years. Aqua Preta will give it permanent life.

[@uzyh7622]

@@FatherFish Charcoal is good in soil ?

[@gailtenaglia4398]

How do you help a fish that has been bullied . Not a happy fish will mot swim , wants to sit in the bottom of a 10 gal . With his mate . 1 tabelspoom of sale per 10 gal . Also brown water from alder çones .

[@FatherFish]

move him or the bully

[@davidjames1815]

The absurdity of fouling and cleaning an aquarium repetitiously for yrs lends itself to comedy. Yet it's actually not very funny bcz fish can be harmed in this process.

[@metalheadz07]

Love fatherfish some say the godfather 🙏🙏

[@saltykraken9471]

I bet those fish have so many internal parasites. I'm all for planted tanks with deep substrate but taking gunk from a pond or lake is dumb. You don't need to go to each extreme either use every chemical know to man or scoop up mud and have no control whatsoever. Just set up a nice natural aquarium with clean materials and let the system grow.

[@RossIsBored]

There are more good organisms than bad in a pond with fish which keep parasites low or diminished

[@saltykraken9471]

@@RossIsBored the beautiful thing about an aquarium is I only have to keep the good things ick and camallanus worms have absolutely no place in my system.

[@saltykraken9471]

@@RossIsBored it's like having sex with random people without protection then getting surprised when you catch something.

[@jonisolis9645]

🐟🌿🪴🌱🐟

[@JoeyPierce]

I often wondered if having a 4 inch sand cap as I do prevents the plants getting nutrients from the dirt below because it's so deep

[@philcarlino6942]

It will eventually work. The plants will send out roots to find the soil and the soil will creep upwards. It just takes patience. My cap is more than FF recommends (accidentally). However, I think in time this will only create a more sustainable system since there’s more substrate for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.

[@FatherFish]

perferctly explained!

[@philcarlino6942]

@@FatherFish working with nature makes so much sense. Thank you for breaking the conditioning of mass marketing, Father Fish! I love my natural aquariums

[@JoeyPierce]

@@philcarlino6942 thanks Phil

[@JoeyPierce]

@@philcarlino6942 me too now. I was ready to quit the hobby. I was so sick of tank cleaning, constantly messing with them and fish still dying unexpectedly. Now everything takes care of itself & I've expanded my tanks including getting a cichlid tank which I would never had felt confident having in the past.

[@SuperBoppy]

Foul... clean...foul...clean. A lot of YT videos tell you that's normal. BTW, you must go to the LFS and buy all sorts of chemicals as well to keep your tank "healthy". If you don't do these things, it's your fault. Then FF comes along and brings fish-keeping sanity. Until I discovered the FF method, I can't tell you how many times I was tempted to just give up on the hobby.