Your Aquarium IS a Food Web!

In the KZbin video "Bugs in Your Tank?" from Phillips Fish Works, Tony converses with Father Fish about the complex ecosystem within fish tanks. They explore the interactions within the food web, highlighting the roles of microorganisms, microfauna, and macrofauna, and emphasize that fish are not just inhabitants but integral components of the food web. The fish contribute through their waste, which acts as a crucial nutrient source for other organisms in the tank. An essential point they discuss is the unintended consequences of human intervention, particularly how the use of broad-spectrum medications in aquariums can disrupt these natural cycles by eliminating vital elements of the food web. This can lead to the proliferation of 'exotic' diseases. Tony and Father Fish advocate for a more naturalistic approach to aquarium maintenance, arguing that allowing nature to manage itself can create a more stable and healthy environment for all organisms within the aquarium. This discussion underscores the importance of understanding and respecting the natural biological processes in aquatic ecosystems. Father Fish says "Nature is Dominant."
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Chapters:
0:00 Purpose of Food Web
1:30 Fish Medications
2:18 Fish in Food Web
3:25 Life from Dead
4:24 Parasites
6:30 Cycles and Rhythms
7:39 Fish Food
8:54 Natural Aquarium
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[@FatherFish]

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[@cavernamedieval]

I failed aquariums for all my life, after using father fish method, in 1 month my water is cristal clear, my fish are colorful and healthy, and i simply do nothing😅

[@jbwhy5155]

Adding the bag of bugs + pods made my tank come to life! The fish are now roaming around excitedly checking the plants and substrate for a snack instead of waiting at the glass for me to feed them. The fish are no longer bored Now it truly feels like observing a natural habitat 🙏 Appreciate you all!

[@PsychoPlantLady]

Every fish keeper needs to see this video. This video explains so much. Building a natural food web is so important because it brings nature to your fish. In a sense it returns them to nature. Fish were not designed to live in a sterile environment, they are found in swamps, ponds, and streams. These environments are wild and teaming with microscopic life. Fish enjoy and thrive in wild environments. They are part of the natural world and recreating this for them takes stress off of them and us. Natural fish keeping has been the most rewarding and relaxing hobby I’ve done. It helps me build a connection with nature which is what we all need. Thank you Father Fish and Tony Philips for making the process of building a natural food web easy to understand and easy to do. God bless y’all.

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

They bring up a very good point of not letting problems stress you. For example, I have a 5-month-old 2 gallon nano with my prized orange shrimp and they just had their first clutch of babies hatch. Out of nowhere one day my water is cloudy. I did my research, I found out the things that could be, I tried a couple of solutions and eventually fixed the problem. It took a few days but I was patient, I didn't freak out and fret over the aquarium because the shrimp seemed alive and healthy, and most importantly I didn't stop myself from enjoying looking at my shrimp just because the tank wasn't at optimal conditions.

[@someguy3049]

I was *literally* waiting for such a video, I personally prefer to watch all those cool little bugs and worms and invertebrates in an aquarium and such habitats more than the fish themselves. Some of the coolest things ever, I remember being in awe of sand piggies back in the day, and that's why resurrection jars are more of my interest than fish tanks. Please get into more of the biology and foodwebs work in a separate video ❤

[@plumber1331]

Started all 4 of my tanks( 75 ,125 ,150, 180 ) with Tony's bag of bugs and leaf culture. he's great to deal with fast shipping and no issues with his product ..

[@williamavery1758]

Oh wow there is Tony Phillips I just got my order of 2 bag of bugs, 12 copapods and 3 sweet gum seed pods filled with scuds and microfauna thank you again Tony. Another great video from father fish and Tony Phillips. And I will receive my order the plant package from father fish. I can honestly say all my plants I have in my tanks are from father fish.

[@onzzy.]

So finally, our son Fish is here ❤🎉

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

Great guest, Lou! I love Tony and his Wife "teammate" immensely and can vouch for their offerings. They came to my fish room while visiting Chicago and we swapped critters :)

[@Aquafinity]

Great collab FF! Very insightful knowledge.

[@AntiquatedApe]

I love Phil's fish works! It brings me great joy to see my favorites collab!

[@MarkCondor4]

I think I found my new favourite youtuber!

[@Ratdaddy752]

I finally grew a pair, went out, and found a local pond a good distance from the ocean. Got huge bunches of plant life and I’m sure a plethora of bacteria and microfauna!! Thanks for your guidance

[@FatherFish]

That is awesome!

[@flipman11435]

hey sweet! two of you together just like we talked about!! i didn't know you were going to be with father fish so soon!! great work and thanks to you two!!!

[@mrcrawlingstv]

I love this! 😊

[@stevenoconnell7959]

2 experts on the hobby Love all the knowledge you both share. Bag of Bugs and Leaf Litter and scuds at Phillips fish works have changed my aquarium Thank you !!

[@WilliamWelch-ow7kb]

My two favorite guys!!! I love this video!!! Getting ready to upgrade my two 5 1/2 gallon bettas to 11.3 gallon cubes and it’s going to be the FatherFish/Tony version! Like my other 9 tanks 🤣 I tell everyone about you guys ❤️❤️

[@koliparag]

❤❤ very helpfu, thank you

[@invinceabillb6048]

Father Fish will you be selling this on your website one day? And if so, will it also be available in Canada?

[@natashacavender5562]

Great, informative video!

[@johnnybest6386]

I like this content i learn from u f.fish adding leaves to the aqurium and i broughtbbagsvof bugs from phillips

[@sangtran5095]

Xin phép hỏi cha cá , loại lá nào bỏ vào bể tốt. Ở việt nam kông có lá sồi. Thank you

[@gregoryvandermescht7035]

I love this video. I felt it almost to my heart because we us humans also work like that but in a much more complex way... kinda amazing

[@ryanhemen1950]

I like the set it and forget it method with a smidgen of flake food here and there

[@dallasbrat81]

Yes my FF inspired tank looks great and soon I'll add this live food web

[@user-ii1ei9gw8t]

wonderful

[@precise3291]

Good dialog, definitely insightful.

[@Gravgon]

Great insightful video.

[@mikeg3291]

I love this video. So much great information from a refreshing perspective.

[@MeanOldLady]

Ugh, so expensive to start a brand new tank after years out of the hobby, but it's so much fun to collect the dirt & random stuff from around the yard to put in the new, dirted tank. I've got compost with mycorrhizae & fungi in it. I've got black soil compost, coco coir (leftovers from seedlings), moringa leaves & powder mixed with red, southern clay & pond water. =p Got all my sand, rocks & other decor ready to go. Just need to haul in the old aquarium table after it's been repainted & I'm setting up TODAY in order to prep for some shrimp, a nerite & a couple bettas. (Will see how they do apart & together to see if I can keep them together permanently.)

[@tino5621]

Not expensive at all to start a tank if you do it the natural way. Go to a pond and shovel out some pond mud/dirt but keep all the plants attached to it and you lay it all in the tank kind of like a carpet. Keep doing that till you carpet the tank bottom, now you have a natural deep substrate with established plants in it already. Start a resurrection jar with the pond water and microorganisms then add that to your tank. Literally a piece of nature.

[@charlesfitzgeraldiii771]

Wow, I just watched one of his videos early this morning! I posted his website on Father Fish as well. But it got removed. I didn't realize at the time it was against the rules. He has some good stuff for your natural aquarium.

[@FatherFish]

was that on FB?

[@pattys_aquatics]

Great video, I subscribe to his channel as well and this really I think gave some clarity to people that might have had questions about the food web. Thank you sir 😁👍

[@SuperBoppy]

We, as humans, have many times the number of bacteria, fungi and viruses in us than we have cells in our body. I am sure it's the same for fish and the aquatic environment. These microorganisms are essential for survival - there is a symbiotic relationship that, when absent, will create nothing but problems for people and aquariums.

[@LeeDaiYing]

❤❤❤❤

[@brandonterry6194]

GRATITUDE 💥🐟💥

[@mickeysr5817]

Great video 😊. DETROIT

[@bob21345]

I'm struggling to make the jump into what you do but I am trying to do it.

[@SurfCityCorals-jx3zc]

life lessons from fish. Life is natural. We are all perfect the way we are.

[@user-oo9bk1mb2j]

How does the fish relate to UV sterilizer?

[@TheNelsonriv80]

Can you do a video on African dwarf frogs. My keep dying and I don't know why. Water checks out. I have snail, guppies. Tetras and Petcos in there with the frogs. I feed the frogs bloodworms by hand so they are eating. Then they look like they are having trouble swimming and then they stop moving. In a matter of mins. I have live plants, gravel for now, heater and a filter with low flow for the frogs. Please help.

[@FatherFish]

Do you have heavy floating plants? They need to get to the surface to breath.Add sand to the gravel.

[@TheNelsonriv80]

I have some ceratophyllum demersum, a fern, moss tree shaped like a cactus, a tree trunk that I bought from Petco so it's not real. I heard something that they might be eating the rocks and getting it stuck in their throat but when I massaged it the little body there was nothing in there. Where am I putting the sand all mixed together or a layer on the top? Should I forgot the gravel all together I was thinking about adding your dirt on to it, but I won't know how to do that since they're in there. Everything else is fine but the frogs keep on dying and those are my babies. They also eat dried bloodworms and sometimes I put pellets in there. Most of the time it's just the dried blood worms. Should I be adding any other plants I was afraid of putting anything that floats on the top because they might come up for air and then drown. There are no good videos on African dwarf frogs none explaining what happens when they sick and how to treat them. I want to get a bigger time for the frogs but scared that they might drown. By the way thank you so much for your videos they've been a great help.

[@rosjay_2119]

Dried blood worms need to be re hydrated before feeding, dry they will bloat and kill even larger betas, I soak a pinch in a few tea spoons of tank water in a shot glass for at least 15 min. Even longer is better

[@ronaldyhyo]

The beard is back. 🎉🎉🎉

[@juliamartin1962]

wondeful

[@fishlove1854]

Fater Fish I have a great idea for you to set up step by step big fish in big tanks so people can see from the start what you are talking about, because I believe all who are on the other side of things keep big fish I believe its a great idea no water changes with big fish proof in the pudding the disagreement closed!

[@thefinestmusicforeverytest643]

Floting plants great for aquarium

[@thiagosantiago5002]

I wish I could have a bigger tank. My tank is only 20L and my parents don't let me have another.

[@FatherFish]

talk with them about the difficulty of keeping 2 very desirable fish that are incompatible

[@josephdolderer6113]

how much should we worry about parasites and harmful critters when we introduce water and organic material from lakes or ponds into our aquariums?

[@FatherFish]

less than if you did not.

[@josephdolderer6113]

@@FatherFish thanks! I just collected some nice material from the creek this morning!

[@businessraptor127]

Any issue with going with a darker color or black sand for the substrate?

[@FatherFish]

no

[@ChronicAquatic]

Father Fish I have a question. How significant is the effect of frequencies/vibrations on fish and would it be possible to somewhat replicate frequencies exhibited in their natural habit? My fish seem to like when I play music for them and it got me thinking about binaural beats etc. Curious to see how fish react but I don't want to cause harm.

[@FatherFish]

I played classical music in my shop 24/7 for 15 years. The fish learned appropriate sophistication.

[@ichikurosaki5099]

Hi father fish, i did a mistake in my tank i putted a wood from outside in my tank and all my guppys and corydoras has Red gills, and die one after another, i quarantined them and put that green medicine inside any other tipp what i can do?

[@FatherFish]

Come to the SHOAL. We can help. discord.gg/father-fish-shoal

[@slotcarbt834]

FATH FISH off topic, on a youtube short a 70 gallon aquarium exploded I saw a comment that water level should be kept down 6 inch so you don't reach maximum pressure rating. Is this true it seems that this is over kill

[@FatherFish]

tanks are made to be filled

[@JTSBenefitsandBeautyofthePlant]

FF, I have a question. In a shipment of plants, I inadvertently inherited snails, and all kinds of worms, including planaria. Before I added fish, once the light got to a certain dimness, everything would come out of the substrate and would congregate on the glass....Once I added fish, I noticed that wasn't happening as much. What Im wondering, is it safe to assume that I also inherited micro and macro fauna? Common sense tells me the answer is yes...I am feeding a small amount of frozen foods every other day. Id really like to extend that to every 3, or even more. In your experience, would it be safe for the fish to go that long if Im not positive they have plenty of nourishment to forage on?

[@FatherFish]

The food web must be deep enough for the microfauna to hide in. If it is you are good to go. At least 1/2"

[@JTSBenefitsandBeautyofthePlant]

@@FatherFish Im going to do some careful observation. Seems the fish are always hunting something. Theyre always engaged with their enviroment. Thankyou for your time FF!

[@fanyoktavia1703]

how to find this bug, i often add rotten leaf from river but i never see them growing in my aquarium

[@FatherFish]

Build a bed of leaves.

[@fanyoktavia1703]

@@FatherFish thanks alot

[@thefinestmusicforeverytest643]

Sir granules size sand use in aquarium

[@FatherFish]

Does not matter.

[@coadkins86]

Father fish do you really live in Salisbury MD?

[@FatherFish]

yes

[@edwinaag]

How much light (number of hours) should I put in an aquarium?

[@Jeanbanville]

It depends of the amount of plants I guess. Personally I leave the light on more than 12 hours a day. I have lots of aquatique plantes and floating plantes and they are doing fine.

[@edwinaag]

@@Jeanbanville Thank you. mine it is almost green and I leave the light on around 10 hours

[@anytimefishingandoutdoors6983]

what is the smallest tank you think a food Webb could be set up in?

[@FatherFish]

1 quart jar, or a coffee cup

[@Thehobbyist307]

Hey father fish ❤. U told me to add more sand. So i add it in my 200ltr small pond. The water didn't change its colour after 2 to 3 day it again become brown muddy.. so now what should i do

[@FatherFish]

put a hose in your pond with the water slowly trickling out of the hose. Leave it there all day long.

[@Thehobbyist307]

Hose ? I didn't understand 😅

[@Helen11Johnson]

​@Thehobbyist307 a hose hooks up to your outside tap

[@Thehobbyist307]

@@Helen11Johnson it means I need to waste so much water for that right

[@Helen11Johnson]

@Thehobbyist307 yes most probably

[@Itschimp157]

My fish just died 😢 i put him in a soil sand cap tank a week ago and just yesterday i noticed he wasnt moving very much and today i get home from work and he passed away

[@chatterbox2989]

I'm so sorry to hear that did your tank filled with plants wood ,leaf litter, how many fish did you have in your tank please 🙏

[@Itschimp157]

Lots of rottilla, water letuce and a few more stem plants no wood litter. With one beta (robert)

[@nichderjeniche]

​@@Itschimp157he might be sick from the very beginning. Some fish stores have really poor quality, I try to buy from private people if possible.

[@Itschimp157]

@@nichderjeniche he was sick for sure we picked him up as a foster from my work becuase he had fin rot and i couldnt stand seeing him being treated so poorly. Just sucks because we got him to fully heal and i thought he'd be ready plus deserved a bigger tank and i messed up by not being attentive enough. I just pray hes at peace and can help guide the rest of the tank we buried him in towards peace as well.

[@fishlove1854]

Select whatever Big fish you want and roll with it.

[@rahulratre7741]

Father fish is is possible that microbes can grow naturally without bringing it from natural water body can detritus can bring parasite harmful for human and fish chances is less but never zero.

[@FatherFish]

There is a greater chance of dangerous pathogens from trying to control microbes with constant cleaning than bringing them in from the wild in the form of leaf mulch culture from a creek or pond.

[@nichderjeniche]

I got all my microscopic life from aquarium plants, and let the tank sit for several months without fish, it was full with small life

[@rahulratre7741]

@@nichderjeniche thank you for your suggestion

[@levianderson5508]

Concerning the age of the Earth, the Bible's genealogical records combined with the Genesis 1 account of creation are used to estimate an age for the Earth and universe of about 6000 years, with a bit of uncertainty on the completeness of the genealogical records, allowing for a few thousand years more.

[@FatherFish]

The creation of Adam was the beginning of time keeping. God is timeless.